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The Long Game
Tim Rowe Old places can accomplish new things. Boston and Tokyo are both about 400 years old. Yet we’re different when it comes to planning for the future. Not long ago, Tokyo finished building a new...
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Tragedy of the Commons: It’s (Really) Time to Ban Non-Compete Agreements
Tim Rowe On snowy days in certain neighborhoods of our great city it is not unusual for someone to put an old trash can in an on-street parking space that they have recently cleared. We all know there...
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How “Place” Matters in Innovation
Tim Rowe There has been a lively debate following Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog “Why Waltham Doesn’t Matter.” One of the threads is whether it matters if entrepreneurs and VCs are physically...
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As Legislators Ponder Non-Compete Agreements, A Look at Massachusetts’...
Tim Rowe This article was written with Geoff Mamlet. Today, some of our legislators will hold a hearing at the State House to discuss changes in Massachusetts’ non-compete laws. They would do well to...
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Thank You, Microsoft
Tim Rowe This article was written with Michael Greeley, general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners and chairman of the New England Venture Capital Association. Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer is here in...
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Net Neutrality: The Story of The Seven Pipes
Tim Rowe Today at 4:30 at the Media Lab’s Bartos Theatre, the FCC will hold a public workshop to discuss net neutrality policy. What is the importance of net neutrality to the innovation community? We...
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Boston Tech Scene Needs Fewer Doubles and Triples, More Home Runs
Tim Rowe If the NSA monitored communications in Massachusetts, their analysts might raise an alert. With the baseball season over, there has been an anomalous amount of chatter using baseball terms as...
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Why It’s Noble to Be An Innovator
Tim Rowe Many Xconomy readers have spent their careers in the innovation field. How important is our work? We all have friends who are doctors, teachers, firemen, journalists… people who make the...
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The World’s Most Innovative City
Tim Rowe Most readers will be aware that Vertex announced it is moving from 900,000 square feet of laboratories and offices in Cambridge to over a million square feet in Boston. Some are asking if...
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Crowdfunding: The Train to the Future Is Leaving—Get on Board
Tim Rowe It has been a whirlwind last few days in the crowd-funding world. For those of you who have not yet tuned in to this, there is legislation afoot, backed by the President and (so far) the...
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Kendall Square’s New Rules
Tim Rowe With the events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing last week, I have found it difficult to think about much else. Xconomy had previously invited me to write about the upcoming...
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