How to Detect Hidden Bias (in Yourself)
Two people-one a nattily dressed young white man, the other a middle-aged black woman who is slightly overweight-apply for a job with your organization. They seem equally qualified, but the hiring...
View ArticleHow to be an expert
The August issue of Scientific American takes a deep look at how experts–chess grandmasters, musicians, physicians–develop their abilities. Ericsson argues that what matters is not experience per se...
View ArticleIntroduction to Probability textbook—no charge
Thanks to the American Mathematical Society, Dartmouth is giving away the much-praised textbook, Introduction to Probability by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell, as free etext. The website...
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Entrepreneurial Education Programs in New York/Invitation to Founder...
I’ve been very excited to see the boom in the New York startup community in the last 2 years, driven in large part by the shrinkage in the NY industries that traditionally lured some of the most...
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How to Hack Your College or Graduate School Education
You’re likely investing $20,000-$50,000/year, plus opportunity cost, to attend school. How can you maximize the benefits of all the years and all the money that you are investing? I have a tentative...
View ArticleFree Video: How to Hack Your MBA
Evisors just posted the video from my recent webinar on “How to Hack Your MBA”. Since 1992, I’ve been working on a book tentatively titled “Hack your Education: How to Squeeze Maximum Value from...
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How to Think Like a Hacker, Even if You Can’t Code
What do Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Larry Page all have in common? Yes, they’ve founded multi-billion dollar businesses with virtually no formal business training, with combined revenues of over...
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How To Add Powerful (and Legal) Images To Your Presentations
What do you remember better? Pictures or words? The evidence is clear: people have better recall for images than text. Including attractive images that dramatize your speaking points will...
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The Best Movies About Real Business, Not Hollywood’s Idea of Business
Eric Ries likes to asks audiences who has seen a movie about a startup. Normally everyone has seen “The Social Network”. But, quoting a recent profile: “Perhaps Ries’ most important message was that...
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Recent Books: Paleo, Angel Investing, Mediation, and Career Acceleration
I read a few books over the last year that I thought were worth highlighting/recommending: The book that has had the most practical impact on my life was The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for...
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