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Recorded live at Startup Boston Week 2025, this episode of Power Up Boston features a conversation between Tech Superpowers' Adam Fisk and Aisling Carlson, Chief Growth Officer at Greentown Labs. From her beginnings in venture capital to leading growth at the world's largest climatetech incubator, Aisling shares her journey, lessons in resilience, and the role of community in helping founders scale breakthrough ideas. She also dives into the unique ecosystems in Boston and Houston, how Greentown connects startups with investors and corporate partners, and why finding your "why" is critical for any entrepreneur . Tune in for insights on climate innovation, founder support, and the future of Boston's startup community.

Ries McQuillan, Senior Manager of Business Development at Baker Tilly, joins us to talk about his unconventional path from selling Cutco knives to becoming a relationship-driven leader in Boston's startup ecosystem. In this episode, we dive into how Reese built a career on partnerships, why patience is critical in sales, and how Baker Tilly supports startups—from pre-seed through IPO. Whether you're a founder, ecosystem connector, or just love a good startup story, this one's for you.  

Beth Porter, Head of Studio Operations at C10 Labs and faculty at BU Questrom School of Business, joins Adam and Mike to dive into the hacker-first mindset, the evolving role of AI in innovation, and how startups can balance risk, security, and growth in an ever-changing tech landscape!

Omer Tene, a Partner at Goodwin Procter LLP, took the time to join Adam and Mike to not only give us a primer on what privacy means for us all, and discuss how the world of privacy has been changing - especially with AI!  

PowerUp Boston is back! In this latest episode, we had the incredible opportunity to connect with Stephanie Roulic, the visionary founder of Startup Boston and a force in her own right in the Boston startup community. Following our own talk at Startup Boston Week and witnessing the vibrant community they've cultivated, we just had to bring Stephanie onto the podcast. Join us as we dive into Startup Boston's roots, the value of hybrid events, the significance of community research in your startup adventure, and so much more! Find Steph and everything they're up to at startupbos.org/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephroulic. Also for the latest in Boston events, check out their Community Events calendar here! 

In this episode of PowerUp Boston, Adam and Mike are joined by Kylie Bourjaily of InnoCrew and talk about her experiences being a founder of two companies in Boston, as well as building community and the unspoken stresses founders go through!  Find InnoCrew and everything they're up to at theinnocrew.com & twitter.com/theinnocrew, as well as Kylie at twitter.com/KylieBourjaily. Tech Superpowers will be at StartUp Week Boston 2023! Find us in the Founder track on Thursday at 2 PM! https://www.startupbos.org/founder-track-sbw2023

Mike and Adam chat with Matt Crane of MGMT Boston about the differences between the startup scene on the West Coast and in Boston, what the Endeca effect is, and what's next for MGMT Boston!  Follow Matt and the happenings over at MGMT Boston at mgmtboston.com, and sign up for the newsletter at mgmtboston.substack.com! Stay in touch with the Tech Superpowers team and everything we're up to over at tsp.me and on Instagram!  

Tech Superpowers is back in your feeds with a brand new show! Adam and Mike are here to talk about everything that's been happening since you've heard us last and introducing what we're doing next! PowerUp Boston will be a regular podcast where we connect with folks from the Boston startup community to discuss the scale-up journey and all the various items that come up as a business grows!

Adam, Kelly, and Mike are back with a collection of quick-hit articles, bringing you that classic Grepcast energy while not being all too mired in the constant pandemic-related technology coverage. While we kick it off with everyone's new morning / evening routine, we take a glance at the past (2003 to be specific) before doing some future tripping.   Links and Extra Reading Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health Facemash Creator Survives Ad Board Beyond Zoom: The future of virtual meetingsMedivis - Pushing the limits of what's possible Looks like you need Iceland  

