We were thrilled this morning when we were handed a copy of STUFF Magazine’s summer feature, Hot 100: The People, Places, and Trends You Need to Know About, Now, and opened to a page with mention of BostInnovation!
Published bi-weekly by the media group that operates the Boston Phoenix and WFNX Radio, STUFF Mag is the go-to read for the Bostonian “trendsetter and tastemaker.” Their summer feature is filled with mention of top innovators we’ve covered here on BostInnovation, alongside trends like the anti-Facebook movement, Shit My Dad Says, boat shoes, beer in a can, bike lanes and the KFC Double Down.
The 44-page cover story reads:
“We found the people, places, trend, and ideas that have passions burning around Boston … We’ve distilled everything worth talking about (and tasting, wearing, watching…) into one feature that takes the temperature of the Hub.”
Congratulations to all the innovators in the Hot 100 – here’s a rundown of the companies BostInnovation has covered who also made the feature:
- Hot Way to Look Like a Mutant: The Vibram Five Finger shoes, which are toe-tally trendy
- Hot and Getting Hotter: Fort Point and the Seaport, the region we happily call the Innovation District
- Hot And (Maybe) Headed for Mainstream: iPads, with a shout-out to Raiz Labs, a local app developer
- Hot How We Like It: Custom Fashion Sites, with shout-outs to startups Gemvara and Blank Label
- Hot and Helpful: TaskRabbit, which connects people who need errands run with runners up to the task
- Hot Wheels: RelayRides, which is making car sharing a la Zipcar way more communal
- Hot Shop: Kazbah, with a shout-out to Karmaloop
- Hot App: Foursquare, with a shout out to HubSpot
- Hot News: Pinyadda, with a shout out to BostInnovation
We couldn’t agree more with STUFF’s Editorial Director Erica Corsano in her Letter from the Editor:
“As always, we’ve found Boston to be full of innovators and tastemakers – people who are launching utterly cool products, transforming neighborhoods, and setting trends with their forward-thinking.”
Make sure to pick up a free copy of the issue and congratulate all our Boston trendsetters!
What do you think of Stuff’s list? Did you find out about anything in that article you think BostInno should write about? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below!
