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- CashStar snags $5M, Home Depot retailing; plans new engineering hires
- Block Engineering’s explosive detection tech grabs federal funding
- Seaside launches trial for autism treatment
- Evergreen Solar moves manufacturing to China
- Struggling Textron finds success with drone planes
- Zeemote shuts down, plans sale of assets
- Harvard boosts wind power usage
- Smart grids get $3.4B; Small biz win 43% of DOE awards
- Health IT firm Quantros opens Marlborough office, plans new hires
- Pulmatrix lands $32M in multiple fundings
- Startup Litl launches Internet-enabled computer
- Zeemote shuts down, plans sale of assets
- MassTLC merges MassNetComms into the fold
- CashStar snags $5M, Home Depot retailing; plans new engineering hires
- Microsoft announces 800 layoffs; 4% of Mass. workers affected
- Cattini takes helm at social media firm Awareness
- MassTLC honoree Beranek traces a trail of tech and business achievement
- Evergreen Solar moves manufacturing to China
- Seaside launches trial for autism treatment
- Startup Watch: Five you should follow
The PITCH
Textaurant
Headquarters: Waltham
Employees: 3
Founded: 2009
The Pitch: Textaurant is seeking $50,000 to $100,000 in funding for testing its text messaging service for restaurants and businesses at additional sites, and marketing, branding, sales and product development.
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- February 27 Top Technology Deals
- March 27 Tech Employers
- April 24 IT Education Providers
- May 29 Venture Capital Firms
- June 26 Life Sciences Patent Holders
- July 31 Minority-Owned Businesses
- August 28 Software Developers
- September 9 Largest Investment Banks
- September 23 Largest Medical Device Firms
- October 7 Semiconductor Manufacturers
- October 21 NSF Grant Recipients
- November 4 Largest Cleantech Employers
- November 28 IP Law Firms
- December 19 Largest Biotech Companies
MHT All-Star Peter Antoinette: Nanotech explorer
Peter Antoinette, president and CEO of Nanocomp Technologies Inc., won a Mass High Tech All-Star award for 2009 in the field of nanotechnology. Find out how he got involved with nanotechnology.
From the Print Edition
- MHT All-Star Rodney Brooks: Roots of an industry
- MHT All-Star Peter Antoinette: Nanotech explorer
- MHT All-Star Maura Banta: Education mission
- MHT All-Star David Beisel: Geek pride
- MHT All-Star Omid Farokhzad: Thinking small
- MHT All-Star Eric Giler: In a new groove
- MHT All-Star Gail Goodman: Discipline and balance
- MHT All-Star Scott Griffith: Global thinking
- MHT All-Star Scott Kirsner: Community guy
- MHT All-Star Joseph Kvedar: Health care evangelist
Signature Programs
Women to Watch 2009
Mass High Tech’s Women to Watch program honors 10 New England-based women each year who are leading the way in entrepreneurship, technological innovation and lifelong learning.
Celebrate the Mass High Tech All Stars
Each year, Mass High Tech honors the New England tech industry’s pioneers and leaders from such sectors as: Advanced Energy, Biotech, Electronics, Hardware, Internet, Medical Devices, Software and Telecommunications. We also recognize those in support services who make it possible for entrepreneurship to thrive in the region, including lawyers, financiers, educators, public policy makers and association representatives.
Almost 400 members of the innovation community gathered at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel to honor the 2009 MHT All-Stars. You can read the profiles of the 15 honorees and past recipients, and learn more about the awards reception.
Now it’s time to look ahead to 2010, and the 15th Annual MHT All-Stars program. Nominations are now open, and we encourage you to submit the names of the people that you view as the leaders of your industry sector. Who provides ideas, innovation and vision? Which executives have changed the way people do business in your industry? Who are the thought leaders in your market? Who are the trailblazers for new technologies, the market makers for New England? Help us identify these leading players by nominating them now.
Tech Forums
Mass High Tech hosts four tech-focused forums throughout the year that include panel discussions on issues of concern for the bio, cleantech, emerging tech and finance industries.
Watch here for information on upcoming forums and highlights from recent forum events:
- Finance Forum
September 24, 2009
- BIO Forum
- CleanTech Forum
- Emerging Technologies Forum
Tech Citizenship: How is your company giving back to the community?
Mass High Tech annually honors New England technology companies that use their innovation to improve their communities as part of our Tech Citizenship Awards program. Now is the time to detail how your organization has helped charities and other non-profits through financial contributions, staff time, technology or other forms of assistance. The outstanding tech citizens will be honored at an event on Nov. 20. Register for the event. See the list of this year's 24 tech citizenship award recipients.
Read about the 22 companies honored last year for their charitable efforts. Read profiles of each company and learn how they met the criteria to be named a Tech Citizen. Their stories offer ideas from which we can all learn.
Wired-In
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New England Tech Stock Index
The New England Technology Stock Index (NETSI) provides a snapshot view of the performance of the region’s publicly traded companies. View the index »

