Entrepreneurship

Virtual assistants are the automation tool you never knew you always needed. — From a young age, Orville and Wilbur Wright were captivated by flying. In 1899, when they began experimenting with building the first airplane, other forms of transportation existed, including aircraft like gliders. But the brothers were determined to add power to the feat of flying. In 1903, Wilbur piloted the…

And business owners — If you’re an entrepreneur in 2023, chances are you use a lot of different online tools and platforms to get your work done. One of the big downsides of having too many tools is that it’s easy to feel like you’re being productive just by using the tools, while you’re…

An unconventional method to increase the lifetime value of your customer base — If you want real, valuable, revenue-generating customers, your app has to walk a perfectly balanced line between customer friction and data collection. In other words, when you ask a customer to “sign up and get started,” your app needs to collect all the information you need to provide a great…

Here’s how you get on the train — COVID-19 changed things. It stripped the daily commutes, the painful meetings, and the office chatter. Things moved online, small talk disappeared and all of a sudden people had more time to do the stuff that mattered. Over the last 3 years, there has been an undercurrent forming. More and more…

Have you always been interested in going solo or starting your own business — then this article is for you. Okay, all gimmicky openings aside, the act of “starting” a business can be daunting. Believe me, I know. …

Five months ago, I embarked on a long-awaited journey, one that I had dreamt of for over a decade. It wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision; it was a culmination of years of contemplation, skill development, and financial planning. Today, I want to share this remarkable journey with all of you, right…

What to expect at our third event in the city that is home to ETHGlobal and Ethereum. — Waterloo is not just another hackathon for us. The city near Toronto has been the stage for our humble beginnings and the birthplace of many ideas that would eventually become ETHGlobal.

This simple analysis framework can help you achieve any goal. — Even if you’ve accomplished some pretty cool things in your life, you probably want more. That’s the nature of being human. We like to make progress — to level up. The problem is we don’t always know “how” to get what we want. Some people will tell you to “break…

Use The Briefcase Technique and give them something to say, “Yes” to. — Note: Specific details have been changed to maintain the anonymity of the people that this article is based on. Years ago, I was the program manager on a remote site. We were hit with a patch of bad weather which affected the ability of all our contractors to get equipment…