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5 Instagram accounts we wish we were running
Let’s face it, we’re all on Instagram now. The app just hit 1 billion monthly active users, and it’s incredibly addictive. Every ‘grammer will find themselves in a seemingly limitless frenzy of [...]
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How to hire the right people and boss recruitment
23% of startups fail because the team of employees didn’t have the skills to meet expectations. Building a successful startup is tough enough without being hamstrung by a team that can’t execute (or [...]
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How to create a strong visual brand
Branding can get a bad reputation. But I’m telling you, don’t listen to the haters.They’ll have you believe it’s bullsh*t when in fact your visual brand is what sets you apart from your competitors [...]
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Why you should boil down your brand to just a few words
Sometimes it helps just to write things down. To clarify an idea, focus the mind, or just remember something. This is no different when it comes to building a strong brand identity. Choosing the [...]
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The best place to grow a startup? Try the Nordics
Hunting for a unicorn? You might actually do better among the fjords of Scandinavia than the deserts of Silicon Valley. For the past eight years, there has been at least one billion-dollar exit from [...]
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How to punch above your weight – Iceland-style
Few things bring people together like an underdog story. Amid the glittering stars, the controversial refereeing decisions, and the fierce, country-sized emotions of the first week of the 2018 FIFA [...]
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GDPR: time to think again about how you deal with data
The last time data protection laws changed significantly in Europe, Nokia had only just introduced the cutting-edge technology of text messages. That was as smart as a phone could be. Google wouldn’t [...]
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6 (not 5) blogs we think you should be reading
At Ocean.io we don’t just love writing blogs, we love reading them too. (Big surprise, I know.) Here are the 6 (not 5) blogs that we keep coming back to for sage guidance and witty advice.But when I [...]
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How to stop being a perfectionist…
“Don’t say you’re a perfectionist” is a pretty common piece of interview advice – because it’s a cliché and nobody believes it. But what if it’s actually a bad trait?At a certain point, perfectionism [...]
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