The Amorphous Blob-Shaped Employee
For the better part of a year, I’ve been unemployed – not entirely by choice. After graduating from a top undergraduate business school, I survived Wall Street for one year before jumping into entrepreneurship as the first employee at a successful ad tech firm and then as the founder and CEO of an unsuccessful fintech firm. I spent my twenties working for stock – the first time it worked, but not in a life-changing way; the second time it did the opposite. Thus, my current pr
Book Review: Never Split the Difference
This past weekend I spent my Sunday reading, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It, by Chris Voss. In it, Voss draws on his more than twenty years as a lead FBI hostage negotiator to impart techniques and strategies that can be as effective for the reader in negotiating a rent reduction, a salary increase, or first-class plane ticket, as they were for him in saving lives. While at times overly self-congratulatory (your consulting rates are hig
Reminders
Finding Dr. Seuss in the Eastern Sierras This past weekend I went backpacking in the Eastern Sierras with my wife and a few friends. The trip was intended to be our Mini-moon – a brief romantic jaunt following our third (and final) wedding celebration (one civil, one Catholic/Spanish, one Jewish/American). But, unless you find body odor, mosquito bites, and extreme fatigue sexually stimulating, you won’t find much romance on a trip like this. What you will find, however, are
Book Review: Never Split the Difference
Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It, by Chris Voss This past weekend I spent my Sunday reading, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It, by Chris Voss. In it, Voss draws on his more than twenty years as a lead FBI hostage negotiator to impart techniques and strategies that can be as effective for the reader in negotiating a rent reduction, a salary increase, or first-class plane ticket, as they were for him in saving lives. While at times
Book signing tour for my latest work
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Lost in the library: what to read next?
Create a blog post subtitle that summarizes your post in a few short, punchy sentences and entices your audience to continue reading. Welcome to your blog post. Use this space to connect with your readers and potential customers in a way that’s current and interesting. Think of it as an ongoing conversation where you can share updates about business, trends, news, and more. “Do you have a design in mind for your blog? Whether you prefer a trendy postcard look or you’re going
