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gendercensus · 4 years

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How people found the survey

It’s day 12 of the 2020 Gender Census (closing 12th March), and there have been almost 16,000 participants, which is phenomenal. I’m still boggled! It’s 40% higher than last year, and over 4,500 more people than last year!

But anyway, since things have been going to well in the participation department, I’ve shifted over to the analysis department. A lot of my calculation spreadsheet stuff from last year still works, so I’m already able to see what’s popular this year and so on, which has saved me a lot of time and energy. I’m using it to analyse the results of the new questions: ages and referrals.

If you’ve read last year’s report you’ll know that I’ve been particularly concerned about making sure that older participants are represented. With that in mind, this year I added an age question and a referrer question.

I have previously asked about age as a one-off (2017), to see whether that could tell us anything useful or interesting, and it wasn’t particularly successful because the ages of participants were more representative of the usual age distribution of people on the internet and using social networks. That makes sense, because most people are finding the survey through social networks! In previous years I asked for an exact number. This year, to preserve anonymity in the public spreadsheet as much as possible (you never know), I split age answers into groups of 5 years. (11-15, 16-20, 21-25, etc.)

If you’ve been keeping up with status reports or looking at the progress spreadsheet you’ll know that participants over the age of 30 are not as common in the Gender Census. The percentage of participants aged 31+ is currently about 14%.

I also asked how participants found the survey, and the responses to this have been interestingly diverse (GoodReads, Penny Arcade forums, Pornhub??) but mainly focused on the Big Three:

Tumblr - 36.4%

Twitter - 19.8%

Facebook - 12.2%

That’s just over two thirds of participants from those three websites alone. (Runners up include Discord (9%), Reddit, our own mailing list and the Nonbinary Wiki.)

For the first few days Twitter was bringing in a lot more people than Tumblr, but then after a week Tumblr took the lead significantly. I suspect this might mean that Twitter is better for intense flash-in-the-pan viral activity, whereas Tumblr might be more slow and steady.

But the most interesting information can be gleaned by comparing age and referrer. It’s particularly interesting to me because I want to get more data from underrepresented age groups. Perhaps if some social networks are more frequented by those ages groups I can focus the survey’s presence more in those communities.

This is what I found:

This picture might be a little difficult to see, so I’ll do my best to describe it. (I don’t know how good Google Sheets is with screen readers but I’ll make sure this data shows up in the publicly viewable stuff-tracking spreadsheet too.) The table includes the Big Three referrers (Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook), plus the Gender Census mailing list. They cover almost three quarters of all participants.

Broadly speaking:

Tumblr was the most popular source for finding the survey among people under the age of 30, peaking in the 16-20 range.

Twitter is unusual for having a nice even age distribution of about 26-55, with no clear and definitive “peak” - 46-50 looks popular until you see that the sample size for that age range is pretty small at 121 participants.

Facebook covers a lot of the older age ranges starting at 41+, and excelling in the 56+ ranges too, though it should be noted that sample sizes for those age ranges shrink significantly.

The first three I included just because they were the most common. Those three sites cover all age ranges, more or less. But the Gender Census mailing list is of interest to me because it’s so far the joint most common way for people over the age of 70 to access the survey - and it is only common in that age range, even though about 4% of participants are coming from that source. If you look at it in isolation it’s also consistently common in the 50+ range.

[Not visible in this limited table: Discord and Instagram were particularly popular in the 15-and-under age group; 39% of participants are under 16 so far.]

So this tells me a few things about how I can move forward:

I was right to start crowdfunding for a mailserver so that I could run a proper mailing list. Older participants are much more likely to stay in tune with the survey using email, it seems - and ages 41 and over are only about 3% of survey participants. At first I used Mailchimp, and this year when I hit the 2,000 subscriber limit for the free tier I switched to the less sophisticated but well-suited TinyLetter, for the 5,000 subscriber limit. There are already 700 more subscribers so I feel good about that decision! If we go over 5,000 I will definitely be including mailing list service fees in the annual crowdfunding, because the mailing list is clearly an important way to get the word out to underrepresented groups.

I probably need to have a Facebook presence. Thanks, I hate it. The older age groups are not represented, the older age groups are often finding the survey on Facebook, and the survey doesn’t have a Facebook presence. The latter is because Facebook’s surveillance culture creeps me out so much. I’m currently undecided about how to move forward with this. Even if I have a Facebook page and post about the survey, since I left Facebook over 10 years ago it’s come to light that the posts of pages who don’t pay for attention are often not seen at all due to ~algorithms~ and that makes me uncomfortable. I’m honestly not sure what to do.

Anyway, if you’re curious enough to have read this far and you want to help more, sharing the link on Facebook and by email is a great way to get the survey out to underrepresented folks! Here is the survey URL for easy copy-and-pasting: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2020

#meta #representation

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sharifs · 6 years

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6 Basic Ways To Make Money Online

The following is a list of methods that I have seen time and time again employed or suggested for the net

Over the years, as I’ve wanted to learn how to become an entrepreneur who can run his own business, I have done research and observed what online companies have been doing to make money. The following is a list of methods that I have seen time and time again employed or suggested for the net.

1. Ecommerce

Make your own product, setup your own service, put physical products you own on sale or a salable package on freelance or perhour website. In any case the core is the same, setting up your own salable good or value for the customer to be purchasable online, then attracting traffic to your website or host that sells your product or service. This is the same as any business, even when not online, as you will learn, if you haven’t already, that the best way to run an online business is with the principles of traditional businesses but with the flexibility of the modern world.

Although this is the first option, it’s not always easy for busy people starting a side business, people who want to be an entrepreneur but don’t have a solid idea/plan or those who have an idea but don’t know how to get it together and want to practice with someone else’s platform or guidance first. In that case I would look to my next suggestion.

