PJC BlogJune is Innovation Month in New England - A Look at The Mobile SectorJune 1, 2010 at 2:47 pm by Sean
I was reading Scott Kirsner’s recent article Innovation Month: What’s It To You and when I read his request for bloggers to “write a post about some initiative, dynamic or group that you feel is vital to innovation in the region” it reminded me of a presentation I gave a few weeks back to the 128 Innovation Capital Group specifically on a sector in our region that is driving innovation and real value. The title of my presentation was “Mobile Innovation in Boston / New England, Entrepreneurial Opportunities for the Future” read more... Tags: entrepreneurship
Comments (0) PE Hub “Shindig” – The Boston Venture Community feels Alive!April 1, 2010 at 2:47 pm by Sean
I attended the PE Hub Shindig last night which was organized and led by the well known Dan Primack and sponsored by .406 Ventures, Second Market, Atlas Ventures, Capital Dynamics and Velocity Financial. I had to take a rather circuitous route into Boston because half of the east / west roads around Boston have been flooded out so I showed up a little late. read more... Tags: entrepreneurship
Comments (0) The Next Generation of E-commerce innovation - East Coast Leadership & SuccessJanuary 25, 2010 at 2:47 pm by Sean
With all the talk of the coming tech IPOs and the inclusion of Gilt on most of these lists, I was prompted to reflect on the ecommerce sector on the East Coast. Many of the mega success stories of ecommerce over the past decade are on the West Coast, including such notable pioneers as Amazon, eBay and Netflix. What I find incredibly interesting, however, is the number of big and successful ecommerce companies located in the Northeast. Priceline, Vistaprint, and others were conceived, started and grown by talented East Coast entrepreneurs into multi-billion dollar market leaders. read more... Tags: e-commerce
Comments (0) Internet Subscription Services / Growing Opportunities in the RecessionMarch 23, 2009 at 4:35 pm by Sean
I recently attended the very informative and expansive McGraw Hill Media Conference and there was a lot of discussion about the challenges facing the advertising market (both traditional and digital). Certainly there is a secular shift afoot from traditional to digital media and the time spent on digital media relative to the ad dollars flowing there are mismatched. There are many reasons for this that I won’t delve into and I firmly believe the secular shift will continue growing digital media into a much larger industry than it is today. However, one area that I continue to be intrigued by is the subscription model where the consumer pays for the value they derive from spending time with a digital media solution (rather than paying for it by watching ads). read more... Tags: consumer internet online subscription Sittercity
Comments (4) It's all about the peopleJanuary 9, 2009 at 1:49 PM by Dan
Why are healthcare costs rising so fast? This is the underlying question in many topics of conversation, articles in the popular press, election cycles, presidential transition periods, etc. This issue of healthcare spending in the U.S. (or any other country) is incredibly complex. Contributing factors include inefficient and outdated information technology, high administration costs, obesity, healthcare financing (as opposed to cost) issues, higher prices in the U.S. … to name a few. But there is one driving factor that seems missing from many discussions and debates: the role of labor in the delivery of care... read more... Tags: healthcare
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