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Dans cette interview du podcast Tech Café, Bruno Virlet revient sur les origines de l'app Genius Scan et des applications mobiles en général dont les fonctionnalités ont été « sherlockisées » et intégrées dans les smartphones nativement. On parle de l'entrepreneuriat des « frenchies », notamment dans la Silicon Valley. Retrouvez Genius Scan Voir la série de Arte avec […]

On the podcast we talk with Bruno about putting customers ahead of metrics, why there's still massive opportunity to build successful apps today, and how a server crash turned into an accidentally successful A/B test.Top Takeaways:

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RDV dans quelques jours pour l'épisode de Bruno Virlet, CTO Grizzly Labs qui édite notamment l'application Genius Scan. En attendant, Bruno revient dans cet épisode Feedback sur les épisodes de :

We each bring surprise topics, a mix of hardware and software, as we prepare to hit the road for NixCon and SCaLE.

Parade of Techniques: 1. Useful apps for scanning documents on your phone — Genius Scan and Thermal Scan. 2. So what are you doing for social media? Are you having trouble getting people to engage with you? Would you like to be top-of-mind? Ask the Experts: 1. Guess what time of year it is?! It's that time of year when we're thinking about, “Oh, Daylight Savings Time is about to end. It's Halloween! The snow is starting to fly.” What do potential sellers do when the weather turns like this? They start to procrastinate. “Oh, my listing prospect wants to wait til next year… How do I get my listing prospects to come on the market now? 2. My number one goal is to get these listings sold. The challenge I'm having is, the seller died. This would be a problem. The seller died, and the buyer that was pending walked, so now it went back to the market… So now, the kids, are in charge. One of the kids lives in Los Angeles, California. And he said, “We gave it away last time. You sold it fast. We had two offers right away. I think we should raise the price by ten grand. Ten grand represents 3% (300K house). What do I do? How do I get paid for this listing?

Today's guest is Ezralea Robbins, who is a veteran therapist with 20 years experience. She started her career as a certified massage practitioner to now owning Mountainside Spa in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah. Today's topic may seem like a boring one, but we reassure you: it's going to save you a ton of time and headache in the future as your business starts to grow and scale beyond being a solo practitioner. We are talking about SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) and how having them in place can actually be like duplicating yourself and preventing issues from happening to begin with, and how to approach the inevitable when it happens. WHAT WE COVER: - How to save precious time, resources, energy, & money by "duplicating" yourself - Why franchises seem to be popping up while small businesses are closing down - Creating a workplace environment & standards for team conduct - Learning how to play in someone else's professional sandbox - Running your business when you're not present physically - Creating impactful moments that people remember - Examples of what to include in your SOPs & how to get started - How to run a profitable biz rather than an expensive hobby - How to navigate the hiring process during recession & pandemic RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Power of Moments book by Chip & Dan Heath - Small business tuition free education: - Check your local SCORE mentors - Goldman Sachs 10,000 scholaraship - Genius Scan & DropBox for digital storage - Online Classes & Mentorship with Ez LET'S GET SOCIAL: - BABs on Clubhouse - BABs facebook group - BABs instagram - Ezralea on FB Messenger - Mountainside Spa website Have you signed up for the High Vibe Tribe waiting list yet? You'll get access to live mentoring, exclusive workshops & classes, career opportunities, membership directory, stock photos, business besties, and other business resources.

First and foremost, we've gotta just say "WOW" on this episode. We start things off by diving into how Motorola is rolling out the most tech-forward camera and screen technology in all of cell phones. Then, the real innovation launches as we interview Dr. John Wensveen, the Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director of the Alan B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation -- an incredible space for business development in South Florida ... and beyond. What began as John's vision has become an over $15 million facility with some of the most cutting-edge technology in the world, which is all available for entrepreneurs, inventors, and small business owners to benefit from. This amazing space is the hub of growth for countless businesses. Come discover with us! Hosts: Craig Brooks (CEO) and David Forman (COO) of Clarity Creative Group in Orlando, FL Executive Producer: Jaime (“Jemmy”) Legagneur, Chief Enthusiasm Officer Producer: Amber Amortegui, Lead Content Producer at Flint Stone Media Guest: Dr. John Wensveen of Alan B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation Links: Levan Center Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube News Link: Cell Phone Camera Technology is CRAZY... Motorola is Releasing a 200MP Camera Tech Tip: Craig Brooks (TECHx co-host) | Genius Scan app Voice Over Artist: Jorge Hernandez Visit the TECHxploration Website: TECHxplorationPodcast.com Follow Craig and David on Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest |  YouTube Follow Florida Podcast Network on Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube Join the FPN Insiders Communities: Facebook | Clubhouse | Goodpods Additional Support Provided by: Listeners Like You and Flint Stone Media ------------------------------- Production House: Flint Stone Media Copyright of Flint Stone Media LLC 2022. Partner with FPN: Become the voice of YOUR segment of Florida!! From sponsoring episode segments through creating and growing your own branded show, we have the solution to promote you while we promote Florida! FPN Media Kit We are currently boarding shows to build out our network. And, you don't want to miss ANY of the new hosts and podcasts were have joining us. Search for and subscribe to “Florida Podcast Network” on iTunes and all your favorite podcast players to get more of this and ALL our shows. Become a Patron: Have a suggestion for the Network? Join us in the FPN Insiders group on Facebook and let us know!    FPN:  Check out the other shows on the Florida Podcast Network

What if you didn't have to dread tax season? Unfortunately, putting on a blindfold doesn't help. But the small business tax prep tips in this episode absolutely will. I get it. Right after that deadline passes, you want to forget about taxes until it comes around again next year. But the reality is - it's going to show up again https://giftbizunwrapped.com/episodes/your-relationship-with-money (whether you like it or not). So why not be prepared and make the process as easy and smooth as you can? Small Business Tax Prep Tips For Handmade Products Our expert today walks us through the steps you can implement now so that your tax filing experience is less painful next time. We cover ... Who should be part of your financial team (+ why they're so important!) Specific actions to take every month Common mistakes to avoid The best tools to use for Tips to reduce taxes as you become more profitable How to take the dread out of tax prep Whether you're a newbie in business or a seasoned pro, I think you'll pick up a tip or two to ensure tax filing sanity next time around. Tune in now for small business tax prep tips that will make tax time so much easier! Danielle Hayden is a reformed corporate CFO who is on a mission to help rule-breaking female entrepreneurs https://giftbizunwrapped.com/episodes/lynnesomerman (understand their numbers) so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits. After spending more than 10 years in the boardroom, Danielle is now in her sweet spot as the CEO of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. where she helps business owners with bookkeeping, financial analysis, education, and as the author of the Profit Planner book series. When Danielle isn't crunching numbers on her clients' behalf or crafting the next iteration of the Profit Planner, you can find her hanging with her two kids as she inspires them to lead their fullest lives and doing almost every fitness-related activity ranging from Spartan races to pilates. There are so many tips to help make small business tax prep for your handmade product business easier. Listen now to get them all.  Resources Mentioned https://giftbizunwrapped.com/bash (Join the next Gift Biz Bash - Free!) https://giftbizunwrapped.com/episodes/financial-mindset (Ep 361 - How your business income should impact your personal life) https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ (QuickBooks software) https://thegrizzlylabs.com/genius-scan/ (Genius Scan app) (for scanning receipts) Danielle's Contact Links https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/ (Website) | https://www.facebook.com/kickstartaccountinginc/ (Facebook) | https://www.instagram.com/kickstartaccounting/ (Instagram) | https://www.instagram.com/kickstartaccounting/ (Twitter )|https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-hayden-kickstartaccounting/ (Linkedin) Join Our FREE Gift Biz Breeze Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/GiftBizBreeze (Become a Member of Gift Biz Breeze) If you found value in this podcast, make sure to subscribe so you automatically get the next episode downloaded for your convenience. Click on your preferred platform below to get started. Also, if you'd like to do me a huge favor - please leave a review. It helps other creators like you find the show and build their businesses too. You can do so right here: https://ratethispodcast.com/giftbizunwrapped (Rate This Podcast) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gift-biz-unwrapped/id986323267 (Apple Podcasts) | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5naWZ0Yml6dW53cmFwcGVkLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q=&inf_contact_key=f00b9b282a6156da6dc2e642eb167c2f680f8914173f9191b1c0223e68310bb1 (Google Podcasts) | https://open.spotify.com/show/380HmeoVquMHRzOepaoF0s (Spotify) Thank you so much! Sue Know someone who needs to hear this episode? Click a button below to share it!

