For the next 6 weeks, and for 2 days out of each week, I’m offering friends of friends and/or my Seattle contacts a 50 minute career search or biz dev strategy session for only $50. WE ARE SOLD OUT! THANK
Quality vs quantity focused networking?
Regardless of an actual increase in the number of “jobs filled” in WA state occurring for the first time in a very long time (according to Jan 2010 stats), I’m amazed by the proliferation of events, sites, programs, webinars, groups
What I’m up to this summer
I’ve been a little off the map this summer because I’ve been happily very busy helping my friend Aaron Fairchild over at G2B Ventures in Seattle kick things up a notch. Earlier this year, Aaron and his team launched the
Be the change…
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” I keep thinking about this great quote from Mahatma Ghandi because of the unexpected, but definitely welcome, attention my on hiatus Pay It Forward (PIF) parties have received this past
Outside perspectives are good for Seattle
Great summary in Xconomy Seattle of Brad Feld’s (Foundry Group, Mobius Venture Capital, and TechStars) take on whether the VC model is broken or not. Brad recently gave what appears to have been an insightful and well attended talk here
best left behind for an auspicious 2009
A few years ago, my husband and I learned about an incredibly helpful year-end tradition that we’ve embraced as our own and have even shared with a few close friends. IMHO, this is an especially great exercise for those that
A plug for the PSAMA
Props to my fellow board members of the Puget Sound American Marketing Association for getting a LinkedIn group activated! THRILLED that this is up and running & kudos to all involved. Special thanks to Katherine the fab new Prez for
Speakers Behaving Badly
You have got to love this re: an upcoming conference here in Seattle, Oct 4-6: SMB Nation 2008 has even added a “Speakers Behaving Badly” hotline where attendees can report any speaker from the 40+ content sessions that make commercial
Does Seattle Have A Soul?
Howard Shultz’s 2007 reference to “soul” in relation to Starbucks stores sure got me thinking back then and it continues to pop into my mind these days. Can you help me explain or describe the Soul of Seattle? Does Seattle have
Seattle Freeze stuff
Before we even moved to Seattle back in Nov of 2005, a few people in Chicago asked me about the subject of the Seattle Freeze, and since I’ve lived here, loads of the folks I meet still do. They usually