Here’s a quick confession.
“Don’t hit my…
Want to know how I approach Angel Investing? Maybe so you can learn how to…
Finances are the lifeblood of any business. Small businesses typically start out with…
This is the eighteenth post in a series. The first post can be found here.
English summary below
I have never dreamed about a book before. Until “Moonshots”. The question that…
Prepping for your venture
How Not to Make an Epic Hiring Fail — Like Me
It’s early December 2017 and my company is coming off our biggest year ever, tripling revenue over the prior…
2018 has been a transformative year for me. My first as a founder! I have made a lot of progress and learnt loads in…
Part II
Voir la version française : Partie II-Des temps…
After a short hiatus from writing, I realize creativity, just like muscle exercise, is an ongoing…
Someone that follows my blogs recently asked me:
‘How do you know that what you say…
Is that title too offensive? If you find yourself offended easily, my blog may not be a good fit for you. Taking offense to any and every subject matter seems to be people’s go-to-response now a days… for any topic… on any platform that challenges their current level of awareness of…
I don’t really tell people this part about me, often because it brings back memories of…
For some reason, this question has come up a few times in my house this week- which I take as a sign that I am…
You can sell the exact same product (or service) and some people are willing to pay $1000 for it while others aren’t even willing to pay more than $10 for it.
For the exact same thing!
A few weeks ago, a Facebook ad targeting entrepreneurs popped up on my screen. It featured a video with…
나는 사회적 기업이라는 단어를 대학생 인액터스 활동을 하며 처음 접했다.
MVP, strategy, marketing, conversion, sales funnel… But also happiness, misery, excitement…
Its the start of 2019 and late last year I just turned thirty. This has prompted me to take the time to reflect on the previous decade, on what worked well and what not so well, and if giving the chance, would I go back and change (if anything)
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” —…
Business has evolved over the years but it still has the same principles. Several people…
Pour la 4e édition de leur Maddy Keynote, les équipes de Maddyness remplissaient une nouvelle fois les murs du 104 à Paris, en…
Hi, Ben. The millennials are just following the lead of many mid-stage and late Baby Boomers who put a similar strategy into practice decades ago.
Some of us came out of university into the most bizarre financial situation of the past century — stagflation. I paid back my student loans at an interest rate of 18%. Mind you, I…
Anne Helen Petersen’s BuzzFeed article about “How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation” went viral at the beginning of this year. I remember reading all of it carefully, feeling thankful to finally have found the right words to send to my parents who don’t quite get…
Hopefully, this list is a tool of self-inspection for you whether you’re 21 or 51.
If you are, you’ve already lost. I got fired once over this one. Don’t ever clam up…
Episode 900 of This Week In Startups | Subscribe
Wait. Hold on!
I’ve just been reading about how inefficient this behavior of buying different sizes of clothing with the intended purpose to try them and return those that don’t fit.
If it’s really inefficient for companies, why won’t the market sort that out — I mean why don’t companies folowing…
Blog #20
“I can’t stress enough how important it is to have an engaged audience across multiple platforms, but especially a mailing list (since we all know mailing lists convert better than anything else). Publishers, editors and agents want to know there is already an existing audience, a decent-sized one…
Listen to me. You are not behind.
Have you ever wondered about designing a product on your own & creating a market for it?
You are not alone my friend.
A self taught entrepreneur and educator, his legacy is as shiny as many big names he admired.
Short and right to the point. Take a risk this week, or a couple. With long rounds in store and wet and…
Do you have a qualification process for agency prospects? Do you know when to turn away a bad prospect? How do you know if a client is a good fit for your agency? Turning away clients isn’t easy, but turning down a bad prospect may just…
It’s important to know and really understand your ideal audience (sometimes referred…
As the economy slides, it will be even more challenging for entrepreneurs and startups to raise money. The last ten years have been a boom for the industry and I predict there will be a major pullback as VC’s lose money on certain ventures.
We are Selfish, It’s not our faults.
