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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.
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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 Haralambous
Jan 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.
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Being happy involves feelings of joy, contentment and euphoria while often excluding, ignoring or suppressing negative feelings.
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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 Haralambous
Apr 6, 2014
Email is not your job
Reactive work is the downfall of productivity
It’s an obvious statement but one I can’t help repeating: Email is not your job.
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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 Haralambous
Apr 29, 2014
The Two Habits That Changed My Life
The Two Habits That Changed My Life
I stopped smoking cigarettes 4 years ago. I was a heavy smoker. I smoked ±40 a day for a long time and in September of 2010 I decided I’d…
Nic Haralambous
Dec 8, 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.
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It’s All Personal
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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 Haralambous
Aug 1, 2014
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A Short Guide To Knowing An Entrepreneur
A Short Guide To Knowing An Entrepreneur
You think you know us but you have no idea.
Nic Haralambous
Jan 26, 2015
Startups: Helping Entrepreneurs Do The Things They Hate More Often
You think that running your own company is about freedom, doing the fun things and working on stuff you love. You’re wrong.
Nic Haralambous
Jan 22, 2015
10 Things I Learned From Casey Neistat’s Daily Vlog
Recently Casey Neistat started a daily vlog. When I first heard he was doing it I thought it would be a simple “this is my day” kind of…
Nic Haralambous
May 14, 2015
Advice from 30 year old me to 20 year old me
11 things that I wish I knew when I was 20.
Nic Haralambous
May 6, 2014
What My Failed Band Taught Me About Business
What My Failed Band Taught Me About Business
Soft rock and riffs wont always get you laid
Nic Haralambous
Jul 30, 2015
Competitors Are Not The Enemy
There are lots of things that startups should fear. Competition isn’t one of them.
Nic Haralambous
Sep 30, 2015
Other People’s Success Makes Me Angry
Recently I met a couple at a dinner party. The guy started to tell me about his recent trip to New York. I love New York and secretly take…
Nic Haralambous
Nov 16, 2015
The Founder Focus Fallacy
Don’t tell me about focus
Nic Haralambous
Feb 8
A Motivating 10 Second Conversation
As a greneral rule, I ignore what my competitors are doing. It’s a bad idea to pay too much attention to their strategies and movements.
Nic Haralambous
Feb 21
Some Bridges Need To Be Burned
Some Bridges Need To Be Burned
I pride myself on doing the right thing. I do the right thing in the face of personal loss, injury or harm. I do the right thing when…
Nic Haralambous
Mar 3
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