Gary Vaynerchuk: Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape - Web 2.0 Expo NY

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Strong rec Cmccann7 · 2010-06 · on “Ask HN: What to do about a boring job ?”

I was actually in this exact situation about ~8 months ago. One of the best inspirational videos that got me through that time was [this video] . Caution: Gary is a little loud and obnoxious but he makes good points. Even if you have a 8-5 day job, work the 8pm-2am night shift and stop complaining. Take @edw519's advice and make a list of 10 things you can do to create value and start doing them. Even if you have to be somewhere for 8+ hours that sucks use that time to your advantage. There is no excuse for not making it happen, use that free time you do have to make meaning and create value.

Recommends symptic · 2009-10 · on “ASK HN: I'm lost -- need direction”

I think you could benefit greatly from Gary Vaynerchuk's ideas in this keynote: [this video] The general overview of what he says: it's never too late, you don't have to jump neck deep into it at first (i.e.: quit a job and take funding), you need more passion than Gandhi, and just fucking do it.

Cites jnaut · 2009-10 · on “ASK HN: I'm lost -- need direction”

First things first: There are too many checklists out there for telling you what it takes to be an entrepreneur, I am not talking about them. Do you believe beyond criticism, reason and logic that you have what it takes to be an entreprenreneur?? If the answer is yes, read on. Be sure about it or you will regret this. I think a good idea will be to take it slow. A phased migration over a time period of year+. phase1: For a few months at the start, maintain a status quo at current job just keep working right, but change your spending, living and saving habits. Meanwhile prepare your family for the change, slowly. You have lived too long under the cozy umbrella of constant and guaranteed paych

Cites vblord · 2016-09 · on “Ask HN: What to do with 3K visitors a month?”

That's a great dream and a great goal. Unfortunate there isn't a magic way to make 100k from a website without building a good product. I wish there was a way. As for the 100 visitors saying "Hi, is anyone around here?" The chicken and the egg problem is a very common problem with social sites. The most common way I've seen this solved is by the owners of the site "faking" responses or filling in their site with fake content to look like it is active. They do this just until the site takes off. But it sounds like your project is not that large yet and needs to be built up larger. I'd say for you to keep at it or start another project that you can get more traction in. For what it's worth...