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Experiences and opinions from business founders and industry leaders.
Use your own product or die
Don’t hide behind the bravado of being an entrepreneur, fess up and admit that you don’t use your own product or face destruction.5 years ago I was working inside a very large corporation on a product that operated like a startup but from within corporate walls. The product was a location based mobile social network. We had grown the user base to a couple of million users and things were fine. ¶ But after a while growth stagnated and I noticed that I wasn’t using it as regularly as I wanted our users to. Statistically I would have been classified as a Monthly Active User but only just.
Nic HaralambousJan 16, 2014
Starting your own business will not make you happy.
What’s the difference between being happy and feeling alive?What’s the difference between being happy and feeling alive? Let me tell you. ¶ Being happy involves feelings of joy, contentment and euphoria while often excluding, ignoring or suppressing negative feelings. ¶ Feeling alive is knowing that that every day brings challenges that you either will or will not overcome. Feeling alive isn’t restricted to joy. It involves pain, fear, anger, confusion, frustration, happiness, euphoria, triumph, accomplishment, failure, success, remorse, resentment…Nic HaralambousApr 6, 2014
Email is not your job
Reactive work is the downfall of productivityIt’s an obvious statement but one I can’t help repeating: Email is not your job. ¶ I used to wake up, check my email immediately (awake to screen time of 0.01s) and then get to work answering queries. It would take me roughly an hour to plough through my emails and respond to those who needed a response. I’d add items to my to do list and then ignore them. I’d sit back and wait for people to reply to my replies.Nic HaralambousApr 29, 2014
Why “It’s Just Business” Is Bullshit
For those of us who pour everything we are into our passions, it’s personal.I am done with people excusing a lack of ethics, moral mishaps and blatantly questionable business practices with the phrase “it’s just business.” It’s not just business. It’s personal. ¶ It’s All Personal ¶ I pour everything I have into everything I do. I work on the things that define me. I work on the things that I am passionate about. I work on the things that I want the world to use, discover and buy.Nic HaralambousAug 1, 2014
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