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How to Be a Boss: 16 Tips from Veep
For anyone looking for tips on how to be a boss, the tricks employed by President Selina Meyer and her team aren't exactly a lesson in niceties. But as outlandish as Veep might seem at times, the show provides some (tongue-in-cheek) lessons about the importance of dedication, hard work, and how to chase your dreams without inhibition.
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Life Gave ’Em Lemons. They Made Laundry
Ithaca Laundry, Greece’s first free mobile laundry service, washes about 25 bags of clothes for those without homes each day. Due in part to the Greek debt crisis as well as a steady influx of refugees, there has recently been an increase in people without homes in Athens. But where there is disaster, there is also opportunity. That’s what Thanos Spiliopoulos, founder and CEO of Ithaca Laundry, discovered.
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Downpours and Near-Death Run-Ins Inspired His New Cycling Gear
Riding a bicycle was getting apocalyptic for Roland Harper—he’d been drenched by sudden rainstorms, nearly smacked into the pavement by chaotic drivers racing through lawless streets and almost run over by a bus. After cycling his adopted city of Bogotá, Colombia, for about a year, he realized something had to be done. A few years after the launch of his cycling gear company, MOVA is delivering on Roland's mission to make a better urban riding experience for cyclists all over the world. -
Her Paralyzing Disease Led to a New Nonprofit
As a diver, Natalie Parra often saw turtles and sharks tangled in fishing line, covered in nets and ropes, and struggling for their lives. That’s why she and her friend Siena Schaar began work on a nonprofit awareness project called Keiko Conservation. In 2014, Natalie contracted a virus and the autoimmune reaction left her paralyzed—but it didn’t slow down her fight to help marine life.
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They’re Making Fair Trade Coffee a Bit Fairer
Acting as the bridge from farm to cup, Rwanda Bean uses a model of sustainable growth, investing half of its profits back into farmer communities. The Maine-based coffee company is the result of a partnership between Mike Mwenedata and Nick Mazuroski—who met at the gym.
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500,000 and You
Today, we take a moment—amid the exhilarating madness of our days as entrepreneurs, dreamers, and Shopifyers—to mark a milestone in the history of our movement.
Shopify now powers over 500,000 online stores.
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You Don't Need an Original Product to Differentiate Your Business. Here's Why.
Brig Taylor is the Co-Founder of SlideBelts: a store that sells simple, subtle, stylish leather belts without holes.
On this podcast, you’ll learn why he believes that your competitive edge actually doesn't have to be in your product and where you can look to find it instead.
For anyone looking for tips on how to be a boss, the tricks employed by President Selina Meyer and her team aren't exactly a lesson in niceties. But as outlandish as Veep might seem at times, the show provides some (tongue-in-cheek) lessons about the importance of dedication, hard work, and how to chase your dreams without inhibition.
Acting as the bridge from farm to cup, Rwanda Bean uses a model of sustainable growth, investing half of its profits back into farmer communities. The Maine-based coffee company is the result of a partnership between Mike Mwenedata and Nick Mazuroski—who met at the gym.