How do investing in heat pumps and working with refugees increase the value of your properties? Dave Holman and his team at Holman Homes have created several case studies that other investors can learn from. He will talk about in more detail the benefits of heat pumps and they can actually increase the net operating income of your properties, the reasons they've chosen to work with refugees, and some strategies applicable for both general and limited partners.  [00:01 - 04:59] Opening Segment Dave Holman spend a few years in Bolivia before investing in US real estate Here's his origin story The most important aspect of running a business according to Dave [05:00 - 10:00] Zero Fossil Fuel Buildings You can invest in real estate in your hometown Here's Dave's reminder for you Dave gives a sneak peek about this zero-fossil fuel building they're investing in What to know about tax credits according to Dave [10:01 - 17:57] Working with Refugees The relation of deflation and technology increase and the reason it matters Listen to Dave Dave doesn't plan to sell his buildings anytime soon Here's his strategy instead Why they're working with refugees for their properties How heat pumps increase the NOI of your real estate investments [17:58 - 20:37] Closing Segment A tool or resource you can't live without Genius Scan A real estate mistake you want our listeners to avoid Don't get involved in a project you're unqualified to unless you have the right people around you Get experience first Your way to make the world a better place Making communities better by providing opportunities to refugees Reach out to Dave See links below  Final words   Tweetable Quotes “...if you have local knowledge of what buildings and what areas in those local markets are good, you can invest in your hometown, you don't have to throw your money halfway across the country.” - Dave Holman “1031 [Exchanges], to me, might be one of the worst distractions for real estate investors because it makes you give up your properties.” - Dave Holman “Don't try to bite off more than you can chew or do a project that you're just wildly unqualified for unless you have a team around you that are all experts in doing this kind of project.” - Dave Holman -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Email dave@holmanhomes.com to connect with Dave or follow him on LinkedIn. Do you want to invest in residential and commercial properties that benefit residents, investors, and the planet? Check out Holman Homes now Do you own a property in Maine? Visit Katahdin Property Management for quality property management services.  Connect with me:   I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook   LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: Dave Holman  00:00 We want to keep our money productive, you know, in other areas, either reinvesting and other real estate is down payments, you know stocks, crypto other assets to diversify that, you know, can get some of that trapped equity out of your real estate because I was at a point like one point I had 98% of my net worth in real estate, all in like one or two towns and I was like, that's probably not what a financial adviser would recommend. Maybe I want to get that down to 80 or 90 or something and you know, it's a give and take.   Intro  00:37 Welcome to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we will teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big.   Sam Wilson  00:40 Dave Holman believes in doing well, by doing good. With over a decade of experience, Dave is a triple threat. He's a commercial broker, a syndicator investor, and a co-owner of Katahdin Property Management. Dave, welcome to the show.   Dave Holman  00:51 Thanks for having me, Sam. Appreciate it.   Sam Wilson  00:53 Hey, man, the pleasure's mind. same three questions. I asked every guest who come on the show in 90 seconds or less. Can you tell me? Where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?   Dave Holman  01:00 Maine and Maine are the first two answers. That's easy. How do I get there part though? It's been circuitous. So you know, I grew up here a little bit north of Portland, left for college in Minnesota where I got turned on to green building and architecture, things like that. spent the next four years down in Bolivia, like everyone does. I started a chain of camping stores and bookstores with my then-girlfriend now-wife, you know who's Bolivian, we came back to the US and ‘09, went to business school, got my MBA, worked in nonprofits for quite a while, but started real estate investing for profit on the side. And I've now switched over to doing real estate full time, both as a property manager for my own properties, syndicator, you know, doing kind of two to $12 million deals right now. And as a broker helping other people buy and sell their properties here in Maine.    Sam Wilson  01:47 Wow. That's fantastic. That's a lot of moving parts and want to hear a little bit what was the camping store in Bolivia? What was…   Dave Holman  01:53 Yeah, it's called the Spinning Llama Bookstore and Outfitter, our father, we left it to our father-in-law, retired military guy from Bolivia. And he loved doing that kind of stuff. And it was an adventure. You know, we were selling, you know, maps and books and bikes to locals and tourists. And it was a great experience. And I tell people, in some ways, it's the most free economy to have a business in a developing country. And in other ways, it's the most restricted, because there's all these laws and their cumbersome bureaucracy and everything, but everyone just ignores it. And it's completely free commerce for a lot of the time. And the bigger you get, the more the laws you follow. And it gets, you know, harder as you move forward. So we were just a small little business there.   Sam Wilson  02:34 Wow. Yeah, that's really, really intriguing. Very interesting. I love that. And then you guys came back to the States. Where were you in Bolivia? Let me ask that.   Dave Holman  02:40 Well, Cochabamba is where the city where my wife's from, it's a really beautiful climate, you know, kind of like San Francisco, nice temperature flowers year round. But we had stores in La Paz, not a place that I really love. It's super high altitude, very cold, dangerous, very sloped and slippery, and it's interesting. And then we had a store in Copacabana, which is on a huge lake highest altitude navigable lake in the world. And that was a really fun place a lot of tourists travel coming through there.    Sam Wilson  03:12 Gotcha, man, that's really intriguing. So you took your wife from beautiful, sunny around climate and convinced her to move to Brunswick, Maine and do real estate, you must be a heck of a salesman, I love it. Let's jump into you know what you guys are doing right now. I mean, you've got some really interesting projects going on, we got to talk about some of them ahead of time, but really give me an idea I kind of the scope, and you know, some of the stuff you're working on now that that's really interesting. You know, I think there's a value and just kind of talking through some of the projects you're working on right now.   Dave Holman  03:42 Absolutely. My biggest piece, the most important thing to me is the team that I work with, and building that up around me because you know, all those different activities you listed in the beginning, I'm not doing any of those alone, I'm getting back up and help, you know, they make me look good. But I always try to be the dumbest person in the room in our staff meetings and hire people that are really great. And, you know, we try to be super flexible in our, you know, hours and our work schedules and the ways that we do things. And we've been able to recruit, you know, really talented, skilled people who don't want a 40-hour a week job, you know, they might want 23 hours this week, 17. Next, you know, 36 the next and it just depends on their family and their schedule. And that works great for us to get high talent. And so building that team is kind of my number one focus. And with that team, you know, we're managing about 172 units, which is a little bit deceptive, because you know, about a third of those are commercial and so some are very large, you know, so income-wise, that would be like having, you know, maybe 400 residential units or 500 or something because we've got law firms and restaurants and different commercial assets that we're managing and owning, and then as a syndicator on six different projects, you know, with a group of family friend investors kind of ever-expanding. So anyone out there can hit me up after this get to know me and work together if you're interested. We're just focusing in the area that I know best, you know, which is Southern Maine, you know, areas like Portland, the mid-Coast region around Brunswick, which is a very hot market. It's one of these tertiary markets that most people have never heard of. They're out there all over the country. So, you know, for everyone that's just kind of jumping on the bandwagon of like, oh, we all got to invest in Florida. Oh, wait, now the hot spots, Austin? Oh, wait, it's Ohio. You know, it's every state has good markets. And, you know, if you have local knowledge of what buildings and what areas in those local markets are good, you can invest in your hometown, you don't have to throw your money halfway across the country. But you can do that, too. That's the beauty of real estate, you can do so many different things. So those are, you know, some of the things we're working on a new development project, which I've never done before. So that's really exciting. And luckily, my best friend from college has done 15 of them before. So we got the dummy with the genius. And we'll balance each other out. But I'm the local boots on the ground. He's based in Minneapolis, Minnesota has built over 3,000 units up there. So we're working together on a 57 unit new construction project. In Brunswick, that'll be really interesting, it's going to be zero fossil fuel building, using all heat pump technology, it's going to have instead of a gas generator, battery backup. And we're going to get paid for that, in a sense by the electric company. There's some really neat things called Demand Response Technology, you know, where we're able to be a battery for the grid. Basically, when you get big enough batteries in your building, you can serve the power company, and they'll pay you to modulate your demand and flow of power. So that's an exciting kind of new tech piece that we're incorporating. And we're trying to make it all work. But it's a jigsaw puzzle, you know, construction costs in the east coast up here are about 30% higher than the Midwest, and they're high in the Midwest. So it's a challenging nut to crack. But rents are also rising very quickly. So we're trying to balance those factors.   Sam Wilson  06:48 That's really, really intriguing. Especially, you know, the electric backup, I mean, how do you even go about figuring that out? Like, where do you start with that, Hey, call the electric…    Dave Holman  06:59 Gotta know a guy, he got a guy for that or gal. So yeah, a friend of mine is an engineer who does a lot of renewable energy stuff he used to work for GE has been with different startups has his own startup called amply. He's kind of guiding us, you know, and how to incorporate this technology, what companies, you know, can provide it. So we're definitely not doing a DIY approach. You know, there are entities and groups out there that are working, you know, with multifamily operators, commercial operators on these technologies. And that's how we're going to partner basically, to do it.   Sam Wilson  07:31 Right. What's the 57-unit build? Like, what is the product?   Dave Holman  07:35 Yep, it's going to be four storeys high, about a 12,000 square-foot footprint. So an elevator, it's going to have a roof deck, a mix of studios, one and two bedrooms. So we'll have a mix of price points for people. It's in a kind of business park, in Brunswick, where there's been a lot of job growth. So pretty high demand, you know, it's for what we call workforce housing. So people earning, you know, right around that median income, which in this area is, you know, like 50 to 70,000 a year. And it should be, you know, a much-needed resource. Because right now, you know, you go on Craigslist, and there are sometimes you know, for towns of 20 30,000 people, there can be literally nothing for rent, or nothing for sale, because the supply is that tight.   Sam Wilson  08:14 Wow, that's intriguing. So you're going four storeys high, putting your electric, you know, system backups on it. That's absolutely intriguing. Talk to us about the tax credit sides of that. I'm sure you guys have researched that. And I want to the reason I'm asking you all these questions because you said earlier, that team is the number one focus. And so far, I've heard everything you say as well, I've coordinated with this person or I coordinate with that person. You said you don't want to be the smartest guy in the room. So tax credits, who have you worked with on that front? And what sort of programs are out there for this type of project?   