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Martin Clifford: “A Social Network as a Business”

admin — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:01:38 +0000

July 30th 2012, 1PM Volen 101

Martin is currently the CEO of SitterCity. Previously he was the founder of wis.dm, an
early question/answer social networks

Melissa Leffler: If I knew then what I know now

admin — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:00:30 +0000

July 23rd 2012, 2PM Volen 101 (NOTE NEW TIME)

Melissa is currently VP of Engineering, Service and Operations at Awareness Network, an
enterprise social networking firm. Melissa has been founder or co-founder of several
startups.

Johann Larusson: Engineering a scalable learning analytics engine based on written language analysis.

admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:14:26 +0000

Thursday, July 19th 1PM Volen 101 (NOTE NEW DAY)

Johann holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brandeis University and specializes in engineering learning analytics visualizations, models and algorithms.

Stuart Lewtan: “Zintro – A Search and Connect Engine”

admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:59:32 +0000

July 16th 2012 1PM Volen 101

Stuart Lewtan is founder & CEO of Zintro. Prior to Zintro, he was founder & CEO of
Lewtan Technologies. Stuart is also a Trustee of Brandeis University.

Jeffrey Beir: “How to get your product to ‘go viral’”

admin — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:58:13 +0000

July 9th 2012, 1PM Volen 101 Jeffrey is founder and partner at Seed2A, where he helps teams go from Seed Stage to Angel/VC Stage. Previously he was a partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, and cofounded eRoom Technology. He loves … Continue reading →

Reed Sturtevant: “Navigating the world of accelerators, incubators and combinators”

admin — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:57:24 +0000

July 2nd, 1PM Volen 101 Reed is a Managing Director of Project 11, which manages the Boston TechStars accelerator, and has invested in 31companies over the last 2 years. Reed is an MIT dropout and holds two software patents that … Continue reading →

Francois Gossieaux: “Marketing to Humans”

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:56:04 +0000

June 25th, 1PM Volen 101

Francois is a social media marketing guru and the CEO of Human 1.0.

Andy Payne: “How Startups get Funded”

admin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:55:02 +0000

June 18th, 1PM Volen 101

Andrew Payne is a Boston area entrepreneur and angel investor. He’s co-founded three
startups (Open Market, Revenio, and FanSnap) and is an active investor and/or
advisor with a half-dozen other startups.

Reunion Get Together

admin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:21:24 +0000

Every reunion, Saturday after the Barbeque, the CS dept hosts its visiting alumni for snacks and chats. This year we did it in the new Vertical Lounge, Volen 104. Here are some photos. A good time was had by all.

Nigel Jacob: “Civic Hacking”

admin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:53:33 +0000

or “Applied Computer Science is Having an Impact on the Community”.

Jun 11th 1PM Volen 101

Nigel is Co-Chair, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics at City of Boston.