Over the years I have had dozens of interns, probably hundreds, from colleges all over New England. Sometimes I have had one intern at a time. Other times I have had up to nine interns working for me simultaneously. I’m still in touch with lots of my former interns – some of them, more than 20 years later. They are a great group of people and I am honored I got to work with them. Over the years I have […]
Just a game? The Quest for Innovation
On Friday I was part of a team involved in The Quest for Innovation — a unique initiative bringing together the New England innovation economy to celebrate entrepreneurship and innovative advances in Boston. The MassInno team — brought together under the flag of the innovation-focused event I run monthly in Waltham, was evenly divided between entrepreneurs and marketers — and we were able to do this with our team of 7 because some of the marketers are in the midst […]
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Brogan and Smith Use the Vowel Method
I just finished “Trust Agents” by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith and am happy to see they used the “Vowel Method” of Business Book Writing. Here’s how you write a truly terrific and useful business book using vowels — and based on some of the business books I’ve read, all business book writers should employ this method and far too many don’t.
Ford Tweetup – Lessons Learned
This week Jeff Cutler (@jeffcutler) and Christine Koh (@bostonmamas) were the oh-so-gracious hosts for the Boston #fordtaurus Tweetup (see the new Ford Taurus SHO and drive it!) The local event was part of a grand tour (The Summer of Taurus) for the new cars, pairing the vehicles in different cities with local Twitterati/bloggers and a (semi-random) Ford executive. (Boston’s event brought Corporate Counsel David Leitch out from Detroit.) There were lots of interesting PR, Social Media, events and business lessons […]
Are You Prepared to Present?
As you probably know by now, I created a monthly product launch party and networking event called Mass Innovation Nights. It’s a free opportunity for innovators and inventors of every kind to launch their products in front of social media enthusiasts and get some visibility. Before I dive in on this topic, I want to make sure everyone understands that this blog post is NOT referring to the presenters at my event because, unfortunately, I’ve never actually SEEN any of […]