by vdc | Nov 20, 2009 | Innovation, Internships
For many of our students, working in a startup is a new experience. They’ve just been steered in other directions. Big firms seemed safer bets. But no longer. According to a new Kauffman Foundation report, two thirds of new jobs are being created by new (not...
by vdc | Nov 13, 2009 | Internships
Venture-backed start ups continue to hire UMass Boston student interns. Akiba recently tapped Devrim Aksu, College of Management, as its new human resources intern. Akiba is a Boston-based startup developing a database virtualization solution. And RetireHub hired...
by vdc | Nov 4, 2009 | Innovation
Yesterday, Symmetric Computing, a Boston based technology company with offices at the Venture Development Center, released their Trio Departmental Supercomputer. The Trio allows a large segment of scientists and engineers to realize the benefits of supercomputing,...
by vdc | Oct 7, 2009 | Incubators
If you ask any of the start-ups at the Venture Development Center to describe in one word the culture of our incubator in Boston, they’ll say “focused”. Everyone is focused on launching, and keeping costs to a minimum. The start-up founders will also mention the...
by vdc | Oct 2, 2009 | Innovation
Revolutionary ideas seem to be what Boston is good at generating. Some of the best were presented yesterday during the filming of IDEAS Boston 2009. In lieu of their traditional in-person conference, this year’s was filmed in front of a small audience in the Venture...
