Todd Pinkerton

It’s no excuse, but I’ve been too busy to blog lately, as you can tell from the date on my last post. However, some exciting new developments have spured me to pick it up again.

First, another Boston Globe article about one of my new adventures, BetaHouse appeared in the Saturday August 11 paper and online here. BetaHouse is a co-working arrangement I am involved in. The idea behind BetaHouse (and co-working in general) is that several startups and entrepreneurs share an office space, splitting the costs of rent and such while collaborating and enjoying the company of like-minded people. Co-working is a popular concept on the west coast, especially San Francisco, and we hope BetaHouse is the start of the east-coast trend. For me, it certainly beats the solitude of working out of my home.

The Globe article also mentions Virosity, my new consulting company that has kept me busy these past few months. We’re a ’boutique’ web and mobile consultancy, specializing in social applications and the like. We’re a small shop (3 people) at the moment, but we’re hoping to expand as we have more opportunities than we can handle right now. Whenever I read an article bemoaning the lack of web and media startups in New England, I can’t help but wonder if we’re talking about the same place. Every day I talk to people starting new companies, and they’re not the traditional New England fare of enterprise-this and storage-that. There’s definitely a culture of innovation happening here, even if it is below the venture capital radar. If you’re starting a web or mobile business and want someone to manage and develop your product, drop us a line.