Weekend Reading List

It’s time for a roundup of some great content we found over the last few weeks online for entrepreneurs. Need a weekend read? Here is a list to power through and help motivate and inspire this weekend.

The Surprising Day Jobs That Set Up These 10 Entrepreneurs for Success – Shopify
Can your day job help you create your dream job? These ten entrepreneurs started their careers in unusual or different fields than where they are now, but that doesn’t mean those jobs didn’t help them get to where they are today.

How Your Business Can Give Back and Make a Difference in the World – Shopify
Futurpreneur, Richa Gupta, shares tips on how your business can give back and make a difference in the world. “I always believed businesses can be a force for greater good.”

What a Beer Startup Disrupting a $300 Billion Industry Can Teach You – Entrepreneur.com
Small businesses are becoming less and less afraid of taking on big competitor brands, and if done right, they can make an impact and attain success in less than half the time. Read how Brendan Sindel of House Beer took on a $300 billion industry with his business approach.

Is Work-Life Balance Possible? – YouInc
58% of Canadians report being overloaded from pressures at work and at home. But how do you find work-life balance when the demand of your job or business is just too much? YouInc shares some helpful tips that will point you in the right direction.

How is Online Communication Affecting the Next Generation? – Virgin
Teenagers today have never known a life without the internet, smartphones, and social media. How is this changing the way the next generation is communicating? Natalie Clarkson writes about the next generation and gives you some food for thought for what you should be thinking about for your business.

A Guide to Creating a Product with MagneTree Books – Futurpreneur
The idea of their business may have only taken a day, but building out their product was a year-long, uphill battle. Josie of MagneTree Books shares tips from her experience of building a product to help make your product building experience easier.

Happy reading!