Chris Dessi
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3 Reasons Why Wall Street Got it Wrong with Twitter
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On Monday I was asked to visit 30 Rock Studios and chat with the closing bell team on CNBC about Twitter’s earnings. I’m “bullish” on Twitter stock. The analyst David Seaburg of Cowen and Company is obviously a very smart…
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3 Steps to Achieving Greatness
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A few weeks ago I gave a speech during Catalyst Week. My agency Silverback Social was co-curating the week’s events. I wrote a post here on Linkedin entitled “What’s the ROI of Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project & Catalyst Week?” sharing…
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To All the Ice Bucket Copycats: Please stop.
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It’s happening right now all over the globe. There are dusty executives, in their dusty offices, with their dusty mentalities, and their dusty spreadsheets. Their board has told them that they need to up donations. That they need to find their “Ice Bucket Challenge.” The dusty executives are confused because they have a Facebook account,…
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4 Lessons Derek Jeter Taught Me About Leadership
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On July 9th, 2011 my father Adrian Dessi threw out the first pitch to start a Yankee game. You can see Dad seated in this photo (LtoR Derek Jeter, Adrian Dessi, Mark Dessi, Chris Dessi, Pat Dessi). This fact is certainly significant. However, it gains further significance when you understand that on that same day,…
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Remembering Sean Lugano on September 11th
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[av_image src=’http://tze.f56.mywebsitetransfer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2181_lugano-216×300.jpg’ attachment=’4826′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=’manually,http://friendsofseanlugano.weebly.com/’ target=’_blank’ caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’][/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] I wrote this post on the 10 yr anniversary of September 11th on my personal blog. I felt like sharing…
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4 Steps to Become a Great Public Speaker
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In 2006 I spoke in front of an audience for the first time, and I was horrible. I was sweating. I spoke too quickly. I didn’t consider what my audience should get from my speech. I only thought about how I would be perceived. Cringe.
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An Open Letter to Everyone Who Wants to be Great
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Work Like Your Life Depends On it Today, I want you to work hard. Harder than you’ve ever worked. I want you to work with all of your heart and will all of the passion you can muster so that…