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I wouldn't say that I know a lot about 'Silicon Valley'. I live in Boston, for one thing. And I don't live and breathe this stuff the way most of the guys out there do.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: About Boston Breathe Guys Know Live Lot Most One Thing Out Say Silicon Silicon Valley Stuff Thing Valley Way

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I was working at 'Forbes,' and I covered big enterprise companies - IBM, Sun, and EMC - and it was kind of boring. 'Forbes' only came out every other week, so it was not the most fast-paced job in the world. It was very nice, comfortable.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Big Boring Came Comfortable Companies Covered Enterprise Every Fast-Paced Forbes Job Kind Most Nice Only Other Out Sun Very Week Working World Ibm

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I wanted to learn how to blog, so I was playing around with Wordpress and Typepad and Blogger, starting all these different blogs just to learn how these things work. I had a fake Sergey Brin blog, an anonymous, fake Ph.D kind of blog. I did it for, like, I don't know, six weeks, and the Steve Jobs one just caught on.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Anonymous Around Blog Blogs Caught Did Different Fake Had How Jobs Just Kind Know Learn Like Playing Six Starting Steve Steve Jobs Things Wanted Weeks Work

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My prior stint at 'Newsweek' was a very different world. So it's what it's like to be in one of these kooky software startups as a grown up. It's not entirely pleasant! It's like, 'Oh, I don't fit.'

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Different Different World Entirely Fit Grown Like Oh Pleasant Prior Software Startups Up Very World

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My job, originally, was to write blog posts for their 'HubSpot' blog. They have a business model built on content. Then I was writing e-books for them, and after I came back from L.A., they had this new plan to launch a podcast.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: After Back Blog Built Business Business Model Came Content Had Job Launch Model New Originally Plan Posts Them Then Write Writing I Came

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I feel like Valleywag has been different things with different writers over the years. Up and down. I think it's at their best when they get a legitimate scoop, like when someone leaks them documents. I feel like we could do more of that, breaking stories.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Been Best Breaking Could Different Different Things Documents Down Feel Get Leaks Legitimate Like More Over Someone Stories Them Things Think Up Up And Down Writers Years I Think I Feel I Feel Like

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We like the John Gruber model - he writes some long stuff that's very thoughtful and analytical, and then other stuff, he just adds a bit of commentary. I like that.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Adds Analytical Bit Commentary He John Just Like Long Model Other Some Stuff Then Thoughtful Very Writes

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GE rolled out a popular TV ad campaign in 2015 explaining why youthful techies should give the 'digital industrial' giant a second look.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Ad Campaign Digital Explaining Ge Giant Give Industrial Look Out Popular Second Should Tv Why Youthful

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NBC Universal has created a role called 'talent branding specialist' - a marketer whose job is essentially to put the company on the radars of the most sought-after candidates.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Candidates Company Created Essentially Job Most Nbc Put Role Specialist Talent Universal Whose

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There's often a good, honest case to be made that a century-old company has not only a knack for growing and managing a P&L, but also, perhaps, a heart and soul.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Also Case Company Good Growing Heart Heart And Soul Honest Knack Made Managing Often Only Perhaps Soul

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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