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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Hopkington, MA-based information storage and management company EMC announced today that it has acquired FastScale Technology, a Santa Clara, CA, provider of software platforms and applications for enterprises. EMC said in... Read more »
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Maybe it was the new mobile friendly version of Xconomy (at m.xconomy.com) that we launched a few weeks ago. Or maybe it was just the fact that I’ve been on the... Read more »
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Robert said: I have to say, if I were a VC I would not be up in Waltham, which I find kind...
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Yesterday morning, Wade wrote a story about the recent settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit involving Connecticut-based Webloyalty, which runs various discount programs offered to consumers as they wrap up... Read more »
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Fingers crossed—it looks like we finally have our site back up and running. Most stories reposted, most lost comments restored.
It has been a long, not-so-fun day here at Xconomy. Our... Read more »
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Note to readers, August 27, 10:20 pm: Since our site was down for virtually the entire day, we are leaving the quiz open over the weekend. Instead of posting the results... Read more »
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Do you get the feeling deal flow is picking up a bit? Well, you might be right. But does that make things better for entrepreneurs? Not necessarily. As Boston lawyer John... Read more »
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A couple weeks ago, I colluded with Michael Greeley, general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners and chairman of the New England Venture Capital Association, to round up some statistics about venture... Read more »
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[Updated and corrected, August 11---see below]
Anyone who has spent much time in universities knows that openness, teamwork, and collaboration are widely taught, but not always widely practiced. And when... Read more »
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Investments in Massachusetts startups rose as fast in July as the Red Sox have fallen in August. Venture investors poured some $215 million into a whopping 25 deals last month. That... Read more »
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The argument over non-compete clauses in employment agreements is front and center in most discussions over ways Massachusetts can square up better against Silicon Valley. Proponents of getting rid of non-competes... Read more »
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Microsoft’s online advertising agency Razorfish has been sold to French advertising company Publicis Groupe for approximately $530 million, the French concern announced today, confirming last week’s reports that it was... Read more »
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Boston-Power CEO Christina Lampe-Onnerud says she was “incredibly disappointed” and “frankly a little surprised” when the U.S. Department of Energy today announced $1.5 billion in battery-related grants—and none of it went... Read more »
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Bill Aulet, an Xconomist and one of the most energetic advocates for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Boston area, has been appointed acting director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, according... Read more »
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Yesterday, I put out a five-question quiz about the state of venture capital in New England. The questions were culled from data gathered or analyzed by Michael Greeley, chairman of the... Read more »
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Wilmington, MA-based Advanced Electron Beams has raised $14.2 million in a Series C round of financing, the company announced today. AEB, whose compact electron beam technology is employed to initiate... Read more »
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There’s a lot of talk these days—well, always, really—about the state of venture capital in New England. A lot of it centers on comparisons with Silicon Valley VCs, and most of... Read more »
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Robert said: I had a great time coming out from Xconomy Boston for the battle. Working on a way for a Boston-Seattle...
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Waltham, MA-based Matrix Partners has closed its ninth fund, raising $600 million for investments in software, mobile, consumer internet, communications, and systems startups, according to a press release. While the... Read more »
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The economic climate these days reminds me of the famous line about the weather at the “Crosby Clambake” golf tournament (now the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) held each February on... Read more »
