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    How you handle your request makes all the difference

    by KATE ROCKWOOD Mar 29, 2017 3 minutes
    TAKE NOTES “I’ve seen some of the smartest, most successful people take copious notes during meetings,” says Andersen. A study in the journal Psychological Science found that handwritten notes led to the best long-term recall and deep understanding, even if people didn’t get many of the words jotted down.

    “CAN I PICK YOUR BRAIN?” The question makes Derek Andersen cringe. “So many founders use the same zombie-sounding ask, but it’s generic and ambiguous,” he says. “No one wants to have their brain picked.” Andersen should know: As the founder of Startup Grind, a 200-chapter community for entrepreneurs, he has approached thousands of people for intel. And as his Redwood City, California–based organization has grown, Andersen himself has been subjected to an onslaught of clumsy insight requests. “As

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