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Assets of the pioneering 3-D display developer Actuality Systems were acquired over the holidays by Arlington-based Optics for Hire. Terms weren't disclosed, but Actuality founder Gregg Favalora tells me via e-mail that the acquisition is "a combination of stock and cash based upon future income ...
I'm planning to take a short break from this blog over the holidays (and perhaps from tweeting, too) to recharge...
One of the features of this blog that I've been meaning to explain is in the upper right-hand corner there: "3 Up, 3 Down." Essentially, the idea is to spotlight three companies on the upswing, and three that have, uh, had better days....
I stopped by Olin College yesterday morning to see what was shaking at the Olin Expo, a showcase for student projects held at the end of each semester.Yes, there were sleekly-designed bikes, robotic plush toys, Baja off-road vehicles, and augmented reality systems.But I was most struck by a trio of...
When I first met Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman last fall, the two fresh Boston College grads were just starting to talk to local investors about WePay, their online payment start-up...
At the Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill last week, I moderated a panel of three executives from Boston's online travel cluster: Jeremy Wertheimer, chief executive of ITA Software, Dena Yahya, director of revenue management at TripAdvisor, and Mark Watkins, chief executive of Goby. We talked about:- What ...
The Friday5 is a list of five things worth knowing about. As 2009 draws to a close, I'm presenting my list of Boston-area start-ups to watch in 2010. Who are you keeping an eye on? Let me know in the comments.- HubSpot....
What is Coffee for No Reason? It's an occasional gathering of people who work in tech, biotech, media, and the wider start-up world. The objective? To drink coffee together for absolutely no reason....
The results of a new hiring survey are being released this week, painting a fairly rosy picture for jobs in digital media, online marketing, and technology for 2010.The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange surveyed its 250 corporate members in October about their hiring plans for next ...
Here's a holiday e-commerce challenge sure to stump you...Name this company:- Based in the Back Bay.- Founded in 2002 by two guys who first met as undergrads at Cornell.- Will earn well over $200 million in revenues this year.- Employs 525 people, more than 100 of whom were hired in 2009.- Featured...
Yes, I was a bit skeptical in October 2008 when I wrote about Woburn-based Terrafugia, that company that is trying to build a flying car (or, if you prefer, a roadable aircraft):"Want a big entrepreneurial challenge? Try to design an aircraft and bring it to market.....
If you feel that most messages posted on Twitter verge on over-sharing, you can stop reading here. But if you're fascinated (as I am) by all the private-turned-public observations Twitter encourages, the WiFi Body Scale from Withings, a French company, will be just one more astounding data point...
It's December, and that means it's mandatory for journalists to start cranking out "year-in-review" lists. So for this week's Friday5, my list is the five Boston venture capital firms that had the most impact on the local scene in 2009. Disagree? Think I've left off an important firm...
Hows this for guerilla marketing...
