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Jan 12, 2021

How Documenting Your Interactions With Others Can Make You More Successful

As an entrepreneur, I’ve met many people over the years, from investors to journalists, from customers to suppliers and from engineers to janitors. I always prided myself on calling them by their first name and tried my best to show them how important they are. …

Relationships

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How Documenting Your Interactions With Others Can Make You More Successful
How Documenting Your Interactions With Others Can Make You More Successful
Relationships

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Published in joyclinic

·Feb 7, 2020

ADHD is like having a Formula 1 car with bicycle wheels and a team of mechanics on strike during the race… but technology is here to help!

Imagine being the pilot of a Formula 1 car. You have at your disposal 1,000hp (a V6 twin-turbo + an electrical engine). The car is extremely aerodynamic and weights barely 1,450 pounds (660 kg). It can reach speeds over 240 mph (380 kph). You will have to race against 19…

Adhd

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ADHD is like having a Formula 1 car with bicycle wheels and a team of mechanics on strike…
ADHD is like having a Formula 1 car with bicycle wheels and a team of mechanics on strike…
Adhd

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Feb 2, 2020

I tested the Jet Suit and hovered like Iron Man!

Jet packs were invented in 1919 but really started to fly at the end of the fifties. They were very hard to control and there range was very limited as they were relying only on hydrogen peroxide-powered engines. With the new jet engines weighting about 5 pounds and producing 55…

Jet Suit

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I tested the Jet Suit and hovered like Iron Man!
I tested the Jet Suit and hovered like Iron Man!
Jet Suit

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Nov 4, 2017

Why I will never sell a product again on eBay, and why you shouldn’t neither.

I decided to sell my camera. I tried on CraigsList but nobody was interested. I decided to sell it on eBay. Until Yesterday, I only used eBay as a buyer, not a seller. So here we go, it’s painful (because the UI/UX of the eBay website is awful, welcome back…

EBay

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Why I will never sell a product again on eBay, and why you shouldn’t neither.
Why I will never sell a product again on eBay, and why you shouldn’t neither.
EBay

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Published in familytech

·Aug 26, 2016

Kickstarter sandbox From 0 to $777,777 in 45 days

My first Kickstarter campaign was a total failure! It was in 2013. I invented the leaf clip. A revolutionary device that was supposed to replace your wallet. I raised $297! I was ashamed and buried the project. Never talked about it to anyone… 3 years later, I couldn’t afford to…

Crowdfunding

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Kickstarter sandbox
From 0 to $777,777 in 45 days
Kickstarter sandbox
From 0 to $777,777 in 45 days
Crowdfunding

10 min read


Published in ART + marketing

·Dec 2, 2015

Will 2016 be the year for Family Tech?

Let’s start with a definition of Family Tech. To me, it’s “connecting parents with their kids in meaningful ways via technology.” In the US, there are 23M families averaging 2 children aged 3–11 (source: childstats.gov and cia.gov). …

Internet Of Things

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Will 2016 be the year for Family Tech?
Will 2016 be the year for Family Tech?
Internet Of Things

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Apr 18, 2014

A User? What for?!

(Lesson Learned on Product Development) — I’m Sam, co-founder of a start-up based in San Francisco. I’m VP product in charge of developing our new kick-ass B2C app. It’s no surprise that we use the ‘Build-Measure-Learn’ iterative process, better known as ‘Lean Methodology’. The fundamental activity of a startup is to turn ideas into products, measure…

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A User? What for?!
A User? What for?!

4 min read

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CEO at JOY, technologies for families. http://heyjoy.io

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