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Coffee Chat: How do you start a community?
Bethany Crystal – Apr 30, 2019
About this Series: There’s a list of questions that I get asked a lot about my career and my job, so I’ve decided to turn these into a short series of blog posts that I can use for reference in [...] Read more
Followership
Fred Wilson – Apr 28, 2019
In evaluating leaders, at the top of a company, or in the ranks of company leadership, an important quality that I look for is followership. Specifically, will the team line up behind this person? Of course, leaders have to have [...] Read more
Audio Of The Week: Reg A+ Token Filings
Fred Wilson – Apr 27, 2019
In this podcast, Laura Shin and Zach Fallon, of Blakemore Fallon, talk about how to use the SEC’s Reg A regulations to do a token offering. Read more
We’re not burnouts; we’re just dopamine addicts
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
I’m a couple of weeks behind on reading and processing this article on “The Burnout Generation,” a long article that offers up an explanation for why those of us living in the Millennial Generation often fail to complete tedious, but [...] Read more
Hedge Your Work Against “Career Cliffs”
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
My hypothetical career nightmare is easy: Wake up one morning without any usable skills to carry with me through the next transition. I call this end-of-the-world scenario for my job the “career cliff.” In this future state of loss, I’m [...] Read more
The 5 Cardinal Rules of Moderating a Panel
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
A snapshot from a recent panel in which I was a participant, not a moderator So, you’ve been asked to moderate a panel discussion at an event. Great…you’ve snagged the runner-up position instead of being selected a full-on speaker. Time [...] Read more
The 4-Box Job Searching Grid
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
So you want a new job? Great. Hold your nose and start applying, right? No. Absolutely not. Unless you’re looking for the clearest path to resume purgatory and the most likely option to put yourself back on the job market [...] Read more
Want a mentor? Stop asking for one.
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
UPDATED: See part two of this series here: “What to turn a mentor into a role model? Just be cool.” At least once a week, I get a request with a familiar ring to it: “I heard what you said [...] Read more
Dangerous Liaisons: The Fallacy of the Modern-Day Coffee
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
Coffee doesn’t mean what it used to. It’s no longer just a beverage; it’s the most highly leveraged social interaction model of our time. The only problem is, we’re getting lazy in our approach. And this is leading to one [...] Read more