May 16 (Bloomberg) — Reid Hoffman, the entrepreneur who created LinkedIn, is also the embodiment of it. As the most connected man in Silicon Valley, Hoffman has leveraged his own vast web of personal and professional connections to get in on the ground floor of most of the hot tech companies of the past decade, including Facebook Zynga, Flickr, and Digg. Bloomberg Game Changers features an interview with Hoffman. Additional interviews include Peter Thiel, a college friend and former Paypal founder, David Sze, partner at Greylock, Dave Goldberg, former Yahoo executive and longtime friend, Cyriac Roeding, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and CEO of shopkick, Zynga founder Mark Pincus, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, Linked In co-founder Allen Blue, and Richard Gingras, a former boss of Hoffman from his days at Apple Computer. (Source: Bloomberg)

UCLA Career Week 2012 – April 20 – Panel for International Students

New country. New possibilities. New challenges. Uncover job search strategies and myths, and channel your strengths toward your career development, all while networking with employers interested in hiring international students. Enhance your knowledge of what it takes to be successful in the U.S., considering the various career and visa options. Are you seeking ways to interact with employers? Do you want to have your job search process questions answered by a legal expert? This is your stop! Tune In to learn more about the visa process and the dos and don’ts that will get you started on the job search process in the U.S. While this program is geared toward the unique situations of international students, domestic students are welcome to attend!

Animator: Sanaz Nabati, Career Counselor, UCLA Career Center

Presenters included:

Jean-Marc Dedeyne, CEO and Founder, U in the USA

Sara Gunther, Content Associate, Party Earth

S.K. Moon, Korea Pros, Korea Business Consulting and HR Development

Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Attorney at Law, Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group

“It has been a pleasure having Jean-Marc as a panelist on a workshop for international students on how to navigate the job search process for international students. He was so professional, knowledgeable and friendly as a panelist staying longer than required to answer students’ questions as well as provide a wealth of resources for both students and fellow colleagues of mine to utilize in working with international students. Additionally, he is so motivated and easy to talk to-he is the symbol of an international student becoming successful and learning the ropes of business conduct. His resources,experiences and knowledge in assisting international students is something I strive to do in helping international students as well. I recommend him as a coach and a panelist for sure because he has a lot to offer. Thanks so much Jean-Marc for your amazing contribution to our recent workshop. I hope to invite you to future programs.” April 23, 2012 Sanaz Nabati, Career Counselor, UCLA, Career Center

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Serial entrepreneur and investor Reid Hoffman encourages individuals to become the entrepreneurs of their own lives. In this talk hosted by Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner, Hoffman shares the importance of taking intelligent risks, building thoughtful networks and continually adapting your skills to navigate a fulfilling career path.

Source: Spotlight LA Tech

This video is an extract of the Spotlight LA Tech’s event hosted by TechZulu in the Winter 2012.

Bill Gross took his audience on a narrative journey of his own experiences with stories on both successes and failures along his entrepreneurial path. In addition to serving as director and founder to multiple successful companies, he is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. Bill received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Source: docstoc and visual.ly

America, as we all know, is “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” It’s also the land of the entrepreneur.

This is abundantly clear from recent statistics published by the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity. More than half-a-million new businesses are created in the United States every month—543,000 new businesses, to be exact. This added up to a total of more than 6.5 million new businesses started in the U.S. in 2011.

The U.S. has been widely viewed as the best place in the world to start a new business since we rose to become the world’s dominant economic power in the years following World War II. Despite the major economic downturn of a few years ago and the inconsistent recovery, this perception has only grown in recent years.

In fact, many experts attribute the current boom in entrepreneurship at least in part to the recession and large number of corporate layoffs. Rather than join millions of other unemployed individuals just looking for another job, many have decided to start their own businesses instead. Read more here

 

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Jeff Weiner’s CEO at LinkedIn speaking at Bay Area Council 2012 Outlook Conference on the gap between available jobs & the skills required to fill those jobs.

A video worth watching.

The Rise To The Top invited Ramit Sethi, the creator of I Will Teach You To Be Rich, New York Times Best-Selling Author (affiliate), and amazing Internet entrepreneur.

During the interview, Ramit shares all kinds of secrets, including how his blog got so popular, how he monetized by launching his first product (and what he learned from it), his rigorous research process, and much more.

Tip-toeing around the idea of starting a blog?

Jenny Blake hosted a webinar with Corbett Barr and Caleb Wojcik of Think Traffic on starting a blog that matters.

They covered 5 incredible case studies of regular people who became big name bloggers, 5 bloggers who earn over $1 million a year and the 9 essential elements of starting a blog that matters.

With a bold goal to help build a world in which the vast majority of people go home everyday feeling fulfilled by their work, Simon Sinek is leading a movement to inspire people to do the things that inspire them.

Simon Sinek was speaking at the CreativeMornings/NewYork’s event this month.

CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and includes a 20 minute talk, plus coffee!

2012/04 Simon Sinek from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.

Ana Dutra, CEO, Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting, discusses how companies can develop access to a supply of global talent at the Human Capital Breakfast Seminar, presented by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Business without Borders in Los Angeles. read more

Ms. Dutra was part of an expert panel that included Jonas Prising, President, Manpower Group, the Americas, and Jonathan Speight, Regional Head of HR Business Support, Latin America, HSBC. The panel was moderated by Justine Thody, Editorial Director, Americas, Economist Intelligence Unit.