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I went to an event last night, given by Boris Mann.
True to form he spoke about the importance of recording your thoughts for your future self. I have been collecting links for a while now, first storing them in Instapaper but moving recently to the wonderful Pinboard, with all its tagging and easy API. (My love for Pinboard is a whole 'nother topic).
Boris has inspired me to review my thoughts/links nightly and post the interesting ones. I will start by using Postach.io to post while I...
What Many Startups Need… ⇒
…is sales. Most startups are done by technical founders and even if they get some VC/Angel funding they may not be getting the help they need to properly sell their products/services. I started looking around to see what the valley is doing for this and I found Upshift Partners (more details on why they are needed here).
I had an interview with them but they want their team in San Francisco for the next 12 months so nothing happened (at least not yet!). I found nothing like this in...
How I approached my new career ⇒
My goal was to never truly apply for a role. I wanted to find a cool company that needed/wanted me and just make it happen. To do that I had to really understand myself and what I wanted so I first worked with a career advisor to figure out:
- what I'm good at - evangelism, sales, coaching
- what kind of companies I like - small, startup, agile, fun
- what industries I'm passionate about - green, health & wellness, education
Next I went through a huge list of local companies to...