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Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program

I'm excited to announce that I have been accepted to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. The 10KSB program is a $500 million investment from Goldman Sachs with the goal of helping entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity through education, access to capital, and networking opportunities. The program is offered at 14 colleges around [...]

Zirtual shut it’s doors: What does this mean for outsourcing?

  Check the bottom of the page for several updates! This morning I received the following email from Zirtual, where I have been a customer for about six months using their "Zirtual Assistants" or ZAs to help me manage my business without hiring a full-time assistant. Dear Zirtual Clients, It is with an incredibly heavy [...]

Free Speech isn’t Free of Consequences

Every year I speak to high school and college students about how social media can affect landing (and keeping) a job, and I’m often surprised that they should be able to say and do anything they want online without any consequences. I want to set the record straight: Yes, you can get fired for what [...]

Recapping 2014 and Looking Forward to 2015

I’m not generally fond of resolutions. But for the past several years, with a few exceptions, I’ve spent some time at the first of each year to recap the previous year’s goals and accomplishments (and failures) and look forward to the new year. It’s never been something too strict, I haven’t always stuck to the same [...]