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Eye Candy: Gazelle, Smarterer, & Ion Interactive Release Graphics
Gregory T. Huang Today is infographics day. I have come across three charts that are worthy of your consumption. They span the fields of mobile devices, marketing tech, and human resources. So fire up...
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Xconomy Boston’s Top 20 Stories of Q3 2012: Editor’s Picks
Gregory T. Huang On a rainy Friday morning, it’s time to look back at the past quarter and select a few stories that stand out. These are my picks for the top Xconomy Boston stories of Q3. If you can...
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As Zynga Boston Closes, Gaming Community Speaks Volumes
Gregory T. Huang Social-gaming giant Zynga has laid off over 100 employees and has closed its Boston-area office, according to a report in TechCrunch and numerous tweets around town. The company is...
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Dayna Grayson Leaves North Bridge, Joins NEA as Partner in DC
Gregory T. Huang [Updated 10:50 am. See below] There aren’t many prominent female VCs based in Boston. Now there are even fewer. Dayna Grayson, a former principal at North Bridge Venture Partners, has...
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Five Characteristics VCs Look For in a Marketing Exec
Derek Singleton Venture capitalists are paying more attention to the structure of the marketing teams they invest in. Why? Because marketing plays an increasingly influential role in the success of...
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Veracode CEO Bob Brennan on the Future of Software Security
Gregory T. Huang One of the Boston area’s most intriguing tech companies operates in a danger zone. The software security danger zone, that is. To give a sense of what we’re talking about here,...
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7 Reasons to Hate the Zipcar-Avis Deal
Gregory T. Huang Some people make New Year’s resolutions. I make a list of reasons to hate the biggest Boston-area tech deal of the new year. I am a grump. Yes, Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP), the...
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Innovation or Litigation?
Joe Forgione The story of the year in the technology industry has to be HP’s claims that it was deceived by Autonomy in the $11 billion purchase of the software company. The questions of who knew...
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TripAdvisor, Independent for a Year, Pushing Hard on Social, Mobile Apps
Gregory T. Huang TripAdvisor is a big company. It’s huge in online travel, of course, but by some measures, it is the biggest consumer Web company of any kind based in Massachusetts. Its annual...
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Ed-Tech Tidbits: Launch Academy, LearnLaunch Step Out
Gregory T. Huang Everyone talks about the technical talent crunch in Boston (and other hubs). Few do anything about it. But today is all about the “launch.” More specifically, Launch Academy. And,...
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High Hanging Fruit
Joe Chung Let’s face it. There are tens of thousands of super smart, tech-savvy, funded teams out there chasing the next Massively Viral consumer Internet phenomenon. Think of it like an incredibly...
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Bolt Emerges with $3.5M Fund to Support Hardware Startups in Boston
Gregory T. Huang If hardware is the new black, then Bolt is the new “accelerator.” Actually, Bolt doesn’t much like the term. Instead, it fancies itself a “toolkit” for hardware startups. But the...
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Bizdom, TechTown, Invest Detroit Launch $1M Technology Exchange
Sarah Schmid Thanks to a $1 million grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund, Detroit business incubators Bizdom and TechTown are partnering with Invest Detroit on a new initiative called the Detroit...
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Limit the Decisions You Make as a Leader
Dennis Bakke My hardest job as a CEO: Not making decisions. Yes, you read that right. My goal as an executive is to make only one significant decision a year. But isn’t that what a leader is supposed...
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Startup MovingWorlds Helps Professionals Volunteer In Developing World
Benjamin Romano Mark Horoszowski wants to make it easier for people with business expertise to help organizations in emerging economies, which he describes with the neologism “experteering.” He came...
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Boston: Reclaiming Its Place as a Technology Hub
Patricia O'Neill The battle for bragging rights as the United States’ epicenter for technology innovation has been waging between Boston and Silicon Valley since the 1980s. Remember Route 128 proudly...
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LearnLaunch On the Move as Ed-Tech Market Heats Up in Boston
Gregory T. Huang The school year may be heading down the home stretch, but tech companies in the education sector are finding things are just starting to pick up—particularly in New England. That’s...
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Partnership for New York City Wants Urban Tech Campuses Across City
João-Pierre S. Ruth With the recent release of the NYC Jobs Blueprint, the Partnership for New York City makes it pretty clear it wants the next mayor to embrace the innovation community. In addition...
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Johnson Space Center Campus Looks to Support NASA Entrepreneurs
Angela Shah The shuttering of NASA’s space shuttle program two years ago was felt most acutely in the Houston suburbs, home to the Johnson Space Center. In the aftermath, corporate boosters scrambled...
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Go East, Young Developers
David Cancel This week, Yahoo announced the acquisition of Tumblr, and journalists, pundits, investors, and advertisers alike speculated on what the acquisition means for Tumblr users, for Yahoo’s...
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