Inaki Berenguer, John-David Brown and I will be at the NYESM Mobile Sales Summit on Tuesday evening to talk mobile sales and how products like Klink are changing the way goods & services get sold. There are still tickets available, come down!
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All of my old posts are here on my old Tumblr blog: http://micflash.tumblr.com.
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Not everyone has a doorman, and that can be a problem. Who’s there in the lobby to collect your laundry, dry cleaning, packages – even your donations to goodwill? That’s where CleanCube steps in. They’re literally your digital doorman, dispensing and collecting your laundry, dry cleaning, packages – doing all of those things that a doorman would do via a mini storage unit that sits in your lobby. And you have your own personal code, so no need to worry about someone else collecting your deliveries. Oh, and no tipping required. President and co-founder Arthur Shmulevsky tells us how they’re…
Brilliant. Facepalm.
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If you and your startup are lucky enough to land a meeting with a venture capital firm, it’s important that you do your due diligence before the big day. In this infographic, Karlin Ventures outlines the steps you need to take before, during, and after the meeting, if you want to nail it. You will want to research the group you are pitching to, prepare visuals, and rehearse your pitch to people who have never heard it before. When it’s time to make your pitch, make sure you dress appropriately and appear comfortable. You can’t oversell your business, and it’s…
Appearance and enunciation matter as much as content.
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Melissa Marshall brings a message to all scientists (from non-scientists): We’re fascinated by what you’re doing. So tell us about it — in a way we can understand. In just 4 minutes, she shares powerful tips on presenting complex scientific ideas to a general audience.
Awesome presentation tips for talking nerdy to non-nerds by @MMarshallPSU at @TED http://bit.ly/1og5IfB
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I remember it clearly: It was my first year at Microsoft right out of college and I was still rockin’ my blond spiked hair, earrings, and goatee. I went to my first customer event where we were meeting with C-level execs and wound up sitting down next to my VP. He turns to me and says “Wow, two earrings, huh?” Almost immediately I went to the restroom, took out the earrings, and have not worn them since.
I’m a proud supporter of individualism at work across every domain, from personality to attire to organization styles. Working with such broadly different personalities over the years has given me some of the most rewarding experiences as a leader and contributed immensely to my personal growth.
I love working in technology for a number of reasons, one of them being its support of individualism across so many of those important domains. For me, it’s great to be able to rock flip-flops and shorts at work on a lava-hot day in NYC. At the same time, I agree with the author’s point that you have sometimes have to dress the part: either for a role you aspire to have, or for a customer you’re talking to. Today we’re meeting with a client in the financial services industry, so I’m sans flip-flops and am ready in my corporate gear (slacks+button down+blazer) to ensure my attire doesn’t get in the way of our conversation.
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Great article from @stevesi. Fav tip: “Products don’t ship with a list of features you thought you’d do but didn’t.” http://linkd.in/1vXXmLJ
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I observe that it’s a never-ending struggle to not bring laptops and smartphones into meetings. I only bring my laptop into a meeting if I need to present or take extensive notes, otherwise I try my hardest to just bring my phone (in my pocket) and my Livescribe notebook.
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Since LawTrades is a marketplace, one of the first things we had to do to make LawTrades work was find lawyers to build …
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