Lessons from an undercover nerd Created by the author — Image from Wikimedia commons I’ve accidentally lied in every writing interview I’ve ever given. “Did you write from a young age? Was it something you’ve always enjoyed?” “No, I tried a WordPress blog a few years ago but no one read it!” The truth is
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David Baszucki’s Roblox is changing the online world Created by the author — original from Flickr (creative commons) David “The Builderman” Baszucki might have been considered delusional in college in the 1980s. Back then the thought of a platform where average people could build and run their own experiments online was unthinkable. Yet David wasn’t
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Meet the Pod Father, John Lee Dumas Created by the author — original image Wikitia Everyone and their grandma want to start a podcast these days and there are few better role models than John Lee Dumas. He quit his job in 2012 to create Entrepreneurs On Fire when the podcast audience was a tiny fraction of
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Lessons from the founder of Naked and Kosan Created by the author — original image provided by Joel Primus My introductory call with Joel Primus went well over an hour over schedule as we drifted way off-topic. As his wife put her foot down that he had to greet their guests, where most people extend
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Meet Jeff Bezos’s successor: Andy Jassy Created by the author — original image from Wikimedia Commons “No, I didn’t know what my job was going to be, or what my title was going to be. It was super important to the Amazon people that we come that Monday.” — Andy Jassy When Andy started working
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Tom Blomfield’s reminder that entrepreneurs are human too Created by the author — original image from Wikimedia commons “I’m very happy to talk about what’s gone on with me, because I don’t think people do it enough” — Tom Blomfield, Founder of Monzo He’s absolutely right. If you read enough entrepreneurship advice, you’ll realize many
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Whitney Wolfe Herd bounced back after terrible abuse Created by the author — original image from Wikimedia Commons Some people believe lightning doesn’t strike twice in business. I’d tell them Whitney Wolfe Herd’s story to prove them wrong. She not only co-founded America’s most popular dating app (Tinder) but several years later she founded the
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Not all of his decisions were perfect Created by the author — original image Wikimedia Commons Prepare the world’s smallest violin. When Steve Jobs died he was worth only $10.4bn and only $2.2bn was Apple stock. The man many consider the greatest entrepreneur of all time wouldn’t have even made it to the global top
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It goes deeper than one disgruntled billionaire Created and edited by the author Silicon Valley has been unquestionably the place to be for aspiring tech entrepreneurs for decades. The whole industry has seemed to revolve around the Bay Area of California. Yet 2020 has challenged many things we thought permanent and Silicon Valley’s dominance is
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With simple infographics Created by the author — original image pixabay For many people, the only matrix worth knowing includes Keanu Reeves but they’d be missing out on great tools to navigate the complex world of running a business. It takes passion to start a company but this same fire can blind entrepreneurs to the
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