This year, we couldn’t be more proud than to bring back KIPP Bay Area, Summer Search, Juma Ventures, BUILD, and Year Up into our portfolio. And with open arms, we welcome College Track into the family. We gain greater clarity …
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I am now “retired” for the second time. The first time happened at the age of 51 when I left my position as the COO of eBay. I spent more time than ever with my wife (and I still didn’t …
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While employees with diverse skills and backgrounds are necessary to build a stand out company, I find that there are several commonalities in great employees. These are what I look for when I look for talent: An individual with a …
Continue Reading ▶Much about the workplace has advanced throughout my career, but as fax machines, desktops and office hours have gone the way of the dinosaur, some things that should have evolved have remained the same. Unfortunately, there has been—and still is—a …
Continue Reading ▶Any startup can—and should incorporate social good into its business model. All of us do our best work when we are aiming for a higher purpose. There’s much discussion of late about the importance of finding meaning in what we do and …
Continue Reading ▶I recently was visiting my three grandchildren (ages 3, 2, and 1) in Florida. I asked Micah, my 3-year-old grandson, what he wanted to be when he grew up. He said he wanted to be the driver of the tram at DisneyWorld. …
Continue Reading ▶Guest post for Pando Daily The way we work is profoundly changing and it’s affecting everyone. There’s a lot that is exciting in this new Age of Entrepreneurship — an era in which both company and employee longevity, are shrinking and everyone …
Continue Reading ▶Research demonstrates that when looking at career mentoring in terms of objective career success, better mentoring resulted in greater compensation, greater salary growth and more promotions. Other studies have found that people gained more clarity about their ‘‘professional identity,’’ meaning their …
Continue Reading ▶My mom passed away 28 years ago. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of her and miss her. But she left a mark on everything I’ve done and do. Helen Webb was amazing. After college, she started …
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We are very excited to re-launch our new website. In the redesign process, we strove to make it clearer and more vibrant, to better highlight the fabulous work the organizations we support are doing. As new philanthropists, it’s been quite …
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