by christianvialva | Jul 2, 2015 | General, Innovation, Internships, Mentoring, Startups, Student Successes
To most, Kahmali Rose is just a Computer Science grad at UMass Boston. However, to the people who have worked with him, Kahmali Rose is more than that; he is an ambitious, interesting, and tenacious young entrepreneur. Co-founder of NimbleNotes, Rose has spent the...
by edelfreitas | May 20, 2015 | Focus On Founders, General, Incubators, Innovation, Internships, Mentoring, News and Events, Startups, Tech transfer
As most incubators do, we always like to catch up with our graduates to see how they have been doing since they have “left the nest” of the Venture Development Center (VDC). I got a chance to see how Dr. Jill Macoska, director of the Center for...
by william.brah | Apr 30, 2015 | GEIR program, Incubators, Innovation, Mentoring, Startups
These are companies that can add two dozen employees per year as they rocket upward. This year, we do not have to stand by and watch another group of talented MBAs and PhDs graduating from our local universities leave the country because they can’t secure...
by edelfreitas | Apr 17, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Fundraising, Incubators, Innovation, Marketing and Selling, Mentoring, R & D, Startups
Research labs spend more than $35 billion a year on laboratory equipment and supplies. But as big companies restructure their research and development to reduce costs and risks, they rely more and more on research done by smaller companies. These smaller labs are a...
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...
