Any professional athlete or trained soldier knows that the purpose of rigorous training is to make sure that at that critical moment, you act without thinking. Could the same be true for professional networking? If you have ever felt you aren’t a great networker, or if you want to improve your networking skills, this blog post…
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As CEO, a good part of my job to talk about our company values. I don’t do it in a dogmatic or structured way, but you can hear it in almost everything I say. That’s why you never hear anyone at Gangly Sister talking about an exit. None of our values have to do with…
DetailsI get as misty-eyed as the next person watching the Dove Selfie video, but when I stopped and thought about it, I realized it’s only one step up from telling girls they have to be beautiful in the first place. I’m taking a coursera course with Dan Ariely. In the first video, Professor Arieli explains that, as you…
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Who cares that Disney’s “Frozen” is the top-grossing animated film of all time? Yesterday in The Verge we learned that Disney’s Frozen is the top-grossing animated film of all time. Setting aside the fact that this is a made-up statistic (it’s not adjusted for inflation, and “animated film” is a category invented to have one…
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Can you believe we are still talking about this in 2014? I want to comment on the Golden Globes awards, because there’s something striking about feminism today. It’s finally feminine. In some ways, growing up, many of us were trained to be man-like, in order to compete in a man’s world. That wave of feminism…
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Rebecca Rachmany, CEO, Gangly Sister Productions: Hi I’m Rebecca Rachmany from Gangly sister Productions and I’m here with Fiona so why don’t you introduce yourself. Fiona Disegni, CEO, Rentez-Vous: Okay , hello I’m Fiona Disegni , I’m the founder of Rentez-Vous which is a peer- to -peer and designer fashion rental market place. We operate…
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(Apologies for the video camera which had a mind of its own and a wild auto-focus throughout the interview.) Thanks to Microsoft Ventures and Central Working for hosting us! Rebecca Rachmany, CEO of Gangly Sister: Hi, I’m Rebecca Rachmany. I’m the CEO of Gangly Sister. I’m here in London, and I’m here with Gerlinde, whose…
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Miriam Lottner, COO Gangly Sister: Hi, I’m Miriam Lottner, I’m COO and cofounder gain sister.com and I am thrilled to be today with Miriam Schwab, CEO and founder Illuminea and I let her introduce herself. Miriam Schwab, CEO, Illuminea: Hi, I’m Miriam Schwab and I’m CO and founder of Illuminea. We are press development and…
DetailsWe love and admire GoldieBlox, and today we are sending them wishes of humility and wisdom, both of which the Beastie Boys displayed, despite having their copyright clearly violated. We loved the recent video parody by GoldieBlox. But, oops, it turns out they didn’t get the rights to use the musical score. While the whole…
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Rebecca Rachmany, CEO, Gangly Sister Productions: Hi! I’m Rebecca. I’m the CEO of Gangly Sister. And we’re going to be interviewing business people about what inspires them, on how they got into business. Rebecca: : Hey, it’s Rebecca, here I am, with Liat, and we’re here again talking to successful entrepreneurs about what it’s like…
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