Tag: Mass Challenge
This past Tuesday, we gave our second tour of the Innovation District to 30 global IBM employees who will be working on their new Smarter Cities campaign. Every few months, IBMers land in Boston and head to Boston University’s School of Management’s Executive Leadership Center to think about new ways they can help cities become smarter. Their week long course focuses on the Innovation District as a case study, and we are more than happy to participate.
Here’s a Google Map of the tour. We started by driving around the Marine Industrial Park with the BRA’s Larry Mammoli as our guide. Then we walked along the Fort Point Channel with Friend’s of Fort Point’s Danielle Pillion. She lead us to our last destination, Mass Challenge, where staff was ready to great the group, tell them about entrepreneurship in the Boston region, and let them debrief on their observations.
There will be five more such tours throughout the year. If you are interested in a tour for your group email us!
This week marks the one year anniversary of the Mayor’s announcement of the Innovation District. We thought we’d share a list of the businesses that moved to the District.*
Welcome home:
Monster.com
Buzzient
Mad-Pow
Twelve Chairs
Mass Challenge
Fish & Richardson
Mario Russo
Aisle Buyer
Interaction Associates
Louis Boston
Mass Office of International Trade & Investment
Satcon
Oasys
FastCAP Systems
Boston Technologies
Fort Point Arts Community Store
Six new restaurants have also opened their doors. See the list and what they offer here.
*This list includes businesses we are aware of. If your company moved to the District and is not on the list, email us and we’ll add it (with an intro and apology!).
Our apologies to these additional new neighbors!:
The Mass Challenge, a global start up competition and accelerator in the Innovation District, has offered the winner of the Innovation District Welcome Home Challenge free space for four employees in their One Marina Park Drive location until November 2011. Additionally, the winner will be able to participate in their Startup Accelerator events.
“We love being in the Innovation District and are very grateful to the Mayor for being such a great leader. We are thrilled to share our space with the City’s Challenge winner and welcome them to the most collaborative and innovative area on the planet,” said John Harthorne, Mass Challenge Founder and CEO.
The Innovation District Welcome Home Challenge will accept submissions until January 14, 2011 at 11:59PM and voting will continue until April 14, 2011 at 11:59PM.
To submit your venture or vote for ventures, head to www.Vencorps.com.
Twitter: @IDBoston
- http://t.co/LUaMmUjK perfect day in the ID!
- The Boston waterfront has Arrived - Great look back at the making for the area which makes up The Innovation... http://t.co/JkTA1ktU
- 75 artist at ft point Open Studios this weekend. Sunny weather planned for sat/sun too = perfect http://t.co/bPRsvkMP
