VentureFizz Stories

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.

No matter how cohesive and healthy the relationships between co-workers may be, conflict in the workplace will eventually happen. As a leader herself in Boston's tech scene, Christina Luconi has helped resolve conflicts in the workplace and shares how one can solve it in their own careers.

Ken Accardi is an entrepreneur with an affinity for health care. His newest startup, Ankota, is providing home care businesses with intuitive software. We had a chance to connect with Accardi to chat about the company's product and culture.

It's a great feeling when you finally receive that promotion, but it can also be a bit of a problematic situation if you are now managing your co-workers. Gabriela McManus writes about how one can avoid awkward moments and make it an overall good experience for you and your peers.

The MIT Kresge Auditorium was the stage for MIT's delta v Demo Day 2017, where the program's largest, and most diverse, cohort had a chance to showcase their products and services. Here's our recap of the event and six standout early-stage startups that are a part of the program.

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.