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The Best Thing Non-Technical People Can Learn To Be Useful 27 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
Learning how to code has been an infatuation that non-technical people have had for the past two years. I’m even guilty myself of partaking in this. But while it’s a good thing for a non-technical fou...
Working The Mailroom 26 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
It seems like everyone wants to skip the mailroom these days. Back in the day, if you wanted to work at a talent agency, you worked your way up from the mailroom. Some of the best agents started there...
Article Of The Week IX 23 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
This week’s top article comes from Hunter Walk, VC at Homebrew, and former consumer product management lead at YouTube. Hunter is a talented writer and his post titled, "I Don’t Want to Meet Your Comp...
New Website, GradTrain, Helps International Graduate Students Attend Graduate School Abroad 22 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
Here is my latest Forbes piece: http://onforb.es/1avbOBj. Let me know your thoughts!
Rocket Ships 21 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
Bryan Birsic wrote a great post about his decision to leave SimpleReach this past week, titled “Stepping Off A Rocket Ship”. I’m usually not a big commenter on blogs (although I should be) but I jump...
Too Many Good Meetings Paradox 20 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Having too many good meetings can be a bad thing. Having too many bad meetings is something people try to avoid. But lately I’ve seen people have a problem by having too many good meetings. The probl...
The BD Success/Failure Matrix 19 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
There are four outcomes for BD people who do product integrations/partnerships. They all result based on the quality of BD person you are + the quality of product you are selling. The four are: 1) G...
Article Of The Week VIII 16 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
This week’s top article is actually a lecture from Stanford Professor, Balaji Srinivasan. It is titled “Regulation, Disruption, and the Technologies of 2013” and it is glorious. You can find it here...
The Best Companies Don't Do Accelerators Programs 15 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
Everyone is thinking this, so I’m just going to write it. The best companies don’t do accelerator programs. The best companies don’t need accelerator programs. Now before I continue, I should note ...
Hunter-Gatherer BD 14 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
When trying to express the relationship between a lead business development employee and a junior business development employee, the hunter-gatherer society analogy is best. The hunter-gatherer socie...
