B26 – Quarterly Reviews, Goals & Values

The end of Q1 2016 has arrived and now we are on our way to Q2.  Coming from auditing, quarterly reviews were our bread and butter alongside our main course of year-end filings. Dano and I discuss this thick book that has become my quarterly review, and more importantly the purpose of it: pausing, reviewing […]

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B25 – On a Life Well Lived

This week on Cliff’s notes, Dano and I discuss and reflect On a Life Well Spent and how we can combine both academic knowledge with our own experiences.  One powerful way to do that is by traveling and seeing for ourselves that which we study. Strangers on a plane, misquoting Lincoln, and more in this […]

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B24 – Cheat Sheet to Your Business Model

I really want to dive deep into the area of launching startups and getting ready to pitch/present to potential investors.  We’ve already explored the customer-centric model to building a business and discussing Four Steps to Epiphany.  Now, I want to get into the nitty-gritty next steps of how to understand what your startup stands for, […]

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B24 – Make Your Point Shine Bright Like a Diamond

To quote Cliff Schorer (great first name btw), our Director of Entrepreneurship in Residence here at Columbia Business School: “It’s not a business until something gets sold.” It’s probably one of the top skills I’ve seen needed for  entrepreneurs.  The fact is that you need to sell yourself and your company to recruit talent, money […]

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B23 – Something New With Empower Your Language

This site is and has always been about delivering quality content that you the reader find valuable.  This means ultimately that it’s a testing ground.  After talking with many of you, I’ve decided to try something new here with the intention that it pulls together even more value and pushes my own comfort level. I […]

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