You may have run out of milk mid-cereal refill but we’ll help you wash down that last bit of Lucky Charms with some smartphone sustenance: a few of our favorite apps from this week!
Findery: This is easily the coolest location-based social app we have ever downloaded. This isn’t for “checking in” to gripe or wax poetic about the cocktail you sipped at a local watering hole. Use Findery to find and leave virtual notes around the world. Share stories and secrets about places you know or use the app to unlock why new spots are so special to locals and visitors alike. Bring it with you on your next vacation and road trip or just use it to fall in love with the city you live in all over again.
Cost: Free
multerim: This simple-looking app holds the key to your multi-tasking with the ability to run multiple timers. Where were you when we hosted that last dinner party, multerim?! An app like this would be extra special if it could hook up to our smart, automated appliances and gadgets. We’ll consider it future kitchen-friendly!
Cost: $0.99
QuizUp for Android: A favorite Apple app, Droid-toting trivia buffs can now test themselves on over 250 topics and thousands of questions too! See how you rank against friends and frenemies to get a good idea of how you’ll rank at next Tuesday’s Trivia Night. Team Les Quizerables is totally going down.
Cost: Free, but there are some tempting add-ons once you’re in.
GIFWrapped: A picture is worth a thousand words so a GIF must ring in closer to a million. Use this app like your Google for GIF-diving and save ones you love for later. You’ll be able to comb through your well-curated collection to find the perfect response to any email or Tumblr post. You’ll never be at a loss for words again, and if you are, one of your GIFs will get your message across.
Cost: Free!
Spot on Time: Drivers, rejoice! This adds something essential to your usual map app — Spot helps you find a place to park depending on where you’re going. Then, it’ll make sure you get from the perfect parking spot to the door of your destination. On time.
Cost: Free
What was your favorite app this week?! Share below!
It can be intimidating to step out on your own and build a business from the ground up. As part of our collaboration with Office Depot, we're talking with Selfmade alum and solopreneur Colette Lawrence, the faith-based motivator and relationship builder behind The M.E.E. Movement, about ways in which women in business can find success.
B + C: How did you know M.E.E. Movement was your business to start?
The M.E.E Movement represents motivation, empowerment, and encouragement for women. It is what represents me. I did not know at first that it was my business to start, but then the thought of monetizing what I loved came to me. It scared me, however. I registered the business in July 2020 and have been slowly building my wings since.
B + C: What's one strategy that's helped you start your business?
Thinking through and researching what the requirements are to start my business, and then asking questions of people who are in the business. Not all advice worked; however, it helped me to figure out what I needed to do and not to do.
B + C: Did you always know life coaching would be your entrepreneurial path?
(Smiles) No, I did not. I 'stumbled" on it. I knew that people were always coming to me for advice and I found that I loved having conversations with them, especially with women, young and old.
B + C: What was your most valuable takeaway from Selfmade?
My most valuable takeaway was the first day of training: Get out of your own way. There were a lot of great moments and important takeaways from every presenter. However, getting out of my own way, pushing past doubts, was for me my most valuable takeaway. Doing something that I had never done before took courage. If I do not focus on what is happening with me mentally then I cannot deliver to my clients successfully.
B + C: What's one piece of advice you would give to female entrepreneurs on the brink of starting?
Get out of your head. You have something to offer. You have what you need to succeed so go ahead and do it.
B + C: How do you stay motivated?
I stay motivated by listening to music and listening to motivational speakers, and sometimes someone will just reach out and talk about the impact that I made in their life. That adds the extra juice or sauce I need to pummel through the day.
B + C: What's your best organizational tip?
Keep a diary and journal. It's the best way for me to keep organized and it also provides a source motivation as I record not only my "losses" but my wins as well.
B + C: Who inspires you in the entrepreneurial space?
Shirley Toliver – She motivates and empowers and makes me always want to show up.
B + C: What has receiving the Office Depot scholarship to Selfmade done to help you start or grow your business?
The scholarship was a blessing in that all the areas that were covered offered valuable information that I needed, from social media to HR. As a new business owner, I needed to know this to increase my own personal awareness in what it takes to run a successful business. The candidness of the presenters made it easy to see myself in their shoes and helped me to realize that I can also get there.
Thanks Colette! You can follow The M.E.E. Movement on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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