With hiring at Spotify slowing while Netflix sheds a few with the same concerns, media companies like Cameo and Outside are announcing layoffs, reminding us that our world is no more resistant to others when it comes to a recession. And yet, what we can appreciate is that there is…

When Eleanor decides to move out of a multi-bedroom apartment on Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow, culinary student Jack Tripper crashes her going-away party and is found the next morning, passed out in the bath tub. Needing someone to cover Eleanor’s share of the rent, they offer to let Jack…

“Right now, the markets are looking downright scary. For startups, the funding outlook is bleak as VC’s pull back funding. This is leading to spending cuts, layoffs, and even causing some startups to fold!” Mark Birch, one of my favorite people in the startup ecosystem, shared that thought last week…

With a world seemingly upside-down and changing overnight, this week in the Startup Studio felt like a week worth exploring how to avoid some too common mistakes. Discounting experience. With Facebook and Google suggesting most success stories are born out of college, it’s easy to overlook that the average…

Nearing the end of the school year, I get asked a lot, by parents and teachers, how to help students get into internships and even first jobs. This is my lecture in high school and college classes where I guest. Heavily use LinkedIn and learn to Search and Connect. Now, when I say LinkedIn, I do see most young…

Startups really do require a personality with a different way of looking at life. Most people, in life, are seeking these kinds of things from work: Stability Career Paycheck Benefits Saving And it’s very important to keep in mind that if you want to (or are) doing a startup, those…

I left a swanky bar in downtown Austin, with some guests on our way to an event, and a guy living in the street asked if we had a pen. Now, life can be impossibly difficult for some. And while that’s the worst the world has to throw at us…

Days away, the conference that connects the worldwide community of digital creatives with cutting-edge ideas, emerging interests, and opportunities to network with others who have a similar desire for forward-thinking experiences. Before we share where and when, let’s orient ourselves as great founders do, and start with why… Themes to Explore at SXSW Discovering the Undiscovered Vaccines are…

Talk radio this morning shared a Fast Company headline that Public schools are facing an existential Great Resignation of teachers. The National Education Association (NEA), released a new poll conducted to gauge the amount of stress on members today and it showed that 55% of teachers now say they’re going…