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Mental Health Matters: Recognizing When Entrepreneurs Need a Check-In

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A huge life change, whether the happiness of welcoming a new child to the family or heartbreak over the end of a relationship, can jolt us into feeling constantly overwhelmed. Entrepreneurs have struggled with mental health for years; thankfully, awareness is rising Discussion of the mental health risks that entrepreneurs can face is not new.

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Reverse Engineering a Career

This is going to be BIG.

This can apply to most jobs--save for things like coding and design that tend to be more hard skill based. Write down all the tasks done, skills used, etc. When a product manager tells you that they monitor and track analytics using the following pieces of software, now you have to go out and learn how to do that.

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Careers in Tech Startups & Innovation: What will I learn?

This is going to be BIG.

Jennie Baird left a comment on Monday's post about learning from each job and I think that is of the most critical importance. If you're not considering how this next job will make you a better contributor to the job after it, and so on, then you're failing to adequately assess the ROI of your time in a new position. 2) Trial by fire.

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From AI-friendly to AI-first: How Zapier is transforming hiring and onboarding

The Zapier Blog

That's why our Talent Acquisition (TA) and Learning & Development (L&D) teams are revamping many of our talent practices to be AI-first. AI fluency: Now a requirement for all new hires Starting immediately, all new Zapier hires are expected to meet a minimum standard for AI fluency.

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Top Four Survival Tips for Small Business Owners

Entrepreneurs' Organization

American president Franklin Roosevelt once said, “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”. As EO CEO Carrie Santos observes , “Entrepreneurs do not catch up on news and wonder how they will face the COVID-19 crisis. Ask yourself: Are there new ways for you to support your goals? Entrepreneurs jump in to offer solutions.”.

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The need for diversity and inclusion remains

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As you hire new staff members , as you assign projects, as you assess salaries, as you engage with potential clients, as you set goals for growth, as you market your services—all the areas of running a business are impacted by how intentionally you advocate for equality, diversity and inclusivity. Be open to learning.

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Do you really know how to learn?

This is going to be BIG.

As I finished up my weekly newsletter of NYC's tech events and classes , I thought a lot about some recent conversations I've had with some new entrants into the startup ecosystem--enthusiastic young professionals whose stated goals centered around learning. For anyone who wants to be a VC, those are the skills I would work on.