The Big Picture Conversation
I feel like a broken record. Lately, I’ve been sitting down with founder friends of mine and having a discussion about how their business…
Belief in the Mythical, “10X” Hire Hurts Your Team
There’s a long-running meme in the tech & startup ecosystems that goes something like this: The top 10% in any given professional field are…
Events Can Be Both Wonderful & Dangerous Places to Launch
This week at Mozcon brought some big launches of new products and projects – the Google Algorithm weather forecast project, Mozcast, the new job…
Hacking the Character Litmus Test
I had coffee with SEOmoz’s new recruiter, Sierra, recently. She’s amazing, and she has to be. The people who make up our team over…
A Philosophy for Startup Success: Choose Short Men
One of the not-so-surprising facts about online dating is that short men and tall women tend to do poorly in comparison to their peers.…