There’s a parking space, despite the rain, right outside Hibernian Hall the night of Pitch in the City, Roxbury’s first startup pitch event, in late March. “Some event,” I mutter to myself as I go inside. In fact, the big hall on the 3rd floor is jammed with people. Coats cram the coat rack, and … Continue reading “Pitching Startups, Roxbury Style: Apps, Bodyguards & More”
Author: Michael Fitzgerald
Ex-NYT Editor’s Startup Takes Shape, Raises Business Questions
Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson filled in some more details about a journalism venture she’s starting with Steven Brill, saying it had hired writers and was “very close” to announcing an investor. Abramson, ousted from the Times in May 2014, and Brill, the serial entrepreneur best known for founding American Lawyer and … Continue reading “Ex-NYT Editor’s Startup Takes Shape, Raises Business Questions”
Making Games into Communities—Q&A with Turbine’s Jeff Anderson
Computer gaming is a big business—and a growing force in the Boston economy. Cambridge’s Harmonix Music Systems makes the popular game Guitar Hero II, and 2K Games in Quincy built BioShock, one of the best-selling console games in the world. Even Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is in the act—he’s formed a company called 38 … Continue reading “Making Games into Communities—Q&A with Turbine’s Jeff Anderson”
Buzzword Brings Beauty, Flash to Word Processing for Adobe
It’s showtime at Virtual Ubiquity. In the conference room at the start-up’s Waltham, MA, office, a band of engineers gathers to see the latest tweaks to the way Buzzword, their new word processor, organizes documents. “This is the alphabetical view,” says Dave Coletta, a programmer who’s one of the company’s 11 employees. Projected on one … Continue reading “Buzzword Brings Beauty, Flash to Word Processing for Adobe”