2. Affiliate

This is similar to the first suggestion except instead of selling your own product, you would sell someone else’s products. Many companies large and small offer an affiliate program allowing you to post unique links to purchasable products or services on that company’s website. When a potential customer accesses the purchasable item through your unique affiliate link, when purchasing the item, you will recieve a substantial (often 30%) commission on the sale of that item. For potentially popular yet high priced items, with the proper SEO, website and daily work, the sale could account for a decent side business income which could eventually allow you to transition to full time.

If you are already running an ecommerce business yourself and are ahead of the game, then you should consider setting up your own affiliate program to get more support from salespeople on the ground who are starting side businesses and will work regularly to sell your products and boost your business even further, with you not having to worry about pay until you are paid from the sale of each product.

3. Contract

This method is the method I employed most in my early days of discovering how to make money online. I had found sites like guru.com, peopleperhour.com and even fiverr.com to start hitting the ground running with earning some real money from my work online. This is not my first suggestion but is very doable by anyone who’s willing to give it an honest shot. My first tip would be to learn how to pitch yourself for a job online, and how to properly deal with clients, both for their satisfaction and your sanity.

You have to ensure you have real examples of exactly the same thing (or close) to what the client is looking for already in your portfolio to show when making your pitch. You want to exude confidence like you’ve done it a million times before, yet show care like this potential work is exciting and your willing to do the best job to satisfy the client. At the same time you want to be sure the client doesn’t take advantage of you. I would use peopleperhour where there was an escroll which ensured the client made a portion of their payment upfront.

Besides the above tips, I would suggest pricing what the client expects or is average for that job, or even a bit higher. If you charge too little you will be doubted for quality, if you charge too high it might be hard to sell, but if you charge average, the lcient might have trouble distinguishing you from others, so slightly higher than that says you are going to deliver quality without breaking the bank.

Once accepted for a job you should also be clear in the communication exactly what is being expected of you and exactly what you agree to deliver, when, and how many revisions you’re willing to accept. Get this all in writing, most freelance sites allow you to converse on the site itself, recording all your messages back and forth. Do not allow yourself or the client to take these parts of the discussion off the site, so that if there is a disagreement, you have the convenience of 3rd-party staff from that site to review your communications and decide how payments or cancellations should be handled.

My personal issue with this method of getting an online income isn’t in pitching, getting jobs or doing the work, but in dealing with difficult clients, who can sometimes change their minds on a dime, be very fussy or continuously increase their demands before increasing what they’re willing to pay. This kind of abuse shouldn’t be tolerated, but it can be a difficult balance to see where you yourself may be unfair. One proven way to smooth out this issue is to create a company brand and to work as that brand instead of yourself so that the client feels he is dealing with an establishment which will not easily take abuse. This is a tricky choice however since clients may lean towards individuals over companies in the freelance market because of the added personal touch of such freelancers, but these may not be the clients you want so you need to pick your battles.

4. Advertising

You will find that if you do any of the above methods, there is likely in some respect, going to be involved the work of advertising. As an ecommerce professional you may employ advertising or groundwork marketing camapaigns to raise awareness of your product through mainstream channels, online forums, social media, or even out on the street. As an affiliate partner, you would want to advertise your base or yourself as a trusted source for opinions on products in order to get more affiliate customers. You may, on your affiliate driving website or media also want to host ads from other companies to support on per-click basis. Finally as a freelancer or contracter, you very likely to find work in the fields of online marketing or advertising, in any of the respects from writing copy, graphic design, video production, web development, programming, campaign management and more; so the field of advertising is a competitively lucrative place to work either way.

5. Subscription model

As a subset of ecommerce, I thought I should give a mention to the subscription model which you can either setup from scratch on your website or employ the services of available platforms. Patreon is a very popular example for media creators who want to monetize their content, offering early access, exclusive content, credits, personalized items or gestures, etc to their monthly paying subscribers at different levels of payment and rewards. You could also set something up like a monthly membership to your website allowing for access to products which are usually paid-for to be free, and so on, depending on the nature and status of your business.

6. Crowdfunding

My final suggestion for this shortlist would be crowdfunding. Unlike you might think, Kickstarter is not the only way to do this. Indiegogo and other platforms are also available, while you could always develop your own custom crowd funding campaign from your own website so that you’re in control of when the money is distributed for the product and under what conditions. Using a trusted platform like Kickstarter however may make it easier for adopters to buy in, but regardless you are going to need to properly research and plan in advance both the production of your project and the campaign to raise awareness on the crowd funding launch as well as the continuous campaign to get funded after launch on top of delivering on your promises once your campaign is over.

I would suggest looking into all the success and some of the fail stories that you can in the field of crowd funding using the most popular platforms and apply the same principles fitting to your own situation on your campaign either using those services or via your own platform. Your own platform doesn’t have to be setup by you alone, it could always be setup in collaboration with others or even by hiring freelancers.

Closing Notes

I really hope I was able to give you some of the most important methods and concept to work from and get started on your online money making journey. I wish great success on you and your world to truly improve the lives of everyone you can.

