Reddit is an amazingly useful platform for finding like-minded individuals, advice, support, entertainment - you name it.

Job security has always been a tricky thing to deal with, and to write about. On the one hand, traditional job security gives us the knowledge that, as breadwinners, we can feed our families today, tomorrow and five years from now.

A couple years ago I was excited to discover that Stanford’s Graduate School of Business was uploading a vast number of its lectures and presentations to YouTube for all to enjoy – what a terrifically valuable and uplifting resource! Anyone choosing to regularly peruse the GSB’s video playlist over morning coffee and croissants instead of soaking up grim disaster and mayhem from the mainstream media would not only achieve an admirable grasp of high-level business concepts, but would also be likely to benefit from lower blood pressure and a sunnier disposition.

So it was with great pleasure that I learned more recently that Stanford had opened up not only its material but its entire educational process to all, by way of its recently-founded Venture Lab offshoot.