The Grepcast is joined by a special guest today, Sarah Pruski, Director of Security Operations at Harvard's Graduate School of Education for a conversation about all things cybersecurity. But! Before we get into cybersecurity, we touch back in with our best friends - Spot the Dog and Silicon Valley.   Links and Extra Reading Spot the Coronavirus Doctor Robot Dog Will See You Now Is 'dopamine fasting' Silicon Valley's new productivity fad? Telecoms paranoia, 5G vs Covid-19 (and phones turning into human heads) Radio Galaxy Zoo: LOFAR How to Feel Nothing Now, in Order to Feel More Later Indycar's Virtual Race Crashes Sparked Real-World Controversy Among Drivers

As we continue to record from our homes in the time of COVID, we start by chatting about VR once again, even though Adam continues to be unconvinced. From there, the gang talks through Contact Tracing improvements and then how COBOL and technical debt has brought about a new group of superheroes.    Links and Extra Reading @michaelfolkson: Yesterday I co-hosted a Socratic Seminar in VR Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky and will shut down the Android version Google And Apple Will Enable Mobile Phones To Trace User Contacts In Coronavirus Fight How Digital Contact Tracing Slowed Covid-19 in East Asia Our Government Runs on a 60-Year-Old Coding Language, and Now It's Falling Apart Zoom Lets Attackers Steal Windows Credentials, Run Programs via UNC Links Bookshop Network traffic insights in the time of COVID-19: March 23-29 update

In this episode of the Grepcast, we focus on all the things that feel worse than the new normal of self-quarantines. Come for the Bird smack-talk, stay for Kelly going off on the Internet Archive.  Links and Extra Reading My friend just got laid off along with 400 other employees by dialing into a pre-recorded Zoom message. It Felt Like a Black Mirror Episode' The Inside Account of How Bird Laid off 406 People in Two Minutes via a Zoom Webinar Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online The Pandemic Is Not an Excuse to Exploit Writers Twitter: Want to see the true potential impact of ignoring social distancing? Boston Public Library: Into the Water LinkedIn: Our strategy for COVID-19 layoffs

In this episode of the Grepcast, we check-in on how COVID is changing the landscape of the internet - especially as it pertains to Zoom and Netflix. From there, Adam gets mad at an article bemoaning the limitations of VR and then we dissect a new wearable that promotes privacy from Alexa and Siri.  Links & Extra Reading AT&T Suspends Broadband Data Caps During Coronavirus Crisis 'Zoombombing': When Video Conferences Go Wrong Netflix and YouTube are slowing down in Europe to keep the internet from breaking VR Was Supposed to Help Us Work Remotely. So Where Is It? Activate This 'Bracelet of Silence,' and Alexa Can't Eavesdrop Rachel Barenbaum's 'A Bend In The Stars' Tells A Tale Of Injustice And Romance https://twitter.com/viverideama/status/1242224223055155201?s=20

As the world continues the change as part of the current Covid-19 pandemic, we here at the Grepcast are here to talk about how it may just change work forever. But before we dive into that, we follow up on an article from 2015 about how smart homes can improve the quality of life for those living with disabilities.  Links and Extra Reading An Instagram personality said he had coronavirus on a plane. The failed viral stunt got him arrested ImJayStation: YouTuber admits to faking girlfriend's death to gain subscribers For the disabled, smart homes are home sweet home How coronavirus could force the work-from-home movement Coronavirus is the first big test for futuristic tech that can prevent pandemics The Zodiac Killer has been a mystery for 50 years – but one man thinks he's solved it Writers Bone Episode 402: Kelly J. Ford, Author of Cottonmouths

On this episode of the Grepcast, we only focus on the good stuff! No bummers in this episode, not even a single one! Our quick hits start with domain name "acquisitions" and Smart Mirrors. From there, we go on to the future of 3D printing and what the "right to repair" really means.  Links and Extra Reading Social Media Influencer Behind 'State Snaps' Sentenced to 14 Years for Plot to Steal Domain Name A $1,500 smart mirror brings live fitness classes to your home The world's first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses He Was Murdered in a Hate Crime. She Brought His Blood-Soaked Phone Back to Life. Apple Is Bullying a Security Company with a Dangerous DMCA Lawsuit The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World This Company Built a Private Surveillance Network. We Tracked Someone With It