The Future Is Bright with Young Entrepreneurs
Set to graduate from Brigham Young University in April, Spencer Quinn is almost finished with the really challenging part of growing his young company, FiberFix: Up to this point, he’s been running the business while also handling a full slate of college classes. The 25-year-old has hit it big over the last year, winning an […]
Lifelong Learning: There’s an App for That
TED (Free) TED, the international movement promoting “ideas worth spreading,” has conquered every other medium, and deserves a rightful place on your Apple or Android device. Browse and watch an ever-expanding library of more than 1,400 fascinating Ted Talks—“Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.” Goodreads (Free) Goodreads is a must-have for Apple […]
The Greatest Ad Campaign Ever?
Bo knows. Bo knows. BoknowsBoknows BoknowsBoknows. In a business magazine or any context, really, it’s basically impossible to mention Bo Jackson without talking about possibly the most effective marketing campaign the world has ever seen. In 1989, while on the losing end of a battle with Reebok for athletic shoe superiority, Nike built on the […]
Natural Harmony
Millions of times a day across the African savanna, the red-billed oxpecker alights on the back of a friendly Cape buffalo, who hardly minds the company. While the huge beast gorges on wild grass, the little bird rifles through his coarse fur, looking dutifully for one of the many ticks feasting on the back of […]
Our Runners-Up for 2013 SUCCESS Achiever of the Year
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Three DO’s (From Three Guys Who Have Done It)
Even as a magazine that serves small-business owners and entrepreneurs globally, those of us at SUCCESS can’t help but take special notice of the movers and shakers in our own North Texas backyard. Recently, a few of us took a field trip to the second-annual Dallas Digital Summit, a conference for Texans and out-of-staters alike […]
Slouching Solutions
LumoBack The LumoBack system is almost like a portable cotillion class, featuring a belt that tracks your posture to make sure you’re sitting up straight, vibrating as a reminder when you’re not, and sending real-time posture feedback to your smartphone app. Not only does the system monitor if your slouching or sitting straight—it tracks sitting […]
Network with Apps
Networking is all about building relationships—and apps are the perfect assistants for making the most of it. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to one of them. Bump was essentially a digital fist bump. All you had to do was press your iPhone or Android to a friend’s phone to trade documents, contacts, photos, videos […]
Simpli.fy with Productivity Apps
IFTTT (Free)Teach your iPhone to automate regular tasks by answering a series of if-this-then-that questions: If I take a photo on Instagram, for example, then I want to automatically save it to Dropbox. The app lets you create powerful connections with that one simple statement. Clear ($4.99)What’s more pleasing than crossing something off your to-do […]
There’s an App for There
Whether the trip is business or personal, you’ll get some mileage out of these handy apps. Google Translate (Free)Speak or type an English phrase into your device and hear the translation in more than 60 languages on iOS products (more than 70 on Android). In addition to listening to your translation spoken aloud, the app […]
Persona Non Grata
Before I came to SUCCESS, a highly visible previous job earned me a nice little Twitter fol
On a Heater
As the winner of the 2013 SUCCESS Start Small Win Big challenge, Phoenix native Mary Juetten, the founder of TrakLight.com, has proven she’s willing to do whatever it takes to become a better entrepreneur. This week, that meant taking a trip to Las Vegas for the first ever SXSW V2V conference, a chance to rub […]
