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Entries from June 2008

Interview: How to do a start-up the ‘wrong’ way

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Robin Wolaner is CEO and founder of Tee Bee Dee, an online community for people over 40. She’s had a very successful career in publishing starting with a part-time job at Penthouse magazine and later as founder of Parenting magazine which she sold to Time-Warner. There she launched Vibe and Martha Stewart Living. In the […]

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Tags: Entrepreneur · Mid-Life Career Change · Personal Growth

Interview: ‘Penthouse’ to ‘Parenting’. Next? TBD

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Robin Wolaner is CEO and founder of Tee Bee Dee, an online community for people over 40. She’s had a very successful career in publishing starting with a part-time job at Penthouse magazine and later as founder of Parenting magazine which she sold to Time-Warner. In this first of a two-part interview Robin discusses how […]

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Tags: Entrepreneur · Mid-Life Career Change

An offer he couldn’t refuse: having it all

June 12th, 2008 · No Comments

John Cleghorn served as speechwriter for Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl during the trememdous growth that built the second-largest bank in the US. John's speechwriter role was the first of a successful 18-year career at the bank that also included a job as head of Issues Management. At the age of 46, with a […]

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Tags: Career Advice · Corporate Jobs · Mid-Life Career Change · November Newsletter · Personal Growth

How the Bank of America exec became a Pastor

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

John Cleghorn served as speechwriter for Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl during the trememdous growth that built the second-largest bank in the US. John's speechwriter role was the first of a successful 18-year career at the bank that also included a job as head of Issues Management. At the age of 46, with a […]

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Tags: Corporate Jobs · Mid-Life Career Change · November Newsletter