http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/ en Copyright 2012 Wed, 30 May 2012 10:57:36 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Joe Marks, who last year helped set up a new R&D lab for the Walt Disney Company in Cambridge, has left the company to work on a new startup.]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/head_of_disneys_cambridge_rese.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/head_of_disneys_cambridge_rese.html Tech Wed, 30 May 2012 10:57:36 -0500 mobile retail trucks, to consider establishing new parking spots in Boston where they could legally sell their wares. I'm all for that. A few well-chosen spots around the city could help fledgling retail concepts gain momentum — and potentially move into permanent storefronts if they're successful enough — without aggravating merchants who pay rent.]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/an_open_letter_to_mayor_menino.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/an_open_letter_to_mayor_menino.html Entrepreneurship Tue, 29 May 2012 11:37:42 -0500 went public in an IPO that saw its shares triple on the first day of trading, and then was acquired in 2003 for $132 million by the Burlington company that grew into Nuance Communications. Now, the former CEO of SpeechWorks, Stuart Patterson, is out talking to local venture capital firms to raise money for another speech-related business.]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/former_speechworks_chief_execu.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/former_speechworks_chief_execu.html Tech Fri, 25 May 2012 09:19:26 -0500 Convergence Forum in Chatham, Mass. It's a conference that brings together executives, entrepreneurs and investors from the New England life sciences business. (I'm on the advisory board.) Some of the big speakers this year included Genzyme CEO David Meeker, Third Rock Ventures founder Mark Levin, OvaScience CEO Michelle Dipp, and Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos of Pfizer. You can see the Twitter traffic for the event here. ]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/audio_from_the_2012_convergenc.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/audio_from_the_2012_convergenc.html Life Sciences Thu, 24 May 2012 14:11:07 -0500 updated their LinkedIn profiles to indicate they're no longer with the company.]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/scenarios_for_38_studios_going.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/scenarios_for_38_studios_going.html Tech Wed, 23 May 2012 13:29:12 -0500 TurningArt is announcing today that it has raised an additional $1.5 million in funding. The round includes NextView Ventures, a VC firm that happens to be based in the same Leather District building as TurningArt.]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/turningart_boston_startup_that.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/turningart_boston_startup_that.html Entrepreneurship Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:53 -0500 About Last Night, at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference. Darren and Derek Dodge are notable entrepreneurs both because Darren spent a year-and-a-half working in new media for the Ashton Kutcher empire — and because their father is a high-profile Google executive, Don Dodge. ]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/new_mobile_app_about_last_nigh.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/new_mobile_app_about_last_nigh.html Tech Tue, 22 May 2012 12:34:55 -0500 Kayak.com, the travel site with its headquarters in Connecticut but most of its employees at its technology office in Concord, Mass., is preparing for its IPO road show, the series of investor presentation that precede an initial public offering. Kayak first announced its plans to go public about 18 months ago. CNBC reported last week that Kayak was hoping to raise $150 million in the offering, and sources close to the company told me on Friday that the company was hoping to kick off its road show sometime in May, hitting cities like Boston, New York, Toronto, and San Francisco. The IPO could potentially value Kayak at $1 billion. ]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/travel_site_kayak_buying_ticke.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/travel_site_kayak_buying_ticke.html Tech Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:26 -0500 Together electronic music festival in Boston is in the process of raising money and scouting locations for a new school that would offer courses in DJing and producing dance music. It'll be called The MMMMaven Project, and founders David Day and Alex Maniatis hope to have a location nailed down next month, and begin teaching some pilot courses in July. ]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/the_mmmmaven_project_aspires_t.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/the_mmmmaven_project_aspires_t.html Entrepreneurship Fri, 18 May 2012 13:52:06 -0500 By Scott Kirsner, Globe ColumnistNow that everyone has concluded that Facebook is going to be the most successful IPO since the invention of stock exchanges, I thought it'd be fun to look back at some early Facebook history. So here... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/on_the_eve_of_the_ipo_some_fac.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/on_the_eve_of_the_ipo_some_fac.html Tech Thu, 17 May 2012 10:28:57 -0500 announcing his intention to become an active angel in the "big data" sector, former Vertica CEO Chris Lynch is joining Atlas Venture, the Cambridge VC firm. What gives? ]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/chris_lynch_former_vertica_chi.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/chris_lynch_former_vertica_chi.html Venture Capital Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:47 -0500 RamenCamp, a conference that focuses on boot-strapping techniques, mainly for software and Internet businesses. One of the best sessions that I caught — and I was only there for a few hours — was a fireside chat featuring RunKeeper founder Jason Jacobs. ]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/runkeeper_founder_jason_jacobs.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/runkeeper_founder_jason_jacobs.html Entrepreneurship Tue, 15 May 2012 08:34:03 -0500 Globe column focused on whether we're seeing enough new angel investors come out of recent IPOs and acquisitions. Here is some bonus material and a few responses triggered by that piece.]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/angels_in_boston_globe_column.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/angels_in_boston_globe_column.html Entrepreneurship Mon, 14 May 2012 09:56:05 -0500 If you have kids, you've probably gotten used to handing them your phone so they can play games or watch videos. So what about handing them your phone so they can insert it into a Nerf-like ball and toss it around? http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/new_hampshire_company_building.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/new_hampshire_company_building.html Entrepreneurship Fri, 11 May 2012 10:32:01 -0500 creation of a new game development shop, Disruptor Beam, co-founder Jon Radoff tells me the firm raised its first outside capital this week. The money comes from a trio of angels with ties to Harmonix Music Systems, the Cambridge company that created "Rock Band" and "Dance Central," as well as former E Ink chief executive Russ Wilcox.]]> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/game_startup_disruptor_beam_co.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/05/game_startup_disruptor_beam_co.html Tech Thu, 10 May 2012 09:11:01 -0500