City of Boston Unveils New Open Data Policy
Mayor Marty Walsh's administration, along with the Boston City Council, has pushed hard for open sourcing municipal data. Having achieved that, the mayor's office announced on Thursday that City Hall will be rolling out a new policy for making city data transparent and available to the public through its online data portal – setting up guidelines and best practices for all data as well as that of the more sensitive variety.
According to the City of Boston, the most recent available datasets are:
- Usage information from the City's ParkBoston meter parking payment program
- Boston Police Department firearm recovery data
- Usage information for the City's Wicked Free WiFi initiative
- Residential recycling/waste tonnage
- Active user counts from the Boston Public Libraries – Nick DeLuca
Blade is hiring "dozens" for Paul English’s new travel startup
A month ago, Paul English fired out a tweet about his noncompete ending July 1—and then teased a new travel-related project, which the team at the Blade tech foundry will be focused on developing. English also told the BBJ will be “bigger than the idea we had for Kayak ten years ago.” According to Skift, English’s new startup—which has the working title Blade Travel—will focus on cutting-edge online and offline concierge services and likely also include metasearch and B2B features. And now, Blade has posted an announcement that it will be hiring “dozens” of people over the coming months for this mysterious project, who will work out of the Boston and Westford, Mass. offices. The 20 open positions listed include iOS Swift engineers, Python server engineers, Data scientists, VP of Business Development (experience in consumer travel required), General Counsel, and VP of Marketing. Blade states that it’s looking for people who have excelled on teams building successful mass-market consumer technology products, and is especially interested in female candidates. Blade is offering $10,000 for successful referrals via one of its portfolio companies, Drafted. – Rebecca Strong
Private Equity Executive Killed in Plane Crash
Summit Partners managing director and COO Joe Trustey has died in a single-engine plane crash in Wisconsin. Trustey had been with Boston-based Summit since 1992, and had worked with the private equity firm’s portfolio companies including Central Security Group and Vivint Solar, according to Fortune. Previously, Trustey had been a consultant for Bain & Co., and he held an MBA from Harvard Business School. Trustey had also been a U.S. Army Captain. In a statement, Summit said that Trustey and his daughter, Anna, who was also killed in the crash, had been visiting colleges in the Midwest. — Kyle Alspach
A First Look Inside Boston Public Market, a Local Food Hub Opening Tomorrow [Photos]
The highly anticipated Boston Public Market will open its doors on Thursday, July 30—marking the country's first completely locally sourced market of its kind. The 28,000-square foot open market overlooking the Rose Kennedy Greenway at the corner of Hanover Street and John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road will feature more than 30 vendors from across the region, each featuring homegrown or homemade products for sale. It will be open from Wednesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. >>> Read more on BostInno – Nick DeLuca
Akamai Stock Slips Following Mixed Q2 Results
Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM) released its Q2 earnings report at market close Tuesday, just beating expectations on revenue and barely falling short of the analysts' consensus estimate for EPS. The Cambridge-based company posted $541 million in revenue (up 14 percent year-over-year), above the $540.4 million consensus estimate, and (non-GAAP) EPS of $0.57 per diluted share, missing the estimate by 1 cent. >>> Read more on BostInno – Rebecca Strong
Mayor Walsh's Response to Criticism From the IOC President Over Boston 2024
Mayor Marty Walsh has been direct in his critical appraisal of the United States Olympic Committee, given his claim that the national organization's allegedly pressured him to sign the Host City Contract (which includes a taxpayer-backed financial guarantee). And on Wednesday, Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, fired back at Boston. >>> Read more on BostInno – Hayden Bird
