A few weeks ago someone posted a photo of a dog with a limping leg begging for food from people in the streets on a page called Malaysian Dogs Deserves Better, a non profit helping and rescuing dogs. He was in bad condition and was in desperate need of help. Since I live only 30 minutes away from the area, I knew I had to step up to help rather than wait for someone else. The following day Jin Lee (my girlfriend) and I went to the place described in the photo. We searched high and low for the dog but it was nowhere to be seen. After walking around for almost an hour, we nearly gave up our search and called it a day. While we were walking back, we saw the dog resting under a car. He was so weak he barely noticed us approaching him. As I approached him, I could smell his wet coat as … [Read more...] about What a dog rescue taught me about business
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3 gadgets every small business owners should have
Hello friends, look at your gadgets, now look at mine, now look at your gadgets, now back at mine. Sadly, your gadgets aren’t mine. If you use gadgets like mine, you could be like me. But you don’t need to be like me. Be YOU. You’re perfect the way you are. Wait, don’t click ‘X’! Continue to read this post and I’ll tell you the 3 perfect gadgets I think every small business owners should have. … [Read more...] about 3 gadgets every small business owners should have
13 Sh*t people say to entrepreneurs
Sometimes advices come from the love of our family and friends not wanting us to get hurt or afraid we might fail. Sometimes advices come from people who doesn’t want to see us successful, or jealousy, or afraid that one day, WE will be more successful than them. Starting a business from scratch or going after your dreams, it’s tough. I’m in the process now too. I stop counting how many times people have tried to put me down. Here are some of the things people will say to put you down when you want to start a business or when you’re chasing after your dreams. … [Read more...] about 13 Sh*t people say to entrepreneurs
Stop spamming me with links to your business
Stop spamming everyone on Twitter! You have a great product, a great start-up that can do wonders, a real prospect, now how do you promote that? Social media experts will tell you to post it on Twitter, and then millions of people will flood your new business. Of course if you’ve been on Twitter for a while, you know that it is not true. Now how about sending EVERYONE the same message? Asking them to take a look at your business? This is what happened to me today. It’s like holding a megaphone and shouting to everyone that passes you by, see me, see me! Visit my store! … [Read more...] about Stop spamming me with links to your business
Make It Easy for Customers to do Business With You
We’re all lazy! We don’t have the time and want everything to be as easy as possible. Don’t make it tough for us already! We don’t like to go an extra mile (Unless it’s really worth it or you paid us). If it’s possible, we don’t want to lift a finger at all! It may or may not be true, but these are just some things that I have noticed online while browsing and reading blogs. I noticed that until today, some businesses still make it so tough for customers to reach them, whether it’s on social media or just to get in touch with them. … [Read more...] about Make It Easy for Customers to do Business With You
Businesses: Are Your Twitter Accounts Set To Private?
I have always loved how airlines are using Twitter. Browsing through some airlines’ Twitter pages, I found @QatarAirways account to be a little… disturbing, in a Twitter sense of course. What I noticed about them was that they set their Twitter account to PRIVATE. … [Read more...] about Businesses: Are Your Twitter Accounts Set To Private?