5 Featured Articles entrepreneurs should read this month - August 2015
The Internet is a vast wonderland of information and it’s not uncommon to find yourself down the endless rabbit hole of blogs, articles, videos, and of course, cat gifs! Hence, the Transeo editorial team will round up five recent articles every last Saturday of the month that are by turns insightful, thought-provoking and helpful for business owners and entrepreneurs in their mission to become better at their craft. This series will cover trends, tips, hacks, and stories that will instantly inspire and drive you to take immediate action in an area of your business or life in general. After all, knowledge is certainly power.
Whether it’s your first business venture or you’re already a startup veteran, below are five curated articles that are worth a click, read, and share this month!
This startup CEO crowdfunded £2 million after targeting just £750,000 — here's his top 3 tips for raising money via Business Insider
Who would have thought about generating energy by making people step on floor tiles? Flooring startup Pavegen did! During their campaign on Crowdcube, they convinced more than 1,500 investors to put money in their energy-generating floor tiles and raised $3.1 million, 275 percent more than the amount they originally targeted to raise. CEO and founder Laurence Kemball-Cook shared how they smashed the funding goal in this Business Insider article.
When An App Is Called Racist via The New Yorker
The New Yorker reporter Andrew Marantz talked to tech entrepreneur Allison McGuire who was heavily criticized August of last year about SketchFactor, an app she co-created to help users report “sketchy” activities in their neighborhood. With the original goal of helping urbanites be more street-smart, SketchFactor eventually became a subject of ridicule in tech
50 Global Entrepreneurs Recommend 50 Books That Forever Impacted Their Lives via Entrepreneur
Have you wondered which books influenced and made a huge impact in the lives of pros and veterans in the global entrepreneurial scene? Contributing writer Andrew Medal of Entrepreneur magazine asked himself the same thing and surveyed 4,000 entrepreneurs from 20 countries. How many in the list have you read?
7 Science-Backed Tips to Negotiate Better via Inc
It turns out that negotiating in the morning is more effective in closing a deal than having it scheduled for the rest of the day. According to this article, assuming the role of an early bird will not only give you a lot of time to talk and convince the other party but will also have a stronger impact than those who came in late in the day. And this is proven by a concept in psychology known as primacy effects. Read the rest of the article for more science-backed negotiation tips!
First Principles: Elon Musk and Bill Thurston on the Power of Thinking for Yourself via James Clear
James Clear reminds readers to get over the hurdles of self-doubt by applying the first principles rather than assuming that what worked before (or what didn’t) still holds true today. A short yet succinct article for those who are still torn between their 9 to 5 jobs and the entrepreneurial path.
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About Kyjean Tomboc
Kyjean likes to think of herself as an online content machine but her love for all things feline makes her human after all! She writes mainly about health, science, social media, and online content marketing. If she’s not writing, she’s either scaling mountains or taming tardigrades. Follow her tardigrade taming attempts at Twitter - @autodidactikai
