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My buddies at LinkedIn help me create a list of ten ways to use the service if you’re a small business person. Read about them here. There is also a great collection of LinkedIn tips and tricks at Linkedin.alltop.
Searching for a job can suck if you constrain yourself to the typical tools such as online jobs boards, trade publications, CraigsList, and networking with only your close friends. In these kinds of times, you need to use all the weapons that you can, and one that many people don’t—or at least don’t use to [...]
The average number of LinkedIn connections for people who work at Google is forty-seven. The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need. Later, you can hire Harvard MBAs to prepare your income taxes. People with [...]
This is the Remarkable People podcast. We’re on a mission to make you remarkable. Today, we'll discuss the life and work of Don Norman, professor and the founding director of the Design Lab at the University of California of San Diego. He has a diverse range of history, including a university professor, Apple executive, [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. This week’s Remarkable Person is Leon Panetta. From humble beginnings to an impressive career as a public servant and politician. Leon Panetta is a remarkable American who has dedicated most of his life to public service. A son of Italian immigrants, his service to his country began in 1964 as [...]
According to the LinkedIn site, its users are rich, young, educated, and powerful. If you’re looking for a medium to reach such people, check out this comparison to publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and BusinessWeek.
These are the sites and applications that I used in today’s San Diego Venture Group speech about using social media as a marketing tool. Making Connections LinkedIn LinkedIn: Find References LinkedIn: Companies LinkedIn: Answers: Home LinkedIn: Jobs Home Jigsaw Spokeo […]
On November 6th, LinkedIn is hosting a live Q&A session with Dan Lyons (a.k.a. “Fake Steve Jobs”). I will be the moderator of the event. It is open to all although seating is limited. Click here to learn more. Click here to RSVP. I’ve never interviewed a “fake” before, so this will be fun! Date [...]
Since blogging about Bob Sutton’s notorious book, The No Asshole Rule, I have received a constant flow of emails from readers sharing their own tales of lecherous bosses and indignities suffered. Mean-spirited morons are still running much of the workplace, and it’s time to take a stand. Most nastiness is directed by superiors to subordinates; [...]
My source at LinkedIn, Kay Luo, tells me that my profile is in the 99.99th percentile of profiles viewed. She insisted that I should make it good—or at least suck less. So I enlisted her and LinkedIn’s designer, Mike Lin, to do an “extreme makeover” of my profile. This is what was wrong with my [...]
My buddy, Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, had a strong reaction to last week’s post about PR by Marge Zable Fisher. So much so that he penned an alternate solution to the challenge of a good client-agency relationship: Don’t hire an agency and do it yourself. Here’s what he wrote. Nobody knows if Charlemagne [...]
I liked Penelope Trunk's interview so much that I asked her for more material. Here's her list of the nine biggest workplace myths: You’ll be happier if you have a job you like. The correlation between your happiness and your job is overrated. The most important factors, by far, are your optimism levels and your [...]
One of the important insights that the Startups 2006 panel hammered home was the importance of distribution for consumer-facing startups. (By the way, an astounding 13,000 people watched this video during the first week.) Many people use the word “distribution” as if it were a tactic when in fact it is a goal. Any bozo [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Mike Caulfield. Mike is a research scientist from the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. He discusses his groundbreaking SIFT methodology and the importance of digital literacy in an era of online misinformation. Caulfield's [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is James Rhee. James Rhee is no ordinary business leader; he is a former high school teacher turned private equity investor and author of the transformative book Red Helicopter. With a unique approach to leadership that blends [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is legendary surfer Gerry Lopez. Known as "Mr. Pipeline," Gerry Lopez is an icon who has left an indelible mark on the surfing world. From his early days mastering the waves of Oahu's North Shore to co-founding [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Margaret Huang. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who cares about equality, justice, and the future of our democracy. Margaret Huang is the remarkable president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). With [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. In this episode, I have the honor of speaking with Angela Duckworth for her second appearance on the podcast. Angela is no ordinary psychologist; she is a trailblazing force in the field of human motivation and behavior. As a professor at UPenn [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Mary Murphy. Mary is a professor at Indiana University and the founding director of the Institute on Diversity at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. She's also the author of the [...]
Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is visionary sculptor Janet Echelman. Janet is no ordinary artist; she creates floating sculptural havens that transform urban environments. Her monumental works spanning city blocks provide peaceful respite amid bustling streets in over 30 countries. But her [...]