I enjoyed reading Outsell’s new report on Social Media in Scientific, Technical and Medical Information Part 1: Social Networking.
The most useful aspect of the report is that it includes the most extensive list I’ve seen of gated professional online networks. A trend I’ve been following for a long time (and worked on Read More...

A little while ago, I gave a speech at NYU Stern Business School on “How to Squeeze Maximum Value from Business School: Leverage Your Education to Accelerate Your Career”. How can you maximize the benefits of all the years and all the money that you invested in your business education?
I prepared the Read More...

With the growth of Twitter, it seems there’s been a surge in the use of URL shorteners. They’re also an essential for mailing lists, including Yahoo! Groups and Google Groups, as links over a certain length (40-50 characters) will break for people who use plain-text email.
TinyURL.com was the original, and is still widely used. But Read More...

Thank you to those of you who attended my keynote at the America Outdoors annual conference last week. It was also a pleasure to meet and visit with so many of you after the session. I can tell social media is going to be a very hot topic in this industry in the coming year.
As Read More...

I hope you’ll join me for this Dec. 16 Free Webinar on ‘Where are the Deals?! Private Equity Funds’ Best Practices in Deal Origination’.
This is the sneak preview of the research I’ve been conducting with Evalueserve on this topic. My colleagues and I have interviewed over 90 private equity and VC professionals to learn Read More...

We are seeking 1-3 volunteer consultants who would like to help do research and prepare some analytics for a series of articles and slide presentations on deal origination by private equity and venture capital firms, particularly their use of Web 2.0 technologies. This is an ideal project for someone interested in learning more about Read More...

I look forward to speaking at the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors’ 2009 Winter Conference, Jan. 20-22, in Orlando, FL. Some of the highlights of the event: a private equity forum, for private equity firms that want to showcase lower middle market companies. There is also a Deal Expo for discussing active Read More...

Last night, I participated in a panel with Columbia University’s Center for Career Education. One of the ideas that came up was keyword-optimizing your personal profile/resume. Most obviously, to do this, you should study the resumes of your peers. Theda Sandiford also observed, “Google Analytics has a tool to suggest keywords. Once Read More...

Over the past few days, I’ve gained a massive amount of respect for comedian and TV commentator (Fear Factor, UFC) Joe Rogan. One of the things that has impressed me most is his very raw, open, heart-felt blog. I was especially touched by this passage in this post commenting on the death of former UFC Read More...

I first learned of vision boards a few years ago, but I never actually started using them myself until this year. They were discussed briefly in The Secret, and Oprah featured them in her follow-up show, The Secret Behind The Secret. She made headlines with her vision board on election day when she told an Read More...