Motivational Speaker on Happiness. Leadership consultant. Worked at @yahoo, @mckinsey-company • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Jim McCarthy has worked as an English teacher in Frankfurt, a business journalist in Madrid, a phone salesman in the Bay Area, and a McKinsey consultant in Munich. He became employee # 258 at Yahoo in 1997.
He has worked in product management, marketing, business development, sales, and sales operations - both domestically and internationally - for Yahoo, NexTag, BlueLithium, and Drawbridge. He served on the Board of Answers.com.
He received a BA in Political Science from the University of Iowa, was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany, and earned his MBA from Stanford. He lives in Silicon Valley.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.I teach companies how to build amazing teams — through recruiting, developing, and retaining amazing people who love their work.
Because when employees love their work and are happy, their companies are a lot more successful.
More info on advising here:
http://jimmccarthy.biz/advising-startups/