I get a lot of emails asking how to land a startup job as a non-technical person. I want highlight one technique I call the “Proof Approach” that I’ve seen work time and time again. When you have no prior startup experience, employers are taking a risk on you. They use your previous accomplishments and [...]
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The Simple Formula to Become an Opportunity Magnet
This post was originally featured on Technori.com, a leading digital publication for the world’s best starters. There are certain people out there that seem to always have amazing things come their way. NEWFLASH. It’s not a coincidence. Your ability to attract great opportunities comes down to a simple formula: Size and Quality of Your Network [...]
8 Simple Things You Can Do to Stand Out
One thing I think a lot about is contrast; what things I can do in order to stand out. In my personal experience, standing out typically provokes the ideal response – this is why it occupies my thoughts. The last thing I want is to be “just another [insert role here]“. Here are 8 simple [...]
CTO School Presentation: An Intentional Approach to Networking
I recently gave a presentation on networking to New York’s CTO School. The focus of the talk was on ways to provide value to others and how to bring an intentional, targeted approach to networking: Video: Slides: To accompany this talk, I created a page for CTO School with other resources on [...]
One Approach To Land Your Dream Job
Stop Applying to Startups. This was the title of an excellent post by Quinten Farmer on the challenges of landing a startup job through the traditional application process. The bottom line is it’s very challenging to stand out amongst a barrage of resumes if you don’t already have a connection to a company or taken [...]
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Entering the Workforce
I’ve learned a lot from New York entrepreneur Vin Vacanti through his blog “How to Make it As A First Time Entrepreneur“. Recently he wrote a post on advice he would have given himself 5 years ago. It’s a great read that I suggest you check out. Vin’s post inspired me to do some reflecting [...]
How to Start Using Twitter and Building Your Presence (Non-Toolish Remix 1.0)
Getting started on twitter can be daunting. What does RT mean? Who do I follow? Is there etiquette on here? Why did @sexylexy46 who follows 45,000 people and is followed by 5 just follow me? I wondered all these things when I started out and did a lot of stupid things in the process of [...]
Who Should I Work For?
Between most of my college friends hating their jobs and my unconventional career path, I find myself talking to a lot of young people about career advice. The conversations take many forms, but I always come back to the same piece of advice: work for someone who is genuinely interested in your personal and professional [...]
How I Got into BD – Part 3
The first two parts of this post are good context for the third and final part below. It probably makes sense to read part 1 and part 2 here. Now let’s talk about where BD came into the picture. While I was working on Sfter I got to know Charlie O’Donnell through his softball team [...]
How I Got into BD – Part 2
In the part 1 of this post, I described how I broke and entered the startup scene. This outlines the initial trajectoryof how I ended up in BD. It probably makes sense to read first before continuing. During the denoument of my YouAre.TV days, I secured a product consulting gig for a technology consulting firm. [...]
How I Got into BD – Part 1
A lot of people have been asking me how to get into BD recently. Similar to Venture Capital, I don’t think there is a boilerplate prescription for getting into BD. There are definitely things you can do to put yourself in a favorable position like networking, blogging, and gaining an understanding of what BD actually [...]
Do More than Be A Great Employee
Most young people working at a startup have aspirations of starting their own company some day. If you’re in this camp, I think its important to aspire to more than just being a great employee. Your tenure working for someone else is an awesome time to also familiarize yourself with the unique challenges of starting [...]
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