July 23rd, 2007 Comments(0)
As of this past weekend, we launched a new live version of the Web Innovators Group website. Besides a fresh updated look and feel to it, there are two new feature sets which should be helpful for the WebInno community.
First, the free-form wiki for managing the registration for events has been replaced with a more sophisticated dedicated application. Now it should be more user-friendly to sign up for an event and people won’t run into issues with the wiki being locked up with heavy traffic.
Second and more importantly, we have now added a free job board to the WebInno site. This page is aimed to become a central location for web and mobile jobs (especially at startups) in the greater Boston area. Posting is absolutely free for anyone hoping to promote an open role at their company. The goal is facilitate connections for those who are looking for roles with those who have positions available. It’s applicable for any situation – all the way from founders looking to find another co-founder to established companies seeking to hire for a specific position. Starting today, if you have an open rec you’d like to fill, don’t hesitate to create a new listing for the Web Innovators Group Job Board.
Finally, I’d like to extend a huge thank you to Chris Corriveau of Genevate and Greg Arnette of Sonian Networks for generously donating their time to create the new WebInno website. I really appreciate their help, and their contribution to the Web Innovators Group should be widely recognized. Thanks, Chris and Greg.
July 23rd, 2007 Comments(11)
As mentioned at WebInno13, the next Web Innovators Group event will be held soon after summer officially winds down on Monday September 10th. The Cambridge Royal Sonesta location will remain the same, as will our recently introduced designated system for identifying employers with positions available. The main and side dish demonstrations forums will continue unchanged, too, and if your early-stage startup is interested in presenting in either, please reach out to me at david at webinnovatorsgroup dot com.
The process for attendees registering for the event is new, however. The wiki has been replaced on our new updated WebInno site with a dedicated registration page. If you plan to attend, please do RSVP so that we are able to print name tags, appropriately size the venue, etc. Looking forward to seeing everyone after Labor Day. In the meantime, I’ll post blog recaps of the most recent event along with some other announcements and info.
July 02nd, 2007 Comments(0)
As we approach the Monday July 9th Web Innovators Group event, it’s nice to see some of the bloggers already buzzing about it in anticipation:
- Greg Peverill-Conti has continued his preview tradition of putting together a very comprehensive predictive scorecard about his expected reaction to each of the demonstrators (which he always follows up with a recap). It looks like he has high hopes for this event and is excited about the GameBrix, TeachAde, and Beacon Street Girls demos.
- John Wall posted about WebInno13, writing a more detailed profile on presenter GameBrix.
- And, finally, Mark Doerschlag featured the event on his MarksGuide site – the go-to guide for professional networking events in Boston.
July 02nd, 2007 Comments(0)
With one week away from the Web Innovators Group summer event, I wanted to share a feature that we’re adding to this session around facilitating introductions.
Many startups have approached me wanting a better way to reach out to potential employees (and potential co-founders) who attend the WebInno events. Likewise, individuals looking for new roles have communicated that they wished it was easier to find people from startups which have open positions. At the Web Innovators Group event next Monday July 9th, I hope that people from these two groups will have an easier time connecting – in order to do this, employers will have an opportunity to self-designate that they’re hiring by wearing a colored sticker on their name tags.
Anyone who represents a startup that is actively trying to fill (a) full-time, part-time, co-founder, or consulting role(s) is encouraged to wear a special colored sticker (which we’ll provide) communicating that they should be approached about it. With this scheme, job-seekers are more actively able to seek out available web and mobile startups roles (while still remaining discrete about their search, if necessary). And those looking to fill certain positions will be able to more effectively focus on conversations of that type.
Since this event is the first time we’re trying this activity, I welcome your feedback (email david at webinnovatorsgroup dot com) on tweaking this system both before and after the event. Regardless of how this structure evolves, we’ll continue to pursue ways to connect individuals seeking jobs/co-founders and employers looking for talent in the digital media space, based on the strong suggestions from you the WebInno community want it.
