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Need Help Launching a Business? This YouTube Host Has Answers | Trends by The Hustle
Doc Williams has helped hundreds of people launching a business. The self-described “solutions architect” (AKA digital marketing expert) has worked with everyone from powerful NFL agents to VaynerMedia.
In the early days of the pandemic, he realized that many people needed advice on how to pivot. So — using his skills as an entrepreneur, live streamer, and consultant — he started a nightly streaming show called “Build With Me” to help founders launching a business get their ideas off the ground.
“People have asked me — they like my videos and tutorials,” he told me last week. “I was like, ‘Let me just do this live. I’ll do what I do anyway, I’ll just record it.’”
Boldify: How a solo founder hit $4.5m in hair product sales in 3 years | Trends by The Hustle
The Trends Small Business Database houses hundreds of small businesses, along with their financials and unique stories. You can access the entire database here or read dozens of in-depth features here.
Mike Viskovich built Boldify into a $4.5m business in just 3 years. The secrets to his success? He started with a product he already used, and he leaned heavily on Amazon traffic.
Hair thickener might sound like an unusual product to build a company around, but Viskovich believed in it. The market for hair products typically features healthy margins.
Sterlings Mobile: How one company innovated hair service on the go | Trends by The Hustle
The Trends Small Business Database houses hundreds of small businesses, along with their financials and unique stories. You can access the entire database here or read dozens of in-depth features here.
When Kush Kapila thought about starting a mobile hair salon, he knew his business wouldn’t be the first. But he had a plan for differentiation.
“I looked at the landscape, and everyone did like a white truck or RV,” he says. “And then they would park on the side of the road like a food truck.”
The Best Upcoming Business Trends 2020 Predictions | Trends by The Hustle
What are the biggest trends you see in 2020? We reflected on that question ourselves and shared it with entrepreneurs, investors, futurists, and Trends members.
Here are some of the best responses, along with a few curated predictions:
Brian Breslin, Trends member: I think we will see advances in insurance and health providers aimed at freelancers and gig workers. We will also see more tools to support remote work teams. That is becoming more and more normalized.
AA Challenger Offers New Path for Treating Alcohol Dependence | Trends
There are more than 50m problem drinkers in this country—people who binge drink or regularly harm themselves or others by overindulging. Yet only 1m of those people seek treatment for alcohol dependence.
Holly Whitaker is on a crusade to close that gap, providing inspiration to thousands of families struggling with one of America’s most misunderstood diseases.
Four years ago, Whitaker, a former health-care executive who struggled with alcohol and drugs, started Hip Sobriety, an eight-week positive psychology and community-building program designed to help people overcome unhealthy relationships with alcohol.
