Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Internet And Marketing $28B Industry To New England

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 [...]

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Another Big Week Ahead for New England Innovation Month

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 [...]

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Expanding Entrepreneur Ecosystem Of New England

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 [...]

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

New England Innovation Month Events

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 [...]

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

New England Innovation Month

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 [...]

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Happy To Join TechStars Boston

I am happy to join forces with Tech Stars in Boston and join their distinguished list of Mentors.
Tech Stars was founded out in Boulder, Colorado, a few years back to seed a number of ventures in the summer months.  Tech Stars is mentor-driven and attracted season entrepreneurs, investors and technologists to help these start up [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Jeff Bennett Blog Top Posts For April 2009

Top posts on JeffBennett.Org for April 2009:
1.  NHL Scores With Twitter
2.  Patriots Day Big For Boston
3.  Verrill Farm In Full Swing For Spring
4.  Celtics Pride
5.  Ice Out For Winnipesaukee
6. Baseball Star Mark Fidrych Found Dead
7.  Apple Approaches 1 Billion Downloads
8. Time To End Non-Competes In Massachusetts
9. Pandora Internet Radio Is Cool
10. Social [...]

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Time To End Non-Competes In Massachusetts

Massachusetts is blessed as the home of some of the worlds best universities.  Thousands flock to our region to be educated.  Thousands more utilize this ecosystem to conduct breakthrough research.  We also are home to what has been a vibrant venture capital community.  These should be the ingredients for robust innovation.  There are many drivers [...]

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

“Marketing To Social Web, Second Edition” Added To Book List On Jeff Bennett’s Blog

Last month I  announced Larry Weber had published a Second Edition to his popoular “Marketing To The Social Web.”  I have just completed the book and was delighted about his views on the importance of brands to tap into online communities.  Larry addresses that this can be accmoplished with existing communities, as well as, through [...]

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Time To Nominate New England Innovators For MITX

It sure feels like spring and that means it is time to get ready for the MITX Technology Awards.   All we have heard for the last nine months through the traditional media is how bad the economy is.  As an entrepreneur myself leading a very talented team that is doing great things…I am sick and [...]