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They Made It! Interview with Steve Bengston, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Here’s an interview Steve Bengston did with me a couple of years ago for his radio show. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Everything you wanted to know about pitching to VCs and other investors using Storify

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Storytelling for Business Presentations and Business Writing

This storify.com article is comprised of many sources with storytelling methods and ideas explained through articles on Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Continue reading

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How To Manage Your Email Branding Strategy

Image via Wikipedia Are you using emails in your personal branding strategy? Nowadays, many of us are using social media and personal branding to promote our businesses and reaffirm our positions in our individual fields In spite of all the … Continue reading

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French Guru’s Advice – Jean-Louis Gassee’s “wise” words – en francais

Many months ago I ended doing the rounds of the foreign-born executives I talked to over 14 months here in the Silicon Valley because the book with their interviews was finished. Since I am having withdrawal symptoms and really miss … Continue reading

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Brazilian Vision of How Individuals and Companies Should Be Using Social Media [via SLIDESHARE]

Image via Wikipedia This presentation on slideshare from Brazil, [muito bem feito] looks at what is so special about social media. Interesting to see how we and our social media participation are seen from other cultures’ view point. In fact … Continue reading

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Jack Welsh’s “Lebensweisheit” : The 10 Leadership Principles

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I read an interesting, short article that Peter Isackson wrote for the Intercultural Insights Group, he brought up the simple yet profound leadership principles that Jack Welsh developed in his time as CEO at … Continue reading

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They Made It! Interviews with International Leaders from Silicon Valley

Click to Play Succeeding in Silicon Valley: Foreign-born entrepreneurs share their stories about making it!Eric Benhamou, the former CEO of 3Com, Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems, Wu Fu Chen, serial entrepreneur and founder of Cascade Communications, Raj Singh, whose … Continue reading

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Rush for H1-B Visas for 2008 – are there enough? We need these foreign professionals!

Image from Wikipedia The 2 tech greats Oracle (ORCL), Microsoft (MSFT) are trying to make Congress understand that they need to increase the amount of foreign skilled workers they let into the country under the H1-B Visa. [Source:http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_8726242.htm] Once more … Continue reading

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