Platforms like Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud, and other music streaming services allow music artists and listeners to connect. We can now listen to music any time we want to with the help of technology. However, integration of blockchain and artificial intelligence now defines much of the music industry whether we are ready to face it or not. One phenomenon that has become common along with the streaming platforms is that of artists signing up if they want to monetize their music. As a result, the money that artists receive is either controlled by the labels or the streaming platforms, often taking longer to reach the artists’ accounts.
Benefits of Blockchain in Music Industry Mainly, blockchain is initiating a token-based economy which allows the artists to control their intellectual property by turning it into a financial asset. The token which belongs to the artist will show the accurate value of the work and therefore, anyone that purchases the work will own a share. As more people listen to music, the revenue will be earned by the artist as well as the shareholder. Furthermore, this enhances the music business as the artists will be able to earn the money upfront. They will not have to seek music labels for the monetization from a music label. This means that the artists can stream their music on Spotify or SoundCloud etc. as well as control the royalties they earn. The third prospect we can aspect to change with blockchain is that of licenses and agreements between music publishers. The blockchain has the potential to make space for a system that can maintain the database of music copyrights. Moreover, anyone interested to access the information to learn about the copyright owner can look into the details easily. The music industry at the moment has a complicated system of recording agreements that control the artist’s royalties due to the lack of clarity in ownership. Future of Blockchain in the Music Industry It can be anticipated that the music industry will someday fully embrace blockchain and radically change the industry. At the moment, it seems far-fetched for blockchain to completely takeover. However, it takes a startup to turn into a million-dollar enterprise and we can already see examples like VOISE, Ujo and many others. Another startup worth mentioning is the Viberate which started back in 2015 and has been growing ever since. It already has many famous artists that are recognized on the platform including Imogen Heap, Robbie Williams, The Chainsmokers, and several others. The Viberate team is leading blockchain in the music industry by the example of providing music solutions. However, this change is not only beneficial to the artists or shareholders because according to A-Rayz, “Tokenization allows fans to be active participants in an artist’s creative work and share in the success of a project.” This statement implies that the listeners will readily have to adapt their preferences for musical platforms and switch along with their favorite music artists if they wish to hear their music and promote their work.
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Benjamin Franklin requires no introduction. Most of us know him as an author, statesman, inventor, diplomat, scientist, and philosopher. There is no doubt that he is also known as the Leonardo De Vinci of the 18th century.
If we talk about his career, he started as a newspaper publisher in Philadelphia, this was before he dedicated his life for the service of the public. He is also known for initiating a volunteer fire department, which was serving in many offices at the governmental level. Then he became the part of the revolution that ended up giving birth to the United States. History revolved around him, due to which you can still see his face on a hundred dollar bill despite never being the president. We can say he was a one-man army due to his accomplishments. His writings are still alive, giving us the idea of living a great living. 1. Winners wake up early: “The early morning has gold in its mouth" It is known about him that he was always up before dawn daily because he knew the importance of time. He was of the idea that quiet solitude and environment if the early morning time is the best time in order to compose yourself and your ideas, it makes you clearer about your goals in life as the thought process is more precise and beneficial in the morning. In his autobiography it is said that he utilized time in a proper way, he would take almost three hours to study, read, evaluate and prepare for a day ahead before eating breakfast. You can take the important decisions of your life by waking up early because all of us have a fair idea of how a day would look like when we choose to oversleep. Sometimes it happens that you don’t get time to get ready properly before work because you are short on time. All you do is leap out of your bed, find the clothes and rush towards work, we are completely hurried and frazzled when we are late Some of us have adopted this as our routine to wake up late and then rush to work or school. You should consider the fact that how peaceful your day can be when you have 3 hours to get ready and a proper routine of sleep. You will be fresh, active, and more productive in life. No stress, no hurry, and relaxed life this makes your brain process in a more zen manner which leads to powerful decision making. 2. You should never stop learning: "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest" It is known about Franklin that he scheduled a time for daily life, on an everyday basis he had a specific schedule for "prosecute the present study". This means that he was always up to learn something new and he was studying most of the time. He was of the opinion that one should never stop gaining knowledge and skill because every day you kern something new from people, books and everything around you. He was always trying to get better at knowledge. You should never stop learning because it is not giving to any loss but benefits in life. Instead of facing a lack of knowledge, in making your dreams come true you should always be learning to make it possible. Franklin said this when there was no technology, today we have access to everything through the internet. Learning is easier than ever, and it is limitless. No one can stop you from learning if you have courage if your own will power is against learning that is the only way you are fine with less knowledge. 