Calling Entrepreneurs for Sound Off, Round 2, at 6×6: Six Cities, Six Big...
Erin Kutz We want you. To tell our audience what you want to see for the innovation community here in Boston. At Xconomy’s upcoming conference, 6×6: Six Cities, Six Big Tech Ideas. The Dec. 1 program,...
View ArticleAnnouncing XSITE June 14: Evernote, Uber, Zaarly, IBM’s Watson, & More
Robert Buderi Innovators, start your engines. The economy is ramping up, and so is the innovation scene here in Boston and across the U.S. For the past three years—starting with the theme “The...
View ArticleNexamp Unit Purchase Helps Retroficiency Inflate its Energy Efficiency Footprint
Erin Kutz It’s not often that a two-year-old company acquires part of another startup, but it looks like a recent purchase for Boston-based Retroficiency is paying off. Last November the energy...
View ArticleAcme Packet, Constant Contact, & Terrafugia CEOs Join XSITE on June 14
Gregory T. Huang Here at Xconomy we are gearing up for our biggest event of the year: XSITE (the Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, & Entrepreneurship) on June 14 at Babson College. Tickets...
View Article7 Xpo Startups at XSITE on June 14 (and Looking for a Few More)
Gregory T. Huang Here at Xconomy we are coming down the home stretch of preparations for our biggest annual event: XSITE 2012, on June 14 at Babson College. That’s (gasp) just over three weeks away....
View ArticleBill Warner, Dharmesh Shah Join XSITE 2012 Lineup: Here’s the Agenda
Gregory T. Huang You’ve been waiting for it. We’ve been waiting for it. Here it is: the full agenda for XSITE 2012 on June 14 at Babson College. We’re exactly two weeks out from Xconomy’s biggest...
View ArticleNEVCA, Common Angels XSITE Startup Tickets Still Up for Grabs
Thea Bissell We’re just one week away from the fourth annual Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, and we are excited to announce that CommonAngels and the New England...
View ArticleFrom Jeopardy to Fighting Cancer—IBM’s Watson at XSITE on Thursday
Robert Buderi It was a much-publicized human vs. computer challenge match—and it wasn’t good for the humans early last year, when the IBM supercomputer Watson handily beat two of Jeopardy’s top human...
View ArticleXSITE Startup Audience Booming for Thursday Summit: See Who’s Coming
Erin Kutz We’ve got a top-notch roster of speakers and panels for our Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, & Entrepreneurship—less than 48 hours away—at Babson College. Entrepreneurs from...
View ArticleXSITE 2012: Accelerating Innovation, Captured on Camera
Erin Kutz Don’t fret if you weren’t one of the 500 or so people registered for our XSITE conference yesterday. We’ve pulled together the top 10 quotes and takeaways from the program, and for those who...
View ArticleFounders’ Stories: Backupify, BzzAgent, and Pixability CEOs Bare It All
Gregory T. Huang OK, not literally. But some good stories were told. Last Thursday’s XSITE conference at Babson College, our fourth annual full-day innovation conference (see photos here), had plenty...
View ArticleXSITE 2013: Boston’s Tech Revival Coming June 19
Gregory T. Huang Boston tech is back, baby. We might not be Silicon Valley, but who cares? The Boston area has incredible amounts of technical talent, business expertise, capital, culture, and new...
View ArticleHow Boston Tech Will Lead the World: Find Out at XSITE June 19
Gregory T. Huang It’s as simple as A, B, C. Akamai. Actifio. BzzAgent. Bolt. Crashlytics. Crunchbutton… The list goes on and on, filled with Boston-area companies of old and new. The common theme?...
View ArticleJazz Lessons for Startup Success: Dyn CEO Jeremy Hitchcock at XSITE
Curt Woodward Dyn is one of those boring-but-important players that make the online economy possible. Big names like Twitter, Tumblr, and Netflix rely on it to connect millions of users with their...
View ArticleCan CEOs Win Without Being Jerks? RunKeeper’s Jason Jacobs at XSITE
Curt Woodward Unless they’re insanely lucky, pretty much every worker bee out there has a horrifying tale of a despicable boss. They rule through threats, intimidation, and political gamesmanship....
View Article10 Xpo Startups at XSITE: CareSolver, Cloze, Crunchbutton, & More
Gregory T. Huang We do it once a year. And every year, it’s one of the big highlights of the day. I’m talking about the “Startup Xpo,” a showcase of some of the most intriguing young companies around...
View Article10 Highlights From XSITE 2013: Akamai, Blackjack, Crashlytics, & More
Gregory T. Huang Digging out from our fifth annual XSITE innovation conference at Babson College yesterday…huge thanks to all of our speakers, sponsors, attendees, and hosts for an inspiring day...
View ArticleBoston Tech’s Inferiority Complex: “It’s a F***ing Waste of Time”
Curt Woodward With the federal trial of mobster Whitey Bulger lighting up the headlines, Scott Savitz drew more than a few chuckles Wednesday when he pointed out that the Boston area has “some really...
View ArticleXSITE 2013 (Boston’s Tech Revival): The Photos
Gregory T. Huang They came, they saw, they got their money’s worth. XSITE 2013, our fifth annual flagship innovation conference, did not disappoint. The theme was Boston’s Tech Revival. And between...
View ArticleA Deal on a Handshake: A Short Tribute to Outgoing Babson President
Robert Buderi Sunday marked Len Schlesinger’s official last day of service as Babson College president after five standout years in the role. Today, new Babson president Kerry Healey, former...
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