9 Signs You’re an Entrepreneur
Everyone dreams of becoming their own boss, but that doesn’t mean everyone should. Becoming a successful business owner requires a specific skill set. Seriously considering owning your company? Here...
View ArticleBoston Neighborhoods – Everything You Need to Know
If you’ve spent any time in Boston, you know this city is composed of several neighborhoods that each have their own distinct personalities. According to Bostonians, nothing defines you more than what...
View ArticleRental Arbitrage: How SPOT Makes You Cash
So what can you make from your SPOT rentals? If you haven’t heard of Airbnb, you need to start watching the news more…or going on the internet in general. For those unaware, Airbnb is an online...
View Article4 Apps of the Sharing Economy
The sharing economy is an economic model in which individuals borrow or rent assets owned by someone else. Whether you know it or not, it’s likely that one of the apps on your phone that follow this...
View ArticleAugust HotSPOTs – Events in Boston This Month
Well, here we are in the last month of summer. Why not go out with a bang? June and July flew by, and you probably haven’t had a had a chance to take advantage of living in Boston, but now’s your...
View ArticleWhy Millennials Love the Sharing Economy
If you haven’t heard of the sharing economy by now, you’re out of the loop. This economic model that allows individuals to give something they own to someone in need, has been gaining popularity over...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship: Work, Work, Work
By age 16, most people have had their first job and consequently realized that the labor force sucks. If you’re fortunate, your boss is a cool dude, and if you’re not, then your boss probably has bad...
View ArticleSharing is Caring: Why More College Students Should Use Zipcar
I’m willing to bet if you’re a college student you’ve heard of Zipcar by now. If you haven’t, you’re probably stuck in the mindset of the generation that is weary of Uber and Airbnb and thinks the best...
View ArticleToday’s Agenda: Meet a Founder
Welcome to the generation of entrepreneurs. If you belong to this generation, the generation of millenials, you know we are loud and proud. We cling to the individuality that our parents grew up on and...
View ArticleHot SPOT: Events Killing it in October
It’s October and we are entering snowmageddon, and before it’s too cold to step outside we good folks here at SPOT thought we’d tell you about some cool events happening this month. The Future Arts...
View ArticleCommute Easier: Tips for a Bearable Commute
6:30 am and your alarm goes off. Your arm reaches behind you for the pillow that was shoved into the bed frame during the night and you stuff as much as you can into your left ear. If you ignore the...
View ArticleSPOT’S Survival Guide: Work sucks
So you hate your job. And you’re like 99% sure that it is actually sucking the life out from under you, but you can’t really afford to quit…So what do you do? Well us folks at SPOT thought we’d share...
View ArticleApps for Broke College Students
You’re a full time student and you have a non-paid internship and a minimum wage part time job and you have more than once come up with ingenious ways to heat up your 97-cent ramen because you can’t...
View ArticleCombat Stress: Meditation Not Medication
Welcome to the age of to do lists that stretch far longer than they should. Of arriving home past dark 5 out of 7 days of the week. Of shampooing your hair 3 times before you realize you forgot the...
View ArticleHow to Survive Winter ft. Our Favorite Apps
If you’ve checked the temperature in the last couple of days you’ll find that next week is full of highs in the 50s with rain and wind scattered throughout. Welcome to skipping fall and the beginning...
View Articlelifehack: The Sharing Economy
The sharing economy is explosive. The peer-to-peer community is becoming a basis to how millennials are depending on their goods and services, and businesses are beginning to notice. Companies are...
View ArticleMassChallenge Kings and Queens
November is an exciting time for startups. Recently named National Entrepreneur Month by President Obama, this is the time to take a step back and appreciate all the past, present, and future...
View Article6 Stats on Millennial Entrepreneurs
6 Stats on Millennials Entrepreneurs Millennials, you have no excuse. You now live in a time where we the millennials have the ability to change the world, we have everything we ever needed or wanted...
View ArticleHot SPOT: Top Events in November
The first week of November has come and gone and while the weather has not quite reached consistent dropping numbers (no complaining here) the signs of fall are all around. Say goodbye to costumes and...
View Article10 Ways to Find Stress Relief
Don’t let the bad times get you down, or do for 24 hours and then pick yourself up from the ashes like the beautiful Phoenix you are. Here are 10 ways for your sweet relief 1. Cry it out Pain and...
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