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LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman offers graduates the secrets to success

By @gordonmacmillan // 14 May, 2013 – 2:24 pm // No comments

It is not often that you come across a set of self help type career advice that makes a huge amount of sense and is very much worth sharing.

This Slideshare deck from billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is one such set of advice. It’s smart. Particularly if you are about to graduate or even if that day is a few years behind you. Read More »

SXSW Day 2: Sat: Keep it weird Austin!

By Andrew Roberts // 15 March, 2012 – 12:39 am // No comments

Saturday brought more British weather but on an American scale as the heavens literally opened meaning I missed the first session of the day trying to avoid getting completely soaked.

I attended 3 sessions – a reading on transmedia storytelling #SXacg2ts and two keynotes on career / life planning #SXstartyou and How to read the World#SXThurston on the role of technology, comedy and satire in transforming the world around us. Read More »

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