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Re:The Rise of the Thought Leader by GuiA on Friday June 30, 2017 @12:31PM (#14671797)
Who invited him to your university, and how did they know of him?

There's no contest that his blog was an instrument in his popularity; I am questioning that it was the main one.

Re:The Rise of the Thought Leader by ericd on Monday July 03, 2017 @02:49AM (#14686359)
Well, they were located in the area (Boston), and one of his cofounders (RTM) teaches at my school, so it probably wasn't that hard to organize a little talk.