Ideas of financial health have long been rooted in the concept of “financial literacy,” and dominated by educational approaches designed to teach people how to better manage their financial lives. While financial literacy is important, and it should be taught … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]The second annual edition of Boston FinTech Week, organized by FinTech Sandbox, has just successfully concluded. There were 47 separate sessions held in 22 venues across five days. More than 3,000 people registered. They came from 15 states and 6 … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Periodically, I hear a presentation or read a blog post on the topic of public relations for startups. I often feel the advice given is incomplete, or misguided, or one-size-fits-all, or simply wrong. So here is my take on how … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]I’ve just returned from the Finovate spring session in northern California. What did I see? Quite a few single occupant automobiles in the HOV lane on Highway 101. Finovate, for the uninitiated, is a grueling two-day slog through 60-some-odd seven-minute … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 3 ]Earlier this week, Governor Deval Patrick indicated that he will move to ban enforcement of noncompete agreements in Massachusetts. This is one part of a larger piece of legislation designed to promote innovation – job creation – in the state. … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]In 1998, at a technology conference in New York, John (Launny) Steffens, vice chairman of what was then Merrill Lynch & Company, told his audience, ”The do-it-yourself model of investing, centered on Internet trading, should be regarded as a serious … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Seeing an iPhone for the first time, Bill Gates is reported to have said, “Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.”* Anyone who has used a Zune, or who, like me, has owned computers running Windows Vista or Windows … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 2 ]“If no one seems to understand, start your own revolution and cut out the middleman.”
“I’m not even sure what I want, but that’s not the point – it’s that I want it now.”
“Whenever the old gives way to the new, everybody with vested interests in the old starts crying that the world will stop. There aren’t many people with vested interests in the new.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
If you are interested in cold-water fisheries in Eastern Massachusetts, this map, put together by @NepRWA and @GreaterBostonTU is pretty cool. http://j.mp/3iSXpWH
Who's going to take over King's slot on Russia Today?
A little info about new Boston-based angel group @TbdAngels, which is backing pre-launch #fintech startup @zingeroo_inc: http://j.mp/2Y24f2u
.@avivaplc appoints Ben Luckett chief innovation officer, asks @anthemis to invest its capital in early- and growth-stage companies advancing digital transformation of financial services: http://j.mp/3sHlpAy How much capital? They don't say. #fintech
.@Bpifrance is increasing its investments in French #fintech by €100MM: http://j.mp/2MfqTlv
