by Ted Rubin | Oct 10, 2026 | Featured, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
I recently came across these words from Robert Rosenthal, and they stopped me because, whether someone agrees with every word or not, they capture much of where my thinking has arrived after years of questioning what I was taught, listening to others, reading,...
by Ted Rubin | Oct 3, 2026 | Featured, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
My friend and former business partner John Andrews posted about my recent visit to Hickory, North Carolina. We built a company together back in the Collective Bias days, and I stop at John and Shannon’s house on both the northbound and southbound legs of my annual...
by Ted Rubin | Sep 25, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about why I admire Mayor Zohran Mamdani, especially because admiration in politics too often gets confused with agreement. So let me start there. It isn’t because I expect to agree with every policy he proposes. I don’t believe we should expect that...
by Ted Rubin | Sep 18, 2026 | Featured, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever had someone in your circle who brings you back to your center, who sees your blind spots, challenges the stories you tell yourself, and somehow reignites your fire when it begins to dim, you know how rare that relationship is. We all appreciate the...
by Ted Rubin | Sep 10, 2026 | Featured, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
I am 68 years old. When I grew up in the 1960s, in addition to the Israeli narrative that was drilled into all of our heads, I was taught something very simple about being Jewish… don’t be afraid, stand tall, be proud of who you are, engage with the world. Yes,...
by Ted Rubin | Sep 6, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Doug Zarkin recently posed a great question on LinkedIn… “What’s the best job that isn’t on your résumé?” My answer isn’t one job… it’s most of what I did before my post-college career even began. Looking back, those jobs probably taught me more about work...