3. Always take it easy “Happiness consists more in the small pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.” Franklin is known for his schedules and a proper routine, one of his habits included taking 2 hours for lunch. This means that he was never in a hurry, whether it is about life or a meal. He never used to rush while eating, his midday was all about reading, relaxing and charging his batteries before he returned to his work. It is the daily grind that we are always rushing through every aspect of our lives. One could get most of the benefits by making life easier. 4. Spend your time having fun with family and friends: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” When you spend time with your beloved friends and family, listening to your favorite music or doing something that you love and have fun doing means you are making most from life. We might have heard a million times that we only live once so why waste this opportunity? It is one of the important aspects of Franklin's life to have fun and enjoy. He knew, in the end, nothing matters but your happiness. He was of the idea to appreciate the little things around. 5. Always reflect back: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better man.” It is said that the last thing Franklin did every night was to look back and question himself about what good he has done today? That is exactly what you should be doing because you will grow with each passing day, it should be done in a better way when you will look back and evaluate your progress. Take a lot of time to examine your deeds, actions, and behavior. Your decisions and behavior will be evaluated on the basis of your personality, and nothing stays the same you might change, but this change should be for good. Each day when you go to bed, clear your mind from all the stress and think about the actions and behavior of the whole day. If you are satisfied with your progress in life, then keep going on. If not, then you should make sure that you don’t repeat the same mistakes again. To begin with, FoodTech is an ecosystem made up of agriculture entrepreneurs and startups innovating on products, distribution, marketing, from production to distribution. The term “FoodTech” is quite justified because, on one hand, it is the coming together of the sectors of food and technology, while on the other hand, the industry of food is galloping towards new heights with the passage of each day, as smoothly and swiftly as any other technology. FoodTech is primarily concerned about implementing technology in all the food production systems to yield greater production and discover new methods through which the supply and distribution of food will be benefitted.
FoodTech owes its origin to the United States of America and today, it is practiced in a large part of Europe, especially in France. An interesting thing to be noted here is the glaring difference in which FoodTech is treated in these two continents. In case of United States, it is mainly the integration of food and technology to enhance the means of production and supply, while in France and greater parts of Europe, FoodTech is mainly concerned with cutting down the mass production of food that in some cases involve using synthetic supplements and help people in consuming food that is more healthy and organic and at the same time is of pioneer quality. Recently, a lot of startups have engaged themselves in FoodTech and considers it to be one of the vastest areas of exploration and growth. Everything that you can think of that makes production, ordering and distribution easy falls under the category of Foodtech. For instance, the food ordering applications that have been made popular in tabs and smartphones, allows you to order any form of food with a single click; you can be looking for the cooked food from restaurants or raw vegetables and spices to be delivered to your doorstep and it will be done within no time. Also, to encourage a consumer to popularize the various sectors of FoodTech, some startups offer amazing deals to their customers on having ordered and received their food successfully. With the swiftly changing times and diversity in consumer needs, the technologies involved in the sector of food is upgrading itself with each day. Customer feedbacks and opinions are being taken into serious consideration to enable taint-free growth in the field of food technology. Then, of course, there is the famous Beyond Meat IPO and dairy alternatives, and all the meal prep companies launching almost every day in Silicon Valley. These companies and food manufacturers are striving to develop methods so that the issue of quality is taken care of in spite of such a humungous increase in the production and distribution units and for the organizations to successfully keep up with the orders constantly flowing in. Coming to the economy of Food Technology in recent times, it has been proven that the sector is running quite strong and is spreading its wings over time. One factor that has to be accepted here is the demand for food will always rise no matter what and capitalizing on this fact will only increase the number of opportunities and creative methods of improvement. Although streetwear looks complex in designs, its economics follows the old school theory of demand and supply. Now here, what we mean by the traditional demand and supply method is when a company only manufactures a limited number of products which aren’t restocked even when the demand for it is sky-high. Coming to the other sectors of the economy, every product released by a brand encounters a direct relationship between their demand and supply; that is, the stock released in the market is influenced by their demands. A manufacturer tries to supply its products according to demand. Although the principle followed by the streetwear companies might seem mystifying on the surface level, when probed deep, it turns out to be one of the best techniques of making colossal profits.
