A Local Craft Brewery Is Making Delicious Food From Its Beer-Making Byproducts
Every time a beer is brewed, a bunch of what's called spent grain is left behind. Usually it goes to compost. Or worse, just gets tossed out. But an industrious brewery owner in Somerville is giving...
View ArticleBostInno Approved: What To Do This Weekend, 4/1/16
Want events and other Boston news delivered to your inbox bright and early each morning? Of course you do – sign up for our lifestyle newsletter, In The Know, right here. Looking for tech networking...
View ArticleHow Boston's Dog Community Has Evolved & Why It's Getting Stronger
People with dogs know that fur or not, pooches are a part of the family. So when it comes to dog friendly places - coffee shops, parks or shops - how do you go about finding them? Enter Slobbr, a...
View ArticleA Look Inside MIT's Puppy Lab [Videos]
Being a student can be stressful, especially during exam time. Fortunately for people at MIT, they have one thing to brighten their days: The MIT Puppy Lab. That's right: As the name implies, MIT...
View ArticleThis Startup Wants to Place More Rescue Animals Into Good Homes, Faster
Cue the Sarah McLachlan music. We're talking about pet adoption. While there's nothing more heartwarming than giving a grateful pup or an appreciative kitty a loving home, the process of being...
View ArticleA Cautionary Tale From a Boston Entrepreneur to Non-Tech Founders [Q&A]
When we last spoke with Michelle Fournier, founder of Slobbr, in March, she was gearing up to test her "Angie's List for dog owners." But the beta didn't go off as planned - and major bumps in the...
View ArticleBaroo Raised $2.25M to Offer Its Pet Concierge Services in These New Markets
Months after we saw Baroo, the Boston-based startup that offers residents living in multi-family luxury buildings a full-service pet concierge, was raising funding, the venture announced it’s closed a...
View ArticleWe Got Pictures of Dogs Dressed in Costumes at Baroo's Halloween Party
Halloween: Some people are in it for the candy, others for scaring the crap out of themselves. But for folks like me, the holiday is all about perusing the internet for pictures of pups dressed up in...
View ArticleBoston's Big Pet Poop Problem
I know there's an awful lot going on in America right now. But we need to talk about Boston's poop problem. It seems like everywhere you go, dog feces litters the sidewalks and parks. It's bad enough...
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