Rentmonitor – Simple rent collection tool. A Techstars company. Cozy – A more serious rent management tool. Has raised $1.5m. RentPost – Another rent management tool that also includes work order management. Splitwise – Great tool for splitting bills.
I just found out Eminem’s song publisher is suing Facebook and it’s ad agency, saying that in their recent ad, they stole his beats from “Under the Influence.” Then, the ad agency is saying Dr. Dre took the beat from Michael Jordan’s “Give It To Me.” Listening to all three, you’ll find the similarities uncanny. Question is, isn’t everything a remix? Check out the video below titled “Everything is a Remix: Part 1″. The other …
It seems today that many people don’t trust the government, and for a good reason I guess. However, I’d like to propose that we do trust the government. Why? Because by not trusting the government and telling others not to, you’re making matters worse. The government, while it has many flaws, is set up so that problems can be fixed. But many of the problems we see today aren’t simply a problem with the government, …
There are few defining moments in your life; I had one in college. It was in the Spring of 2007, I was the elected Social Activities Committee Chair at CMC, and was thinking back at party themes from my freshman year. I remembered the Pirate vs Ninja party vividly. It was at night, and there was one inflatable pirate ship. About a third of the people were dressed as pirates and the everyone else was …
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So what does a typical week look like for me? There is no such thing as a typical week for me. Monday – WORK! 9am-7pm Work @coloft: Work w designer, set up classes. 7pm-9:30pm Social Analytics & ROI workshop w Trina Albus Tuesday – CRUSHIN’ IT. 10am-7pm Work @coloft: Meetings and stuff. 7pm-10pm Web Dev 101: HTML/CSS and the Front End Wednesday – TAKING CARE OF WERK & LIFE. 8:30am-9am Morning bike-ride on the beach …
How’s everyone’s life going? Mine’s been great! I haven’t written a blog post since March 20th, so I thought I’d share some updates on my life. I broke up with my recent girlfriend who I lived with for 8 months and dated for 7 (yes, I started dating a roommate). We both agreed to split ways without drama, and we’re still on great terms and talk often. I learned a lot dating a raw vegan …
<insert issue here> is a serious issue, otherwise why would we be talking about it? Of course, like all issues, there are people who have been exposed enough to understand it, and those who haven’t been. Another problem is that today, many have learned to exist alongside these issues, and their finances are tied to the outcome of this debate. It’s difficult for people in that position to take a side they know will financially …
It’s okay to have different opinions as someone else, whether it be on politics, religion, books, restaurants or the best song in the world. You and the other person have taken different paths up to now, and it’s something along those paths that has lead you to your differences today. As helpful as it can be to understand the reason for your differences, it’s important never to forget that it’s more important to accept those …
If you observe a colony of ants, you’ll find that they work together as if they were one organism. If you put a certain number of ants together, they’ll start acting like a colony, taking on individual roles that relate to the whole. The way ants communicate is similar to the way our neurons communicate, a colony of ants can be seen as one big brain. The beauty here is that no single ant knows …
For the last six years, I removed my birthday from my Facebook profile a week before my birthday, and while I always threw a party for myself (the annual Lingerie Party in college was my birthday party), I would often not tell people it was my birthday. It was a method for me to filter out true friends who remembered my birthday. I then realized I don’t know the birthdate of many of my close …
People often ask me, how do you decide what to blog about? Simple, I started by blogging about whatever came to mind. Overtime, I’ve found that Google Analytics is a great tool to give you insight into what people like to read, which conveniently also motivates me to write on that topic more. While pageviews is a great way to identify popular posts, I’m actually more interested in the time spent on the blog post, …
Imagine a social grocery shopping experience, one in which you interact directly with the farmer’s who grow the produce your purchasing, where you’re surrounded by music and good atmosphere, and where you might run into and spend time with friends. That’s what a Farmer’s Market is. Today, I experienced 7 distinct ways to enjoy the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market. 1. Eat Brunch at the Farmer’s Market I arrive at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market on …
For the first time in three years I welcomed the New Year in Seattle, my home town. The past two, I spent New Year’s Eve by inviting close friends to my home in LA. The reason I stayed in Seattle this year? Food. THE EVE But before I get to that, I want to tell you about the fantastic New Year’s Eve I spent with my closest friend from High School, Cara and her Seattle …
I recently posted a review of my 2012 resolutions. Here are my 2013 New Year’s Resolutions. I’ll type it up, print it out, and post it in my bedroom again. Wish me luck. Create more art. Understand my finances. Maintain an awesome body. Stress less about small things. Help 100 entrepreneurs. Make more strangers smile. Trust myself, my decisions, my path. Thank my friends often. Do awesome shit. Dance more. And as always… Extra Credit: Be …
At the beginning of 2012, I wrote down 10 new years resolutions and posted it at the exit of my bedroom so that I would see it often. On any occasion, I would be doing better at some, and less better at others. Over the course of the year, I achieved all ten to some degree; if this were a class, I’d give myself an A-. YOHEI’S 2012 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Do what you’ll say …
My least favorite thing in Los Angeles are the people who complain about living in (or having lived in) Los Angeles. Chill out and give it time, or move elsewhere and start pretending that’s what you always wanted. LA is a city for dreamers and visionaries, for people who see potential in people and things that haven’t blossomed to their full potential. It’s a city where hipsters, hippies, yuppies, gangsters, ballers, bros and hobos coexist. …
This is an exercise in not stopping to write for five minutes. You sit in front of a computer for five minutes, and make any effort not to stop typing for even a few seconds. The important things here isn’t to make sense, it isn’t to make no mistakes, grammatically or contextually. What’s most important is that your fingers continue to make music with the keypad of your laptop or your computer. It’s when you …
I look around my living space and notice that the energy has greatly shifted in the last few months. The TV is covered with a cloth, the party room is now a creative room, and I use phrases like “the energy has greatly shifted.” I’m an entrepreneur in Venice who lives with a yoga instructor, an actress, and a bar manager. I’m the Chief of Innovation at an Artificial Intelligence startup. I’m in a pretty …
Which comes first, the team or the idea? A person with an idea, passion, and determination, can collect a team, then rock out, yeah? But as the seasons change, so does the idea, and the path of the idea is set by the team. But the team is also shaped by the idea, because the team and the idea become one or perish. When the idea is looking poor, the team is there to adjust …
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