The Progress Bar

The Progress Bar read by people interested in emerging Internet marketing, technology, social media, reputation, virtual environments, blogs, the Boston Internet scene and much more. If you like what you see you should subscribe to my RSS feed or via email in the sidebar. Thanks for visiting!WebInno summer edition is tomorrow, July 15th, at the [...]

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Last night I attended the latest (14th) Web Innovators Group meeting. It was the best one I’ve been to yet. The presentations were solid except for some Facebook glitches, the crowd large enough to warrant expanding the room size to accommodate all the new folks. For the first time, I talked to so many people [...]

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The next Webinno is Monday September 10th. Event begins at 6:30pm in the Grand Ballroom at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge
There are three main dish presenters who will take the stage for a six minute demo of their service to the entire crowd:
Frame Media – Alan Phillips & Jon Finegold
GoLoco [...]

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My man GPC does a scorecard about how he thinks the WebInno 13 presenters are going to do. I prefer to wait until afterwards, because I really have nothing to say about something like (Beacon Street Girls) until after I see the demo.
I did however have a great demo of Webkins over the weekend. I [...]

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Last night I hopped on my bike and headed over to Cambridge for the latest WebInnovators Group meeting. First timers may want to read my coverage of the previous Webinnovator event.
Funny how Michael Arrington at TechCrunch was simultaneously saying Silicon Valley could use a downturn right about now. That’s because he’s burnt out, surrounded by [...]

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My post on last week’s Boston WebInnovators group led to a mention in today’s Boston Herald. Unfortunately they got my blog url wrong but it’s still nice to get some local exposure. I agree with David Beisel, it’s not 1999 but things are looking up. See you at the next event, which is Tuesday May [...]

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The BostonWebInnovators (website, blog, wiki) event continues to impress. Last night’s event was held in a larger hall, approximately 250 entrepreneurs, VC, developers and media were in attendance. It was great to see so many startups and their support ecosystem in one place. The room exuded a heady, pre-bubble vibe, which no doubt raised eyebrows [...]

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