The most powerful machine in the world is not one created by engineers or software designers leveraging technology, artificial intelligence or machine learning. In fact, we all have access to this machine, and it’s hidden (literally) right behin…
Post-pandemic, are our work lives slowing down or speeding up?
There seem to be conflicting answers. On the one hand, NPR recently reported that unemployment is down and job growth is up. In addition, earlier this year the Federal Reserve
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On June 5, 2018, Bill Gates announced that he’d give away Hans Rosling’s book Factfulness as a gift to every person graduating college in 2018—making it available to 4 million associate’s, bachelor’…
Funding female founders has been a problem for a while. And it doesn’t look like it’s getting better. A recent report revealed that investments dropped 22% year-over-year in 2020. Over the past eight months, it’s down to just 2.2% …
As a seed-stage investor, Jenny Lefcourt doesn’t always have a lot of data to back up her decisions. Instead, the founder of WeddingChannel.com and Bella Pictures, now a general partner at Freestyle, says “I have to believe in the future …
One of the biggest mistakes you can make in an interview? Failing to answer a structured, behavioral question with a specific example. Unfortunately, it happens all too often.
To understand how to handle this prompt in an interview, let’s first …
When I wrote my first book, The Memo, I interviewed over 100 women of color. Over 70% of them stated that they felt like their managers were not invested in their success. In LeanIn.org’s The State of Black Women in Corporate America report, the…
The football coach Vince Lombardi is quoted as saying, “Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.” If you engage repeatedly in a behavior that is flawed, then you’re going to get really good at doing the…
Soft skills are some of the most difficult competencies for people to understand. Job seekers and hiring managers alike can struggle with the challenge of defining, demonstrating, and recognizing soft skills. Though they’re extremely fluid and h…
Sweaty from your mid-morning Pelton ride you log back into your computer refreshed and energized. You quickly finish the report for the afternoon Zoom sales call with the team and shower so you will be ready for cocktails in the park with your friends …
