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The last few weeks I have had some amazing times. If only these experiences could last forever. Or can they? When we are in the moment of one of those amazing times, we often let it pass us by. It’s so easy not to be conscious of what is happening right now. – Experience One A work colleague and friend got married a few weeks ago. He had been single for twenty-eight years and then at the start of the year, he met someone. Within three weeks they were engaged and then a few months later they got married. Against the odds, my friend wanted to show that even though they hadn’t known each other a long time, they were going to prove all the critics wrong. I’m not sure why, but I was one of the few people that got to attend the wedding. It had been a while since I had attended a wedding, so I had forgotten what it was like. Watching these two inspirational leaders get married was so humbling. The wedding was spectacular and it seriously felt like one of those Disney fairy tales. Duri...

 | Entrepreneur FacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedIn You’re exhausted. You’ve put countless of hours into an idea that you believed in so much. Literally almost blood, sweat and tears were sacrificed for this vision to be accomplished. You had hoped and expected for a lot of things, and was excited to have plans for the future. A few months ago, I wrote an article here titled, “What I Learned After Opening My First Business at 21.” My restaurant was doing well that time, and writing that article made me feel on top of the world. I thought that it was going to be that way for a long time, yet not so long after that, sales started to become stagnant and then declined. As I write this today, my restaurant has already stopped operations. It stopped a few days ago, but a couple months back, I knew it was bound to happen. We couldn’t keep up with the bills we needed to pay, and they kept accumulating day by day. With a heavy heart and chaotic mind, we knew we had to close it down. I couldn’...

Yep. There’s a new hipster in town and he’s been dubbed the “Lumbersexual”. No longer relegated to the Pacific Northwest, the Lumbersexual trend has crossed America faster than, spoiling the dreams of many Alternachics of bedding down with a clean shaven hipster. Yes, ladies, gone are the days of van dyks and motorcycle jackets. Dating sites like OKCupid.com have reported heavy confusion by their algorithms. With so much facial hair, the system is having a hard time matching people up. Women, exasperated by the seemingly endless scroll of beardies have turned to *gulp* going to BARS to meet men. Yep, it’s the 1990s all over again! There are many dangers to dating one of these manliest of (clearly ‘self’ employed) men. For one, if you like a little er um ‘oral’ delight — well you risk some serious rug rash and may be wishing you were making it with a brillo pad instead. Second, the average Beardo may look sporty in his flannels and oversized sense of irony facial expression, but don’...

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Like many other millennials coming out of college, my first foray into the work world wasn’t a smooth landing into a stable job. I spent a year in a startup incubator before leaving to start interning with a mentor to develop my marketing skills. I then went on to lead marketing for Sumo.com, until that blew up 8 months later. There’s more detail to the story, but suffice it to say that I’ve made it to the other side successfully. Now I spend my time working for myself as an entrepreneur, traveling the world, and growing my site. I can say without hesitation that the key to getting this ball rolling was finding a set of mentors who guided my initial learning, widened my network, and provided feedback along the way. The time I spent with my mentors set me up for success no matter what path I decided to take. Finding a good mentor isn’t easy. It can be downright intimidating to reach out to someone you admire and ask for something. But it’s a skill that can be learned. A lot of...