Disruptivate Goes Vertical Videos

We're pleased to release the first batch of videos from last week's Disruptivate Goes Vertical Conference.

Watch them below, or on our YouTube Channel.

Union Leader Story on Disruptivate Goes Vertical Conference

This story appeared in today's Union Leader. Unfortunately their site's metadata and link info suggests a different story, so we're re-posting here for more accurate social sharing via our Storify stream etc.

Direct link to their website version here.

Disrupting health care and education: Local innovators share their startups

By GRETYL MACALASTER

Union Leader Correspondent

NEW CASTLE — Without disruption, systems will not change. That was the message offered in breakout sessions and workshops focused on innovation in health care and education during the second semi-annual “Disruptivate!” conference at the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel on Tuesday.

About 200 people involved in the fields of health care and education participated in the daylong conference, and learned about new innovations that could change health-care delivery and education delivery systems in the near future.

Twelve innovators presented their technologies during the “Disruptivate! Goes Vertical” conference organized by the New Hampshire — Innovation Commercialization Center. 

Read more: Union Leader Story on Disruptivate Goes Vertical Conference

Disruptivate LIVE stream by Sandra Rand

Big thanks to Sandra Rand from Open Net Media for setting up this Storify stream.

Six Health Care Winners Announced

The six Health Care "Vital Vertical Ventures' Winners are hereby announced!

Check out the press release below, and read the bios and descriptions of all six innovators here.

Six Health Care Innovators Winners Announced

Join Six Education Innovators to Speak at Disruptivate! Conference October 9th

[October 2nd, 2012] Six winners in the Health Care vertical were announced today in the "Vital Vertical Ventures" V3 Competition, sponsored by the Borealis Granite Fundand organized by the NH Innovation Commercialization Center (NH-ICC.)

These six health care innovators join six education innovators to speak at the October 9th conference, for a total of twelve Vital Vertical Ventures winners.

The 3 Health Care winners presenting during the morning session are:

Marilinda Garcia, NH state representative (R-Salem NH) presenting her legislation, The Price Disclosure Act;

Mike Mazzola of Lamprey Networks (Durham, NH), presenting several innovations to connect interoperable medical devices;

Kyle Pribilski of Formation HD (Chicago, IL), presenting their social wellness platform.

The 3 Health Care winners presenting during the afternoon session are:

Mike Muldoon of Interactive Medical Productions (Hampton, NH), presenting his balance measurement app uStabilize;

Amit Mathew (Cambridge, MA) presenting Uprise Medical, a patient education platform for mobile and tablet;

Michaeline Daboul of MMIS (Portsmouth, NH), presenting MediSpend, a SaaS platform for transparency reporting for medical providers.

Read more: Six Health Care Winners Announced

Six Education Vital Vertical Ventures Announced

Today we announced the six winners of the Education "Vital Vertical Ventures" Competition.

See the full list of six winners, bios, and descriptions of their ventures here.

Stay tuned for more info on the Health Care winners early next week!

Six Education Innovators Win Competition

6 Winners to Speak at Disruptive Innovation Conference October 9th

[September 27, 2012] Six Education winners were announced today in the "Vital Vertical Ventures" V3 Competition, sponsored by the Borealis Granite Fund and organized by the NH Innovation Commercialization Center (NH-ICC.)

The three winners presenting in the morning session are:

Ali Rafieymehr, presenting the Emerging Technology Center at UNH Manchester Pandora Mill Campus;

Eric Braun, CEO and co-founder of 30Hands.com, a platform for online and blended learning that helps "flip the classeoom" based in Hanover, MA;

Dr. Steve Kossakoski, co-founder & CEO of the Virtual Learning Academy based in Exeter.

The three winners presenting in the morning session are:

Justin Ballou, co-founder of NH EduTech;

Monica Chandra co-founder of TurnRight Advice Solutions, a career advice network connecting college students, alums, and industry professionals that launched its first beta at the University of New Hampshire earlier this month;

Steve Marchand, presenting on behalf of the Jumpstart Mobile Application Bootcamp Program for NH High Schools students.

The Vital Vertical Ventures Competition is sponsored by the Borealis Granite Fund, a $30 million investment fund focused on NH-based, early stage technology companies.

Read more: Six Education Vital Vertical Ventures Announced