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Entries Tagged as 'Career Reflections'
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Posted July 1st, 2010 By Nora | 12 Comments |
Joined Meltwater in July 2005 in Berlin after working for publishing houses in Munich and New York. Nora is now part of the Corporate Communications team.
Education: BS in Business and Media Science, (BA Heidenheim) Germany
Location: Berlin
Fanatical about: Dancing, boxing, traveling, music
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Meltwater News Berlin, 2005
How it all started:
Five years ago today was my first day at Meltwater. I had never heard about the company before I joined. I only knew that I was going to start in a sales role within a small Norwegian start-up that had ambitions to expand globally. The company had only 60 employees in Northern Europe back then and together with two Norwegian managers (Ingolf and Fredrik), our team of four new hires ( Christiane, Sonna, Inga and myself) entered the German speaking market. We opened our first office in Germany’s capital, Berlin.
Back then our office…
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Posted June 18th, 2010 By Joe | 8 Comments |
A Miami native and former Army Drill Sergeant, Joe joined Meltwater in 2006 as an IMT with Meltwater News in Silicon Valley. He built up the Engineering team as Director of R&D in San Francisco and later joined Meltwater New Ventures as an Associate.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Education: BS Finance, BA Multinational Business, The Florida State University
Fanatical about: Entrepreneurship, distance running, triathlon, new technologies, amateur astrophysics and languages
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I joined Meltwater in September 2006 and left in May 2010. In the nearly four years that I was with the company, I’ve seen the company grow from approximately 100 employees to over 700 employees based on every continent except Antarctica.
I recently sold all my earthly belongings (except for my iPhone, computer and essential clothing) and moved to Israel. Now based in Tel Aviv, I am looking to join a start-up team and plan to apply the key skills and lessons learned that I’ve acquired while at Meltwater.
I wanted to take the chance to reflect on and share those key skills…
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Posted May 4th, 2010 By Guest Blogger | 17 Comments |
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It was an October night in 2008, and as the plane began descending, I pressed my face against the window to get an aerial look at the city I would now call home. I took in the sight of Toronto, “The New York City of Canada,” they all told me when I announced I was moving. Now, dear reader, please keep in mind that I was in fact moving from the great island of Manhattan. I quickly exited Pearson International Airport to start my new life as a Sales Manager for the first Canadian office in the history of Meltwater…
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Posted April 22nd, 2010 By Guest Blogger | 5 Comments |
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A friend from university recently came up to me at a recruitment event and said, “Samantha, of all the people I knew at Brandeis, you are the last person I would see doing this. I mean the company looks cool and everything, but sales?”
Resisting the urge to launch into a lengthy lecture on all the reasons I love my job, I put myself in his shoes and admitted that three years ago I probably wouldn’t have seen myself in sales either.
I was your typical Brandeis overachiever, juggling two majors and a minor with countless internships, managing my school’s newspaper in my free…
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Posted March 23rd, 2010 By Jason | 6 Comments |
Joined Meltwater in 2006 after working as a Civil Engineer and a short, unsuccessful attempt at comedic acting. Currently the Managing Director of Meltwater Buzz Client Relations.
Location: Chicago, IL
Education: BS Civil Engineering, Northwestern University 2005
Fanatical about: Architecture, XBox, Puppy Bowl
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On a daily basis, I speak on the phone with clients of different ages, different levels of experience, and from different industries. In a nice little bit of juxtaposition, there are times when I hang up with a first-year marketing manager, pick the phone back up and immediately begin a conversation with a seasoned CEO. Regardless. I learn a lot in these conversations and, once in a while, I get to teach clients a thing or two about how to effectively use social media.
However, I’d like to take this opportunity to highlight some odd things that I’ve picked up on…
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