Betahouse, the Cambridge, MA-based co-working community and events space for tech startups in Central Square, has closed its doors as of August 31, says founder Jon Pierce. The group’s planned expansion to a new space in Cambridge fell through last month, a few weeks before its current lease ended. Pierce told Mass High Tech that he is putting the moving plans “on the back burner,” and that “the Betahouse community will live on virtually, and in some cases physically.” The group’s 20 or so entrepreneur tenants have moved on for now. Betahouse started in 2007, and was the first co-working space for entrepreneurs in the Boston area.
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Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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