Tag Archives: CitySquares
Four Years

Four Years

by Ben Saren on Oct Fri, 2009 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, startups

Today is a special day for CitySquares. It was four years ago today that Bob and I launched the CitySquares.com website. We launched it with only 7 neighborhoods: Porter, Davis, Harvard, Central, Kendall, Union, and Inman. We actually held a launch party in Davis Square, invited local businesses, residents, artists, musicians and others to come [...]

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Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, Decisions

by Ben Saren on Sep Tue, 2009 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

Ah, decisions decisions. They never end in life, unless you just decide to spend your life as a lump on a log. But even then you still have to make decisions, starting with “I’m going to be a lump on a log.” If, however, you’ve chosen a life beyond lumping on a log, your life [...]

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When the Going Get Tough…

When the Going Get Tough…

by Ben Saren on Jul Wed, 2009 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

I’m posting this blog entry in two ways – video and the usual text blog entry. I thought I’d try this out and see how it goes. Please let me know your thoughts on all this, I’d love to hear from ya. Video is below, followed by the text.
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No doubt life is [...]

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Sixth Photo Meme

Sixth Photo Meme

by Ben Saren on Dec Tue, 2008 in New Media and Web 2.0, Pop Culture, Social Networking

My friend Sooz tagged me in a little Interweb game called Sixth Photo Meme. Basically, Sooz went to her Flickr account, to her 6th page of pictures, and to the 6th picture on that page and then tagged me in the picture. Now although I’m not actually in the picture isn’t the point – the [...]

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Two Simple Statements

by Ben Saren on Nov Sat, 2008 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, Networking

As I was leaving the ILM:08 conference Friday afternoon I made my way around the various rooms and hallways to say goodbye and shake the hands of the many people I met with over the last few days. As I neared the lobby of the hotel I bumped into the Localeze crew hanging out and [...]

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Happy Birthday CitySquares!

Happy Birthday CitySquares!

by Ben Saren on Oct Sat, 2008 in CitySquares

This weekend is CitySquares’ 3rd birthday! It was October 15th, 2005 and Bob and I had been working extremely long days getting the website ready for its unveiling, but it was entirely on Bob’s shoulders! For the previous eight weeks or so, while Bob and a contractor worked long days and nights to build that [...]

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Startups are Families

by Ben Saren on Aug Thu, 2008 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, startups

CitySquares isn’t the first startup company I’ve been a part of, but it’s certainly the most special, because it’s my creation. This company has taken on a life of its own. It took some time for it to develop this heartbeat and to get this personality. No doubt it’s is an entity all to itself, [...]

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Poking Fun at Print Media

by Ben Saren on Jun Sat, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

At CitySquares we had an idea to put a Flash video together that properly conveys our feelings on traditional print media like phone directories and the newspaper. We couldn’t think of a better way to demonstrate our feelings than by killing a fly with a rolled up newspaper (which begs the question, where did the [...]

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CitySquares at NY Venture Summit

by Ben Saren on Jun Thu, 2008 in CitySquares, Networking

CitySquares was lucky enough to be invited to the NY Venture Summit June 24th and 25th. This is our first NY Venture Summit and we’re really excited to be a part of it. We’ll be one of about 40 exhibitors there. It’ll be myself, Bob Leland (Co-Founder and VP Product), and our Sales Manager Kim [...]

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Choose Your Weapons Wisely

by Ben Saren on May Sat, 2008 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, Networking

Thursday evening Bob and I attended a networking event in Waltham hosted by TCN, at Foley Hoag’s Emerging Enterprise Center. As usual, it was well worth our time. We met some great folks who are doing some cool new things in a variety of innovative industries. We also got a chance to catch up with [...]

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