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Rose Johnson
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Host 1
Welcome to Building AI Boston. Our guest today is Rose Johnson. She's a marketing partner at Andreessen Horowitz. And today we will be discussing the upcoming Boston Tech Week. Rose, welcome to the show.
Rose Johnson
Thank you so much. It's great to be here.
Host 1
So. So, Rose, I understand that Boston Tech Week, there's a process, there's a rationale behind what you're doing. Can you just take us to the origins of why you're doing this and what it means to you from your perspective?
Rose Johnson
Yeah, absolutely. Happy to give you the full scoop on the origin story of how Tech Week began, because that will get us into Boston Tech Week, which we are very excited about expanding to. So Tech Week first began in 2022. It was started by my colleagues Katya Mehre and Andrew Chen, who are here at the other firm at a 16Z. And it started as a way to meet more people IRL after Covid. And so it was sort of the back end of the pandemic as a firm, we were hoping to meet more founders outside of Silicon Valley. And so there was a lot of buzz and excitement around la. And that became the first city that we launched in. And it was really an experiment. So it started, I think, the calendar launch with about 50 events. We ended up running the week with a couple of hundred events and really didn't know what to expect, but it ended up being a real success. And I think it sort of proved the model that people like this decentralized conference format. And so we leaned in on it and we brought it back. The following year we expanded to three cities rather than just la. So we've been doing New York and SF as well as LA for the past couple of years. And we thought where best to expand to next than the fourth or third biggest city in terms of VC funding, depending on how you cut the data. And that's obviously Boston. And so we're really excited to launch the first new city for quite a few years now. And the response has been amazing so far.
Cara
Yeah, Boston lost its mind when we found out about this. I could tell you that.
Rose Johnson
That's one way of putting it.
Cara
Yeah, the buzz was so incredible. People were so excited. I can't even tell you. And you probably know that now because you see how many events we've got planned. I mean, but it's. It's great.
Rose Johnson
And.
Cara
And we're so happy to have you coming to Boston.
Rose Johnson
Yeah, it's been, you know, we. I've talked about this a little. We set an internal goal of can we crack 500 events. And we really. We really didn't know because we don't have a huge network, that at least the Tech Week team hadn't had a huge network there. But we went out, we did a few trips, we. We met some amazing people, and I think because of the strength of the network of Boston, kind of words spread really, really quickly.
Cara
And.
Rose Johnson
And then we've obviously seen a great response based on that.
Host 1
So by my estimate, this is me purely from afar. I think there's something like over 600. So you've not only cracked 500 youth, we've. We're. We're overachievers in this part of the Wizard.
Rose Johnson
And I. I think the thing that's great about it is it's gone beyond just the sort of hallmark industries of Boston. So it's not just biotech, although there are some amazing biotech events. It's also deep tech. There are hackathons all the way into the weekend. It truly is spanning the entire. Well, it's a short week because we're doing it on Memorial Day week, but it's spanning the entire week. And there really is so much variety of large, small events and everything in between.
Cara
Yeah, it's great. And people are getting super creative. I don't know if you've seen, but some people are even creating, like, tools to help navigate the week, like in Claude, which is so amazing. Have you seen that?
Host 1
Well, the funnest thing I saw was our friend Karen Kelly, who's been a former babe guest. We say, babe, we've got you, babe. It's. It's not a nod to femtech necessarily, but a lot of our former guests are spectacular women in AI. But I saw Karen Kelly actually has a way to de stress through Boston Tech Week, so you can drop by. She vibe codes. She's runs a particular business called Launch by Lunch. And I both envy you. And then also I get tired just looking at the format. But Cara experiences this in Boston all the time. You can literally go to an AI event every day of the week. Is that true, Cara?
Cara
Yes, multiple. Probably. And it's. It's. It's really interesting. So, Rose, I'm curious, so you probably had. I mean, did you. Did you know Boston that while you said you guys didn't really know Boston too well.
Host 1
Right.
Cara
Like, you didn't have too many connections.
Rose Johnson
Yeah. And you may have noticed I'm not from Boston nor the country, so. No, didn't have. Didn't have a huge amount of familiarity except through, you know, some of the work we've, we've done. But it was great to sort of learn the nuances of the city and I think we're seeing that play out on the calendar. Yeah.
