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Three Life Lessons I Learned from Cuba | Magic Room Brand blog

Three Life Lessons I Learned from My Trip to Cuba.

September 7, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

The country. Not the town in Missouri. In 2015, I was approaching a milestone birthday in a year that was, well, being kind

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What My Fake ID Taught Me About Building a Brand | Magic Room Brand blog

What My Fake ID Taught Me About Building a Brand

August 30, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

BU Be you. Play the long game. I went to college in Boston, Massachusetts in the mid-90s. Most people know that Boston is

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I Wrote a Letter to Michael Jordan | Magic Room Brand blog

I Wrote a Letter to Michael Jordan

August 16, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

I finally understood why he retired in 1993 and I needed to tell him. In 2015, my father passed away, I turned 40,

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Fish Hooks, Cluttered Garages, and Starting a Business | Magic Room Brand blog

QUIZ: What Do Fish Hooks, Cluttered Garages, and Starting a Business All Have in Common?

August 9, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

Hint: Willy Wonka knew it all along. “Oh, you can’t get out backwards. You gotta go forwards to go back. Better press on.”

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Don’t Have Time for Your Hobby? | Magic Room Brand blog

Don’t Have Time for Your Hobbies? That’s When You Need Them the Most.

August 2, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

There’s the rub. Hobbies are super fun. We all know that. They’re cathartic. They’re relaxing. They realign and tune you back into yourself.

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Everything is a Two-Step Process | Magic Room Brand blog

Turns Out That Everything is Really Only a Two-Step Process

July 27, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

An experiment in oversimplification (just to see what happens). When I left my office job almost two years ago, it was an adjustment

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3 Business Lessons From Playing Rec League Basketball | Magic Room Brand blog

3 Important Business Lessons I Learned From Playing Rec League Basketball

July 19, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

Note: I may or may not have pulled a hammy just writing this. It’s been a few years, but I used to really

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Turning Your Hobby Into Your Job is Dangerous | Magic Room Brand blog

Turning Your Hobby Into Your Job is Dangerous.

July 11, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

Proceed with caution. Many years ago, my dad’s physician told him that a glass of red wine every day was actually good for

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My HS Freshman Basketball Team Went 1-21 | Magic Room Brand blog

My HS Freshman Basketball Team Won Only One Game, But It Was Everything.

July 6, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

We were short, but at least we were slow. I recently ran into one of my oldest friends at a 4th of July party

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Getting Lost on a Mountain | Magic Room Brand blog

An Illustrated Look at What I Learned From Getting Lost On a Mountain in a Snowstorm

June 28, 2017 Vijoy Entrepreneurship, Life Lessons, Life Story, Startup

I was 21, living in Boston, and thinking things all the way through wasn’t really my thing. A few of us decided to

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