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The Economist for arguably the last good journalism

Esquire for entertainment and fashion

GQ for fashion

Does anybody have a personal dashboard/consolidation of their newsfeeds?

I feel like you missed a pretty easy name with 'crybs'

Outside of code, I don't think there is anything with making mistakes. It's a path towards progress, learning, and growth.

It is important that you figure out why the mistake was made, and how to not recreate it in the future.

I tell my employees that creating 1000 individual mistakes is fine, so long as none of them are repeats.

Check out indiehackers - perfect platform and audience for this

Echo all of the resources jkuria posted, plus 'Influence' is a must read.

I'll be releasing a Sales 101 online course soon that's aimed at developers shortly if you're interested.

I actually do some weekly 1:1 sales coaching for this very problem. Check my profile and feel free to email me if you have any questions!

I'm biased (employed by one) but I would recommend looking at a coding bootcamp like App Academy

[1] www.appacademy.io

I lost over 50 pounds in the last 18 months, so very much the case. Plus a couple very expensive pieces that should last for life.

Thanks for submitting this - it actually inspired me to compile numbers for my 2017. The results were scary.

* $22k on student loans (good expense, I'm done with them now)

* $29k on rent (studio in SF, moving in with roommate this month to cut expense in half)

* $11k on restaurants (holy shit)

* $4k on groceries (not bad, but coupled with restaurants is very bad)

* $3k on alcohol (holy shit)

* $5k on clothing (meh not the worst)

* $17k on car payments, gas, insurance, etc (got rid of car so no more of this. pro tip - don't sign 3 year leases and then move to SF)

* 2k on Uber/public transportation (uber pass ftw towards end of year)

Going forward, 2018 will be a VERY good year in comparison since I'll be able to cut out MOST of these costs. But it's still disgusting how much money I wasted last year.

How to code (JS). Coming from a business/sales background, I'd love to have the ability to build my ideas.

1) https://www.recapped.io

2) http://www.sellsomemore.com/coaching

1. Provide weekly personalized one-hour sales coaching for tech founders without a sales background

2. Built a collaboration and communication platform that provides an easier way for my sales team to communicate with potential customers

[1]https://www.sellsomemore.com/coaching

[2]https://www.recapped.io

Do you want him to write the code for you too?

It looks like an app from the 90's. There is zero design. If you want people to use it, you have to sell them on the idea of WHY and HOW they'll benefit. If you aren't willing to do that, then you've already lost.

I'll be launching mine shortly - I can let you know when it's live if you'd like.

Yes! Did you subscribe? If so, you'll definitely be notified.

Sounds good. Do you want to email me? It's in my bio. Couldn't find yours.

Yeah, was definitely interesting to see that. That's exactly the intended focus. Essentially a crash course for tech founders to start selling in their early days.

I'm launching an online course that tackles this issue soon, feel free to email me for more info!

As a sales leader and consultant, I kept being asked to offer weekly personalized sales coaching for technical founders. I launched it a few weeks ago and so far it's been pretty great for both parties.

Being able to sit down on a weekly basis to game plan the sales approach, go over calls, and hold them accountable has been immeasurable.

p.s. if anyone is interested - I'm in the process of launching a "Selling 101" online course for founders to cover the fundamentals of sales (finding leads, cold calling, performing demonstrations, closing deals, etc).

I imagine it's from a lack of mission/end goal. It may feel that you're just "floating by" right now. What are your end goals? What's your mission? I would recommend working backwards from that and setting timelines/goals.

Also, personally working from home as a solopreneur sounds like a nightmare for me. I interact at my best when I'm surrounded by others, though ymmv. If hiring is out of the question - spend $500 of that $10k per month and get a coworking space (WeWork, etc). If that doesn't help you, cancel the monthly contract.

I would personally recommend taking the 10x Club course (note: I work at the parent company, and yeah I know about the name)

I strongly believe that if you want it bad enough, you'll make time/effort for it. If not, then it simply isn't important enough for you - and that's perfectly ok.

Yeah, it's too much risk and time. Maybe putting together really scrappy MVP's and taking a decent chunk, but I don't know too many good founders who would do that.

I'll be in the minority here, but if you can partner up with an awesome non-technical co-founder on a project you believe in - then absolutely. Otherwise? Nah.

Just published my first blog post on sales advice today, actually. Aiming to make it a weekly event and eventually build into online sales courses and bootcamps.

What do you think so far? I grew up in Raleigh, NC nearly all my life - but recently moved to SF for work. Constantly debating about moving back and enjoying lower cost of living, but California weather is too good.

also curious how

I would check out https://talentmatch.ai/

(full disclosure: I work at the party company, and it's our latest product)

Crazy. This and Jedi Knight Academy is easily one of my most defining childhood moments. I remember playing this game for countless hours. Started an awesome clan, met a ton of people, and helped drive my love for designing video games.