Before Excelerate, Xing Meng and his team were at MIT and Boston University, developing a complex algorithm allowing for tagging of images in videos. His company, Orbeus, joined Excelerate Labs to figure out how to scale this technology in a…
Cureeo is an online marketplace for art buyers to discover original works by artists across the country. This week, we put the spotlight on Maida Swenson Fortune, founder and CEO. She explains the story behind Cureeo as well as why…
Each week of the summer, we will be profiling a different Excelerate 2012 company. In this week’s spotlight, Sharon Schneider, CEO of Moxie Jean, gives viewers a behind the scenes look at how Moxie Jean operates and what they hope…
BabbaCo began as an innovative baby products company, but founder Jessica Kim discovered a more fitting business model. Check out her journey and how participating in Excelerate….accelerated her learning.
How Your Start-Up Stacks Up Systematic data analysis has changed the business of scouting for baseball talent, “Moneyball” style, and has altered Wall Street trading, now ruled by algorithms crafted by so-called quants. Can analytical rigor also help entrepreneurs such…