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Glenn Croston has followed emerging businesses for years and posts about them on FastCompany.  Glen wrote a post featuring Swap.com yesterday:  “Swapping Your Way To New Life.”  Very timely and informative post as we all look to ways to save money and conserve the planet.
“More and more it looks like the economy won’t be snapping [...]

MassChallenge hosted their awards night last evening.  Twenty-six companies were finalists and all of them were featured with one minute pitches.  Each of these ventures competed to win $1 million in prizes that were awarded last night.  The evening also brought together nearly 1,000 people to celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation in Massachusetts.  It was a [...]

The ink is not even dry on this cartoon by Tom Fishburne and it is already a classic.
It used to be about the “eyeballs.”
Then it was all about “free,” everything had to be free.
Now as Tom illustrates, it is all about “friends, fans & followers.”
Common wisdom would tell us that if you have alot of [...]

We are so pleased to be part of the The Feast Conference this year in New York.  I had heard of The Feast in the past and it was described as a hybrid of TED and SXSW.  That sounded pretty cool to me.
The Feast organizers describe the conference as a cross-disciplinary series of programs addressing social innovation [...]

Innovation is going to move us forward out of this economic mess.  We need to incent citizens and entrepreneurs to pursue more innovation.
We need to celebrate community.  We need to bring together people to collaborate to make the most of what they have…as they look to acquire things they need.
Along the way we are also [...]

Today would have been the 70th birthday of John Lennon.  The world over is recognizing this day.
A special group of musicians that I have been following for a long time have collaborated on a project they are calling “The John Lennon Song Project.”  This group is led by Rex Fowler of Aztec Two Step and [...]

October 9 is “National Halloween Costume Swap Day,” and Swap.com is getting in on the fun as a presenting sponsor.
There will be thousands of “costume swaps” across the U.S. tomorrow.  The impact will be kids getting a new costume for this year.  No need to go and buy new.  Great for money saving.  Even better [...]

Tim Hyer is the Founder and CEO of RentCycle.  I have got to know Tim through the mentor program of MassChallenge.  We share a focus on an emerging market space that is focused on sharing, swapping and renting.  It has been great to work with Tim and his team.  I invited Tim to participate in [...]