Boston Startups
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Boston.
Bobby Driscoll
Founder @BoardProspects • Studied at @ConnecticutCollege
Michael Saville
WVU Grad. Worked at @spindle and @wayfair
Ryan Buckley
Co-founder of @scripted.com. We do writing services for businesses. Also worked biz dev at @rapleaf.
MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management, MBA 2009
Harvard Kennedy School, MPP 2009
http://blog.scripted.com
Catherine Durkin
Operations Manager and Customer Concierge for @custommade, previously worked as Marketing and Sales Coordinator for @boardprospects-1.
Scot Chisholm
Investor
Founder/CEO of @stayclassy. Businessweek top 5 Promising Social Entrepreneurs. Board of @team-rubicon. UMass Amherst Engineering, @booz-allen-hamilton Lean Six Sigma.
Jay Singh
CEO @viralgains / @masschallenge 2013 & @500Startups Batch 007 alumni. Positive about life. Interested in tech, venture capital, business, & #ViralMarketing.
http://blog.viralgains.com
Jay Batson
Investor
Currently Mentor-in-Residence at TechStars, Founding CEO @acquia (private), Founder & CEO @pingtel (acq. Nortel), VP Engineering @on-technology (IPO)
Katie Pietrowski
Co-Founder of @highfive (@nike-accelerator powered by @techstars )
Brett Martin
Founder @sonar. Former Director @k2-media-labs. Fulbright Fellow. Studied @dartmouth-college. Sailor. Bad Bassist. Recovering Banker. Lover of life.
Brett Reed
Chief Operating Officer of @cohealo
George Kassabgi
Investor
Co-Founder of @keas
Investor: @zapprx, @rationalwave-analytics, @stackdriver, @docphin, @keas, @bit9, @kiodex
Board of Directors: @mendix
Explorer...
http://www.ugik.com
Doron Gan
Founder CTO @viralgains, Director Engineering @OperaSolutions, Manager @vlingo, Comp Eng from CMU. Exceptional technical vision, leadership, and execution.
Chris Hote
Founder @polyspace • Worked at Verilog, PolySpace, @the-mathworks, Digimind • Angel Investor . Board member . Technology Evangelist . Studied at @mit-sloan-school-of-management (Finance, Marketing), @paul-sabatier-university-toulouse-3 (Physics PhD)
Kathryn Crimmins
@evertrue Chief of Staff. Formerly w @deloitte-consulting-strategy-operations. Proud @boston-college alum.
http://kcrimmins.com
Peter Sellis
Investor
Product Manager, Analyst, INTP. Work at @science. Past at @ustream, @lek-consulting • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Ari Buchler
Investor
Senior exec, board member, advisor. VP @sophos (2013+) / VP @Rocket-software (2012/3) / SVP @phase Forward (1999-2010), IPO 2004, sold to Oracle 2010.
Jeremy Crane
Product & Ops lead at @oneforty. Product/Bus.Dev. Startup Exec. Led Online Media at @compete. Worked at @ford-motor Co. MBA-Michigan, ME/BE-Dartmouth, BS-Bates
http://therecoveringmba.com
Rasmus Goksor
Investor
Two prior tech startups (1st out of high school). Former VC lawyer with fund-formation/start-up focus @Gunderson.
http://blog.bison.co
Karina S. Villanueva
Public Health professional interested in improving healthcare and increasing patient engagement through innovative use of technology and analytics
Nicole Staple
Founder @brideside. Tech investor @silicon-valley-bank. Strong business background (Monitor Group, @ubs-investment-bank). Kellogg MBA '12, Wellesley College '06
Dominic Coryell
Co-Founder @curebit. Co-Founder and CEO @GarmentValet.com. Global Student Entrepreneur Award Winner.
Josh Bob
Founder @turnstar (@textaurant) - sold 2013
• Global Facilitator @startupweekend
• Studied at @babson-college (MBA) & @brandeis-university
• Comfortable wearing many hats.
http://turnstar.com
Kevin Bradshaw
Founder of first mobile game publisher and first app store in US/Europe. 15+years envisioning, designing, building, testing and operating on all platforms.
Andrew Levy
Program Director at Founders League, Staff at Betaspring. Founder at Redbud Strategies. Fmr Austin Technology Incubator, equities trader.
Alex Shoer
China based founder of @seeder and e8 Resources. Board member @ CWI. Finance & Marketing background. Active traveler; I survive on collaborative consumption.
http://blog.seeder.cc
Danny Kirschner
Innovator, creator, full stack dev, amateur environmentalist. Founded @bundio, @MiracleTicket, @gorankem, @insightpool. BS in MIS @university-of-georgia.
http://sharkswithlazers.net
Josh Brody
Founder @reserved, @whoa-io • Worked at @pinterest, @jobspring-partners • Studied at @california-institute-of-technology
http://josh.mn
Brian Jacobson
Co-Founder at @mobile-captain, Inc. Senior Analyst at @td-bank. Deep knowledge of SMB space. @bentley-university University finance grad.
Greg O'Keeffe
Investor
Partner, Boston Global Ventures, co-founded MyEnergy (acquired by Nest Labs, 2013)
Claude Burns
MBA student at MIT Sloan, Former Naval Officer, USNA 2006. Strong project manager, experienced leader, diverse background- IT, Public Affairs, HR, Ops Research, Biz Dev, Marketing.
Andrew Wright
Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com
Peter Hubshman
Start-up, private equity, and capital markets experience combined. I work at the early and first round stages to conceptualize strategies and financial plans.
