There was no room service menu in my hotel room. I started the day at 5am, switched hotels, was interviewed on stage at a conference, had several more meetings, attended a reception for networking and literally ate 2 croissants the whole day; I was dead tired when I arrived to my hotel room at the […]

Note to self: when someone tells you “I’m not sure if I can be that helpful,” believe them – and don’t meet them for lunch, meet them for coffee. When I moved to Boston as recent company founder, I needed to network. I started with the organization that everyone told me I needed to be […]

There were two parts to my New York City trip: 2 days of work, 2 days of vacation. I hadn’t been on a business trip in a while and I hadn’t been on a non-family related vacation since Asia, so both reasons for traveling were due. This club sandwich happened right during the transition. I […]

I got the email halfway through breakfast: “Would you like to join Jim and Marianna for lunch at Aura?” I knew we had a 1pm meeting, but my plan was to eat my big breakfast laid out before me and have lunch after we met, so this curveball threw me for a loop. Then I […]