As makers creating products and building businesses, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the thoughts racing through our minds. We could do with a more mindful approach to life. According to Mindful.org, “Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be…
What does being more productive mean? To me, it means doing more things that matter and moving forward towards my goals, getting into flow more easily, noticing positive and negative patterns in my behavior and adjusting accordingly, continuously optimizing my…
We had been sitting on the idea of bringing this idea to life for months actually before finally deciding to do it. As with any venture, there are hurdles to overcome when starting out. It seems that building a great…
Bootstrapping has undergone a shift over the last few years, says Rob Walling, and that the amount of opportunity in this industry has grown significantly as founders turn to raise one-time investment rounds as a bootstrapper. Rob Walling, General Partner of TinySeed,…
Today I slept through a disaster. At 4:35 a.m. I got a text message saying that one of my crucial servers was down. The reason? Trivial. No funds on a connected credit card. Did I miss some notifications beforehand? No.…
Got twenty minutes and fancy a dash of inspiration? Here are the best videos on TED for makers. Simone Giertz: Why you should make useless things YouTuber, inventor, roboteer, and tinkerer Giertz has a talk full of wonderful inspiration, enthusiasm,…
Probably inspired by Product Hunt, indie makers are notorious for using (abusing of?) emojis in their products. And they are not the only ones to love a good emoji. According to a report from Facebook, more than 900 million emojis…
Whether you are running e-commerce website, selling online courses, making money out of your blog, consulting services or YouTube channel, you face the same problems: tracking your metrics, billing, returns, running ad campaigns, and serving your customers. All in all,…
Starting a business is an exciting process for most people. It is also an easier journey to take if you can recruit other co-founders or partners to join through the ups and downs of a business’s life cycle. Unfortunately, many…
Having the desire to start a business is a great thing. This means you have the drive and desire to get to work and make something happen for yourself. However, most small businesses fail because they did not do enough…
