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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

You know, because sometimes startups just simply don't make it [shrug] but you gotta watch out for those financial hucksters who are looking to take your money and run off to kick it in Fiji. You can get a list of the biggest pension funds and endowments and it wouldn't take that much legwork to figure out who manages their venture programs.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Bridge The Gap Villages

crowdSPRING Blog

The organization has created a partnership with Vorovoro, a village in North Fiji. We’re starting in the “friendly North” of Fiji, giving travelers new, authentic, and magical ways to experience the world. It didn’t have to be us versus them, but rather a chance to get to know and understand a culture unique from your own.

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How Startups Can Benefit From Cloud Accounting

YoungUpstarts

by Sam Michaels, founder and managing editor of Cloud Accounting Today . This means you can have all of the information at your fingertips whether you’re at the office or on vacation in Fiji. Sam Michaels is the founder and managing editor of Cloud Accounting Today (www.cloudaccountingtoday.com).

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

Even when I went on to university, I managed to study abroad twice. Over the next 6 months, I traveled to various parts of the country and abroad to countries like Fiji, Bali, and New Zealand, where I was captivated by the natural beauty of the region.

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The Bastardisation of the Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Babbling VC

After exiting (and deciding to not spend the rest of their lives on the beach in Fiji) they were looking for something to do. In addition to all the other title-bloat out there, I''d basically say avoid this term and just write what you really are doing wherever you were.business development, pitch screening, office management or whatever.

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Millennial CEO Disrupts Bottled Water Industry

Hearpreneur

Basically its a Carbon Neutral, Naturally Alkaline Fiji meets Tom’s Shoes with a Red Bull approach to lifestyle branding ;). We market and sell Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water, one of the fastest growing premium bottled water and beverage brands in the country. Elon Musk for President haha . .

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Mastering Delegation: How to Transform Your Business and Life

Duct Tape Marketing

I never think of myself as a manager. People hate managers. Managers are like, oh, nobody even likes the word. And so the entrepreneur is now just managing a whole bunch of people. The third C is to coach them on their way to success and cheer them on their way to success. I think of myself as a coach.