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Why self-care is important for entrepreneurs

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Why self-care is important for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs know that it takes a lot of time and effort to get their dreams off the ground. Meeting your goals as an entrepreneur often requires long days and long nights, navigating stressful decisions and finances, and dealing with rejection and redirection. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Founders’ Chat: Joe Chang – Turning a hobby into a career

NZ Entrepreneur

Although many entrepreneurs would argue that even working on your life’s passion has its ups and downs, most would agree that working on something you love gives you a true sense of accomplishment. Many of us still make career decisions based on location, status, opportunity, or profit. Or so the, somewhat controversial, saying goes.

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Introducing CO.STARTERS in New Kensington, PA

Forward Cities

Across the country, community-led revitalization is gaining momentum; residents are helping to turn declining downtowns into models of growth and opportunity by supporting their home-grown microbusinesses. Known as the “Aluminium City” during New Kensington’s post-WWI economic heydays , the aluminum-giant Alcoa was the major local employer.

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Sustainable Work: ESHIP Goal 7

Ecosystem Builder Hub

To sustain the work of ecosystem building, we must equip our practitioners for the long haul with a professional job description, training programs, ongoing peer support, and sustainable funding models. Goal 7 Sustainable Work: Develop professional recognition and resources for ecosystem builders. Voices from the field. Metro Area.

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7 Resources to Help You Find a Mentor Today

Smart Hustle Magazine

If you’re trying to find your way in the world as an entrepreneur , or simply in your career, you should know that you don’t have to go at it alone. When seeking a mentor, be intentional- look for someone who can offer you valuable, even critical, feedback, advice, and open doors for you to new opportunities to advance your career.

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Software Engineer Turned Youtuber – Jarvis Johnson

Y Combinator

00:00 – Jarvis’ intro. 00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. 1:10 – Being part of the software industry while critiquing it. 3:45 – How he got into programming. 6:10 – Moving to California. 7:30 – Interning at Google then Yelp. 9:00 – Interviewing multiple times at the same company. Google Play.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

The important lesson in order to gain market share was that in order for new users to try Microsoft Excel, they had to be able to work with the files their coworkers were creating. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.