From Yahoo! Finance: Consulting's High-Wire Act:

David Teten says the consulting is very convenient, intellectually stimulating, and may help executives build their personal professional networks and learn how Wall Street views their industry.

more on how to consult with hedge funds and other institutional investors...

Public Markets Investing

BusinessWeek has a good piece about the expert-matching industry (page 52 of the current issue):

"We cut out the analysis that clients are perfectly capable of doing themselves," says David Teten, chief executive of New York's Nitron Advisors LLC, which set up shop in late 2003.

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I admit it, Dave Barry is one of the funniest writers I've ever read. For a great summary of some of the tricks of his trade, see How to Write Like Dave Barry.

Personal Productivity

I have had several conversations with Erik Wachtmeister, CEO of aSmallWorld. Micaela Owusu and I have added a profile of aSmallWorld to our Social Software Company Profiles Directory. You can see it here: aSmallWorld corporate profile. Highlights:

aSmallWorld is a by-invitation-only social networking community, targeted at “an international population of successful people with well established large networks of their own".

Every relationship is, in theory, based on a social relationship established outside of the site, which may in turn develop into other sorts of relationships.

Target market: successful, interesting people who have big networks of their own. To gain membership, you must be invited by an existing member.

 Membership is worldwide and diverse. 40% of the members have a master’s degree or Ph.D., and 90% are between the ages of 22 and 45.

 (78% between 25 and 35.) Most members hail from such cities as London, Milan, Paris, New York, Stockholm, Hamburg and Munich. It includes some celebrities and people from diverse fields such as investment banking, media, athletics, fashion, consulting, law, etc.

Social Software

From Target Marketing Magazine (7/1/05):

"Tricks of the Trade", By Regina Brady Are your e-mail recipients only seeing half of your subject line? Is your e-newsletter being flagged as spam? Here's a handy guide to some of my favorite online sites and utilities that should help you in your e-mail and online marketing efforts. And, the good news is they're all free.

Although Ms. Brady is writing for an audience of people who send thousands of emails at a time, almost all of her points are relevant to those of us who send out twenty emails in a day---if you want to make sure that your message gets through. More...:

Social Software | Personal Productivity

Wharton student David Moradi has written up a summary of Keith Ferrazzi's book, Never Eat Alone: and other secrets to success, one relationship at a time. You can download his notes here: Reader's notes from NeverEatAlone.

Personal Productivity | Career Acceleration