from BostInno by Lucia Maffei Over the past years, Rough Draft Ventures – General Catalyst’s student-focused program backing founders at the university level – has backed many student companies our readers are familiar with, including Freebird, User Interviews and LogRocket. According to the program, in 2017 RDV backed 11 new Boston-based companies across industries such as ...

from Boston Magazine by Madeline Bilis Lifelong Cambridge resident Susan Richards has never lived with a stranger. She’s shared her home with her children for just over 20 years, and even in her twenties, she always lived with friends. But recently, the 54-year-old received a new roommate: a postdoctoral scholar ...

from MIT Sloan News by Kara Baskin Desktop workers have plenty of technology at their fingertips — Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Google documents — to quickly capture, transfer, and distribute knowledge. Field workers don’t always have this advantage. Lab technicians, construction workers, and manufacturers often lack a way to train colleagues ...

from Medium by Elvis Chidera In 2012, I was just a village boy from Nigeria who had nothing but a dream and a Nokia feature (J2ME) phone. Today, I’m a 19 year old Android developer who has worked on over 50 apps and currently works for an MIT startup. My ...

from BostInno by Lucia Maffei Student startups, perhaps most of any other ventures, excel for enthusiasm, fantasy and willingness to learn. As 2017 come to an end, we’ve taken a look at the most promising early-stage student startups we’ve covered this year. We’ve found interesting ventures in almost every school ...