This morning I woke up to a really nice message from a reader of this story I wrote: Stop…
🌎 Bucket list item #5 – Take a flight in Business class (updated: First Class) 🚀
A couple of years ago, I was speaking with a colleague when he brought up network…
Business Insider and Twitter are reporting on the Whole Foods “crisis” of empty shelves and low inventory. Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods Market in August of 2017 is not even 1 year ago as of today…
I decided that 2018 will be a huge inflection point for me. Ok, it might sound premature to…
We, The Vessel
This fall, I joined the investment team at Rough Draft Ventures. Powered by General Catalyst, Rough Draft backs student founders from…
My fiancé was laughing at me.
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. "
- Albert Einstein
The years of struggle that it takes to build something worthwhile.
This practice can make the difference between success and failure in your startup and in your life.
“If your business is only…
Yesterday I was shown an article about Pomelo in a local free newspaper . The newspaper is given…
… is to do what you hate.
It’s easy to lose perspective on this.
When all you see all day long are people who seem to be living the dream.
I have to say I found your article very interesting! You are correct on some of the information in regards to MLMs, however you are putting a very big blanket on all MLMs. Stating they all are the same, which they aren’t!!. Having studied the business model for nearly a decade and had experience with MLM and some of those culcut like behaviors you…
“Launch Mode” a.k.a. a socially acceptable euphemism for chaos.
At least, this is how it feels to many of us. We say things like “well, I’m in the middle of a launch right now, so…” or “That will have to wait until…
On me demande souvent comment avoir un équilibre en tant qu’entrepreneur, comment je mêle ma vie perso et ma vie pro et quel conseil je donnerais à quelqu’un qui souhaite se lancer.
Why am I a blockchain evangelist?
It’s because of the potential for entrepreneurs to build on the technology, the limitlessness of currency backed by human talent, and the…
14 Jan is a very auspicious day according to Hindu calendar and celebrated widely all across India. In Gujarat (one of the Indian states), it is known…
Up and down. High and low. High, medium, low probability.
Politics was never an easy side dish at the dinner table, but since the 2016 presidential…
Don’t dumb-down. Smarten-up!
Every once in while I am asked to ghostwrite for an executive or influencer.
A long while ago, when I was on the first date with my boyfriend, I was admittedly quite tipsy because I had been in my boss’ BBQ gathering for the whole day earlier. His wife was an excellent and charming host who kept pouring us more and more wine throughout the day…
How getting out of the comfort zone can fix your life.
How you can use holiday cards to guarantee sales and lifelong customers.
Handwritten thank you notes and holiday cards are more powerful than ever to build a strong relationship with your customers. As many businesses have turned to…
Sometimes you have to see how the sausage is made to gain an appreciation for the final product. I recently read Shoe Dog, Phil Knight’s memoir, and I can’t look at a pair of Nikes without thinking about the struggle it took to make his company an…
My name is Patrycja Drozdz. I moved to the U.S. from Poland in 2010, which explains the unusual spelling of my name. I am currently a junior and a Business Administration Major at UConn Waterbury. In my sophomore year, I got into the Honors Program which has allowed me to work on some very…
After a friend noticed, It struck me there where no pictures on this site. Time for…
In the journey called life, your most valuable lessons you are summarized as your upbringing. The way you live is…
If there’s one thing I can happily say about myself, it’s this: I’ve finally learned to be…
As we begin to get our heads around what the internet will look like without Net Neutrality, one thing is clear: women will be put out of business.
Today I spoke to friends about life paths, journeys to success. It’s something we agreed isn’t defined, but now there is a survival of the fittest rhetoric here.
Hi everyone ! it’s me again for the second article of this series (Yeah I’m still following my new year…
Rantings on Human Psychology, Great Places to Work, and Corporate Culture..
Humans are darn complex animals.
Innovation theory teaches you that the value of innovation outcomes follows a typical normal/bell curve distribution: Some ideas turn out to be crap, most are okay, and a few are positive outliers which turn into the disruptors of their respective industries. These outliers create what investment…
Here’s what you’re actually saying.
Everybody has important work to do. Work that matters. Work that puts us in our flow state. Work we are meant to do…
Case Study — Problem solving
Age is just a number said many, proved only a few. While attending a science event in Delhi, in the…
Does the sense of controlling your own destiny, steering your own path, and leaving a legacy sound…
Today, everyone is talking about crypto currencies. I am yet to meet anyone who has not heard of Bitcoin. Either the maddening dream run they had in last 3 years or a recent sharp correction they witnessed, one thing is certain — it has caused much awareness even in remote parts of this…
One of the most precious texts I ever received came from my friend Kate. We had been chatting on Skype and my daughter made a cameo appearance. The text came a day later:
A new networking group, YENA Plymouth, held their inaugural event for young entrepreneurs on the 15th January…
Book of the Day, Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims ;
We all want to make big bets. That’s a Silicon Valley mantra. Be bold. Go big. But I think ingenious ideas are over-rated and that people routinely bet big on…
Right now, I’m at square one. It is the hardest part of the entrepreneurial journey.
