Archive for Business
HESTER STREET FAIR 8/21-8/22
Come visit us this weekend at the Hester Street Fair! Also, come participate this Saturday in the Ping Pong Tournament as seen in TimeOut NY!
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If you’re in the New York City area, come stop by at our booth at the Hester Street Fair to say hi! Come experience the unique vibe of the Lower East Side and your friendly neighbor ToyNinja.
Read moreAbundance and Art
We live in a world of abundance. If we chose to not buy anything anymore we could. Especially in the US, we could live very richly for very little.
What happens in a life that we don’t shop anymore? We don’t constantly read blogs on the newest coolest gadget. We don’t strive to buy the [...]
HORSE
You don’t play 5 on 5 against the big boys in their own arena, but instead you force them to play H-O-R-S-E with you. You give yourself a better chance to win when you simplify the game and its rules. You force your bigger competitors to compete on your home court.
Your speed and quickness are [...]
Narrow Your Focus
The best time to be an entrepreneur is now. The opportunities are boundless.
Entrepreneurs can learn a lot by running their company through the sports framework to create something that customers cannot live without.
Choosing what product you want to create and in what industry is like deciding which sport to play in. Each sport has it’s [...]
The Game
You are the owner and you get to decide where your idea exists in the marketplace and what form it will take.
What problem do you want to solve? According to Guy Kawasaki in the Art of the Start, the goal any organization is to make meaning. How does one go about changing the world?
Focus on [...]
Hopes and Dreams
You only have a limited amount of time on this earth. How do you love what you do?
How many more days until you turn 30? How many more days until you turn 40? Time is short. Your time is your most precious resource.
When you understand that life is short and that you only have a [...]
Spoils of Victory
Times have changed quickly. Great ideas made real by people like you and me are succeeding and succeeding big. It is possible for anyone to easily start a company in this new economy with the widespread growth of tools available online and the ease of local manufacturing in the country.
Read moreThe Power of the Marginal
“This leads to my final suggestion: a technique for determining when you’re on the right track. You’re on the right track when people complain that you’re unqualified, or that you’ve done something inappropriate. If people are complaining, that means you’re doing something rather than sitting around, which is the first step. And if they’re driven [...]
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