Lily had been talking about going to the Gay Pride Parade for weeks – with friends, of course, definitely not with her mother. But then, as so often happens, her flaky, teenage friends bailed at the last minute. There she was, all dressed up and ready to go, 22 minutes before the train to NYC arrived, her dreams of being at the parade dashed.
read more09 June 2017 | 6 Comments
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It is a part of my work that I truly detest... to develop and deliver a new speech. It scares me, frankly, because it's untested. But, I follow my own advice by deciding on a topic, putting it out there and seeing who bites (book the gig & worry about it later). Well, this time I got bitten with an invitation to speak at an event expecting at least 19K attendees which just announced Michelle Obama would keynote.
read more05 May 2017 | 2 Comments
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Most founders don't know how to present to investors. I've seen it a thousand times... a founder comes up with a great business idea. He or she has managed to get it up and running, and customers are buying. But they've been bootstrapping the business and now need a serious injection of cash to grow and scale. So they put together a deck and start pitching investors. And things don't go well.
read more07 April 2017 | 0 Comments
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