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Xconomy posted a blog entry
Under the Radar Deals: 10 (+1) New England October Financings You Never Heard About
The big picture is great. But at Xconomy, we also like the smaller details, which often fill in or round out the big...
The big picture is great. But at Xconomy, we also like the smaller details, which often fill in or round out the big...
2 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., VC
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., VCXconomy posted a blog entry
Ironwood Files to Go Public, Seeks to Raise as Much as $172.5M
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is gearing up for the possibility of an IPO. The Cambridge, MA-based developer of a new treatment for...
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is gearing up for the possibility of an IPO. The Cambridge, MA-based developer of a new treatment for...
4 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Day Software, Web 2.0 Content Management Specialist, Moving U.S. Headquarters to Boston
Wails of lamentation spread across the local tech community every time an entity like Zendesk or Greylock or Y Combinator...
Wails of lamentation spread across the local tech community every time an entity like Zendesk or Greylock or Y Combinator...
4 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Biogen Idec Accused Again of Excessive CEO Pay, Lousy Performance, By Big Shareholder
[Update: 1:55 pm Eastern, 11/20/09] After a bitter standoff earlier this year with billionaire investor Carl Icahn over alleged...
[Update: 1:55 pm Eastern, 11/20/09] After a bitter standoff earlier this year with billionaire investor Carl Icahn over alleged...
4 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., San Diego blog...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., San Diego blog...Xconomy posted a blog entry
Mind, Body, & Cash: Lighter Living Raises $3M
Pilates is famous for shaping up peoples’ buttocks, tummies, and thighs. But what can the popularity of this fitness...
Pilates is famous for shaping up peoples’ buttocks, tummies, and thighs. But what can the popularity of this fitness...
4 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Genzyme Halts Development of New Kidney Drug; A “Very Significant” Bust, Analyst Says
Another day, another piece of bad news from Genzyme. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech giant (NASDAQ: GENZ) said today it is...
Another day, another piece of bad news from Genzyme. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech giant (NASDAQ: GENZ) said today it is...
6 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Steve Bratt, CEO of New World Wide Web Foundation, Details Plans To Make the Web More Usable in the Developing World
Only 25 percent of adults around the world have access to a computer that they can use to reach the Web. But 75 percent have...
Only 25 percent of adults around the world have access to a computer that they can use to reach the Web. But 75 percent have...
8 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
MyPunchbowl.com Acquires Group Travel Site I’m In, Transforms It Into Party Vendor Directory
Framingham, MA-based Punchbowl Software, the company behind party planning site MyPunchbowl.com, said today that it has...
Framingham, MA-based Punchbowl Software, the company behind party planning site MyPunchbowl.com, said today that it has...
8 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Fate Therapeutics Bags $30M Venture Deal, Led by OVP, to Develop “Industrialized” Stem Cells
Fate Therapeutics, the San Diego-based company on a quest to develop techniques that make stem cell research practical for the...
Fate Therapeutics, the San Diego-based company on a quest to develop techniques that make stem cell research practical for the...
Xconomy posted a blog entry
ZoomAtlas—Helping You Reconnect With Friends from The Old Neighborhood
Say you’d like to look up an old friend from high school. You have no idea what happened to him after college, and you...
Say you’d like to look up an old friend from high school. You have no idea what happened to him after college, and you...
9 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Brightcove Debuts “Express” Video Hosting
To make it easier for small Web publishers to host videos on their sites, Cambridge, MA-based Brightcove will announce today...
To make it easier for small Web publishers to host videos on their sites, Cambridge, MA-based Brightcove will announce today...
9 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Genzyme Shares Tank After FDA Discovers Bits of Steel, Rubber in Five Different Drugs
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for Genzyme, it did. The FDA reported today that it has found tiny bits of...
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for Genzyme, it did. The FDA reported today that it has found tiny bits of...
11 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Energy Networking Groups Merge
The Renewable Energy Business Network (REBN), a networking group for cleantech professionals with 10,000 members across 17...
The Renewable Energy Business Network (REBN), a networking group for cleantech professionals with 10,000 members across 17...
11 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., energy
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., energyXconomy posted a blog entry
Dossia Off to Slow Start with Personal Electronic Health Records
Dossia is nearly three years from launching to provide electronic personal health records for major U.S. employers. And though...
