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Can the right tunes improve your workout? The Sync Project wants to find out
Look around you at any gym, and it’s obvious that many people consider earphones and a solid workout mix to be as essential to fitness as a pair of sneakers. Maybe they’re onto something. A Boston...
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For frequent fliers, Flyer’s Club offers wings on demand
A Newburyport startup is looking to put a fresh spin on the ride board. This winter, Flyer’s Club hopes to help New England travelers rent a plane as easily as they’d rent a car — pilot’s license not...
View ArticleHarvard and MIT stake their claims for world economic dominance
It costs a pretty penny to attend Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but graduates usually get their money’s worth – and so does the world economy. New studies released...
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‘World’s Most Comfortable’? These jeans were made for sitting
The denim jean began its run in the late 1880s as the outerwear of choice for miners in gold-rushing California, appealing for its toughness and durability. But in its 21st-century incarnation, the...
View ArticleBreakaway names ad veteran as president
Boston venture capital outfit Breakaway has named a new president. Tom Jump, who previously led advertising agency Leo Burnett Worldwide as executive vice president and global director, started at the...
View ArticleWith $100k from the Thiel Foundation, Harvard junior drops out to launch a...
An early injection of cash for her startup has convinced one Harvard junior to drop out and pursue her entrepreneurial dreams. Vancouver native and one-time neurobiology major Grace Xiao is a recipient...
View ArticleAfter shutdown announcement, Dunwello considers lifelines
The staff of ratings website Dunwello announced over the long weekend that the service, a kind of Yelp for people, would shut down. Now it seems that death knell for the two-year-old company could...
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Startup Indigo wants to use bacteria to create hardy super-crops
In a Cambridge greenhouse with a spectacular view of the Charles River, one startup is making a bet on the next great revolution in plant science. Soy plants sun themselves under skylights year-round...
View Article‘TechGen 2.0’ will help students find internships at Mass. tech companies
A state-sponsored program that helps Massachusetts tech companies find interns will play professional matchmaker for a second year running, armed with a fresh injection of funds and a brand new...
View ArticleCan entrepreneurship bridge the Israeli-Palestinian gap?
Starting a new business or a nonprofit is inherently risky. Even more challenging is starting an incubator program that will pick a small set of businesses and nonprofits, and try to create an...
View ArticleCan the right tunes improve your workout? The Sync Project wants to find out
A Boston startup called the Sync Project is teaming up with HINTSA Performance, a group that coaches professional athletes, to learn if the right music playlist can improve a training session.
View ArticleHarvard and MIT stake their claims for world economic dominance
It costs a pretty penny to attend Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but graduates usually get their money’s worth – and so does the world economy. New studies released...
View Article‘World’s Most Comfortable’? These jeans were made for sitting
The denim jean began its run in the late 1880s as the outerwear of choice for miners in gold-rushing California, appealing for its toughness and durability. But in its 21st-century incarnation, the...
View ArticleAfter shutdown announcement, Dunwello considers lifelines
The staff of ratings website Dunwello announced over the long weekend that the service would shut down and cease operations. But founder Matt Lauzon and the five-member team have heard resounding...
View ArticleStartup Indigo wants to use bacteria to create hardy super-crops
Just as the emerging medical field around the so-called human microbiome seeks to fight disease by adjusting the balance of bacteria in the body, Indigo’s goal is to manipulate the composition of...
View Article‘TechGen 2.0’ will help students find internships at Mass. tech companies
Tech Geneneration “2.0”, which goes live Tuesday, allows students to set up profiles describing their education, interests, and experience; the website matches them with internship postings from local...
View ArticleCan entrepreneurship bridge the Israeli-Palestinian gap?
A new program will bring Israelis and Palestinians to Boston to work on businesses and nonprofits that could have economic and social impact.
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