VentureFizz Stories

We asked VentureFizz readers to tell us about their first computers. Here's what you had to say.

iRewardHealth is taking a more informed approach to helping people get healthy, by utilizing machine learning to help promote healthy habits. Zach Winn interviewed iRewardHealth's Co-Founder and CEO, Rick McCartney, and Creative Director Alexandra Brillaud, on how their platform is helping companies improve their employee wellness. 

Part of The Walking Dead's drama is how the main characters come together to deal with the zombie apocalypse. The workplace may not be as melodramatic, but there are times when teams to break down. Christina Luconi writes about how a teamwork can improve... even without a zombie outbreak.

What does the career path and a day in the life look like for the People Operations Lead at Formlabs? We interviewed Virginia White to find out.

GaggleAMP offers B2B and B2C companies an enterprise-solution that allows employees to create digital engagements and share content on their social networks. We connected with the company's Co-Founder and President, Glenn Gaudet, about the company's internal culture and how they've remained bootstrapped during its lifespan.

Robotics startups are one of the several technologies that many startup accelerators may not be able to help out. MassRobotics Co-Founder, Fady Saad, writes about how these kinds of startups can find the funding they are looking for through the "startup escalator" method.

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.