Bethany Crystal
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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
- Feb 9, 2019
- 5 min
Boardroom Confidence: Nature, Nurture, or Does it Matter?
"When investigating what deters professional advancement for women, the journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman found that a shortage of...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 8, 2019
- 3 min
5 Ways to Spice Up a Coffee Meeting
Coffee Tip #1: Go for a walk This is perhaps the best way to spice up a coffee meeting. Take your coffee to go. Of course, this is easier...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 6, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Jan 28, 2019
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When your dress rehearsal becomes the real thing
What's it like to look at a work in progress before it was really ready for prime time? How much did the actors "go for it" in rehearsal...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 25, 2019
- 6 min
Want to turn a role model into a mentor? Just be cool.
Warming up a relationship This is how my cat meets new people: New person walks into the house. Cat gets intrigued, comes to the door....
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 20, 2019
- 4 min
The customer is always right
Aligning incentives My very first job in the world was as a cashier in the men's department at my local JCPenney. All in, it remains to...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 15, 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 10, 2019
- 5 min
What does it mean to be on a board?
I joined two non-profit boards in 2018. The first, as a director at large for the Northwestern University Alumni Association, where I...
Bethany Crystal
- Jan 7, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Jan 4, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Jan 2, 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 28, 2018
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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 19, 2018
- 4 min
Beta testing (and breaking) new systems
It’s really fun to be the person sent in to stress test new systems. I get to do this a lot in the software / tech space, but rarely am I...
Bethany Crystal
- Dec 17, 2018
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