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    Call the Shots & Stop Being So Nice

    I gave a long rambling talk at Thinc Iowa.  So rambly in fact, that I was scared to watch it on video for a few months.

    Here’s the short version:

    • Stop being so nice
    • Gather the facts and judge people
    • Don’t be the no in your own life
    • If you don’t make decisions no one will
    • Inertia is death

    Don’t miss the part where I tell people to STOP DOING ALL THE THINGS and also the part (around 17:20) where I’m really honest about how women having the biggest problem with being too nice.

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    “Towering” by Seryn – with Incomplete Lyrics

    9,233 views on YouTube… whatever.  This is great music.

    And because I could not find the lyrics online

    Oh, oh, oh, oh
    towering
    Oh-oh, Oh-oh
    Oh-oh,
    Oh-oh, towering
    Oh-oh, towering
    Oh-oh, towering
    Oh
    2-3-4-5-6
    Oh that we’re only able to see now
    We anticpate
    What will become
    This is not easy
    We underestimate
    Only the lonely get away unharmed
    But even the lonely have their scars
    Oh that we’re only moving right along
    And oh-oh-oh-oh

    Oh, that we’re only
    Where this is moving
    We can feel the …
    Come like the sun
    Know that you’re glowing
    Feels like we just begun

    Oh that we’ve only just arrived
    All that we have is … inside
    Only the lonely get away unharmed
    And oh oh oh-oh-oh,

    Instrumental break

    Only this one sweet hour (heart..?)

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    Come Schlep with Me! Seeking Paid Content Intern at Referly

    Referly enables anyone to share links to products and earn rewards when the link they share results in a purchase.

    We are building out rich content pages that need a lot of curation. We’re eagerly looking for someone non-technical with a sense of style and visual composition, passion for browsing the Internet for unique and interesting products, efficient and self-directed work style, and passion for learning about working in a startup. You are the kind of person who loves Gilt Groupe, used Pinterest before it was hot, and snags the best stuff on Fab.com on a regular basis.

    You’ll be showcasing the best content from our community, and coming up with creative concepts of your own for various promotions and new landing pages. You’ll build tons of public-facing content that you will be able to point to at the end of your internship and say “I made that”. You’ll be blogging, talking to customers, learning about the things people love, and creating content that will help them be successful with Referly.

    The ideal candidate is open to becoming more technical but doesn’t need to be technical at all to start with. You will probably have to complete repetitive tasks and we will be happy to show you how to quickly automate them. You will learn to browse files and run scripts from the command line, write formulas in spreadsheets, pull data from databases with mySQL, tweak HTML/CSS, and argue for your awesome product improvement ideas with the team.

    There will also be a lot of schlepping, not because you are an intern but because that is what startups do – you’ll be cranking 24/7 alongside the team at our office in San Francisco. Between the 5 of us we’ve worked on over a dozen startups, so we’ve got lots of war stories to share.

    Bonus points if you: know how SEO works, know how HTTP works, know how the fashion industry works, can fix an air conditioner with a Leatherman

    Interested?

    Please send your resume, Referly profile (sign up at http://refer.ly) with some links and descriptions (we’re testing your ability to write interesting short content), and a draft blog post of how you’d introduce yourself to our community on our blog (http://blog.refer.ly) if you were a member of our team to danielle (at) refer.ly — please do more than just copy the job description, we can tell when people do that. Add your own unique flavor!

    Location: San Francisco, CA

    Pay: Hourly, $15-$25 depending on experience

    Term: 3 months – but could become full time role with the right person