Dave Holman  08:42 Yeah, that's a great question, and there's not a lot of tax credit incentives for what we're doing, at least on a federal level, you know, federally there's incentives for solar and even some Evie charging infrastructure. And we're going to do that. So we're getting, we're applying for I shouldn't say we're getting we're applying for a grant from an entity called Efficiency Maine, which uses the carbon pricing in New England area, they get their money basically from power companies and large polluters that have to pay to pollute, then they get to, you know, funnel it back out to things that are clean. So we'll hopefully get a grant for eight electric chargers, we're gonna add more on top of that, and basically every single parking spot in the underground parking of this building, we're gonna wire to have a charger in it someday, because it's crystal clear that in 20 years, someone driving a gas car is like today, someone driving, you know, the old model T, you know, antique truck, it's not going to be a thing in 20 or 30 years from now, and we're trying to build a building. It'll be around for 500 years. So we want it to be flexible for the future. I mean, obviously, and 500 years if we're not all in jets and spacecraft, we failed, but, you know, we'll take it step by step incrementally.   Sam Wilson  09:50 Right man, that's really, really intriguing. Talk to us about where you see long-term rates going and what you guys are doing strategically right now on the refinance front.   Dave Holman  10:00 Yeah, great question. I love listening to macroeconomic podcasts, listen to economists, prognosticate. And I swear right now, Sam, there are brilliant arguments for inflation and deflation, there are fantastic arguments for rate rises and rate falls, right? My guess is that rates in the medium to long run are going to be falling in, in the short run, slightly rising. And so I say in the short run slightly rising because we got an inflation problem, the Feds gonna try to tackle that they're gonna probably make a couple of rate hikes before they completely realize they've broken the stock market and all their rich friends are gonna cry about it, and they're gonna stop. It's my jaded, cynical interpretation. You know, some people are planning on seven or eight rate hikes right now, I'd be amazed if they got away with more than three. And I think that's sort of market consensus as well. But in the long run, look at Europe, look at Japan, look at a lot of Asia, all of them have negative rates, you know, they are desperately trying to generate inflation. And they've been unsuccessful up until just recently when you turn on the fiscal spigots and you're giving stimulus programs, that is successful in generating some level of inflation. But globalization, the primary driver of deflation has been severely disrupted by COVID-19. As those disruptions get ironed out, supply chains get reconnected resources, get back online, I really think that fundamental narrative of deflation and technology increase is going to continue.   Sam Wilson  11:22 That's interesting. So you guys though, are locking in rates right now, which is really interesting, if you think that rates in the long term are going to go down.   Dave Holman  11:31 Yeah, so we're locking in now, because I think, you know, we have maybe a one to three-year rising rate environment, let's call it and then you know, we're locking in mostly five-year fixes. We're doing one seven right now because the rate is as good as the five. But I started out in an environment where I thought rates were going to rise a lot, and I wanted all 10-year fixes. But these are relatively small properties. It's not the end of the world, if we have to lock in higher rates five years down the line, the incremental savings we get in the meantime is pretty significant. There's 30 or 40 basis point difference, sometimes between the five and 10-year rate, and that matters, especially if you might end up in 10 years in a lower rate environment than you're in now.   Sam Wilson  12:09 Right? Yeah, absolutely. And the reason you're doing that is…   Dave Holman  12:13 Well, we've gotten our loan to value ratios, our LTVs, down, you know, from the 80, or even 90%, if we're using construction loans, etc. When we purchase, you know, within a year or two under good management, you can get that down to 60, even 50, 40%. Because you've increased the cash flow, the NOI of your building, you've increased the profits by controlling expenses and increasing rents basically, appropriately. And so you know, when your LTV is down around 40, or 50%, you've got a lot of money trapped in that building, that's twiddling its thumbs doing nothing, you know, really productive for you. And you can pull it out tax-free with a refinance. And to me, that is 1,000 times better than selling your building. Sure, I've never sold anything, I don't plan to sell anything. Because to me, it's a shiny object, you know, that 1031, to me, might be one of the worst distractions for real estate investors because it makes you give up your properties. And look, anyone who sold three years ago, is looking now it's like, oh, wait, my property's worth double what I got for it, if I just hung out for 36 months, you know, I'd have double the wealth. And so we follow a buy-and-hold long-term management stabilization, you know, refinance every five to 10-year kind of strategy. And so far, that's been working really well.   Sam Wilson  13:26 That's really, really interesting, what is the loan to value that you will typically take these properties back up to?   Dave Holman  13:31 75 to 80, it depends on what the bank is comfortable with, however, what we do is use some of those refinance proceeds to put a big fat sleep-at-night cushion, you know, in the checking account of each property. So, you know, we might have, let's say, 10 grand a unit just kind of socked away for the rainy day when we need it. So even though our cash flow has diminished, we're able to handle the bumps in the road that come along. And, you know, we have larger reserves that are not in the properties that we can loan to the properties, you know, as needed. But in general, you know, we want to keep our money productive, you know, in other areas, either reinvesting in other real estate is down payments, you know, stocks, crypto other assets, to diversify that, you know, can get some of that trapped equity out of your real estate because I was at a point, like one point I had 98% of my net worth in real estate, all in like one or two towns, and I was like, that's probably not what a financial adviser would recommend. Maybe I want to get that down to 80 or 90 or something. And, you know, it's a give and take.   Sam Wilson  14:31 Mm hmm. Yeah, absolutely. That's really, really intriguing. And it's and I'm always curious what, you know because people got trapped in 2008 taking too much money, you know, they reified the heck out of their properties all the way up until the bubble pop, and they're like, oh, no, now I got way too much leverage against this property.   Dave Holman  14:46 Right. And there were two risk factors there. One is working with a bank you don't know or trust, and only one bank. So we work with a diversity of banks, and they're all local. And there are people that you know, I know them. I might know some of their kids and families. You know, we're on a first-name basis with the banker. If you go to Wells Fargo, Bank of America, if you're not 100 million, you're nothing to them. I mean, they will foreclose on you in a heartbeat. Oh, sorry, Sam, your LTV got below the, you know, covenant in the mortgage, you didn't read the fine print, sorry, we're taking your property, even though you're making the payments. And that happened in ‘08, you know, banks took properties that were making their loan payments, and that happens in financial crises. So I think it's really key to work with banks that you're on the same page with and you have that conversation in advance and say, hey, if our value goes down below the purchase price, but we're still making loan payments, are you cool? Are we cool? You know, what do our covenants or documents say about that? That's really one of those finer points to think about. But in the financial crisis, there were a lot of people that were just their mortgage was sold and resold and packaged and repackaged, and they were way out, you know, in that paper trail, and you know, it doesn't matter to a bank or a financial institution to foreclose on someone that is just a tiny fraction of their portfolio. And they're like, oh, we need some liquidity. Let's start, you know, squeezing people. Right, you know, you either need to pay the difference or you were gonna foreclose, and that is unfortunate.   Sam Wilson  16:04 Wow, that's absolutely wild. Thanks for taking the time to explain that to us. One last question here before jumping to the Final Four. Tell me about heat pumps and refugees.    Dave Holman  16:13 Yeah, so we work a lot with refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers to this country, they're in homeless shelters, or right now, we've worked with a lot of Afghans on military bases, trying to find units for them to live in, you know, those people and particularly served our country, you know, from theirs, we want to give them a place to live. And we're not doing it as a charity venture, we're getting paid, you know, by government programs by local governments. And then pretty quickly, a lot of times, when these people get green cards, they're the hardest workers, you'll find, you know, they were earning $1 an hour in their country, if they can get 10 or 20 here, they've got two or three jobs right away. So that's been really rewarding, you know, on an emotional level, to just be able to physically create the American Dream for people, partner with them on that. And then heat pumps that is a great technology, especially in an area that has an extreme heating or cooling need. Those are just better than the old fossil fuel systems that we have in Maine, you know, Maine, we have the most oil-heat as a percentage in the country. It's dirty, it's expensive, it breaks, it's terrible. And it doesn't have any AC capability, or dehumidifying, or air filtering, and all the benefits that heat pumps bring. Plus, the landlord is often paying those systems, if it's centralized in a multi-unit building. I inherit a lot of buildings where I'm paying 6, 7, 10 grand a year for heat, if you put in a heat pump to each unit, it's on their own electric meter, that tenant if they want to 80 degrees in the winter, and their windows open, great, they can pay for it, it's on them. So that, you know dramatically increases your NOI in a lot of cases, because there was a lot of inefficiency being generated by these centralized heating systems that are old dinosaurs, and then when you know, oil goes up to $100 a barrel, you know, you're screwed, whereas if you're relying on the electric grid, that is a very big baseload of power, it's rarely going to have major price spikes, you know, and that kind of thing. And you can actually generate your own electricity with solar if you want to go an extra step beyond that.   Sam Wilson  17:58 That's really, really intriguing. I love it. Dave, thanks for taking the time to come on today. This was loads of fun. Let's jump here in the Final Four questions. What is one tool or resource you find you can't live without?   Dave Holman  18:08 Well, my phone but more specifically, I'll give you guys an app, you know, that I think is great. It's called Genius Scan. And for all the mail, the paper documents that come in, click of a button, you get a really crystal clear, you know, cropped image, color, or black and white from that piece of paper, eliminate shadows, you can PDF it you can put it in Google Drive, Dropbox, you know, anywhere you want. Great little app, you know, for just a mobile scanner, that's as good as any flat deck bed scanner around.   Sam Wilson  18:37 That is awesome. Yes, I love that technology, the ability to skip the scanner is really, really helpful. That's awesome. Question number two, what is one mistake you can help our listeners avoid and how would you avoid it   Dave Holman  18:49 In the skiing areas, we say don't get out over your skis, which means don't try to bite off more than you can chew or do a project that you're just wildly unqualified for unless you have a team around you that are all experts in doing this kind of project. But I would encourage people to you know, kind of in when you're starting out kind of live within your means, get some experience under your belt, get a property or two, take a year or two, to kind of learn things before you start getting ambitious and going for bigger deals.    Sam Wilson  19:17 Right? Love that when it comes to investing in the world. What's one thing you're doing right now to make the world a better place?   Dave Holman  19:22 Well, we mentioned refugees, we mentioned heat pumps, you know, we're striving hard to you know, make our communities better. We're engaging a lot with local organizations as well. So an example I'll give, we're gonna paint a mural on the side of one of our buildings where the paints kind of flaking off its brick on the side street, and we're gonna make this huge 90-foot-long, 30-foot-high mural for the town to enjoy there.   Sam Wilson  19:43 That's cool. I love stuff like that, David, if our listeners want to get in touch with you or learn more about you, what is the best way to do that?   Dave Holman  19:49 Yeah, they should just give me a shout: 2075175700. It's my personal cell phone. Nobody ever calls so you should try it. We got a website at Holmanhomes.com. Our property management group as well, Katahdin Property Management, if you own property in Maine. Happy to help.   Sam Wilson  20:05 Awesome, and we'll make sure we put links to those in the show notes as well. Dave, thank you so much for your time. I do appreciate it.   Dave Holman  20:11 Thank you. Thanks for having me. Take care.    Sam Wilson  20:12 Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen, if you can do that for us, that would be a fantastic help to the show. It helps us both attract new listeners, as well as rank higher on those directories. So I appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.

