How street smarts and hard work pay off
George Santino musician and author of Get Back Up: From the Streets to Microsoft Suites, shares with us his story and how he used his street smarts and hard work to maneuver through multiple career [...]
Why Not You?
After writing a book titled Get Back Up: From the Streets to Microsoft Suites, I was given the opportunity to pen several byline articles and blogs. There’s a common thread in everything I write, and [...]
Microsoft Partner Reveals His Secrets to Success
George A Santino didn’t plan on being a writer. Truth be told, he didn’t plan on being a fast food manager, real estate investor, liquor salesman or recording artist either. The idea that he’d spend [...]
Host Cyrus Webb Welcomes Recording Artist and Author George A. Santino to Conversations Live
Host Cyrus Webb welcomes back recording artist and author George A. Santino to Conversations Live to discuss his journey that has led to the album and now the book GET BACK UP. Read More
Are You a Victim?
If you listen to politicians from both major political parties these days, we’re all victims. They say that the system is rigged and the deck is stacked against us. They tell us that we don’t [...]
Retired Microsoft Partner Pens Autobiography
Seattle native and retired Microsoft partner George A. Santino details how hard work led to his rise from welfare to success in his new book Get Back Up: From the Streets to the Microsoft Suites. [...]
Knocked Down? This Way Up!
I suppose there are some people out there who never have any challenges beyond the tragedy of a facial zit. But I think they’re about as rare as a unicorn. For the rest of us, [...]
Q&A with Former Microsoft Partner and Author George A. Santino
George A. Santino retired as a partner at Microsoft, but before that he did just about everything — from fast-food restaurant management to shoe repair to product testing. He interviewed at Microsoft four times before getting [...]
Retired Partner Engineer at Microsoft Shares Rags-to-Riches Story
One of the really cool things I’ve been able to do over the years in this job is speak with people who played a role in shaping the software industry. Those are invariably fascinating conversations, [...]
It Doesn’t Matter Where You Start… As Long as You Start
The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 is coming up soon and in the days leading up to the race, the world’s best drivers will be competing in time trials to determine who will start [...]
37 Business Tips & Lessons from the Entrepreneur’s Bookshelf
You’ve heard you are what you eat, well we believe that you are what you read. Teach a CEO presents lessons from our bookshelf on how you can improve and grow your venture. We have [...]
George A Santino: No matter what life throws at you, get back up
Radio interview on Intrepid Now with Todd Schnick. Discussion guide from my conversation with George A. Santino: 1. Just because you start with nothing, doesn’t mean you’ll end up with nothing. 2. It doesn’t matter where [...]