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What a Year of Job Rejections Taught Me About Pitching Myself

Harvard Business Review

My story began in May 2015 when after 10 years of building a successful career in the Middle East, I decided to move to Silicon Valley to look for opportunities with tech companies. How could a career that ranged from working with royalty to Fortune 500 brands and startups not pique the curiosity of any hiring managers?

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Selling Products Is Good. Selling Projects Can Be Even Better

Harvard Business Review

Projects were identified as the best management structure to break up silos and encourage teams to work transversally (end-to-end) in the organization. Working in projects throughout my career, I have identified these as the important ones: Revenue streams. It set out to simplify this convoluted and archaic organization structure.