Bethany Crystal
Following up: One simple key to your success
The first follow-up: A thank you This is sadly becoming a bygone practice, but I'm still a little old school. I don't think you have to...
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I write about community, the future of work, and leadership. Below are some of my favorite pieces I've researched recently. You can also subscribe to my blog.
A three-party series on why fractional work is the foundation for the next era of knowledge workers -- and how to decouple the 9-5 job.
As a web3 founder, what do you need to know about integrating community into your project? A profile of 12 crypto-native networks.
So you landed a final job interview. How to make sure you don't blow your big moment with bad questions.
With so many venture firms implementing strategies to build out their portfolio communities, the only question is - does it work?
Bethany Crystal
- May 19, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Feb 26, 2019
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Honoring the work of departing employees
How you say goodbye Transitions are impossibly hard. Senior level role transitions, even more so. But they happen all the time. In an...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 21, 2019
- 3 min
Unlocking "talent fluidity" in the tech ecosystem
Former colleagues in high places There's a nice feeling of "greatness by association" you get when you hear about a prior colleague doing...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 20, 2019
- 4 min
Transfer learning (and transferring your learnings)
Transfer Learning: A Primer In essence, transfer learning is when you collect and analyze enough data to build a machine learning model...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 19, 2019
- 2 min
Let's talk about titles
Who energizes you at work? (list 4 or more people) Who do you go to for help and advice? (list 4 or more people) Who do you go to when a...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 6, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Feb 5, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Jan 31, 2019
- 6 min
Coffee Chat: How do I start a platform strategy at my VC firm?
How do I start a platform strategy at my VC firm? This is the one of the most common questions that I get asked these days. And to be...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Bringing "big company" benefits to startup communities
But there are a few advantages to be gained from working at a larger organization — among them, and opportunity for learning and...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 23, 2019
- 1 min
Running our first Diversity & Inclusion survey
"But with diversity, where do the numbers and metrics come from? Is 50/50 always the 'right' ratio, and why? Shouldn’t the final goal...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 21, 2019
- 5 min
Coffee Chat: How did you get a job at a VC firm?
How did you get a job at a VC firm? The short answer is that I wasn't looking for one. In the four years leading up to starting out at...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 18, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Jan 14, 2019
- 4 min
Measuring the impact of a VC platform strategy
Cory Bolotosky of True Search (and formerly of Underscore VC) does a nice summary of a few of the biggest impact ways he sees platform...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 13, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Jan 7, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Dec 30, 2018
- 7 min
How to Build a Cabinet: Leadership Lessons from the Hamilton Creative Team
The secret sauce is the team. You might think it’s the writing — the cleverness of invention, the infusion of the old-school...
Bethany Crystal
- Dec 21, 2018
- 8 min
The worst questions you can ask your future employer in a job interview
So, you landed an in-person job interview? Good for you! You’re one step closer to getting a foot in the door someplace new (and...
Bethany Crystal
- Dec 14, 2018
- 3 min
How you handle corners
Last night we ate dinner at a restaurant where the kitchen and dish-washing stations were separated from the main dining room by a...
Bethany Crystal
- Dec 11, 2018
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