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November 9, 2005

Boston Web Innovators Recap

Last night’s Boston Web Innovators meeting turned out to be a success. We had quite a turnout, and a good mix of people. First-time and serial entrepreneurs, VCs, long-time bloggers, techies, MIT PhD computer science students, and many others all joined the crowd. It was refreshing to see the enthusiasm to gather this many like-minded individuals with the same interests here in the Boston area. The centerpiece included three demo presentations from the founders of the early stage startups Blogniscient, reddit, and Kiko.

The event and discussion was not lost for healthy skepticism however. With all of the excitement for innovation happening in the digital media space, many of the conversations included questioning voices about the viability of some of the startups emerging from nice services to strong profitable businesses. Impromptu questions for the speakers included, “What is your business model?” and “How are you generating revenue?”

Peter Caputa, the founder of WhizSpark, commented on his blog,

“For the first time, I feel like I am a part of something happening in the web space in New England… there were some very smart people there last night, that are doing some very smart things. And I had no clue they existed.”

Peter also has a more detailed write-up of the event here. And Ray Deck shares his thoughts as well.

A few photos of the crowd and the presentations:

Boston_Web_Innovators_Crowd.jpg

Boston_Web_Innovators_Presentation.jpg

My plan is to organize another event similar to this one in the next month or two. I am open and welcoming of suggestions to the format and location which you think would improve it. Please comment below or e-mail me with your thoughts and reactions.

Finally, thanks to everyone who attended.

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Comments (2)

Rod Begbie [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I'm glad I attended, and glad something like this is happening in Boston. Hopefully, next time I'll actually mingle, rather than catching up with a former co-worker for three hours!

Requests for next time: Slightly larger room, and a PA system so we can hear the presentations.

Perhaps also a mailing list for the continuation of discussions after the night itself?

Rod.

Posted by Rod Begbie [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 9, 2005 1:38 PM

Posted on November 9, 2005 13:38

Brian Del Vecchio [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I like Rod's idea of a mailing list--David, I urge you to take Rod up on his offer to set it up 8^)

We can certainly improve on SeedWiki, too:
  • fancy editing is silently missing in FireFox
  • there is no collision detection on editing, and many people complained that their edits were lost
  • the page has failed to load for me several times in the last 48 hours

Posted by Brian Del Vecchio [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 10, 2005 9:11 AM

Posted on November 10, 2005 09:11

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