Finally, a tech networking event that rocks.
Musicians from Boston’s most innovative companies play their geeky hearts out—you pick the winners!
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008.
Location: Middle East Restaurant and Night Club, 472-480 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
Time: Doors open at 7:00 pm, music starts at 7:30 sharp.
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door—and if you buy 10 they’re only $15 apiece. Snacks are included, and we’ll even buy you a drink or two. For advance tickets, go to: www.xconomybands.eventbrite.com.
Door Prizes: Harmonix Rock Band Bundles & Microsoft Zunes
Bands Competing:
Deadbeat Darling / Akamai
The Knuckledusters / Bioprocessors Corp & Veritas Medicine
McAlister Drive / Linedata Services
One Hand Free / IBM
Sad Marvin / Smiths Medical
The Souled Out SuperBand / Bose
At Stake:
Seven hours of studio time from Bristol Recording Studios, including engineering and production. Value: over $1000
One year of Nimbit retail service, including 250 CDs, online sales tools, 100 posters and more. Value: over $1000
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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