Category Archives: Meltwater Culture
I recently read a blog post on VentureBeat called “The lost generation of entrepreneurs.” The author asserts that today’s start-ups do not allow 20-somethings to develop entrepreneurial leadership skills. I can’t speak in generalities for all of today’s start-ups, but I can say that at Meltwater, this is simply not the case.
I’ve heard colleagues describe the International Management Trainee program at Meltwater as “entrepreneurship on a red carpet.” In other words, sales people who aspire to be managers at Meltwater receive start-up opportunities with the backing of a large organization (Meltwater recently reached $100M in sales).
Let me explain. True story: a highly-driven,…
Wikipedia:
“Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general.”
I have no harvest to reap and I am not American. However, I am lucky to celebrate this day with turkey, family and friends nevertheless.
What is Thanksgiving Day to me, a Swede living and working in the U.S?
• Traffic jams
• Expensive travel
• Delayed flights
• Time to see family and friends
• A long weekend
• Lots of great food
• Happy times ☺
As a Controller within a sales organization, I find the holiday eats…
photo from http://us.movember.com/
There’s only one thing that could be better than raising money to benefit Prostate cancer research: growing a fantastic moustache!!
Welcome to Movember.
There isn’t a month at Meltwater that goes by in which friendly competition isn’t encouraged. This month, a friendly regional office competition has blossomed into a mustache showdown – and donor check books are at stake. Meltwater has regional offices around the world competing in a philanthropic game of facial-hair-farming in the name of Prostate cancer research.
Rules of the game: Teams go head-to-head to see who can raise the most money.
What’s at stake: Fierce bragging rights!
To contribute to…
Greetings Friday fans!
It’s Fun Friday on our blog: time for us to give you a little dose of Meltwater Culture (and humor). We’ve got a treat for you today. Colleagues Dan and David of Meltwater’s Engineering team, based in San Francisco, are counting down the Office Plays of the Week.
Enjoy.
Although getting up at 4:00 am to catch a flight usually requires large amounts of caffeine, I was energetic and high on anticipation the October morning that I got up to head off to Oxford in the early dawn. I was heading to Meltwater’s annual management training seminar, held this year at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Being the nerd that I am, I was looking forward to the lectures, to exploring the libraries and to getting a feel for the atmosphere in the famous town that inspired authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling.
Day one, Saïd…
