I’m a YouTuber with 2,000 channel subscribers. Some would consider me a ‘small time’ player in the ultra-competitive vlogging space. Yet I was a recent speaker at the world-famous gaming event The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Melbourne. So how was I able to secure a place in this world-famous event? It wasn’t necessarily becauseRead More
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky in Handcrafted Masters of Scale is a podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman that looks at how companies can grow “from zero to a gazillion”, says sound engineer and contributor James Millar. Reid Hoffman is a legend around Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur and now investor. With a resume that sports titles suchRead More
Tutorial for Startups: How to remove object from image (photoshop)
Startups founders don’t need to be graphic designers to do basic edits on company photos – one can easily make small image edits that make a big difference – with a little help from Startup Life contributor Julian Choi. Most startups go through periods with limited (or no) funds, but that shouldn’t have to affectRead More
Stop, Collaborate & Listen by Jessica Ruhfus
This podcast section has been in the works for some time, and I’m thrilled to announce that it’s now live! We’re very excited to share these amazing resources with you and hope that you will engage with them and learn something new. Consider this a humble beginning of a curated learning experience. Being our first featuredRead More
Wondering how to succeed as an entrepreneur? Sleep on it.
The secret to making more money is simple, and it has been staring us in the face this whole time. The answer resides in pure science – it’s sleep. Sleep deprivation is not only bad for your health, but your bank account can take a pretty big hit too. A third of working Americans report gettingRead More
How to build a growth team to help your business flourish
Whether your business is an enterprise or a start-up, growth should be a key component of your organizational structure. For start-ups, in particular, the idea of growth is often built-in, but the management of growth is not. First, you need to understand the kind of growth you are hoping to achieve. Growth in this contextRead More
What’s more important than social media today and why should you care?
There’s an old French Idiom: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Look at media and marketing today, it’s changing at a faster rate than any other industry in history. And it’s no wonder because it’s powered by technology, global connectivity, the evolution of social media and the empowered consumer. Marketing blogsRead More
A practical guide to producing images that sell
To survive as a brand today it is paramount to put efforts into providing images which really make the product pop. Consumers today are continuously inundated with messages across social media and other platforms of marketing. As a result of this, consumers are saturated with information. We are so saturated with information we become lazyRead More
How to build the best team for your business
Starting a business is both exciting, and daunting at the same time. Realising that at some point you will need help, and beyond that, you might actually need to build a team. So, how do you find the right people? There are a few things you can do in advance to increase your chances ofRead More