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.”
New email addressed to 'Recipients" informs me that "We contacted you based on the fact you bear same surname with the deceased man which makes you eligible to the inheritance." Going forward, any time someone named Smith dies, I guess I will inherit their money.
This is certainly an interesting mess.
RT @pymnts https://t.co/qFCDL8NHpE .@DailyPay CEO @jasondailypay on what the #MyPayrollHR debacle says about payroll’s future:
Kiva seeks #CMO to further their mission of expanding financial access to help underserved communities around the world thrive: https://t.co/Wjo78MzgSJ
Insurance solutions provider @CCGCLT seeks #CMO in Charlotte, NC: https://t.co/g48Vr4deso
Application period now open for @MassChallengeFT, a free, highly-impactful 6-month #accelerator program for enterprise-ready #FinTechs utilizing a reverse-pitch model and offering cash prizes. https://t.co/nMs3koxMnb
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