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Many devices and many plugs. That is the nature of technology now. And, Apple and Samsung are moving to not include plug chargers any more with their newest smartphones. What does that mean? Either you buy some new plugs, reuse some older (underpowered) ones, or get yourself a HyperJuice 100W GaN USB-C charger, which, by the way, can power and charge multiple devices at once. And, I’m not talking about smaller devices like smartphones and watches. This multi-port charger by Hyper can do much more! Read on for the details. (*Disclosure below.) There are so many features to love about the HyperJuice 100W GaN changer, honestly. And I will dive into these in a bit more detail later in this review. Some highlights: 100W power – Charge up to 4 devicesPowered by GaN (Gallium Nitride) technology4 USB ports (2 USB-C & 2 USB-A)World travel-readySmall and portable Essentially, with the HyperJuice 100W GaN charger, you can leave a bunch of your dedicated plugs at home (sorry, you have to still take your cables along still). I wrote this entire review with multiple devices plugged into the HyperJuice charger, including a 15″ MacBook Pro (which had a ThinkVision monitor plugged into the Mac), a Lenovo Chromebook Duet, some Apple AirPods, and an Apple watch. No issues whatsoever! Let’s dive into some of the details. 100W of Power – Charge up to 4 devices The 100W of power is a game-changer for me. With my MacBook Pro, I have to carry the power brick around with me. The one supplied the Apple MacBook Pro is 87W. You don’t want to go below the rating for what your laptop is, or you won’t be able to charge your laptop while working on it. So, with 100W of power in the HyperJuice, I know that I can cover the MacBook Pro, especially if I’m not charging or powering any other devices. However, during my testing, I did plug in a Chromebook, AirPods, and an Apple Watch along with my MacBook Pro. Everything “seemed” to be powered and charging just fine. But, an important note is that the 100W of power is split across ports, AND it depends on what devices you plug into which ports and the sequence of plugging those devices in. Here are the specific recommendations from Hyper: One USB-C plugged in (can be in either port): USB-C – 100WOne USB-A plugged in (can be in either port): USB-A – 18WTwo devices plugged into USB-C (note the first device plugged in will get the 65W so this is interchangeable): USB-C – 65W; USB-C – 30WOne device USB-C and one device USB-A (interchangeable): USB-C – 80W; USB-A – 18WTwo devices plugged into USB-A: USB-A – 12W(Max); USB-A – 12W(Max)One device USB-C and two devices USB-A (interchangeable): USB-C – 65W; USB-A – 12W(Max); USB-A – 12W(Max)Two device USB-C and one device USB-A (interchangeable): USB-C – 45W; USB-C – 30W; USB-A – 12W(Max)All four in use: USB-C – 45W; USB-C – 30W; USB-A – 12W(Max); USB-A – 12W(Max) The best practice here is always to plug in the device which pulls the highest power (like the MacBook Pro) first, as that will prioritize the power output automatically within the HyperJuice charger. So yes, 100W is available, but you need to ensure you configure your powering and charging to optimize across devices, especially if you want to connect multiple devices at once. Powered by GaN Technology You will start hearing much more about Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology soon. Some power manufacturers have started adopting this semiconductor material now, while companies like Apple haven’t yet fully embraced it. What are the advantages of GaN over Si (Silicon)? For starters, GaN is “smaller, faster, and more efficient” than Silicon. According to Arrow Electronics “Gallium nitride is more efficient, more thermally stable, and certainly more capable for use in power devices that demand more load or higher frequencies at higher temperatures. Gallium nitride is a future-proofed material for the semiconductor world and will lead to more readily available small, high-frequency products.” Obviously, Silicon has been around for decades, and the manufacturing process is highly-optimized. GaN is much newer, and the manufacturing infrastructure will take time to get economies of scale. But in the meantime, those vendors, like Hyper, who are embracing GaN as the next Silicon for charging process, are the ones to watch. At a high level, GaN electronics can sustain higher voltages than silicon, they are more efficient, and they lose less energy. GaN electronics vendors can make a choice – make smaller charging devices or put more GaN into a larger footprint to have more power in general. Hyper has taken a blended approach with this charger by having both higher power supported while still having a small footprint. 4 USB ports (2 USB-C & 2 USB-A) In the 100W of Power section above, I talk about the different port and power configurations. The important thing here is the fact that there are four ports available – two USB-C and 2 USB-A. I feel that this type of configuration is both a look back and a look forward as there are many, many devices that are USB-A only. These are mainly for devices that don’t require huge amounts of power, like earbuds, smartphones, or tablets. For those larger, power-hungry devices like laptops, Chromebooks, and some smartphones and tablets, you have the ability to use USB-C ports. USB-C allows for more power transmission for laptops, for example. Or faster charging for some tablets and smartphones, provided you have a USB-C cable that connects to that device. Here are the specs on the four USB ports: 2 x USB-C : 100W Power Delivery 3.0, 5~15V/3A, 20V/5A2 x USB-A : 5/10/12W, 18W Quick Charge 3.0, 5V/3A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A The two USB-C ports are Power Delivery 3.0, and the 2 USB-A ports are Quick Charge 3.0. Those specs (assuming you have the proper cables) mean much faster charging of your compatible smartphones and tablets. Four ports in a tiny charging brick with a footprint of about a credit card (obviously a bit thicker). What’s not to like there?! World Travel-Ready So, yes, it can charge multiple devices simultaneously. And it has a small form factor (more on that shortly). But guess what? If you plan any overseas travel where plug types and voltages vary, the HyperJuice GaN 100W USB-C Charger is ready for your travel adventures. Out of the box, there is a two-pronged U.S. plug type that conveniently folds into the body of the charger itself. But also included in the box are three plug pin converters for the EU, UK, and AU. And, the charger is ready for worldwide universal 100-240V voltage – no converters, transformers, generators, etc., needed! To use one of the universal pin plugs, you fold the U.S. plug into the charger’s body and then slide any of the EU/UK/AU plugs into the slot, and you are good to go. And, we all know that voltage varies around the world. There are safety mechanisms built into the HyperJuice 100W GaN charger as well to prevent over-current or over-voltage conditions and short-circuit protection. Also, as I mentioned previously, GaN has lower temperature operations, the brick itself doesn’t heat up like other power charging bricks. Just touching my hand to the HyperJuice confirms this. While it’s not “cool,” it is only slightly warm – very different than other chargers. Small and Portable I have already mentioned that the HyperJuice GaN charger is compact. In fact, you would truly be surprised at how both small and lightweight it is. This is important, especially for travelers. The HyperJuice charger weighs a mere 7.3 ounces and measures 3.36″ x 2.39″ x 1.14″. So how much is all of this power goodness going to set you back? There are many features and functions in this compact charger. Honestly, I’m impressed with the price point. First, according to Hyper, it was the “world’s most crowdfunded charger ever” with over $3.3 Million raised. It retails for $99.99 on the Hyper website and is $99.00 on Amazon. Shop on HighTechDad The product shown below (and related products that have been reviewed on HighTechDad) is available within the HighTechDad Shop. This review has all of the details about this particular product and you can order it directly by clicking on the Buy button or clicking on the image/title to view more. Be sure to review other products available in the HighTechDad Shop. HyperJuice 100W GaN USB-C Charger $99.00 Buy on Amazon Considering you would have to either carry multiple chargers when you travel to work or overseas or purchase dedicated chargers for newer smartphones (because many don’t come included anymore), $99 is a great deal, I feel. And, you can potentially free up three wall plugs (another valuable item in our house). Disclosure: I have a material connection because I received a sample of a product for consideration in preparing to review the product and write this content. I was/am not expected to return this item after my review period. All opinions within this article are my own and are typically not subject to the editorial review from any 3rd party. Also, some of the links in the post above may be “affiliate” or “advertising” links. These may be automatically created or placed by me manually. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item (sometimes but not necessarily the product or service being reviewed), I will receive a small affiliate or advertising commission. More information can be found on my About page. HTD says: Do yourself and your devices a favor and pick up a HyperJuice 100W GaN USB-C Charger to allow you to quickly and easily charge multiple USB devices simultaneously, including laptops, tablets, smartphones, and more, in a simple, compact device.