Nojoto-A journey to become a successful Enterepreneur
What you plan to learn at NSE
21 JAN 2018
Take a deep breath.
What Does a Music Business Consultant Do?
So I’ve started getting a lot questions as to what it is exactly that I do. Generally, I serve as the liaison between the creative person and any business opportunities that come their way. That’s a really broad answer so i’ll provide more detail.
ROI calculator is a kind of investment calculator which enables you to estimate the profit or loss of your investment. Return on investment calculator can also be used to compare the efficiency of a few investments. Thus, you can find the ROI formula helpful when…
I believe that the most famous definition of the “American Dream” is actually a lie. That would include the…
A NEW CHAPTER..
It all started when I decided to register for a workshop organised by our senior Felix Josemon. We were one among the fourteen colleges selected by Google to form DSC(Developer Student Club).The workshops were held on 10th and 11th of January. We were introduced to the world of opportunities through Android…
by Johanna Klinger
I just finished this book and really enjoyed it.
Any entrepreneur and/or a runner should read it. Such an amazing story of a startup (they didn’t have this term back in 1962) that fight against the giants (e.g. Adidas, US customs, Tiger etc’) and succeed to win. Big time.
Simply put, communication is the exchange of getting your idea or ideas across to another or others with written or…
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It may have been a few years after high school before I actually started college, but I will continue my journey and finish it.
After I decided to continue my education and almost finished to receive my Associate’s Degree, Utica School of Commerce…
Very educative. As an investor (although young), I can relate. My rule of the thumb is to check whether product or service fit into the current lifestyle of a community. If it doesn’t, I don’t even bother to look further.
Since I’ve started this journey, I’ve realized I need 50 hours a day to manage everything that I wanted to be done every day.
Look at this sentence: “Every room you walk into is better because you’re there”
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Lol … of course you do. You may not know it, which is quite remarkable for a keen observer. But then again, you are merely pointing out how everyone has blind spots with a lot of emotion, but not having any insight into how to have an effect on the world as-is. Labeling groups of any kind is not a good start. Anyone can rise and become in the right…
If you were to ask any successful entrepreneur what helped them reach their position they will say reading books, and they’d recommend you to do the same. We live in a time where more knowledge than ever is available freely on the internet…
“People that learn to habitually make the tough calls stand out like flamingos in a flock of seagull”.
This is a article written by a mind that have experience being acquired in the field or theoretical or both. The points you bring are very informative and in alignment with other great minds that are helping us all to explain the struggles and what it takes to be original (I am now making a correlation with the book Originals, from Adam Grant.) I…
A similar perspective to this can apply to a startup however without the purchase requirement: To actually consider what is in place, before reinventing the wheel.
Most successful startup entrepreneurs go throught a rigorous competition analysis process that lifts enough information about the industry, market, and what is…
It’s Friday night, you have to turn in a paper on Monday and your friends are asking if you want to go out with them… and you stay home to work on your startup.
Lets be honest, we use google for answers to quick questions. This is backed up by the many websites sporting the most popular queries. Most being very silly questions. But when it comes to the big questions, I think sometimes we forget to consult the almighty Google, or maybe it’s just me.
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The recent growth in Startup activity is a evident for us to know that there are many inspiring Start-ups entrepreneurs who are ready to take the risk and achieve their dream. But not all the entrepreneurs can achieve the…
John, interesting read. Would like to hear more about how this moves forward in agriculture and other businesses. Education???Thanks for sharing!
“Last month, I spent two days at Agritechnica in Hanover, the world’s leading agricultrual technology fair. Walking around the fair gave me some insights into the current trends in…
Good morning, Andrew. This is a fantastic article. I have only one critique for you: The title. I don’t think what you describe here is lazy leadership at all. What you describe in this piece is truly a demonstration of what actual leadership really looks like.
Running your own business takes sacrifices, especially when you’re managing a family business. My Wongchuking family knows that very well and has built a strong foundation for our venture — Mighty Corporation. If you have a business or just starting to build…
The generational changes in companies and the greater need to communicate consumers have driven the implementation of marketing strategies jump from the real world to the virtual world.
Why only startup , these 5 characteristics has enough ammunition to sabotage any endeavor of life, regardless of whether it is personal professional or business in my opinion.
There are countless successful entrepreneurs, and all of them have a different routine…
It’s extremely unpopular to discuss race in professional settings. It makes us uncomfortable. We avoid it so that we don’t upset anyone. We reply to racial comments (good or bad) with quick-witted one liners so that we can end the conversation before it has a chance to grow into anything…
