millennials

Doing something that scares you

September 14, 2010
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I recently joined a writing class/group here in Austin. The only way to describe the group to you is that it would be like a sixth grader going straight to college (and I am the sixth grader). Everyone in the class reads aloud and I wonder if somehow the other members of the group received [...]

“Don’t tell me to reach for the sky when there are footprints on the moon”

September 12, 2010

A few years ago I heard the story of an all-male, public charter school in Chicago called Urban Prep. I was fascinated by the idea of a school in one of Chicago’s most dangerous areas that made the young men wear ties, be at school from 8:30 to 4:30 and repeat the following creed every [...]

Family is the most important thing

August 19, 2010

USA Today once called Millennials the “family-first generation,” noting the generational shift that has caused many members of Gen-Y to rank their families first in importance before their jobs. In Carol Phillips blog, Millennial marketing, she cites a study conducted by the College Board of high school students. According to Phillips, “In the study  77 percent [...]

Generation Innovation

August 17, 2010

Some people think that there are no new ideas. But those people just don’t know where to look, because Millennials are leading the way in creating and innovating on some of the world’s greatest new ideas. The company I worked for recently published a case study about a group of kids at Virginia Tech, who [...]

When in doubt…take a leap

July 26, 2010
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A year ago today I started my first full-time job at NI. A year ago today I moved back to Austin hardly knowing anyone. I can’t believe that it’s been an entire year but today makes my one-year work anniversary! It was really scary for me to leave my family and friends to start a [...]

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