Tag: Networking Basics

  • You Can’t Always Get…What You Want…

    You Can’t Always Get…What You Want…

    You can’t always get what you want, no! You can’t always get what you want (tell ya baby) You can’t always get what you want (no) But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need – The Rolling Stones I want to preface this little simmering rant of mine by…

  • Don’t Be That Guy – The Angry Birds Edition

    Don’t Be That Guy – The Angry Birds Edition

    I have an extremely addictive personality. I know this comes as no surprise to any of you that have spent any time around me at all.  I’m simply physically, or mentally, incapable of doing something half-assed. Everything becomes an obsession…a compulsion…especially games…but I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know, right?  Right. So it…

  • Evolution

    Evolution

    Now that I’m taking some time to gather my thoughts beyond “Thank you” after last night’s event at the BlackFinn, one of the conversations that I had is really resonating with me this morning. It’s about the evolution of our group.  Where we’ve been, where we are now, and the changes that we’ve seen not…

  • Lessons From A Child’s Toy 2: Learn Harder

    Lessons From A Child’s Toy 2: Learn Harder

    I’ve already done “electric boogaloo”, so yes, it had to be that title. Almost three years ago now, as we were coming up on our first Pink Slip Party, I wrote “Lessons From a Child’s Toy” about some lessons I learned one bleary-eyed morning during a hazardous encounter between my feet and some colorful wooden blocks. At…

  • The Dating Corollary: Breakup Netiquette

    The Dating Corollary: Breakup Netiquette

    As mentioned in the introduction (and you read the introduction, right? No? Go read it over here), in the first follow up (and you read that one too, right? No? Go read it over here), and then in the next one about counter-offers over here, we’re going to chat about some of the similarities between the…

  • Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Networking

    Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Networking

    There are a many reasons why you go to networking events.  You might be looking to make some connections in your target field.  You might be looking for a job, or you could be looking to hire someone.  You might be looking for customers to sell to, or you might be looking for suppliers to…