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Former TV news reporter who made the jump to Corporate Communications at Meltwater. Location: San Francisco CA Education: BA Philosophy, Wellesley College 2004 MS Broadcast Journalism, Boston University 2005 Fanatical about: Yoga, food, road cycling, great video production and swimming
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Some of my Meltwater colleagues recently sent around a thought-provoking piece published recently in the New York Times. Guy Kawasaki, a co-founder of Alltop, a news aggregation site, and managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, reflects on lessons learned so far in his career and gives advice on building important skills.
His first job, of all things, was selling jewelry, and he says he learned a fundamental lesson: “… how to sell. Sales is everything. As long as you’re making sales,” he says, “you’re still in the game.”
Guy interestingly goes on to criticize the investment banking and consulting professions, advising graduates…
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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: Boston, MA
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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One of the most interesting aspects of working at Meltwater has been truly understanding the difference between sales vs. management. On our sales “playing field” here at Meltwater, we basically have three roles—Sales Consultant, Sales Manager, and Managing Director. I like to refer to these roles in sports terms: Player, Team Captain, and Coach. Our goal as a company is not to hire just sales coaches or salespeople—we hire future managers who first have to master the sales process.
In many aspects of life, you can pretty much spot the difference between a player and their coach. Sometimes, coaches were not good…
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Joined Meltwater’s Manchester office in 2007 and made a move to London 6 months later. Victoria is now part of Meltwater's global Communications team.
Location: London
Education: BSc Management (Hons) University of Manchester
Fanatical about: Extreme sports – wake boarding, snow boarding & sky diving, festivals and visiting new places
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Last Tuesday evening the London School of Economics (LSE) Old Theatre, which has previously been host to Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and Amartya Sen, was buzzing with students eagerly awaiting the outcome of the LSE “Pitch It!” business plan competition they had been part of for the last 4 months. Twenty-six teams had entered their business ideas, but the final six teams were about to pitch their businesses to the panel of judges made up of Julie Meyer (BBC Dragons’ Den and Founder of Ariadne Capital Cash), Jorn Lyseggen (Founder and CEO of Meltwater Group), John Dixon (Head of Media, RBS Finance) and Cliff…
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MEST's First Graduating Class
“The dis tin,” or “the this thing”, is a phrase frequently used in Ghana to describe something that either is difficult to describe, does not have a name, or a name that the speaker has just momentary forgotten. (Disclaimer: Please forgive me, all Ghanaians if I am translating this somewhat incorrectly.)
In 2008, I worked at Meltwater Entrepreurial School of Technology (MEST) as a Teaching Fellow – more on that later. This past January I was fortunate enough to go back to Ghana and attend the graduation of the first class of trainees.
So what is “the dis tin” that is…
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