Penelope Trunk Careers

In the last 48 hours many of Y’s friends have been arrested for being part of an anti-war encampment at their college. I am shocked by the large number of college encampments across the US, but...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/04/28/my-jewish-college-kid-is-protesting-the-israel-hamas-war-in-gaza-and-im-proud/

Z went to a Duke recruiting weekend where accepted kids can get a feel for the university. He hung out with some kids who decided to go to Harvard and Stanford, and a bunch of kids who decided on...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/04/25/what-explains-the-outsized-success-of-autistic-applicants-to-college/

From 1997 to 2012 just 1% of VC funded companies had female founders. Three of those companies were mine. People tell me it’s much better for women now, but statistically, this is BS. I raise...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/04/21/how-to-get-funding-from-deluded-self-congratulating-investors/

Professional women’s basketball is a cesspool of mediocrity full of women gatekeeping so the sport can’t change. Fortunately, incoming rookie Caitlin Clark is worth more than the entire WNBA ...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/04/13/wnba-is-totally-annoying-heres-how-to-fix-it-for-caitlin-clarks-arrival/

I had email FOMO. I could be making a million dollars a year from my subscriber list! I read email marketing advice like it was porn — people say it can happen but I don’t think it really doe...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/04/09/why-am-i-subscribed-to-penelopes-substack/

The worst criticism I’ve ever received from an editor is “it sounds like ChatGPT wrote this.” But as soon as Melissa told me that I thought: she’s right. Unfortunately, she said this abou...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/04/01/how-my-son-got-into-duke/

My son met a Ukrainian girl over the summer, and after telling me it was a summer fling because she barely speaks English, he started learning Russian and seeing her all the time. The relationshi...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/03/27/how-to-be-a-better-listener-lessons-from-the-interruption-queen/

Update, March 22, 2024. In a video released today Kate Middleton said that following recent surgery her doctors found cancer, and she’s now undergoing chemotherapy. I think a lot of what I wrot...

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2024/03/21/the-british-royal-family-has-ended/