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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500 16 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
How can a tech startup engage with a Fortune 500 company for mutual benefit? Fortune 500 corporations are stressed about where they can get growth and how to plug into the innovative and nimble entre...
How To Add Powerful (and Legal) Images To Your Presentations 15 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
What do you remember better? Pictures or words? The evidence is clear: people have better recall for images than text. Including attractive images that dramatize your speaking points will significan...
Wheelchair Gymnastics (Really) 12 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
I now primarily do calisthenics and body weight exercises for my workout, but I have the great advantage of having four working limbs. This video shows a wheelchair user, Joshua Rucker, doing calisth...
How to Present so People will Hear 8 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
You probably have to make presentations, but does the audience hear what you’re saying? And do they believe it? Based on my experience in investment banking and strategy consulting, I’ve put togethe...
Miami: A hot spot for venture capitalists 6 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
(from my guest column in the Miami Herald) A few weeks ago, I had my first-ever opportunity to visit the Miami startup ecosystem. I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading ...
How to Think Like a Hacker, Even if You Can’t Code 5 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
What do Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Larry Page all have in common? Yes, they’ve founded multi-billion dollar businesses with virtually no formal business training, with combined revenues of over...
How to Write a Memo That People Will Actually Read 1 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
I spent many late nights as an investment banker and strategy consultant early in my career. My #1 learning from that experience (besides financial modeling) was how to communicate in an effective wa...
How Sproutbox Accelerator Helps Its Companies to Succeed 31 Jul 2013 | 02:05 am
I met some time ago with Brad Wisler, co-Founder of SproutBox, and shared with him our research on portfolio value creation by venture capitalists. He wrote a thoughtful note, which I’ve shared below...
How to Hire a New Employee and Make Sure You Don’t End Up Firing Them 25 Jul 2013 | 07:40 pm
(also posted in Forbes.) You just hired a new employee for $100K; congratulations! Recruiting is expensive. You probably spent 30-50% of her compensation recruiting her (her recruiting cost ratio),...
6th Womensphere Global Summit & Awards 2013 24 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
I hope you’ll join me at the 6th Womensphere Global Summit & Awards 2013 , September 30-October 2 at Columbia University. ”The event aims to build an international community that promotes women’s inn...
