The Boston Globe has posted a feature article about Swap.com’s National Swap Day… a celebration of this age old way of getting things you want by exchanging things you have. We kicked off National Swap Day here in our hometown of Boston last week by hosting a swap event in Somerville that was attended by [...]
TechStars is a super program for entrepreneurs to jump start their ideas into a business. It has been great to participate as a Mentor the last two years as TechStars Boston helped incubate nearly twenty business ventures. I am very excited that Katie Rae has come on board as Director of TechStars Boston. [...]
The last thirty years has enabled phenomenal movements and shifts in technology. The rate of change has surely advanced with the Internet. The advancements in mobile technologies has added further acceleration.
It is a dream to me to have a device in my pocket that has allowed me to integrate what was [...]
I participated in Gridley & Company’s 10th Annual Marketing -Inernet-Financial Technology Conference in New York yesterday. This post to share some reflections about the conference, attendees and information that was shared.
- Linda Gridley knows how to bring out some of the best private companies within the digital and financial technology industries. The roster of companies and executives [...]
Hiring is something that every entrepreneur struggles with. Every entrepreneur thinks they can do everything. Some entrepreneurs have a hard time trusting others. Hiring is also very difficult to do properly. I learned this the hard way myself and wanted to share some tips. Thanks GetEntrepreneural.com for syndicating my post. You can read the full [...]
Swap.com joins a pretty cool list of companies that are listed in Board of Innovation’s “10 Business Models That Rocked 2010.”
Swap.com shares the #2 spot with one of my favorites AirBnB.
Other notable ventures rounding out the list of ten: Groupon, KickStarter.com, Quirky.com, HumbleBundle.com, PayWithATweet.com, Spotify.com, Flattr.com, PatientsLikeMe.com and In-App Sales.
Thanks to TechCrunch for featuring “10 Business [...]
Success with consumer products comes to those companies that have an unrelenting focus about their customers needs, solutions and experience.
Achieving that success is part art and science. The art is the creative energy and execution to understand and solve a consumers need. The science is a quantitative approach to studying acceptance and usage. You have [...]
Halloween 2010 has come and gone.
It was a great Halloween season. Earlier this month we celebrated National Swap Your Halloween Costume Day across the U.S.
It was a wonderful Halloween Day yesterday with cool temps and dry weather…perfect for “trick or treating.” We got to share it with some great friends again this year and we [...]
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 [...]
