Great post today by Rob Go posing the question is Boston the next hot city for entrepreneurs?
This is not new territory to Boston. We have led the minicomputer wars with Digital, Wang, Data General & Prime. We had two big time entrants in the Web 1.0 world with Lycos and Monster.
We surely have some great [...]
Great way to kick off “New England Innovation Month” with a jam packed week of activities in Boston for Entrepreneurs & Investors.
Headlining the schedule will be:
June 1 – Entreprenurs & Angel Boot Camp
June 2 – Tech Stars Boston Demo Night
June 2 – 7th Annual MITX Technology Awards
June 3 – Mass Innovation Night
June 3 – Mass [...]
Charlene Li has been on the forefront of the evolution of social media for several years now through her work @ Forrester Research and more recently Altimeter Group. Charlene is an analyst by trade and gifted in her ability to report on what a product or service is today…with an eye toward how this product [...]
It is not very often that you get a chance to participate in building a business category.
I have been a digital citizen since the mid-1990’s when I joined Lycos. In my executive roles at Lycos I had a front row seat to the emergence of the Internet Search category. I also played a pioneering role [...]
Special thanks to Rachel Bostmann for the shout out about Swaptree.com at the TEDx Conference in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday.
Rachel has collaborated with Roo Rogers to write a book about collaborative consumption that is due out in the Fall 2010. We are very pleased that Swaptree would be featured in this book along with eBay, [...]
There aren’t many offices that better characterize the Boston startup scene than BzzAgent’s place on Harrison Avenue. This old factory has been transformed into an open and collaborative workspace with contemporary lighting and fixtures. Awesome space!
BzzAgent is a pretty cool company in and of itself and Dave Balter, BzzAgent CEO, hase created an entrepreneurial ecosystem [...]
I have posted many times on this blog that I have become a big fan of the Apple suite of products. My route to this Apple support though is not typical.
I adopted iTunes early and have consolidated our media library there. We loved the iPods and still have one of the original white iPods working. When [...]
I am a big fan of brands that are descriptive…it is very important in the world today. It takes a lot of money to create awareness of brands that are not descriptive. Generic/descriptive brands are aided greatly on the Internet with direct navigation and SEO. Generic/descriptive brands are usually memorable and can also aid in [...]
Entrepreneurs are an interesting group of people that can be described in many ways: smart, creative, visionary, energetic, risk takers, inventors, persistent. The process of entrepreneurship is very exciting and an awful lot of work all in one.
I come from a long line of entrepreneurs that worked on many creative ideas, concepts, products and [...]
The MITX Awards are great. They showcase some great emerging companies in New England. This years crop of finalists is really impressive.
Congrats to my friends at Neteeza, DailyGrommet, Gemvara, RunKeeper, ZipCar and RatePoint who are all Finalists.
