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Tag Archives: Linchpin
Just you
A number of years ago I bumped into an old family friend, a senior partner at a law firm, on the 7:30am Delta Shuttle from New York to DC. For me, catching that flight was always a discombobulated mad morning … Continue reading
Skills for this century
The deadline for applying for Seth Godin’s summer internship is tomorrow, May 31st. And the last 15 applications will be discarded, so today is effectively the last day to apply. It’s a two-week internship from July 22nd to August 2nd. … Continue reading
Are you a fundraiser?
There’s an old line that parents swap, and it goes something like: People who aren’t parents think that there’s not a chasm between people who are and are not parents. People who are parents know that there is one. It’s … Continue reading
A wasted day
Think about it: on a day when you swing for the fences, you might swing and miss. A miss means a complete miss, a whiff, an air-ball, and all the associated jeering (we think) from the peanut gallery. Wouldn’t it … Continue reading
Gifts – The Icarus Deception
The other day I received a massive, 40 pound box full of goodies from Seth Godin. I was one of the 4,242 people who happily jumped in to support Seth’s Kickstarter project to fund his next book, The Icarus Deception. … Continue reading
Posted in Seth Godin
Tagged art, courage, Joy, Linchpin, Seth Godin, shipping, The Icarus Deception
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When I grow up
It wasn’t until three or four years ago that I figured out what I wanted to be when I grow up. Not what specific job, not each twist and turn of my career. The characteristics of a job that is … Continue reading
And suddenly it’s up to you
I distinctly remember the first time I had this feeling in a professional setting. I was three years out of college, three years into my stint in management consulting, working for a client who wanted us to do a bunch … Continue reading
If only that job were…
…bigger here and smaller there, just a bit more senior, with more (less?) supervisory responsibility, had a bit more of this and a smidge less of that, and it paid a bit more…well then it would be the perfect job. … Continue reading
What do you know?
“Who are you to be spouting all of these ideas?” “What do you really know about this?” “You’re not an expert.” “There’s nothing new here.” “Who cares what you think, really?” And on and on. No, that’s not what your … Continue reading
Your chance to shape a sector
Kevin Starr, who among other things runs the Mulago Foundation, penned a provocative, must-read series of posts on Stanford Social Innovation Review titled “The Problem with Impact investing (Pt. 1, Pt. 2, and Pt. 3). He leads off his last … Continue reading
Posted in Acumen Fund
Tagged Acumen Fund, head of impact, hiring, impact investing, Linchpin
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