Social Media1- An open letter to Mayor Menino on pop-up shops, mobile retail trucks, and the Oakland experiment May 29, 2012Dear Mayor Menino: I know you've been meeting with entrepreneurs who've created mobile retail trucks, to consider establishing new parking spots in Boston where they could legally sell their wares. I'm all for that. A few well-chosen spots around the city could help fledgling retail concepts gain momentum and potentially move into permanent […]
- Former SpeechWorks chief executive out raising money for Xtone, startup that wants to speech-enable mobile apps May 25, 2012In the days before Siri, one of the most innovative speech startups around was Boston's SpeechWorks International. The company mainly focused on bringing speech recognition to the phone systems of customers like Amtrak, United Airlines, and FedEx, helping handle calls more efficiently. But the company was also working on "multi-modal" technolo […]
- Audio from the 2012 Convergence Forum, life sciences event on Cape Cod May 24, 2012By Scott Kirsner, Globe ColumnistJust sharing some photos and audio from this month's Convergence Forum in Chatham, Mass. It's a conference that brings together executives, entrepreneurs and investors from the New England life sciences business. (I'm on the advisory board.)...
- Scenarios for 38 Studios going forward May 23, 2012I've been talking to people this morning about the most likely scenarios for 38 Studios, the Providence-based game development shop that seems to be running out of money. As of today, the company's CEO and senior VP of product development have updated their LinkedIn profiles to indicate they're no longer with the company.
- An open letter to Mayor Menino on pop-up shops, mobile retail trucks, and the Oakland experiment May 29, 2012
