93South - Thoughts on New England Web 2.0

I’ve decided to launch a new feature and allow local entrepreneurs to post a profile of their companies on 93south.  These posts would be a "in their own words" type article that will enable companies to present their businesses through a series of standard questions.

I’ll post profiles from interesting New England startups ranging from the individual entrepreneur launching a micro-business to the larger tech startups with buckets of funding.  I plan on posting 1 - 2 profiles per week depending upon what I receive.  I’ve already received a few profiles from some local startups and some of the finalists from the 2008 MITX awards.  Please submit your profile today.

Interested in Having Your Company Profiled?

Companies interested in having a profile up on 93osuth should answer the following questions and email it to dave [aht] 93south {dot} net.  Please keep it brief - just a few sentences per question.

PROFILE QUESTIONS
- What is your elevator pitch?
- Who is your target market?
- What makes you different or stand out?
- Who are the founders / key people? (Name & 1 sentence on each)
- What is your startup story? (Where did the idea come from, inspiration,
funny anecdote, etc., etc.)

OTHER BASIC QUESTIONS:
- City, State
- Funding Status & Amount (if public)
- # of Employees
- Site URL
- Blog URL (if you have one)
- Career Page URL
- Screenshots:  A good representative image(s) of the product - please send .JPG or PNG formats.

Thank you!

I guess it is a whole new world - it used to be the norm to have your parents post the news of your engagement (no…this is not a post about Facebook user engagement) in the local newspaper but not anymore.  I logged into my neglected Facebook account to find the engagement announcement of 2 close friends Steve and Katerina!

The couple purposely publicized the announcement of their engagement through Facebook as the easiest way to spread the news.  Here is the question - what is the most unexpected item that you found out about on Facebook (or other social site)?

I will save my "top-10 new things to announce on Facebook" for another post and just say congratulations! 

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I’ve had the great opportunity this year to be a judge in the 2008 MITX Technology Awards.   My panel this year was the Collaboration & Social Networking category.  I wanted to hold off on posting until the finalists in the category were announced and the judging process was complete.

Sitting through the business presentations for each of the finalists in the category was fascinating and a worthwhile experience.  Having other entrepreneurs present their pitch to you is a great way to gain a different perspective on how to deliver a message and capture someone’s attention. 

I should have more on the finalists in the coming weeks leading up to the big announcement of the winners.  Here are all of the finalists for 2008.

If your company is listed here, feel free to contact me (leave a comment below) with a profile of your business.  I’ll try to get a post out soon.

Collaboration & Social Networking

• Acquia, Inc.
  Acquia - Commercially Supported Drupal
• Awareness
  Awareness Enterprise Social Media Platform
• Punchbowl Software
  MyPunchbowl.com
• Mzinga
  Mzinga - Market Leader in Business Social Media
• WorkLight Inc.
  Secure Web 2.0 Consumer Tools in the Workplace
• StyleFeeder
  StyleFeeder - Personalized Shopping Engine

Analytics & Business Intelligence

• Progress Software Corporation
  Complex Event Processing and Event Processing Made Accessible
• Visible Measures Corp.
  Measuring and Monetizing Internet Video
• SiteSpect
  Non-Intrusive Multivariate Testing for Web Site Optimization
• Lexalytics
  Text Analytics Beyond The Document Summary

Content Management

• Aetna
  Aetna SmartSource
• EveryZing, Inc.
  EveryZing, Inc.
• FlightView
  FlightView’s Real-Time Flight Information

Data Management

• Progress Software Corporation
  Breaking down data silos to achieve true SOA
• Certica Solutions, Inc.
  Certify: K-12 Data Certification Software
• Dataupia
  Free Your Data with the DataupiaT Satori Server
• mValent
  mValent Integrity v5
• Permabit Technology Corporation
  Permabit Enterprise Archive Data Center Series

Data Protection

• Double-Take Software
  Double-Take® 5.0
• ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
  ExaGrid Disk-Based Backup with Data De-duplication
• Diligent Technologies Corporation
  ProtecTIER - Diligent’s Game-Changing De-duplication Solution
• Veracode
  Veracode, Inc.
• VidSys
  VidShieldT Physical Security Information Management System and platform

Enterprise Technologies

• BBN Technologies
  BBN TransTalk - Winning Hearts and Minds by Breaking Down Language Barriers
• Marathon Technologies
  everRun VM: World’s First Fault-Tolerant, High Availability Software for Server Virtualization
• GotVMail Communications, LLC
  GotVMail Virtual Phone System
• Virtual Iron Software, Inc.
  Virtual Iron Version 4.2
• ZINK Imaging Inc.
  ZINK Zero Ink Digital Printing Technology, featuring ZINK Paper

Marketing/Customer Relationship Technologies

• HubSpot
  HubSpot Internet Marketing System
• Neolane, Inc.
  Neolane - New generation marketing that delivers
• Network World (IDG)
  Network World iDemand
• Mall Networks
  Shop.org/Cyber Monday
• Visible Technologies
  TruCast
• Chitika, Inc.
  Viral Brand Advertising Units

Mobile

• Azimuth Systems
  Azimuth Systems ACE 400WB MIMO Channel Emulator
• iSkoot
  iSkoot for Skype
• Monitise Americas
  Monitise Americas: Mobile Banking and Payments Provider
• Pyxis Mobile
  Pyxis Mobile’s Application Studio
• Mobicious, Inc.
  SnapMyLife

Video

• Brightcove
  Brightcove Internet TV Platform
• Gotuit Media Corp
  Gotuit VideoMarker Pro
• PeerApp Ltd.
  Intelligent Media Caching for Accelerating the Video Internet
• Lycos
  Lycos Cinema
• PermissionTV
  PermissionTV’s smartplayer Redefines Online Video

Newton and Israel based WorkLight, Inc. announced that it has closed a series B round of funding totaling $12 million led by Pitango Venture Capital, Israel’s largest VC.   Proceeds from WorkLight’s series B round funding will be used to further expand its presence in North America, Europe and Asia. 

WorkLight was founded in 2006 with an initial round of funding from Genesis Partners, Index Ventures and Shlomo Kramer totaling $5.1 million.  It produces a technology that connects enterprise technology to popular existing networks like Facebook.

Courtesy of Mashable.