VentureFizz Stories

Fear can affect anyone especially during around Halloween season, and sometimes it creeps up on us at the workplace. However, sometimes its best to look inside and try and rationalize them. Christina Luconi writes about how one can overcome these workplace fears and use it to your advantage.

The field of HR has evolved tremendously and caters to all the aspects of tech culture that startups are so protective of and more. Rasika Rajagopalan writes about how having an HR team for an early-stage company can be more beneficial than one would think.

City Hall Plaza was home to HUB Week Demo Day, where over 100 startups and tech-related organizations across various industries showcased their products/services/etc. Here are 10 startups that stood out to us and we briefly profile the six finalists for the day's pitch competition.

Sometimes, it's good to be a little transparent in the workplace, but in her post this month, Gabriela McManus asks 'How much is too much?' Throughout her post, McManus explains how being to be a certain level of transparent during your time at work is helpful for the whole organization.

Boston is home to many prominent tech-related events and companies. Joe Kinsella takes a tour around MIT, Harvard (among other spots) and gives his own perspective on how these particular areas stand out from a "nerd" perspective.

Tom Bain attended a panel hosted by the New England Venture Capital Association dedicated to growing threats in cybersecurity and the panelists came from startups and venture capital firms. Here is what Bain took away from the event.

Everyone needs a little bit of inspiration to get through their workday; whether it is talking to co-workers to start your day or watching a video, its good to find what is right for yourself. Christina Luconi writes about what inspires herself and how we can find our own inspiration for work.

LBRY (pronounced "library") is a distribution platform utilizing blockchain technology. However, their main goal is to disrupt content distribution on the Internet. We connected with Jeremy Kauffman, LBRY's Co-Founder and CEO, to talk about how the company's protocol is going to accomplish that.

After attending a summit about workplaces, Christina Luconi started thinking about her own workspace and its culture at Rapid7. In her post this week, Christina writes about how startups can improve their workplaces and how it reflects the employees of the company.

Not everyone in the tech world is going to be an extrovert; most are introverted in their workplace. However, that does not mean they aren't friendly and are unable to socialize. Ashley Perez writes about how being an introvert does not have to be a bad thing in the workplace.

Joshua Redstone has spent most of his tech career in Silicon Valley but has returned home to Massachusetts to partake in his first entrepreneurial venture; creating a measuring cup that utilizes applied mathematics. We connected with Redstone about his career as a software engineer at Google and Facebook and spoke about the projects he started at those companies too.

Everyone has a certain level of confidence, but sometimes it is ok to admit you have flaws and it's even better to find someone to work it out with. Taking a personal approach to her weekly post, Christina Luconi shares how being "vulnerable" makes a person more strong than they think.

Perch is a fitness-based startup and one of the many companies to come out of the MIT delta v program. Co-Founder and CEO, Jacob Rothman, shares the origin story of Perch with VentureFizz and details how his product can help out collegiate athletes with their exercises.

Vinolytics is an analytics platform for wine sellers and collectors, where they can also manage their assets. We interviewed founder and CEO, Jennifer Williams-Bulkelley, about the company's services for a non-tech oriented industry and how her time spent in London served as inspiration.

In today's omnichannel world, marketing teams are having trouble keeping up with their client's demands. Kitewheel gives traditional marketing approaches a more modern spin with their software. We connected with Mark Smith, the company's Founder and President, about Kitewheel's origins in MarTech.