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February 28, 2018
  • #cookielife
  • Experiments
  • Food
  • Networking
  • Philanthropy
  • Social Media

#cookielife – how I convinced 200+ people to send me cookies and raised over $400,000 for charity

Written by Sol Orwell

The ad-hoc #cookielife, something that spawned out of friendly banter over on Facebook, resulted in over 200 people sending me cookies via the mail and also spawned my charity food offs, which raised over $50,000 for charity in 2017, then...

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February 6, 2018
  • #cookielife
  • Food
  • Networking
  • Thoughts

A “networking” case study: make friends, not connections

Written by Sol Orwell

I’m not a fan of quotes, but this one from Steve Jobs is the truth: You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect...

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November 28, 2017
  • #cookielife
  • Food
  • Thoughts

A recipe on how to make your own giant Ferrero Rocher

Written by Sol Orwell

I’m a collector of oddball hobbies. One of them is making giant chocolate bars. Twix, kit kat, peanut butter cup, and more, it’s been a pleasure making and sharing these monstrosities with my friends. My latest creation? A giant Ferrero...

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June 29, 2017
  • Food
  • Networking
  • Philanthropy
  • Thoughts

How 1000+ sausages made for great networking (and raised $10,000)

Written by Sol Orwell

On June 25, 150 people convened in Toronto. Ostensibly there to contribute to charity and make a dent in the 1000+ sausages awaiting them, what unfolded was, to quote: “the most relaxing networking I have ever experienced.” Going into the...

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Sol Orwell

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