Everybody needs a Christmas
OK, i’m not talking about virgin births and kids in the barnyard now, i’m talking about the business of christmas. I’ve been consulting for the past few years for some pretty successful companies (lil old me lol) and have noticed a trend in every single one of them… thank hallmark and uncle sam, but between them both most of these business have an amazing peak that floats them through the year. Think about it, SOMEBODY cashes in on Christmas, 4th of July, Independence day, Tax Season, Halloween, Spring Break.. even on being black or Jewish or Hispanic. Every entrepreneurship venture must have a busy season.
IM NOT A UX DESIGNER .. BUT IM SURE AS HELL TAKING THE COURSE
Ive learned over the years, that understanding something is almost more important than actually doing it . IDK .. maybe its a leadership thing, or just feeding curiosity. Right now im doing a UX course on Udemy and im learning a LOT about color theory, typefaces and general design. I thought I had a general idea, but nah, I didnt know shit. The main reason I started this course was to learn Sketch 3.0 as it pertains to mobile development, but the breadth of this course has taken me through the above mentioned disciplines, and will follow through web design, xcode integration and of course mobile UI design. Im very excited to see changes in the way I storyboard (well, the actual fact that I will storyboard) prototypes in the future. Sketch is really, really good at doing this and the very simple fact that its made for this task [...]
CITY OF BROKEN DREAMS
Im writing this from Studio City, Los Angeles where im currently listening to aspiring scriptwriters go over the next big blockbuster.. The passion in their voices and the sincerity and believability of the story they are trying to portray is phenomenal, they bounce off each others idea like telepathic twins and im wondering.. am I witnessing the next dynamic duo on Hollywood? The problem is .. if I go to any coffee shop in this city, chances are, ill witness this same magic. Again, and again I wish them all the best and ill probably send them a link to this post before I leave (they dont know I even exist as of right now) but it reminds of of most countries ive visited South America goes IN on football, everybody in Jamaica is the next reggae hit and the models of Italy never cease to amaze (and impress). Oh [...]
TOO MANY ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYERS
Too many accountants and lawyers . I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a trending (among my Jamaican friends) topic that the government of Jamaica notes that the country had TOO MANY accounting and law graduates. That pissed me off. Royally. I understand that not everyone may have the skills to be a hotel worker or farmer, and that he pursuit of law and accounting may be a little colonial to some. But I digress. I personally believe that perhaps this may be an opportunity to be a law and finance Mecca for the Caribbean or at least a viable option. Law and accounting are symbiotic with startups, small and large businesses, personal wealth and are the cornerstone for the entrepreneurial spirit. In a country where every legal process seems to be backed up perhaps a few new lawyers could help unclog the pipes ? In a Caribbean Community [...]
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN .. AGAIN
So a few days ago I went on a trip to San Diego. By far one of the most #iwoldmovetheretomorrow citys ive been to in a while. (Housing costs reflect that as well haha). I was my fairly social self after a rollercoaster a week and change in LA I was ready to meet chill west coast. Hype west coast.. was awesome. Fast forward a few libations and a couple awesome bad decisions later (more on that.. maybe.. one day..) me, a new friend from Turkey and another from Vancouver meet a two locals and we decide to hang out.. learn to skate and talk about where were from. At this point in life, encounters and conversations like this no longer surprise me, and I almost look forward to them. They give a better perspective to the way things are in the rest of the word, and the way your [...]
Y COMBINATOR OBSERVATION TRAVEL IS MAJOR KEY
So Steve Jobs got his ephanies on acid trips around the world (mainly india) .. Interesting Ive been binge watching Y-Combinator speeches and noticed that lot of these guys (instagram, pebble) got their breakthrough moment.. their ah-ha while studying abroad. Bill and Melinda gates foundation was born on an Africa trip as well. So it got me wondering (and reassuring myself as I type from my apartment in San Juan, PR) Do many great (tech?) leaders need to be out of their routine environment sometimes? What is it with these trips that make it such a turning point in their journeys ? (pun intended). Growing up with a shitty computer (note.. having a computer period was amazing and pretty first world) and interacting with people around the world through Bulletin Board Systems, IRC and chat sites, make me see what was OUT there, and made me want to learn how [...]