Cara
And were you a little surprised? So I'm not a native Bostonian myself. Like, I've been here 20 some years, but I'm not from here originally either. And I think, I think one of the things we like to talk about in the show is maybe there are misconceptions about how we do things in Boston. And so when, you know, maybe we are a little more open. Open arms than people might think or collaborative than people might think. So were you all surprised that it kind of took fire as much as it did here?
Rose Johnson
I did. I think we just weren't sure. We weren't sure what to expect. But I think certainly the speed at which people adopted it, you know, I think people got it. They, they very quickly said, okay, let's, let's embrace this. It seems like a big opportunity, so. And it's something to show up for. Somebody said to me, this feels like Boston's audition to do Tech Week year after year. And I think that's a nice way of putting it. You know, we're very hopeful that we'll come back and, and, and do it again. But yeah, definitely, it's. The city is putting on a show that's wonderful.
Host 1
I am excited and hope to get there myself. Let's talk a little bit about some of these events and what people can expect from either one of you. I'm, I'm, I'm interested. What can people know going in and, and if you choose to fly in to just navigate this, how do people navigate it? First of all, you have an incredible website. Let's talk about the calendar.
Rose Johnson
Yeah. So go to techtech-week.com calendar and you'll see we should little shout out that New York Tech Week is straight after Boston Tech Week. And so you'll see both calendars back to back. And maybe I can talk a little bit about that as well. So we are hoping there's a little bit of connectivity between the two cities where Bostonians go down to New York, New Yorkers come up to Boston, see what that has to offer. And so that's why we ran the two east coast cities back to back back. And so if you go to the calendar, you can browse both the New York and Boston calendar. On the Boston calendar, you'll be able to browse by topics. So if you're a marketer interested in everything around Marketing, branding, maybe a little bit of sales as well. You'll be able to browse around that. We've also got some highlighted event tracks where we've sort of curated what we think are some of the top events within those themes. And there is a calendar builder tool as well, so you can build your own calendar and highlight up to 50 events which will get populated onto a link that you can go and share on social and on email and that sort of thing. Lots of ways to navigate it. I would say have the mindset of abundance. Obviously, time is precious, but if you. If there's one week to get out there and go to events, this is definitely it.
Cara
Yeah. And that's, you know, just because, like, I'm posting about the events all the time and I'm. I try to show up to as many things as I can, just in general. In Boston, like, I get a lot of people ask me, like, what should I. Where should I go? How do I jump in? And it can be a little intimidating, right. For if you're new to the AI scene or you want to get involved in the AIC and you don't know where to start. So this is. This is a really great place. So anyone you know who can get here, it's a great way to meet sort of people in the community and also people from other places that are coming in. So there's a track, if you want to call it that, you know, for like women in AI, like our events that like, directly relate to that. Like, so you can really find your space there. But, like, if you're in marketing, like me, you can find that too. Or, you know, finance. Although I will have to give New York a little love. I did live in New York before I came up here. There's. There is a little bit of a rivalry between Boston and New York, which I'm sure you know,
Rose Johnson
I hadn't heard. It's never come up.
Cara
Something to do. Something to do with sports here and there. But so I admit I played the role of, like, a jealous Bostonian and looked up how many tech events were related to legal tech, which is my space in Boston versus New York. And New York is totally kicking our butt. Like, they have. I think we only have one legal tech event, so Boston. Come on, guys, we gotta.
Rose Johnson
You should submit something, Car.
Cara
I know, right? What am I thinking? Right?
Host 1
I will tell you this, Rose, when you get there, you're going to find that Cara is not unique, but she is very special in that ecosystem. So we could talk all day long about why Boston is special. There is no fear of missing out for what, what's happening in New York, honestly. It's a different caliber, it's a different flavor. Do you want to speak to that, Cara?
Cara
Well, I just, I would just say, Rose, like, I think your point, and having these back to back like that is, is fantastic because it shouldn't be competitive, it should be collaborative. Right. And that's the same with the West Coast. Right. Because. Right. In this age of AI and the things that are happening, like, there's so many opportunities for collaborative approaches and, you know, we don't have to have this whole who's doing it better, who's doing. It's different. It's like, let's, let's think about doing it together. Because regions don't even mean anything anymore. Right. Like, I mean, we're all just living in this seamless world. So I think it's great. And I hope everyone from New York comes in, up and hangs out.
