Greater Boston – Anthrocode

Intelligent.ly: New startups aim to meet tech knowledge needs of working professionals

Posted on May 1, 2012 by timbatchelder

A slew of new ventures is springing up in the Boston and NYC area aiming to fill the need for job based, tech training for working professionals. This includes Intelligent.ly, Boston Startup School, General Assembly, and well known companies such as Skillshare.

Catching a new wave of courses – Page 2 – Boston.com.

Startup Watch: 5 to follow (Jan. 29-Feb. 5) (bizjournals.com)
Businesses hope to bring startups to Hopkinton (metrowestdailynews.com)
New ed tech startup accelerator, LearnLaunchX, planned for Boston area (bizjournals.com)
Boston’s Hardware Startups Need an Identity (xconomy.com)
Will Google Glass Create an Omni-Web? (edrodpov.com)
Young Forex Startup ITM Financial Unearths Next Generation Neural FX Risk Management (prweb.com)
The Gift of Career Rebirth: Boston Startup School Graduates 60 New Students (bostinno.com)
Ed-Tech Tidbits: Launch Academy, LearnLaunch Step Out (xconomy.com)
[Study] Whose time is worth more: @Jason’s or @Dharmesh’s? (priceintelligently.web11.hubspot.com)
Investors make a $27M bet in ad-tech startup DataXu (venturebeat.com)

The end of the office… and the future of work

Posted on March 15, 2010 by timbatchelder

Image representing oDesk as depicted in CrunchBase — Image via CrunchBase

www.boston.com

So recently I’ve been taking a look at new forms of work including elance, odesk and of course well known micro-commerce sites like threadless, etsy, and those periodic sales on ebay… What is interesting is how this article shows these are all part of a larger shift in the way we work which encourages a more mobile, project based workforce.

Make Money Online (computerapplications102.wordpress.com)

Cambridge Innovation Center: Shared Space for Remote Workers and Startups

Posted on May 30, 2009 by timbatchelder

My friend Jay told me about this one. About $500/month per person for a shared office space desk in a premium area. Neighboring the MIT campus and steps away from the Red Line in the heart of Kendall Square, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) is the largest flexible office facility for growing technology and life sciences companies in the Greater Boston area. The Cambridge Innovation Center offers start-up and emerging companies award-winning facilities and state-of-the-art business and technical services in a package which is designed to meet the needs of small and growing businesses. CIC is cost efficient and scales with the company’s growth. Currently, over 450 companies are located at CIC.

Office Space Solutions in Cambridge & Boston, Massachusetts – CICTR.com.