When Jeanna Barrett ditched her life in San Francisco to work from Belize, she initially felt anxious that she wasn’t working enough.
A few months ago, I packed up my life in San Francisco and moved to Belize to be an expat entrepreneur. Much of my new lifestyle includes what I expected it to—a slower pace, more time to enjoy hobbies, a deeper tan, and a greater sense of community (since I’m living on a small Caribbean island) than the one I got used to in Silicon Valley.
The new venture called Galvani Bioelectronics will develop implants to treat disorders including arthritis, asthma, and diabetes.
Google’s life sciences unit Verily is partnering up with British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline for a spinout venture focused on bioelectronic devices. Bioelectronic medicine is a new scientific discipline that seeks to treat a number of chronic diseases including diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease by using miniature devices implanted in the body that are able to modify the electrical signals of nerves in the body.
A growing movement of activists and entrepreneurs is putting the spotlight on creeps and trying to make Internet dating a more human affair.
At first glance, Nathan seemed damn near perfect. At least, as far as one can tell from Tinder: He was a coffee-loving “urban adventurer” from the Midwest and an entrepreneur who walked dogs on the side. Oh, and get this: a self-described feminist. Finally, a guy that gets it. So when Nathan (not his real name) matched with Alexandra Tweten, a 28-year-old woman living in Los Angeles, she was eager to start chatting. The similarities just kept piling up. Like her, he loved beer, tattoos, and pizza. In his free time, he could be found digging through all the right vinyl genres: indie rock, shoegaze, electronic, and new age. Jackpot.
The term may make you grit your teeth, but “thought leadership” can be more than just another bland marketing strategy.
CEOs and their marketing teams have long taken “thought leadership” to mean penning blog posts and taking speaking gigs—and so it does. But there’s a much wider range of options out there, and the narrow few that most business leaders tend to tackle can make for diminishing returns and a whole lot of similar-looking content.
Taking a breather from looking for a job doesn’t have to mean wasting time. Here’s how to put your procrastination to good use.
We all know the feeling. You’re applying for jobs and plan to reward yourself with 20 minutes of Snapchat or Pokémon Go (gotta catch ’em all, right?) for every application you submit. But soon, 20 minutes turns into two hours and before you know it, it’s already the end of the day and you’ve only applied to one job. Sigh. Why is time management so hard?
You weren’t expecting to have to contribute, but suddenly all eyes are on you. Here’s what to do.
You’re in a meeting with your boss, discussing an upcoming initiative your department is working on. Suddenly, he springs it on you—that nausea-inspiring question you weren’t at all prepared for: “So, what are your ideas?”
Over a career spanning eBay, LinkedIn, and Instacart, Elliot Shmukler figured out how to turn A/B testing into a management tool.
Over his career, Instacart VP of product Elliot Shmukler has seen the interplay of people and products unfold across many industries. For instance, the former Wealthfront and Linkedin product leader knows that much of what takes people sideways with money and career involves emotions. He’s also seen the same dynamic at play as product managers make decisions to pursue ideas, essentially their currency at a startup. Bake into the equation different product management styles with shrinking launch windows and the pressure compounds. That’s why Shmukler champions A/B testing, not only as a sound product development practice, but also as an effective management tool.
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