By Paola on September 2, 2010
With universities like MIT, BU, and Northeastern attracted thousands of international students every year to Boston, it is no wonder that the Hub is rated one of the top global cities in the world. Click here to view images of the cities that topped the list.
Posted in Global Reach, International
By Paola on September 2, 2010
These recession resistant start-ups managed to successfully launch and thrive during one of the toughest economic downturns in the U.S. The following companies are some of the rising stars in New England’s innovation economy. New England startups ready to lead recovery With the economic storm clouds clearing, at least a bit, a look around the
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Posted in Entrepreneurship
By Paola on September 2, 2010
August was a killer month for local area companies. From award-winning gaming developers to pioneering women in biotech, Innovation Economy highlights last month’s buzz generating start-ups and business people. The List Round-Up: Young innovators, fast-growing companies, women in biotech, award-worthy online games, and more A number of interesting lists out this month: – Technology Review’s
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Posted in Entrepreneurship
By Paola on August 30, 2010
Please save the date to join Boston World Partnerships Connectors and Greater Boston’s most dynamic and innovative businesspeople for BWP’s 2nd Odd Pairing Experiment. The formal invitation will be sent out shortly. Panelists will lead an interactive discussion on the topic of how organizations tell their stories. Damon Jones, Global Communications Director, Procter & Gamble,
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Posted in BWP Connector, Marketing
By Paola on August 30, 2010
U-Haul trucks lined up all along the major streets of Boston signal the start of the school year for local area colleges. While you’re stuck behind a parade of moving vans, check out the New England colleges and universities that made this year’s US and World Report’s Top 100 list. US News and World Report’s
Continue reading Welcome Back College Students
Posted in University
By Paola on August 30, 2010
The ingenuity of researchers at MIT is helping to even the playing field of the mobile app world. 40 years of computer science experiments have gone into creating the Google App Inventor, a software that lets users with no programming experience design and deploy applications for mobile phones. The MIT roots of Google’s new software
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Posted in Mobile Technology, Technology, University
By Paola on August 30, 2010
The folks over at Appolicious recently aggregated a ridiculously long list of Boston-focused mobile apps currently out on the market. Whether it’s an app that tells you when the next T will be arriving or an app that serves as a delicious road map of Restaurant Week, you’re sure to find an app that suites
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Posted in Boston Life
By Paola on August 26, 2010
Here’s a great example of the type of students attracted to internship positions in Boston City Hall and the potential impact their creative solutions can have on the city’s social and economic development. Urban mechanics The think tank at Boston City Hall is percolating with ideas courtesy of elite graduate and law students normally found
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Posted in Government, University
By Paola on August 26, 2010
Essential Inc and Custom Made are two Boston-based companies that are helping to reshape the branding and distribution of traditional consumer products. BWP Connectors, Danielle Perretty (Essential) and Matthew Goldstein (Custom Made) work behind the scenes of these two game changing firms. Beyond design When World Kitchen LLC decided to overhaul its Pyrex line of
Continue reading A Snapshot of the BWP Network
Posted in Creative Capital, Design
By Paola on August 26, 2010
In this 3-minute clip, BWP Executive Director, Dave McLaughlin, explains the concept of horizontal relationships – and how this idea is creating the infrastructure that is growing Greater Boston’s knowledge economy.
Posted in BWP Connector
