Constantinople: Defining a personal brand serves as a time-management filter
Alex Constantinople · a16z Podcast | Build Your Personal Brand · Jan 2, 2019 · at 9:31
Alex Constantinople, CEO of Outcast Agency, explains how defining a personal brand practically aids executives in managing their time during an a16z podcast discussion.
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“No matter what level, it really also helps you as a filter for your time. If the activities you're doing, and you're going to get asked to do a lot of things, right, if it doesn't necessarily fit within what you've laid out for yourself, then I think it's easier to say no.”
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