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luminiksrainbow-blog · 7 years

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The Never Before Told Story on Small Business Associations That You Must Read

Small Business Association Ideas

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Crowns & Hops Is Bringing Craft Beer to ‘The New Now’

“It’s like the glitch-in-the-Matrix feeling. You know something’s wrong, but you can’t put your finger on it,” Teo Hunter says, recalling a beer release he attended at a brewery. “Then it just hit me — I was the only black dude in the line.”

In 2016, Hunter and Beny Ashburn co-founded Dope & Dank, a craft beer lifestyle brand that connects craft beer culture and communities of color through branded streetwear, media, and events. The duo built a loyal fan base among overlooked local and international craft beer lovers.

“There is a huge market of potential craft beer consumers, people of color, who have not had the proper introduction to craft beer,” Chris Maestro, founder and owner of BierWax, a beer and boom bap hip-hop bar in Brooklyn, tells VinePair. “When folks of color in the United States see more black and brown brewers, brewery owners, and bars owned by people of color, it can make a huge impact on diversifying the craft beer consumer base.”

BierWax is one of eight stops Hunter and Ashburn are making this month on a tour across the U.S. and U.K. as they raise money and awareness for their new venture, Crowns & Hops. They announced Crowns & Hops, a craft beer brand and brewery-in-planning, in partnership with Scotland’s BrewDog, in February 2019. It aims to be the first black-owned brewery in Inglewood, Calif., and to create a global network of brewpubs and taprooms that cater to black, brown, and otherwise overlooked beer audiences.

“This is not about tearing down what’s already there, it’s about building what’s not,” Hunter says.

‘Black People Love Beer’

Ashburn and Hunter’s professional partnership began with a beer festival and a T-shirt. Both had backgrounds in media production and entertainment, and bonded over a love for beer. (Incidentally, the pair met on Tinder and dated for a time, but say their relationship is no longer romantic.)

In 2015, Ashburn scored tickets to Brews On The Beach in Santa Barbara, and encouraged Hunter to chat with guests and film it for YouTube. Soon enough, that turned into attending more beer events, shooting and editing videos, and creating a website, BlackPeopleLoveBeer.com. As they gained an online following, they donned “Black People Love Beer” T-shirts at beer festivals and breweries.

Their tees started getting noticed, with responses ranging from funny looks to excitement.

“We realized this is more of a cultural conversation, and this is bigger than even just black people,” Ashburn says.

In 2016, Ashburn and Hunter transitioned the brand name from Black People Love Beer to Dope & Dank. Their aim, then and now, is bridging “dope culture and the dank world of craft beer,” Hunter and Ashburn say in unison. (They often finish each other’s sentences.)

The concept quickly evolved. “Our first-ever event was in a sneaker shop on West Hollywood called Hot Rod,” Ashburn says. “We had Chewy, the head brewer and one of the owners of Boomtown come. It was an easy conversation.” Samuel “Chewy” Chawinga, Hunter explains, is a black man. Other brewers said “no.”

Dope & Dank continued hosting pop-up events at barber shops and salons, bringing the brewery experience to spaces where they knew many people of color were more comfortable.

“This [was] five years ago, so craft beer was significantly more foreign to people of color then,” Ashburn says. “It was important for us to create a space where even if you didn’t drink beer, you’re gonna come and have a good time.”

It took time for Dope & Dank to build momentum; then, it took off. Dope & Dank now collaborates with California breweries like Three Weavers, El Segundo, and State Brewing Company. Most recently, in March 2019, it released a beer with Temescal Brewing and Oakland community group Oakhella called Hella Halftones.

“If you are familiar with the printing industry, you will understand the importance of the halftone dot: It literally is the definition between two spaces,” Hunter says. “We realized there was so much context missing in this conversation.”

Sniffed Out By BrewDog

Hunter remembers being contacted by a television producer working with BrewDog about booking Dope & Dank on the Scottish label’s TV show, “BrewDogs,” which aired on the Esquire Network from 2013 to 2015. Dope & Dank turned it town. Two years later, in 2018, “the same guy reaches out again,” Hunter says, this time requesting Dope & Dank’s presence on “The BrewDog Show,” a new series on BrewDog’s own online subscription-based network. The episode would focus on the Los Angeles brewing community. This time, they agreed.

