article thumbnail

The Quick and Easy Way to Find the Best Applicant From Among Hundreds

Paul G. Silva

Anyone who’s run an accelerator, a grant program, reviewed book/screenplay manuscripts, or been in charge of hiring has an impossible challenge: how do you find the proverbial needle in the haystack? I don’t want unlucky people working in this department. But we know that the results are undesirable.

article thumbnail

4 Secrets to Responsive Leadership

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Nationally recognized leader and executive coach Jackie Jenkins-Scott provides her perspective as she explores examples of responsive leadership in her new book, 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership. In your book, you talk about the four attributes of great leaders. We recently asked her more about responsive leadership.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

6 Pillars of Authority Marketing

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As chair of the entrepreneurial practice at Forbes Books, a former director of an entrepreneurial center and a tech entrepreneur, I drill this philosophy into aspiring entrepreneurs. even a book. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do?it’s it’s a matter of being different at what you do.”. How can you develop that authority?

article thumbnail

Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. ” It’s true.

education 291
article thumbnail

DigiSure, the mobility insurance platform with high-tech screening, comes out of stealth with $13.1M raise

TechCrunch

DigiSure, a digital insurance company that caters to modern mobility form factors like peer-to-peer marketplaces, is officially coming out of stealth to announce a $13.1 million pre-Series A funding round.

article thumbnail

Defending your organization from misinformation with neuroscience

Entrepreneurs' Organization

It probably felt strange and disconcerting, perhaps with a tone of outrage, as in “I don’t believe things more if they’re repeated!”. Reading the second sentence did not inspire such a strong reaction. Your reaction to the third sentence was tame by comparison. It feeds into their fears, which is a very cognitively fluid part of our mind.

article thumbnail

3 Ways to Increase Diversity and Inclusion in Your Workplace Starting Today

Entrepreneurs' Organization

McKinsey studies have also shown that companies with diverse leadership outperform their peers. Despite these tangible benefits, some employers struggle to maintain a staff made up of people with diverse education, races , ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages and religions. How to Build Diversity in Your Organization. WALK THE TALK.