Archive | January, 2012

The Facebook IPO – What The Investment Banker You’re Dating Won’t Tell You

If you lived in San Francisco in the late nineties you either worked for a start-up or an investment bank. I was in the former camp, and had a boyfriend in the latter camp. Taking what I learned from my days in San Francisco, I thought I’d give you a five-point list on what you [...]

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Lawmaker Wants Florida To Reinstate Dwarf Tossing To Help Economy

State Rep. Ritch Workman, a Republican from Melbourne, wants to make dwarf tossing legal in Florida. He thinks it will help revive their economy and says it’s not the state’s business if somebody wants to do this. “All that it does is prevent some dwarfs from getting jobs they would be happy to get,” Workman [...]

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Why We Are All A Bunch Of Prostitutes, Kind Of

So women should leverage their sexuality to get promotions, make sales, get high-earning husbands—great legs help with all that stuff.  I snagged that quote from Penelope Trunk, my favorite career blogger, author, entrepreneur and all sorts of other stuff. Of course there’s an onslaught of readers who think she’s ridiculous. Seriously? If you’re skating by on your [...]

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The #1 Thing You Should Do When You Are Being “Falsely” Attacked

“You are fucking up business, what are you doing!? Stop fucking up business!”  That’s what an old boss of mine yelled at me one day on the phone. I was going into a meeting and all I could think to say was, “I’m going in a meeting, I’ll call you after.” I’m very clever when I’m [...]

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Zooey Deschanel: Cash Is King (Especially When You’re Getting A Divorce)

I got my hands on Zooey’s assets, income, and expenses. Her lawyer kindly included this info in the documents when she and her husband Ben Gibbard filed for divorce, so now the information is public. I feel like someone should be fired.  TMZ reported that her net worth is $3.9 million. She has about $1.6 [...]

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