Tweet As we all know, December is a tough month for events — lots going on!  (Check out our Innovation Potluck and this month’s Mass Innovation Nights event.)  So, not that we can stop you from swinging by Cafe on the Common and hanging with the other Java-heads but we’ll be at the...

Tweet This is the second year of the MassChallenge competition and the second year the Innovation Nights team has been an official endorser.  (Full disclosure:  we’re also entered into the competition for the same reasons we suggested other startups check it out — no strings attached money,...

Tweet Last week’s Innovation Breakfast was a great opportunity to observe the breadth of the local innovation community.  We had a student and an experienced entrepreneur sitting side-by-side, talking startups. 

Tweet I always say that if no one else shows up for Innovation Breakfast, I’ll at least be able to get some work done.  Hasn’t happened yet. 

Tweet It’s the morning after Thanksgiving and we’re anticipating a quiet Innovation Breakfast.  Those who are not still in a turkey-induced food coma are either out hitting the stores for Black Friday or spending time with family.  I hope.  So we’ll use this time to provide a little...

Tweet Every year local tech business newspaper, Mass High Tech, runs an award program called the MHT All-Stars, recognizing the movers and shakers who make a difference in the local tech economy.  The celebration culminates with a party to recognize the winners and give them a chance to say a few words....

Tweet We meet a lot of entrepreneurs and startups through Innovation Breakfast and Mass Innovation Nights.  (If we don’t know you already, come introduce yourself!)  Once we get past the introductions and initial explanation of what a company concept is, the next question is “How are you...

Tweet Last week Innovation Breakfast and Mass Innovation Nights supported an event sponsored by IBM and Accounting Management Solutions, under the auspices of Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week (BREW).  More than 150 entrepreneurs and startups RSVPed for the free, all day event which featured presentations...

Tweet After skipping a week for a business trip, we’re back with the Innovation Breakfast in Waltham.  A small group discussion on local innovation, entrepreneurship and startups, we’ve had a different group almost every week.   And the conversations and connections have been fascinating. ...

Tweet Our weekly Innovation Breakfast discussions are far-flung.  But no matter what the topic du jour is , it is interesting to “take the temperature” of the group.  The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is designed to measure consumer confidence, defined as “the degree of optimism...