How to Navigate Being on Thin Ice at Work
One of the biggest issues a young person in the workplace will experience is developing a strong sense of judgement when running on thin ice. Even the best and most competent young worker can mess up and will be forced to prove to supervisors and mentors that they can step up to the plate and […]
Get a $40k Job at a Startup Now, No Degree Required
Austin, Atlanta, Charleston, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, and San Francisco… All cities with high growth startups partnering with Praxis to get top young talent started on amazing careers. They don’t care about credentials and classes and degrees. They care about good people with the ability to create value. That’s what Praxis delivers. Participants accepted into the Praxis program get an intense […]
Don’t Rush to Careerify Your Interests
There is nothing wrong with turning your interests into a career. In fact, it can be one of the most wonderful and fulfilling ways to live. Doing what you love for a living is great if possible, and it’s a lot more possible than people realize. Don’t mistake me for saying it’s a bad thing. […]
When to Stick with Something and When to Quit
Here’s a simple heuristic that has been monumental for me: If you love something you don’t need any reasons for doing it. If you hate something you’d better have damn good reasons for doing it. This is about the burden of proof. If you’re doing what you love and what makes you come alive, you […]
5 Things I Learned Traveling Solo at 18
Ever felt unsatisfied with college? Many young people have. Ever felt unsatisfied enough to drop out, buy a one-way ticket to Guatemala, and travel for four months without a cell phone? 19 year-old author and traveler Jake Heilbrunn is the only person we’ve met who can say “yes” to that question. Jake wanted more than […]
Become a Digital Marketing Apprentice at Bay Area Startup!
If you’ve ever been passionate about writing, editing, advertising, and marketing, but never imagined yourself going into the ad agency world — if you’ve ever been fascinated with Facebook advertising, promoting a product on Instagram, and getting people to show up to events — if you’ve ever wanted to jump from just being in the […]
Reinventing the Apprenticeship for the 21st Century
The apprenticeship was once the go-to way to prepare yourself for a career. You would graduate from whatever formal schooling you had and go work closely with somebody who had learned all the things you wished to learn — oftentimes the hard way. After some time working with this person and applying your passions and […]
How Can I Do This Faster, Better, Cheaper?
The number one question you must ask yourself if you want to think entrepreneurially is: How can I do this faster, better, and cheaper than the standard options? That’s it. All of the best products out there are able to do something the other people are doing but do it better, faster, and cheaper. Uber […]
Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Ralph Lauren
“I never went to fashion school. I didn’t know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn’t know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.” Ralph Lauren is an entrepreneur and clothing designer, and one of the best. His clothes are classically elegant, transcending momentary fashion trends […]
You Could Have Tried Harder: Thinking Differently About Effort and Responsibility
“At least I did my best.” This is the most common and the most effective excuse in the world. It’s very dangerous. There are two important things we need to know about this statement: There is no such thing as doing our best. There is always something we could have done better. We have to know when to stop […]
What My High School Business Teacher Taught Me About Entrepreneurship (and Business Classes)
There aren’t too many hours spent in class that I wouldn’t take back if I could. But like most people, I have one or two classroom experiences that I look back on fondly. Business class was one of those, precisely because it wasn’t a class. Our teacher was a local businessman. He wasn’t a teacher, […]
5 Ways Homeschooling is Like Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is more than just going out and incorporating a business. It doesn’t just have to be building a product or launching a service and claiming a slice of equity in a company. It doesn’t even have to be solely an issue of business. At its core, entrepreneurship is creative problem solving. Entrepreneurs are people […]
Challenge Your Assumptions: The Practical Value of Philosophy
A number of Praxis participants are currently completing our Philosophy module and blogging everyday about the content. Today’s post is republished from Praxis participant Ryan Ferguson’s personal blog on his 2nd day going through philosophy module. You can’t ignore the big questions in life. You can only run from them. But eventually they will find […]
Why Work Hard? and Other Questions You’ve Never Asked: Defining Your Philosophy of Work
“To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We’ve got it down to four words: “Do what you love.” But it’s not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated.” – YCombinator Founder Paul Graham,”How To Do What You Love“ Ever wondered about why […]
Start Now: 3 Ways to Develop a Bias for Action
A bias for action is one of the most necessary traits for a successful entrepreneur. Studies find that an ability to make decisions quickly and to act upon them is one of the key determining factors differentiating successful people and companies from the unsuccessful. While there are plenty of people who sit around thinking about what it […]