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Turns at Albuquerque: How I Measure My Career

This is going to be BIG.

That''s why I got hired by First Round--to help them build a presence in NYC. At 30, I had built one of the best professional networks in New York City--a market that was on the verge of passing Boston as the second largest startup ecosystem in the country. I had something VC firms were interested in.

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5 Ways Building a Brand Makes Your Small Business Stand Out

Up and Running

For instance, instead of building a brand that appeals to women age 24 to 48 in the southwest United States, you’re building a brand for Liz Applewood, age 32, a manager at a retail clothing store in Albuquerque. . It will differentiate you from the competition.

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Why Old-School Communication Skills Are The Competitive Edge New Grads Need

YoungUpstarts

What stands out to hiring managers are great communication skills. Gen Yers will need much more than ‘just’ an education to get the attention of hiring managers and bosses. Your client in Albuquerque is always moody. Can you pitch an idea to a supervisor? Can you build a consensus among group members? Let difficult people win.

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Do Things that Don't Scale

paulgraham.com

Microsoft cant have seemed very impressive when it was just a couple guys in Albuquerque writing Basic interpreters for a market of a few thousand hobbyists (as they were then called), but in retrospect that was the optimal path to dominating microcomputer software. And no, you cant avoid doing sales by hiring someone to do it for you.

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