<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>The Progress Bar &#187; innovation</title> <atom:link href="http://theprogressbar.com/tag/innovation/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://theprogressbar.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:34:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>My First Boston Web Innovators Group</title><link>http://theprogressbar.com/2006/11/my_first_boston_web_innovators_group/</link> <comments>http://theprogressbar.com/2006/11/my_first_boston_web_innovators_group/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:55:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Evans</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[entrepreneurs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[startups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[webinno]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://theprogressbar.com/archives/2006/11/my_first_boston_web_innovators_group/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last night I went to the Boston Web Innovators Group. WebInno is continuing to emerge as a key event in Boston for web and mobile innovators to connect with other entrepreneurs, visionaries, and creative thinkers in the space. Three demos, then beerworking. Good format, although maybe a few more demos next time. After the PaidContent [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Last night I went to the <a href="http://www.webinnovatorsgroup.com/">Boston Web Innovators Group</a>.</p><blockquote class="thequote"><p> WebInno is continuing to emerge as a key event in Boston for web and mobile innovators to connect with other entrepreneurs, visionaries, and creative thinkers in the space.</p></blockquote><p> Three demos, then beerworking. Good format, although maybe a few more demos next time. After the PaidContent mixer a few weeks ago (serious media, finance and power brokers in the room), I&#8217;m starting to feel like the Boston scene is heating up again.</p><p> They made the usual mistakes new events do. Get people to raise hands to self-identify. Who&#8217;s new, a startup, a VC, media, etc. How about tags that identify what you&#8217;re looking for?</p><p> Speaking of tags, what&#8217;s the official even tag?</p><p> It was great to see all the people and feel the energy in the room. Where have these people been hiding the past few years?</p><p> I used to host salons in the early 90&#8242;s, a few technologists and geeks, some designers, a money guy and maybe a philosopher, add lots of red wine and you had an engaging afternoon.</p><p> Adam Green from <a href="I%20used%20to%20host%20salons%20in%20the%20early%2090's,%20a%20few%20technologists%20and%20geeks,%20some%20designers,%20a%20money%20guy%20and%20maybe%20a%20philosopher,%20add%20lots%20of%20red%20wine%20and%20you%20had%20an%20engaging%20afternoon.%0Ahttp://www.grazr.com/">Grazr</a> presented, I&#8217;ve been using their widget for months, always cool to see the people behind the services.</p><p> <a href="http://www.citysquares.com/">City Squares</a> is doing Citysearch right. Ben and I will be getting together soon.</p><p> I mentioned to Ben that Myspace is charging companies $30k for a page. Nobody seems to know this fact. Today I read that Yahoo is doing something <a href="http://blog.experiencecurve.com/archives/yahoo-brand-universe-a-productbrand-focused-social-media-mashup-mini-site">similar</a>.</p><p> I have a few clients that could benefit from the <a href="http://startupbusinessschool.com/">Startup Business School</a>. Richard Banfield gave me a demo, impressive first impression. Great to be able to focus on knowledge transfer and leave the business plan writing to the client, as I&#8217;m a firm believer that you shouldn&#8217;t hire out biz plan writing, at least the first draft.</p><p> <a href="http://www.finetune.com/">FineTune</a> reminded me of <a href="http://www.pandora.com/">Pandora</a> / <a href="http://www.last.fm/">Last.fm</a> with the Hype Machine thrown in for good measure.</p><p> <a href="http://www.offertrax.com/">OfferTrax</a> looked good and I enjoyed talking to the founders, My concern for them is that the product recommendation market is so tight, everyone has a Myspace widget for it and the differentiators are not clear to me. Who&#8217;s really going to subscribe to a feed of what their friends buy? Interesting idea but I don&#8217;t see it really taking off. f they have experts on board, thats another thing but then again how do I know to trust the experts (think sketchy CNET video reviews of products the reviewer hasn&#8217;t seen until 5 minutes before the shoot.)</p><p> More from <a href="http://www.themshow.com/wordpress/2006/11/29/what-a-21st-century-record-label-looks-like/">Ronin Marketeer</a> and check Technorati for the tag <a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/webinno">webinno</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://theprogressbar.com/2006/11/my_first_boston_web_innovators_group/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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