“We co-produced and co-starred in an episode,” Ashburn says. This being the L.A. segment, BrewDog wanted to “recreate movies and brew beers in different movie scenes,” she says. Dope & Dank’s “movie” was, wouldn’t you know it, “The Matrix.” “I was Trinity, he [Hunter] was Morpheus, and Kip Barns, the owner of L.A. Aleworks, was Neo,” she says. The episode filmed in August 2018 and aired in February 2019.

After the wrap party, BrewDog co-founder James Watt asked about Dope & Dank’s future plans, and how he could help. “We had already been writing the business plan for the brewery,” Hunter says. The next day, “[Watt] made us an offer pretty much on the spot.”

In October 2018, BrewDog named Dope & Dank the first recipients of its Development Fund 2.0, a grant to help beer businesses get started. Both parties announced Crowns & Hops four months later.

As Crowns & Hops, Ashburn, “The Dope” CEO, helms marketing efforts, while Hunter, “The Dank,” leads beer development. Hunter is working with BrewDog’s head of global beer operations to design Crowns & Hops’ first beers: a pilsner, a stout, and an IPA. “Trust me,” Hunter says, “that IPA is going to be a West Coast IPA.”

On March 6, 2019, Crowns & Hops kicked off its 30-day crowdfunding campaign and tour of six cities in the U.S. and U.K. The tour will conclude at BrewDog’s brewery in Ellon, Scotland, where Crowns & Hops will pour its first beer at BrewDog’s Punk AGM Fest (that’s “Annual General Mayhem”) on April 6, 2019.

“Our hope is it does well, but even if it doesn’t, we know that it’s not going to end here. We’re going to keep pushing like we did the five years we were making zero dollars,” Ashburn says.

The goal is to raise $75,000 to fund the buildout of the Crowns & Hops flagship brewery in Inglewood. At press time, with 17 days left, they had reached more than $31,000.

Ashburn and Hunter are expecting, and already experiencing, backlash from some beer community members about their association with BrewDog. Launched in 2007, BrewDog is a lucrative operation with more than 80 bars around the world, exports to 60 countries, and is known for its excessive marketing stunts. Why, then, is Crowns & Hops continuing to raise funds, skeptics ask? It’s “the difference between someone owning someone, and someone investing,” Hunter says.

Besides, “at the end of the day, shouldn’t you be happy that someone was given the opportunity to do something really great?” Ashburn says.

Building Community

It’s estimated that less than 1 percent of U.S. breweries are black-owned.

“Generally speaking, the support and promotion of African American businesses as a whole should be a common option for everyone,” Kim Harris, co-owner of Harlem Hops, a black-owned beer bar and another stop on Crowns & Hops’ March 2019 tour, tells VinePair. “Beer is a great bridge to connect all ethnicities. When people are more aware of their commonalities, the division seems to narrow.”

“Beer culture as it’s set up right now borrows so many elements from the black community,” Joshua Velez, a bartender at Harlem Hops, says. He lists “heavy-hitter breweries” like Other Half, Interboro, Finback, and Monkish that use lyrics or references “from the likes of Gang Starr, Biggie and Jay-Z” in their branding. “Trillium famously called one of [its] beers ‘Insert Hip Hop Reference Here’ as a nod to the trend,” Velez says.

Hunter admits these appropriations can be “awkward,” but is careful not to criticize. “If you feel that something is weird and strange and awkward, ask,” he says. “Talk about it. The head brewer might have been one of the dopest beat makers in hip hop, and he might have been a white dude. You don’t know until you ask.”

Rather than resent such situations, he encourages using them as “catalysts” for conversations — much like the ones he and Ashburn, as Dope & Dank, have been having for several years. “This is the time for cultural ownership,” Hunter says. “That doesn’t mean hog it. It doesn’t mean hoard it. It means to say, ‘This is who I am, this is where I’m from, and I want you to experience this with me.’”

In 2018, Time magazine recognized Dope & Dank as “Changing the Face of Beer.” That same year, Imbibe magazine named Dope & Dank “Beer People of the Year.” And in 2019, Crowns & Hops is gearing up to reach millions.

“Initially, people would just laugh,” Hunter says of the Black People Love Beer T-shirts. “After the laugh, 90 percent of the time, we’d get, ‘Well, white people do, too.’” To which he and Ashburn respond, in unison: “We know.”

