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. [...]
Quattro Wireless, the Waltham Mass-based wireless ad network, announced that has been acquired by Apple. Quattro CEO Andy Miller made the annoucement on the company blog today.
I have watched Andy build Quattro over the last few years. Wireless is booming and the Quattro team did a great job thus far building a network of publishers [...]
The Daily Grommet is a site that I learned about earlier this year. I really liked their approach to discovering new products, letting the product developer/merchant tell their story with the Daily Grommet team adding their views and facilitating the purchase. Add in the most contemporary social media tools to allow all of us to [...]
There is a fundamental shift occurring in the way we pursue marketing. Gone are the days that a cool 30-second television spot or nifty jingle on the radio would monopolize a companies marketing program. These remain brand building channels but it is not possible to drive efficient action from these channels or campaigns…a visit to [...]
SwapTree, the leading swapping site on the web, was featured in Time’s Cheapskate Blog this week.
SwapTree continues to rapidly expand its user base and the inventory of items for swap on the site that include books, cd’s, dvd’s and video games.
In this economy being tapped by the “cheapskate” blog is another honor!
Way to go [...]
It is great to learn that even in this troubled economy that an industry near and dear to my heart, Internet & Marketing, accounted for $28B in gross domestic product last year across New England. In addition, the sector covers 2,100 companies employing a collective 69,000 people. This is impressive.
What is even more impressive is [...]
New England Innovation Month is in full swing. Big week last week. The major events planned for the week ahead are as follows:
JUNE 16: Boston, MA
MITX Technology Awards
JUNE 17: Waltham, MA
MassNetComms Innovator’s Summit
JUNE 17: Providence, RI
Providence Geeks Dinner
* FREE
JUNE 17: Cambridge, MA
Behind the Scenes Tour of Microsoft R&D
JUNE 18: Cambridge, MA
Transatlantic Pitching at Swissnex
* FREE
Looks [...]
I recently joined the Tech Stars Boston Mentors program. The goal is to provide assistance to the nine companies that are going through the summer long entrepreneur boot camp under the tutelage of Shawn Broderick. There is so much to master if you are a first time entrepreneur and providing a sounding board and some [...]
New England Innovation Month is in full swing. The major events planned for the week ahead are as follows:
JUNE 9: Cambridge, MA
Tech Tuesday: Gadgets & Gathering
* FREE
JUNE 9: Worcester, MA
WPI Venture Forum: Five-Minute Pitch Contest
JUNE 10: Cambridge, MA
IT Collaborative Dialogue, with Secretary Greg Bialecki
* FREE
JUNE 10: Cambridge, MA
MIT Enterprise Forum: Securing Seed Funding in Today’s Economy
JUNE [...]
We have alot of innovation happening in New England. It is great to celebrate all of this and bring awareness with “New England Innovation Month” in June. You can check out the line up of events across the region at the New England Innovation web site.
I was honored to participate in the MITX Awards as [...]
