Howard Anderson

Co-Founder (1983) at Battery Ventures · Joined 1983

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Biography

Howard Anderson founded the technology research firm The Yankee Group in 1970 and co-founded Battery Ventures in Boston in 1983 with Rick Frisbie and Bob Barrett. A Tecnologico de Monterrey faculty biography states he was a co-founder and general partner of Battery Ventures from 1983 to 1999, the year he stepped down at the Yankee Group and started YankeeTek Ventures, an early-stage fund and incubator in Cambridge. He went on to teach as the William Porter Distinguished Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he received teaching and mentoring awards in 2008 and 2010. He is living and currently teaches at Brown University's School of Engineering, with further appointments at the Tuck School of Business and Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Education

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

1970
Founded The Yankee Group, a firm specializing in analysis of the high-technology industry.
1983
Co-founded Battery Ventures on Batterymarch Street in Boston with Rick Frisbie and Bob Barrett.
1999
Stepped down as head of the Yankee Group and launched YankeeTek Ventures, an early-stage fund and incubator in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2005
Published an essay titled Good-Bye to Venture Capital arguing that the industry had too many firms and too much capital.
2008
Received MIT Sloan's Excellence in Teaching Award.
2010
Received MIT Sloan's Entrepreneurship Mentoring Award.

Sources & References

Brown University Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship - Howard Anderson ↗Tecnologico de Monterrey - Howard Anderson faculty page ↗Battery Ventures - This is 40: Battery's Four Decades of High-Tech Partnership, Innovation and Growth ↗Buyouts Insider - Former Yankee Chief Launches Early-Stage Fund (Nov 15, 1999) ↗Feld Thoughts - Howard Anderson's Good-Bye to Venture Capital (May 2005) ↗