By Porter Braswell April 27, 2023 Today we’re announcing that we’ve entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Jopwell, the first company I started and the foundation for all I’ve been able to accomplish professionally. Eight years ago, I began this journey with my co-founder Ryan Williams – and it’s completely surreal … Continue reading The top five things I’ve learned from being a Black founder
By Melanie Gaboriault December 11, 2022 When I picked up my 15-year-old daughter from an event recently, I overheard her, as she said goodbye to someone she’d just met, ask them: “Hey, what’s your Snap handle?” At that moment, I couldn’t help but remember the days when I would scribble down friends’ home phone numbers … Continue reading What I’ve learned about the new era of communication from my Gen Z kids
By Lorrissa Horton May 30, 2022 When I was growing up, my Filipina mother would always tell me that one day I’d have to pick between career or family. For some reason, I didn’t quite agree with the statement. To this day, it’s been my goal to prove her wrong and find … Continue reading I’m an Asian American mom and an executive. This is what I’ve learned about successful leadership
Ian Dainty November 19, 2021 Suffice to say that when it comes to “remote working,” I’ve done it. So, when the rest of the world suddenly joined me in the practice, back at the start of this long global pandemic, you can assume that, sure, I had an opinion. There are so many empty buildings … Continue reading I’ve Been Doing It for Close to 30 Years, and It Works For Me, but Will It Work For You and Your Business?
Ali Faagba October 7, 2021 In 2016, I was an undergraduate who had laid his hands on all sorts of imaginable part-time jobs. It wasn’t the meager income I was earning that was killing as much as the scarcity of those jobs in my part of the world. Although I wouldn’t take the leap of … Continue reading 8 Important Things I’ve Learned in 4 Years of Freelance Writing
Pam Aungst July 2, 2021 In April, my company celebrated 10 years in business. I can’t even begin to describe the level of gratitude that I have for achieving this milestone, especially because, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “approximately 20 percent of small businesses fail within the first year. By the end of … Continue reading 10 Lessons I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Business
John Rampton — December 11, 2019 Being a millionaire before age thirty is an appealing thought to most people. In many ways, that is justifiably so. There are the opportunities that significant sums of money create like traveling and buying nice things. There is the ego boost with all of your old friends who thought … Continue reading 5 Lessons I’ve Learned From Making (And Losing) Millions in My 20s
Jason Davis — August 19, 2019 Follow @nerdbrander — August 19, 2019 There are a lot of lessons in life, and over the last 10 years, I’ve learned a few, and still grind on others. No matter what decisions we make, we end up somewhere. Our best intentions are irrelevant. Direction – not intention – … Continue reading The Most Profound Thing I’ve Heard
Ed Muzio — July 17, 2019 Follow @edmuzio — July 17, 2019 Major corporations get a bad rap, in the media and online. It’s not hard to understand why – as in so many other things, the abuses from the few lead to the suspicion of the many. I’ve spent my entire professional career in … Continue reading 5 Lessons From Big Business That I’ve Gladly Taken Home
Mark Ellis — July 16, 2019 Follow @businessfiction — July 16, 2019 I’ve been providing video marketing services for a while now, and I’ve learned so much about how to produce what remains one of the web’s stickiest forms of content. Today, I’d like to share five key things which I now consider the nuts … Continue reading 5 Things I’ve Learned as a Freelance Videographer