Let's take the brand Supreme for example. Before releasing its merchandise, the company reaches out to its target audience by creating hype through advertisements and publicity on social media. Also, mostly it is the social media influencers and celebrities who help in announcing the arrival of it on a particular date and report on its utilities. These days, almost every item is available on the brands’ website and in case of the streetwear products; the number of those objects handed over to the stores for resale is even lesser than the numbers obtainable from the website. Therefore, the consumers are alarmed about the date and time of the sale beforehand, so that nobody misses out on a chance to purchase it. The brands know that however much their products are priced at, all of them will be sold out in no time and there is no chance of facing a loss. Moreover, making fewer products available in the resale stores also stretches their profit margin and their demand. The streetwear economy performs in a way similar to that of the limited edition products released by certain brands from time-to-time. The only and most crucial difference, in this case, is that sometimes, the limited edition products come out once in a while and share similarities with their already existing label with certain changes here and there or are remodeled after having collaborated with other brands or pioneer celebrities; while in case of the streetwear products, the whole collection qualifies to be considered “limited” and is one of its kind. An interesting fact put forward by statistics shows that for some brands it only takes a few seconds to sell off all their products available on their website and there is no chance of getting them back in stock. Once all the merchandise is sold out, the buyer has to wait for quite some time before getting his hands on the company’s next release. It is a common belief that when a thing has a veil of mystery and value encumbering it, its demand automatically rises. The street fashion has attained soaring success in recent times clearly by taking a course to this policy. What matters here is the value of the product, and to justify its badge of being exquisite, only a restricted number of products are brought into the market thereby elevating both its demand and price and also maintaining it despite their periodic release. Humans have affected greenhouse gas and caused global warming since the industrial revolution. Although it might mean that San Francisco will be at a nice 70 degrees weather all year and more time to enjoy the Baker Beach, it still affects other wild lives and our ocean level.
It is more important than ever to take care of our environment. Our planet provides us with everything possible for life such as air, light, and water. There is so much plastic in our ocean that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans. We should take care of our planet as our future depends on it. Here at Treehouse Society, we try to eliminate waste in our coworking space. 1. Reusable silverware- Instead of using disposable utensils, we provide reusable silverware in our coworking space so you could eat your meal without feeling guilty about using disposable plastic utensils. 2. Reusable tote bags- We provide reusable tote bags for our members in case you forgot to bring your own. 3. Tupperware- We provide Tupperware in our kitchen and encourage you to take the Tupperware with you when you go out for lunch so you can pack it in case you have leftovers. 4. Mugs in our kitchen- We also provide mugs in our kitchen to make that morning coffee taste more delicious knowing that you didn’t make it in a disposable cup. 5. Filtered water- With our water filter, you can refill your water bottle and skip the disposable bottle of water. 6. We collect used packaging material- Got your packages sent here? No problem, we collect the packaging material from your Amazon packages and distribute it to the small businesses or nonprofits near us so they can save on costs for shipping. Contact us if you need some used packaging material. 7. Motion Sensor in our space- This is major! We installed motion sensors from our bathroom to our conference rooms. These sensors not only save electricity, but it also makes sure that you are active and alive so the lights can stay on. Although the real culprit of global warming is not individuals but an infrastructure problem, we should still do our part to help the environment. Coworking not only saves you money but also can save the environment. Be an environmental superhero today and sign up to cowork today! Meet one of our dearest members, Darren Overby. He is one of our beloved Treehouse Society members who found the Hostel Management. He founded HostelManagement.com in 2004 in the hopes to contribute management tools for potential hostel owners and workers internationally. His passion for sharing information, software, and technology to the hostel industry has developed into the #1 website for finding and sharing resources in the hostel industry. Read more about his intriguing and successful story!
