Jun’s Startup Life

1. Penelope Trunks makes a 6 digit income from just her blog! No ads, no affiliates; she makes this admirable income by selling her posts to news articles, print magazines, and other publications.
2. Do you have an ad free blog?  Then you should proudly wear this badge on your blog.
3. Social media is a great way to build your career!  I have said this countless and countless of times, and Dave Fleet writes about it very well in 13 ways social media can improve your career.
4. Wired believes that Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr and going to destroy blogs.  I would have to disagree with them, but believe Vlogs are going to be the next big thing.
5. Twittergram is a great tool to link your Flickr account to your Twitter account
6. Don’t ever forget another birthday again!
7. My partner Yu-kai Chou writes the longest emails in the world!  He really needs to read 15 ways to write more effective emails.
8. Motrin made a huge blunder with their commercial ad.
9. Peter Shankman writes a great response to why Motrin’s ad missed it’s mark with moms
10. Are you naming your baby soon?  Instead of coming up with a completely random name, let a website decide the name
11. Yes, it’s true!  The real Shaq Deasel is on Twitter
12. Shaq is absolutely the coolest guy in the world for doing this.
13. Save your browser space with this awesome tutorial.
14. Remember to only nap for 20 minutes
15. Here is a super unique way to use social media to progress your career
16. Don’t go and spam your customers by email.  Yes, it’s very easy to do and very low cost, but it is going to negatively brand your company
17. Save yourself from beer goggles, or in this case, email goggles
18. Gary Vaynerchuk is my hero.  He is the inspiraction to Future Delivery TV
19. Holidays are in!  And we are welcoming Twitter to our merry Holiday season

Hope you enjoy the Best Week Ever in Social Media!

Photo by Bethany Ferrell

Would I have blown the whistle on myself?  I feel that I am an honest person: I tell the truth, do not cheat, and try to be the best person that I can be.  When I read about what JP Hayes did this week, I asked myself the question, “Would I have done the same thing?”  Hayes accidentally used an illegal ball for only two shots of his qualifying round.  He didn’t turn himself in at the tournament; rather, he notified judges after he got back to his hotel.  No one would have found out, yet he disqualified himself.  Why?

I thought about this for a while, and found that people are dishonest because of the following reasons or influences:

1. Laziness

Lazy people like to take the easy way out.  Just think back to your high school days and the amount of cheating that went on.  You had friends, girls (or guys), sports, and TV to think about; who actually had the time to study?  People who are unmotivated and want things to come easy will take the dishonesty route.

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When I was invited to attend the Governors’ Global Summit yesterday in Beverly Hills, I jumped at the chance to hear Governor Schwarzenegger speak and learn more about what’s happening globally in terms of sustainability.  Conveniently, the Summit ended at 7pm, which gave me more than enough time to make it to the Digital Drinks event later that night in Hollywood.   So this is not your usual recap-of-an-event blog post; instead, I thought I would share with you the stark differences of the people that I met at these two events.

Before attending the Global Summit, I of course did my research and found that politicians, CEOs, and leaders from all over the world were going to attend.  I was greatly intimidated before the event and felt nervous because I’m not a leader in sustainability; I’m just an entrepreneur looking to learn more about how I can personally help my world look greener.

I was expecting politicians and big CEOs of companies to be too busy to talk to a young person like me.  Plus, I don’t know much about sustainability myself, so I can’t really contribute much to a conversation.  The turning point of the summit was when I met a Senior Policy Advisor for Quebec in Canada.

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