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 symbol XCON would never trade…(well, they didn’t actually say that, but I felt the hint was there).
So we didn’t ring any bells, and we don’t have any plans to go public anytime soon—but you can tell from the photo (click on it for a full-sized view) I had a good time anyway. So did our guests, we hope. And we’d like to thank NYSE Euronext and all the underwriters, venture and investment banking members, sponsors, and partners who made our first event in New York so memorable.
Our event sponsors for the evening, in addition to NYSE Euronext, were Halloran Consulting Group, IDA Ireland, and Sorin Royer Cooper. Thanks so much to all of you!
Our New York underwriters are not to be forgotten either—they made our first two months in the Big Apple so successful. Thanks to Alexandria Real Estate Equities; Goodwin Procter; NYSE Euronext; Sorin Royer Cooper; SRI International; and WilmerHale.
The same holds true for our venture members—Avalon Ventures; Boston Millennia Partners; Dogpatch Labs; and Penny Black—as well as our investment banking member Progress Partners and our partner the New York Academy of Sciences. Thanks to one and all.
Finally, thanks to our guests for perhaps delaying their Memorial Day weekend plans just a bit to come on down to Wall Street for the event. See you soon!
Author: Robert Buderi
Bob is Xconomy's founder and chairman. 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 four books about technology and innovation. Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) is a post-Cold War account of the Office of Naval Research. 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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