It’s all self inflicted. Trust me I know. After forcing startup idea, after startup idea, following every trend on Techcrunch, attending every douchey networking event, and living in a city where just trying to cross the street makes you think about how many different ways you could kill someone, I had enough. It’s really unsettling how many people we call idiots or assholes just because we are behind the wheel…
When it comes to us 20-somethings, the general consensus is that we suck. That seems to be how the older generation views us in a nutshell. We get called lazy, told we feel over-entitled, and are constantly berated for our love of texting and Facebook. But the truth is, young professionals have an insane amount of skills to offer the workforce and world. While I’ll be the first…
I LOST MY WAY, and I’m not sure what to do to get back on the right path or even figure out what that path is. Recently I had an article come out about how I was living a fantasy; a life that I was imagining was mine but in reality wasn’t the life I was living. You can read that article here and see what all I…
There’s a price for ambition, and it’s been fodder for situation comedies for as long as any of us can remember, the young professional struggling to manage their work, social, and love lives. The young professional is immortal in the world of fiction because so many people can relate. The source of the problem would be simple enough to see if you were to graph the hours you…
Everything in our life has an impact on the way our life is, the friends we keep, the books we read, the posters we hang in our bedrooms, the kind of programs we watch, the people we follow every single one of these has an impact on the way our life turns out. Therefore, if we analyze the factors influencing our life, we can easily identify whether the…
Travel the World for Cheap as a Non-Tourist
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Personal Finance• Travel / October 7, 2013Whenever I do anything, I usually try to make it epic, especially with traveling. I am very fortunate to be under 30 years young and have been to over 30 countries. The type of business I have had for the past 2 years has financially supported my annual international trips and has allowed me to come back and start working it again. I came up with the idea…
Financial Management: 7 Tips for a Newly Hired Worker
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Personal Finance / October 3, 2013Getting hired for a new job is really exciting and definitely a testament to your continued progress in life. But don’t let that success go to your head. There are some things everyone should do when hired for a new position. Here are a few of them. Set Up a Budget A new job means new income, and chances are that cash flow will be different from your…
I compare myself too often. I compare myself almost every day. Already, I’m comparing this article to articles other people have written, and I’m only 3 sentences in. I’m new to this entrepreneur stuff, but still, why aren’t I as good as them? Why can’t I get an investment? Why can’t I make 6 figures? Why does it seem like success is easy to them, when I know…
Enter Now: Trip of a Lifetime Giveaway to Costa Rica via Under30Experiences
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Travel / May 20, 2013To celebrate our newly launched Under30Experiences travel brand we’re excited to announce our Trip of a Lifetime Giveaway on Under30CEO. Join today for a chance to win As busy young professionals looking for inspiration, we need to pack in as much excitement into our trips as possible, and this is exactly the environment we create through Under30Experiences. What You Get: -Roundtrip airfare to and from Liberia, Costa Rica -4…
Get out now. In the US, the taxes are going up, the middle class is dying and the value of college degrees is becoming inflated. You really want to be a cog in a corporate machine? Or just another “tech entrepreneur” competing for the same VC money in a huge Silicon Valley marathon? Tel Aviv It has been ranked over and over again as number two in line…
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