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News for the Week of June 1, 2010 |
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Startup Watch: Five you should follow
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As part of each week’s Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies, and their business goals, that are profiled in the New England Tech Directory. Included in this week’s Startup Report: Cykod.com, Fashion Playtes, Sustainable Minds, TaskRabbit and Zazu.
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MHT’s Emerging Technologies Forum: Health IT and the Cloud
Join us for a morning of networking and a panel discussion. We will explore the nexus of the future of health care with the future of computing — the convergence of health care and cloud computing.
June 24, 2010 | 7:30 – 10:00 am
Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
Platinum Sponsor: Mintz Levin
Click here to register and for the full list of speakers
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Biotech startup Tesaro launches with seed funding
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Tesaro Inc., a new Boston-based biotechnology company focused on potential cancer drugs, launched Wednesday with funding commitments worth a total of $60 million.
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Maximize the ROI of Agile Methodologies throughout your company:
Is your business ready to transition to Agile?
Find out at an exclusive event that will focus on the organizational impact
of the Agile development methodology and strategies, and will allow you
and your peers to share experiences and lessons learned. This breakfast seminar will take place at 7:30am on Thursday, June 24th at The Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Click to register.
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Colleges extend roles in Springfield incubator
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Springfield Technical Community College announced today that they are taking on leadership roles with the Springfield Incubator, with UMass executive Marla Michel being named director of the incubator and a UMass spinoff moving in as a tenant.
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McLane Law Firm, with nearly 90 attorneys, has an office in the TradeCenter building in Woburn MA. The specialty focus areas for the TradeCenter office include: Real Estate, Corporate/Tax, Employment and Trust and Estate Law. The firm has 32 lawyers rated as Best Lawyers -- and our clients are consistently happy with results and pleased with the competitive rate structure that we have brought from our NH headquarters. www.mclane.com
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Robotics startup Harvest Automation opens Billerica site
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Robotics startup Harvest Automation Inc. opened new headquarters Thursday in Billerica, with plans to enter trials for its products – small, agile mobile robots for materials handling – this summer.
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It's here ... 2010 Technology Directory
The New England Database of Technology Companies and print directory give you up-to-date contacts and in-depth information for nearly 8,000 technology and life sciences companies. Order it today to find the sales leads, suppliers and partners your business needs.
Available online at www.masshightech.com or call Paula Marggraf at 617-316-3276. Be sure to also inquire about annual directory advertising opportunities.
Are you listed in the directory? For your FREE listing, complete a survey HERE
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Foley Hoag signs on as founding partner of North Shore incubator program
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Boston-based law firm Foley Hoag LLP has agreed to become the first founding partner and Seed Fund contributor of North Shore InnoVentures, the non-profit organization supporting the Cleantech InnoVenture Center in Lynn and the Biotech InnoVenture Center in Beverly.
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Are you an experienced professional who needs to be the best and work among the best? Top business leaders look to MHT’s sales consultants to help grow their companies. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can truly deliver value to your clients, we invite you to consider our select team of pros. Our mulitmedia sales account executives are responsible for new business development as well as maintaining and growing existing client relationships.
For consideration, please submit resume and cover letter to jcohen@masshightech.com.
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MITX finalists get first judgment
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The Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange has 50 finalist companies and products in 11 categories for its judges to consider this year. Mass High Tech rounded up a posse of seven experts on our own and asked them to pick a few companies for closer scrutiny.
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Startups in Boston are founded by students who stay
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OfficeDrop's Healy Jones recently got a copy of a new study called "The Entrepreneur’s Census," created by Matt Shapiro of Yale. There are some pretty interesting data points in the survey regarding startup in Palo Alto, Boston and New York City. Jones blogs about the findings.
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Startups competing with big firms for Boston tech talent
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With big technology companies’ hiring programs adding head count in the thousands, and startup competitors rapidly coming out of the woodwork, startups are in a fight for the people they believe are critical to early-stage success.
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Startup CustomView targets makers of promotional giveaways
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CustomView aims to help businesses have targeted marketing campaigns based on individual profile and behavior patterns, and now it plans to raise up to $1 million...Want to feature your startup here in "The Pitch" section of Mass High Tech? Click on the submission form link at the bottom of this story.
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Young entrepreneurs crowd Lean into Spring meetup
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The Lean Into Spring event hosted by Lean Startup Circle Boston, a monthly Meetup group focused on lean startup principles, attracted a crowded house of young entrepreneurs and innovators.
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icon indicate news first reported in the print edition.