What are we always looking for? More time! These 11 apps will get you there: Forewarn, Stride, Videolicious, iPhone Scanner, Genius Scan, Easy Measure, BombBomb, Docusign, Audible, Calendly, Google Drive. 

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Trinity and Mike talk about specific apps like QuickBooks, Zelle, Canva, Log Me in, Waze and more to help run your business. SHOW NOTES 1:53--Quickbooks 5:31--Slack and Google Hangouts 10:39--PayPal, Squre, Venmo, Zelle 16:33--Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and other social media platforms 21:51--Slydial 24:41--Genius Scan, DocuSign 29:37--LastPass,  32:43--Kahoot APPS MENTIONED Quickbooks Slack Google Hangouts My Minutes Alexa Yoshi PayPal Square Zelle Evernote Dropbox Podium Facebook ITunes Log Me In R.I.P.L. Canva Slydial Waze DocuSign Nord VPN LastPass Kahoot THANKS FOR LISTENING Thank you so much for listening to our podcast. If you enjoyed this episode and think others can benefit from it, please share it with them. Do you have any feedback or questions about the episode? Please share with us at info@wired2change.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST If you would like to get automatic updates of new Wired2Change episodes, you can subscribe to the ITunes, Stitcher or the podcast app on your mobile device. ABOUT WIRED2CHANGE Wired2Change formed in early 2019 by two people who had nothing in common except the passion to help people. Trinity is from Michigan and got married in 2019. Mike is from Raleigh and is a very happy grandfather. We work with small business owners to put systems and processes in place to help their business become more profitable so they can enjoy the life of a small business owner. CONTACT WIRED2CHANGE http://www.wired2change.com/ (www.wired2change.com) https://www.facebook.com/wired2change/ (https://www.facebook.com/wired2change/) https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-2-change (https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-2-change)

