Its YOUR opportunity to ask a question, any tech related question and we will do our level best to give you our best advice.  If you want to submit a question, just send me an email to [email protected] and add “Dear Dave” to the subject line. On to our question … Dear Dave, I am trying to send a video

Its YOUR opportunity to ask a question, any tech related question and we will do our level best to give you our best advice.  If you want to submit a question, just send me an email to [email protected] and add “Dear Dave” to the subject line. On to our question … Dear Dave, For years I have always used an

Welcome to our first installment of “Dear Dave”!  Its YOUR opportunity to ask a question, any tech related question and we will do our level best to give you our best advice.  If you want to submit a question, just send me an email to [email protected] and add “Dear Dave” to the subject line. On to our first question, which

In this age of digital marketing, you can’t forget the value of making a personal connection, says Bobbie Carlton, founder of a trifecta of important organizations in the Boston startup scene, including Carlton PR and Marketing, Mass Innovation Nights, and Innovation Women. Bobbie says social networks must go beyond the online world. And with Mass Innovation Nights, which has brought

If you use a recent version of Outlook, you’ve probably noticed a Junk Email folder, a Clutter folder, and something called Focused Inbox. All of these seem to affect where your mail ends up, but it might not be obvious why or when this happens. Here’s how they work and how to turn them off if you don’t like them.

Nesterly co-founder and CEO Noelle Marcus looked to the past to find a novel solution for the affordable housing crisis facing Boston and cities around the world. The site connects people who need a place to live with those who have extra room in the house. With rents sky high – and going higher – in urban areas, it’s a

As the head of a unique entrepreneurship training program at MIT’s Sloan School, Travis Hunter is directly involved in supporting innovative startups across the globe. But whether he’s in Asia, Latin America, or beyond he’s found that there are more similarities than differences in the businesses that “make it.” And that realization led to a set of guiding principles for

Data mining… machine learning… AI… quantum computing. Technology that was on the horizon just a few years ago is now fully part of the marketing and business landscape, says digital marketing expert and BrainTrust Insights Co-Founder Chris Penn. It can be effective for every industry – not just tech. And for companies large and small. Embrace these methods, says Chris,

Ben Raffi had a problem. He was building a business in an industry with slim margins. The solution: outsource, be efficient… no wasted marketing dollars. He turned what he learned into a successful operation… that was soon acquired by a major corporation in his niche. Now, as the co-founder and CEO of Growlabs, he helps other businesses use super-targeted automated

Every office needs information technology (IT) for their operations. A catch-all term, IT refers to everything from your employees’ computers, to systems such as wifi, video conferencing, file sharing, software, email, and remote access. Despite their reliance on technology, most small and medium sized businesses don’t have dedicated IT departments. Often IT management and troubleshooting falls to operations, engineering, or