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“Disruptors” describe their best year ever — mine was 2013

Maryjane Fahey at AARP asked me to participate in a year-end round-up where they asked “disruptors” what their best year was. And the result is this fantastic slideshow featuring a bunch of really interesting, accomplished people, and then me. Anyway — it was nice to be invited. And I don’t hate the photo. I almost always hate the photo.

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Disrupted makes the NY Post list of 40 top books of 2016

I really never dreamed that Disrupted would have so much impact. But 2016 turned out to be a pretty astounding year, one full of surprises. There was a book tour in San Francisco, another in London, with visits to the BBC and a speech at the Royal Society of Arts. Disrupted made the New York Times best-seller list, along with others (Wall Street Journal, USA Today, LA Times, SF Chronicle). And I started writing a column for Fortune.

Now that the year is over, the book has been hitting some of the “best of” lists that people make at the end of a year. Latest one is the New York Post list of 40 best books of 2016. A week ago it was included in a list from Fortune magazine — 10 books every entrepreneur should read.

Looking ahead: a keynote speech at SXSW in March, and a new book project. More on that soon.

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Here's a Disrupted write-up from France

This story ran a while ago, in L’Obs, which is a big magazine in France. The author is Philippe Boulet-Gercourt. He came up to Boston (he lives in New York) and we spent several hours together, talking about journalism, the state of the business, and where things are going. I really enjoyed meeting him. The photo was taken by Gretchen Ertl, who lives in Boston and does a lot of high-end journalism photography. I think it’s actually a pretty amazing shot — I like the reflection in the glass on the right side.

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Here’s a Disrupted write-up from France

This story ran a while ago, in L’Obs, which is a big magazine in France. The author is Philippe Boulet-Gercourt. He came up to Boston (he lives in New York) and we spent several hours together, talking about journalism, the state of the business, and where things are going. I really enjoyed meeting him. The photo was taken by Gretchen Ertl, who lives in Boston and does a lot of high-end journalism photography. I think it’s actually a pretty amazing shot — I like the reflection in the glass on the right side.

Here is the German edition of Disrupted

Von Nerds, Einhornen Und Disruption. Ja ja!

Disrupted gets a write-up in Germany

Business Punk is the name of the magazine. I’m told that it’s kind of like the Wired of Germany. Pretty hilarious full-page opening. It’s the same photo that was used in a French magazine, L’Obs, a few months ago. Here’s the L’Obs story.

Some news: I'm writing a column for Fortune

I’ve been waiting to announce this. I’ll be writing a column for Fortune magazine, starting in the next edition. Column will be called “Disrupted,” and will focus on corporate life, corporate culture, and things of that nature. First one will be about the corporate equivalent of a midlife crisis — making the decision to leave the cushy big-company job for the exciting world of startups. Should you do it? If so, how do you do it right? How can you avoid making a terrible mistake, or at least minimize the chances of disaster?

I have a small amount of personal experience in this area (ahem) but also interviewed people who have made the transition, and unlike me, have done so with success.

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Some news: I’m writing a column for Fortune

I’ve been waiting to announce this. I’ll be writing a column for Fortune magazine, starting in the next edition. Column will be called “Disrupted,” and will focus on corporate life, corporate culture, and things of that nature. First one will be about the corporate equivalent of a midlife crisis — making the decision to leave the cushy big-company job for the exciting world of startups. Should you do it? If so, how do you do it right? How can you avoid making a terrible mistake, or at least minimize the chances of disaster?

I have a small amount of personal experience in this area (ahem) but also interviewed people who have made the transition, and unlike me, have done so with success.

LinkedIn: "Nobody in tech will admit they're old"

That’s the headline on this story about me by Caroline Fairchild on LinkedIn. It’s worth a read.

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LinkedIn: “Nobody in tech will admit they’re old”

That’s the headline on this story about me by Caroline Fairchild on LinkedIn. It’s worth a read.