http://www.masshightech.com/latestnews.html Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology : breaking news from Mass High Tech Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:25:54 -0500 en-US http://www.masshightech.com/ http://www.masshightech.com/images/flag.gif http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily51-Young-entrepreneurs-lead-charge-to-build-Mass-tech-growth.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology A growing number of young entrepreneurs are taking on the mission of growing the next crop of tech ventures in Massachusetts by advocating for and to their own generation. Part of a hyper-connected and collaborative generation, they are passionate about building up their own personal networks but also helping out their friends’ ventures in a no-pressure environment. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily7-Startup-Labs-now-FUSE-took-brunt-of-Microsofts-Cambridge-cuts.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The staff cuts announced last week at Microsoft Corp. took a heavy toll among the company’s former Startup Labs team, not long after the year-old team was reorganized and folded into a new entity called Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Lab. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily6-Microsoft-vet-Dodge-lands-at-Google.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Google Inc. has snapped up Don Dodge, Microsoft Corp.'s former startup man-about-town, less than two weeks after the Redmond, Wash.-based software company let go its former evangelist to the entrepreneurial community, in companywide staff cuts that affected about 40 Massachusetts employees. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily3-Stealthy-Swipely-secures-startup-funds-.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology TellMe Networks co-founder Angus Davis has $875,000 in venture funds to start a new company. The equity investment in Providence-based Swipely Inc. came from Philadelphia-based venture firm First Round Capital, and Davis himself. There will be more investors coming in on the Series A round. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/09/daily29-In-beta-Trefis-unlocks-product-impact-on-stock-prices.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Insight Guru Inc.'s website, Trefis.com, aims to let investors research a company's stock through the things they are most familiar with — its products and services. They've raised $550,000 from angel investors and are in a private beta phase with about 300 testers until next week, when it plans to open the site to the public. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/09/daily23-Aponos-wins-WPI-Venture-Forum-Business-Plan-Contest.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Aponos Medical Corp. of Kingston, N.H., walked away with $20,000 and bragging rights as the winner of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Venture Forum 16th Annual Business Plan Contest last night in Worcester. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/editorial1-Innovation-continues-to-thrive-in-New-England.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Call it a continuum of excellence. In this issue, you will read of the accomplishments and talents of 15 exceptional New Englanders, leaders in their corners of the tech community — the 2009 Mass High Tech All-Stars. This brings to more than 200 the total number of MHT All-Stars honored in the 14 years of our program. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/weekly12-MHT-All-Star-Patrick-Larkin-Dressed-for-success.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Patrick Larkin, director of the John Adams Innovation Institute at Mass. Technology Collaborative, won a Mass High Tech All-Star award for 2009 in the entrepreneurship category. Read about his toughest personal and professional challenges. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/weekly7-Past-MHT-All-Stars-sound-off-on-recession-cleantech-entrepreneurship.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Former MHT All-Star honorees Jeremy Allaire, Nina Saberi, Ralph Folz, Vin Bisceglia, Chuck Digate, Justin Aborn, Una Ryan and Win Treese comment on the recession, cleantech and innovation. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/weekly3-Success-in-a-biotech-launch-starts-with-a-great-team.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology 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.