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Focus on Founders: Big Data Collaboration Between HPC and Breast Cancer Therapeutics Companies

by edelfreitas | Apr 2, 2015 | Focus On Founders, General, Incubators, Innovation, R & D, Startups, What's Offered

In a recent interview with one of our companies, Bioarray Therapeutics, I got an inside look at how founder, Marcia Fournier, made use of the Venture Development Center’s supercomputing facilities.  The supercomputer was developed by another VDC company,...
What happens when a badass filmmaker teams up with the VDC to create a corporate video?

What happens when a badass filmmaker teams up with the VDC to create a corporate video?

by edelfreitas | Feb 26, 2015 | Incubators, Innovation, Marketing and Selling, News and Events, Startups

Well, the VDC isn’t technically a corporation, so this was not REALLY a corporate video.  However, the video that was created stated clear value propositions and call-to-actions, so, in that sense, it achieved a business purpose.  Hence, a corporate video and a...
VDC Mentor Spotlight: John Hamilton

VDC Mentor Spotlight: John Hamilton

by edelfreitas | Jan 14, 2015 | Incubators, Innovation, Mentoring, Startups

“Paint them a picture of nirvana; of how beautiful it is going to be and how their problems will be solved.”  – John Hamilton Recently, I got the opportunity to sit down with accomplished sales executive and Venture Development Center (VDC) Entrepreneur in...
There Is a Welcome Mat In Massachusetts For International Student Entrepreneurs

There Is a Welcome Mat In Massachusetts For International Student Entrepreneurs

by edelfreitas | Nov 20, 2014 | GEIR program, Innovation, Startups

Bryan O’Connell, from Limerick, Ireland is the founder of FirstLine, a consumer-oriented healthcare mobile application. FirstLine’s mission is to reduce the friction and cost involved for consumers attempting to access a primary care physician. Bryan received...
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