by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 16, 2019
Microsoft Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, unveiled new products on Wednesday that generated a lot of buzz. The products including Surface tablets, laptops and the company’s new smartphone, the Surface Duo. But it was the first five minutes of the...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 10, 2019
Bob Iger, the chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most admired chief executives. A lengthy story in the New York Times from earlier this week referred to him as “Hollywood’s nicest CEO.” In his new book, The Ride...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 9, 2019
Stephen Schwarzman is co-founder and CEO of Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms. His investments in hundreds of companies around the world have earned Schwarzman a net worth over $18 billion. Schwarzman has conducted thousands of job...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2019
I often agree to meet with entrepreneurs, investors, and CEOs for no other reason than to learn something new. This week, I had lunch with an entrepreneur and inventor who raised $17 million in a fundraising pitch and later sold his medical-device company for more...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2019
An entry-level clerk delivers documents to studio heads and learns the magical secret to making friends and influencing people. He doesn’t just succeed; he becomes one of the most iconic movie producers of our time. It sounds like a script, but the story is...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2019
Apple’s press release for the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro runs about 2,000 words. At the end of Tuesday’s keynote, Tim Cook summarized the products in just 17 words. Cook said the smartphones are “the most powerful and most advanced iPhones that...