What industry is your company in? Hostels and budget travel. Tell us about your background and how that led you to what you do today? I have always had a curious fascination for the world. I used to love road trip vacations with my parents but I always wanted to go further. I was told international travel was expensive and beyond the financial reach of most people. Still, I used to spin the globe, stop it with a finger, and wonder what it was like in far off lands. Was it day or night? What language was being spoken? What would be the talk of the town at the moment? As soon as I was able, I joined the Navy since it was the only way I knew how to travel internationally without being rich. While in the Navy we cruised to Townsville Australia. A friend Dave and I went scuba diving on Magnetic Island and met two beautiful and friendly Swedish women. At the end of our diving day, we missed the ferry to the mainland. It was then the Swedish women introduced us to the concept of a hostel. “A hospital?” we asked. “No, a hostel!” As it turned out, the place where we rented our scuba equipment was a hostel. Soon after that, as Dave and I settled in for a beer, I had my mind blown by the possibilities of travel. Backpackers began streaming to the hostel picnic tables with their round the world travel tales with little to no money. I was so excited. These backpackers were proof that I could travel the world on the extreme budget of a backpacker. Hostels would make my dreams of world travel possible. Over the next 8 months or so, I become enthralled by the freedom of adventure that these international backpackers exhibited and I began spending my free moments reading books such as "Europe Through the Back Door" by Rick Steves and "Work Your Way Around the World" by Susan Griffith. I had planned to sell all my things of value (tools, cameras, etc) to fund my trip, however, my car was broken into and I lost everything. After selling my car I only had $1600 to my name. Still, I was determined. I got a one-way air courier flight to London and just like that, I was off. At first, my financial situation in Europe was a little scary. It became apparent that if I wanted to stay in Europe I would need to find work and fast and frequently as possible. Hostels turned out to be great little employment agencies for me. I volunteered to clean or do odd jobs at every hostel. Sometimes work was available to me, and sometimes it wasn’t. However, hostel receptionists frequently thought of me when the odd job was available. Sometimes a job would last only for a few hours and sometimes it would be a week but it was always interesting and afforded me a sense of freedom to roam from place to place that was fantastic. If you have read this far, I should say there’s something I haven’t mentioned in the previous stories. I was painfully shy and always felt socially awkward and I knew it. It had always been a personal mission of mine to get over my inhibitions. Hostels helped me overcome this in two ways. First of all, people in hostels are for the most part VERY social and friendly. Hostels are the easiest place in the world to meet new friends. Second, the community in a hostel is constantly changing. As a shy person, I tended to be afraid of saying or doing something that I would be embarrassed by or chastised for. Since the community in a hostel is constantly changing I was able to “try myself on for size” and when I did I found people were not repulsed by my true nature, my true sense of humor. They were attracted to it! I highly recommend hostels for all shy people. Eventually, I met the owner of the Inverness Student Hotel who offered me a job at his other hostel in Edinburgh called High Street Hostel. At the time, Peter MacMillan was a young ambitious entrepreneur making his way in the hostel industry. He was also a talented carpenter. Peter was very only with me about his business and let me travel back and forth between Edinburgh and Inverness. I learned a lot from Peter. Scotland and Peter’s hostel became my base for further European adventures. I still worked along the way but I was learning new techniques for extending my travel budget. One strategy was researching for a travel guidebook. I found a book called Youth Accommodation Centres International on a hostel book exchange shelf. It was a self-published directory of hostels from Malta. I wrote to the publisher and asked if I could be a field researcher for his book. He sent me a letter attesting to this fact. Now I was able to call hostels in advance and tell them I was a “guidebook researcher”. This enabled me to stay for free at many hostels. Although, the book only listed hostel name, address and phone number I took notes about each hostel's facilities, amenities, and atmosphere. What I learned is a hostel's facilities