In the News
Loom Wins Strategic Designer Award
BUYERZONE, MARCH 2012
We are proud to announce that Loom has won the "Strategic Designer" Award in the first annual BuyerZone: 20 Under 20 Awards. Loom has achieved national recognition as one of the Top Twenty Small Businesses in America, for our digital take on DIY and interior design. The BuyerZone Review honors the most impressive small businesses in America and described our website as “interactive [and] fun-to-use.” READ MORE
Alumna and Students Design Success in Home Decor
MIT NEWS, DECEMBER 2011
The early threads of Loom Décor, a digital home décor startup, were sewn at the MIT Sloan School of Management and culminated in a first-place MarketLab project. Ashley Baker MBA ’10 started plans for Loom Decor in MIT Sloan classes, and even met business partner Jessa McIntosh, the wife of Forgan McIntosh MBA ’10, here in Cambridge. The third business partner is Baker’s high school friend Nichole Ocepek. READ MORE
Loom Participates in New York Tech Fundraiser
RAISE CACHE, NOVEMBER 2011
Loom participated in New York Tech's first fashion fundraising event to fund Hack NY, a program that fosters the next generation of New York innovators. The event brought together some of Silicon Alley's most prominent tech start ups such as Birch Box, Bonobos and Lot18 as well as up and comers [Loom Decor] and the City's most prominent investors and technology influencers. READ MORE
Loom Participates in Custom Week 2011
CUSTOM WEEK, JUNE 2011
Loom was proud to be a participating company at the online event, Custom Week 2011 the first annual voluntary industry wide promotion for the mass customization and personalization industry. The event was organized to promote companies currently offering thousands of customized and personalized items across a spectrum of categories and to emphasize that mass customization is a trend that’s here to stay. READ MORE
Boston's Quiet Startups About to Make Some Noise
XCONOMY BOSTON, FEBRUARY 2011
I’ve been hearing about lots of interesting Boston-area tech startups—some still in stealth, others not. Let’s call these “quiet startups.” In any case, they’re early-stage but won’t stay quiet for long...Loom Decor (co-led by Jessa McIntosh) and CustomMade (led by Mike Salguero). These two are in honor of the recent activity around town in “mass customization,” which may start to redefine some segments of e-commerce. READ MORE
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What's With All the Mass Customization Startups in Boston?
XCONOMY BOSTON, FEBRUARY 2011
The trend toward mass customization isn’t new—you can read about related startups—but a critical, um, mass of local companies has formed that should make things fun to watch for years to come. They include Blank Label (shirts), FashionPlaytes (girls’ clothing), Gemvara (jewelry), F. Rock (bags), Artaic (mosaics), CustomMade (artwork and furniture), and Loom Decor (home decorating). READ MORE
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