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Greylock Looks To Help Portfolio Companies Recruit Talent With New Hires

Reblogged from TechCrunch:

One of a key roles of a VC and investor is to help portfolio companies and startups recruit quality talent. Especially with the current competitive hiring climate, recruiting can be a challenging task for companies both big and small. Today, VC firm Greylock is announcing that it has created a dedicated talent team to help its portfolio companies recruit effectively and succeed in the current battle for talent. Jeff Markowitz, former managing director of the venture capital practice at executive search …

Interesting how VCs are bringing in Talent partners to help their ventures hire aggressively :)

Everyone Needs a Devil’s Advocate

Reblogged from nsrajanblogs:

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Everyone Needs a Devil’s Advocate NS Rajan   Opposition could be viewed as a conscience that speaks from outside you, akin to the ‘little voice’ inside you. It has been observed that unlimited power invariably hurtles us towards hubris, and leads to a subsequent downfall.  John Locke, philosopher and proponent of the social contract, wrote in ‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding,’ that ‘all men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation …

great post by NS Rajan !

Financial Intelligence for HR Professionals

Got this email for an interesting training for HR folks

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Sumeet Varghese <sumeet@yourhrbuddy.org>
Dear Friend,
Your HR Buddy in partnership with HR Guru & Associates is offering a Public Workshop for HR and Line Managers (from Non-Finance background) in Mumbai on Feb, 17, 2012.

Should you know people who would be interested, feel free to share the contents of this mail with them.

Please find below details about the program.

I have also enclosed the Brochure and Nomination Form.

Thank you for your support.

Kind Regards,


Sumeet Varghese
| M: +91 9998822978

Management Consultant
W:www.yourhrbuddy.org
L: http://in.linkedin.com/in/sumeetvarghese

swirly colours experiment (by claire and cate pontefract)

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This week my sister and I did a experiment called “swirly colours” If you are interested stay tuned: You will need: flat bowl or deep plate, dish washing liquid, different coloured food colouring and milk. Fill the bowl or plate with milk Put 4 different colors of food colouring close to the edges. Put a bit of dish washing liquid in the center, remember DO NOT MIX! enjoy!!! See a video of my  experiment Here are some pics of what mine looked like:     

Social Learning! An 8 yr old does an experiment and shares it on her blog!

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