by william.brah | Jul 30, 2020 | Fundraising, Startups
Will tech talent flee to the suburbs because of the pandemic? Perhaps it will accelerate a trend of a subset of millennials turning their minds to marriage, and moving to areas that offer more space. But there’s not much evidence that the pandemic has changed the...
by william.brah | Mar 7, 2020 | General, Innovation, Startups
Economic development planners trying to spread the innovation economy beyond Boston wish more entrepreneurs would follow the lead of Julie Bliss Mullen, CEO of water treatment company, Aclarity. Eschewing Boston, unlike most of her peers, the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30...
by aijanisakova | Jan 21, 2020 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, Mentoring, Startups
by Juan Morales, Tyme Wear Five years ago, I decided to leave Venezuela to pursue a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering at Boston University. I considered several options, but thought Boston would offer me the greatest exposure to high-tech and top notch research...
by aijanisakova | Aug 22, 2019 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, Startups, Student Successes
by Thras Karydis, DeepCure Little longer than a year ago, I was sitting at my desk at the MIT Media Lab, reflecting on whether I had taken the right decision. Earlier that day, I had officially stopped my PhD at halftime, to join my lab mate and adviser in founding...
by william.brah | Jun 18, 2019 | General, Innovation, Startups
Venture backed companies in Massachusetts continue to concentrate along the Boston urban area’s transit lines, upon which half or more of their workers depend. Our research shows that during the last ten years, over 1,158 venture-backed companies have located in...
by william.brah | Jun 12, 2019 | GEIR program, Startups
Last week IKEA announced a new robotic furniture line in partnership with Boston-based startup Ori, which incubated in 2016 at the VDC. It is called ROGNAN, and is designed to use space inside the home more efficiently, timely as housing units become smaller to...