and amenities were no indication of its atmosphere. Some hostels had a vibrant social atmosphere and others were devoid of “soul”. I studied what attributes (both operational and architectural) were correlated with a hostel’s community vibe. I would later apply this to my own hostel. In Europe, I experienced humanity in a way I had not experienced during my upbringing in the US. When I made the decision to come back to my home country I was bound and determined to either find or create a hostel community in the US. I wanted to experience the life I had in Europe and make a living doing it. My first stop was Manhattan. I was totally broke when I arrived in Europe and again needed a job. I decided the community and like-minded people I was looking for was most likely to exist in San Francisco. I asked my girlfriend, who I met in Scotland if she wanted to go to San Francisco with me to start a hostel. She had just graduated and said, “sure, I don’t have anything better to do!” Together we took somebody else’s car, by way of a Driveway, and drove to San Francisco. Within about a year, a proposal to many landlords and lots of trips to various city departments I managed to start our small hostel. Here I was able to test my various theories about creating a genuine and social community of international travelers. After 20 years, I’ve learned that what people say they want and what people REALLY want can be very different things. We operate from the premise that most people are inherently shy and need and appreciate a little help to be social with others. Our hostel is very unlike other hostels but it has an intensely social community that has a loyal and enthusiast following. Back in 1992, I was already involved in the internet. I was intrigued by the possibility of people of the world communicating with each other and sharing what they know. Because I knew and was passionate about hostels I decided to write Frequently Asked Questions about Hostelling which was hosted on rec-travel libraries by Brian Lucas on Gopher servers at the University of Manitoba. At the bottom of the FAQ was my email address and I encouraged people to write me if they had further questions. I found the questions I received were along the lines of “do you know any other hostels in __________?” I learned that while there were about 11 hosteling organizations in the world and each of these organizations published book directories of hostels - they only listed hostels belonging to THEIR organization. I felt this was a problem. I decided there needed to be a database of ALL hostels. So I used my knowledge of computers and created “Hostels.com - The Internet Guide to Hostelling”. After 27 years in business, I now operate HostelManagement.com (a website to help other people start hostels), HostelJobs.net (a website for people to find jobs in hostels) and OurHostels.com (a website for travelers to find and direct book hostels). We provide information and software to help their hostel be profitable. Who is your role model? Elon Musk - because he sees some important problem in the world and works hard to solve them What makes your company special? Rather than be just another online travel agency like booking.com or hostelworld.com (sites that end up costing travelers 15-25% more on every booking). We provide hostels with the tools and knowledge to control their destiny and receive more direct bookings. We also help travelers find and direct book hostels to save money. What are your biggest achievements and/or failures? Building several lifestyle businesses without the use of investors that give me the freedom to do whatever I want to do. How did you end up in Treehouse Society and why did you decide to stay longer? The coworking business I tried never worked as well as the Treehouse Society because it ended up catching on fire in the middle of the night, unfortunately. I wanted to find coworking space where it wasn’t too big like WeWork. Because then, everyone is just minding their own business but I liked the small friendly community that Treehouse has to offer. This is one of the reasons why I decided to stay longer with Treehouse. Another reason is that it’s a simple yet effective coworking place with a good community of people at a reasonable price and that is what I needed for my hostel. Any advice for the future hoteliers? Dream big - Start small - Work hard - Move fast (borrowed from Stride Travel) by Rachel Kim Who even has enough time to prepare their meals in a busy city like San Francisco? Even if you had the time in your hands, how can you possibly cook 3 times a day for 7 days a week? To possibly reduce some time in cooking and the stress that comes with it, this is why engineers and innovators have created genius apps in the hopes of reducing overwhelm in meal preparations.
