Jim Shulman on Dopamine and Career Advice

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...

Jim Shulman on Twenty Birthday Cards

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...

Jim Shulman on Selling Personal Lubricants

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...

Jim Shulman on Three Business Trips

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...

Jim Shulman on Children You Are Welcome

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”,...