Dossia is nearly three years from launching to provide electronic personal health records for major U.S. employers. And though...
13 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Health IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Health ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Boston’s Faneuil Hall Is a Finalist for Google Street View Visit—Vote Now, Then Meet Trike Builder Dan Ratner
Being journalists, we here at Xconomy try to refrain from bald political statements or endorsements. We’d never ask you...
Being journalists, we here at Xconomy try to refrain from bald political statements or endorsements. We’d never ask you...
13 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
3Com Founder Bob Metcalfe Weighs in on News HP Has Purchased His Old Firm for $2.7 Billion
It was a newsroom holiday today at Xconomy, but Hewlett-Packard didn’t get the memo that we were off: the California company...
It was a newsroom holiday today at Xconomy, but Hewlett-Packard didn’t get the memo that we were off: the California company...
13 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog...Xconomy posted a blog entry
Aileron’s New Class of Drugs Shown to Get Inside Cells to Block Prime Cancer Target
Cambridge, MA-based Aileron Therapeutics has bet the company on the idea that it has discovered a whole new class of drugs...
Cambridge, MA-based Aileron Therapeutics has bet the company on the idea that it has discovered a whole new class of drugs...
13 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Pulmatrix Pulls in $30.2M, GenArts Gobbles Up Wondertouch, BioVex Bags $30M, & More Boston-Area Deals News
Several of New England’s tech and life sciences firms got juicy deals the past week and a half.—Boston’s...
Several of New England’s tech and life sciences firms got juicy deals the past week and a half.—Boston’s...
14 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Roundup
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., RoundupXconomy posted a blog entry
Right Brains Wanted: Sanofi-Aventis Wants to Tap the Creative Genius of Boston-Area Biotechs
Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) hosted a large event at its R&D site in Cambridge, MA, yesterday to make its pitch for why...
Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) hosted a large event at its R&D site in Cambridge, MA, yesterday to make its pitch for why...
14 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Life Sciences
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Life SciencesXconomy posted a blog entry
Cambridge Public Library Grand Opening: A Beautiful Library for a Great Innovation City
When they write the book on great libraries of the world, a few legendary names will come to mind: Alexandria; Pergamum (the...
When they write the book on great libraries of the world, a few legendary names will come to mind: Alexandria; Pergamum (the...
15 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., X Factor
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., X FactorXconomy posted a blog entry
BioVex Nails Down Another $30M To Finish Pivotal Study of Cancer-Killing Virus
BioVex, the Woburn, MA-based company aspiring to create the first FDA-approved cancer-killing virus, has raised an additional...
BioVex, the Woburn, MA-based company aspiring to create the first FDA-approved cancer-killing virus, has raised an additional...
15 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Tokai Pushes Edge With Three-Pronged Attack on Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer has been one of the hot fields for new biotech drug development this year, and now Cambridge, MA-based Tokai...
Prostate cancer has been one of the hot fields for new biotech drug development this year, and now Cambridge, MA-based Tokai...
15 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Former Pfizer R&D Chief Joins PureTech Ventures as Senior Partner
PureTech Ventures says it has swelled its ranks with another Big Pharma veteran. John LaMattina, former president of global...
PureTech Ventures says it has swelled its ranks with another Big Pharma veteran. John LaMattina, former president of global...
15 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., pharma
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., pharmaXconomy posted a blog entry
Clean Energy Week Preview: Of Green Ties and 52 Startups
We’ve noticed a slowing of venture investment in cleantech and other aspects of energy here in New England. But put any green...
We’ve noticed a slowing of venture investment in cleantech and other aspects of energy here in New England. But put any green...
16 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., energy
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., energyXconomy posted a blog entry
Concert Starts HIV Trial, Bags $12M From Glaxo to Help Challenge Gilead’s Once-Daily Pill
Concert Pharmaceuticals, the Lexington, MA-based company that chemically modifies existing drugs to make them more attractive,...
Concert Pharmaceuticals, the Lexington, MA-based company that chemically modifies existing drugs to make them more attractive,...
16 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Viridity Points to Greener, and Cheaper, Data Centers
Any company that owns or manages a data center, even a small one, knows how power-hungry they can be. It’s not unusual...
Any company that owns or manages a data center, even a small one, knows how power-hungry they can be. It’s not unusual...
