by Jim Shulman | Aug 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
This past week I met a budding young professional in the lobby of one Philadelphia’s new coworking spaces. He was a recent college grad, and an intern at some philanthropic endeavor, which was providing him experience (read: little to no money). Ironically, the group...
by Jim Shulman | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Birthdays have always been a big deal in my family, even when we pretend otherwise. I remember many great parties over the years—my father’s 70th birthday, my mother’s 80th, my 50th (at that one I wanted to avoid the usual black balloon “he’s over the hill” junk, so I...
by Jim Shulman | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Not one time, but two times in the past week. The first was the appearance in the Sunday, April 24th issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer, featuring my successful appearance at the Philadelphia Business Story Slam. The most recent issue of this newsletter included a...
by Jim Shulman | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve had quite a few strange engagements in my career–selling cheap die cast toys, self-produced classical music CDs (Want some? I still have a closet full), vetting pharmaceutical manufacturing in China–but by far the strangest was the company that...
by Jim Shulman | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
The other day I saw a Facebook post from a friend who must travel three times around the globe each year. It’s all business, and it’s all hectic-passport control, meeting, on another plane, a car rental, two more meetings, flight delays-enough to send...
by Jim Shulman | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s car show season again, at least when the weather allows. So far I’ve hit about a dozen, and as usual have had a sensational time. At most of these shows there are warning signs on the vehicles, along the lines of: “Do Not Touch My Car”,...
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