Homeless People Use Social Media for Support
This is a guest post from our friends at Salty Waffle. CNN had a story on how homeless people are using social media to find community, food, and shelter. How amazing. Twitter is the main source of finding food shelters and housing for people online. Likewise, AnnMarie Walsh, a woman previously homeless began tweeting to conquer her fears […]
How To Get a Job at a Startup
Many people that dream of eventually owning their own business consider getting a job with a startup business. Working for a start up can offer “pre-entrepreneurs” a lot of value. Employees of startups are able to see just how hard it is to run your own business on the day-to-day. At a start up, employees […]
Visual Information is Super Cool. Comparing @pchee and @alyssamag.
I was reading Laura Kimball’s blog “Lamiki.com” and saw that she had put together this super cool infographic comparing her personal (@lamiki) Twitter account to her company’s (@Jolkona) Twitter account. It’s one of those things that’s so fun that I had to stop and create one for us too. Here’s a picture that compares my […]
3 Reminders for Starting a Business
Entrepreneurs are passionate about their startups. Many are so eager to get started with their newest, greatest business idea that they rush out to get their licensing from their city and state, then sprint to press the “Go Button.” In reality, it really shouldn’t take too long to get your business up and running but […]
Double-Dip Recession: What it Means for Startups
Tonight I saw a few tweets about MSNBC’s article “10 signs the double-dip recession has begun” and Fox Small Business article “Small Business Still Feeling Recession’s Impact“. I read both articles and the first article points out 10 things which are pretty easy for the average American to see. Inflation Investments have begun to yield […]
Vacation 101 for Small Business Employees
Summer is in full swing and everyone in the office wants to take a vacation, but there is a catch. When small businesses lose just one employee to vacation it means they have lost 15-20% of their staff. This can be brutal for a small business, but with a bit of preparation you can rest […]
Getting Crazy Motivated for a Half Marathon #sm21k
I recently got crazy motivated to run the half Seattle Marathon. Three weeks ago when I went to a “See you soon” party for Maya Bisineer, founder of MeMeTales, I was talking to a few friends at the event and that’s when a group of us (Maya, Shauna Causey, and I) decided to run it. […]
How to be Lazy, Productive and Successful
This is a guest post from one of our thinkspace members, Matt Heinz president and founder of Heinz Marketing. Some of the most successful and productive people I know are lazy. They’ll tell you so. David Allen, author of Getting Things Done and the godfather of productivity. Lazy. He will tell you this at the beginning […]
Seattle Mind Camp 7- August 20th at thinkspace
Chaos, creativity, and collaboration unlike anything else you’ve ever experienced. Join us for Seattle Mind Camp on August 20th-21st here at thinkspace. Seattle Mind Camp is a 24-hour self-organizing unconference designed for anyone interested in connecting with creative and technology obsessed Seattleites. “The Mind Camp experience seeks to leverage that idea by completely doing away with […]
Does Your Office Play Fantasy Football?
On Monday, July 25th the NFL Players Association signed a new collective bargaining agreement to end the 2011 NFL season lockout. For professional football fans, this is a huge sigh of relief. However, this announcement is also a celebration for the 15 million+ fantasy football participants. Are you one of them? According to the Internet’s most […]