As we start winding down the summer and all start preparing for ‘back to school’, we thought it would be a good time for some entrepreneurial inspiration. Over the next few months I’ll be interviewing the local entrepreneurs and influencers that have committed to building great companies in Boston.

My interview format will be to ask the entrepreneurs questions that will help other startup and established entrepreneurs get insights they can’t get anywhere else. We’ll dig into the tougher questions and leave the “who was your greatest influence” crap to the other guys. Amongst others, we’ll ask questions about raising money, finding partners, retaining rock star staff, and weighing up the alternatives of location and funding sources.

Our first interview will be with one of the leading examples of local entrepreneurship, Dharmesh Shah, co-founder of Hubspot. We’ve lined up some awesome interviews so subscribe the the feed or follow us on twitter to be notified when the interviews go live.The Dharmesh interview will go up later today.

P.S. If you know of any Boston based entrepreneurs that you think would be great guests, please let me know.

Interviews:

Dharmesh Shah (CTO & Founder of Hubspot), August 9th 2010: Dharmesh Shah Interview
Jason Henrichs (COO of Perk Street), August 16th 2010: Jason Henrichs interview
Robert May (Founder of Backupify), November 3rd, 2010: Robert May interview
David Cancel (CEO of Performable), November 10th, 2010: David Cancel interview
Laura Fitton (@pistachio on Twitter/Founder of Oneforty), November 17th, 2010: Laura Fitton Interview

Chris Savage (Founder & CEO of Wistia), December 22nd, 2010: Chris Savage Interview

Brian Balfour (Co-Founder of Viximo Inc & PopSignal), February 9th, 2011: Brian Balfour Interview