Behind The Hustle
Get Paid Faster
When you don’t have a typical 9-5 and are in the freelance world, you won’t be getting a steady paycheck every two weeks. That doesn’t mean you can’t have an incredible successful career. As you go from gig to gig and contract to contract, you will build your rep which will give you justification to [...]
Cool People With Cool Jobs: Jazzy Kim of Oliver Peoples
In this episode of Cool People With Cool Jobs, we showcase Oliver Peoples’ Sales Manager, Jazzy Kim. She talks about what she does for living and why she loves it. Jazzy shares her story about hard work and willingness to learn that led her to move up the ranks to where she is today. She even [...]
Apple’s Manifesto For Innovation and Success
In 2009 when Steve Jobs went on medical leave, Tim Cook laid out Apple’s manifesto for what it does, why it does it, and how it will be done. This was to prove that the company is great no matter who is at the helm. Whether you have a company that has its own manifesto [...]
Behind The Swoosh: Jacques Slade
What is your hustle? My primary hustles is sneakers and music. I write music for television and film at night and I blog about sneakers during the day. What did you want to be when growing up? When I was younger I wanted to be an astronaut or a rocket scientist. I was fascinated by [...]
Effective Networking Tips
You need to build your network before you need it. Surround yourself with like minded, intelligent people who are doing and/or will do great things. If you’re ambitious and genuine, your network will naturally grow. Coming to our career panels is a perfect networking event too! Look out for details on our next one coming [...]
Guide to Finding Your Passion
We always tell you to find what you are passionate about and turn it into a career, but we never said it was gonna be easy. Your patience and dedication will take you there. Use every experience as a learning opportunity. You’ll work on things you love and likely work on things you don’t every [...]
The Key to Create Remarkable Things
We know you have the capability to accomplish your career goals. You need spend as much time as you can on the important stuff: your brand, resume, portfolio, business plan, etc. Emails are important to reply to but chances are your response could probably wait a few hours. Get in your zone and stay there before [...]
Fashion Forward: Lanie Alabanza-Barcena
What is your hustle? I design and create products… whether it be clothing, footwear, and accessories that evoke emotion and/or make people feel good about themselves. For instance, I love hearing a female say, “omg, I feel sexy when I wear BOTB” or “I feel bad ass whenever I wear this Hellz top.” Designing is [...]
