It was 2009, in the shadow of a global economic crisis, and I was a recent college graduate who was lucky to have a job. Yet at 21 years old, my entrepreneurial spirit yearned to escape the confines of a cubicle—I just didn’t know when or how to make the leap.
Secret Academy Episode – Peter Rojas
Peter Rojas started off in technology journalism with a master’s degree in English. After he finished grad school, he worked in advertising for a little while before ending up at Red Herring magazine, first as Associate Editor then as a writer. He was co-founder and Editorial Director of Gizmodo, leaving to co-found Engadget and eventually sold both to AOL. He also founded the video game blog Joystiq. Along with Josh Deutsch of Downtown Records, Rojas launched the online record label RCRD LBL. In July 2008 Rojas left Engadget to start the consumer electronics social networking site GDGT. The site premiered in 2009 and was co-founded with Ryan Block, Rojas’ successor as Engadget editor-in-chief. Rojas is currently the VP of Strategy for AOL and the Director of AOL Alpha.
How To Do The Things You Dream Of
People look at my bio or hear about the things I do and ask how I do them—visiting North Korea (twice), running marathons, working with Nobel Prize winners, getting a PhD, getting an MBA, starting companies, and so on.
Optimizing Your Emotional State
Imagine for a moment that you have a glass full of your favorite alcoholic beverage directly in front of you. Big, bright, and colorful, that glass is just calling your name.
Secret Academy Episode – Michael Dermer
Michael Dermer left a promising law career with a prestigious New York law firm to fix the healthcare system by starting IncentOne – the first company to provide financial rewards for healthy behavior. Michael sold IncentOne and his company was credited with creating the health rewards industry. What resulted was not only a business success, but perhaps more importantly the discovery of a unique method on how to thrive under the pressure, chaos, and burden of being the entrepreneur. The Lonely Entrepreneur was born.
4 Signs You Are Not Cut Out to be an Entrepreneur
As the founder of Secret Entourage and as the host of the Secret Academy (one of the largest online platforms to learn Business and Entrepreneurship), I often get asked by many, “How do you know if you are indeed meant to be in business for yourself?” In many cases, entrepreneurs find themselves vulnerable and lose confidence – especially after a…
Twitter Marketing Strategies That Will Get You More Customers.
I hope you aren’t using the “I’m just winging it” approach when marketing your business on Twitter. I mean, considering how the platform has about 120 million unique monthly visitors, it’d be such a waste if you aren’t using it at its full capacity when you’re fishing for more customers online.