The other day I had a thought. I thought to myself, “Man I love open-mindedness. It’s so damn sexy and it…
One of the critical parts of succeeding as a startup is deciding who you are. I don’t mean describing what your product does. I mean answering the question, what is your mission? Why does your company exist? For us at Paperless Post, an important catalyst in clarifying our…
Here are the best startup tools of 2017 that will help you build out your business as quickly, cheaply, and efficiently as possible.
What are the best startup tools of 2017? A great startup idea is exciting, but let’s be real — if that’s all you…
When I was 20 years old and working in a home theatre shop in Dubai, UAE as a in-store salesman and…
I’m not telling you what to do. I can see you’re…
A lot of people over the past 2 months have been asking me a single question albeit in different forms — Why did you move to become a Venture Capitalist? How is it being on the other side of the table? What led you to take this call? Why now in a career that has 20 years+ left?
AI literacy will be the essential skill for K-12 students. To understand, conceptualize, to be empowered and inspired to create.
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By Kim Oguilve
When I had a full-time job, there were a few perks that I never noticed until now. I’m not referring to the obvious ones like money or benefits; I’m referring to the creative and…
“Mommy, please can you paint the walls white?” his sweet eyes pleading with pain.
1. Lecture SeriesEver felt that you have a drive, you have a passion, you have what it takes but felt…
I wrote an intro for the Serbian version of The Startup Way that I’m publishing here in hopes of bringing international attention to the fast-growing Serbian startup ecosystem and sparking a country-wide dialogue. Scroll down or click here…
If this is the year that you’ll start a catering company and New York City is your chosen…
“I’m not good enough to attend a film or television festival. I don’t have shit. All I have is a half written screenplay and another stupid idea about intergalactic robots that survive on small…
In the beautiful and remote Himalayan region of Ladakh, a community of weavers led by a government officer are on a mission. They want the world to discover Ladakh as a destination for some of the finest woolen garments in the world. Can India’s tiny and frozen Ladakh be a…
This morning I woke up to an Instagram message from my friend Chris. I met Chris on the Nomad Cruise in September and…
Last year, I was asked a fairly mundane question in an interview. “Tell me something that’s true, that almost nobody agrees with you on.” Apparently, Peter Thiel started this trend. My instant reaction to this was a snort of laughter (hopefully not snobbish) and I exclaimed “I could write a…
These days, you don’t have to be Nabisco or Kraft in order to sell food. Whether you’re a…
Are you thinking about starting a food truck business? If so, you’re certainly in for a…
Can you remember the last time you listened to someone and relied on that person…
Traditional retail is dead, modern retail is on the rise, it really is that…
Coming out of thousand layers of questions and skeptical sights, the ‘Bitcoin’ have managed to secure its position in the list of hot topics going around…
“Année 2018, année de la réussite! (2018, year of success)”.
This is how I entered 2018.
2017 started in the Fiji in beautiful surroundings, diving and enjoying the pleasure of beach life with family and ended near Aix-en-Provence! It was a transition…
Girişimcilere bir çok etkinlikte, yazımda ya da konuşmamda önerdiğim kitapları bir listede toplamak istedim. Bu listenin ilk 39 kitabını 2015'te Kadir Has Üniversitesi kendi kütüphanesine ekledi, isterseniz oraya gidip de okuyabilirsiniz (http://bilgimerkezi.khas.edu.tr/)…
Combina. noun. Israeli slang, a crafty solution to a problem, something or someone…
Your phone probably is buzzing right now. What’s new? A text from your bank, some random…
Last Thursday, I went into Manhattan to visit The Points Guy office. En route I was…
Si tu as cliqué sur cet article, c’est que tu es intéressé par les mots clés qui le composent, à savoir …
Sí, lo leíste bien, FINGELA.
