Clair SamuelA very effective, very rarely asked interview question“A Girl Scout always leaves an area better than she found it.”Mar 27, 2019Mar 27, 2019
Clair SamuelHow to Tell the Story of Financial StatementsWe are surrounded by stories. Storytelling is a medium as old as communication itself. In many ways, all communication is storytelling…Feb 5, 2019Feb 5, 2019
Clair SamuelAn easy, useful, and transparent tool for calculating income taxesBecause it’s Saturday morning and I got a little obsessed with comparing tax rates and I couldn’t find a simple, transparent, and useful…Oct 6, 2018Oct 6, 2018
Clair SamuelYou can understand an organization with this analogyAn analogy that I have come back to many times over the years is of a company as a vehicle. It could be any vehicle, but for our vehicle…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
Clair SamuelMaxim FeministsA few years ago a boss shared that his favorite part of business was leading a meeting, reclining in his chair he put his hands behind his…Jun 7, 2018Jun 7, 2018
Clair Samuel0.5 in a binary worldSometime around 2000 I snickered with the Dalai Lama, the people who heard the snicker thought I was being irreverent, and they were…May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
Clair SamuelGot decisions? Here’s a tip.To be effective you must be able to make decisions, to be successful you must make good decisions. How to make good decisions is very…May 14, 2018May 14, 2018
Clair SamuelA Very Tempting Red Flag: I’ve done this before.When starting a working relationship, whether it is with an employee, strategic partner, or legal counsel, one of the biggest red flags is…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018
Clair SamuelOperational DebtI once worked with a company that had to hold off fundraising when it was discovered that they’d never filed taxes. The founder learned of…Dec 20, 20171Dec 20, 20171
Clair SamuelCorporate trade-offs made between privacy and security.The trade-off between privacy and security is often made without people being aware of it, especially when running a company.Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