For the personal finance tip of the week, David and Cindy explain the value of having organization with store purchase receipts.  They explain the importance of understanding a retailer's return policy in order to get full credit, a store credit or if you may be outside of the return window where no money is received. Knowing this information can be beneficial to the budget.  They also explain that you can help the environment by using less paper. One way is to take picutres or use apps such as Genius Scan which has security and storage features. They also give a portion of revenues to help the environment.  Grizzly Labs - Genius Scan  https://thegrizzlylabs.com/ https://www.instagram.com/somm.podcast/ https://www.somethingonmymind.net/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChec5qcZBcGkIhUU3belNDw https://www.tiktok.com/@somm.podcast?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/somm.podcast https://twitter.com/Somm_podcast  

DAVE HOLMAN When it comes to the world of real estate investing, there doesn't have to be a distinction between doing well and doing good. Enter Dave Holman, a man on a mission to use real estate to solve problems and improve communities. Having nearly a decade of experience as a real estate investor, Dave is passionate about teaching others how to achieve doing well by doing good. Dave's story did not start in real estate. His first major investment took place right out of college when he co-founded a multi-lingual retail chain in Bolivia, The Spitting Llama Bookstore and Outfitter, with the hope of improving the country's social environment and ecology. It wasn't until five years later that he entered the world of real estate investing and brokering with a similar mission: to help benefit residents, investors, and the planet. Dave now co-owns 94 rental units in Southern Maine, enjoying his time working with investors, owners, residents, and contractors to help with energy efficiency, syndications, and property management. In addition to investing and brokering, Dave expresses his passions through writing and is the author of three books: Youth Renewing the Countryside, Coffee Smuggler, and Cyber Fire.  KEY POINTS Starting a real estate business from 0 How to achieve a freer-life mindset Replicable entry into real estate from a duplex to 94 units Finding deals through mismarketed properties Property management best practices for investors, landlords, and tenants  Growing and scaling your portfolio by refinancing Passive vs Active investing – the pros and cons of each and how to choose the right fit for you Working with new immigrants and creating a win-win situation helping communities LIGHTNING QUESTIONS 1. What was your biggest hurdle getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it? No capital, so he partnered with family who had the capital and who believed in him. 2. Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success? Stay positive to people and to life. 3. Do you have an online resource that you find valuable? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/genius-scan-pdf-scanner/id377672876 (Genius Scan) https://www.biggerpockets.com/ (Bigger Pockets) https://www.rentalhero.io/ (Rental Hero) https://cozy.co/ (Cozy) 4. What book would you recommend to the listeners and why? https://www.amazon.com/Let-People-Surfing-Education-Businessman/dp/0143037838 (Let My People Go Surfing) book by Yvon Chouinard https://www.amazon.com/Investment-Biker-Around-World-Rogers/dp/0812968719 (Investment Biker) book by Jim Rogers 5. If you were to give advice to your 20-year-old self to get started in real estate investing, what would it be? Try to erase some of the stigma against landlords, & wait for the right time for you. RESOURCES Visithttp://m/gp/product/B00NB86OYE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=jacob0ee-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00NB86OYE&linkId=100a9d2905599266aa7088bba0a33d55 ( Audible) for a free trial and free audiobook download! https://www.holmanhomes.com/ (Website) https://katahdin.managebuilding.com/Resident/public/home (Katahdin Property Management)

Google search tricks, SnapChat filters in Zoom meetings, custom Zoom backgrounds, WoodPress revenue streams (plugins like VaultPress and WooCommerce), adding Author (name of photographer) to photo metadata, Profiles in IT (Chenming Calvin Hu, father of 3D transistor), reflections from the bunker, and mobile scanning apps (Adobe Scan, Genius Scan, Microsoft Office Lens). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Google search tricks, SnapChat filters in Zoom meetings, custom Zoom backgrounds, WoodPress revenue streams (plugins like VaultPress and WooCommerce), adding Author (name of photographer) to photo metadata, Profiles in IT (Chenming Calvin Hu, father of 3D transistor), reflections from the bunker, and mobile scanning apps (Adobe Scan, Genius Scan, Microsoft Office Lens). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Topics DiscussedTransitioning from online research to in-person research in archives can be difficult. Prepare yourself using the five tips, plus bonus tip, Denys shares in this episode. Listen in and you’ll feel comfortable making your first visit for on-site research! What did you do to prepare for your first trip to research in archives? What advice do you have to share with others?Go to PAancestors.com and click “Leave a Question.” You can record up to 5 minutes of audio like a voicemail - simple and easy - and I’ll answer your question in a future podcast. Website: PAancestors.com (click “leave a question” to record yours!)Twitter: @ancestorspaInstagram: @paancestors Music: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) for George Washington. The song is considered to be one of the first secular songs written in America. MP3 recording by www.amclassical.com and licensed through Creative Commons, some rights reserved. LinksPennsylvania’s local historical and genealogical societies can be found on my website PAancestors.com under the Research Guide. Internet Archive has free digital books, most older than 75 years, that will help you. Create a free account and save your favorites. BYU Script Tutorial is a free online course to help you learn how to read handwriting. Reading Early American Handwriting, by Kip Sperry is an excellent self-study for most records you’ll use in Pennsylvania. Convert Images (Photos) to PDFs on your mobile phone - there are many free apps available and this article from PCmag describes many and rates them. I’ve used the free version of Genius Scan for five years and it’s been reliable. 

Trinity and Mike talk about specific apps like QuickBooks, Zelle, Canva, Log Me in, Waze and more to help run your business. SHOW NOTES 1:53--Quickbooks 5:31--Slack and Google Hangouts 10:39--PayPal, Squre, Venmo, Zelle 16:33--Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and other social media platforms 21:51--Slydial 24:41--Genius Scan, DocuSign 29:37--LastPass, 32:43--Kahoot APPS MENTIONED Quickbooks Slack Google Hangouts My Minutes Alexa Yoshi PayPal Square Zelle Evernote Dropbox Podium Facebook ITunes Log Me In R.I.P.L. Canva Slydial Waze DocuSign Nord VPN LastPass Kahoot --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wired-2-change/message

Welcome to episode 146 of the EdTech Situation Room from September 4, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the release of Android 10, Carl Hooker's (@mrhooker) recent Twitter conversation and blog post on why banning smartphones in the classroom is a bad idea, and lessons we should all learn about security following the hack of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account. Imposter sellers and FCC-illegal cell phone signal boosters on Amazon, Apple's forthcoming September 10th event with rumors of a new iPhone, and the "deep fake" Zao iOS app craze in China were also highlighted. Microsoft's October 2 Surface event and more warnings for Windows10 updates were topics rounding out the show. Geeks of the week included the amazing app "Genius Scan" for both Android and iOS, Wes' free Flipboard magazine "iReading," and Wonder Links shared on Wes' new curriculum and lesson website for school. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as Facebook Live via StreamYard.com and Restream.io . Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights if you can (normally) at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links.

