It’s been far too long since we’ve shared with you here on YGG, and as we were pondering a way to break the awkward silence we stumbled upon Blog Action Day… Just like everyone needs to do a little spring cleaning, and we needed to clean up the …
Here is a recap of the posts that I have liked the most recently on YGG. They got a great response and I thought featuring them for people that may have not seen them would be great!
30 Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter
9 Tips for Being a Better Entrepreneur
7 Companies Getting the Most …
Read MoreWe are going to have an advertising special for the rest of May! All ad banners on the side will be going for $40 a month, and all text links will be going for $20 a month.
If you want to order a text link please use the contact form to get through to us, …
Read MoreI just had the great pleasure of interviewing Michael Dunlop, he is a great advocate of working on your own terms and not letting it rule your life, but using it as a means to enhance your quality of life. He is in the process of building quite the online empire, so watch out!!
Here is what he had to say:
We know you’re a “Young Go Getterâ€, but so our readers know, how old are you?
Hello everyone, my Name is Michael Dunlop and I am 20 years but started my first business venture when I was around 10 years old.
Can you tell us the quick history about yourself, and what drives you to succeed?
So many things drive me to success, mainly I want a life style that allows me to do what I want when I want. I hate the idea that I am not FREE just to do that, everyone has so much holding them down, not me and never will I. Being an Internet entrepreneur means most of the time I don’t know what time it is and what day it is, because it doesn’t matter!
History… Well I dropped out of College here in England at 18 years old with out doing my exams, which is high school for you Americans. I failed most things at school and I hate to play the Dyslexic card as it seems to be over rated and used as an excuse but I was very bad a reading and writing. I remember even at 13 years old my mum trying to get me to read and fulling asleep because I was so bad.
Read MoreOne fine day, you woke up and decided to have a logo designed for your newly started business. You went out of your bed, searched for logo design companies online and extracted some top ranking links from Google’s search engine. You called them up one by one and finalized one logo design company for your logo and felt relaxed. Your job is not done here!
Hiring a logo design company is not enough. You need to do your homework before asking your logo designer to design a logo for you otherwise all your money and your designer’s time and efforts would go wasted in the end.
Logo creation is a delicate process; therefore, you need to make it easier for your logo designer by clarifying few facets before asking him to start your project.
Write down a detailed Creative Brief:
You as a business owner, must know what exactly you require in your logo because your logo designer is only the creator of the image, you should be the one to guide him what your logo should look like. Prepare a creative brief and clarify the following points to your logo designer to avoid disagreement in the end.
Read MorePlease go take a look at Inc.com’s 30th Anniversary contest. Here is what they are running in their words:
Thirty years ago, Inc. Founder Bernie Goldhirsh challenged the editors of Inc. to “think of the business-person as an artist using both sides of his brain.â€
In celebration of Inc. Magazine’s 30th anniversary, the publication has launched “The …
Read MoreSo up here in Canada we are all off work, so I am going to make this a short and sweet post so that I can go and enjoy the nice weather!
I just got this email from Matt Wilson about his new project, Factor77 TV. There are interviews with authors and business leaders that you …
Read MorePay It Backward Day - Coffee Acts of Kindness from Suresh on Vimeo.
Just got that video from YGG member Satish Kanwar, what a great idea and a result! Get more info here!
Read MoreSo I came across this page featured on the West Virginia Surf Report via Twitter and couldn’t help but to laugh. As I took I quick skim over the site, it became pretty obvious what the images represented. The photos are …
Read MoreWe are finally nearing the finish line, we almost have the site ready to rock in full force again. The forums should be back very soon, next day or so on them.
Then we will be back to posting regularly. Also there will be a pretty cool contest and some ways for everyone to get involved.
Cheers!
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