I had the pleasure of attending BIA/Kelsey‘s 2014 Leading in Local SMB Digital Marketing Conference in New Orleans a few weeks ago. This was my first SMB related BIA/Kelsey conference in five ye...
Local Search
Your Move, Foursquare
Most new apps, especially those that are hyped in the media or that scale quickly usually come with some kind of promise that’s intuitively apparent, even if it fails to truly deliver on that pr...
Entrepreneurship
Thriving Startup Community in Raleigh-Durham
There’s something about Raleigh-Durham’s high-tech startup scene that’s reminiscent of how the greater Boston area’s high-tech startup scene felt to me in the late 1990s and ea...
General
Butterfly Brain
If someone had told me a year ago that a year later I’d a) be living in North Carolina, and b) hanging out in my backyard tending to a garden, c) feeding peaches to deer, d) identifying more spe...
Audio
WGBH Innovation Hub Gadget Review – December 2013
Yet another installment of Boston Public Radio’s Innovation Hub‘s Gadget Guru, from yours truly. This is really quite fun. Check it out, two pieces of audio with the second being a web ext...
Audio
WGBH Innovation Hub Gadget Review – November 2013
Another gadget review from yours truly on Kara Miller’s Innovation Hub program on Boston Public Radio. This time I cover the Parrot AR.Drone, the Meade LX90 telescope (Family Funtures), and the ...
Entrepreneurship
Boston Area Entrepreneurs: Have Lunch with Your Favorite CEO
My friend and entrepreneurial mentor Joe Caruso founded BREW (Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week) a few years ago and this year looks to be the biggest and best yet. As a quick aside, if you’re...
Audio
WGBH Innovation Hub Gadget Review – October 2013
My latest segment on Kara Miller’s Innovation Hub program on Boston Public Radio for another gadget review. This one was about household gadgets. We discussed, and I reviewed, the Nest thermost...
Entrepreneurship
The Public’s Interest
Back when Bob and I started CitySquares, we did so based on some very important founding principals. We felt very strongly about serving the needs of local communities, local businesses, local artists...
Audio
WGBH Innovation Hub Gadget Review – August 2013
Kara Miller invited me back to her Innovation Hub program on Boston Public Radio for another gadget review. This time we discussed the ThermaCell Mosquito Repellant, the ATN Night Scout night vision b...