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Author Archives: Sam Chan
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Steve Jobs
Whether you’re an Apple lover or a Mac hater, there’s no denying that Steve Jobs has been one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time. Since Apple became the most valuable company in the world, there have been many articles debating what Steve’s greatest accomplishment was. Technology blogger John Gruber interestingly suggested that Steve Jobs’ greatest accomplishment was not any specific product, but Apple itself. So, what exactly has Steve done with Apple to ensure it’s success? We outline five key things below: Continue Reading
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Tagged Apple, Computers, entrepreneurship, iPad, iPhone, Macs, startups, Steve Jobs
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Starting a Startup, Creativity Not Required
Now, before I begin, I want to clarify that this is not one of those posts that will justify ideas of creating a Twitter meets Turntable.fm minus Tumblr for Toddlers application. I’m also not knocking on people who are naturally creative, but I believe that there is a common misconception that entrepreneurs need to create something that ‘has never been done before’. Believe it or not, most new small businesses today are not creating something new. Coca Cola has owned the soft drink market for decades now, but, there are still new soft drink companies popping up everyday.
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Tagged creativity, entrepreneurship, facebook games, flickr, Google Plus, sacrifice, snapjoy, startups
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Resilience: The Hidden Characteristic of an Entrepreneur
When people think of entrepreneurs, they often think of people who are innovative, resourceful, and ambitious. And while they may be all those things, a word that doesn’t often come up is resilience. Resilience is an interesting characteristic, because it has little to do with an entrepreneur’s actions and everything to do with their reactions. Below the fold, we take a look at three resilient companies that never let themselves become irrelevant:
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Tagged airbnb, entrepreneur, fab.com, loic le meur, pivot, resilience, seesmic, social networks, technology companies
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Tweets Around the World: Google Plus For Businesses, Winnipeg Jets Logo, Startup Domain Names
We are living in an age of information overload. Former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt stated that “every two days we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003“. That’s thanks in no small part to Twitter and other social media platforms. Everyday, we tweet a lot of content with our @HiretheWorld account, but it can be easy to miss if you blink. That’s why we’ve decided to make a list of all the interesting content we’ve come across this week: Continue Reading
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Tagged Domain Names, Facebook Commerce, Favicon, Google Plus, Logo Design, Twitter, Winnipeg Jets Logo
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5 Productivity Tools for Small Businesses and Startups
As a tech startup, we use a lot of different tools everyday to help us complete our daily tasks. When you first start down the road of entrepreneurship, it is easy to get distracted with all the cool flashy tools out there made to ‘improve your business’, but keep in mind that there is no productivity app out there that actually does the work for you.
At the end of the day, no matter which tools you use, you’ve still got plan your day properly and work your tail off. With that being said, we’ve found the following tools that make our work days go by a little more efficiently: Continue Reading
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Tagged business tools, Dropbox, Google Docs, Productivity, Productivity apps, Screenshots, Sprint Mangement, Yammer
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