"The proceeds from this conversion are then sent to the account holder's state unclaimed property office to be held until the owner makes a claim to recover the U.S. dollar proceeds of this conversion."
You can go to unclaimed.org to claim back lost funds.
I travel 8-10 times a year to conferences and meet clients (not a huge amount but still considerable) and my advice:
1. MBP is god-like for travelling, definitely heavy but feels like a PC and comfortable to use anywhere.
2. Ipad Pro with magic keyboard for working on airplane, taxi, coffeeshop with no comfortable table etc... (although you can't code you can complete other administrative tasks) or communicate with the team.
3. I have a bag that fits 5 chargers, my Kindle, Ipad and MBP with a place for passports and documents. I use it and take it everywhere, very easy to load and unload.
Finally, crazy advice, but try working from bed or lying down on a couch, your back will say thank you
Rule number 1: Never pay upfront, best option should be to charge hourly and pay daily. See that work is being done then pay. We too had to learn the hard way but consider it an expensive lesson.
Our firm is remote so one night before, I set the 3 main goals that I should do today, and schedule all meetings that need to be done + block out family time/workout/breaks ahead so no one can schedule a meeting at that time.
Wake up the next day, check what needs to be done and create a mini schedule on a paper or notes about how can I divide my day depending on it.
Works like a charm.
I think phone and video calls are:
1. for people who don't know each other, an assurance that they are working with a real person that looks professional etc...
2. For people who know each other, I think they are mostly for fun or entertainment that people maybe don't get through text, so don't really like it, but it has its use cases when you are looking for fast urgent exchange of information.
But when we are searching for clients, we always try to book a call ASAP with the client that 100% of the time increases the client's trust in our firm and what we do.
IMO, if you want to work with these large enterprises, you will need to hire someone that can do this fast, and be ready to answer many and many of their questions and remarks. They do pay well but there is also a lot of work.
But I do believe that the better you answer those and the more professionalism you show, would reward tenfold with such companies.
-Clickup for Agile and Project Management (separate folders for myself and my team).
- Google Calendar and separate family, personal and work obligations, helps myself (and others) respect my time. I prepare the week's schedule Sunday night and review the next day's every night to prepare myself for what I have tomorrow.
I think you want to do a project that MIGHT turn to a tech startup in the future. If you have no ideas, ask yourself, what could I use right now and build it for you. Do you need a way to plan activities with friends remotely? This could be an idea. Build it for yourself and your friends and then try and share it with others to see if they would want to use it, if you have atleast one person that would want to use it, then you are on to something.
For the website builder this subscription price is not cheap at all, but I would pay for it if it allowed me to create responsive animated websites (the one you see when you google best designs), all websites are mostly simple landing pages, and the more complicated are in need for a developer. I think this can be done though as there is no process too complex that a no code builder could not do.
I am starting to use ChatGPT as my guide rather as an answer to my problem. AI can easily help clean your thoughts and direct you in the right direction.
ChatGPT could also help in wording questions that you could ask to professionals you know or through forums.
Usually all of my ideas go through while I am walking or while I am reading a book that has nothing to do with my career etc... When the ideas come make sure you have a Notes app or notebook to keep track of it because in an hour there is 0% chance you remember what it is.
I have failed so much in my life career-wise: fired from multiple jobs, lost huge investments, failed in 3 businesses embarrassingly, burnt out and let everyone down etc...
What I thought initially is that I was never going to be able to get out of it, I am doomed. Reality is people forget instantly, but you get lessons that you use your entire life. If someone did not fail and directly succeeded, I am wary of them as something must be wrong. You will learn to love failure and appreciate the lessons.
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I Am Dead by Jerry Weintraub, a lot of gems in an auto-biography on building your career from scratch and defining your own path.
I understand your point. But we may have different terms for "owning data". For example, you can own a house but everyone can look at it but you can decide who can enter it.
Imagine in the future data storage that keeps track of insulin levels of a diabetic every 5 minutes. This data should be owned by you, the data could be shared with necessary third parties, but owning it and deciding what to do with it should be your choice.
The goal of "trustless" is for the patient to be able to hold his own data rather than third parties. Since although regulations does exist, corruption exists as well and the inherent trust you are building with a third party. You can hold your own medical data and share access or remove access for certain third parties when needed. This is the difference.