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It would make sense for me to reach out to my EZ Texting co-founders for a guest post. Not only were we born within a…

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Jay Patel is the VP & GM of Cisco's Webex CPaaS business, a role he assumed following Cisco's acquisition of his company IMImobile for $730…

As a behavioral design expert and the author of two bestselling books, Nir Eyal has a lifetime of training for his role as a guide…

Huggy Rao, the Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, has spent over forty-five years shaping the minds of…

John Lauer is your archetypical serial entrepreneur. While most famous for founding Zipwhip—sold to Twilio for a whopping $952 million (based on the closing date…

Barbie Brewer boasts a prolific career in people and culture. For six years, she championed the HR initiatives at Netflix, overseeing a team dedicated to…

Terry Hsiao is an entrepreneur, advisor, and investor with extensive experience in cloud software, mobile apps, wireless networks, and fintech. He has founded multiple companies…

As a daughter of a career diplomat, Junga Kim has a lifetime of training for her role as Partner at Reed Smith’s Global Commercial Dispute…

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Communicating with clarity is a core skill of leaders, and Matt Abrahams has been teaching leaders how to communicate for almost thirty years, eleven of…

Even before Pray.com, Steve Gatena had a storied career. A former NCAA champion and USC football player (and winner of a Rose Bowl championship), Steve…

A mechanical engineer with an MBA and the daughter of a master electrician, Sheila Stafford has both the quantitative chops and the intuitive understanding of…

By any yardstick, Brian Frons is a trailblazer. As the former head of Disney's ABC daytime television, he is one reason daytime talk has become…