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Influencive.
Influencive is back as an archive. I've restored the interviews and columns we published from 2015 into the early 2020s, with their original bylines and dates.
In its later years the site filled up with paid placements and SEO spam. I'm taking that material down. Those URLs return HTTP 410, which tells search engines the page was removed on purpose.
What stays is the editorial work, restored word for word from Wayback Machine snapshots. Every piece keeps its writer's name and its publish date. If you wrote for Influencive, your work is here as it first ran.
From the archive · Interviews
Wyclef Jean From Immigrant to Grammy Award Winning Artist and Musician
In today’s news, immigration is a hot topic. It seems to have been forgotten that so many musicians, actors, activists, writers, personalities, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and more, were once new immigrants to the United States
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What 18 Months of Door-To-Door Sales Taught Me About Rejection & Adversity
After knocking on over 50,000 doors, here is what I learned about handling rejection and facing adversity.
7 Types of People You Should Avoid in Order to Become Successful
You are the result of the people who surround you.
Travel Hacking: Flying The World For Less
It’s easily possible to fly all over the world on a budget, there are just certain things that you need to know. In today’s world there are thousands
Treat Yourself to a Productivity Breakthrough with These Secrets from an Inc. 500 Entrepreneur
The 9 Laws of Business and Life
No matter where you apply them, these laws hold true.
The best of it, by topic
1831 pieces →Interviews
Long conversations with founders, artists, and operators.
Business
Building, selling, and running companies.
- How a Mid-20’s Millennial Mastered Sales to Go From Homeless to Multi-Seven Figures In 18 Months
- How to Know If Your Startup Idea is Brilliant or Garbage
- The Story Behind
- How to Become A Startup Advisor And How I Made It Into the Top 3%
- Your Startup Might Already Be Dead—with Honest Tea Co-Founder Barry Nalebuff
Mindset
How people who win think about pressure, risk, and time.
- What 18 Months of Door-To-Door Sales Taught Me About Rejection & Adversity
- Rising Rates of Suicide and Depression among Entrepreneurs and Young Adults
- What Beating Cancer—and Conquering Everest—Can Teach Us About Attitude
- How To Surround Yourself With Collaborators Who Challenge You
- Creating the Inevitability of Success Mindset
How-To
Practical playbooks you can use this week.
Personal Development
Habits, health, and getting better at the work.
Lists
The roundups people actually shared.
Blockchain
Early crypto and web3 coverage, written as it happened.
- The Case for Switzerland, and Particularly Zug, as the Global Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Hub
- How Crypto Airdrops Are Supporting Vietnam’s Recovery Efforts
- Sony’s Soneium: Bridging the Gap Between Web2 and Web3
- Tether’s Dirham-Pegged Stablecoin: A New Chapter for the United Arab Emirates
- Dubai Court’s Landmark Ruling: Salaries in Cryptocurrency—A New Era for Employment?
- Russia Legalizes Bitcoin Mining
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