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.…
The Third Kind of Marriage
Psychologist Kelly Flanagan wrote a paragraph I loved so much, I thought about framing it: The third kind of marriage is not perfect, not…
If You’ve Had Success, You’ve Also Had Luck
One of my least favorite qualities in many of the “successful” individuals I meet (those who’ve achieved wealth, notoriety or a combination) is their…
No, I Don’t Hate Black/Gray Hat SEOs or Their Tactics
Because I often speak and write passionately about the value of white hat SEO and broader white hat inbound marketing, there seems to be…
A Massive, Worldwide Middle Class
There’s a common refrain that entrepreneurs are, by nature, optimists. I certainly fit in that classification. I’m optimistic about people, about companies, about technology,…
Minimalist Lifestyle & Time Management
I got a question last week over email that I realize I’ve never answered publicly on the web before: Whenever I hear anybody in…
Women Underestimate their Performance, and that’s a Good Thing
I truly enjoyed Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement speech given at Barnard College last week. It was not only inspiring but featured a call to action…