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    Jim McCarthy

    Jim McCarthy

    Motivational Speaker on Happiness. Leadership consultant. Worked at @yahoo, @mckinsey-company • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business

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    Experience
    Jim McCarthy Leadership
    Jim McCarthy Leadership
    Founder
    Drawbridge
    Drawbridge
    Employee
    Yahoo
    Yahoo
    Employee
    BlueLithium
    BlueLithium
    Employee
    NexTag
    NexTag
    Employee
    McKinsey & Co
    McKinsey & Co
    Employee
    MentQ
    MentQ
    Advisor
    Answers.com
    Answers.com
    Advisor
    Maven Ventures
    Maven Ventures
    Mentor
    Founder
    Jim McCarthy Leadership
    Employee
    Yahoo, McKinsey & Co, NexTag, BlueLithium, Drawbridge
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    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Answers.com, MentQ
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
    Maven Ventures
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
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    About
    Achievements

    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.

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    Skills
    Advising Startups on Strategy Executive Leadership Business Operations Product Management Leadership Sales and Marketing E-Commerce International Business International Marketing Mobile Advertising Online Advertising and Targeting
    What I'm Looking For

    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/

    Describe what you're looking for in a company.
    Locations
    Silicon Valley San Francisco Mountain View Palo Alto
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