Founder and Co-Chair, Dept. of Bioengineering, Stanford University
Professor, University of Michigan
President and CEO, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation
Co-Founder and CEO, Genoptix
Director, QB3
President and CEO, Complete Genomics
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In groups of twos and threes, the constituents lined up to take potshots at the assembled city officials.
“Just about any fifth-grader could do it better,” said Yan Digilov, speaking of the city’s request for proposals process. “We just hope to... Read more »
I’m on the phone with Andy Miller, and I don’t know where to begin.
Ask him about working with Steve Jobs at Apple? About how Leap Motion may or may not be the next Apple? Or what about how that $348... Read more »
We’ve all been there, standing in a superstore, shopping list in hand. We stare at the dozens and dozens of rows of consumer products before us and don’t have a clue where to find anything.
But if you’re in China, Appconomy... Read more »
Just a little over a month to go before our fifth annual flagship conference, XSITE 2013 (Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, & Entrepreneurship) at Babson College. The date is June 19, the theme is “Boston’s Tech Revival,” and the agenda is... Read more »
A prominent leader in the tech-startup community is moving on.
Walt Doyle, the longtime CEO of Where, which was acquired by PayPal in April 2011, has left the company as of today. Doyle served as general manager of PayPal Media... Read more »
The search for potential investments has led the team at ff Venture Capital in New York into strange waters.
John Frankel, a partner with the firm, says he decided to back UniKey Technologies after hearing about its founder’s appearance last year... Read more »
There’s some more fuel for the online database arms race today: Boston-based Cloudant has secured a new $12 million investment round.
The money will bankroll Cloudant’s general growth, which includes a new office in San Francisco, complementing Cloudant’s previous footprint in Boston,... Read more »
Orbotix got a little boost last week in its quest to make the Sphero robotic ball one of the must-have gadgets of 2013.
CEO Paul Berberian said the $4 million equity financing Orbotix raised last week will be used to ramp... Read more »
It’s time to catch up with Dyn. You know, the once-bootstrapped tech dynamo from Manchester, NH, which raised a big venture round last fall and has been making some acquisitions as of late.
Today the Web infrastructure company said it... Read more »
The San Francisco-based NewME Accelerator, a tech startup incubator focused on businesses led by minorities underrepresented in the tech world, is planning a Detroit pop-up accelerator May 29 to May 31. The three-day event is being held in partnership with... Read more »
The Pleasant Ridge, MI-based digital marketing and engagement company ePrize announced this week that it has acquired Promotions.com. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the company did say it will retain 13 Promotions.com employees and fold them... Read more »
A big Taiwanese tech company you probably haven’t heard of is starting to make noise in the U.S. Based out of several hubs around the country, it is positioning itself to gain a foothold in the local market for chips used... Read more »
What do you get when you add Silicon Valley mojo to Korean soju (rice liquor)?
You get Moju Labs, the latest startup from Boston-bred entrepreneur Mok Oh. The former chief scientist of PayPal and current entrepreneur-in-residence at North Bridge Venture... Read more »
[Updated with comments from CEO Ofer Shapiro. See below] Imagine being a doctor with patients scattered across the rural reaches of Alaska. Booking face-to-face visits might not be that easy—unless you also happen to be a bush pilot—but having... Read more »
We’re in the middle of a frenzied period in major American sports: the NBA playoffs, the NHL playoffs, and regular-season Major League Baseball all competing for attention, along with the draft and offseason reshuffling in the NFL.
All in all, not... Read more »
Consumer Reports, the nation’s most respected source of product reviews and buying advice, does not mince words about extended warranties. It calls them a bad idea and money down the drain. The website Consumerist agrees, calling extended warranties useless... Read more »
Do mobile-device owners really want to share photos, videos, and other media with their friends in real time? Would you have more fun browsing your photo album or watching the latest viral video on YouTube if you knew your friends were... Read more »
Trumpeting the upcoming debut of the Optimus G Pro phablet, last night LG Electronics brought the press, analysts, and other guests to the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York to check out the device. With dusky lighting and indie rock band Atlas... Read more »
You’re hungry, and you’re in a hurry. Don’t you wish you could skip the long line ahead of you? Wouldn’t it be great if the restaurant knew what you wanted and had it waiting for you?
Splick-it, a company that... Read more »
Co-managing director, TechStars Boulder and New York City
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
CEO and Fund Manager, Renaissance Venture Capital Fund
Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
Chairman and CEO, X PRIZE Foundation
San Francisco · 6/3/13
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