Mentorship

Mentorship

Two men sit on grass under trees, talking. One, an elderly man with white hair and a mustache, appears to be a Great Mentor. Both wear outdoor jackets; backpacks rest beside them in the dappled sunlight.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
A man in a dark polo shirt sits and smiles in front of a background with graph lines and stock charts, evoking the analytical style of Buffett and Munger.
A conversation with investor and author Alex Morris on what Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger can teach us about focus, discipline, and building a life that lasts.
A graphic titled "The Night Crawler" features grayscale and red-tinted images of two men, one writing and one smiling—possibly Brad Feld—overlaid on a grid background with abstract shapes.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Halftone close-ups of a person's smiling mouth and eyes, with a small silhouette of people climbing a hill—evoking the adventurous spirit of Brad Feld—set against abstract backgrounds.
A conversation with the legendary VC on his latest book, his work at Techstars, and why “give first” is more than a motto — it’s a mindset.
A person in a suit holds a red mask boldly in front of their face, symbolizing the leap to leader, while another mask partially conceals their true identity.
Adam Bryant makes a key observation about rising to the challenges of leadership — and your change-resistant former self won’t like it.
LEGO minifigure dressed in a suit sits at a desk with a computer monitor, phone, and a mug labeled "World's Best Boss.
Steve Jobs once quipped that Apple's professional managers "knew how to manage, but they didn't know how to do anything."
A smiling man in a white shirt is centered in an abstract background featuring yellow and black graphics of interconnected neural networks and brain illustrations, symbolizing wisdom management.
Chip Conley — founder and CEO of JDV Hospitality and Airbnb’s former Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy — maps out an inclusive path from hindsight to wisdom.
A grayscale business portrait of a young CEO in a suit and tie framed over a blue and gray background with abstract charts and the number 5, symbolizing key lessons integrated into the design.
Yushiro Kato — the 32-year-old co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi — offers his most valuable leadership learnings.
Your mentors made time for you. Now, go and make time for others.
Only 3% of physics graduates and 2% of astronomy graduates are Black. That’s got to change. In the late 1990s, about 5% of the approximately 4000 bachelor’s degrees in physics per […]