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Planning for conference attendance – #Hashtags to Handshakes

Published on September 12, 2011 by Marquis in events, guest bloggers, Networking, other sites

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The article below was submitted by my friend Mike “Ambassador” Bruny, who is a successful life coach and speaker on a range of topics including networking, motivation, and diversity. He has a passion for helping people to make the most of their interactions with new people and, as a part of that, he thought the following piece would be useful for the readers of this blog.

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Title: Planning for conference attendance – #Hashtags to Handshakes
Author: Mike “Ambassador” Bruny

September 1st is the unofficial end of summer. School has started, vacations are ending and there is a feeling … Read the rest

Conversation with Josh Savage, Global Benefits Consultant and Hip-Hop Artist

Published on June 2, 2011 by Marquis in Business, career, career path, Conversations, music industry, my peoples

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In this entry, you’ll be introduced to a young business professional named Josh Savage… Read the rest, a Global Benefits Consultant at a huge multinational firm in Atlanta. So far, he’s done some interesting things in his career, but, in my opinion, the most interesting thing about him is that he’s a hip-hop artist and is 100% committed to that as his future path. If you spend 5 minutes with him, you’ll realize that his personality is not like most other folks in his corporate line of work and, given his sense of style and “swag”, he’s more of a “Pharell Williams”-type

Milkshakes & Product Failures: A Lesson on Segmentation

Published on May 9, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Business concepts, guest bloggers, interesting articles, Marketing, other blogs, other sites, strategy

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Recently, my friend Eric Sforza, who some of you may remember from my video interview of him, reached out to share an article that he thought would be interesting to my readers. Eric studies a range of business topics, but one of his biggest areas of focus is at the intersection of customer orientation and strategy. In this article, he analyzes a case study of how customer segmentation helped to drive sales of milkshakes and shows how a lighthearted topic can lead to useful business insights.

If you enjoy the guest article below, please check out Eric’s blog at … Read the rest

Conversation with Kenji Crosland, Entrepreneur and SEO Expert

Published on April 19, 2011 by Marquis in Business, career, career path, Conversations, entrepreneurship, professional advice, Technology

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In this entry, we’ll be talking to a Seattle-based business professional named Kenji Crosland, who is an entrepreneur and search-engine optimization expert. Kenji currently serves an “SEO Samurai” for Teachstreet.com, a startup that brings motivated learners and talented teachers together. Prior to joining Teachstreet, Kenji founded 2 businesses with the most recent being GoldHat.org, a social donations site focused on funding creative projects.

Before taking his initial plunge into entrepreneurship, Kenji’s career took him on an interesting path, which included working as an English tutor and headhunter in Japan and as an author and copywriter. When I … Read the rest

Conversation with Tanisha Drummer, Strategy Professional and Former Management Consultant

Published on March 26, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Business School, career, career-life balance, consulting, Conversations, entrepreneurship, Leaving job for Bschool, mba, my peoples, professional advice, Stanford GSB, strategy, transition

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In this entry, you’ll be introduced to Tanisha Drummer, a Strategy professional and former Management Consultant. Tanisha is a friend of mine from my years at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has done some really interesting things in her career. Tanisha is a former Management Consultant in Accenture’s Strategy Practice, where she focused on Marketing strategy for 4 years before business school and 1.5 years afterward. She’s been in her current Corporate Strategy role at US Cellular for over a year now and has been having tremendous impact.

I’m tempted to give you more background on her … Read the rest

Conversation with Kevin Gao, Entrepreneur and Former McKinsey Consultant

Published on February 20, 2011 by Marquis in Business, career, consulting, Conversations, entrepreneurship, interview advice, notable organizations, other sites, professional advice

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In the video below, I’ll be introducing you to Kevin Gao, a former McKinsey Consultant who chose the path of entrepreneurship after leaving The Firm. His first venture was a company called Management Consulted… Read the rest that offers information about all things having to do with pursuing a career in Management Consulting. He started the business off as a website providing general information, but, over time, he evolved the business and started offering interview and resume preparation services along with specific case studies and job search strategies. Now, he’s working on a somewhat stealth-mode startup in the digital publishing space called

Conversation with Jullien Gordon, Serial Entrepreneur and “Purpose Finder”

Published on February 5, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Business School, career, career path, Conversations, entrepreneurship, job search resources, mba, my peoples, other sites, professional advice, Stanford GSB

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In this entry, I present a discussion with Jullien Gordon… Read the rest, a serial entrepreneur and “Purpose Finder”, as a part of my “Conversations” interview series. Jullien is a good friend of mine from time at Stanford GSB (he was in the class behind me) and we’ve supported each other over the years in our various ventures. My long-time blog readers will recognize Jullien’s name because I’ve written about him a few times times in the past. I wanted to profile Jullien earlier as a part of the this interview series, but he was busy launching the Career Change Challenge and

Future of Business: Left & Right Brain Thinking

Published on January 24, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Conversations, guest bloggers

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Earlier this month, I interviewed Eric Sforza, a Connecticut-based Innovation Strategy and Branding Consultant, to gain his insights about business and strategy (Click here to see the interview video) and, afterward, he approached me with an offer to write a guest post to follow-up on his comments from the interview. Based on his personal blog, I knew that he’d deliver something good and I was excited to accept his offer. That guest article is below.

If you enjoy the guest article below, please check out Eric’s blog at http://esforza.wordpress.com. Thanks again to Eric for his contribution.

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