Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Last week, The New Republic published a lengthy exploration of ageism in Silicon Valley , the idea that venture capitalists discriminate against older entrepreneurs and that start-ups discriminate against older job applicants. The result was estimated age data for 52 founders, 71% of the individuals on our list.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

Yet with 67% of surveyed brand managers planning to launch social media campaigns in the next 12 months, community managers are now amongst the most sought after marketing professionals. Venture capitalists are creating software engineering academies in their own cities. A few years ago, community managers did not exist.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. In my study of thirty-nine midcareer man­agers and professionals considering major career changes, I ob­served directly how much their old networks can “bind and blind” them. Get in touch with a venture capitalist.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2011

Are you skeptical about using digital and social media in business marketing? IBM has empowered more than 100,000 employees to become experts on social media platforms, answering questions and becoming thought leaders. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Marketing That Works. Your competitors don't think so. Micro-Relevancy.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

Transparency didn't save Paul Levy from making a thoughtless mistake that negatively impacted his career. The business case for blogging, tweeting, and the rest of social media is a lot stronger these days. But it did earn him a degree of understanding and a continuing platform to opine about his field and stay in the mix.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

What happens next is often not captured in numbers, but in the fine-print details of recent media reports. Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” ” Or, “ I left that place.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Networks are essential for collaboration , innovation, and career development. Learn more about how he or she uses social media. Get in touch with a venture capitalist. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don't have enough diversity to be effective. Start a LinkedIn or Facebook group.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

And if you can’t capture the attention of clients, how does your business or career survive? And I drew on my years of experience with startups, both as co-Editor of Mashable and a venture capitalist. If your boss doesn’t notice your work, how will you get a promotion? Acknowledgement.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

It’s a line that venture capitalist and Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen has trotted out a few times lately, attributing it to his former colleague Jim Barksdale. The way I think about it is — at least in the world that I work in, sort of tech and Internet media — bundles emerge as a consequence of the current technology.

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