Algunos meses atrás he recibido comentarios sobre mí estado de ánimo, una de las preguntas frecuentes es “¿Por qué siempre estás tan feliz?” Si bien es cierto, suelo tener siempre una sonrisa, eso no quiere decir que esté fingiendo, ¿a qué…
At Forward Partners we have the same resolutions every year: make great investments, deliver amazing help to our portfolio and fundraise with the best of them. With Fund II having closed in 2017, we’ve now got the luxury to focus entirely on investments and help for…
I had the pleasure to interview Camila…
In the 1850s, a celebrity chef George Crum used to work at Hotel Moon Lake Lodge Resort in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Challenge 3 of 52 — This Month We Pursue Intention
The Rewire: Life on Purpose challenge was launched this year. It’s a 52-week journey covering the most critical life topics, one month at a time. The challenge is…
5 Real Ways That Allow You To Get More Of Those Amazing Posts Published
I’ve been chasing the wrong goals, ones impregnated into my mind (that are not mine), for too…
I have just finished reading my third book of the year.
Friends of Coadec,
Today I take over as Executive Director of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec).
I thought I would start by outlining my own thoughts on what Coadec is for and why it’s important — not a formal manifesto but at least an…
For five years I spent all but a handful of days working on the development of the Teach Starter website. As…
Let’s go through some of the common mistakes made by Product Managers. The best way to commit professional harakiri is to follow these steps :
1. Make a product with just yourself in mindIt’s natural to try and make a product that…
Zat, interesting,
“Feedback is the difference between a person who puts in 10,000 hours and gets nowhere relative to their effort, and the person who rises to the top of their field after only 5,000 hours”.
Stop Shoulding All Over Yourself
Every new day carries with it a string of unanswered questions and decisions to be made that will positively or negatively…
This is part 1 of a 3 part series called How to Survive Launch Season. Part 2: What’s Happening Behind the Scenes is available here, and Part 3: Deciphering the Selling Messages will be released on Friday, January…
Your only job as a leader is to give people the feeling of safety and stability.
That’s the only way people will ever be able to be the best versions of themselves.
Welp, my week was kind of derailed by some sort of freak stomach virus / food poisoning incident left me mostly incapacitated for 24 hours — and only marginally productive for another day.
2 years ago today, I was blindsided — I was fired by a company that solicited and hired me just 6 months before. I had never been fired before and going into Friday, January 15th, 2016, I had no reason to expect I would be. I was one of 3 people in the company in my role, I had never…
Bookship was very fortunate to be selected by The Bookseller as one of six candidates for BookTech Company of the Year. Super exciting; great validation; great reason to go to London :).
One of the worst things you can do as an entrepreneur is let your FOMO rule your business decisions.
Entrepreneurial Attitude
First and foremost, entrepreneurship is not for the faint at heart, neither is it for the fearless. Being fearless is considered desirable, however, it is just a myth. Entrepreneurs are those select few, who muster up courage to look their fears right in the eye and not back down when faced with…
Ask anyone who becomes an entrepreneur or startup founder — did they pursue their latest venture to be advised on how to do it? You don’t build something of your own blood, sweat and tears to be managed by outside opinions.
On Saturday, we celebrated our one-year anniversary! Can you believe it? One year has passed…
In life, we are often faced with choices. If we remove all the complexities associated…
“My advice to others trying to make a positive change in their…
It’s about the journey. Cliche, cliche, I know. But cliche is nothing but an overused truth.
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USC Center for Global Innovation presents 100+ Tech Executives Speaking at the USC Innovation Conference
When a Friend Is Better Than a Relation
A friend who will help you is better than a relation who won’t help you. What is the use of a relation who does not relate well with you? A friend who has good relations with you is more related to you than a relation who does not have good relations with you. But don’t ask for money…
The goal of any business is — making money. Of course, we can do business in order to do good to others, or to build world peace; but if you run out of money, you will shut…
Why guess what people want when you can ask them?
Because they don’t know what they want.
But they do know what their struggles are, so that’s what I asked them for.
I play with my hands nervously in conversations and I often look down while I’m…
Tribel House
My name is Adimefe Ifeoma Rita. I started Tribel House @tribelhub in 2014. Tribel House is a Fashion Brand which Deals Majorly with…
In my previous life as a classroom teacher and real estate broker and residential appraiser, many times I…
How Good Design Strategy Helps Iconic Companies Win.
Is your business over reliant on you? Do you have set systems and processes to withstand the challenges of business?
Mr. Perrson,
I have worked with a number of first-time entrepreneurs.
