1. Casino
2. Carlito’s Way
3. Donnie Brasco
4. Goodfellas
5. The Godfather Trilogy
6. Gotti
7. The Departed
8. Blow
9. American Gangster
10. Reservoir Dogs
11. Scarface
12. Once Upon a Time in America
13. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
14. Heat
15. The Untouchables
Make sure you do more research on the supplements that you decide to try. Dosage depends on age, so make sure to check what the appropriate dosage amount will be for you.
1. MailChimp
2. GitHub
3. AppSumo
4. Grasshopper
5. WooThemes
6. Clicky
7. CarbonMade
8. Goldstar
9. Litmus
10. FastSpring
It’s amazing in this age of social media that companies think they can still have horrible customer service and survive. They would be advised to read The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk, before they lose more market share. Here is a list of the companies with the worst customer service:
LA Fitness
Best Buy
Comcast
Home Depot
Verizon
Bank of America
AOL
Microsoft
Dish Network
There are hundreds of thousands of apps and millions of websites today. In this increasingly competitive world it is more important than ever to differentiate your startup from others, so that it can stand out. Getting attention is one of the hardest things to do and you will not get it with another copycat app. You must innovate on an idea and put your own spin on it to be noticed. Here are some examples of companies that have done this extremely well:
Path – only 150 friends and strong on mobile
While on Facebook users can add up to 5,000 friends, Path draws a line on how many friends you can have to give users a more intimate experience. Path also started only on mobile, so they have a much better user experience on mobile than Facebook.
Zappos - customer service
Zappos distinguished itself almost solely by their amazing customer service. Zappos initially didn’t spend any money on advertising, but instead put that money into improving it’s customer service.
Plenty of Fish (POF) - free
PlentyofFish is free with ads, while most other dating services are paid, including it’s biggest competitor Match.
Walmart – low prices
Walmart spends less on everything else to make sure they always have the lowest prices.
Fox News – conservative news
When Fox News was launched in 1996 all other news stations had a liberal bias. Fox differentiated itself by being the only conservative news station. Fox is now the most profitable news station by far in the United States, but it should not come as that much of a surprise. ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, etc. are all competing for the liberal and moderate audience, while Fox has a monopoly on the conservative audience.
Google Chrome - clean, simple, and fast
Internet Explorer is very clunky and slow, which lead many users to Firefox. People then left Firefox after it became slow and clunky as well. Chrome came in and has steadily gained market share because it is by far the fastest browser and because it is clean and simple. Pretty much the complete opposite of Internet Explorer.
Instagram – free and fast photo uploading
Instagram was launched after similar photo filter app Hipstamatic. The difference however was that Instagram was free, which let it grow much larger. Also, Instagram is much faster at uploading photos than Hipstamatic.
Facebook – clean white background and users have to use real name
Myspace was founded before Facebook, but Facebook made itself obviously different from Myspace. Facebook had a clean white background, while Myspace let users customize it. Myspace embraced fake user profiles, while Facebook wanted everyone to use their real name. Facebook was only allowed at prestigious colleges in the beginning, while Myspace had a more libertine feel to it. Facebook made sure to draw a stark contrast between it’s competitor, so that it would stand out.
1. Everlane
2. Publix
3. Trader Joe’s
4. Nordstrom
5. Chick-fil-A
6. Target
7. Wine Library
8. Zappos
10. Amazon
11. Bonobos
12. Starbucks
13. Ritz-Carlton
14. Chipotle
I love Economics, but I know I am in a small minority of people who feel that way. I think the importance of Economics is highly underrated though for entrepreneurs. Understanding the world and how the economy works can be very beneficial. On a macro level it may influence what business you decide to go into and on a micro level it can help decide how you construct your product/service. You see many business people major in Accounting (which is much more useless, especially considering technology/offshoring will eliminate 98% of accountants) and get MBA’s, but Economics is a neglected field of study for most entrepreneurs. I believe the reason is that most people do not view Economics as sexy, but rather find it boring/useless. I think that view could be changed however if students had better Economics teachers in high school and professors in college (maybe not though, I am strange, so maybe Economics will always be boring to the other 96.5% of people). Regardless, I encourage you to really give Economics a try. It can dramatically effect how you view the world and I guarantee it will be of benefit to you as an entrepreneur. Here is a list of books to read:
Competition and Entrepreneurship
The Theory of Money and Credit
Money, Bank Credit, Economic Cycles
You can read a lot of books on this site for free.