16 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Ion Torrent, Stealthy Company Tied to Harvard’s George Church, Nabs $23M Venture Deal
Ion Torrent Systems, a company advised by Harvard University genomics pioneer George Church, has raised $23 million in new...
Ion Torrent Systems, a company advised by Harvard University genomics pioneer George Church, has raised $23 million in new...
18 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
Is it Real or Is It High Dynamic Range? How Software Is Changing the Way We Look at Photographs
You know how listening to music on a friend’s pricey Bose headphones makes it harder to tolerate your tinny little...
You know how listening to music on a friend’s pricey Bose headphones makes it harder to tolerate your tinny little...
18 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National, National blog..., San Diego blog...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National, National blog..., San Diego blog...Xconomy posted a blog entry
A Tale of Three Cities: How Boston, Boulder, and Seattle Measure Up as Tech Innovation Hubs
I was chatting with a couple of local investors at the TechStars (seed fund and mentorship program) event in Seattle on...
I was chatting with a couple of local investors at the TechStars (seed fund and mentorship program) event in Seattle on...
19 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National blog..., Seattle, Seattle blog...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National blog..., Seattle, Seattle blog...
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Microsoft’s New Head of FUSE Labs, Lili Cheng, on Strategy, Social Computing, and Bicoastal Life
Software, people, social media Gregory T. Huang wrote: Microsoft’s latest reorganization, which involves labs in both the Seattle and Boston areas, has a new face. It’s Lili Cheng, a 14-year Microsoftie with experience in both research...
Software, people, social media Gregory T. Huang wrote: Microsoft’s latest reorganization, which involves labs in both the Seattle and Boston areas, has a new face. It’s Lili Cheng, a 14-year Microsoftie with experience in both research...
45 days ago
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| Topics: Boston blog..., National blog..., Seattle, Seattle blog... | Add google reader to your profileXconomy posted a blog entry
Fundraising Tide Remains Low for Venture Capital Firms
Fundraising by U.S. venture capital firms continues to lag. A survey released overnight by Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst...
Fundraising by U.S. venture capital firms continues to lag. A survey released overnight by Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst...
47 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National, San Diego blog..., Seattle blog...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National, San Diego blog..., Seattle blog...Xconomy posted a blog entry
The Boston Biotech Survival Index: Big Fish Still Swimming, Minnows Getting Eaten
New England has a deep pond with many of the very biggest fish in the global life sciences industry, but it also has its share...
New England has a deep pond with many of the very biggest fish in the global life sciences industry, but it also has its share...
48 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Biotech
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., BiotechXconomy posted a blog entry
MIT Plans New Online Publication
MIT is planning to launch a student-led online publication focused on entrepreneurship by the end of the year, a leader of the...
MIT is planning to launch a student-led online publication focused on entrepreneurship by the end of the year, a leader of the...
48 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Entreprene...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., Entreprene...Xconomy posted a blog entry
Dart Boston: The Hub’s New Hub for Twenty-Something Entrepreneurs
Apparently, social media services like Facebook and Twitter aren’t everything they’re cracked up to be, even for...
Apparently, social media services like Facebook and Twitter aren’t everything they’re cracked up to be, even for...
50 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., startups
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., startupsXconomy posted a blog entry
How to Launch a Professional-Looking Blog on a Shoestring
Maybe you’d like to have a sleek, attractive blog or website for yourself or your business. Maybe you’ve looked...
Maybe you’d like to have a sleek, attractive blog or website for yourself or your business. Maybe you’ve looked...
53 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National, National blog..., San Diego blog...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston blog..., National, National blog..., San Diego blog...Xconomy posted a blog entry
iRobot Alumni Build Robot-Vacuum Accessories To Promote “Successful Cleaning Missions”
Sometimes a robot just needs a little help from its friends. And now a pair of former iRobot engineers who lost their jobs in...
Sometimes a robot just needs a little help from its friends. And now a pair of former iRobot engineers who lost their jobs in...
54 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., IT
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., ITXconomy posted a blog entry
Vertex Raises $155M Through Debt Financing for Hepatitis C Drug in Europe
Vertex Pharmaceuticals said today it will bring in $155 million in cash through a pair of deals related to the potential...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals said today it will bring in $155 million in cash through a pair of deals related to the potential...
55 days ago
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., San Diego blog...
Xconomy - Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy
| Topics: Boston, Boston blog..., National blog..., San Diego blog...