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Liz Cohen

What you learn writing an obituary a day

For a tech exec interview series I produce, I always open with the same first question: What did your first job teach you?

4 min readDec 19, 2022

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What you learn writing an obituary a day

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Liz Cohen

What do you have to give? Take the mentorship challenge.

The thing is, often we don’t realize what we have to offer in experience and wisdom— until asked.

2 min readDec 5, 2022

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What do *you* have to give? Take the mentorship challenge.

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Liz Cohen

What it takes to do a VC rebrand

Skip to the recipe: For a VC to rebrand, it takes understanding, goal clarity, management skills, buy-in & more. Is it right for your VC?

10 min readNov 15, 2022

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What it takes to do a VC rebrand

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Liz Cohen

5 Pieces of Earned Wisdom: What ~26 years of work has taught me

I kicked off a new decade recently, so it’s time to take stock of where my years of experience have given me— work-wise & work ‘wise’.

4 min readOct 19, 2022

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What ~26 years of working has taught me, eventually

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Liz Cohen

Do your due diligence like it’s your job.

It’s ok — and smart — to background check the job you’re interviewing for before committing a third of your time to it.

4 min readMar 30, 2022

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Do your due diligence like it’s your job.

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Liz Cohen

Building your LinkedIn presence doesn’t have to be intimidating.

Let’s break it down.

6 min readMar 27, 2022

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Building your LinkedIn presence doesn’t have to be intimidating.

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Liz Cohen

Planning a big career move? 4 strategies I learned while job seeking

Ready to leave your job for greener pastures, and not sure how to start? Hi, I’m so glad you called/wrote/stopped by.

5 min readJan 20, 2021

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Planning a big career move? 4 strategies I learned while job seeking

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Liz Cohen

What no one talks about when leaving a job

Thoughts on the weeks between resigning and walking out the door

4 min readDec 20, 2020

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What no one talks about when leaving a job

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Liz Cohen

Behind the scenes: What I didn’t say on the ‘thought leadership’ video chat

What ‘thought leadership’ actually is: relationship-building.

4 min readDec 8, 2020

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Behind the scenes: What I didn’t say on the ‘thought leadership’ video chat

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Liz Cohen

Messaging matters. Work on your wording with 5 writing hacks.

After 15+ years of writing content in every format — sometimes I still trip over my own wording. Here are 5 hacks to focus your…

4 min readNov 11, 2020

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Messaging matters. Work on your wording with 5 writing hacks.

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Liz Cohen

Liz Cohen

Taking notes. I’m curious. Hetz Ventures. 50:50 Startups. I write insightful articles with career, marketing themes. And personal topics at lizraelupdate.com.

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