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Topic: New England States

  
INNOVATION   |  Comment

Promoting New England’s Innovation Mojo

I just read an interesting post over on Innovation Economy relating the discussion at a brainstorming session on how to better communicate New England’s contributions in the area of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.  ...READ»

Largest Array of Solar-Powered Outdoor Streetlights in New England

America's oldest continuously operating maritime institute, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, has just completed the largest installation of solar-powered outdoor lighting in New England. SolarOne Solutions and Hadco Lighting provided ...READ»

Going The Extra Calorie

Great story in today's New York Times about Hannaford Brothers, a New England-based grocery chain, doing their own nutritional ratings for more than 27,000 grocery items, giving them a straightforward zero to three-star rating based ...READ»

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CEREAL   |  1 comment

[me] & goji: Customize Your Cereal

A canister arrived for me early this morning. Too large to contain Pringles or tennis balls, it could have been home to a bottle of whiskey. I opened the lid, peeled back the top, peered inside and found... cereal. Customized, hand ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Field Notes – November 2008

It has been a very busy month. The economic climate is heating up activity in the innovation space. I am heads down preparing a new development plan responding to the feedback from clients who attended an Advisory Council meeting, and ...READ»

Driving Employees to Hybrids

Sure, sales of hybrid cars are going strong, but in case buyers need added incentive, a Boston Globe article published today highlights new perks being offered by some companies to their employees for owning a hybrid car. Bank of ...READ»

Creativity is in the Detail, and Everywhere…

Companies need to allow employees to liberate their inherent creativity, rather than squash it as most do. Tapping one's inner creativity within a destination-driven society requires the courage to slow down and reflect inwards. READ»

Offbeat Sites for Off-Sites

Make your next off-site meeting a staff treat.READ»

STARTUPS   |  2 comments

Getting Started

Race cars and business are a natural fit.READ»

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The Horror, the Horror!

Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

Where the Fiber Is

Terrence McGarty is founder of the Telmarc Group, an investment and technology development company that focuses on telecommunications, software, and medical management systems. His WTF 2004 presentation addressed the development, ...READ»

Waiting for Green Energy

Recently I’ve been working on a book about green careers, which will be part of a four-volume set called Progressive Careers, to be published by JIST next fall. As I noted in a previous blog, much of the information about green ...READ»

Business Plan Software Comparison

I received a call this afternoon from a guy out in the New England area asking which program works best for raising investment capital.  After a fairly long conversation explaining the key differences between the programs I decided ...READ»

It's Not About the Doughnuts

Can an old New England pastry purveyor find new life as a hip coffee shop? Dunkin' Donuts plans to give Starbucks a run for its latte.READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

Back to the Future

This fall's New England technology summit focused on risks and opportunities facing the region's tech sector in 2002. Festivities included some good-natured political sparring and a grimly optimistic forecast from a group of gloomy VCs.READ»

New England Ford Dealer Offers Pre Season Rebates on Ford Super Duty Trucks

Big Ford trucks are in style at Watertown Ford in Massachusetts. The Boston area dealer has stocked up on the full line of Ford trucks including the super duty Ford 350.READ»

Shop and Fly

Fast Company looks at the retail destinations of four major airports.READ»

BOSTON   |  Comment

Boston Lobster Company Survives

When I first heard about James Hook & Co. lobster business going up in flames I thought to myself “the owners probably torched it on purpose.” It’s expensive to be in the lobster business in New England these days. Not only ...READ»

Jim Gordon May Have an Answer to our Energy Problems

An alternative to oil? Check. Completely green? Check. Economical? Check. So why has the entrepreneur been sued, pilloried, and lampooned?READ»

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BIG Y   |  2 comments

StopLift's Grocery Cameras Peg "Sweethearting" Cashiers

Smart cameras at Big Y, a New England supermarket chain, are learning how to identify "sweethearting"--when cashiers and their confederates pass free goods past the till by obscuring the bar code, passing two items at ...READ»

The Privacy Arms Race

Fancy new software lets managers spy on employees -- and employees evade the scrutiny. Um... trust, anyone?READ»

New York Investing

The Secret to Finding Venture Capital: Not "How" but "Where"

A look at the Q3 2009 venture capital funding statistics compiled by ChubbyBrain offers a data-driven view of venture investment by geography, which may help entrepreneurs with another data point as they consider the age-old question of location, location, location.READ»

Melissa Ferrick Album Goodbye Youth Earns Positive Reviews

Cambridge Who’s Who member Melissa Ferrick released her 14th album, “Goodbye Youth,” last year, and gained many positive responses. She continues to tour steadily.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Jaguar Dealer in Boston Mass Says Used Cars Are On The Rise

Boston Jaguar car lovers turn to used car selections at Woburn Jaguar in Massachusetts. The used Jaguars offer all of the same luxury, comfort and reliability of a new model.READ»

Whither the Checkout Girl?

"Probably no job in the supermarket affects the store's success more than that of the checker." So opined a 1965 training film called The Front Line, which documented a pre-barcode world where a checker's smile and friendliness were ...READ»