Rose Johnson
Yeah. And I think what we've found is because we've run SF and LA back to back for the last three years now, so those run the first two weeks of October. And what we're seeing is sort of the cities outside of Silicon Valley, outside of the Bay Area become a little bit more. They have their sort of niches, they become more specialized. And while Boston and New York actually are very broad, I think we're seeing this in la, where certain industries are shining through, where you, you'll actually get the best AI. And entertainment events will happen at LA Tech Week and not in sf, even though SF is kind of the AI of everything. And so having those focuses gives people a reason to come to the other city Tech weeks. Defence is another one in LA with there's a big cluster of defense and American dynamism companies being built out of El Segundo. And so, yeah, each city kind of has its strengths and. And we're hoping to see that with New York and Boston as well.
Host 1
Interesting. You just reminded me. I grew up in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of rivalry with SoCal back in the day. And I'm really, I'm appreciating this. I'm getting World's Fair vibes from this. And again, applause to you because I don't think there's ever a better moment to stress that we're in a renaissance, not a revolution. You know, 250 years ago, we had some very scrappy Bostonians piping up and voicing, you know, we got to get along to get this Thing done not to bring up the American story, but literally now the, the world is open to a much more collaborative viewpoint and AI is just one of those tools. It feels like a renaissance. But again, mad props to you for ushering that spirit in and just sort of kicking down the door of who cares about boundaries at this point.
Cara
Right.
Rose Johnson
Yeah. I think it's interesting sort of treating the Tech Week events as a kind of almost like a window in time because the titles of the events reflect the zeitgeist and sort of what, especially in tech, like what's being talked about right now. Of course, AI has been the topic for the last, at least since I've been on a team for the past three years. But this year it's definitely changed. And I think the theme that I'm seeing now is we've both got more technical events, so more hackathons, buildathons, those sort of things, but they are much more democratized now as well. And so previously you would not have had a hackathon for marketers, it just wouldn't have happened. But now because of, you know, the accessibility of these tools, the themes have sort of taken a turn a little bit to be, to be more accessible, which I think is a really interesting trend.
Cara
Yeah. And like who the builders are. And I think I'm a poster child for this. Right. Like who the builders are, are different now or can be different. Right. Like the people building in the space.
Rose Johnson
Space.
Cara
It does open up. And I, I don't remember who said this, but there was someone who had a great line that a lot of the best ideas are locked up in. Behind the brains of people are locked up in the brains of people who may not have the right technical abilities to kind of see them come through. So with, you know, with. And I'm, I have mixed feelings about vibe coding, which is a separate conversation. But, you know, it, it can bring out the entrepreneur and many more people than maybe previously could have felt that path. And, and so that leads me to a question for you, Rose. You're obviously very, very connected to the, to the entrepreneur environment and are very interested in meeting new people. So we have a lot of really smart, really interesting people here in Boston, obviously that are building really cool things, many of them coming out of the great universities. So what advice do you have for them in terms of how they can sort of best tap into this week? And of course everybody would love to have a personal one on one sit down with you, which of course is not going to happen. So how can they best connect to your ecosystem and in sort of the ways that you're supporting young founder. Young. Not young in age, but young in stage founders. Like, how can they best connect to your ecosystem at Async?
Rose Johnson
Well, I think the first thing is there's never been a better time to start a company. I think there is just so much resource out there, A16Z and the things that we run. But aside from that, there's just so much resource available to connect with kind of our firm as well as other VCs that are present at Tech Week. I would say just leverage the calendar. Everything is on there. You can think of us as a platform. So Tech Week is the platform to connect you with all of those folks. And so a 16Z has a bunch of events throughout the week. You can search for those. Sign up to meet us there.
Cara
Yeah, just go out and go to a mix of things, right? Like there's social events, some more like really like you're saying hackathons, some more like, more like a lecture style, but you know, the ones where you can kind of mix around and meet people. And that's one thing that's fun about Boston is it's, it's. It thinks it's a big city, but it's not in some ways. Like you will see the same people kind of over and over again. So you can start to kind of get into the ecosystem, right, and meet the cool people at WHOOP and everywhere else. So come to the fun.
Rose Johnson
There's definitely some, some sort of the beauty of Tech Week is there are events big and small throughout the week. There's definitely some marquee events that are kind of emerging. And the whoop, there's a big Thursday night event that's definitely going to be one of them, I would say sort of figure out what are those bigger events because, you know, you might have more luck getting into a larger event because there's just so much more capacity. And yeah, that would, that would be my advice.
