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(1). A small, unprofitable piece of business your sales guy convinces you to take, claiming “there’s a lot of money behind this one.”
“Yeah, I know the fee on this one doesn’t even cover our cost, but this is a call option opportunity. This guy tells us his company’s going public soon – no, he didn’t say when – and we’ll already be in there when it does!”
(1). To request a “connection” with someone on linkedin.com usually used by older, senior managers to (1) appear hip to their junior employees, and (2) keep tabs on employees’ job-seeking activities online.
(1). The main point you gleaned from a relentlessly long and confusing conference call. A key takeaway is generally addressed within the first three to five minutes of the call, followed then by an hour or so of irrelevant fluff.
“Thanks for making the call, everyone. I think it’s safe to say the key takeaway is that we need to have another call. How does next Wednesday look for everyone?”
