VentureFizz Stories

After a successful first season for our podcast, we have some very, very good news (and a new name!).

Company kickoffs are always a great chance to connect with other employees, hear from higher-ups, and a chance to get motivated for the upcoming year. Most importantly, there are several ways to get the most out of attending a kickoff, as Christina Luconi writes.

Self-doubt holds anyone back from acheiving their personal and professional goals, and feel like they are stuck in a "supporting role." But why not shed that away and become the leading role in your own movie that is your life? Christina Luconi offers some advice to those who are stuck and looking break out.

In the final part of the Blockchain & Cryptocurrency in Boston Tech series, Colin Barry compiled the interviews from various entrepreneurs, investors, as well as others involved with the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector on what they think will come next. 

For the tenth episode of our Career Inspiration podcast, I interviewed Sam Zales - Chief Operating Officer at CarGurus.

Markforged offers a platform for 3D printing, as well as a range of 3D printers for industrial uses. While many companies work solely in plastic, Markforged printers can print carbon fiber, stainless steel, fiberglass, and titanium, as well as plastics and other materials. Founder and CEO Greg Mark told us the story of how Markforged went from being an idea to a major disruptive force in this highly competitive industry.

Having company culture is important, but sometimes employees can lose focus on it when a company starts to grow and bring on people. As someone who is with a company that has a unique culture and has grown in employee ranks, Christina Luconi offers advice to companies in growth mode on how they shouldn't lose focus on culture.

To give our readers an insight into the company’s engineering team, we connected with OM1’s Head of Engineering, Nick Brachet. We learned about how the team is trying to cut through the noise with healthcare data and the culture of the engineering team.

VentureFizz is giving our readers an inside look to the blockchain and cryptocurrency scene in Boston. For Part 3, we profiled a collection of startups who are utilizing this type of technology.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the booming tech sectors, not just in Boston but in the tech scene at large. However, it can be challenging for companies to jump in and figure out what to do with AI. John Arsenault gives insight on what companies can do and offers comparison to early Internet companies.

VentureFizz is giving our readers an inside look to the blockchain and cryptocurrency scene in Boston. In Part 2 of this series, we spoke with several investors about how they are involved with Boston’s blockchain/cryptocurrency scene.

In the ninth episode of the VentureFizz Career Inspiration podcast, Keith Cline interviews Seth Matheson, Director of Talent Acquisition at Toast.

The new year is upon us and nearly everyone is making some kind of resolution for self-improvement. For her first post of 2018, Christina Luconi writes about how those who are willing to take on the challenge of keeping their resolution and how they can keep it.

VentureFizz is giving our readers an inside look to the blockchain and cryptocurrency scene in Boston. For the first part of this series, it’s a crash course on what the terms in this new frontier mean.