by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 27, 2014
Millions of women are being encouraged to “lean in” and to pursue their goals thanks to Sheryl Sandberg’s book and non-profit organization by the same name. As the Facebook COO, Sandberg’s now famous 2010 TED talk, Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders, helped to launch...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 27, 2014
Here is the link to the posted article. “I’ve never done something only for the money—ever. If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do well at it,” producer Mark Burnett told me in a phone interview this week as he was preparing for the release of his new...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 25, 2014
Ideas are the currency of the 21st century. You can have brilliant ideas—truly revolutionary ideas—but if you cannot persuade others to act, those ideas don’t matter. Today, thanks to the world-famous TED conference, independently organized TEDx community events, and...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 17, 2014
Ask a person who their role models are and you’ll learn a lot about their character. You will also learn how successful they are likely to be. In September I wrote this column about Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace (Access Health CT) and how it was...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Sep 21, 2013
One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make when pitching to angel investors is bombarding them with data and boring PowerPoint slides instead of inspiring and engaging them. This is one of the key lessons I learned as I followed a Forbes.com reader and...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jul 27, 2013
Companies want to hire military veterans. It’s the right thing to do and it’s good for business. Intel hired the equivalent of more than one veteran every day in 2012 and is committed to being the high tech workplace of choice for America’s heroes. “From an employer...
