Friday Finds

Written on 5:32 AM by B

1. Asking someone for advice is paying them a compliment. If done correctly, it can become a very fruitful relationship for both parties. Be considerate of the “ Mentors “ time and make sure you have solutions or engaging ideas before you ask for a plethora of information. Show initiative.
2. Specializing in a particular area is more enticing for employers and customers than knowing a little bit about everything. However, when engaging in daily conversation with many different individuals, knowing a little bit about everything actually comes in handy.
3. Twitter was offered 500 million dollars in mostly stock to be bought out by Facebook. They apparently turned it down because they did not believe the stock was worth its face value and it wasn’t the right time
4. There might actually be a market for the strategies I have used in making improbable connections on social networks to get past pre-existing barriers.
5. Wordpress is more professional and comment friendly than blogger
6. Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs are pretty accessible and interesting to talk to
7. Peers are helping me do my research and homework without even knowing it
8. Failure does two things. It either makes you fearful or fearless.
9. “Doing everything the easy way to quickly get it off your to-do list is not how start-ups succeed. That’s how employees succeed in a corporation”.
10. People already know a bunch of stuff. They just need to be reminded.