[box border=”full”]Today’s guest post is by Susan Silver, who is celebrating her third year as a contract copywriter and is accepting new business. She has written for several online publications on the topics of social media, marketing, and pop-culture. She is a weekly contributor to the popular website 12most.com[/box] There…
[quote style=”boxed”]Talk to the people who you expect to use your product before you build it. Before you work on any huge problem that your customer knows better than you do, just talk to them. You don’t have to build exactly what they’re asking for, just talk to them and…
Last week I went up to San Francisco to cover Jason Calacanis’ LAUNCH, a conference where entrepreneurs present their startup business ideas and investors open their wallets and invest. Over $ 1million in official investments were made and only God (and Jason Calacanis) knows how much money was invested behind the…
[quote style=”boxed”]Business doesn’t have to be just business. You have to bring “you” to the business world.[/quote] Author and speaker Wendy Komac is a long-time turnaround specialist that has helped save companies by focusing on changing under-performers into exceptional workers. She is now focusing on individual employees, with 9 steps…
[quote]If I decide to do something, I don’t wait a day, a week or a month. I do it right away.[/quote] Maxim Razmakhin was born and raised in Voronezh, Russia, 300 miles south of Moscow. At 17, he received a scholarship to play varsity tennis in Mississippi and immigrated to…
[quote] Spend time alone in nature. If your ideas still seem worthwhile in the presence of natural solitude, then they are probably worth pursuing. [/quote] Jonathan Harris makes projects that re-imagine how humans relate to technology and to each other. Combining elements of computer science, anthropology, visual art and storytelling, his projects…
[quote style=”boxed”]Start fights with people who are wrong. Bullshit should be called out. You can’t be nice to everyone.[/quote] Paul Carr is a writer, columnist and the Founder of Not Safe For Work Corporation. In his new book – The Upgrade: The Cautionary Tale of a Life Without Reservations –…
Meet Paul Carr – Writer, Columnist and Founder of Not Safe For Work Corporation
[quote style=”boxed”]I would take a breather once in a while. I’d do a look-around-and-smell-the-roses kind of thing. While I’m trying to improve in this area, I’m usually so focused on pushing forward that I often underappreciate what we’ve done, which from a managerial standpoint shouldn’t be overlooked.[/quote] Nicolas Gremion is the…
Meet Nicolas Gremion – Founder and CEO of Paradise Publishers
Our friends and sponsor over at eMinutes just came out with this excellent infographic outlining how to choose between and LLC and a corporation in California. I think this is pretty excellent because there is so much information out there about both options and most of it is rather confusing….
Meet How to Choose Between an LLC and a Corporation in California
[quote style=”boxed”]Try to remember why you are doing the work you are doing. Ask yourself every day: is this what I want? Life is short and unpredictable.[/quote] Bruno Pieters is a Belgian fashion designer and art director highly regarded for his avant-garde creations and sharp tailoring. In 2012, after a…