VentureFizz Stories

Nina Stepanov sat down with Chris Keller, the Boston-based Managing Partner at NextGen to talk about his global upbringing, career choices, and his mentality on fundable founders.

Coherent Path is an email marketing company that focuses on bringing in customer data to help their clients increase revenue. Sarah Salbu interviewed Co-Founder and CEO, James Glover, about his own entrepreneurial history and how Coherent Path's employee ranks are growing.

When you spend more hours at the office than you do at home with a group of intelligent, like minded people in your dating demographic, sparks are bound to fly. Christina Luconi writes about how romance blossoms in the work place and offers tips to make sure it does not end in a disaster.

Soft Robotics is creating machines that are built from a proprietary and versatile material which, through material science, enables a robot to grasp and manipulate items of varying size, shape, and weight. VentureFizz connected with SoftRobotics' CEO, Carl Vause, about how the company answered a question from DARPA to become its own company.

Founded by Boston College alumni, Jebbit is helping brands engage with consumers in a meaningful way, but their solution is now focused on today’s mobile world. VentureFizz connected with Jonathan Lacoste to learn more about the company's history and products.

Lots of companies in the Boston tech scene held summer outings. Here's a recap of the fun.

Boston's tech leaders tell us all about their first computers, as well as what they used them for. But that's not all! We want to know about YOUR first computer too!

Quick Key is an EdTech startup who developed an app allowing teachers to grade tests and quizzes through their smartphones. The company has implemented other features to help teachers out in the classroom as well. VentureFizz connected with the company's two co-founders, Isaac Van Wesep and Walter Duncan, about the founding of the company.

Whether it occurs in your childhood during school or right-in-the-middle of your career, everyone goes through a personal struggle. Christina Luconi shares her own story of overcoming her struggles and how it has benefitted her in her career and in her life.

If your software company’s medium-to-long term plans include merging or being acquired, there are essential aspects of your business that you should focus on now. Peter Karlson writes about how there are two business areas companies should focus on when this happens.

During your career, you don't always have to be the comedian as cracking a joke once in a while can certainly lighten the mood on a stressful day. Christina Luconi writes about the importance of good humor in the workplace and how it helps everyone.

Despite a changing world, there are still some men in the workplace that still have closed minds. In a change of pace from her regular posts, Christina Luconi writes a letter to those who still discriminate.

Understanding how to prioritize will ultimately play a major factor in the success of your projects, team, and leaderships. Christina Luconi writes about how one can prioritize their week through long-term planning and hard work.

Check out our Office Tour featuring lots of pictures from Liaison's offices in Watertown, Massachusetts.

As the old saying goes, "Patience is a virtue" and it can be applied to the workplace. Christina Luconi writes about how being patient and waiting for the right opportunities can pay off in the long run.