Thanksgiving is definitely my favorite holiday.  No pressure with gifts... just a time to be with family and friends... and enjoy a great holiday filled with fun, food, beverages, & football.  I am very thankful for my health, my wife and kids, my dad (who recovered from a stroke earlier this year), my family & friends, my coworkers, all of our readers & supporters, and the thriving tech economy in the Boston area!!! 

BIZZpage Updates:

• New BIZZpage to check out:  Percussion Software in Woburn.  Their web content management system is an award winning product used by SMBs and enterprise scale customers.  They have 5 job openings listed.  Link
• Rue La La is entering a new phase of growth in their Technology division and they need to hire several engineers.  To help find these talented folks, they are offering a $5,000 referral fee to anyone who refers an engineer and works at the company for more than 90 days.  Send all referrals to techreferrals@ruelala.com.   
• Vistaprint rolled out a new brand for their parent company.  The umbrella organization is now called Cimpress.  The Vistaprint name will still be their consumer brand in North America.  They are also hiring several engineers as they are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to update their online interface and back-end systems.
• We have a new LinkedIn page where you can follow many of the job openings from our BIZZpages.  Link

Other highlights:

• Only 25 ventures on Startup Rounds can advance next Monday at 7 PM. Weigh in, support startups, and maybe even get some holiday shopping done at the same time. Link
• Congrats to Downtyme on winning the MIT Enterprise Forum's Beantown Throwdown.  Link
• #CSEdWeek is Dec 8-14!  MassTLC is handing out awards to people who participate in their #randomactsofcode initiative.  Link
• Speaking of learning how to code... KinderLab Robotics has an online store where you can purchase their KIBO robot kits for children.  Link
• Allclasses released their mobile app for iOS last week.  Link
• Next Monday (12/1), check out Intelligent.ly's Libations + Leadership - a Fireside Chat with Mike Troiano.  Link
• The 17th Annual MIT Venture Capital & Innovation Conference is going to be held on Friday, Dec 12th.  Lots of great keynotes and panel discussions.  Link
• Talent on the move! Check out the recent hires by Trinity Pharma, EverTrue, OneVision Resources, VoltDB, & Swipely. Link
• Events to check out this week: Digital Science, MIT, Harvard & Microsoft - Shaking It Up: How to Thrive In and Change the Research Ecosystem (11/24) & edX - Study Hall.

Best, Keith

Thanksgiving is definitely my favorite holiday.  No pressure with gifts... just a time to be with family and friends... and enjoy a great holiday filled with fun, food, beverages, & football.  I am very thankful for my health, my wife and kids, my dad (who recovered from a stroke earlier this year), my family & friends, my coworkers, all of our readers & supporters, and the thriving tech economy in the Boston area!!! 

BIZZpage Updates:

• New BIZZpage to check out:  Percussion Software in Woburn.  Their web content management system is an award winning product used by SMBs and enterprise scale customers.  They have 5 job openings listed.  Link
• Rue La La is entering a new phase of growth in their Technology division and they need to hire several engineers.  To help find these talented folks, they are offering a $5,000 referral fee to anyone who refers an engineer and works at the company for more than 90 days.  Send all referrals to techreferrals@ruelala.com.   
• Vistaprint rolled out a new brand for their parent company.  The umbrella organization is now called Cimpress.  The Vistaprint name will still be their consumer brand in North America.  They are also hiring several engineers as they are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to update their online interface and back-end systems.
• We have a new LinkedIn page where you can follow many of the job openings from our BIZZpages.  Link

Other highlights:

• Only 25 ventures on Startup Rounds can advance next Monday at 7 PM. Weigh in, support startups, and maybe even get some holiday shopping done at the same time. Link
• Congrats to Downtyme on winning the MIT Enterprise Forum's Beantown Throwdown.  Link
• #CSEdWeek is Dec 8-14!  MassTLC is handing out awards to people who participate in their #randomactsofcode initiative.  Link
• Speaking of learning how to code... KinderLab Robotics has an online store where you can purchase their KIBO robot kits for children.  Link
• Allclasses released their mobile app for iOS last week.  Link
• Next Monday (12/1), check out Intelligent.ly's Libations + Leadership - a Fireside Chat with Mike Troiano.  Link
• The 17th Annual MIT Venture Capital & Innovation Conference is going to be held on Friday, Dec 12th.  Lots of great keynotes and panel discussions.  Link
• Talent on the move! Check out the recent hires by Trinity Pharma, EverTrue, OneVision Resources, VoltDB, & Swipely. Link
• Events to check out this week: Digital Science, MIT, Harvard & Microsoft - Shaking It Up: How to Thrive In and Change the Research Ecosystem (11/24) & edX - Study Hall.

Best, Keith