Andy Bromberg
Math and CS student at Stanford. Founded marketing firm in high school. Fascinated by data science, the startup ecosystem, and learning.
http://andybromberg.com
Molly Gamache
Director of Operations at @sierra-maya-ventures, @MillenniumJobs • Studied at @boston-university
Rich Jones
Founder and CEO of @openwatch and @gun-io • Studied @boston-university • Researcher @harvard Law • Developer @prx • @Miserlou on GitHub • Troublemaker
http://gun.io/blog
Mike Bennett
Founder, @healthetreatment.com; Chief Revenue Officer at @goby (Acq. TNAV); US GM at @cheapflights.com; VP Corp Dev/GM Online Media/VP Sales at Monster.com
Justin Lancaster
Founder/CSO kwiKBio. Inventor, scientist, patent atty. CEO, VP BizDev/Sales. UCSD MS/PhD 1985-90. VT Law JD 1978. Postdoc CA Space Inst. + @harvard-university-1.
http://www.hydrojoule.com
Robert G. Andosca, Ph.D.
Founder, President and CEO; 25+ years business and engineering experience in semiconductor and MEMS industries; start-ups to large companies.
Jay Allardyce
Investor
Executive @hpSoftware. Leader of new incubation, M&A and turnarounds. Startup to big co. experience as a creator and operator. Prior @vertica, @hp and AdobeCap
Jarrett Goetz
Innovator, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Connector, Operations Guy, Start-up Enthusiast. 15 years building technology and operations organizations for startups. Never a dull moment.
Apolinaras "Apollo" Sinkevicius
16 years in startups. 9 technology (SaaS & Enterprise Software), talent management, and professional services companies. 12 founders, 7 CEOs. Now in Boston.
http://ChiefBusinessHacker.com
Will Young
Harvard MBA, Former Google & WME Biz Dev. Stanford Undergrad. Looking for operating role @ early stage startup.
Dan Schrage
Co-Founder & COO RoyaltyVault. Founder Audiomine. BD Contracts Manager at UTC, RTN, GD. Strong business, legal/contractual and startup background.
Sean Casto
Founder @preapps • Worked at @wayfair, @tapwalk • Studied at @northeastern-university, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
http://www.preapps.com/blogs/
Nate Janewit
VP Product @noonswoon, Senior Product Manager @playdom, @the-walt-disney-company, @microsoft
Sarah Foster
BD & Sales Ops manager at @vertica. Strong business background with an intense passion for tech start ups.
Doug Reffue
Founder at SingledIn. Former Pres/GM Boston Blazers lacrosse. Brand Mgt. at Yankee Candle, Polaroid and Brine. Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 Winner.
Mike Lloyd
Harvard MBA student with startup operating experience looking to assemble or join a productive and fun team that solves interesting problems with technology.
Adam Hacking, PhD
Scientist and Entrepreneur.
Philip Bradley
Worked at @Latham & Watkins, @npr, @the Washington Post Company • Studied at @cornell-university, Johns Hopkins University MBA/MS
Kelly Bowker
MBA Candidate at Boston University, looking for opportunities where I can elevate the design thinking process to an integral step in business strategy.
Chris Hill
CEO/Founder PopCircle. Worked at AOL and in journalism. Extensive operations, business development and investment experience, US and international.
Theodore Chao
Harvard Math Education Postdoc; Math Education Professor; Former NYC Middle School Teacher; Computer Science/Software Background
Dan Vidal
Founder & CEO of ArtVenue. Strong business development and sales background (previously at @bzzagent). Suffolk University, BSBA 2009 (Magna Cum Laude).
James McClurkin
IT Consultant, Office & Event Ops/Mgt & Customer Service/Support pro. Coffeehouse blogger
http://www.coffeehouseaddict.com
Michal Wozny
Founder @labminds, MBA Oxford, B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering @mcgill-university University (Canada)
Joe Budzienski
Founder of @gozaik Family Man and Avid Fly Fisher. Message me and we can start solving the worlds mysteries.
http://www.blog.gozaik.com
Spencer Bramson
Left college at 19 to run my first startup fulltime. Bootstrapped [email protected] to be profitable in our our first 6 months. Ave margins per client 68% - 72%.
Rob Kennedy
Investor
Founder @tbdconsulting @startup-street • Worked @stubhub, @napster @mertado @ecast
Pu Paul Zhao
Founder/CEO of GZEIM Co., Harvard Business School MBA 2015, Financial Analysis and Project Management capabilities (IBM Corporation and McMaster-Carr).
Sam Tolkoff
energetic, tech savvy leader:
+ large corp, as [email protected]
+ start-ups, @Bluefin Robotics, et al
+ spin-out @optasense
two MS @MIT
4 kids @ home, boston
Greg Whelan
Technical Strategic Marketing and Business Development Expert, Expert in innovation marketing and market development.
http://greywhalemanagement.blogspot.com/
Thomas Pounds
Silicon Valley entrepreneur now in Cambridge, MA. Sr exec up to CEO in RFID, clean tech. Raised >$100M in VC; led $1.8B divestiture at Battelle. Earlier at BCG.
Paul Goldman
CEO founder Muserk.com. Serial entrepreneur 20 years experience music licensing and production.
Mark H. Hollister
CCO of @care-at-hand. Former COO at largest single-site homecare agency in US. Strong history in business dvpt. and operations focused on creating new product, experience or service-disrupting and building new markets.
Christopher Stuart CFA
Investor
Serial Entrepreneur, Senior Investment Analyst seeking a role in which I can add value with my past startup experience and my passion for investing.
Vin
Investor
Founder @dental-management-innovations-llc • Investor @cognoptix • Studied at @clarkson-university, @university-of-connecticut
Jason August
@bindo mentor, Previous founding Build-A-Bear employee and @gourmet-real-estate CEO-new construction sales/marketing. Comp Sci degree from @washington-university-in-saint-louis.edu + kth.se.
Derek Zanga
Investor
Entrepreneurial Consulting, Operations & Financial Management
