(This post was originally published on Venture Beat. This photo is by Melissa.) Brazen Careerist is my third startup. People ask me all the time why I gave up my position as CEO. If you knew what startup life was really like, you would ask me why I was CEO for as long as I [...]
Want a career in food? Food safety is a growing field and one where you can make a real difference. Take Barbara Kowalcyk. The tragedy that thrust Barbara into the food safety arena was chronicled in the 2009 Academy Award-nominated documentary, Food, Inc. In 2001, her two-year-old son, Kevin died after eating tainted hamburger [...]
Most of us have faced the dilemma that morning when we wake up with an annoying scratchy throat and fevered brow. Ugh! Do I go to work or not? Then the pressure is on. There are deadlines looming. An important meeting that can’t be missed. An overriding fear of “missing something” or not being there to [...]
Tue, October 11, 2011 at 12:00 Many years ago I was listening to a senior manager speak about why we didn’t think of our career like a functional review. In other words, rather than writing a time-line based resume of our working experience, why not consider how much we knew about all of the functions [...]
Comments Tweet The farmer is separating his farm from his parents’ farm. To say this has been a summer full of drama would be a total understatement. I would say that the drama has gone from his larger family, to our little family, and now, to the economics of the farm. [...]
These times are A-Changin’ Making these transitions from your college to your career involves a major lifecycle change. You will be given more responsibility and less room for error. The excuses you had in college don’t always fly in the real world. You will have less freedom then in college. Your workday will be more [...]
I used to hate the board meetings because there is so much to prepare beforehand, and if everything is not going great, then you have to really face that. 1. Hide your feelings if they are going to be trouble for someone. I am still a major shareholder in my company, but I do not [...]
My homeschool blog is mentioned in the New York Times. It’s a small mention, but it’s a big deal for me, because lately I’ve been obsessed with how people learn, and what makes a successful adult. It’s appropriate that the Times would link the day I wrote about what my day is like trying to [...]
