Creating a new startup is just the beginning of a very long and time-consuming journey. It takes a great amount of time and energy to achieve success, but once you do, it feels amazing! I’ve had the good fortune to learn this first hand at Buzz Design, and various other companies that I co-founded. Success
Here’s What to Say When Asked to Work for Free
This week I was asked to work for free. I saw it coming a mile away, a glowing orb of unmitigated bullshit headed straight my way. Color me unsurprised. So I rolled my eyes as far back in my head as they would go and did what I must. Because I know what to say
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The Secret to Insane Productivity
Whenever we talk about the secret to productivity, we tend to hyper-focus on tactics. That’s not to say tactics aren’t part of it — because they are. But it’s important not to lose sight of the strategy in the process. What’s the strategy? Move from beginning to end quickly and effectively. That’s the definition of
The effects of Apple’s Cookie-Blocking implementation
Apple shook the advertising world when they announced their plans to implement cookie-blocking capabilities in their newest updates to the Safari browser. Cookies are browser-level data packets that are used by websites to compile long term records of individual’s browsing histories. If allowed permission by a user, cookies can also store personal information like name,
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Is a Venture Firm More Than the Sum of Its Partners?
Not much. At least that is the conclusion of a thought-provoking academic paper drawing in part from Correlation Ventures’ proprietary database of U.S. venture outcomes. Venture firms that have outperformed historically are statistically more likely to outperform in the future as well. But is this outperformance primarily the result of the attributes of the firm
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How to Increase the Maximum File Upload Size in WordPress
The following tutorial may not work on shared hosting. If that is the case you need to contact your hosting provider. Method One: Create or Edit an existing PHP.INI file In most cases, if you are on a shared host, you will not see a php.ini file in your directory. If you do not see
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Why Have a Personal Blog?
Starting a personal blog is harder than what it seems. Blogging takes hard work to craft posts and discipline to keep publishing on a regular basis. Here are five reasons to jump start your personal blog. Support a cause to get a wider and broader reach. Is your goal to help expand public knowledge about
Browse This Blog Over HTTPS!
Just a heads up to any security-conscious visitors: this blog is now browsable via HTTPS! I didn’t bother fixing up all the HTTP-only links scattered around my blog until now (which I’ve “fixed” by turning most of the links on this blog into relative URLs instead of absolute ones). The end result that this site
Crucial WordPress SEO Tips
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) it is by far the best way to increase your website’s traffic and climb up to the first page of search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and Bing. SEO can be very expensive; however, I’m going to walk you through some essential WordPress SEO tips that you can do yourself for free!
My frequently used tools
As a web designer/developer, we are all trying to have a faster turnaround time and be more efficient. I’ve decided to add a page called; Tools, where I will constantly update a list of the tools that we use over Buzz Design.