Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return. Investors have perpetuated a compensation structure where VCs can generate significant personal income over their career, even when they make no money for their LPs. Last year I spoke at a conference to an audience of VCs.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

Conferences are an overwhelming rush of presentations, conversations, and potential meet-ups, and it can be tough to know where to focus your time. Professional conferences are an unavoidable fact of working life. “Skipping conferences is problematic because you’re missing out on the benefits of networking,” she says.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

First, if your network has become too narrow, you limit your options in case of a career change, or a downturn in your company or industry. ” He had spent a decade at a large technology company, rising to become an engineering director. How to Get the Most Out of a Conference. You and Your Team Series. Networking.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

I'm all for taking the time to meet interesting new people (that's why I make a point to go to conferences like Renaissance Weekend. And I recall well, at the start of my career, how flattered I felt to be asked for a meeting or some advice — thrilled to be looked at as enough of an expert to be of help.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” I had never thought of sexual harassment as affecting my career arc, and yet I can now see how its friction surely influenced it. ” Or, “ I left that place.”

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