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For whatever reason, sacrificing sleep is usually seen as a badge of honor to be worn with pride. And therein lies the problem.

Building your business on the side is not easy. You come home after a long day of work, you spend the little time you have with your family and friends, and you try to jam in a productive session, working on your side business before going to bed.

Your weekends allow you to get much more done in much larger chunks. They’re usually where you’re most capable of growing your business or having the most impact on your business when you’re working a day job.

I’m going to share my action plan, exactly how I structure my weekends, and what I do every weekend that has helped me grow my side business and maintain a great work/work balance.

Building your business on the side is not easy. You come home after a long day of work, you spend the little time you have with your family and friends, and you try to jam in a productive session, working on your side business before going to bed.

Your weekends allow you to get much more done in much larger chunks. They’re usually where you’re most capable of growing your business or having the most impact on your business when you’re working a day job.

I’m going to share my action plan, exactly how I structure my weekends, and what I do every weekend that has helped me grow my side business and maintain a great work/work balance.

No matter what field you work in—whether you’re a student, a freelancer, a full-time employee, or an entrepreneur—knowing how to network effectively can open doors for you.

With email, LinkedIn, Twitter, and offline events, you’ve got more tools and options for creating valuable connections today than ever before.

Here's how to approach networking in 2017.

In the first few days of the new year, we stacked your 2017 reading list with some incredible book titles authored by women. Just over two months later, with the women’s marches still raging on in our hearts, we wanted to keep the girl power alive with a shout out to the ladies who podcast.

I consulted my colleagues at Shopify to help round out a few of my entrepreneur-focused picks, and asked: what’s in your ear right now?

Pop in your earphones, sit back, and absorb some great discussion by the women of podcasting.

A good idea—like lightning—seems to strike at random. Sometimes you spend the better part of a day looking for inspiration and never find it. And then there’s those times when your muse decides to strike in the middle of the night. This begs the question: Can you control your output of good ideas and produce them on demand?

A good idea—like lightning—seems to strike at random. Sometimes you spend the better part of a day looking for inspiration and never find it. And then there’s those times when your muse decides to strike in the middle of the night. This begs the question: Can you control your output of good ideas and produce them on demand?

They say the key to success is to simply show up every day and do what needs to be done.

But showing up is actually the easy part. Staying focused and on-task is the real challenge.

When you achieve that, however, you enter a state where you forget the world and are able to get lost in your work. 

We call it being “in the zone”: a magical productive place you probably wish you could visit whenever you wanted to.

But wait—can you?

Kit Founder Michael Perry wrote down the name of every investor who passed on his idea. He did it in permanent marker, on the wall. Author Stephen King, at the beginning of his own career, nailed every publisher’s rejection letter just above his writing desk. These rituals served as daily eye-level reminders to keep on keepin’ on.

In this post, we’ll discuss how to make rejection work for you and your business, as well as coping strategies for entrepreneurs.

It’s been just over a month since the hurricane of media coverage slowed to a drizzle. In July, the internet was abuzz about Tuesday Bassen, the unassuming but tenacious indie illustrator who challenged retail behemoth, Zara, over intellectual property theft.

This isn’t the first time Tuesday’s work has been the victim of theft. This particular crime inspired her “enough is enough” moment, after fans then began alerting her to the copy-cat designs. So she lawyered up.

What can we learn from Tuesday's story? In this post, we'll demystify intellectual property protection and explain why smaller upfront copyright costs can save you a bundle in legal fees on the back end.

Going “back to school” doesn’t necessarily mean giving up your career, or even putting it on pause. Some of the best entrepreneurs don’t have formal education – they took the leap and made it up along the way. Their eventual successes started as side-hustles: they taught themselves, consumed books and blogs, and leaned on mentor support.

Lifelong learning is responsible for many self-made entrepreneurs. Outside the walls of traditional classrooms, the learning resources – many of them free – are plentiful.

But, before we dive into where to access education, let’s talk about how to make it work with your busy lifestyle.

Going “back to school” doesn’t necessarily mean giving up your career, or even putting it on pause. Some of the best entrepreneurs don’t have formal education – they took the leap and made it up along the way. Their eventual successes started as side-hustles: they taught themselves, consumed books and blogs, and leaned on mentor support.

Lifelong learning is responsible for many self-made entrepreneurs. Outside the walls of traditional classrooms, the learning resources – many of them free – are plentiful.

But, before we dive into where to access education, let’s talk about how to make it work with your busy lifestyle.