Bullish: How Business Is a Lot Like Dating

Business is a lot like dating. Like cold-hearted, competitive dating among people who don't love each other, but rather are using each other for mutual, albeit temporary, ends. Once upon a time, when I was considering moving to New York, I looked for jobs. A Director of Marketing position was available at a company I'll call QuixoticIdea.Com. I was an unconventional candidate -- I'd never held a "real job," but had run a company for five years despite my relative youth -- so I wrote directly to ...