Jane Chin, Ph.D.

The Anti-Job Mafia

There has been a new breed of “self-help” / personal development “experts” and self-proclaimed gurus who are trying to convince us that if everyone isn’t quitting his or her jobs and “being their own bosses” (self-employment) then they must be stupid. What these people don’t tell you that most of their “rags to riches” successes [...]

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Why Many Women Say “Thanks, but No Thanks” to Traditional Start-Ups

There’s a bit of a start-up scandal: when a startup accelerator, FounderFuel launched, they forgot to invite the girls. This caused Shannon Smith to ask, “How do we fix the gender imbalance in Start-ups?” One of my favorite answer to this question comes from Jens Wuerfel, who said “Women – start startups!” This is the [...]

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What do You Call Someone Who…

This question seems to be a loaded one from the topics tagged (as of my commenting, “stupidity” and “stubbornness” — but these may be removed once I post my comment)! So I’d prefer not to put a formal answer. But the descriptions that come to my mind are: “I guess s/he’s still living and eating [...]

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One Strong Belief in the Call

I’ve had a hard time writing this. Not because I don’t want to share it, but because I’m not quite sure how to explain it. I’m quite logical and analytical, and my one strong belief in “the Call” is — well — utterly irrational. I believe that all of my entrepreneurial activities is no more [...]

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Social Media Klout or Influence… It All Comes Down to ROI

I like Klout for their “style” assignments, but this runs into a danger of limiting people into a “box” the way you’re forever branded by the Myers Briggs temperament indicators. Then people start to take these labels and limit you. I’ll admit, recently when my Klout style briefly veered into the “specialist” category, I was [...]

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No, I don’t want you to work for free… it’s just a test

“Free” is the reason why many of us have burned out. Those of us who started doing what we LOVE and feel so passionate about what we do that we’d jump out of bed the morning and look forward to Mondays (oh who am I kidding, most of us don’t care about weekends we just [...]

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Value of Playing EmpireAvenue

EmpireAvenue describes itself as “the Social Media Exchange, where you can invest in any social media profile by buying their shares, meet new people, unlock Achievement badges, and earn boatloads of virtual cash by being active and social online! Buy shares in your friends, your followers, people with similar interests, brands you love, celebrities – [...]

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