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Hey - Pat from StarterStory.com here with another interview.Today's interview is with Steven Sashen of Xero Shoes, a brand that makes comfortable footwear.Since they raised equity through crowdfunding, they also have public financials (you can find the link in the article).Some stats:Product: Comfortable footwear.Revenue/mo: $460,0002014 sales: $772k2015: $1.44M,2016: $2.74M2017: $5.53M2018: $8.5M (projected)Started: November 2009Location: Broomfield, COFounders: 2Employees: 26Hello! Who are you and what are you working on?Hi, I’m Steven Sashen and I’m the co-founder (with my wife, Lena Phoenix) and CEO of Xero Shoes.Xero Shoes are addictively comfortable, lightweight, minimalist, casual and performance shoes and sandals that people in 97 countries wear for everything from a walk on the beach to a mountain hike to running a 256k ultra marathon across Madagascar.Everything we do is based on what’s natural.Your feet are made to bend, flex, move and FEEL the world. One-quarter of the bones and joints in your ENTIRE body are in your feet and ankles; you have more nerve endings in your soles than anywhere but your fingertips and lips.Comfort and performance come from using your feet naturally.That's what Xero Shoes let you do.Natural Fit -- wide toe boxes let your toes spread and relax. A non-elevated (zero-drop) heel for proper posture.Natural Motion -- super flexible to let your feet bend and move naturally. Low-to-the-ground for balance and agility.Natural Feel -- the patented FeelTrue® soles give you just-right protection while still giving the ground feedback your brain needs for efficient, natural movement.Plus the soles are backed with a 5,000 mile warranty.We’re one of 2018’s 50 Colorado Companies To Watch, repeatedly in the INC. 5000, the 2nd fastest growing company in the Biz West Magazine Mercury 100, and we’ve grown at 80-102%/year since 2014 with 2017 sales of $5.53M.What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?Lena and I were retired from 2000-2009 thanks to some clever real estate investing and passive income from some Internet businesses I had built. But with the crash in 2008, things were changing.Coincidentally, in 2007, at the age of 45, I got back into competitive sprinting, and was getting injured all the time. A friend who is a world champion cross country runner suggested I try running barefoot to see if that helped with my injuries.In my first barefoot run, I discovered the form problem that was causing me trouble. And after just a few more runs, my form naturally changed, my injuries went away, and I became faster. Now, I’m a Masters All-American sprinter, which means I’m one of the fastest guys over 55 (now) in the country.After that original "natural movement" experience, I wanted to have the same feeling all the time. So, based on some 10,000 year old designs, and the huarache sandals that the Tarahumaras in Mexico make with used tires and leather straps, I designed my own “barefoot sandals.”Some local runners asked me to make some for them… and then more and more people asked, until, one day, a running coach said to me, "If you treated this sandal-making hobby like a business and had a website, I’d put you in a book that I’m writing"I’ve been an Internet marketer since 1992 and had probably built over 500 websites, so I rushed home and pitched the idea to Lena who TOTALLY shot it down. "It’s a horrible idea and won’t make any money and is a waste of your time," she said.I agreed with her.And then after she went to bed, I built a website ;-)Within a couple months, I dominated the search engines for the keywords I cared about and the business was almost instantly our full time job.Describe the process of designing the product and launching the online store.At first, we were selling DIY sandal making kits. We took big sheets of rubber and cut them into smaller sheets, and took long lengths of polypropylene cord from Home Depot and cut them into shorter lengths, and bundled that together with instructions on how to make your own sandals.We spent a couple days every week running around to every Home Depot in northern Colorado to find the cord we used for laces, and we bought every sheet of our Vibram Cherry rubber that we could find in the U.S. At one point, we owned every sheet of that material that Vibram had in the world!Building the original site was simple. I modified a Wordpress theme and had it up and running in a few days.To launch the site, I made videos showing how to make your own sandals -- whether you used our DIY kits or not -- and published those on multiple video sites. You can find them on our original Youtube channel (when we were called Invisible Shoes).Then I found where people were talking about barefoot running and natural movement -- Google groups, forums, etc. -- and joined in on the conversation.I didn’t try to sell anything, really, I just shared my experience about barefoot running, answered questions if I thought I could be helpful, and then had links to my videos and my site in my signature file. This took, maybe, an hour a day. It was not only fun, but I learned a LOT about what my future customers wanted.I also created content for search engine purposes and used the SEO knowledge I had to promote that content and get highly ranked in the search engines.For example, I made a list of the most relevant keywords related to what people were talking about in the forums I previously mentioned. So: "barefoot running," “Born to Run,” “Tarahumara huaraches,” “running sandals,” etc.I used the Google keyword suggestion tool to find related keywords, and then I just wrote articles based on my experience, articles about how to make sandals, and Q&A posts based questions I was getting via email and the answer I was sending back.It turned out that "How to" info was the best. How to make sandals. How to run barefoot. How to deal with running injuries. How to transition out of running shoes.We launched in late November 2009 and made our first sale -- remember, sandals -- to someone in northern Minnesota within a day of the site going live.Within a few weeks, we were shipping 10-20 orders a day and it was clear that this was our new full-time job.A few months into our business, we met some guys who had been in the footwear business for about 35 years, who loved what we were doing, helped us design a more finished version of our DIY kits, and introduced us to manufacturers in Asia.Later we met another sourcing agent who had been making footwear in Asia for about 20 years and have been working with them ever since.We also had the incredible luck of meeting Dennis Driscoll, who had been designing footwear since the 80’s, with some of his designs selling millions of pairs of shoes. Dennis loved what we were doing and joined our company in 2013 and developed a ready-to-wear version of our DIY sandals, then 3 more sandal styles, then 2 closed-toe shoes and then everything (more shoes and sandals) that have become our current and future product line.At first we financed the business off of net sales and a few of my credit cards. The growth of the company, though, was faster than those sources could handle and, again with great luck, we’ve since partnered with a local venture debt fund, acquired and SBA loan (proving that Hell has frozen over), and raised over $1M in an equity crowdfunding round that closed in August 2017.Since launch, what has worked to attract and retain customers?Again, I’ve been in the Internet marketing world since, well, before there was an Internet.So, we’re doing everything you can imagine: Facebook ads, Adwords, Google Shopping, Affiliate marketing, Social Media, email marketing, content marketing, SEO, joint ventures, Youtube ads, etc.I’m VERY focused on ROI. I know my numbers intimately -- my average order value, my conversion rate on different types of devices, my cost of goods, my overhead, my lifetime customer value (which goes up every few months as the business grows and as we release new products). I use that data to determine whether any given marketing method has the potential to make me a profit and then, if I start using that method, to track whether it is, in fact, working.Our biggest focus, though, is simply identifying the types of people who might be interested in our product, finding out where they are already engaged, and joining in on the "conversation." This could