Cara
That's right. And is anything. And maybe you wouldn't know of this for all 600 plus events, but are there some things that are being live streamed or that people can join from elsewhere or is this really like you have to be here for everything?
Rose Johnson
It's a good question, I think, and just kind of a note on how Tech Week works is we sort of again see ourselves as the platform rather than the organizers. And so we leave the kind of the format of the event fully up to the host. We don't really get involved in that. Aside from making sure, it meets certain safety and quality guidelines for live streaming. It's completely up to the person hosting. So I don't know off the top of my head who is streaming, but I'd imagine a few of them would be. That said, we always say the magic of Tech Week is being in person. And so as an example, we do accept virtual events as well, but it's probably 1% of events on the calendar because it's really the magic of the serendipity of who is there in the city and who will turn up to your event, who you'll bump into, who you'll potentially fund, hire, work with in the future, etc.
Host 1
Yeah, this is literally the fun of doing the show that I get to pop in. I've gone in real life. There's nothing that compares to being there in real life. But since, you know, dipping my toe in the water, having gone, you know, to incredible hackathons at mit, I never would have thought that I could experience that. I hope that people will just get curious and again, take it as, you know, bump into someone. One of our second guest was New Yorker Joanna Pena Bickley on Building AI Boston. When I bump into her in Boston, I'm thrilled because she is the creator of Amazon Alexa. And yet we're rubbing elbows with people that are just. People that are just creative innovators that are encouraging everyone. So do not be intimidated. Come on down to go to as many things as you can and yeah, highlights. What are you? And then go to New York. I would not miss the opportunity to do both.
Cara
I know, I'm like thinking, I'm like, can I get down? I don't know, I gotta go to some. I know there's a.
Rose Johnson
There'll be a kickoff event in both cities. So we do treat them. Despite it being, you know, 14 days, 30 days, we treat them as two distinct tech weeks. And so there'll be a kickoff event at both. And yeah, New York is a lot of fun. It typically is the first week of summer, or it feels like the first week of summer at least. And so there's this kind of pent up energy in the city at least. I feel as a former New Yorker as well.
Cara
Yeah, so many former New Yorkers, right? We're like, we did that.
Rose Johnson
We did that.
Host 1
No, I think there's a song about that. I like New York in June. How about you? I think, yeah, I think you nailed it for timing.
Rose Johnson
Exactly.
Host 1
If I can segue again, it's that what happened as a result of Tech Week. I mean, the first one in New York, I think you were there any surprising results? Did you see anything in the wake of what you created that pleased you and surprised you about having a Tech Week there in New York for the first time?
Rose Johnson
I think one thing we have seen there's been surprising and great to see is just the return rate of hosts at each Tech Week. And so we'll see companies will come back again and again and they'll host the same event each year. So for example, Both Anthropic and OpenAI will host a founder event at each Tech Week and they use the same format. They might have expanded it each year, but it's a great way for them to sort of come out in the community in a big way at Tech Week and meet all of the founders who have come into the city for that week. And we see that with a bunch of other hosts as well. So some companies will host a large demo day during New York Tech Week. Axios hosts their AI Summit. This is the third year that they've hosted it and that's kind of a full scale conference within a conference. And so it's up to each host for how they want to look leverage Tech Week. But we've been really pleased to see the product market fit and see that the companies are coming back again and again.
Cara
That's really cool. And it's cool. They're going to different cities. Like the same companies will show up in different places. That's, that's pretty nice. And, and I have to think. So there's, there's a lot of places doing cool things. So do you have any other cities in, in, in sites. In your sites? Like where are you expanding elsewhere and how does the city get your attention out there if they want to come?
Rose Johnson
It's a great question. Where, where would you recommend. I'll throw the question back to you. Where, where would you like to see next? Where would your money be?
Cara
Well, that's, that's great. Okay, so let's think. So I'm from the Midwest originally, so I do have to give a little love to Chicago. I'm from Wisconsin, but there. You're not going to do a Madison Tech Week, I don't think, sorry, Madison. But you know, Chicago would certainly be something interesting. But I'm also thinking like internationally, right? I mean, are you international right now? Are you thinking about that?