Here are some of the apps you can look into: Mealpal Subscribe to Mealpal for a $6 lunch on a monthly basis where you have the list of restaurants to choose your lunch the day before from 5 pm to the following day at 9:30 am. When you pick up your food, make sure to scan your QR code to let them know that you picked up your food. This ensures the restaurant owners that strangers didn’t pick up your food! Ritual If you don’t like to wait in line to get your lunch or too busy to pick up your meal, get Ritual. It lets you skip lines and allows your coworkers to pick up your meal. Moreover, you can earn Ritual points where every $1 you spend, you get 10 points. Once you earn 10,000 points, you can redeem it by receiving the $10 credit for the app. Unlike Mealpal, you don’t have to order the meal 5pm the day before. Therefore, if you can order your lunch whenever you want and wait for 10-15 for them to prepare your meal. Postmates Tired of cooking meals? Then get Postmates! Think of Postmates as Uber for food. Get anything (yes, that includes alcohol) delivered to your doorstep with a small fee. If your order from a restaurant/store that Postmates has partnered with, you will pay $3.99. However, Postmates will still deliver from shops that they haven’t partnered with for $5.99. If you don’t like paying 4-6 dollars every time you order, you can subscribe to their monthly membership for $9.99 or $89.99 for the yearly membership with the condition of ordering at least $20 dollars. Grubhub Postmates isn’t available in your city? Then download Grubhub. Grubhub is basically the same as Posthub except it is available in 16,000 cities in the US and it’s also available in London. Grubhub also has the largest market share in terms of food delivery apps. Plus, there are no extra charges like Postmates. You will only get charged for what the restaurant charges you. However, if you are a generous person, feel free to tip the driver! Also, Grubhub has way better customer service. Doordash Not everyone has a big enough family to order $20 at a minimum. If you don’t want that minimum charge and especially if you live by yourself in a big city like SF, use Doordash. They also won’t charge you for blitz pricing and have the same pricing as the restaurant plus just the delivery fee that is designated to the area. https://fooddeliveryguru.com/ubereats-vs-postmates-vs-caviar/ https://www.ritual.co/ https://mealpal.com/ https://www.pommietravels.com/mealpal-review-nyc-is-mealpal-worth-it/ https://www.policygenius.com/blog/postmates-review/ https://www.ridester.com/postmates-vs-grubhub/ https://www.ridester.com/doordash-vs-postmates/#1 by Catherine Choy We All Scream for Ice Cream!
In July, the temperature rises and so does our craving for ice cream. Thankfully, July is National Ice Cream Month! And yes, this is a real thing. It all started in 1984 when Senator Walter Dee Huddleston of Kentucky sponsored a Joint resolution 298 followed by a Joint resolution 543 in the U.S. House of Representatives sponsored by Representative Kika de la Garza of Texas. In the same year, President Ronald Raegan signed a presidential proclamation that designated July the nation’s National Ice Cream Month and labeled the third Sunday of July National Ice Cream Day. This year, the third Sunday of July lands on the 21st which is a perfect day to binge eat your favorite ice cream flavors. The proclamation encouraged citizens to pay tribute to National Ice Cream Day by attending “appropriate ceremonies and activities” and emphasized that it is simply our duty as Americans to participate. This should not be difficult considering that Americans eat more ice cream than any other country in the world. According to the International Dairy Foods Association, the average American consumes more than 23 pounds of ice cream each year. Ice cream companies contribute immensely to the nation’s economy by providing direct jobs and earning sales. According to Dairy Delivers, the nation’s ice cream industry earns and contributes 39 billion dollars to the United States economy and provides more than 180,000 jobs for people across the country. Now, that is something to celebrate! Various shops and vendors in San Francisco will offer sweet and cheap deals on this sweet day. These include popular stores such as Baskin Robbins, CREAM, Dippin Dots, and Sonic. Am event that one should definitely consider attending is The Scoop. The Scoop will be located at the SoMa StrEat Food Park or 428 11th Street, SF 94103. The event will be held on Sunday, July 21st from 11am-5pm. More than 15 vendors will be there to serve over 50 different flavors of ice cream for everyone. A $5 admission fee will be required but will remain free for children ages 10 and under. The event is open for everyone, dogs included! A DJ will also be there to blast music you can dance to as you enjoy your scooped, swirled, or rolled ice cream. There are over a thousand ice cream flavors created today and July is a great time to grab your favorite one with your family and friends. You are also welcome to join everyone here at Treehouse Society on National Ice Cream Day! This will be a great opportunity to network and try out exquisite ice cream flavors from Bi-Rite, one of the most famous ice cream shops in San Francisco. We will also be holding a coworking day which means a day full of collaborating and creating. This event will be held from 10am-5pm. As the famous English art historian, Iain Pears, once said, “A day without ice cream was a day wasted”, so be sure to not waste your day! Celebrate, eat delicious ice cream, and network with us at our Ice Cream Social Coworking Day as well! Sources: https://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/ice-cream/ice-cream-sales-trends http://www.holidayscalendar.com/event/national-ice-cream-day/ https://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/ice-cream/july-is-national-ice-cream-month https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/national-ice-cream-month-deals-2019-free-ice-cream http://www.somastreatfoodpark.com/events-db/2019/6/4/ice-cream-sunday Being under the influence sounds like a counter-intuitive way to get work done, but recent studies have shown that drinking and working might actually be a great hack! Like what Ernest Hemmingway said, “Write drunk, edit sober.” Here are five reasons why you should be drinking more often while working! 1. Bringing creativity to solve your problems
2. It lowers your stress level
3. It improves your memory 4. It adds some entertainment to a meeting 5. It gets you more social ![]() In different cultures across the globe, drinking is associated as a socializing beverage. Of course, just because of all the benefits of drinking doesn’t mean you should be drinking every minute. Learn to have limits of just use alcohol as an occasional tool! Come to our wine and work session to practice using wine as a tool creativity hack!
