Prior to popular advice you find online like – “Use a Template!, put a picture!” The truth is hiring managers and bosses who hire want very different things. And their priority is definitely not looking for a resume with a nice template. I know, because I’ve hired and I’ve been hired before. Great hires don’t… Continue reading
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What having a baby taught me as an entrepreneur
First – huge respect for working parents juggling their work around looking after a baby. As a recent first-time father, my whole world as an entrepreneur changed. Work became challenging, not because there wasn’t enough time, but because I can’t sit at the desk for a long time anymore. Whether you’re writing copy, building products,… Continue reading
5 Money Mindsets to Adopt as a Freelancer
Here’s a popular story: A young elephant was tied to a small stake in the ground. As a baby elephant, it is unable to lift the stake up. Eventually, the elephant learns that and stops trying. Soon, the elephant becomes an adult and gains enough strength to lift the stake. But it remains tied up… Continue reading
Renter vs Owner
Yesterday, near midnight – I was in bed, chatting with a friend on WhatsApp when my messages didn’t seem to send anymore. Must be my internet, I thought. I shrugged it off, turn over on my side to talk to my wife, then did a bit of reading before going to sleep. Ding! Just before… Continue reading
8 Ways to Make Money From Home
Last year in April 2020, during the midst of the first MCO – I wrote a list of 8 side-hustles marketers can do to make money. Fast forward today, we’re undergoing the third lockdown. So, I thought about sharing more monetization ideas, for those stuck at home. The world, people, need problems solved. Here are… Continue reading
When we try hacking growth.
In July 2020 (in the midst of the RMCO), I picked up Tennis. It wasn’t an easy sport to master and even with off and on weekly sessions over nearly a year – today, I’m still very much a below-average player. And that’s development works. In all of life, there are sequential stages of growth. A… Continue reading
Bad time to start a business
During bad times (like right now), our lizard brain say don’t do something crazy like starting a business. “It’s too risky, and uncertain.” During good times, it says, dont start a business. Competition is fiercer than ever. Salaries are high. “Don’t be silly, it says.” There’s no better time to do what others refuse to… Continue reading
Hiding behind webpages
Have you come across someone who spent an entire month creating a website, polishing the landing page, perfecting the placement of the payment buttons – and then didn’t generate any sales at the end? Sometimes you don’t need the websites. Just go and sell what you offer to people in your network. Why not just…… Continue reading
One-stop-solution
Not a good idea to label a business as a one-stop-solution for customers. So you sell clothing. Electric cables too. What? You even sell cereals and eggs. You’re a one-stop-solution supermarket store! And still it doesn’t satisfy the people looking for luxury designer bags and the in-store experience of buying one. You are not a… Continue reading
Always be building assets
We’ve heard it over and over again The rich buy assets. The poor buy liabilities that they think are assets. What if you can build assets? Back then, for a long time as a music producer I wondered for a way to bring in consistent revenue each month. The music industry, after all is very… Continue reading