May 23, 2017

Friends newsletter: Good recent business articles

By Nick Gray • Issue #23 • View online

Hi! Busy week in NYC. Museum Hack continues to grow, and we are hiring for Sales (NYC) and Customer Service (remote). We recently extended full-time job offers to a half-dozen members of our remote team. All accepted, HOORAY. I’m excited to continue to grow our tours in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. LMK if you want a Friends and Family discount!!

Why you’re getting this: This is my Friends Newsletter. I send it to people I’ve met recently, my contacts on LinkedIn, and friends I want to keep in touch with. Feel free to unsubscribe and I won’t be offended.

Good Recent Business Articles

Rich vs. King in the Real World: Why I sold my company

This guy sold his company, Smart Bear, in December of 2007. I enjoyed his explanation about why he decided to sell. Very interesting.

blog.asmartbear.com • Share

Why Some People Can't Handle Their Weed

OK, not about business, but still: Some find that smoking ramps up their anxiety and paranoia.

www.vice.com • Share

The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship

I think my sister submitted this to me? “No one said building a company is easy. But it’s time to be honest about how brutal it really is – and the price so many founders secretly pay.”

www.inc.com • Share

WeWork’s new corporate life

January 2017 article, but still good if you’re curious about this company. I wish that perhaps in another life I had been a real estate maven.

therealdeal.com • Share

The Crucial Story: How Chad Rubin Built a Brand on Amazon

I met Chad Rubin a few months ago, and I think he’s a great entrepreneur. He’s like the GaryV of vacuum supplies, and now he’s raised some VC for his company Skubana to provide Amazon Marketplace sellers with power tools.

www.webretailer.com • Share

How Sherpaa Survived Venture Capital’s Unrealistic Expectations

My friend Jay Parkinson wrote about how his company clawed back from a VC overvaluation. Happy to hear they are doing well!

www.fastcompany.com • Share

Why Parents Hate Parenting -- All Joy and No Fun

Another mid-30s person without kids sent this to me, perhaps as a defense to why he was happy not having kids yet.

nymag.com • Share

New Articles On My Blog: nickgray.net

My Interview on the Mixergy Podcast

I was recently a guest on the Mixergy podcast to talk details about starting Museum Hack and what we are building today.

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Mallory Blair's Super Great 2016

I was so inspired by my friend Mallory Blair‘s 2016 Year in Review that I wanted to write a post to memorialize all the great stuff she is doing.

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7 Ways to Sleep Better

I have been trying to optimize my sleep for several years now. My goal is to sleep longer, deeper. Tech Insider recently published a video. I watched it so you don’t have to.

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Impact Filters, The Largest Check, Experience Transformers

My notes from the Strategic Coach CEO workshop that I attended last week in Chicago.

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Question: Any suggestions about what I could write about? Hit reply and let me know….

New video: Best Museum in Lisbon, Portugal

Quick tour of my favorite museum in Lisbon, Portugal.

Video tour of my favorite museum in Lisbon.

New video: What is Our Company Culture?

This is how we do culture (and trade shows) at Museum Hack. Visiting New York’s TechDay!

Left to right is: Jesse, Evan, Tasia, and me

Old video: Best Way to Visit a Museum

Oldie but a good one, and still my post popular video ever.

The Most Interesting Way to Visit a Museum

Museum Hack is Hiring

Join our NYC team!

Full-time Outside Sales in NYC

We are hiring Sales Reps and Business Development persons to help us grow! This job post is a good example, but if you don’t fit that mold, let me know and we should still chat.

Full-time Outside Sales in NYC (Sr. Client Advisor)

Customer Service Representative (Remote)

Help us message and respond to our customers via email and sometimes via telephone, as well as a variety of other tasks. Must be able to work Eastern USA time zone, approx 8 am to 10 am ET + peeking in on weekends.