I Don’t Want To Be Elon Musk or Steve Jobs
By William Frazier
Here Comes the Angry Mob of Startup Bros
I fully understand and support the idea of mentorship.
When you identify someone who knows something you don’t and create an equal value exchange, beautiful things can happen.
You can grow in ways in you didn’t think possible and your mentor can flex their teaching muscles while giving back. Everyone wins.
Hell, in this day...
Why Even Ambitious People Rarely Become Successful
By Benjamin P. Hardy
Success is not extrinsic.
It’s not measurable.
“Success” can only truly occur internally, because it is based on emotion. At the most basic level, success if your relationship with yourself. Most people are living a lie. They purposefully ignore and distract themselves from what they deep down want for themselves.
Many people want something more for themselves. They have dreams and ambitions....
How to make competitive intelligence your competitive advantage
By Justin Lee
I stared at the sea of snow around me. White as far as the eye could reach. A blank, empty landscape.
It was exhilarating at first. No one ahead, no one tailing or overtaking me. Unencumbered, I was completely alone.
Then I realised I was lost. What direction was I going in? Was I going in circles? Was I even...
The 3 Data Streams That Every Founder Needs
By steve blank
Why “just asking customers” isn’t enough
Gathering real-world feedback from customers is a core concept of Customer Development as well as the Lean Startup.
But what information to collect?
Yesterday I got an email from an ex-student lamenting that only 2% of their selected early testers responded to their on-line survey. The survey said in part:
The survey has 57 questions, the last three...
How to ‘Reboot’ Your Creative Brain and Refresh Your Focus in 15 Minutes or Less
By Thomas Oppong
In today’s information-obsessed world, our minds are in constant overdrive.
Your brain is a living, inventive, and rapidly renewing organ that needs all the care and maintenance it needs to function well and deliver everyday.
Brain recharge can help you recalibrate your energy for better focus, creativity and resilience.
Harold Kushener once said, “Think of life as a good book. The...
Sink or swim: why bootstrapping will make you a better entrepreneur
By Aytekin Tank
Back in 2005, I had a predictable routine.
I’d get up early, leave my apartment in Brooklyn Heights and tote my laptop to the local Starbucks.
After a few hours of work, I’d stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge to the West Village and settle in at another coffee shop.
By mid-afternoon, I was so caffeinated I could barely type. I had...
Why an IRD number is critical to starting up in New Zealand?
By Editorial Staff
Studying in New Zealand or setting up a business here? An In Inland Revenue Department number becomes critical to all your needs.
It’s a simple procedure though, if you are a student or a visa holder and even simpler if you are a resident.
Open a bank account > Make a few transactions - at least 3-5 withdrawals or...
To Overcome the Fear of Failure, Fear This Instead
By Adam Grant
If you do the math, becoming an entrepreneur is insane. The odds of success are tiny; failure is almost guaranteed. To make the leap, you have to be fearless.
Or so I thought.
I spent the past three years working on a book, Originals, about the people who champion new ideas to drive creativity and change in the world. Along the...
Failure, Peace and Purpose in The Last Jedi
BY Laurel Carney
The following contains major spoilers for The Last Jedi.
I am grateful to have been a child the first time I watched Star Wars. As an 8 year old, I was still young enough to plunge unselfconsciously into a galaxy of myth and imaginary friends, and still impressionable enough for it to shape my nascent worldview as effortlessly as melted wax.
From Star...
How you can disguise pain as pleasure to achieve success!
By Charles Chu
Addicted to Failure: Three Billionaires on How to Win the Game of Life
Not a lot of people know about Ray Dalio, and he prefers it that way.
Considered one of the “100 most influential people in the world” by Time magazine, Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world, with $122 billion under management.
So he’s kind of a...
eBikes ahoy! How an NZ startup is trying to bring the e-biking revolution to Auckland
By Harsimran Julka
Fed up with the problem of finding a parking space in downtown or around Queen Street, an e-bike may be the best way to get around Auckland.
Three cofounders Rory, Andrew and Nic have come together to launch a startup - BigStreetBikers - with their first outlet at the ViaDuct Harbor Avenue.
So, if you have a meeting in the...
Forget The Elevator Pitch. Here’s Why Every Startup Needs A Teaser Instead
By Todd Belveal
The startup ecosystem has people fixated on this idea of the elevator pitch.
To be honest, I’ve never heard of anybody doing a deal in an elevator. The story is probably out there, but you don’t need an elevator pitch to hook an investor.
You need a teaser—and you need it for a few reasons.
A teaser isn’t a deck. A...
Never underestimate your first idea
By Reid Hoffman
Over the last year, I’ve had the chance to sit down with dozens of founders as host of the Masters of Scale podcast. Through these conversations I’ve honed my theories on what allows companies to scale spectacularly, and how these individuals realize their visions.
For this week’s show, I had a very free-flowing conversation with Ev Williams, who founded (in order)...
7 Marketing & Sales Books To Quickly Grow Your Startup
By Alexander D. Riddle
Without sales and marketing in place, your business will never succeed.
I love trying to find new ways to scale my business, and over the course of the past few years, I’ve definitely found a few gems among all the business books out there. Here’s my updated list of the best sales and marketing books, along with a sentence...
How I Doubled my Salary in Five Months and Got an Amazing Job
By Sam Williams
Six months ago I quit my job as a junior JavaScript developer and travelled around south east Asia for five months. Within a week of getting back to the UK, I had three job offers and had accepted an offer for almost double my previous salary. It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. Here’s how I did...
The Next Generation of IT Service Providers
By Anadea
IT outsourcing is one of the most commonly-used strategies by which technology-driven businesses control operating costs without sacrificing the quality of their core product.
“Why businesses outsource” is a topic that comes up over and over. While the idea of outsourcing may seem like something of an old story, the way in which clients approach partnerships with IT service providers...
