Where Age Is No Barrier
The worst career advice my father ever gave me was this: Never reveal you know how to type. Turns out, I couldn’t work without typing. Nor could almost anyone today. But my father came from a business world in the ‘50s and ‘60s when …
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Oh sure, Zoom’s killing it right now. You can’t turn on CNBC or read a business journal without someone mentioning Zoom, which happens to provide just the tool businesses (and people) needed for connection during the Covid-19 pandemic. And, …
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Classic startup wisdom is to build a product that scratches your own itch. But what if that itch is not your own? There’s a new crop of founders building products to solve problems their parents are experiencing. These founders are …
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This week I watched a webinar given by a bestselling author and lifestyle guru, and she was wearing a hat. In her home office. What? The Indiana Jones-style fedora had panache, that is true. But a hat in a webinar? Then it struck me. Roots! …
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