mean, literally, commenting on posts (e.g. on Facebook or Reddit) or, figuratively, creating content that they’ll bump into on, say, Youtube.So the identifying process starts with just pondering, "Who else would be interested in natural movement?" And the answers were obvious: Barefoot runners, yoga and martial arts practitioners, people into health food or alternative medicine, etc.Then it includes hearing from our customers who tell us what they’re into, or who they are. We never thought that our products would be great for blind people, but they are since they let you feel the ground. One blind customer said that wearing Xero Shoes is like having another sense.As the business grew, we could actually use analytical data from Google, Facebook, Quantcast, and other sources to see who was actually purchasing our products and what interests they had.Once I had a list of interests, I’d simply search for those interests. I’d look for Facebook groups, Reddit threads, blogs, forums, you name it. And, again, my focus would be on providing valuable info -- pointing to videos or blog posts I’ve made -- rather than "selling."In the early days, this was another hour or so per day. Now I have 2 people who do this work; it’s about a ½ day’s worth each day.One thing that I spent years NOT doing, that I now kick myself about, is adding an "exit intent pop-up" to our site, which lets people enter a sweepstakes to win a Xero Shoes gift certificate. That one idea has added over 100,000 subscribers to our email list, which is one of our most effective marketing channels.I spent a few years trying to get approved to sell on Amazon, but the footwear category is highly monitored and was actually closed to new business for a while. In late 2013 though, I got a call from Amazon. "You’re showing up in our search autocomplete so I think it’s time for you to be on our platform."While Amazon may cannibalize some sales from our website, and while it’s time-consuming and frustrating to deal with, it’s also an extremely powerful channel. The marketing opportunities on Amazon are quite effective. We think of it as a wholesale channel with slightly-better than wholesale margins, but with more management cost.In fact, we now have two members of our team who are managing Amazon, almost full-time.How are you doing today and what does the future look like?After our equity crowdfunding raise, we have to report to the SEC twice a year, so our financial information is public on the SEC website.Over 70% of our sales are direct to consumer, through our site and Amazon. The other 30% is through retailers and a few international distributors.In 2014, sales were approximately $772k, in 2015 they were about $1.44M, 2016 was $2.74M and 2017 was $5.53M. We’re projecting over $8.5M for 2018 and $15M for 2019.We’ve have positive EBITDA margins for the last few years.Oh, we were on Shark Tank! That was back in 2013 when we were just a DIY sandal kit company. In the week following the show, we did almost 3 months’ worth of business. Now we do that same amount of sales in 4-5 days.We have a staff of almost 30, manage our own 14,000 square foot warehouse, and continue to expand our product line.Our ultimate goal is simple: in the same way that people think Natural Food is the obvious, healthy, better choice, we want people to see Natural Movement the same way… and we will be the preeminent brand in that category.Through starting the business, have you learned anything particularly helpful or advantageous?Lena and I have learned a LOT since we got into the footwear business.In fact, we had advisors in the early days of our business who said, "We love what you’re doing and would love help you run this company. But we’ve been in footwear so long that we’re not stupid enough to start a shoe company."Lena and I replied, "We know we’re naive and hyper-optimistic, but that’s the only way anything gets done, so…"Now, 8.5 years later, we understand their point.Manufacturing anything is hard. Manufacturing footwear is especially hard.Running a business is hard. Running a business when the retail landscape is shifting under your feet, when online marketing channels appear and disappear overnight, where growth is faster than your access to capital, is especially hard.We go to work every day thinking, "What do I need to learn today to make this business work?"Lena and I are exceptionally lucky. We’re a great team with complementary skill sets -- she’s the financial and operations brains, and I’m the marketing and product guy. And then, as I’ve said, we’ve been incredibly lucky, from meeting the right people to appearing on Shark Tank. Plus we work HARD.What platform/tools do you use for your business?We’re a WooCommerce shop (BTW, all shopping carts suck differently, so don’t think that one or another will make your life effortless).We use Klaviyo for email and Stamped.io for reviews and user-generated content.We’re still testing a good warehouse management software, and I’ve been looking for a robust e-commerce savvy CRM since 1992.Accounting is on Quickbooks (desktop, not online).We’re continually evaluating software to help grow and manage the business.What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?Frankly, I hate almost all "business success" books. 99.9% of the time, they’re giving you advice that is unreproducible, or they’re using “hindsight bias” to come up with a story about what leads to success.Why do I care what Richard Branson did to be successful? I’m not Richard Branson and, as far as we can tell, nobody else, other than Richard Branson, is either. Who cares what Apple did 25 years ago to help get them out of almost crashing-and-burning? Those days are gone and the world has changedRemember when Enron was touted as one of the greatest companies in the world? Or WorldCom, or thousands of others?The leaders that people write about never say that their success came from reading books about how to lead. And their stories are typically about how they did something totally different from what everyone else said they should do.Anyway, all that said...My two favorite books are:Fooled By Randomness, which talks about, among other things, how not realizing the role of luck in your success will make you more likely to fail in the future (because you think that YOU were the cause of that historical result). Understanding this can make you immune to solicitations from people who tell you what they’ve done in the past for other companies based on "average results" (which typically have no relationship to what you do). In fact, this book is responsible for my disdain of “business success” books.Stumbling on Happiness -- this book (and the great TED talk by Daniel Gilbert, the author) describes how human beings are constantly trying to predict what will make us happy in the future, how HORRIBLE we are at getting this answer correct, how we’re WORSE at remembering how bad we are at it (so we keep trying to do it), and how we think we’re special -- how even if we found a million people who got what we think we need to be happy, and discovered that they’re not happier having gotten it, we’d think, "Yeah, but if I got that, it would be different." This book was part of my losing any concern with my “purpose” or caring about imagined futures. Oh, I still am working hard to achieve certain goals, but not with the idea that “success” equals achieving them.Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to get started or are just starting out?Get a government job with a pension.Seriously.Having benefits and paid vacation and retirement income is a LOT easier than having the "entrepreneurial retirement fund."Now, I say this knowing two things:If you’re a true entrepreneur, there’s no way I can convince you not to start your own business (no matter how bad your idea may be)If my saying that makes you think, "Hmm… maybe that’s a better idea," and I can talk you out of starting your own thing, you’re probably not the right kind of crazy to be doing your own thing.Are you looking to hire for certain positions right now?We’re always looking for smart marketers, website managers, customer service staff, and anyone who believes in our mission and who wants to help change the world.Where can we go to learn more?Not surprisingly, we’re at: www.xeroshoes.com and @xeroshoes on all social media.Liked this interview? Check out more founders that shared their story on StarterStory.com.

