Monday, June 21st, 2010

New England Innovation Month Continues

The list of events continue as part of New England Innovation Month. Here is what is on tap this week:
JUNE 22: Cambridge, MA
Founder Dialogues
JUNE 22: Cambridge, MA
MIT Enterprise Forum: From Disruption to Innovation
JUNE 23: Cambridge, MA
Momentum Summit: How Start-Ups Get Big
JUNE 24: Boston, MA
Branded in Boston (SOLD OUT)
JUNE 24: Boston, MA
Emerging Technologies Forum: Health [...]

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Talking Swap Movement On Fox TV

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Another Big Week Ahead For New England Innovation Month

The next week looks to be even more jam packed than the first week of June.
Check out this schedule:

JUNE 14: Cambridge, MA
Web Innovators Group
JUNE 15: Cambridge, MA
Boston Biotech CEO Conference
JUNE 15: Boston, MA
InnoBeer Boston Meet-Up
JUNE 16-19: Cambridge, MA
EurekaFest, from the Lemelson-MIT Program
JUNE 17: Cambridge, MA
Global Pitchfest, organzied by Swissnex Boston
JUNE 17: Boston, MA
Financing Lean/Agile Startups
JUNE [...]

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Swap Post On “Swapping Ideas” Blog

Swapping is a form of commerce that has gone on since the dawn of time. People had needs – other people had things. With no currencies the swap was the exchange. This still exists today across the globe. The root of swapping is to fulfill a need or want. Generally the enabler for swapping is [...]

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Featured In Mass High Tech

Mass High Tech featured Swaptree in “The Mover” section of this business journal today.  The focus of the post is on my new leadership of the company and our all encompassing focus on the customer experience.  Customer experience must be at the core of any strategy for consumer Internet ventures.  Full story is here.

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Social Shopping: The Emotional Side Of Swapping

eCommerce on the Internet has changed the world.  The ease of access to goods.  Integration of product info, reviews and ratings.  With the web now enabling social connections through Facebook, Twitter and other sites, we are at the advent of another wave of growth through Social Commerce (shopping).
Social Commerce is going to unite the best [...]

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

DailyGrommet & RatePoint Win MITX Awards For Social Media And Innovation

MITX Awards night in Boston is a great way to showcase our regions best emerging technology companies.  I am delighted that two companies that I am involved with could win last night:  DailyGrommet won the award for “Innovative Business Strategy” and RatePoint won the award for “Social Media”
DailyGrommet is a very cool social commerce company.  [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Boston Next Hot Start Up Town

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 [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Big Week In Boston For Entrepreneurs & Investors

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 [...]

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

I hope that we can all take a moment to reflect on those who have served our country and have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and liberty.
We honor you and your families on this Memorial Day Weekend.