Rose Johnson
Tech Week isn't. We've, you know, we've chosen depth within the US and the cities that we're in right now. And you know, as I've talked about the cities that we're in have expanded so quickly that that's kind of keeping us busy. And we're also seeing this trend of folks flying into these cities. So there is, there's actually a large event in New York which is, it must be about 10 or so different economic development agencies from across Europe who are hosting this massive event. And maybe we can include a link in the show notes or something like that. But yeah, it's, you know, we're seeing an international presence actually fly into these weeks. Definitely New York and SF are leading the way on that. I don't know how international Boston will be maybe a little bit, but we'll work on that. Yeah. And we can, we can put it on the map that way. But I think while that activity is happening, we've kind of, you know, we've got our fill of international founders coming in. But who knows, Never say never. We, we might expand globally in the future.
Cara
That's cool.
Host 1
Well again, I want to applaud this spirit of openness. I will give you my pet peeve about my city, Las Vegas is that I have known about Cesar largest computer electronic show here in Vegas forever and I've never once been allowed to attend until I hosted a tech show. So for the first time came in 2025. And I always say why isn't this public? Why is this so private? Why is it that we're not having this open feeling of, especially for students, why wouldn't you want to showcase the future? And so I applaud you for what you're doing. And again, reaching across the aisle, coast to coast and everywhere in between, I hope that, that, I hope that breaks open some of this sort of proprietary feel. It's not typical, you know, of VC's investors. It just feels like the spirit of openness is only going to lead to bigger and better things.
Rose Johnson
So yeah, and I think one of the insights, the early insights of Tech Week was conferences, traditional conferences that are in a venue and are ticketed and have booths and all of those. They, they definitely have their time and they're, they're still popular for certain reasons. But I think in my previous role as a B2B marketing leader, I was spending, you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars on a 10 by 10 booth. And it just felt very inflexible. And so I think the, this decentralized conference format sort of gives the power back to the creators and, and the, the event organizer and the field marketers a little bit more where they can design an event that is more likely to hit their goals because everybody is KPI'd on everything now. And so this is a way for you to sort of control the narrative and the experience a little bit more. Yeah, and that in audience as well. Like, it's more. It's then because there are more events and the barrier to entry is a little bit lower for getting involved in the conference. There are more events and more. More kind of entry points for anybody who is interested in tech. Of course, the best events are going to be the hardest to get into and you're going to have to be. You know, if it's an event for engineers and technical founders, then those are the only people that are going to be able to attend those events. If you're a student that's kind of curious and breaking into that world, maybe you won't get approved, but there are, you know, hundreds of other events that you probably can get into. And we hope that over the years people. People will sort of start their journeys at Tech Week and be able to, you know, ultimately kind of add to their career and work their way up.
Host 1
There is something for everyone. There's truly a lot to see. Cara, do you have your schedule mapped out? Are you going to be on?
Cara
I'm pretty mapped out and maxed out, but I. There's. There's only a few where, like, I have two things that I want to do at the same time, so I have to figure out how to do that because, you know, like, what's that? What. What's Harmonia? I never can pronounce her name right. Remember in the. In the show where she from. From Harry Potter, how she had that necklace? Yeah.
Host 1
Hermione.
Cara
I can never say her name right or how she could be like two places at once. So I need to, like, somehow figure
Rose Johnson
out how to do that so I can.
Host 1
You gotta clone yourself.
Cara
You are.
Host 1
Cara is everywhere. And I don't know how you do it, but this is a concentrated effort. So the nice thing is that we'll invite you back, Rose, as a recap and thank you for your time doing that because I think it'll be very interesting to digest and re. Recap and. And maybe we'll let you go through New York week before we. We actually, you know, push that because.
Cara
Yeah, we'll see. But we. And we want. We want your honest feedback too, because one of the thing we. Things we need to do in Boston is be like, yes, we. We're great. We're, you know, super awesome in all these ways. But, you know, we have Things we could probably do better. Right? And there's things that we could change and there's things that we could do. So we do. We also want your honest feedback. I want your honest feedback. Like, okay, Boston, you're awesome in these many ways, but you know what? You could work on, work on these things.
Rose Johnson
Right?
Cara
Some. Some constructive. Some constructive criticism will be very.
Rose Johnson
Yeah, well, definitely we do a big retro after every tech week, both attendees, hosts and internally, we'll take notes and see what we can improve for next year. But from, from what I'm seeing, it looks great already. And yeah, the quality, the quality of events is really high. We've got a really healthy mix of sort of the Boston brands, so, like HubSpot's, Klaviyos, et cetera, as well as Silicon Valley companies coming in. And so I think that, you know, that, that, that alchemy together is going to make for a really fun week.
