Cloud Computing represents the fourth major 'platform shift' to hit computing since its inception. Like its predecessors, Batch to Online, Personal Computing and the Internet, Cloud Computing has the potential to once again upset the leadership of several industries while creating enormous opportunities for new companies who clearly understand the Cloud's radically different economic advantages and can become leaders in the new era. Lead Dog is on the prowl for just such companies.
5to1
Location: San Francisco, CA
CEO: Jim Heckman
5to1 was created to bring balance back to the marketplace by giving publishers equal control in the ad placement process. The 5to1 platform empowers content owners to ensure ads are placed in the appropriate context, at the appropriate time and for the right audience, so advertisers can achieve maximum value and branding for their clients. 5to1 is the only self-service ad publishing platform that makes this possible.
Daily Grommet
Location: Lexington, MA
CEO/Founder: Jules Pieri
"We are an online marketplace where you can discover and buy inventive, new products and learn their true stories." Founder/CEO Jules Pieri has invented a new term to describe what they do.. "Citizen Commerce"... It's a addictive place to go to find the most unique, holistic and interesting products you can find anywhere. Each products story is told through a short video that really gets to the heart of what the designers attempted to convey. It's a unique experience that will change your notion of web shopping forever. Try it out.. click the logo.
FitFuture
Location: Needham, MA
Partners: Adam Landry & Paul Romeo
We at FitFuture believe that personal fitness is too important to not evolve as new technology and techniques become available. We are happy to announce that we have signed on with Koko FitClub, which we believe is what personal fitness should be. We will be opening 5 clubs over the next 30 months. Please check back shortly as we are in the midst of designing the FitFuture website.
InstreamMedia
Location: Newton, MA
CEO: Ann Raider
nStream Media is a marketing services company providing targeted advertising and promotions to consumers at the point of sale through graphical messages on the front of a customer's sales receipt. Our patent pending 1to1 Ads™ technology benefits retailers with a new revenue stream and provides advertisers with a unique method of delivering behaviorally and/or demographically targeted ads in-store.
TimeTrade
Location: Burlington, MA
CEO: Ed Mallen
Web-based, self-service appointment scheduling is the rarest of opportunities: it can improve customer service, and improve your resource utilization, and reduce costs, all at the same time. Plus, service-based businesses say TimeTrade self-service appointment scheduling has increased their sales, too. TimeTrade is the acknowledged leader in this fast-growing SAAS market segment.
Xconomy
Location: Cambridge, MA
CEO: Bob Buderi
Xconomy is dedicated to providing business and technology leaders with timely, insightful, close-to-the-scene information about the local personalities, companies, and technological trends that best exemplify todays high-tech economy. Our goal is to become the authoritative voice on the exponential economy, the realm of business and innovation characterized by exponential technological growth and responsible for an increasing share of productivity and overall economic growth. We plan to deliver this valuable content through a unique global network of localized blogs, events, conferences, and other initiatives designed to better connect people and ideas.
