The U.S. labor market is at a unique inflection point. Unemployment remains low by historical standards, yet supply and demand remain stubbornly out of balance. Job openings are near 10-year highs, yet candidates are struggling to find the right fit, both culturally and professionally. I recently spoke with Elise Voss, CEO and co-founder of UpScored, a … Read more
Around six months ago, I connected with Julie Busha of Slawsa through Twitter. She read my blog and felt that I was quite experienced and could bring value to people in her business community. She then sent me samples of her product and invited me to join a community on Facebook, a private group of … Read more
On July 24, Uber partnered up with Capital One and celebrated the relaunch of Uber ice cream by giving away free ice cream to all their combined customers. I’m a Capital One cardholder and I have Uber on my iPad, so I figured, hey, why not. I love ice cream, after all. It’s one of … Read more
Sabeen Ali, founder and CEO of AngelHack, a global network of 50,000 programmers shares her insights on how to build and manage a team all over the world. Sabeen Ali is the founder and CEO of AngelHack, a global network of 50,000 programmers. She is a big box thinker and lays out the grand scheme of … Read more
Have you made any of these mistakes? What steps are you taking to prevent these from happening? For many, it’s the dream: Leaving your career and making the move to entrepreneurship. Some of us are even skipping college to get a head start on starting our businesses. I’ve worked for and consulted with a handful … Read more
Image source: Cosmopolitan Magazine When it comes to business and people, there really isn’t much of a difference between them. The only difference is that personal brands, on average, tend to last longer than companies do. Both parties embrace branding, marketing and sales. They just do them in a slightly different way. But if companies … Read more
You have $0, no credit and no expert friends that could help. You want to start a business, but how? This is how you do it: Step 1. Make sure you are poor to middle class. If you have rich parents, then this doesn’t work. Step 2. Enroll in community college. Step 3. Apply for … Read more
It depends on what habits you’ve created in your work life for the last two decades. Do you work for a big company? Do you suck up to your superiors? Are you a yes man? Do you sit around and do whatever you can to protect your job, like conspire against others, take other people … Read more
You also won’t get rich working alone. That statement is more true than the one about working for yourself. The problem is that no one in the world actually works for themselves. If they believe they do, they are delusional or already have millions in the bank. Restauranteers work for the banks they took loans … Read more
I had the great honor of being a pitch coach and judge with Youth Pitch Day, held by Yang Camp and Girls In Tech Los Angeles at the Microsoft Campus in Marina Del Rey, California. The event had activities of all sorts, from the ability to interact with Oculus Rift, create logos, program games, create … Read more