May 2012 archive

40:20 Vision from Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn

I decided to do a series on this year’s commencement speeches, highlighting the key pieces of 40:20 Vision they often impart. Today’s speech is from Reid Hoffman, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of LinkedIn, and partner at Greylock Partners. He also recently published the book, The Start-up of You. The speech was given to the graduating class of Babson College, an […] Read more…

Some 40:20 Vision from Sheryl Sandberg’s Speech at HBS

One thing I love about this time of year is the commencement speeches…always full of 40:20 Vision and I’m a sucker for them! Today I’m sharing a speech that Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, gave to the Harvard Business School 2012 Graduating Class. Read here for the full speech. Read on for the highlights: Mark Zuckerberg, […] Read more…

Three Gifts for a 20-Something (70)

Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? ~1~ Work really hard for something that is hard to do. That’s the only way to earn self-worth..to experience hardship and to work your own way though it. By the time you do, it won’t be so […] Read more…

The Respectful Break-Up

  Yesterday I answered a question from a 20-something about breaking up. We all know it can be one of the hardest things to do. The question was whether to break-up in person or phone  in a newly long-distance relationship. One of the women who answered believes a person always deserves the respect and closure […] Read more…

How to Break Up – Part 1

Q. I recently moved to a new city for a job, leaving my boyfriend. After about a month now, I realize that I’ve been in denial and I know I don’t love him anymore. He is coming to visit me in two weeks. Should I wait until he comes here to break up with him, […] Read more…

7 Rules of Thumb from 7 Entrepreneurs

In addition to writing and interviewing women for their 40:20 Vision…I run the 7×7 Mentoring Salons — these are “knowledge exchanges” between more established professionals and those just starting out or starting over. The idea is that every woman deserves their own advisory panel. So I give women a chance to have that for at […] Read more…

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