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Ultimate Fever in the Land of Pharaohs

In the Spring of 2016, I was fed up with my job and ready to pursue a new life. I hadn’t traveled abroad much at that point, so I decided it was time to move to a new country for an exciting adventure. I’d been playing ultimate for about 8 years in many different capacities – starting a high school team in 2009, joining Entropy (Colorado School of Mines’ ultimate team) for a few seasons, organizing night pickup games, and participating in 9 MUFA (Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association) seasonal leagues. I knew I’d miss the sport, but I hoped I could find ultimate wherever I went.

Cairo, Egypt became my adventure of choice after I heard about the refugees my sister and her husband were helping there. So I bought a one-way ticket and jumped on the plane.

The super crowded Cairo overwhelmed all my sensations. There seemed to be something happening at all times of day and night. In a city with 20 million inhabitants, silence is rare. In the large and noisy hub, I started searching to satisfy my addiction for ultimate.

After an online search, I found a couple of teams that claimed to play weekly in two different neighborhoods of Cairo near the capital. One of them had dissolved, but the other team practiced (and continues to practice) at a German school close to an easily accessible metro station. I learned later that this team had faced some problems finding a proper field to practice on, foreshadowing some future issues I’d face.

During my first practice at the German school DEO (Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule), I met around 15 Egyptian players and a few foreigners. The practice consisted of a small warmup, some basic drills, and an hour of gameplay. I was happy to be playing pickup ultimate again, but I had hoped there would be more structure to indicate the team had been playing together for a long time or competed in local tournaments. After all, I’d been living in an ultimate-city for the past two years.

After a few weeks of practice with the same small warmup and basic drills, I learned that there are only around three more teams in Egypt, all with a similar number of players. It was surprising to me that Egypt, with a population of roughly 90 million inhabitants, had way fewer than 500 ultimate players. Coming from the small city of Madison, Wisconsin (where an average summer league has over 1000 players) to a massive city where far less than 1000 people play, I decided to try to make a difference. To my excitement, many of my new Egyptian teammates were eager to help by telling their friends about the sport.

At this point I united efforts with one of the newer ultimate players, Daniel, who had been introduced to the sport only a few months before my arrival in Cairo. His work mobilizing local Egyptian communities to solve healthcare problems gave him many ideas on how to spread the ultimate experience. We started working by mixing my knowledge of ultimate with his experience in engaging new communities to reach a new outcome – making ultimate accessible to every Egyptian while spreading the core values of inclusion, peace, and healthy living.

This is how Flying Disc Invasion (FDI) started. FDI is a fresh new multifaceted project with one main vision: to give every Egyptian the chance to throw a disc. We started partnering with Egyptian organizations that work in areas of health and sports. We created pages about the ultimate invasion on different social media platforms, a popular method for reaching Egyptians.

Once our social media presence was established, we started invading the streets, thus beginning our weekly “disc walks”. A “disc walk” is an event where some moderately experienced players walk through the streets and pass discs around. The purpose of these walks are to show locals that ultimate is not just a game that is played with your dog, and to give new players an arena where they can throw discs and learn about the game in a low-stress environment.

The weekly disc walks started gaining more and more attention as many pedestrians suddenly found themselves in the middle of an ultimate game. Many Cairo neighborhoods were witnessing flying discs for the first time.

After the systematic success of our first phase and making sure it was functional and sustainable, we created phase two – the Invasion Foundry. The Invasion Foundry is a 10 week intensive coaching program which empowers at least 10 potential invaders to lead around five new teams in their communities. Those who master the skills needed for team development will be deployed to spread the sport in their community, with 10 additional weeks of financial and logistical support from Flying Disc Invasion. We aim to establish at least 10 new teams in 10 different communities every year by mobilizing 40 young leaders who get back to their community and teach what they learned in the Invasion Foundry.

Historically, females in Egypt have had a difficult time getting into sports. There’s a large barrier to entry that has only been slightly cracked by gated communities, women-only teams, and liberal families. The team I currently play with is lucky to have the few women who consistently show up for practice, as there are no women-only ultimate teams right now. Many females get excited about a sport that promises exercise, teamwork, and fun, but most are not allowed to participate. This is why FDI has been working on a very exciting project – starting a women’s team. So far the response has been very positive as this initiative has the potential to impact a huge slice of Egypt’s population. We will begin planning logistics in March 2017 and we plan to get the team operational by the end of the year.

Flying Disc Invasion is not an ultimate Frisbee team. Its purpose is to plant a seed for an ultimate team in all Egyptian neighborhoods and communities. We are working to build a very dynamic, competitive and inclusive ultimate community in Egypt as a gate for the greater African and MENA regions.

Would you like to help hundreds of potential ultimate players experience our awesome sport? We need your help! Please visit our website: http://ift.tt/2l0XGKY and spread it among your ultimate gang. If you are looking for more ways to help, contact us at [email protected]. Those who love the idea but don’t have the time or the energy to support with experience, skills or advice, you can contribute to the invasion financially through our sustainable crowdfunding platform http://ift.tt/2m2Gdj1. We are aiming to collect $300 per month in order to reach our full potential and to spread ultimate to every corner of Egypt.

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