Today’s first coffee companion is a marketer.
We talked about:
- the origins of 100 Coffees and the idea of intentional serendipity
- the need for working in groups when looking for work
- the slightly icky nature of when personal branding becomes rampant self-publicity
- the way that blogging or podcasting or writing a book can open doors that would otherwise remain closed
- the power of writing as a way to process thoughts
- why the 1990s were great (and how to express that to kids born in the 2000s)
- the need to commit oneself emotionally when getting into job recruitment processes
- headhunters, and their inability generally to understand anything but the most linear of career paths
- the hard work of networking
- scale-ups and traditional big blue chips
I’m looking for more coffee companions through 2023, either in person or online. Sign up at https://calendly.com/matt-ballantine
I’m also working on a guide on How to have coffee… https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KeihQordbUDmVhFd6THrbReUpu2jGrdWR5L9TMjT9pY/
Here’s one for the stats junkies…
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