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Here’s Why A Former PayPal Exec Absolutely Hates Meetings

Here’s Why A Former PayPal Exec Absolutely Hates Meetings

JILLIAN D’ONFRO TECH  MAR. 15, 2014, 9:47 PM

In the early days of PayPal, David Sacksmanaged over 700 employees as the company’s COO.

According to an interesting Quora post, Sacks hated meetings while he was leading PayPal. Former senior executive Keith Rabois wrote that Sacks was skeptical of any meeting that included more than three or four people. He would randomly pop in on meetings, and immediately shut them down if he decided that they seemed inefficient. PayPal’s annual review forms in 2002 even rated employees on whether they avoided “imposing on others’ time, e.g. scheduling unnecessary meetings.” Read more of this post

An Investor’s Guide to Better Writing – Seriously

An Investor’s Guide to Better Writing — Seriously

11 MAR 2014 – VITALIY KATSENELSON

I never thought I’d be giving writing advice. I was always the worst student in my literature class in Russia. I never received a grade higher than a C on any Russian essay I ever wrote. I have a theory that my teachers got sick of reading and grading my horrible essays, so they stopped and automatically gave me a passing grade out of pity. I don’t blame them. Read more of this post

Startups Anonymous: A list of fears from the CEO of a startup in NYC

Startups Anonymous: A list of fears from the CEO of a startup in NYC

BY STARTUPS ANONYMOUS 
ON MARCH 12, 2014

[This is a weekly series that brings you raw, first-hand experiences from founders and investors in the trenches. Their story submissions are anonymous, allowing them to share openly without fear of retribution. Every Wednesday, we’ll run one new story chosen by Dana Severson, who operates StartupsAnonymous, a place for startups to share, ask questions, and  answer them in story-length posts, all anonymously.] Read more of this post

How to build a tribe and attract ‘supercustomers’: Vinomofo co-founder Andre Eikmeier

How to build a tribe and attract ‘supercustomers’: Vinomofo co-founder Andre Eikmeier

Published 14 March 2014 13:00, Updated 14 March 2014 21:27

Andre Eikmeier

I’m not a fan of mission statements, but I’m a big fan of missions.

What’s the difference? Authenticity, usually. One’s the creation of the marketing department, and one is the reason someone gets up in the morning and goes in to battle with a smile on their face. Read more of this post

Important Life Lessons: What’s The Most Important Life Lesson Older People Feel You Must Know?

APRIL 12, 2013 by ERIC BARKER

Important Life Lessons: What’s The Most Important Life Lesson Older People Feel You Must Know?

Yes, older people are agreed on the most important life lessons they want to pass on.

Karl Pillemer of Cornell University interviewed nearly 1500 people age 70 to 100+ for his book “30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans.” He asked them what life lessons they’d pass on. Read more of this post

Why companies shouldn’t focus on hires who will hit the ground running

Why companies shouldn’t focus on hires who will hit the ground running

By Max Nisen @MaxNisen March 14, 2014

“The thing that you start to hear as you get bigger, when someone talks about a candidate they want to hire, they often start talking about how they’re excited because this person will hit the ground running,” LinkedIn’s Dan Shapero tells Quartz. “And hitting the ground running is a very short-term benefit.” Read more of this post

Bill Gates says the success rate on venture capital is “pathetic” compared to development

Bill Gates says the success rate on venture capital is “pathetic” compared to development

By Max Nisen @MaxNisen March 14, 2014

Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and one of its biggest philanthropist. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Gates was critical of what he sees as a double standard when it comes to development. Read more of this post

The Science of ‘Paying It Forward’: How generosity among strangers becomes socially contagious

The Science of ‘Paying It Forward’

MARCH 14, 2014

By MILENA TSVETKOVA andMICHAEL MACY

ONE morning in December of 2012, at the drive-through window of a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a customer paid for her order and then picked up the tab for the stranger in the car behind her in line. Then that customer paid the bill for the following customer in line — and so on, for the next 226 customers, in a three-hour sequence of spontaneous generosity. Read more of this post

3 Ways To Get More Out Of Every Single Hour

3/14/2014 @ 9:42AM |9,007 views

3 Ways To Get More Out Of Every Single Hour

“Lost time is never found again.” —Benjamin Franklin

Time is a key resource that we simply cannot replenish. The 24 hours of each day are all we are given—once spent, these hours are lost forever. This means that if you’re struggling to fit all of your priorities and “to-dos” into your day, it’s time to look for methods to use those hours and minutes more effectively. Read more of this post

Gauge Which Activities Aren’t in Sync with Your Strategy

Gauge Which Activities Aren’t in Sync with Your Strategy

by Nick Chipman  |   10:00 AM March 14, 2014

Take this brief assessment for feedback on how to improve strategic alignment in eight key areas.

Most organizational leaders struggle to align day-to-day activities with strategy, even though they know it’s important to do. Almost 80% of the more than 1,200 senior executives recently surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers believe that their organizations have the right strategic intent — but only 54% think they’re executing that strategy well. Read more of this post

Asking Whether Leaders Are Born or Made Is the Wrong Question; differentiate between leadership effectiveness (performance as a leader) and leadership emergence (being tapped for a leadership role)

Asking Whether Leaders Are Born or Made Is the Wrong Question

by Connson Chou Locke  |   9:00 AM March 14, 2014

Are leaders born or made?  When I pose this question to executives or HR professionals, the vast majority say that leaders are made; that is, leadership is something one can learn. Yet researchers have found traits, such as extraversion and intelligence, which differentiate leaders from others.  This seems to imply that we can identify future leaders by looking at their traits – but we must be cautious when drawing such conclusions. Read more of this post