Author Archives: randombookmarks
Choices
Sometimes I hear people saying “I did not have the choice”. I am pretty sure that most of the time, it is possible to find several options to choose from. Depending on the person, the difficulty could be: to decide … Continue reading
Mentor or model?
I would like to dedicate my first post of 2013 to someone who I don’t know if I should call him a friend or a mentor, so I might go for my Jedi Master (yes I like Star Wars!). I … Continue reading
Transform your pessimism into action
France: world champion of pessimism I read a French article (or click here for a similar English article) about the results of a poll presenting the French people as first among the 10 countries the most pessimistic about their future, including … Continue reading
Review 2010
Review The end of the year is usually a period where people would do a review about their personal or business life, in order to: analyze what went well. analyze what went wrong. set new goals for the coming year. … Continue reading
Networking
The act of networking is not so common in France. It is perhaps related to the fact that French employees usually stay for a long period in the same company, so they don’t feel the need to extend their network. … Continue reading
Overcoming your fear
Looking for entrepreneurial stories Few days ago, during a conference for entrepreneurs, I decided to ask few of them to share a little bit of their entrepreneurial stories in front of a camera. I thought it would be easy for … Continue reading
Making the leap
Edith Yeung One of the first names I heard in San Francisco related to the entrepreneurial world was that of Edith Yeung. She organizes many events in the Bay Area to help entrepreneurs connect with each other. I … Continue reading
Setting new goals
In France September is usually considered as the month for coming back to school or to work after the summer vacation: we call that “La rentrée”. Yesterday was Labor Day, which marked the end of my last long weekend for … Continue reading
Learning from your failures
One difference I have found in the Bay Area (I can not speak for other regions.) is the fact that failure is better accepted here than in France. Here making mistakes is part of the experience, and the lessons learned … Continue reading
Having good Customer Service skills is a mindset!
People can learn how to provide good services to customers, but it will make the difference in the quality of service if enjoying solving problems for others and paying attention to them is part of your personality. I have worked … Continue reading
Random Bookmarks 