Founded in 2008, BostInnovation aims to help startups in the area succeed by connecting local innovators and increasing communication around startup buzz. After a brief stint as a wiki and then as a Tweet aggregator, BostInno was re-launched on December 7, 2009, as a new media property focused on the creation of original content about Boston’s innovation ecosystem. BostInnovation is seizing the opportunity to galvanize and unify the tech community at-large and to help promote and cover the events Boston’s tech community has to offer.

BostInnovation’s goal is to be the preeminent news outlet for Boston’s fast-paced innovation economy. BostInnovation’s audience includes startupers, early adopters, social mediaites, entrepreneurs, influencers, real-estaters, marketers, proud parents, PR firms, advertising agencies, law firms and tech journalists. The primary focus of our content is:

• Profiling Boston’s hottest startup companies.
• Announcing new product launches, particularly in the consumer web, gaming and mobile spaces.
• Exploring social media and new marketing strategies.
• Sharing top category lists from the world of social media.
• Unearthing exceptional stories about the people running startups.
• Profiling non-startup companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the innovation economy.
• Previewing and recapping events around the Hub.

Meet the TEAM:

Chase Garbarino – Creator , CEO of Pinyadda

Chase is the Creator of BostInnovation and the CEO and Co-founder of Boston based web start-up Pinyadda.  Chase’s first start- up, The Campus Word, was a national college media outlet publishing articles from over 100 of the country’s top student journalists from over 65 colleges and universities.  After graduating from Hamilton College in 2007, Chase became very involved in the Boston startup and tech culture and saw a need for more coverage and discussion around the interesting companies, entrepreneurs and innovations in the Boston and overall New England region.  You can reach Chase at chase@bostinnovation.com and follow him on Twitter @cgarb.

Kyle Psaty – Editor

Kyle began his career as a writer and editor with the New England Patriots in 2006. After following the NFL beat and publishing over 350 journalistic works as well as hundreds of external communications for the Patriots during the three NFL seasons that followed, Kyle parted ways with the company that gave him his start to pursue his burgeoning interest in technology writing. His work has been published on Patriots.com, in Patriots Football Weekly, on BostonSportsCult.com, and in Fray Magazine. He currently holds undergraduate degrees from Hamilton College in Mathematics and Creative Writing, and recently became one of the first to complete the Cultural Journalism Professional Certification coursework at Emerson College. His Twitter handle is @KylePs80 and he can be reached at kyle@bostinnovation.com

Greg Gomer – Operations

Greg is currently the VP of Operations at Pinyadda. After graduating Babson College, he took a project management position at Fidelity Investments, where he excelled for 2.5 years. In the summer of 2009, Greg parted ways from his private corner cubicle and began running operations for Pinyadda. After joining Pinyadda, his passion for the Boston startup community stood out and he began running day to day operations for BostInnovation as well. Most recently Greg conceptualized the BeIn initiative along side creator Chase Garbarino. His Twitter handle is @sliggity and he can be contacted at greg@bostinnovation.com

Jennie White – Social Media

Jennie is a writer at BostInnovation and a student at Northeastern University. She is majoring in Communications with a specific focus on Media Studies. She is currently interested in social media, awesome start-ups and film. Jennie interns for Mass Innovation Nights as well, a monthly event held for Massachusetts-based innovators. You can often find Jennie geeking out at the Science Museum and Trident Cafe on Newbury St. Her Twitter handle is @JennieWhite and she can be contacted at jennie@bostinnovation.com

Jonathan Kardos – Mobile

Jonathan is a writer for Bostinnovation and a local designer/user experience professional currently working in the Financial Services Industry. His interests include social media, people doing cool stuff with code, and mobile technologies. Since graduating from Babson College in 2007 with a major in IT and Entrepreneurship, he’s worked to release numerous web products & mobile applications that are in use by millions of  people today. Jonathan can be seen at various meetups and mobile events and loves the fact that Boston is arguably the hottest city today for mobile innovation. His Twitter handle is @jkardos and he can be reached at jonathan@bostinnovation.com

David Bolton – Gaming

David has recently relocated across the pond from his hometown of London. A former insurance broker and heavy metal band manager, he realised that his true passion was in words. Finding himself at a loose end, he enrolled in college and graduated with a BA in Media Communications whilst minoring in Political Science. His published work has included being a motoring correspondent in the UK (whilst serving a 6 month ban for speeding) and a founder member of The Regent college newspaper. As a resident alien, he blogs under the name of Limeyview, which he describes as “seemingly random, but organized thoughts.” His twitter handle is @sandmandave and he can reached at david@bostinnovation.com

Max Silver – Social Media

Max has been writing part time for Bostinnovation since the beginning of March 2010. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in Marketing Communications with a focus in advertising. After interning at a number of Boston area marketing and advertising firms he developed a love for social media and mobile, especially emerging analytics for both. This led to his interest in writing for Bostinnovation. Max currently is employed by BIGfish Communications in Brookline where he works as a social media account manager. His Twitter handle is @maxesilver and he can be reached at Max@bostinnovation.com

Ali Powell – Around The Hub

Ali is a graduate of Rollins College, where she studied International business. She most recently left her sales position at UPS and is a new business development hire at HubSpot. She is a social media nutcase, pumped about women entrepreneurs and loves networking throughout the city of Boston. She is the founder of Boston Womenpreneurs and hopes to shine the light on Boston’s women entrepreneurs. Her Twitter handle is @alipowell21 and she can be reached at alison@bostinnovation.com

Marissa Lowman – Digital

Marissa is passionate about startups, tech news, marketing, and cupcakes. She has written for publications such as The Baltimore Sun, Voices of Tomorrow, and Abroad View. In addition to writing for BostInnovation, she writes her own blog on startups and writes about marketing for Performable, a marketing software company. She studied Writing Seminars and German at Johns Hopkins University. Her Twitter handle is @mariassalowman and she can be reached at Marissa@bostinnovation.com

Alleigh Marre – Gov 2.0

Alleigh is an Emerson College graduate where she studied Marketing Communication. She began her career in PR & Social Media in 2009 and is currently the Director of Operations and Digital Communications for the Oz Griebel for Governor Campaign in Connecticut. Alleigh is a Gov2.0 enthusiast. Her twitter handle is @alleighmarre and she can be reached at Alleigh@bostinnovation.com

Alexis Schroeder – Around The Hub

Lex is a freelance writer/editor and co-founder of the New Prosperity Initiative (NPi), a Boston-based media company dedicated to knowledge-sharing in the social justice field. She began her career in publishing at the Lean Enterprise Institute, a research and educational company that teaches the lean business method. Lex serves on the board of directors of The Writers’ Room of Boston and is proud to be a “Connector” for Boston World Partnerships. She holds a B.A. in Government from Smith College. These days she’s very interested in things like systems thinking, entrepreneurship, creativity, health and wellness, humor, poetry, and design. Her twitter handle is @lexschroeder and she can be reached at Alexis@bostinnovation.com

Kristin Dziadul – New Marketing

Kristin is a recent college graduate who began her career blogging and developing her personal online brand. She has published over 100 new marketing and technology blogs on her own site, as well as over 30 guest blogs on top local sites. She now writes for BostInnovation as the New Marketing writer, following trending marketing topics around Boston. After college she became very involved in the Boston startup and tech culture and soon became the Marketing Analyst for Backupify, a start up in Cambridge focused on online cloud backup. Her twitter handle is @KristinEDziadul and she can be reached at kristin@bostinnovation.com

Our offices are located at 110 Chauncy Street near Downtown Crossing in Boston, Mass.

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