@JoryDJ

Startup Operator | Investor | Advisor | Co-Founder, BlogHer

 Oakland, CA
jorydesjardins.mystrikingly.com/
Joined May 2008
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The Career Bermuda Triangle for Women in Midlife: Perimenopause, and Performative Performance open.substack.com/pub/option…
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What Wu-Tang Clan taught us about Career Survival open.substack.com/pub/option…
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DEEP DIVE: The Optionality Guide to Decision-making During a Career Transition open.substack.com/pub/option…
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More, Faster … Better? open.substack.com/pub/option…
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Redefining "Gainful Employment" open.substack.com/pub/option…
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Privilege: A View from Relative Privilege: Only when we address our discomfort with not fitting in can we actually get stuff done. linkedin.com/pulse/privilege…

Privilege: A View from Relative Privilege

Only when we address our discomfort with not fitting in can we actually get stuff done. This article was reprinted from Optionality, a community for employees, employers, transitioning workers,...

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Embracing My Inner Smart Ass #ImpostorSyndrome open.substack.com/pub/option…
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DEEP DIVE: Re-engineering Your Second Act, Using AI open.substack.com/pub/option…
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The best advice I ever got: People, Terms, Valuation open.substack.com/pub/option…
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Is Passion a Dirty Word? open.substack.com/pub/option…
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AI for 1099s: Everyone's putting out a shingle, but what does it really mean to be an AI expert? #AI #Futureofwork open.substack.com/pub/option…
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Long Plastic Arms, by @JoryDJ open.substack.com/pub/jory/p…
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Tech companies have shed 151k jobs in 2023. What can AI startups learn from them? #AI #aistartups #emergingtech Inflection AI #crypto #metaverse linkedin.com/pulse/how-can-a… via @LinkedIn

How can AI companies ride the wave of interest without wiping out?

Tech companies have shed 151k jobs in 2023. What can AI startups learn from them? It’s been a year of career assessment, to say the least, if you work in tech.

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If you build it, they won’t necessarily come. When does it make sense to build a digital community? And how can it propel your startup? #startups #digitalcommunity #communitybuilding #startupmarketing linkedin.com/pulse/early-sta… via @LinkedIn

The Early-Stage Startup Downturn Survival Guide Part 5: Digital Communities

If you build it, they won’t necessarily come. When does it make sense to build a digital community? And how can it propel your startup? In times like these, with VC capital so hard to come by,...

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How to make fractional work a viable option. Exploring the 'Fractional' Life linkedin.com/pulse/exploring… via @LinkedIn #Careers #fractionalexecutive #startups

Exploring the 'Fractional' Life

This is an excerpt from an interview I did with Danny Groner, for his Substack publication for comms professionals seeking to up-level their careers, Next. Up.

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#luckyme | Jory Des Jardins

We celebrated Mona Sabet yesterday. A dear friend who also happens to be who I want to be when I grow up. There are people who can manifest both big corporate transformation and Super Bowl parties,...

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Working Off the Grid | Jory Des Jardins

To all my currently unemployed friends out there: Have you ever considered that maybe you've just started your new chapter of exploration? Here is a piece that I wrote in an earlier time of transit...

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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down | Jory Des Jardins

What a run! Susan Wojcicki ran a pioneering ship when the creator economy was just emerging. It built the model to emulate/innovate on/beat while still staying front and center in the ecosystem. No...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Early Stage Founders Downturn Survival Guide: Events linkedin.com/pulse/early-sta… via @LinkedIn

Early Stage Founders Downturn Survival Guide: Events

Live events really are coming back, but that doesn’t mean you should party like it’s 1999. This is Part 4 of a Series designed for early-stage B2B, B2C, and B2B2C teams.

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In a downturn, content marketing can make or break your startup's performance. #Startups #founders #contentmarketing #contentstrategy linkedin.com/pulse/early-sta… via @LinkedIn

The Early-Stage Startup Downturn Survival Guide Part 3: Content Marketing

Content Marketing isn’t brain surgery, but be aware: There is an art and a science to achieving business impact without burning through your funding. This is Part 3 of a Series designed for early-s...

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