Eric Jacobson
JANUARY 27, 2024
So, even if you don’t envision yourself wanting to earn a billion dollars, don’t pass up reading Jacob’s, How To Make A Few Billion Dollars. He began his career at age 23 when he founded Amerex Oil Associates, followed by Hamilton Resources, both privately held. The belief that other people must hold the same opinions as you do.
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2015
In all honesty, the skills listing sort of tells the story of my career path over the last six years or so as managed care (my previous professional field) fell farther down the list while blogging, social media, and editing climbed higher. As Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorsen says, “it’s the how-to guide you’ve been waiting for.”
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Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Tom often hogs the spotlight in meetings unaware of how that alienates his peers. And…well…I don’t know how to put this, but he has noticeable body odor that’s a real turnoff.” One’s communication style shapes first impressions and can have a significant impact on career trajectory.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 16, 2018
Most of us don’t oversee huge IPOs, but sooner or later, every team faces an unexpected crisis: technology breaks, a competitor makes a disruptive move, a promising project fails, a key employee quits, consumers have a negative reaction to a new product—the list goes on. How do they do it? Here are three of those lessons.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 20, 2015
As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. It does and executives shouldn’t be silent about it.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 20, 2015
As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. It does and executives shouldn’t be silent about it.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 30, 2016
If you want your business to grow sustainably at scale, you need to figure out how to make big investments that will best differentiate you in your core. The key element in all of this is how to apply the meritocracy. The company’s success has made it one of the best-performing IPOs in Asia in the last decade.
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