Many of them, unfortunately, are under-rated because they have not “done it” before. Rightly so, or they won’t be called first-time entrepreneurs.
I have met lot of people over the years who claimed to be entrepreneurs and people who tried to develop new products without envisioning properly on how they are going to work on it, get it to the market and grow it over time.
Seventy percent of millennials want to start a company one day, according to a recent…
The concept of transforming a creative idea toward a real business is the goal for so many up and coming entrepreneurs and dreamers. Creativity is defined as, the use of the imagination or original…
I think it’s important the method of call out. I wrote something on it a week or so ago. We can be oversensitive. We, on the left, tend to feel we’re above reproach. And really, it’s our egos that are not allowing us to grow. We think we know more than the next. We’re busy answering questions before they are asked. Responding before hearing.
Manage overwhelm, plan and delegate: three things strong enough to hold any…
My recent visit to Pakistan was both educational and inspiring. With Pakistan (rated 50 among 50 counties in terms of Digital Preparedness ) there was a thirst for this new approach to business and entrepreneurship. They sensed transformation was the direction but most…
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live…
Finding Your Path Through The Storm
I’m only 34 but I still feel like my teens and early twenties are from another life. For the past five years I have been…
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Towards the end of 2017, I understandably found myself reflecting over the course of the year. Especially in thinking how distinguishable it…
Great headline. You got me curious enough to check out the article when I saw the headline pop up on my phone. I have to say that although an interesting read, I don’t agree with everything & don’t consider Clooney & friends entrepreneurs. More like filthy rich people that by your own words would like to drink tequila all day. If they have figured…
THE ROAD TO EVER AFTER: THE CLIMAX The Climax is probably the most encouraging part of Ever After. Encouraging as in you can see, almost taste, success and you can also see how…
WE QUITTED AND WON BIG
There is this popular saying that “quitters never win” and like many other people I have believed this and sticked with even the heresy there in.
One of the biggest pieces of wisdom I can share with you is learning how to understand and grasp the concept of expectations.
I can’t believe the year has come to an end and I’m still pretending it’s quarter three. Every year is a whirlwind when you work for a young company, but somehow the accelerator on 2017 got stuck and we’ve not slowed down since I wrote the review…
I love this question- I agree that we want more feedback but don’t always have the courage or know-how to ask. This question breaks the ice for both and can be the most important topic of the entire thing!
Welcome to the first week of the semester! If you’re like me, then you have some “new semester’s resolutions” you’d like to make. Maybe to be less stressed, or start homework earlier, or contribute more effectively as a member of your student organization.
Good morning 3x, okay my friends all the time sometimes we like to think that I would want to be what is good so I am afraid to fail. This is the thinking that haunts the way of our success, I think his success is not complete in reaching thousands of planning in my opinion by trying is the…
An MBA is the most popular post-grad program in the US (one in four people graduate with one each year) and is seen as an essential step to a career in corporate management or entrepreneurism. But is a MBA education the best use of your life…
Hi Anthony,
Completely agree, fear, scarcity and perceived separation cause all of these issues. I am certainly in favor and have used many modalities other than plant medicine and appreciate those helping to bring effective models forward. In my experience they all work together when used properly. Thank you for reading and sharing!
Nate, great read!
“The feeling I got when the thing I did inspired somebody else to do a thing is almost indescribable”.
Making the invisible visible and allowing others to feel inspired to do the same!
That’s a body of great work! Thank you for giving yourself to it and showing us what it looks and feels like.
There are a lot of variables that determine why one brand is successful and another is not. Timing, packaging, marketing…
Every year I feel like the holidays fly by, and I’m never quite ready for them to end. January 1 sneaks up on…
Baltimore, USA — 5 January 2018 — Layasa is offering the one of a kind opportunity to make your own hats that will look great and will make for perfect gifts.
Do you have a dream deep in your heart that you want to pursue? If you do, have you taken the first step necessary to achieve it? Taking the first step is perhaps the most difficult thing to do in achieving a dream. There are a lot of mental obstacles that make it difficult to take that first…
When I say leader, what do you think about? When I hear about leadership, it is mostly attributed to a corporate…
I think we should not blame the losers for not being interesting. Sure, one cannot create art and wait for the world to rush in to see it. But Dame luck if often fickle. Nothing succeeds like success. Once the compounding effect kicks in even mediocre work gets accepted under the label of greatness. This is how we have created the winner-take-all society.
