How to Get Your Dream Job After an MBA or MSc

Business Miscellaneous

From day 1 at business school, you’re already thinking about the future.

You’ve not even settled down. And you’re already looking forward to getting a dream job in a kick-ass company.

Let’s see how you can get this done, the right way.

What the Hell Is Happening to the Job Market?

As a business school student, you’re ambitious and have high expectations for yourself. Right? So you want to prove that you can get the job you want.

Here’s the thing:

The job market is saturated. Each job opening gets hundreds of applications.

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(Estimated reading time: 6:29 mins)

How to Speculate like a Successful Trader

Business Miscellaneous

You want to learn how to speculate?

Jesse Livermore is your guy.

He is one of the most methodical speculators—a real advantage in an area where adrenaline kicks in frequently.

Speculation differs from investment. Investors buy stocks looking for high-quality companies with long-term potential, while speculators only look for opportunities where significant price movements are likely (Investopedia).

As Keynes said:

“Speculation is knowing how the market will move before it does.”

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(Estimated reading time: 6:26 mins)

Estonian Mafia: A Technology Powerhouse that Influences the World

Business Miscellaneous

Estonia?

Two years ago, I knew nothing about this small European country. Then, I started working with the Estonian Mafia. It changed how I think about innovation.

A No-limit Country

We are our own limits. Marcus Aurelius said it very well:

“The mind knows no obstructions, except those from within.”

Estonians decided that limits weren’t a good idea. So they used digital technology to get rid some limits:

  • Kazaa popularised peer-to-peer download;
  • Skype made flying for a meeting out of fashion;
  • Playtech changed what going to casino means;
  • TransferWise transformed how transferring money abroad is being done.

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(Estimated reading time: 2:21 mins)

This Is How You Plan & Run a Great Workshop

Lead a High Performance Team

Running a workshop is an effective way to train a group or get them to do collaborative work.

But there’s still lots of misunderstanding around how to do this.

As part of running innovation projects at What If, we use workshops as a tool to harvest and leverage the creativity of our project teams.

Though I cannot recreate online the exciting experience of participating in one of these workshops, I wanted to share with you some of the most useful things you can implement in your workshops.

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(Estimated reading time: 9:53 mins)

19 Things to Keep in Mind Before Speaking in Public

Lead a High Performance Team

Knowing how to deliver a great speech is an essential skill for a leader.

Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, Barack Obama… They are great speakers. We all remember them for how they spoke in public.

But we don’t deliver speeches to such large audiences every day. Right?

We’re more likely to talk to the team we lead, to present something to stakeholders, or to speak at an event.

So it’s good to use these public figures to inspire us. But we also need practical tools to improve how we convey a message or tell a story.

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(Estimated reading time: 1:18 mins)

Run Better Customer Interviews: Never Ask These 3 Questions

Create a New Value Proposition

“What do our customers really want?” That’s what you want to find out.

But are you asking the right questions?

Some questions should never be asked. Never.

1. Do you think this is a good idea?

2. Would you buy this?

3. How much would you pay for this?

Why Are These Questions Bad Market Research?

There are many reasons asking these three questions won’t help you.

  1. Your customers can’t predict in the abstract if they will buy a new product, in the future

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(Estimated reading time: 1:07 mins)

10 Laws of Investor Pitch: Boost Your Chance to Raise Money from Early Stage Investors

Business Miscellaneous

Pitching investors is one of the most challenging things in being an entrepreneur.

Actually, it’s not…

You might think it is, if (1) your company is not prepared to raise money or (2) you are not prepared enough to pitch investors.

Let’s focus on #2, the investor pitch. [1]

Here’s a good news: You don’t need to be an amazing public speaker to impress investors. If you follow the advice from this article, you’ll get a real advantage.

But… you also need to practice as much as you can. Knowing is nice. Taking action is what makes a difference.

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(Estimated reading time: 5:58 mins)

Manage Your Future Success Using Feedback Analysis

Lead a High Performance Team

Feedback analysis is a necessary tool, if you want to perform at a higher level.

Let’s start thinking about what is going to happen in the next 365 days or 8,760 hours. (If you sleep 8 hours per night, this means 5,840 hours to have fun and create new thing). In this article I will explain a method to set a feedback analysis in order to assess what are your strengths and weaknesses. I also give you a spreadsheet template that will help you to set your New Year’s goals and assess your results.

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(Estimated reading time: 6:30 mins)

13+ Examples of the Best B2B Content Marketing in Venture Capital

Business Miscellaneous

Venture Capital & Content Marketing

Content marketing is the trendiest digital marketing technique.

And venture capital gives great examples of B2B content marketing. Think about the reputation that venture capitalists have built. Both investment funds (the limited partners that invest in VC funds) and startups really trust VCs.

How?

This is what you’re going to find out in today’s article.

As an entrepreneur, you’ll get new ideas for your own marketing strategy. As an investor, you’ll get a glance at what your competitors are doing.

Bonus: Download a free PDF with 6 content marketing best practices.

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(Estimated reading time: 17:02 mins)

16 Lessons to Become at Business Writing (and Convince People)

Lead a High Performance Team

For more than 9 years, I’ve been writing to educate, convince, inspire, negotiate, and sell.

Here are 16 practical things you can apply to improve your writing…

16 Useful Things that Will Help to Sell and Convince through Writing

1. Know who you’re writing to.

Who is going to read? What are they interested in? Keep one reader in mind. You shouldn’t address a group but just one reader.

2. Value your readers’ time more than yours.

Each piece should be the one that your reader shouldn’t miss regarding a specific topic. If not, there’s no reason to hit “publish” or “send”.

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(Estimated reading time: 4:09 mins)