Hobbies News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. I've had to come to terms with this. I have ideas for things that would be cool, but I'm usually too tired in the evening. After getting everyone fed, I just want to sit on the couch and watch YouTube. My husband has been great, nudging me towards not beating myself up over needing to relax. If I don't have the energy, I just don't have the energy, and I need to tend to that, not push myself until I fall over in a heap.
This article is probably for the single people on this site with no kids (93% of readers). Having a family is tiring. It may not look it to hose who don't have one, but even just the evening routine can suck the energy out of you. Also, why YouTube? I am seriously addicted to Let's Plays of various RPGs, especially ones that I played when I was a kid, but only vaguely remember now. I could play them, true, but then I'd be up until 4am. Success Tips: 6 Habits of Truly Memorable People.
In order to succeed, almost everyone—whether business owner or employee—must be memorable. While you don't have to be The Most Interesting Man in the World, being known is one of the main goals of marketing, advertising, and personal branding. Out of sight is out of mind, and out of mind is out of business. But if your only goal is to be known for professional reasons, you're missing out. People who are memorable for the right reasons also live a richer, fuller, and more satisfying life. Win-win! So forget the flashy business cards and personal value propositions and idiosyncratic clothing choices.
Here's how to be more memorable—and have a lot more fun. 1. Can you speak intelligently about how clothing provides a window into the inner lives of Mad Men characters? Anyone can share opinions about movies or TV or even (I'll grudgingly admit) books. Spend your life doing instead of watching. That's especially true when you... 2. Draw a circle and put all your "stuff" in it. 3. 4. But... 5. 6. Why Being Color Conscious Makes Good Business Sense. New Yorkers are known for their love of black clothes. And folks familiar with Washington, D.C., can attest to the fact that its denizens have an unparalleled affinity for gray. I get it—no doubt, colors like black, navy, and khaki are classics for a reason.
But the thing about classics is, when used alone, they can quickly morph from "classic" to "boring. " And if there's something entrepreneurs don't want to be known as, it's boring. Interestingly, I've noticed that entrepreneurs are typically more likely to be the brave souls rocking color, as compared to other businesspeople.
Most of us are at least topically familiar with research surrounding how people respond to color. Attire. Classic colors have their place, but adding some bold colors to your business is yet one more tool in a smart entrepreneur's arsenal of ways to stand out from the competition.
5 Steps To Build, Plan and Promote A Wildly Successful Launch. 5 Steps To Build, Plan and Promote A Wildly Successful Launch Written by in Today is an experiment. And whether you like it or not, you’re already a part of it. It’s a bold statement, I know. Maybe too bold. After the dust has settled, it’ll either be a celebration… or a bloodbath. I’m willing to take that chance. And why not? Over the past 90 days my wife and I have planned – with NASA like precision – the launch of our new site. Prepare for lift off… 5. Cornerstone content lays the groundwork for your site. Before you start, write down the following: Who your intended audience isWhat they want more than anything (regarding your subject, at least)Why you can help themWhat common themes will you coverHow you will structure your content Now create content around each of these points. How many pages do you need to launch with? On the other hand, Jon Morrow launched his blog without a single post.
And you know what? These are two extremes. With your foundation in place it’s time to… 4. 3. 2. 1.
Would You Do This To Boost Sales By 20% Or More? Disillusionment of an Entrepreneur. Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Prerna Gupta, who is CEO of Khush (now part of Smule), whose music apps,like Songify and LaDiDa, have been used to create over 200 million songs worldwide. You can follow her @prernagupta. When I became an entrepreneur at the age of twenty-three, I began in earnest, as do all entrepreneurs, chasing a dream.
My dream was clear. I would build a consumer technology company that reached ten million people and sell the company for millions of dollars, before the age of thirty. Then, as the dream went, I would retire to an oceanfront house on a warm Pacific beach and learn how to surf. I recently had the fortune of celebrating a year in which I saw that lofty goal fulfilled. I took a trip soon after to a secluded surf beach on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Yet, as I sat dangling my feet off a seven-foot surfboard, missing wave after perfect wave, I saw an unmistakable truth. Am I? This is the disillusionment of the entrepreneur. Wayfair's Road to $1 Billion. Wayfair was founded with one goal in mind: to get as big as possible.
Next stop: $1 billion. Niraj Shah and Steve Conine were at a loss. They felt they had lost their momentum. Four years earlier, the two college friends had sold Spinners, an IT consulting business, for $10 million. But their second venture, Simplify Mobile, which made mobile-phone software for corporate users, never got off the ground. Almost a year's worth of hard work was gone, without much to show for it.
So as they considered their next move, Conine and Shah were determined to think big—really big. It took a while, but soon they felt they had found something really exciting: birdhouses. Bear in mind that this was 2002, when public sentiment and the Dow Jones index held that the heyday of e-commerce had come and gone. It occurred to them that the Next Big Thing wasn't one thing at all. Part of the reason you don't know about Wayfair is that the company doesn't quite know itself yet.
It's a gamble, for sure.