Category Archives: Development

Vive la Bière

Newly reinstated in snowy Boston after a week in Paris, and avoiding stepping into the outside tundra, I decided now would be the perfect time to investigate French beer from the comfort of my couch.  I realize that France is … Continue reading

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It’s Winter: Cozy up at the Cafe

When it started to get cold back in November, and we were past the time appropriate for “oktoberfests,” I decided it was time to get some “winter beers” into the café.  The problem was that I didn’t really know what … Continue reading

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Blue Hills, Black Hops

For something a little different this week, I decided to go with Black Hops.  Blue Hills Brewery has created a hybrid lager-ale, based on the German Schwarzbier.  The brewery uses hops as the bittering agent rather than roasted malts used … Continue reading

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This Week: Welcome back!

Happy New Year! Venture Cafe will be in session this Thursday from 3-8pm. While we are easing back into January with no events scheduled, the Cafe is moving into a new phase of the prototype, in which we are focusing … Continue reading

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Closed for the holidays!

To our loyal participants as well as occasional visitors, While we like to say that Venture Cafe is open every Thursday, we are taking a break for the holidays this Thursday, 12/23, and next Thursday, 12/30, so please take this … Continue reading

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In the Cafe: Dec 12 – 18, 2010

This week the cafe will host a #Megatweetup 2 pre-party, the monthly Development & Drinks night (#IDTechUp), and the first Museum of Science Innovators event not located at the Museum proper. We couldn’t be happier with the progress we’ve made … Continue reading

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Think Thanksgiving. Think Beer.

This Thanksgiving, try to be a bit more like the Pilgrims: not in the pushing Native Americans further from their own territory way, but in the drinking beer at Thanksgiving dinner way. Just like wine, beer comes in diverse varieties … Continue reading

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Spencer Irvine talks about startups and patents

Many engineering companies use patents as a yardstick, given the business potential of a good idea for startup and conglomerate alike. Official state approval provides a technological head-start and ideally generate license fees or revenue, but what makes a good patent in the first place? We talked with Spencer Irvine about his experiences as founder of AirVentions, Inc. Continue reading

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What makes you so high and mighty?

If you are what you drink, many Venture Cafers became High and Mighty this week. Kicked quite resoundingly at Saturday’s MIT Sloan International MBA Sales Competition, the High and Mighty “Beer of the Gods” created a lot of intrigue and … Continue reading

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In the Cafe: Nov 7 – 13

Come out to Kendall this Thursday to revel in possibly the last bit of autumn (High 50/Low 37) with Boston Globe’s InnoEco columnist Scott Kirsner, MIT $100K Products and Services and Mobile track teams and the Greenhorn Connect/Swap.com #StartupPride Schwag … Continue reading

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