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How Entrepreneurial can a Food Truck be?

Submitted on March 17, 2010

Christine and I are big fans of entrepreneurship and food so naturally when we learned of Clover food truck we were excited! Apologies to those people who already know about this amazing place. Clover food lab as its called by Ayr, the founder, a former MIT student, is using these portable food trucks as test kitchens for eventually opening his restaurant - a great example of entrepreneurship at work. This is a great way to figure out what customers want while still making money and being able to cover your costs.

Mike Troiano on How to Build a Basic Content Hub

Submitted on March 16, 2010


Using the Web to build your brand is less and less about creating destinations, and more and more about creating content useful to the people you want to reach, then empowering them to access that content wherever and however they like.
 The key to this is creating something we call a “content hub.” A content hub is more than just a standalone site or application, it’s both the heart of a distributed network of information, and a destination for those that share the interest it supports.

Becoming the Jetsons

Submitted on March 12, 2010

I remember on new years this year, I sat back and thought, we are in 2010, that is the future. Growing up, the transition into the 2000's was such a big deal and anything past 2000, seemed like the distant future, now more than a decade in, life is not exactly how I imagined. Perhaps it was the influence of shows like the Jetsons, but I thought we would all be driving flying cars by now and have robot maids. We are not there yet, but Terrafugia might make that a reality soon. They claim that by next year they will be able to start selling personal flying cars and already have buyers.

Jason Evanish on Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to be a Young Entrepreneur in Boston

Submitted on March 10, 2010

 
As a young entrepreneur in the Boston community for the past half year, I have witnessed first hand a transformation; there is an incredible build up of momentum behind many initiatives and a growing buzz in the community.  New organizations are forming, old ones are evolving and there has been a dramatic increase in collaboration across the ecosystem. Innovative ideas, better ways of doing things and many new opportunities are the product of these efforts and it’s why John Harthorne is bullish about the community and I share his sentiments. 

Cultural Changes in Boston

Submitted on March 8, 2010

As we’ve mentioned before, there’s been a lot of reassuring activity going on in Massachusetts lately. Some of it has been in Kendall close to MIT and some has been on the other side of the river, in Boston. Particularly, South Boston. Mayor Menino has some interesting plans for the Seaport District in South Boston with an aim of turning it into a downtown Geekville.

What does that mean?

Hustle. Sleep. Repeat.

Submitted on March 3, 2010

 
Last Thursday, I had the distinct honor of acting as emcee for the NEXT event, celebrating emerging entrepreneurs in Massachusetts. The event was organized by the MA Office of Small Business & Entrepreneurship and hosted at the UMass Venture Development Center, both of whom did an amazing job.