The elusive blue check mark — once reserved for celebrities and household names on Facebook — is easier to get than you might think. Here’s why it’s worth it. For no other reason than reaching a vanity milestone, Blake Jamieson and I decided we wanted to get our public pages verified. Both of us figured it might help us … Read more
If a company can afford to give you a cash bonus of $100,000 during the first year, they must be doing absolutely everything right. It would be in your best interest to take the equity, even if there is risk involved. Why would I come up with this resolution? Let’s look at five years into … Read more
Someone on Quora asked: Should I give up trying to build a startup? I’m 37 years old living in the middle of Sweden. I have spent nights and weekends during the last 12 months to build my new service. It’s in the domain that I’ve worked in for the last 20 years. I’m quite good … Read more
How to attract cofounders: Share your vision with others. See who buys into it. Start with friends and family then expand to other networks. If you are scared of having your idea stolen: Leonard Kim’s answer to What’s the best way to discuss an idea for a startup in public without it being stolen? How … Read more
Post was written by May Busch When I was starting out in my corporate career, the idea of personal branding hadn’t yet come into being. So I did what any self-respecting “nice Chinese girl” would do: put my head down, worked hard to learn and become excellent at the job, and waited for someone to recognize … Read more
This is a guest post written by Sandra Christie — Believe it or not, more than 50 million pictures are being uploaded to Instagram every day. The iPhone changed digital photography in 2007 and Instagram revolutionized it. For six years the purpose of the app has remained consistent; still, Instagrammers have made it more sophisticated. … Read more
This is a guest post written by Katrina Razavi. Free three-video mini-course: How to Shut Up that Inner Voice & Beat Awkward Conversations — I used to think networking was bull****, until I actually put some effort into it and the following things happened: I raised $100k in capital for my startup I got a $20k … Read more
Someone on Quora asked for advice: I am feeling confused about my life’s direction. I’m 23. I dropped out 2 years ago to work on a startup and my startup was cash positive during the second year. The startup failed due to ego conflicts between founders. I was the principal founder. But due to my … Read more
The first step would be to find a job. You need to pay to keep the roof over your head, food on the table, etc. If you truly want to be an entrepreneur, I would suggest getting the worst job you can possibly think of. Something you will absolutely loathe and hate. That will inspire … Read more
I don’t know. A Lot of people I know think I’m a hard worker. I think they’re full of it. I don’t work hard at all. When I used to run a lead generation firm, I saw a lot of flaws in the system. I would have to interview everyone and train them. Then from … Read more