Print
Email
Print Edition Stories
MHT's Galen Moore: Charity reseller takes sting out of overpriced tickets
MHT's Galen Moore: Hiring trends and opportunities
MHT's Galen Moore: New 'hyperlocal' web trend
Who he is: Co-founder of Future Forward Events LLC, which produces the Nantucket Conference; columnist and blogger at the Boston Globe; author of several books, most recently Fans, Friends & Followers.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in communications from Boston University.
Favorite accomplishment: “I am not sure I have accomplished anything of substance. But my writing career has taken me to the White House, the United Nations, the tunnels beneath Walt Disney World, Google, George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch, Pixar, the Guinness brewery in Dublin and the Sundance Film Festival. Of all those places, the food at Google is the best.”
Toughest challenge professionally: “One of the things I work on is trying to put together gatherings like Future Forward and the Nantucket Conference that attract busy, smart, powerful people for a day or two. Giving them a good reason to come is always a challenge.”
What helped to shape him: “When I came back to Boston in 2007 I think I saw things in a new way. We have incredibly strong clusters here in areas like life sciences, online travel, defense tech, digital measurement, robotics — and I wanted to find ways we can help those clusters grow.”
Mentors: “I’ve been inspired by lots of people I’ve met, including inventor Dean Kamen, MIT professor Woodie Flowers and some magazine people I’ve worked with, like Lew McCreary of CIO Magazine; media entrepreneur Scott Cohen; and Bill Taylor and Alan Webber, the co-founders of Fast Company. Those people have taught me about either writing better or thinking more deeply or just not being lazy.”
What about an “anti-mentor”? “There are a lot of public-company CEOs and successful venture capitalists whom I consider anti-mentors. Too many of them don’t spend five minutes a year thinking about replenishing the pond — helping get students interested in entrepreneurship or mentoring first-time founders. They know who they are. I’m ready to start naming names if they don’t shape up.”
If you could do something besides journalism: “I’m really interested in nonprofits that get kids excited about careers in science and technology, so I’d probably be involved with one of those.”
On Scott Kirsner, from Shayne Gilbert
Shayne Gilbert is a partner in Future Forward, founder of Silverweave, and an MHT All-Star.
What do you know about Scott nobody else in tech would know?
“He wrote his first novel before he was a teenager.”
What’s the No. 1 thing that makes him a good journalist?
“Scott doesn’t accept the status quo. He’s willing to take chances and change public perception. It’s not just a day job for Scott."
What’s one of his assets that doesn’t get enough attention?
“Scott is an amazing team player and a great connector for the industry as a whole. He has the ability to see challenges from multiple perspectives. In this spirit of understanding and camaraderie, he works on many ideas and projects, many of which are not money-making, to help advance the needs of others.
RSS Feeds
Comments (2)
Please Login/Register to post comments.