I’ve been very excited to see the boom in the New York startup community in the last 2 years, driven in large part by the shrinkage in the NY industries that traditionally lured some of the most entrepreneurial and aggressive personalities (finance, consulting, etc.) Michael Karnjanaprakorn posted a detailed list of resources and players in...
[Continue Reading]Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks
A number of friends have asked me how to increase the amount of money they’re earning as consultants from the major expert networks, eg., Atheneum Partners, AlphaSights, Dialectica, CAPVision, Coleman Research Group, GLG, Guidepoint, Insight Alpha, Lynk Global, Maven Research, Kingfish Group (specialize in private equity), Primary Insight, ProSapient, and Third Bridge. Here are some...
[Continue Reading]The Speed of Trust Review
A while ago I read Stephen M.R. Covey’s book, The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything . As you would guess, Stephen M.R. is the son of Dr. Stephen R. Covey, who wrote the extremely influential book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The heritage shows. Speed of Trust is written...
[Continue Reading]Free comics from the Federal Reserve: economics, banking, foreign trade, etc.
My wife and I just ordered some comic books from the Federal Reserve on topics that we think our children should learn about: – banking – monetary policy – currency – barter – checks and electronic payments – and most important to their future (sadly), inflation These comic books are useful educationally, particularly in the...
[Continue Reading]Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week?
(Image via Wikipedia) The NY Times has a piece on Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week?. For more on efficient exercises techniques, see the Tabata Protocol, which I learned about from Charles Staley. Of course, there is also a scientifically proven method to become more fit and lose weight without changing your...
[Continue Reading]Underleveraged talent pool: the unemployed and underemployed
Lately, I have been thinking about the unemployed and underemployed as a pool of talent. I’d argue they are one of the most undertapped economic segments. Of the global working population, 6.3% is unemployed. In the US, the long-term unemployed are better educated, older, and more likely to be professional workers than the mean unemployed...
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