Jenna is the owner of Workspacery, where she helps work-at-home business owners and young professionals design beautiful, functional workspaces through the use of planning tools, inspiration, and the knowledge to transform their space for the better. On today’s episode she shares some of her favorite ways to blend paper and digital tools to both boost productivity and make your space beautiful and inviting, as well as how she overcomes the overwhelm that we all experience.     ANNOUNCEMENT: The Empowered Boss Lab doors are opening soon! Get on the waitlist at www.theempoweredbosslab.com     IN THIS EPISODE: How she’s using paper (and other) products helping others create positive, functional, and creative workspaces right where they are. Knowing she wanted to be an entrepreneur in college, getting design experience in the agency world, and how all of her experiences led her to create Workspacery. Allowing herself to organically pivot in her business. How her friend pushed her into the product world. (Why you need your biz besties!!) Learning to let go of control and letting the messy process happen. Being a paper and digital person. Using Google Drive to organize her business. Using Alexa to set time blocking timers. Finding your “Magic Hour” and using your energy levels and rhythms to plan her daily schedule. Conquering overwhelm, getting unstuck, gaining perspective, and using worst- and best-cast scenarios to help you Filtering advice - listening to the things that are a good fit and letting go of all the rest. Getting out of your normal routine, normal environment, etc. to reset and refresh. Being a Rory but wishing you were a Lorelai.     TOOLS DISCUSSED: Refresh Planner  Content Planner  Google Drive  MileIQ* Notti*  Planoly  Genius Scan  Amazon Alexa*  Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham*  *affiliate link(s)     CONNECT AFTER THE SHOW: -Jenna- Website Facebook Instagram Pinterest   Grab the 2019 Refresh Weekly Planner at https://workspacery.com   -Chelsea- Website: www.chelseabfoster.com CBF Workshops Shop: www.chelseabfoster.com/workshopsshop Instagram: www.instagram.com/chelseabfoster The Empowered Boss Lab doors are opening soon! Get on the waitlist: www.theempoweredbosslab.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chelseabfoster/support

3 Accounting Mistakes to Avoid Selling on Poshmark When you sell on Poshmark, you not only have to wear your selling hat, but you need to be something of an accountant too. Sounds intimidating? Don't worry. To help you out, here are the top three accounting mistakes that Poshmark sellers make. Click To Watch This Video On YouTube... #1: They Don't Report Their Poshmark Sales on Their Tax Returns Some people sell on Poshmark part time as a hobby. There's nothing wrong with that. But they feel that because it's a hobby they do for fun, they don't need to report their income. However, even if this is just a “hobby income”—you sell stuff in your closet, maybe for a friend—you need to report it as income. If you are selling on Poshmark as your main business, then you obviouslyhave to report it. If it's income, then the IRS says you have to report it. Poshmark currently does not send 1099 forms to sellers, but you can email them through their support center and ask them to send you a copy of your sales. Or you can easily track your sales by using a spreadsheet program like Excel. Whatever you do, don't dismiss the tax issue just because you think you'll get away with it. You never know if the IRS will decide to audit you. #2: They Don't Track Their Expenses Keep track of everything you pay for—every single expense. Then you can check the IRS code to see if that expense is deductible. Set up an expense spreadsheet. Mileage, for example, will be one category that you add to each time you use any mileage in your business. And there are a bunch of apps that you can use that will track miles for you, which makes things much easier. Say you are out at the thrift stores and get a bunch of receipts. You can collate that information by using an app like Genius Scan. It makes it much easier then to put that information in your spreadsheet. Even just taking good pictures of your receipts and sending them to yourself is helpful. Receipts do fade! #3: They Don't Use a Separate Business Credit or Debit Card for Business Expenses Do yourself a favor and make it easier on you to keep your personal expenses separate from your business expenses. And whenever you are out doing business, use that business credit or debit card. Not only does it make your accounting easier, using a separate business card may protect your personal assets should you get sued. Bonus Tip: Relax Everyone starts out small. You may be just getting your feet wet and are feeling a little overwhelmed about the accounting end of selling on Poshmark. Relax. Concentrate on tracking expenses on a monthly basis. Read up on apps that can help you get information on mileage and receipts. Get a spreadsheet going. It may be a struggle at first, but there are others out there who have gone through the same  thing. Don'thesitate to reach out to Facebook groups or other resources. Learn from the experience of others. Please subscribe below to get automatic updates of my latest video blogs: Raiken Profit on Facebook Raiken Profit on Instagram Raiken Profit on YouTube Raiken Profit on iTunes Thank you so much for your support, and if you have yet to leave a rating or review, please leave me an honest one on iTunes, YouTube or below on the blog. I appreciate it!

Czy ciągle szukasz dokumentów? Giną faktury, które masz dostarczyć księgowej? A może nie jesteś pewien, które płatności już wykonałeś, a które nie? Poznaj sposoby na utrzymanie porządku w domowym biurze i komputerze. Zapanuj nad biurowym chaosem!Ten odcinek w wersji do czytania znajdziesz na https://malawielkafirma.pl/217Przydatne linki:- Fumio Sasaki “Pożegnanie z nadmiarem” http://ebookpoint.pl/view/54826/e_0lj2.htm - Blog Design Your Life https://designyourlife.pl/- Kanał na YT Design Your Life https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8GduG9FVy3vxXK6hbNtYTg - Podcast The minimalist https://www.theminimalists.com/podcast/ Narzędzia ułatwiające pracę z dokumentami:- Genius Scan https://www.thegrizzlylabs.com/genius-scan - Scan Bot https://scanbot.io/en/index.html - Scannable https://evernote.com/intl/pl/products/scannable - Tiny Scanner https://tiny-scanner-pdf-scanner-app.en.softonic.com/android - Evernote https://evernote.com/intl/pl

Czy ciągle szukasz dokumentów? Giną faktury, które masz dostarczyć księgowej? A może nie jesteś pewien, które płatności już wykonałeś, a które nie? Poznaj sposoby na utrzymanie porządku w domowym biurze i komputerze. Zapanuj nad biurowym chaosem!Ten odcinek w wersji do czytania znajdziesz na https://malawielkafirma.pl/217Przydatne linki:- Fumio Sasaki “Pożegnanie z nadmiarem” http://ebookpoint.pl/view/54826/e_0lj2.htm - Blog Design Your Life https://designyourlife.pl/- Kanał na YT Design Your Life https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8GduG9FVy3vxXK6hbNtYTg - Podcast The minimalist https://www.theminimalists.com/podcast/ Narzędzia ułatwiające pracę z dokumentami:- Genius Scan https://www.thegrizzlylabs.com/genius-scan - Scan Bot https://scanbot.io/en/index.html - Scannable https://evernote.com/intl/pl/products/scannable - Tiny Scanner https://tiny-scanner-pdf-scanner-app.en.softonic.com/android - Evernote https://evernote.com/intl/pl

How do we encourage our clients and managers to be bolder, to think bigger, to invest more?   People often come to us because their marketing isn’t working and they want to try something new. We do all the thinking, plan out the creative, they love it, but when the crunch comes they go back to doing the same old things they’ve always done.   Brand Newsroom is a marketing podcast for anyone who has a say in how companies are communicating — covering marketing, content marketing, public relations, media, branding and advertising. Show Notes Here are some key take-outs:                                      The way you’ve always done marketing and PR is disappearing. Businesses need to move rapidly with their media and marketing, to capitalise on opportunities You need diversity in your marketing team. You don’t want everyone to look the same and think the same. You need people who think about things in different ways and come from different angles Experimentation is key. It helps you discover new things that work. It’s time to take a few risks Be agile enough to be responsive Do it little by little. You don’t have to scare the client or the boss. Bring them along for the journey Show them the proof in the pudding.   On My Desk Sarah recommended Pam Didner’s Content Audit templates Nic mentioned the Genius Scan app James recommended the Guardian’s Our Wide Brown Land   Links you might need Here’s that article James mentioned which talks about making marketing a weekly task Here’s where you can support James’s Ride for Youth Please vote for Brand Newsroom in the Australia Podcast Awards!  