The summer before senior year of high school I was school shopping and spotted a t-shirt that…
Can chemically replicated wines really be an affordable substitute for the world’s great wines?
It’s not uncommon to see the phrases “good vibes only” or “no bad days” plastered across social…
The root of all success and failure has its basis on our daily actions — or inactions — and our…
Born and brought from a sweet and loving family in a rural area. One of the most beautiful place on earth i.e. “Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in India”. Fortunate and lucky to get good schooling and i was a bright student in school. The journey was very good…
How one article set my creative side on fire
This is the best reaction and insight stemming from the Fyre Festival fiasco. Hilariously, the documentaries have relaunched Ja Rule’s career, given Doctor Meme a tv show, and similar to Michael Milken in the 80s, escalated Billy McFarlane from mid level con artist / entrepreneur to the big leagues where he can earn 6 figure speaking and consulting fees from Wall Street financiers and Silicon Valley tech titans.
Be courageous, yet judicious
Each day on earth brings new trials we must face. In order to make our way in the world we must confront and overcome these challenges. Yet this seemingly mundane reality is in fact one of near infinite complexity. We, as individuals…
Einstellung is an important word that I often reflect upon when I coach.
“Maceraya çıkıyorum!” Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
Making things simple helps out a lot in life. It can save time, brainpower and it makes things…
It’s a story you might have heard. I want to go deeper than that, see how that translates to the…
Look at those who are beneath you and do not look at those who are above you.
Hold on…read above again.
Think about it.
Last time I wrote about how one of my big fish clients was coming to an end and now is the time for me to step it up and make things happen, so I don’t have to…
15th January, 1966 changed the cause of Nigeria's history forever!
The fault lines of tribe, religion and ethnicity that now pervade our National life were drawn that day when Major Kaduna Nzeogwu along with other Junior officers staged a…
Attending a start-up weekend is a great exercise to test your entrepreneurial skills. And…
The limit we set for ourselves is usually based on the type of environment we find ourselves. If you…
Atlanta, GA — Throughout her entire life being a DOER has been Georgie-Ann…
This post marks the end of my first week back in the senior thesis class, and all I could feel after that meeting was overwhelmed. Realizing I need organization to tackle my project, I came up with a list in orders to tackle things and also clarified what direction I wish to take my…
Upon first read, they mean the same thing, but if you put some more thought to it, they have different meanings.
There has been an unprecedented boom in the number of startups around the world. Even in Sri Lanka, interest has been…
The journey continued today, full of fear and excitement. The fear came from the immagination of what our captain would do to 'us' who didn't post their assignment by 9:00pm yesterday. I tried my best to do mine but you know how it is when all odds decide…
There was once a man who made his living by regularly came in to villages to sell his balloons. He had balloons of…
1) Make sure you love it
Building a business is so hard that you better love it or you’ll quit when the going gets tough. If you don’t love it, you’ll also be unwilling to put in the long grind. Find something you…
You might tell yourself that the reason you cannot do this or that is because you have no money…
You can pretend that the reason you do not invest in yourself is the money…
A document of my life by Freddy Rodriguez
February 5, 2019
Jordan, sweet, “Our walks seem to have an “opening up” effect on our minds”
My husband and I love walks like this too.
Great to read your story!
When you say, “the more I lived life in my head, the more I felt like I realized the plight of other anxious minds”.
Do you consider yourself lucky or does it take you by surprise when something good happens to you?
The thought that somewhere there’s some ‘thing’ that showers good fortune on some people and…
A question that many aspiring entrepreneurs ask is it can be taught. It is similar to a…
Great article! I love how you mix in elements of game theory and relationship psychology with entrepreneurship.
The Shared Economy Concept, at its core, is based on the most efficient use of money…
Have you ever asked yourself, “Am I doing what I am truly called to do?” “Is this my mission in life”?
When everything goes right, we expect it to continue.
When everything goes wrong, we know it will continue.
Ending failure thoughts that haunt us is as simple as saying no to the fear of failure.
I had a conversation with my client named Steve. Steve was feeling frustrated…
