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WATCH: Former Hot 97 Employee Turns Passion Into Entrepreneurship @TheKarlieHustle
Back in August, Hot 97′s Music Director Karlie Hustle resigned from her post in favor of embarking on her own entrepreneurial career.
Since transitioning into the independent grind, the “Hip-Hop Feminist” has partnered with Good Wood to create a line of wooden bow ties that easily catches grind-timers attention. Now, Karlie is looking to share the road to riches through inspirational and educational speaking in the form of YouTube videos.
Directly responsible for getting the rap’s new and hottest stars on the radio via “Who’s Next Live” and the Hot 97 Summer Jam Festival stage, Hustle channels her positive energy into two new videos teaching employees how to quit their job and embark on their own path. As celebrities like Questlove from the Legendary Roots Crew support Karlie’s line of accessories, the 10-year radio veteran comes from a place of wisdom in these two clips (which you can see for yourself below).
The first episode finds the Hustle magnate dropping some ice cold truths when it comes to leaving the 9-to-5 life to work for self. Viewers learn just how she puts things in line for herself to succeed and make an immediate impact. The short clip allows her personality to shine and is definitely worth watching if you’re trying to embark on a journey to freedom and self-reliance.
(repost from http://www.blackenterprise.com)
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This Weekend in Brooklyn: @BKPour Craft Beer Fest
I really do hate to say goodbye to summer, but with the beginning of autumn comes what has become an annual tradition for me: The Village Voice Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival.
Before I started going to this festival, my knowledge of beers was limited to Corona and Blue Moon! It is here that I learned about the pilsners, IPAs, stouts and lagers of the world. It really opened up my eyes — I had no idea there were so many delicious beers out there to suit my tastes — this year, 125+ beers from over 70 different brewers to be exact.
As usual, there will be demonstrations, beer talks, food court and more. And new for this year, Brooklyn Pour will feature and official BKPour Game Area, presented by Dave & Buster’s, featuring beer pong, air hockey, Beirut, basketball toss and more.
Lucky for you, tickets are still on sale for this event that will take place this Saturday, September 27, in Brooklyn. Another plus is that you get to feel really fancy and sophisticated, sipping your stouts in Brooklyn’s historic and breathtaking Skylight One Hanson, otherwise known as the old Clock Tower.
The details:
- Date: Saturday, September 27, 2014
- Location: Skylight One Hanson, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
- General Admission: 3:00 – 6:00 PM
- VIP Doors: 2:00PM
- Early Entry Doors: 2:30PM
- Ticket Prices: $85 VIP / $65 Early Entry / $55 General Admission
To purchase tickets, visit: www.villagevoice.com/
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Droidles on Kickstarter @LittleDroidles
Sometimes the craziest sounding ideas are actually genius. That’s what you get from Droidles a new little colony of robots that can be easily programmed to do a large number of things. Then, they can share those things with other Droidles in robot to robot interactions and across the Droidles own social network. Really, this is for real and it’s actually amazing.
At first glance Droidles are just little pancake sized robots. They move about the floor, carry a tune and do whatever they are programmed to do by their owner utilizing an Android or iOS app.
The “owner” learns the steps to programming without needing to know any real programming. Sure the Droidles are an interactive robotic toy but they’re also an opportunity to explore the creativity of a person of any age.
What makes these cute little robots even more exciting is the fact that there are three ways they learn; from programming from their mobile app, from each other and from the Droidles website which is a social network of sorts.
Droidles project manage and lead developer Jay Hurley says that each and every Droidle gets their own web page just like we have our own Facebook page. Programs that you teach your Droidle can be shared with the community of Droidles. Have you taught your Droidle a new action, it can be posted to the web page and other Droidles will be able to do that action as well. The same goes for songs, movements and anything the Droidles are programmed to do.
Every Droidle’s web page is identified by their serial number, and obviously the earlier you secure a Droidle the shorter the url for your own Droidle will be. You can get in on the action here at Kickstarter!
With a big push for STEM and STEAM in schools these days we’ve covered a lot of robots and robotic kits but so far haven’t found any as compact, yet as robust a platform as Droidles.
You can see everything the Droidles team hopes to accomplish here. and pre-order your numbered Droidles here.Sure Robots are a lot of fun and robotics kits from a variety of sources are making their way into classrooms across the globe. Naturally when teachers, parents and even students think about robots they think STEM and that’s great but now there are new robots in town that go beyond STEM.
Meet Droidles, Little robots that are fun to put together, program and then socialize.
Droidles are cute little robots with personalities, and more:
Pocket sized little Droidles that can wander around, make friends, and learn on their own.
Free mobile apps to program and remote control Droidles wirelessly using your Bluetooth 4.0 smart phone or tablet.
Each Droidle has their own web page at droidles.com, just like people use Facebook!
