Typing as Core Competency We just had our annual typing tournament in the Return Path New York office, and it got me thinking on this topic. Fits, hats off to my colleague Rosemary Girouard for her smashing victory this year, even with an injury, and to fellow finalists Caroline Pearl and Nicole Niemiec for excellent showings. So this is going to sound silly, but I’m increasingly thinking that typing speed is a core competency for many jobs. With special thanks to my 8th grade typing teacher, Mrs. Van Vranken, my typing training on an old-school typewriter has paid off. I type 100 wpm+ on a full keyboard, about 75 wpm on a tablet, and 50 wpm on a phone. That enables me…
Archives / December, 2014
35 at 15
This was a big week for Return Path. First we announced a $35mm financing led by an exceptional private equity firm that I’d never heard of before the middle of the fundraising process a few months ago. We are happy to have them join our very strong board and syndicate and even happier to have additional investment capital to accelerate our growth, especially in newer businesses for us like Email Fraud Protection and our overall data and analytic capabilities. But in some ways even more important, or at least more sentimentally important news this week is that tomorrow, December 6, marks the 15th anniversary of Return Path’s founding. A decade and a half with probably over 800 employees in total over…