Sources: https://hbr.org/2018/05/drunk-people-are-better-at-creative-problem-solving https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/24/alcohol-improves-memory-scientists-say-study-finds-drinking/ https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-to-be-productive-when-youre-a-little-tipsy https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh23-4/250-255.pdf by Rachel Kim San Francisco has been the hub for many startups for a number of years. The reasons seem very self-explanatory if you ever step foot in the Bay Area. People are willing to connect and offer help to others. This strong characteristic of this city attracts many entrepreneurs and many talented people. Most startups who start here have a bigger chance to become mainstream than if they started somewhere else.
Here are some list of startups to look out for: Brex “Brex provides corporate credit cards to technology startups of all sizes and have 20x higher limits, automatic expense management, and integrates receipts into accounting systems.” Plaid “Plaid focuses on easy access to financial services through technology by creating beautiful customer experiences and develop intelligent tools that allow everyone to create products to solve big problems.” Calm “Aims to make everyone happy and healthier by providing different audio tracks for meditation and relaxation.” uBiome “Allows citizens, scientists, and patients to learn more about human microbiome with remarkable accuracy and speed” Gitlab “Develop software where everyone can contribute to the software development lifecycle used by more than 100,000 companies.” Coinbase “A digital currency wallet where customers and merchants can transact new digital currencies such as bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin.” Airtable “Creators and creatives around the world can build the tools that meet their needs by democratizing software creation.” Modsy “Combine 3D graphics, computer vision, and curation to change the way we imagine, design and create homes and spaces.” Motiv “Make wearable devices that fit seamlessly into their daily lives by having a complete view of daily activities and sleeping patterns 24/7.” Nurx “On-demand healthcare mobile platform and birth control delivery company which prescribes few medications in 90 minutes.” Crew “Allows companies and frontline employees to communicate with each other more effectively and stay engaged.” Rothy’s “Beautifully designed shoes that are made out of plastic water bottles.” Apptimize “Allows intelligent users to quickly, easily and cheaply innovate by removing barriers and risk to make apps.” Payjoy “Enables consumer financial and smartphone technology accessible to people worldwide.” Spoke “Aims to assist companies to communicate and manage in a simple and smart way.” Although San Francisco is expensive, it might be worth it to start your business here. As you can tell from this list of the most 15 promising startups, most of them started here. https://www.inc.com/michelle-cheng/2018-inc5000-fastest-growing-companies-san-francisco.html https://growjo.com/city/San_Francisco https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/14/hottest-bay-area-startups-valuation-increases-q4.html#g/448432/5 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-19-hottest-startups-in-san-francisco-to-watch-in-2018-2017-11#brandless-wants-to-change-the-way-we-buy-household-staples-4 https://channels.theinnovationenterprise.com/articles/san-francisco-s-20-most-exciting-startups https://www.forbes.com/sites/jlim/2014/07/29/what-san-franciscos-startup-scene-is-really-like/#5f23214b1b0e |
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