{"id":568632,"date":"2010-05-18T12:41:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=80526"},"modified":"2010-05-18T12:41:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:41:13","slug":"25k-for-boston-innovation-district-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/568632","title":{"rendered":"$25K for Boston Innovation District Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/startups\/\">startups<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/funding\/\">funding<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/business-plan-competition\/\">Business Plan Competition<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Erin Kutz wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced today that venture capital firm Spencer Trask will sponsor a startup competition starting in July, and award $25,000 for the winning company to work in the &#8220;Innovation District&#8221; that the city is developing, the <em>Boston Globe<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/business\/ticker\/2010\/05\/boston_mayor_to.html\">reported<\/a>. Menino made the announcement alongside plans to develop 1,000 acres in the city&#8217;s seaport and Marine Industrial Park area, and said that the venture firm will award another $25,000 next year to fuel growth in a startup working in the area. The Innovation District will also be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/04\/15\/masschallenge-launches-1-million-global-business-competition-to-fuel-states-innovation-economy\/\">home to state startup competition MassChallenge<\/a>, which launched in April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"postFooter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/05\/18\/25k-for-boston-innovation-district-startup\/#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/reprints\/>Reprints<\/a> | Share: &nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=RT%20@Xconomy%20$25K%20for%20Boston%20Innovation%20District%20Startup%20http:\/\/xconomy.com\/?p=80526\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/twitter.gif\" alt=\"Retweet\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/05\/18\/25k-for-boston-innovation-district-startup\/&#038;t=$25K%20for%20Boston%20Innovation%20District%20Startup\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/facebook.gif\" alt=\"Facebook\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/05\/18\/25k-for-boston-innovation-district-startup\/email\/  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/email.gif\" alt=\"Email\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/item?publisher=bfda184d-6684-4f7a-a23f-ca4ed4db9287&amp;title=%2425K+for+Boston+Innovation+District+Startup&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xconomy.com%2Fboston%2F2010%2F05%2F18%2F25k-for-boston-innovation-district-startup%2F\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/share.gif\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t     \t\t\t<!-- ad options: 2621  --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/d.xconomy.com\/ck.php?bannerid=262' ><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img src='http:\/\/d.xconomy.com\/avw.php?bannerid=262&amp;cb=469' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=d96c71892f71cb1a5644ce677961da17&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=d96c71892f71cb1a5644ce677961da17&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.triggit.com\/px?u=pheedo&#038;rtv=Business&#038;rtv=p29917&#038;rtv=f21595\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29917.rss.Business.21595,cat.Business.rss\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e0t8uUnmhdGJe6matFKlqrChk18\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e0t8uUnmhdGJe6matFKlqrChk18\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e0t8uUnmhdGJe6matFKlqrChk18\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e0t8uUnmhdGJe6matFKlqrChk18\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Xconomy_Full\/~4\/gj0w67Y9rck\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>startups, funding, Business Plan Competition Erin Kutz wrote: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced today that venture capital firm Spencer Trask will sponsor a startup competition starting in July, and award $25,000 for the winning company to work in the &#8220;Innovation District&#8221; that the city is developing, the Boston Globe reported. 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