Career Advice

3 Steps to Starting Your First Freelance Business

by Daniel DiPiazza / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / May 16, 2016

I’m not going to sugarcoat it, sell you rainbows and unicorns, or tell you that becoming an entrepreneur will make you instantly rich. And I’m definitely not going to tell you that it’s easy. Starting your own business is HARD. The biggest component to success is a high risk tolerance. I have repeatedly struggled to find my footing, pay bills, and get everything set up before finally finding…

Here’s how to make money doing what you love in the 21st century

by Daniel DiPiazza / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / May 13, 2016

To my fellow twenty-somethings: Do you consider yourself entitled? I ask because Time Magazine is calling us the “ME ME ME” generation. …and that pisses me off. The common line of thought is that our generation wants more than we “deserve,” that we’re not willing to work for it. Our elders compare us to generations of the past. We don’t have any grit or follow-through, they say. I…

6 Lessons From 4 Years In Business

by Rajiv Nathan / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 12, 2016

Recently my business, Idea Lemon, celebrated its 4 year anniversary. I use the word ‘celebrated’ loosely because really that meant Linkedin notified me it had been 4 years since I first added Idea Lemon to my profile, and I looked up at my Cofounder, Martin, and said, “Hey, apparently its our 4 year anniversary today.” He replied with, “Oh really? Cool,” and we got back to work. While there…

What Really Matters When You Give A TED Talk

by Rajiv Nathan / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship• Personal Branding / April 25, 2016

If you’ve ever dreamed of giving a TED/TEDx Talk, you’ve probably also dreamed of the potential fame that comes along with it. “People will bust down my door to interview me!” “I’ll get tons of business opportunities!” “I’ll be Youtube famous!” Those things are certainly POSSIBLE, but let me feed you a truth sandwich and tell you that they aren’t likely. And that’s okay, because fame is…

3 Ways To Use Feedback Loops To Improve Your Performance

by Rajiv Nathan / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship• Personal Branding / April 18, 2016

In the hustle of building a business, launching a side gig, or climbing the ranks at your company, it’s easy to compare yourself to others. “I’m not making as much as them” “They have a thousand more followers than me” “I’m not nearly as qualified as that person” These mindsets lead to self-doubt, but a lot of self-doubt stems from a deeper-rooted competition. A competition with ourselves. Someone…

How To Shake Boredom & Become The Smartest Person At Your Company

by Rajiv Nathan / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Personal Branding• Podcast / April 11, 2016

If you’re reading this right now, and it’s during the work day, there’s a preeeetttyy good chance it’s because you’re bored and searching for distractions. You know the boredom feeling well–You’re mindlessly scrolling Facebook on your phone, and then you open a new browser tab and type in “Facebook” only to realize you’re accessing Facebook in two places at the same time! It wasn’t always like this, though.…

How To Become A Leader If You Struggle With Perfectionism

by Rajiv Nathan / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Personal Branding / March 28, 2016

I had a conversation with a friend recently about her career. She’s in a situation where she knows she has a ton of qualities that would make her a great leader at her company. The problem is, she’s a perfectionist, and this holds her back from ever voicing her ideas. This creates a fear of failure, and therefore she doesn’t strike while the iron’s hot. Does this sound…

Sell Your Company and Become The World’s Best Travel Blogger with Gary Arndt

by Matt / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Podcast• Travel / March 16, 2016

The entrepreneurs dream: cash out and island hop through the South Pacific following your passion. In this week’s interview Gary Arndt (@everythingeverywhere) tells us about how he made this dream a reality as a self taught photographer who went on to become Travel Photographer of the Year, one of the world’s top travel bloggers, and a podcast host for CBS. Gary has gone on to visit over 170…

Learn How to Level Up Your Life

by Jared / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship• Health & Fitness• Personal Branding• Podcast• Startup Advice• Travel• Uncategorized / February 9, 2016

Stop Procrastinating – Become a Super Hero – Go on an Epic Quest! In this week’s interview, Steve Kamb (@SteveKamb) from NerdFitness tells us about his transformation from super nerd to super hero. Instead of reading Harry Potter for the 19th time Steve took a deep look at his behavioral psychology and learned how to turn into a badass adrenaline junkie. Steve has lectured at Google, Facebook, and Vanderbilt…

How to Dominate Your Goals and Achieve Freedom

by Jared / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship• Finding Customers• Health & Fitness• Personal Branding• Podcast• Startup Advice• Travel• Uncategorized / February 1, 2016

Want to start a business? Be an entrepreneur? Achieve the freedom that everyone desires? But are you sure entrepreneurship is for you? Are you pursuing your dreams for the right reasons? In this week’s interview, Jason Bay (@JasonDBay) from Gen Y Success drops his formula for setting goals that are vision oriented AND executable. Jason Bay is the founder of GenY Success and the host of The GenY Success Show. He’s a millennial…

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