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Smart Lemming Diary: Emerging Potential Exit Strategies for Startup

January 28, 2006 Working for a startup has peaks and valleys. One day you’re worried about funding. Another day you’re concerned about too much to do in too little time. Or your channel strategy pays off, with partners signaling your startup is a strategic fit in their portfolio. The trick to working in a startup [...]

Smart Lemming Diary: Don’t Forget about the Hidden Power Players in your Company

January 27, 2006 There are times when you’re working so hard and fast that you forget how powerful a particular key stakeholder is in your company. When you’re in the weeds, raise your head, look around, and communicate with key stakeholders. Because I failed to do this, I lost political capital this week with one [...]

The Smart Lemming’s Weekly Twitter Digest: Week of November 6, 2009

The Smart Lemming recommends Lori Grant’s tweets as additional resources for college-age or new workers: A master’s degree in tough times? Do your homework before you enroll. Your LinkedIn profile picture maybe killing your job prospects Other basic issues that candidates do and don’t do that have a big impact on getting their resume noticed [...]

Bullies in the Workplace

“Bullying wasn’t okay in elementary school and it isn’t okay now.”

Sadly, bullies are alive and well in the American workforce. 37% of the U.S. workforce (an est. 54 million Americans) report being bullied at work.