So, you want to take your organization’s use of Twitter to the next level by organizing an informal gathering of people interested in a fun, informal, and informative networking event? Good – you should do this every 3 months or so, to get out there and meet people, let them put a face to your [...]
Cambridge Open Coffee is a weekly event on Wednesday morning, where Boston entrepreneurs gather to talk shop over coffee at Andala’s coffee shop in Central Square. If you think of events like the MITX Technology awards as a yearly spectacle where the best and brightest come together to celebrate their work and party, Open Coffee [...]
Boston’s Innovation Economy has a great startup culture and entrepreneurial environment. But, with so many of these startups focused on delivering products and services around Marketing and Sales, it gets a little tiring. I’m just not interested in hearing about the next new business model that sits on top of Twitter. Imagine my delight when [...]
The 14th Annual MITX Awards at the Boston Marriott Copley did not disappoint. The MITX awards attract entries celebrating innovative web design and development projects from all across the state, from small boutique firms to large marketing agency powerhouses. I was lucky enough to part of a team that won a MITX award in 2005, [...]
This week, my boss at VisibleGains had a difficult “talk” with me. It’s the one that ends with me not working at VisibleGains anymore. In this economy, I’m not the only one who’s been affected by cost-cutting measures. It’s a sucky conversation to have – no matter what side of the table you’re on. I [...]
Keith Cline is the founder of Dissero, a recruiting firm focusing on emerging growth companies in the Northeast. I’ve known Keith for five years, and respect his ability to find the right people to fit the right jobs in emerging technology companies. For those who’ve been tasked with hiring talent for a web tech company [...]
I was able to attend the Inbound Marketing Summit with Mike Lewis from Awareness, to stream and record an interactive panel discussion from the floor of the show. This was a joint effort between our two companies, as well as the organizers of the Summit – New Marketing Labs. This was one of the best [...]
As chronicled by local author & columnist Scott Kirsner, New England’s Innovation Economy attracts some of the best technology companies, most succesful venture capitalists, and smartest technology workers in the nation. I’m lucky enough to have been born, raised, and schooled here, and my professional career has been shaped by almost exclusively by some of [...]
Pod Camp Boston 4 Unconference
Last Saturday I attended Pod Camp Boston 4 in the Campus Center of UMass Boston – a great facility to have an unconference like PCB4. There were many folks there that I have grown to know and respect in the local social media and online technology community and it was great [...]
As I sit here and watch the breaking news of Facebook’s acquisition of FriendFeed light up the Twitter-verse, a thought occurs to me. Facebook is the epitome of the Web 2.0 world – having grown from the brainchild of a college dropout to one of the largest online communities on the internet. You know you’re [...]
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