Amanda Jefferson, KonMari Consultant, shows us how to Delegate, Defer, Diminish, and Delete our way to a stress free holiday season. Our guest, Amanda Jefferson, is a certified KonMari Consultant who serves the western suburbs of Philadelphia. After a successful 20 year career in academia, corporations, and non-profit leadership, Amanda now channels her passion for helping others by creating homes that are peaceful, stress-free and efficient. In this episode, you'll learn how to navigate the holidays using the 4 Ds. Amanda also shares tips on how to manage paper organization with three simple tools. This episode is less about getting more done and more about having less to do! To connect with Amanda, visit www.indigoorganizing.com and follow her on Instagram @indigo_organizing. Spark Joy wants to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and email us at contact@sparkjoypodcast.com to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter via @sparkjoypodcast. In this episode, you’ll enjoy: How a mid-life crisis that Amanda lovingly named a "Creative Renaissance" led Amanda to shift gears to professional organizing How tackling the "Paper" KonMari category made Amanda want to run and hide How career threads such as helping people, making operations more efficient, and an interest in positive social psychology and energy/time management tie into her KonMari practice How to apply the Four Ds to declutter your holiday experience and fill it with joy: Delegate, Defer, Diminish, and Delete Amanda's Worksheet: Getting from Stress to Joy with the 4Ds Ways you can spark conversations that change traditions and shift attention to fewer better things and more experiences The three tools you need to manage all of your paper Apps that incorporate a scan feature: Google Drive , Evernote , Dropbox How to make paper management fun by finding office supplies that spark joy Independent scanner apps: Tiny Scan , Genius Scan , CamScanner Amanda's favorite tidying tip: Keeping things bite-sized. Set a timer for 1 hour and dive into one category (or subcategory) What sparks the most joy for Amanda: Making Chatbooks - Photo books for people that don't have time to do photo books Gems: "Having a home that runs efficiently is really the difference between sanity and total burn out." "If your friends think you're crazy, you're doing something right." Delegate: "Make all of your holiday meals potluck." Defer: "Send New Years cards instead of holiday cards." Diminish: "Don't go all out with holiday decor. Buy a simple wreath and set white lights on a timer." Delete: "Don't exchange gifts as adults. Only exchange gifts for the children." "There should be a very, very high bar for an actual sheet of paper that stays in your home." "What is the action associated with this piece of paper?" "When in doubt, scan." You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy Special Guest: Amanda Jefferson.

There is A LOT of paper headed your way! There is the IEP draft, the signed IEP, the notifications, the daily charts, the progress reports, etc. YEARS AND YEARS of all that paper! In this episode, Dr. T (that's me!) and Eugene Terry talk about how a simple scanner can make your life and journey much easier.  After an Autism diagnosis, most of us scrambled to figure out what to do next. Well, through trial and error, I have discovered 5 action items that makes the transition and communication process so much easier! This is step 2. Having a simple scanner at your disposal can make all the paperwork associated with special education manageable. Find out why Dr. T would advise you to purchase this device. (2:11) Dr. T reminds you of her free online email course that reveals action items for you to complete. You can find it at http://drteresavasquez.com/courses. Choose the first one under “Email Courses” (“IDEA Law Outline & Tech Integration LEVEL 1 – 5-day Email Course”). (2:28) Dr. T explains how scanning important documents can simplify your life. (4:54) Dr. T states that a list of recommended technology is available on her blog at http://www.drteresavasquez.com/tech-recommendations/ (5:29) Dr. T also suggests that you utilize scanner apps, in particular the Genius Scan and/or Genius Scan+ apps. (9:46) Dr. T emphasizes the importance of documenting everything in your special education journey, even retroactively. Embrace your mission! Join the Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/embraceyourmission Find more information at: http://www.drteresavasquez.com/tech-integration-level-1-week-2-scan-real-good/ iTunes Podcast: http://bit.ly/autismpossible Online Course: http://www.drteresavasquez.com/courses/

The mobile phone has been transformed into a genius plus scanner with a great application from the Grizzly Labs. Bruno is an entrepreneur and programmer who loves building simple, easy-to-use products. He received his engineering degree from Supélec and a Master in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduating, he joined Amazon.com in Seattle where he worked on large-scale projects. He then moved to the Silicon Valley as a lead engineer for 1000memories which was later acquired by Ancestry.com. He is now working full-time on The Grizzly Labs focusing mainly on iOS (@bvirlet, email).   Numerous applications for use as a document scanner. The principle is simple: you take a photo of the document, the application then allows to crop, retreat the image and allows to export or send it in various formats including PDF. People use these applications for expense reports or urgent shipments are generally chargeable. But it was important for me to interview Bruno Virlet the Founder behind the Genius series of applications. Genius Scan: A scanner in your pocket. More than 20 million people have decided to trust Genius Scan for iOS to digitize close to a billion documents. It’s fast, simple in terms of ergonomics, it offers rotation, export in image or in PDF and effective in image processing. Genius Sign: How often have you had to print, sign, date, scan and send back a document? Instead, just open the document to sign with Genius Sign and send it back a few seconds later with a signature. Genius Fax: Nobody has a fax machine anymore. It’s expensive and you have to maintain a line. Yet there is always an emergency when you have to fax a document. Meet Genius Fax, friendly and easy to use. Genius Scan is very simple to use. You simply take a photo, and and the app places an orange grid where it thinks the important bits are. You can then drag the boundaries around to crop off unwanted areas or to include areas where Genius Scan didn’t guess right. From there you can rotate the image, if necessary, then render the scan as color, greyscale or black-and-white. I find that black-and-white works best for the type of documents I scan. This also sharpens up the text and makes it more legible. Overall, the app’s scan quality is very good, but a tradeoff I discovered is that the size of the files it produces are from 50 percent to 100 percent larger than similar scanner apps. When your adjustments are complete, you can save your document either as a standalone image or—if you’re working with a multiple page document—to an existing document in order to stitch the images together. If you want, you can upload your documents to a variety of cloud services, including Google Drive, and Expensify. Additionally, you can enable Wi-Fi sharing to copy documents directly from your device to a computer or, of course, you can print or email your scanned documents. If you’d like to try the app before plopping down your $3, then you can download the free, Genius Scan app. Scanning functions are identical to Genius Scan+, but the free version includes ads and limits your output options. We have been promised a so-called paperless office and home for many years, but it has never quite happened. Printers, photocopiers, scanners and even fax machines still play a role in many of our working lives, although they feel more 20th century by the day. But with the right mobile apps, you should be able to eliminate some of that paper and use some of those devices less. Document scanner apps can capture an accurate image of a paper document, save it securely as a PDF, email it and in some cases even recognize the printed text. The app automatically detects the edge of the paper, then rotates and straightens the image. Adjusting the image quality to make the text easier to read is easily done by changing brightness and contrast with simple sliders. When you are ready to save your document image, you can keep a color version, a grayscale version or a pure black-and-white version. Clicking the Done button creates an archived image file. You can share the image file by email, print it out, store it in cloud storage like Dropbox or Google Drive or send it to another app like a word processor. Genius Scan, free on iOS, is very similar. Its interface looks different but it has the same straightforward and businesslike feel that Scanner Pro has. This app has a few extras, like the ability to tag documents with keywords to make it easier to search by type of document, like scanned receipts. It also has Wi-Fi sharing of scanned files, which makes it easy to transfer scans to a PC connected to the same wireless network. Bruno and his business partner were roommates at the University of Illinois, and they wanted to do a project together, both were into compilers and optimizations and his roommate was also into image processing and so together they said let’s make an app. The first step take a photo and to be able to detect the frame of the picture. However, the whole photo recognition was complicated. But they were able to create a good frame detection code, the main question was what could they use it for? The aha moment came in 2010, we they both started working on that question, and the fun part is that when Bruno was to fly to Europe for a friend’s wedding he got stuck in Chicago because of the volcano in Iceland. So Bruno bought a MacBook and started working on that question. That’s how it happened. 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  30 Tools to Start Up is a show about resources that you can use in business and to align with your family and life goals As an entrepreneur, our guests remind us that time is our most valuable asset and you need to maximize your efficiency and productivity. And technology can be really helpful in doing that. So I outlined important resources from web hosting, web development, productivity, email marketing, photos. What You'll Learn  The tools and resources that you can economically use to help startup a business.  The Resources and Tools to Startup, Launch, Build and Grow Your Business,  The Resources and Tools to Run Your Household.  The Resources and Tools to Live Life Smarter and Easier.  How to execute your business plan and goals.  The startup checklist Resources Automatic owns both WordPress and Simplenote.  BankSmarter, TrustSmarter and StartupsSmarter all sponsors of our show and also one of the 30 Tools to Startup recommended in this show. When it comes to graphic design I used Logomkr, Unsplash and Canva in combination to create wonderful graphic design. For productivity I am going to interview Bruno Virlet, Founder of Genius Scan who created a mobile app scanner you can use right on your phone. Effective communication is so important so I use google voice.  To record your interviews, meetings, conferences, classes, courses or anything use free conference calling. When it comes to audio production whether it is the podcast, presentation or meetings or anything that I need for recording I use audacity and auphonic together for a powerful combination. Also you can use those resources if you decide to use Skype or Google Hangouts. Marketing and email are critical for your business. Gramerly helps me with writing my content, spelling, grammar.  I also need photos for my blogs, brochures, presentation materials or ebooks so using Pixabay, Unsplash or Canva. For a news aggregator News, 360 is an awesome solution.  I read so many newspapers, articles, magazines and I need something that can gather all those sources together in one place.  Also, I am always on the go traveling and need an easy way to consume my books audible is an Amazon company that I use to stay current on business, family and lifestyle issues.We cover cloud storage with Google Drive, an email service to de-clutter your email inbox unroll.me.  It is critical to build a list of loyal followers and those who subscribe to your website and email list.  I use two powerful plugins to capture all information the first is called Contact Form 7 and it works well with Flamingo.  For email marketing use a Google Gmail account and send out information to your fans with the use of Yet Another Mail Merge.  Keep track of all those people in your life you care about with Life 360. Grab all these important items today!

