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A Typical Day On a typical day the entrepreneur at BetterListen.com makes sure all of his part-time workers have what they need to keep the project moving forward. |
Top 3 Perks 1) Interacting with best selling authors2) Working from wherever you choose3) Often receive compensation through equity |
Job Culture Using the web, managing a team of part-time workers, long hours, lots of responsibility, working by yourself, serving customers, meetings |
My ExperienceBetterListen.com is an audio book publishing website trying to reinvent the industry. The publishing startup has many influential authors and speakers from around the world, which are all available to download from their website and the iTunes store. It is a really neat idea that promotes inspiration, motivation, and wellness. The entrepreneur at BetterListen.com grew up around music and media. In university he studied performing, writing, and production, which has definitely helped him out today. However, studying your interests in university is a lot easier than running a business. He also has a full time job so he can only devote his extra time to this startup. He has to manage a team of part time workers everyday after work and tries to keep the startup moving forward. Even though I am not running a startup, I can understand the frustrations of running a website. When I built this website I corresponded with a lot of developers and I had to redesign the website from scratch a few times, and this website is fairly simple. BetterListen.com is a great website that sells audio books online, it’s not just a blog like mine, so it must be incredibly hard to run for a part time entrepreneur.
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Requirements
- There are no requirements although I’m sure a business background would be a lot of help.- The entrepreneur at BetterListen.com was always interested in music in media so I’m sure it helps to be interested in what you build your business around. |
Skills Needed
Web skills, creativity, communication, self – motivation, risk taking, problem solving, leadership, people skills, negotiation, time management |
The Field
- Entrepreneurship is becoming more popular- The belief is that entrepreneurship will reenergize the economy- Lots of startups are in tech
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