New England’s Top 10 Innovators
June is innovation month in New England and it has started off with a bang. A few weeks ago, Business Week named Boston the 3rd most inventive city in the world. This week, The Deal declared that Route 128 is well-positioned to continue its leadership in innovation, despite the economic crisis, due to its diverse economy and robust enterpreneurial environment. All month, there are numerous high-quality events going on, including an Unconference run by Mass TLC, MIT Deshpande Center's IdeaStream and MITX 2009 Awards night. Much thanks to Scott Kirsner for catalyzing this energy around innovation month! With all this attention being put on innovation in New England, I thought I would throw out a top ten list. If there were ever to be created an Innovator Hall of Fame, these 10 would get my vote for the first inductees. With apologies to Edwin Land, Ken Olsen, and others, this is not a historical view. These are currently active players in the innovation scene. I solicited input via Twitter and Facebook on this and got great (and fairly consistent) responses. In no particular order:
