PowerUp Boston

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 scal...

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'...

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 Startu...

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...

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 a...

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 Slowl...

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 fasti...

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 acqui...

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 o...

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': Whe...

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 plan...

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...

Sure - it's a bit of a spoiler, but in this episode of the Grepcast, we find concrete examples of the joy of technology. But before we get to that, we go over talk Cybersecurity, Big Dogs, and the permeation of productivity apps in the home.  Links and Extra Reading NSA Cybersecurity Boss Anne Neuberger on What Keeps Her Up at Night Mass. State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics' Spot The Robot Dog...

On this episode of the Grepcast, we tackle all of our late year heavy hitters - the tribulations of managing life, and what are we going to do about Open Office design?   Links and Extra Reading Managing Your Friendships, With Software 'I feel bombarded with to-dos': the hell of life admin – and how to get on top The Truth About Open Offices

On average, a data breach costs $3.9 million . Fortunately, cybersecurity insurance is now available to help businesses limit the financial damage associated with a data breach. Cybersecurity insurance offers financial protection if a business suffers a data breach. For example, if a company loses money due to a malware attack or any other cyberattack, cybersecurity insurance covers the investigat...

For this episode of the Grepcast, we tread only lightly into the doom and gloom that is omnipresent surveillance systems until we venture into that happy land of noise design and how plants can really just make you feel better.  Maybe we're biased, but I think that was a good call.   Links and Extra Reading Mental health apps are scooping up your most sensitive data. Will you benefit? If you ever...

Ok, Gang, we get deep into AI again in this episode. In true Grepcast fashion though, we get started off with talking about Drive-Thrus. Then, Kelly clues us into what we all feared - our biometric data is really just everywhere.    Links and Extra Reading An AI-Run World Needs to better reflect People of Color How Computers See Gender I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Eas...

On this episode of the Grepcast our quick hits... hit all of our highlights - dumb IoT and frightening facial recognition. From there we become mystified by what three words can do for us, and then ultimately come back to Massachusetts for the latest in remote work.   Links and Extra Reading Juul's New E-Cig Sure Is Collecting a Dumb Amount of Data About Its Users Facial recognition software misto...

Did you hear the news? Grepcast is bi-weekly now! First on our list this episode is shouting out the latest Good AI story for you, resulting in Adam and Mike creating the next big browser. From there we take you to coal country and chat about the next big public school curriculum. And since we can't stay away from the darkness, we end our episode in YouTube - the darkest site.    Links and Further...

Hoboy. We finally dig into the joke that is the fine handed out by the FTC to Facebook. From there, we discuss the latest workers strike at Amazon, and then proceed to dunk on Tracking pixels. All in all, a pretty standard Grepcast episode.    Links and Extra Reading Facebook's $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke Facebook 'to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal' Amazon workers g...

It's time to rejoice and sing in the streets, because finally - AI is actually doing some good. But before we give you the good news, Mike pours one out for Jony Ive, we chat about how cool AirDrop is, and then Adam gets mad about the latest in housing exploitation (I mean innovation).    Links and Extra Reading Jony Ive's Fragmented Legacy: Unreliable, Unrepairable, Beautiful Gadgets Hong Kong's...

Quick programming note at the top of the podcast today, please please change your cell phone carrier PIN! Before we give you the skinny on why this is your task for the week, we touch on the latest in school surveillance tech - and how it actually may be a total farce. Only then, can we talk about how we actually don't own Things any longer?   Links and Extra Reading Aggression Detectors: The Unpr...