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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

I had a degree in Information Technology, had worked as a web developer, tech support guy, account manager, sales person and a marketer. I loved learning and practicing persuasion, negotiation techniques and networking. I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish.

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Hey White Guys, You’re Invited!

Austin Startup

At the popular South Congress Hotel , post-Latina magazine’s Latinas in Tech panels, my fellow inquisitor, Bostonian Maribel Mendoza, a longtime volunteer for national network Latinas in STEM, thought maybe they needed a direct invitation. That “White Guys” might be afraid of being “called out as the only white guys” in the room.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share The Movies That Motivates Them

Hearpreneur

Don't be so consumed with leadership aspirations that you forget that you're managing human beings. 15- The Social Network Photo Credit: Samuel Park One movie that motivates me is The Social Network, which tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, built one of the most successful tech companies in the world.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

If you’re a founder/product manager/business owner, I encourage you to find that out! Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). and the outcomes. “If

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

I also like the work I did (on cS) for a social networking site, where the brand name of the site was a pun on the name of an historical figure. We lived in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia. Ah yes, that’s an all-too-common problem. Maybe I should post a project on cS! I like projects that use humor and irony.