You know those moments when you’re so busy you wish you had an extra hand to reply to a text that you couldn’t get to all day? Or maybe while you’re cleaning around the house and your phone is blasting music waaay too loud, but you don’t want to touch it with dirty hands? With Qmote, you won’t need to use your elbows to do those things for you anymore.
Qmote is a single button remote that can open phone apps, control your smart home gadgets, help you locate your phone and practically anything else you can image. Seriously, if you can IFTTT it, you can Qmote it. And if you can’t IFTTT it, just configure specific click patterns within the Qmote app (iOS and Android). You can have a single click turn off your alarm that’s across the room or you can hold down your Qmote to activate Siri.
Using Bluetooth Low Energy, Qmotes are easily paired to your phone via the app, or even to your laptop. Qmotes are compatible with Windows and Mac devices and can be used to flip through powerpoint presentations. As for its IFTTT feature, you can use it to control your Nest or WeMo smart home devices and add a little more everyday convenience to your life. Qmote will also continue to be compatible with prospective IFTTT appliances so you can freely switch up your smart-home gear.
Qmotes are water resistant — so if your hands are wet, but you want to use your phone, you totally can. Keep in mind though, water resistance doesn’t mean you can go swimming with it ;)
Qmote is currently on Kickstarter, and you can get one for free with any purchasing pledge. Simply share the Kickstarter page and you’ll be getting two Qmotes with a $19 pledge. Now, time to pick colors. Two Golden Amber ones or one Gray Obsidian and one Golden Amber? Decisions, decisions…
What will Qmote simplify for you? Any IFTTT ideas? Talk to us in the comments 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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