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Based in Chicago, Omerisms is a blog by Omer Abdullah. His posts explore Ideas, perspectives and points of view across business, sales, marketing, life and (sometimes) football (the real kind).

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Sep 25

Sep 25 Embracing Your Inner Bono

Careers, Creativity, Life, Personal Codes

When I was 22, I decided to get my ear pierced.

I was a Business undergraduate working in Marketing & Sales, but with a wannabe musician buried deep inside who was trying to find a way to express his “Inner Bono”. And the form of that expression at that age was, ultimately, to get an earring. And so I did - a diamond stud that I wore all the time and never thought twice about.

Mar 14

Mar 14 The Point Is To Build Something

Omer Abdullah

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Personal Codes, Strategy

Years ago, Yahoo offered to buy Facebook for $1 Billion. Now, this was a scant few years since the business was started in Mark Zuckerberg’s college dorm room and certainly well before Facebook became the colossus it is now. And so, at the time, $1 Billion was a pretty amazing offer.

Zuck said no.