Mass High Tech’s 2009 Technology How-To Guide covers the issues concerning high tech business and how to tackle them — issues ranging from overseas expansion and venture capital funding to choosing an MBA program and cutting your company’s energy bill.
- How to work with your accountant on taxes
- How to retain employees
- How to expand a company globally
- How to negotiate a real estate deal
- How to hire a business attorney
- How to purchase health insurance for employees
- How to run a successful meeting
- How to handle a public relations crisis
- How to continue your education
- How to select an MBA program
- How to cut your company’s energy bill
- How to choose a temporary placement agency
- How to attract venture capital funding
- How to generate sales leads
On the MHT blog now
On the MHT blog now
Despite World Series, local algorithm helps jobless New Yorkers
NPR's Morning Edition reports on job counseling efforts at the state of New York's Department of Labor, and finds it's using an algorithm developed by Burning Glass Technologies, which is based in Quincy Market. Burning Glass develops algorithms that parse resume information and try to match job seekers with companies that will actually hire them. The job seeker in the story, a publishing i...
Community Voices
Views from the front lines of the New England tech economy
Success in a biotech launch starts with a great team
Christoph Westphal and Michelle Dipp: We hope the lessons we learned in founding Sirtris Pharmaceuticals in 2004 and our approaches to it serve as a guide for others who want to build life sciences startups.
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State of open source software at 25
Gesmer Updegrove LLP's Andrew Updegrove: The advent of free and open-source software has reoriented the way in which many of the largest IT companies in the world compete. Companies like IBM, Intel, Nokia, Motorola, Oracle, and of course Google, use FOSS as both an enabler and a weapon.
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Networking for 20-somethings requires lesson in introductions
DartBoston's Cortlandt Johnson: The reason young people don’t get involved in Boston's meetups and networking events is because they don't believe they will be able to make a close connection with experienced and connected members of the business community. Let's face it, we are looking for mentors and advisers who can help us make our projects a success.
Startup Watch
Five You Should Follow
Immerz Inc.
Founded in 2009, Immerz, has developed a chest-worn device that uses vibration to enhance immersion in a game or movie. The company is based in Cambridge.
Other startups featured in our weekly Startup Report and listed in our online directory:
- Check out the Startup Watch archives
- Search the NE Tech Directory
- List your company
- Purchase the directory
Want to be considered for the Startup Watch? Contact the Startup Watch editor.
Business Calendar
Upcoming Events:
Nov. 12th
5th Lithium Mobile Power

Nov. 12th
Angel & Venture Term Sheets Lunch Discussion

Nov. 20th
Executive Presence - Creating Personal Power

Nov. 9th
NEDMA's 60th Birthday Celebration and Silent Auction

Nov. 9th
2009 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications

Nov. 10th
Board Role in Strategy: "not too big, not too small but just right"

Nov. 10th
Breakfast Seminar: The Case for Unified Information Access

Nov. 10th
Get Your Foot in the Door to Close New Accounts

Nov. 10th
WPI Venture Forum Business Plan Contest

Nov. 10th
Boston Cleantech Venture Day

Nov. 10th
Secure Surroundings - An Introduction to Hazardous Locations and ATEX requirements

Nov. 11th
Interactive Software Requirements Exercise

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