There is a fine line between apologizing and taking responsibility. A few years ago, I wrote a book called The Feminine Revolution. The idea was that feminine...
99% of startup founders shouldn’t be startup founders. As an investor, I’ve listened to hundreds and hundreds of startup pitches. I’ve also played an active role...
Entrepreneurship is anchored in creativity. The best entrepreneurs see solutions to problems that haven’t been thought of before. They don’t just notice what something “is,” but...
Creativity within big companies is one part vision and two parts sales. This is what makes working within a large enterprise very different compared to working...
Despite 2020 being a challenging year, startup funding was hot as ever. According to Crunchbase’s end of the year report, “Startups closed out 2020 in a...
Becoming a “unicorn” in the startup world is the ultimate achievement. The term defines a company that reaches a billion-dollar valuation or more. Uber was a...
Our careers are very rarely linear. With corporate jobs, laid out neatly in org charts that show layers of management and increasingly ‘senior’ titles, it may...
Remote work had been slowly gaining acceptance for years. But the pandemic has brought about incredible change in the adoption of remote work. It is no...
Formal education didn’t prepare me for the real world. In high school, I attended a very prestigious prep school in San Francisco, called San Francisco University...
Every year, I listen to hundreds of startup pitches. Many of the pitches I hear are from very early-stage companies—the majority of which are pre-launch or...
Perfectionism kills innovation. I see this happen with all kinds of professionals who embrace perfectionism. They go dark. They take their work, close themselves off, and...
Every organization has a different leadership culture. And every team, within each department, needs a different leadership style. After spending more than two decades working at technology...
Life-changing conversations don’t always happen after a presentation in the workplace—they happen in elevators, hallways, and break rooms. Your greatest...