Today's (April 27) Inspiration

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After receiving an intro to a very valuable person in the early days of his career, Chris Fralic walked away with a thesis on networking he’s adhered to ever since: The best way to be highly influential is to be human to everyone you meet.

Jenny Soffel of the World Economic Forum talks about the gap that’s becoming more obvious, between the skills people learn and the skills people need. Today’s job candidates must be able to use skills developed mainly through social and emotional learning. Combined with traditional skills, this social and emotional proficiency will equip people to succeed in the evolving digital economy.

Did you know that 14% of startups fail due to poor marketing? Founders get stuck on their ideas, work on great products and somehow forget about the one metric that matters early on — the number of customers. Dunja Lazic elaborates.

The way you lead and manage people is literally the make-or-break skill that will determine if you build a good business or an astronomical one worth hundreds of millions of dollars. If Mitchell Harper could jump in a time machine and start again knowing what he knows now, this is what he would tell his 17 year old self about managing people.