Can You Sell Water?
Selling is a core skill. You have to know how to sell, whether it’s a product, an idea, or yourself. In 2012, Basecamp CEO Jason Fried saw the results of a bottled water-selling challenge at Techstars...
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Photo by Felix Serre on Unsplash People think remote work is a tradeoff between productivity (remote) and collaboration (office). Some split their days in office to be collaborative and out of office...
View Article5 Types of Meetings: All You Need to Know for Successful Meetings
This article originally appeared on Minute blog and has been republished with permission. Let me guess: More or less every week, you attend at least a few meetings. In that case, you probably sit...
View ArticleHow GE Tripled Its Talent Network
The U.S. job market is booming with a record six million job openings as of April. Amazon alone has more than 13,000 positions currently posted on its site. While this may seem like good news, the bad...
View ArticleGitHub welcomes all CI tools
Continuous Integration (CI) tools help you stick to your team’s quality standards by running tests every time you push a new commit and reporting the results to a pull request. Combined with continuous...
View ArticleThe Best Writing Apps for Apple Fans
Back in my (full time) writing days, I was perhaps atypical. I would basically never write a draft of anything. Instead, I would write and publish immediately. It was all about speed, speed, speed....
View ArticleHow Looks Can Be So Incredibly Deceiving?
How Looks Can Be So Incredibly Deceiving? October 4 — When I arrived earlier today I went right to sleep. I had calls later in the evening and had to get my body on graveyard hours. No more siestas....
View ArticleFacebook Pivots into the Enterprise
The company launched a new product in an attempt to monetize the $523B market cap business. In response to mounting pressure from Snap on the App Store and Twitter’s unprecedented move to increase its...
View ArticleWhat Types of Nomad Work Are There?
What Types of Nomad Work Are There? When people talk about Nomad work, it always seems overwhelming. You could be a copywriter, you could do this you could do that and you’re not really sure of what’s...
View ArticleThe Realities of a 1099 Consultant, Why It’s a Tough Gig, and How to Hack It
As we alluded to in our previous post on remote-work, if you’re a 1099 contractor (aka: freelancer) — for better or worse, you’re an entrepreneur. No doubt, such a lifestyle can have its perks. Like...
View ArticleEssentials every remote UX Designer should own
Essentials every remote UX Designer should own Les Allues, France I was not working when I took this photo, but earlier in this day, I was. I travel internationally about four months out of the year...
View ArticleTravel with a purpose
Travel with a purpose Mussiro was created for happiness If you ask yourself what happiness means, most of the time you can end up with fuzzy conceptual theories that don’t help at all. But, when you...
View ArticleRemote work as a way to maximize productivity
Remote work as a way to maximize productivity Your most comfortable place on the planet, Home Does your physical presence really matter? When I was working in tower office for one of the largest...
View ArticleIs Flexible Working Really Achievable?
Is Flexible Working Really Achievable? For some parents working from home can seem the ideal choice. To blend both work and family whilst avoiding the daily commute may seem a win-win , but we need to...
View ArticleHow we keep our workers in the loop
Working remotely is an exciting opportunity. You get handed tasks and work on an assignment with people you haven’t met before. Getting together is currently out of the question since they are...
View ArticleDigital Nomads: Everything You Should Know
Have you ever wanted to embark on a travel with a one-way ticket and no final destination? Have you ever dreamt of a life where you can pack your things and move to the next adventure in a last-minute...
View ArticleWhat Freelance Writing Is Like, for Realz
What Freelance Writing Is Like, for Realz I’ll be honest with you all — life as a professional freelance writer isn’t all warm cups of coffee sipped peacefully whilst putting pen to paper (or fingers...
View ArticleHow we keep our remote workers in the loop
Working remotely is an exciting opportunity. You get handed tasks and work on an assignment with people you haven’t met before. Getting together is currently out of the question since they are...
View ArticleHow to influence culture when you’re not the CEO
“Culture starts from the top,” it’s often said. But is that really true? Surely, it is easier to influence company culture when you’re at the top. As a CEO, founder, or business owner, people are...
View ArticleHiring Remote
Even though Commerce Hero is a great site for networking and job hunting, it shouldn’t surprise people that location still matters. It’s true: eight percent of clients on Commerce Hero prefer to hire...
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