SABP is one of the most popular invoice generating software. It has two separate invoice type cash and credit sales invoice. Credit sales invoice control the accounts receivable.
How you think matters. Take it from a 24-year-old.
Little bit about myself, who am I and why am I doing this challenge.
What up people?! I’m Gavrilo Markovic and I’m another fucking entrepeneur. I have a milion things in my mind that I wanna make it real but the obstacles and opportunities always goes throught the money so I’m working a lot to solve that problem. Sorry if I don’t write correctly. I’m Serbian guy living in Spain all my life, but my ambition goes far…
During a dinner with an entrepreneur friend, I ask him why he would not develop his company of construction on a regional or even national scale. Then, he answers me: “When you enlarge, the only thing of…
No that it is only good for the sake of working. Simply that if you are already working on something, work hard and do it well, for both the reward of working hard to meet a goal, make money, etc, and because there is always an outcome.
I am not advocating working hard all the time in lieu of anything else or down time, or…
everyday i’m learning so much.
most of the time, i’m not actively going out of my way to learn something, it’s just that things pop up along my path. a video shows up on my youtube homepage. a conversation pops up out of nowhere.
May you get to play with your children tonight.
Working for a startup has its own set of benefits. The most important one being your voice being heard as it’s a small team with a lot of vigor to grow fast. You get to express your views and get it validated and move fast forward in a team aimed at fast…
We all try to seek our life’s purpose, but most likely end up frustrated and thus, giving up on our dreams. Seeking passion is not necessarily a way out either. Not everyone will be able to seek their best version of themselves, simply because they…
This is the year you’re ready to start your own business. And you’re trying to decide…
Business resolutions haven’t really become “a thing” yet, but why not? Lots of people make new year’s resolutions on a personal level, but if you run a business, setting resolutions that focus on your business can be a great way…
Thank you Atman!
[Ayer me enteré que vivo en una de las ciudades más peligrosas del planeta. Y soy tremendamente feliz.]
I “Papá, papá; me tienen secuestrado, me metí un problema fuerte, ayúdame” escuché cuando…
Everybody is talking about which book should Entrepreneurs read. But No one is explaining that why is it so important to read..???
You tend to hear the age old adage that “the grass is always greener on the other side”. Well this just isn’t true in most cases. We all go through struggles and when those struggles arise we tend to seek out “safety” opposed to facing our struggles head on…
Great wisdom Tom,
“Being an influencer isn’t easy, and it isn’t always neat, but it is rewarding, fulfilling, and incredibly exhilarating.
That’s why I think, if you have the stomach for it, you should still try to be one.”
As always, thank you for your willingness to be vulnerable. Grateful for your encouragement to risk.
‘Be Honest to yourself’ in this journey of nomadism this is the most important factor. Don’t go on world travel as a fan following or media dream.
Make a plan and select your dream place. Enjoy your time and stay productive.
Lovely article, as usual ;), Ryan!
You make a really good point for facetime and still paying attention to people in the valley. In your opinion, is the investment community in SV still in a leading position above all else?
Reflecting on how technology and design are shaping the world by building bridges across cultures, disciplines and industries to reach shared goals. Lyon in France | Feb…
Nobody has time to be kind anymore.
When you decided to write a book, you might have envisioned selling your work to a…
Blake Powell Your article was a great one to read. I’m still a new writer on Medium. Thanks for posting these 3 awesome tips they really helped me out.
Burn out is a BEAST. Hope you’ve completely bounced back and then some.
Cheers!
Life planning.
Like Tony Robbins says.. “There is success in producing a result.” Now the question is, what kind of result? Is the result that you achieve every day close to the level of quality and quantity that you desire? I think to myself everyday that chances are, I’m just a notch down from where I could be. And the…
Ask any entrepreneur you know what they need more of for their business… the answer may surprise…
Thank you Apoorva for those very kind words. It’s truly motivating to hear and keeps me wanting to write more. Thank you again, hope you have an amazing year!
