Robert Buderi
Bob is Xconomy's founder, CEO, and editor in chief. He is one of the country's foremost journalists covering business and technology. As a noted author and magazine editor,he is a sought-after commentator on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review, then a 10-times-a-year publication with a circulation of 315,000. Bob led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek's technology editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative.
Bob is the author of three books about technology and innovation.
Guanxi (2006) focuses on Microsoft's Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness.
Engines of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research.
The Invention That Changed the World (1996) covered a secret lab at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness-sponsored National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.
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Polaris Venture Partners is significantly increasing its presence in California, where roughly one-third of its active portfolio companies are now based, and plans to soon open an office in Palo Alto,... Read more »
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Xconomy held a great party last Thursday on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The only caveats from our fantastic host NYSE Euronext was that if I rang the bell, the... Read more »
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We are getting more and more excited about XSITE 2011—the Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, our annual full-day innovation conference set to take place on June 16 at... Read more »
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It is less than a month until XSITE 2011—the Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, our annual full-day innovation extravaganza that will take place this year on June 16 at Babson... Read more »
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General Motors launched its first venture capital fund—GM Ventures—last summer. We covered the news, and in December, still early in the $100 million fund’s life, I did a Q&A with... Read more »
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If you’re a loyal reader of Xconomy, and have followed stories such as VC Varsity, you know we aren’t above finding a sports angle to our coverage of the innovation community.
Skyhook... Read more »
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Updated, see below—The January 2009 announcement by Y Combinator that it was leaving the Boston area and moving full-time to Silicon Valley gave a real jolt to the local innovation community. Then,... Read more »
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Oh là là. Pronouncing the European market far more primed for a transportation revolution than the U.S., Zipcar cofounder Robin Chase has quietly left GoLoco, her Cambridge, MA-based ride sharing company,... Read more »
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For the past two years, Xconomy has pulled out all the stops to throw a full-day conference in June called XSITE—the Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. In that short... Read more »
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Our big VC65 event in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium was a tremendous success. The intent of course, was to celebrate the 65th anniversary of venture capital in America—but in a way that drew out... Read more »
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Maybe it’s a line they hand out to every Michigander, because I have heard it several times in various configurations. But it’s heartfelt. It’s a message to people around the country complaining about current... Read more »
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We are down to the wire, and up to some 900 guests and counting. That’s the expected attendance at tomorrow’s VC65 event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the birth of venture... Read more »
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It’s no secret to anyone looking at venture activity that New York has blossomed over the past few years as a startup mecca. Riding a wave of investments in Web , media, and... Read more »
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Every time I visit the Big Apple, a line from Stevie Wonder’s Living for the City flashes in my mind: “New York, just like I pictured it, skyscrapers and everything.”
But my mental picture of... Read more »
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Chance favors the prepared startup mind. Excuse the slight variation on an old saying. But with our VC65 conference set to take place on April 6, just 9 days from now, I find... Read more »
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Here at Xconomy, we know something about the great investor-entrepreneur relationships that are often behind the best companies: not only are we a startup ourselves, we write about the venture capital and... Read more »
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Great venture capitalists and entrepreneurs aren’t in it for the money or fame—they are out to build outstanding companies that make the world safer, healthier, more productive, more accessible, or just... Read more »
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The streets of Cambridge, MA, are wind blown and snow-ridden these days. Quiet and beautiful in their way. The breeze is up, but only laggards have not yet cleared their sidewalks.... Read more »
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It was a big day last February when Sentillion, the Andover, MA-based provider of healthcare software, announced its acquisition by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was complete and that the company... Read more »
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In early July, General Motors announced the creation of its own venture capital arm, General Motors Ventures. The $100 million fund was set up, GM said, to identify and help... Read more »
