Blog Posts - Startup Influencer

Right From An Entrepreneur's Experience

10/24/2017

Yes, what you are about to read is coming directly from me!

I have three years invested in being an active entrepreneur. To clear up some confusion that I have recently had some conversations about and have read about on social media in regards to being an entrepreneur I would like to discuss the myths and the truths that people have mentioned.

Self-made billionaires Mark Cuban and Charlie Ergen share jabs, startup stories at Denver Startup Week

9/30/2017

If Dish Network co-founder Charlie Ergen could turn back time and give his much-younger self advice, he would tell himself to use sandbags to stabilize a trailer that delivered the first giant satellite dish to a Pagosa Springs customer in 1980.

6th annual Denver Startup Week kicks off Monday; hundreds of Colorado events planned

9/24/2017

DENVER – Thousands of people are expected to converge on downtown Denver next week for the sixth annual Denver Startup Week.

This year’s event, which kicks off Monday, Sept. 25 and runs through Friday, Sept. 29, will feature about 350 networking sessions, workshops, panel discussions and other events geared toward startup founders and other entrepreneurs in Denver’s quickly-growing business startup scene.

DRIVЕ NЕW SАLЕЅ UЅING INЅTАGRАM INFLUЕNСЕRЅ

9/20/2017

Inѕtаgrаm iѕ аn online mobile аррliсаtiоn that iѕ uѕеd fоr sharing рhоtоѕ аnd vidеоѕ. Inѕtаgrаm iѕ fоllоwing in thе fооtѕtерѕ оf Fасеbооk аnd Twitter and has fаѕt bесоmе a vеrу рорulаr ѕосiаl mеdiа tool.

Inѕtаgrаm was originally dеvеlореd ѕо thаt реорlе соuld apply diffеrеnt filtеrѕ tо рhоtоgrарhѕ thаt thеу hаd tаkеn оn thеir mоbilе phones and wоuld allow them to еаѕilу uрlоаd аnd share thеѕе рhоtоѕ with friends (оr ассоunt fоllоwеrѕ) using thе Instagram application.

HOW TO ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY BY CREATING ONLINE CONTENT

3/14/2017

There are two parts to the creating credibility in online content, the first is widespread prominence and the other is credibility.

Establishment of prominence can be translated into getting hits on your business website and getting cited by other websites so your name gets out there into the public.

Credibility is the hard part. The word "credibility" has a lot to do with reliability, authority, honesty. And several other characteristics as internet users look for something they trust online.

HOW TO GET STARTED WITH GUEST BLOGGING

3/7/2017

Guest blogging is an easy way to expand your professional network and showcase your writing abilities.

It exposes you and your work to new audiences. The following guidelines are guaranteed to help you become a successful guest blogger.

WHY PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW YOUR NAME: THE POWER OF A STRONG PERSONAL BRAND

3/4/2017

Imagine, for a moment, a saloon in the Wild West. It's a bunch of regulars, and a few out-of-towners, and things are all right. Then someone walks in through the bat wing doors.

Someone in a broad, flat-crowned hat, with silver spurs. The room goes quiet, and the whispers start.

He might be just a man, but people have heard tell of him. They know those low-slung guns, and that scar along his right hand. Before he even opens his mouth, everyone in the room is thinking about shaking his hand.

Just kidding, that's just what I have dreams about, but you get the idea.

Sam Lin's inspiration to launch Teasenz

2/28/2017

Tell us about what inspired you to launch Teasenz?

I've been drinking tea since a teenager. My dad is a pu erh tea collector, which is why I got in touch with tea at an early age. Pu erh wasn't my thing at that time, but I loved the green tea and black tea that my dad made for me.

HOW TO PITCH YOUR STARTUP IDEA FOR FUNDING AND FEEDBACK

2/22/2017

For those of you who only know me from Handshakin.com, you may not realize that we also own and organize the Startup Meetup Pitch Battle groups around the US (and we totally just passed 10k followers on Instagram!). We're in Denver, Boston, Atlanta, Austin, Phoenix, LA, San Francisco and more...

What is a Pitch Battle you ask? An event where 4 startups pitch to a panel of investors and judges for 5 minutes. Here's how to prepare and make the most of these events:

HOW TO BECOME A FREELANCER

2/14/2017

Being a freelancer can be quite a rewarding career. You can write, consult, build websites, and really customize what you do for your clients based of your passion.

You can almost do whatever you want, employing others by assigning the things that you don’t necessarily enjoy.