Cara
That's great.
Rose Johnson
That's awesome.
Host 1
Yeah.
Cara
Well, we can't wait to have you.
Host 1
I love it and I love the overlap. And I love that where two ecosystems and biology overlap, that's the. The richest band of diversity. And what you're suggesting with Silicon Valley and Boston is certainly going to be a joy to unpack with you when it's all finished. And again, we really thank you for your time and coming on and giving this preview. For anyone who would like to check out the links, we'll provide everything, final words, things you're looking forward to. Anything else, ladies?
Cara
I'm looking forward to just. Oh, sorry. No, you go.
Rose Johnson
No, go ahead, go ahead.
Cara
Okay. Yeah, I'm just looking forward to getting out there and seeing all their, you know, amazing events and just getting to see a lot of my friends out there in the world and, you know, probably meeting some really new amazing people, just having some fun. I'm really looking forward to it.
Host 1
And Rose, any final words?
Rose Johnson
I think just the breadth of events happening at Boston is amazing. And say we've got Eric Paley, the Secretary of Economic Development for Massachusetts, is going to come down and do an event and speak about titans in Boston and kind of why it's a good time to build. You know, we've even got topics like housing. You know, Elise AI is doing an event on housing, and that's a very important conversation to everyone. And so I think there's a real variety of events happening. There's also obviously parties and kickoff events and that kind of thing as well, huge summer parties. And so I think it's just going to be a really electric week and hopefully you'll walk around and you won't be able to escape that. It is Boston Tech Week happening and so it's really going to put that industry on the map.
Host 1
Well, thank you so much and we appreciate the opportunity to chat with you and look forward to the recap. Best of luck to everyone involved and we'll see you again on the end of this incredible adventure that you've launched. Thank you.
Rose Johnson
Great. And if there are any hosts listening, I just also wanted to say thank you so much for showing up and hosting an event as part of this. You know, we're, we're the platform, but it doesn't happen without you. So thank you so much.
Host 1
Thank you for being here. On Building AI Boston. We'll put the again the notes, please like and subscribe. If you're out there listening, please attend virtually or it's not that far fetched to say you could actually attend. I know you'll get so much out of this incredible opportunity. Thank you so much. Rose and Cara, thank you for joining us on Building AI Boston. Stay tuned for more enlightening episodes that put you at the forefront of the conversations shaping our future.
Podcast: Building AI Boston
Release Date: May 27, 2026
Host(s): Building AI Boston Team (Host 1 & Cara)
Guest: Rose Johnson (Marketing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz / a16z)
Topic: The launch, ethos, and impact of Boston Tech Week in the context of AI, local innovation, and community connection.
In this episode, Rose Johnson joins Building AI Boston to discuss the upcoming Boston Tech Week, the origins and philosophy behind the decentralized Tech Week model, and how the event aligns with Boston’s thriving tech and AI scene. The conversation explores themes of inclusivity, collaboration over competition, breaking down traditional conference formats, and the unique flavors of tech innovation in cities like Boston, New York, LA, and SF. Both logistical and philosophical aspects are covered, providing practical advice and inspiration for founders, technologists, and anyone curious about connecting to the AI ecosystem.
“It was sort of the back end of the pandemic... hoping to meet more founders outside of Silicon Valley... It started as an experiment... and it ended up being a real success.”
“We set an internal goal: can we crack 500 events... because of the strength of the network of Boston, word spread really, really quickly.”
“It’s gone beyond just biotech... it truly is a variety of large, small events and everything in between.”
“Just have the mindset of abundance... If there’s one week to get out there and go to events, this is definitely it.”
“It shouldn’t be competitive, it should be collaborative... regions don’t even mean anything anymore.”
“The themes have taken a turn... to be more accessible... which I think is a really interesting trend.”
“Who the builders are, are different now or can be different... this can bring out the entrepreneur in many more people.”
“Leverage the calendar. Everything is on there. You can think of us as a platform.”
“We always say the magic of Tech Week is being in person... it’s really the magic of the serendipity.”
“We have seen... the return rate of hosts at each Tech Week... it’s a great way for them to sort of come out in the community.”
“This decentralized conference format sort of gives the power back to the creators and... more kind of entry points for anybody who is interested in tech.”
“Just the breadth of events happening at Boston is amazing... I think it’s just going to be a really electric week.”