In this episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell reexamine the paperless office, survey the current process of going paperless, and speculate as to whether the era of the paperless office might have actually arrived. Kennedy muses the “if it comes to you in paper, it stays in paper” mentality of lawyers. While he points out that many of the themes around going paperless are processor powers, speed, bandwidth, the cloud, smartphones, and apps, his true hangup is with storage and organization. With an optimistic mentality, Mighell discusses getting more lawyers to use scanners, making sure they are never presented with paper copies, and how apps like Genius Scan and Evernote can facilitate the process of going completely paperless. Both Kennedy and Mighell agree that the only way to effectively go paperless is to start with a process and build good habits. Luckily, it's tax season!

Introduction & Website / FB Update A brief overview of the changes to the Modern Fire Instructor Facebook Page, and Website.  Also I mention that I am using my twitter handle @franklipski with the hashtag #MFI moving forward. Genius Scan  –  (08:46:00) Today I discuss my favorite mobile scanning application.  Genius Scan (Free) and Genius […] The post MFI 2: My Proven System to Transform Your Presentation Skills – New Facebook Page – Genius Scan + appeared first on Modern Fire Instructor.com.

What if you could run a company with no office, no staff, no inventory and no overhead? You can, and that is what this week's show is about.   Announcements: Wisdom Thesis Workshop coming up, June 25-28 JV Alert, July 26-28 NAMS Conference, August 9-11 SCORRE Conference, October 14-17 Platform Conference, November 3-5 Tip Of The Week NextIssue.com features a nap that allows you to read all your favorite magazines on your iPad for just $14.99 a month. Genius Scan turns your iPhone into a pocket scanner. It enables you to quickly scan documents on the go and email the scans as JPEG or PDF. Spiritual Foundations And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. John 1:16 If you are in a place where you feel the demands made on you are too much, I've got good news. You can stop working so hard, and watch God step in and supply everything you need. I frequently feel the demands of life. There are many expectations from clients, readers, listeners, and that's just on the business side of my life. If I let myself get caught up in thinking about the demands placed on me, it can feel like a heavy load. It's in these times that I turn to Jesus and simply tell him, “this is now your problem.” I know that sounds crass. But hear me out. Recently, I returned from about three weeks of continuous air travel, conference speaking, and intense activity. The day after I got back home, I was scheduled to meet with a small group of entrepreneurs that I mentor in our church. As I drove to the meeting, really unprepared, I said to the Lord, “God, I can't do this. I have nothing for them. I surrender this to you, and I can't wait to see how you're going to handle it.” As always, God showed up. He gave me just the right words to say, and more importantly he gave me just the right heart to hear what was on the minds of the people at the meeting. We had deeply rewarding time together. I was just as much nourished and refreshed as anyone else at the meeting. That's the kind of thing that happens when you set down the burden and leave it up to the Lord to carry it. When we are able to receive the abundance of God's grace, to give up on all of the work were trying to do, and simply rest in God's favor… The weight of demand is lifted from our shoulders and we are carried on the river of God's unlimited supply. Feature Segment: How to Run a Virtual Company Today, it is  stopno longer necessary to make a huge capital investment to run a company. There are many startups and even established businesses that generate millions of dollars in revenue each year-without having a building, employees, or even inventory. How do you run such a “virtual company”? And if the idea intrigues you, how do you transition from being a traditional business to “going virtual”?   The Virtual Company 10 Point Plan Run an “8020 analysis” on your business Get rid of the building Eliminate your employees Build a business system Own nothing, control everything Use proven tools: base camp, Google apps, GoToMeeting, Skype,  etc. Use off-the-shelf software solutions Realize you are an information marketing business Focus on direct response marketing only Commit to becoming a business owner and not just an operator.  “Great business owners get rich. Great business operators just get tired.” Keith Cunningham Want To Be On Next Week's Show? My topic for next week's show is “My Biggest Business Mistakes and What You Can Learn From Them”. If you have a question on that topic, you can ask by visiting my voicemail page (just click here to leave a message). This is a great way to promote your own website. First, make sure you have a great question, and then start off by saying your name and your website. If your question is used on the show, will even include a link back to your site in the show notes. Your Feedback Do you have an idea for a podcast you would like to hear? Do you have a question that you like to ask me? Please contact me. Call in your questions or comments to our new, fancy “request line” at (509) 713-2679 or click here to leave a message on my Voicemail Page And if you enjoy the podcast, I would consider it a great favor if you subscribe (and leave a review) in iTunes. This helps new people discover the podcast. You can also find the podcast on Stitcher.  

iPhone 5 mock up video, 10 iOS devices activated per second, Possible early iPhone 5 launch. Apps reviewed: Dashboard for Google Analytics, LogMeIn, SpeedTest.net, Fing Network Scanner, Genius Scan – PDF Scanner, vssh.

Dans cet épisode, Jérome, Stéphane et Cédric vous parlent de... NEWS : • Nokia World 2011 • Annonce des Nokia Lumia 710 et 800 sous Windows Phone 7.5 • Quel OS faut il choisir en cette fin 2011 et en 2012? APPS : • Navigon - 59€ - sous Windows Phone 7 • Genius Scan -1,49€ - sous Windows Phone 7