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DFN: Good insights into what a recruiter is trying to get from you in an interview: 1) Business Focus 2) Problem Solving 3) Agility 4) Purpose. If the recruiter you’ve talked with on a ‘phone screen’ doesn’t ask question designed to get this insight about you, run! How To Evaluate A Job & Career Recruiter [...]
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DFN: I often wonder why I have so many problems, now I know, there being thrown at me to challenge my leadership qualities and to help me grow. I need more problems!! Problems Can Be Opportunities in Disguise 11/07/2009 – Denis Waitley One of the most desirable attitudes of a leader is an ability to [...]
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DFN: I’m about to begin valuing a startup, so personally, the article is very timely and talks about valuation in terms that even I can understand. You should really use the url below, to see all the ins and outs covered by the vast number of responses to the original post. Valuation And Option Pool [...]
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DFN: If companies don’t get patents on business process / software the pace of innovation will slow. It would be disastrous if this ruling is retroactive versus going forward. Patent case before Supreme Court could have major implications for software By: JOELLE TESSLER Associated Press http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/69462867.html 11/07/09 12:35 PM EST WASHINGTON — With the technology [...]
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DFN: GREAT article summarizing the feelings and effective solutions about how to deal with a spouse’s being laid off. FYI, my wife and I are now a two income household, we’re both receiving unemployment checks from the State of California. This is an example of how I try to deal with unemployment, by retaining a [...]
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DFN: Details the challenges and the rewards of facing a job search in today’s market. Reward, I say, because its very gratifying when people that you really don’t know, reach out to help. This is a key to today’s job market and recovering from unemployment. FYI, rather than call it a job hunt, I’d prefer [...]
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DFN: Politics aside, this is pretty witty and informative at the same time. Great analogy about the derivation of unemployment. Good insights, of little solace, if your unemployed. Unemployment and airplane crashes By Jame Fallows 07 Nov 2009 12:05 pm http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/11/unemployment_and_airplane_cras.php A man in Florida sends what may be the ideal example of reader mail, [...]
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DFN: Interesting article regarding ‘viral’ marketing and the synergies that have to exist between seemingly unrelated business entities for each to be successful. What Facebook, Twitter, PayPal can teach us about going viral By David Silverberg 11/07/2009 @ 3AM PST http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281735 Going viral isn’t a finger-snap way to achieve mass popularity. In fact, as author [...]
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DFN: I think this is the first of a series of articles on the Eygptians. Saturday, November 07, 2009 A history of archaeology and excavation at Saqqara Heritage Key (Jonathan Yeomans) http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2009/11/feature-history-of-archaeology-and.html The cemetery at Saqqara is one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. Over six kilometres long, it boasts thousands of underground [...]
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