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Turns at Albuquerque: How I Measure My Career

This is going to be BIG.

What I learned was that Chamath''s career path was the product of three things: First, being really good at what you do, obviously. Oh, and in between those two jobs I was a product manager for a year for a product that didn''t really go anywhere. That''s why I got hired by First Round--to help them build a presence in NYC.

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5 Ways Building a Brand Makes Your Small Business Stand Out

Up and Running

How should you launch your product or services? . 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. . What should your business name be? .

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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. Its just a more extreme version of designing a robust and elegant product.

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