Ghosting has to stop. A company gets in touch with you, inquires about your availability, and then - poof. Vanishes. You go to a job interview, you feel OK/good about the process, they tell you they’ll be in touch. And then… crickets. It’s not only companies. Candidates do that all the time. Answering and then ignoring, scheduling a job interview and not showing up, not returning any calls. Ghosting usually saves you 1-2 minutes of inconvenience. But it brands you as a douche forever. No one likes uncertainty. Whatever you are - a candidate, a recruiter or a sourcer - treat people like you want to be treated. Be responsible. Learn to say ‘sorry, but no’. Stop ghosting. #ghosting #career #hr #people …see more

So great tasting the clean meat of the future - real meat grown directly from animal cells without the need to raise animals https://virg.in/ieL

A different way of looking at failure from Sara Blakely, one of my favourite entrepreneurs: https://lnkd.in/d7TCDVH #ReadyRichard

It’s been a pleasure working with Yanik Silver and co on solving problems big and small over the past decade: https://virg.in/ipH Virgin Unite

As a #Yoga enthusiast, I found this ad by Vistara - TATA SIA Airlines Ltd. extremely innovative. It took something as mundane as flight safety instructions, which we tend to ignore, and made it interesting! #WeekendMusings …see more

The film #JustMercy is a powerful reminder of the injustice that is America’s death penalty: https://virg.in/5pQ

Always an Apple fan boy at heart. 🍎 Excited for the iPhone X! What are your thoughts? Comment below. #iPhoneX Initial impressions: 😀 -Slimmer, smaller, and easier to hold than iPhone 7+, but screen equity is still there -You will quickly notice the glaring top and bottom bezels when you switch back to iPhone 7+ -Hardware is beautiful -App switching is seamless -Animoji are fun to use -Camera and portrait mode are fantastic 🤔 -No option to turn on battery % except to view in Control Center -The missing home button will require some adjusting to -Face ID requires some head adjustment every now and then …see more

No magic beans! Focus on revenue and profitability is back on the books. #VentureCapital #Startups #Business

Barely two months in and my podcast Ask Mr. Wonderful is nominated for best business show and best debut show at the Canadian Podcast Awards! Voting is open for a month. Get on it, or you're dead to me!

Overnight, the UK government joined a growing set of European countries in selling bonds at negative rates (£3.8bn 3-year gilts at -0.003%) -- this as the Bank of England, after first dismissing the possibility, is discussing the possibility of taking rates negative. #economy #bonds #markets #investing #interestrates #economics …see more

The biggest business lesson I’ve learned in the last decade of being an entrepreneur is that it is indeed all 👏🏽 about 👏🏽 the 👏🏽relationships. Last night two of my favorite things: #books and #diadelosmuertos collided to support The San Antonio Public Library foundation via the epic Catrina Ball. Hosted and attended by some of my favorite people. A spooky good time was had by all. Happy almost Halloween, LinkedIn Fam. Check out my Instagram (link in comments) for more pictures from the night. Can you guess my costume? A surprise present for the winner! #halloween #publiclibraries …see more

Want to blow your mind? These balls are not going round in circles... They are all moving in straight lines. Watch one on it's own to see for sure! #science #opticalillusion …see more

Mark your calendars for Part 4 of Book Club this FRIDAY, April 24th @ 3pm ET, so grab your book club, read the next section of Start With Why and submit your questions to bookclub@simonsinek.com . Then tune in to https://bit.ly/2XQgzEg at 3pm ET this Friday to discuss your questions live. #BookClubwithSimon #StartWithWhy #TogetherisBetter …see more

An interesting look at how businesses can foster resilience in their people, avoid burnout and help them bounce back from hard times: https://lnkd.in/dG6-dY9 #ReadByRichard

"Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do." - Potter Stewart When you face an ethical dilemma, what should you choose? What guides your compass? Who do you go to for advice? Whose life offers the values and footsteps to follow? For me, I try to pause and weigh what is right in the short term and what is right in the long-term and choose the long term path despite the short term setbacks. Empathy guides my moral compass. The values that guide me comes from the example of my father's life and also, the reflections from reading many biographies. Generally, I listen to my heart the most to guide me. …see more

Innovation has stopped being about meaningful advancement and is now just a cheap PR device and it's depressing me. Every PSFK update is just a list of PR stunts. KFC using VR to train workers, Bot's to pick jeans, Burger King makes it's own Cryptocurrency, AR to select furniture, and endless Pop up stores. Why can't we use empathy, design, thinking and technology to actually make a difference?

Working from home has made every mother's responsibilities much more intense everywhere. If you feel you should have done something more or guilty about not giving more to work and home - take a deep breath and have #selfcompassion first. Give yourself permission to do the best you can and be happy with that. Set aside the guilt. Being a working mom might make you feel like you're always disappointing somebody, but don't end up disappointing yourself. A happy mother is a good mother. #WorkingMothers …see more

Virgin Orbit has been working for the last four years to build a small satellite launcher, which will change the game when it comes to getting satellites into space

‪Congrats to Basepaws for beating out 25 other companies to come in 1st place at Purina’s pet startup competition and walking away with $125K! Exciting times for Basepaws - the best Cat DNA company in the world! 🐱 🧬 https://www.basepaws.com/‬ …see more

I never wanted to be seen as a black entrepreneur. I never wanted race to be a part of my story. I just wanted to be an entrepreneur. I didn't want to be the best "black" entrepreneur. I wanted to be the best. The older I get... the more I see the flaw in that thinking. The more evil that comes to light... the more I change. The older I get, the more I realize that it is my responsibility to embrace everything that I am. For all of the others like me growing up with crap circumstances & hearing things like: "Odds are you'll be in jail." "You'll be making minimum wage your whole life." "Don't be angry... you might scare people." Growing up, seeing people cross the street when they see you coming. People refusing to shake your hand. Wondering if your life is in danger because of the color of your skin. I have been a full-time entrepreneur for coming on 4 years. I'm praised for doing cool things. For being an amazing person. And yet I've neglected this. I am so proud to be who I am. To be where I'm from. To be what I am. And I promise that I will use my platform to bring, to be, and to encourage change. #justQ 🖖🏽🖤 …see more