Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Flybridge Invests In Oneforty

Applications are what drive computers, smart phones and platforms.  This is not a new phenomena.  When I started my career selling for Wang…our customers wanted our computers to power their word processing and increasingly other applications that were developed on the Wang hardware platform.
The Apple iPhone is a remarkable success.  The form factor and design [...]

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

TechStars Boston Plans Spring 2010 Boot Camp

I was delighted to participate in the TechStars program this past Summer as a Mentor for the program.  I got to work with some great startup teams.  It was also a wonderful experience collaborating and networking with so many successful entrepreneurs in the Boston community.  It is great news to hear that plans for TechStars [...]

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Jeff Bennett Blog Top Posts-October 2009

1. Video Can Be Viral…Needs To Be Authentic Though
2. Happy Birthday Daily Grommet
3. Rue La La Going Oo La La On Acquisition
4. Social Apps Exploding – Farmville Having Bumper Virtual Season
5. Fitchburg-Leominster Reinact First Football Game From 1894
6. New Best Friend Growing Quickly
7. “Inbound Marketing” Added To Jeff Bennett Blog Reading List
8. Daily Grommet Launches [...]

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Jeff Bennett Blog Top Posts-September 2009

1.  ReadWrite Lauds Oneforty
2.  Happy 90th Birthday Johnny Pesky
3.  Over 2 Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded
4.  Photo.Net Tribute To Photography
5.  Oneforty Launches Twitter App Store
6.  NameMedia Niche Sites On The Move (Again)!
7.  Small Businesses…Start Blogging
8.  Verrill Farm Grand Opening
9.  Social Media Makeover
10. Hats Off To Derek Jeter
11. Tech Stars Boston Big Night
12. New Best Friend
13. It [...]

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

ReadWrite Start Lauds Oneforty

ReadWrite Start was covering the TechStars Investor Day in Silicon Valley today.   TechStars showcased thirteen companies that completed the incubator/boot camp in Boston and Boulder.  My favorite TechStars venture was Oneforty.  ReadWrite lauded OneForty in their blog today:
“This service is best described as “Twitter’s app store”. ReadWriteWeb covered the company’s funding announcement just 15 days [...]

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Tech Stars Boston Big Night

Last night was the Investor Night for the nine start ups that endured the Tech Stars boot camp this Summer in Cambridge.  Tech Stars is an innovative program that was founded by David Cohen and Brad Feld out in Boulder, Colorado.   A small number of ventures get seed funding, office space, counsel from a community [...]

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Boston The New Hub Of Marketing

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 [...]

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 [...]