Wondering how to open a bank account in the United States as a non-US citizen? Do you know if you’re doing business with customers in the US or earning money in US dollars, having a US bank account can be beneficial in many ways? Having a US bank account can eliminate many restrictions,…
With so many businesses fighting for customers’ attention, it is often difficult to stand out from the crowd. A unique product doesn’t always guarantee success; however, it is the mindset of the leadership that does. For success as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to invent a product. What matters is your ability as an entrepreneur…
You’ve probably heard that Instagram is the “platform” to be on. And so I thought I should go in and it would be a great platform to launch my blog and magazine apps. And in 5 months, I’ve gained 5000 followers organically without buying any follower. I know plenty of other people who have…
I hate using graphics software. I am not a graphic designer, have no background in graphic skills. Yet I have to deal with lots of designing and image-editing works in managing blogs, social media, magazines and books publishing. Will you believe that my secret designing weapon is using a simple tool like PowerPoint? PowerPoint has…
People Fear Amazon. Authors income are at stake. Fending off Treacherous competition has made publishers Mad! With a switch of a button, Amazon can make or kill you. Today, I share our failures, screw-ups, misfortunes. And how… we … somehow claw back and reinvent ourselves. Related reading: 9 things I learned from Elon Musk…
Thinking of starting your own business? Building a successful name for your startup is not an easy task. It takes a lot of determination, effort and creativity to start with an idea and grow it to profitability. The hard bleak truth is that nine out of 10 startups will fail. And fewer than 50%…
Here’s one of the most common questions I get asked: “What is Maverick?” According to Dictionary.com, a maverick is a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. Therefore, a Maverick is a nonconformist, an individualist; a free thinker and a…
Sure, having your own startup comes with a lot of costs – monetary costs, that is. A large amount of money might be needed to start your own business, especially toward the beginning stages of your launch. While some costs, such as your lease and electric bill, might be fixed, others are definitely variable. Oftentimes,…
In my previous blog post on my crash course in investing – part 1, I pointed out how there was little to no money at the beginning to invest, so I took a crack at budgeting to grow my Amazon publishing income. On October 2013, i hit my first 4 figure check – $1249.89…
I suck at investing. At a ripe old age of 30, after building my 6-Figure internet business, my investing portfolio is really just the 500 books I published on Amazon. I treat each of them like my mini-properties. Invested thousands of dollars and countless of hours on them so that they continue to…