Consultancy Podcast Johann Lilly

It's 4am and I've been stuck working on an API integration. It's worth it. What would the future "you" say to you right now, based on the sacrifices you make?

Companies:
Woolf: Building The First Blockchain University, Regus, WeWork, LinkedIn Learning, Lynda, Codecademy

Websites:
https://woolf.university

Alternate titles:
Pulling an all-nighter in the office
All night at the office
Overnight at the office
Sleeping at the office
Skin in the game
Startup life

Tags:
Technology, Business, Education, software engineering, web development, dev, developer, co-op, office, work, error, fix, patches, support, camping, internship, responsibility, API, business, consulting, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, leadership, jobs, finance, risk, BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs Group, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Bain Capital

Notes:
This episode was recorded over a month before release. A few updates have taken place since then.

When you complete a milestone, do you ever ask, "what's next?" Action demonstrates priority.

Alternate titles:
Never Stop Never Stopping
Priority vs. Action
I'm not done - a high school wrestling story

Companies:
Woolf: Building The First Blockchain University

Websites:
https://woolf.university

Tags:
Technology, Business, Education, milestone, crowd sale, ICO, initial coin offering, token sale, IPO, API, software engineering, software development, goals, academia, high school, secondary school, wrestling, high school wrestling, high school sports, athletics, sports, fitness, team, varsity, captain, discipline, competition, match, round, fight, coaching, coach, focus, career, study, action, volunteering, business, consulting, leadership, jobs, finance, risk, BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs Group, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Bain Capital

Notes:
This episode was recorded over a month before release. A few updates have taken place since then.

Step into the shoes of an admissions counselor. Anybody can self-publish a book. Does that make a difference? Maybe. Let me explain.

Alternate titles:
Does publishing a book help my college application?
Does publishing a book help me get into college?
Does publishing a book help me get into grad school?
Does being a published author help my application?
Does being a published author help my college application?
Does being a published author help me get into college?
Does being a published author help me get into grad school?
How do I self-publish a book?
How do I get my book published?
How do I get my manuscript published?
How do I get a Literary Agent?
How do I find a Literary Agent?
How does publishing help my graduate school application?

Locations:
New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA;

Companies:
Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Google, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster

Organizations:
Harvard College, Harvard University

References:
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, Apple iBooks Author, Google Play Books Partner Center, The Big 5 Trade Book Publishers in the U.S, DuckDuckGo

Tags:
technology, books, q&a, self-published, eBooks, kindle, manuscript, Literary Agent, politics, writing, bureaucracy, code, programming, grad school, networking, education, work, freelance, tech, technology, gadgets, startup, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, travel, blockchain, business, consulting, leadership, jobs, finance, risk, BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs Group, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Bain Capital

A dollar results in more work depending on where it is spent. Consider the companies leaving California for Texas. Why limit yourself to your own state, or even your own country?

People:
Mark Cuban

Locations:
United States; New York, NY; Silicon Valley, CA; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Cambodia; Philippines; Malaysia; Panama; Berlin, Germany; Gibraltar; Sweden

Companies:
Dollar Tree, Upwork, Freelancer, Royal Dutch Shell, BuzzFeedVideo Worth It

References:
https://upwork.com

Tags:
taxation, visa, visa sponsorship, work visa, outsourcing, work, freelance, tech, technology, gadgets, startup, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, travel, blockchain, business, consulting, leadership, jobs, finance, risk, BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs Group, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Bain Capital

"I'm just terrible with languages..." have you heard that before? It's been 300 hours of private language instruction, and it's working.

Quotes:
"Make the best decision you can with the information you have at the time."

Tags:
language, languages, language learning, youth, high school, college, plans, private investment, angel investors, visa, conference, sponsorship, memorization, work, freelance, tech, technology, gadgets, startup, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, travel, blockchain, business, consulting, leadership, jobs, finance, risk, BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs Group, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Bain Capital

Languages:
Russian, Spanish, German, Mandarin Chinese

Books:
English Grammar for Students of Russian by Edwina J. Cruise

Organizations:
Bloomberg, Verbling, Woolf: Building The First Blockchain University, Huobi, EdCrunch 2018

Locations:
Zurich, Switzerland; Oxford, England; Moscow, Russia

Woolf left Ethereum and has announced a launch on the Stellar blockchain platform.

Locations:
Berlin, Germany; Washington, DC, USA; Valletta, Malta

Organizations:
Ethereum, Stellar, IBM, Hyperledger Fabric, Linux Foundation, Woolf: Building The First Blockchain University

Languages:
Russian

References:
https://medium.com/the-woolf-company-blog/the-first-university-ico-ab843ec1b062

Tags:
ERC20, ERC223, token sale, ICO, dapp, crowdsale, power level, work, freelance, tech, technology, gadgets, startup, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, travel, blockchain, business, consulting, leadership, jobs, finance, risk, BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs Group, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Bain Capital