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BECOME FEARLESS

Conquer your fears in street photography and beyond June 20, 2020 / 12-2pm Eastern Time >

Achieve Your Dreams in Photography

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HAPTIC MAGAZINE

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HAPTIC makes creative tools to empower visual artists. From educational tools, art platforms, to camera equipment, HAPTIC is driven by a spirit of experimentation and creative collaboration. We are a majority women led, family operated industry, and have great pride in everything we make.

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HAPTIC INDUSTRIES

HAPTIC MISSION: We believe in disrupting the production market for photography, art, and creative tools. We are transparent about the labor practices behind HAPTIC because we are proud and love everything we make. We support honest and beautiful work with respectful wages to our artists, artisans, and collaborators.

We are not anonymous. Our products are a story. HAPTIC products are printed, prepared, shipped from California with creative collaborators from Saigon.

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Become a Photography Entrepreneur

ERIC KIM x HENRI NECK STRAP

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‘Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Photography Entrepreneurship’: Create Your Own Future >

Entrepreneurship Philosophy

PROFESSIONALISM IS FOR SUCKERS
Just Share What Works for You
How to Create Your Own Platform
Living in a Post Monetary Society
In Praise of Blogging
The Entrepreneurial Lifestyle is the Best Lifestyle
Algorithm Slavery
ANTI VIEWS
Entrepreneurship is The Goal
The Art of Blogging
IN PRAISE OF PURSUING YOUR PASSION
How to Make Great Titles
Sole Proprietorship
Just Build It.
VIA NEGATIVA
PROMOTE YOURSELF
Become a Full-Stack Entrepreneur
How to Entertain Others
My Experience Teaching My First Online Photography Creativity Workshop on Zoom
Humans Aren’t Lazy
One Shot.
THE BRAVE SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH
The Brave New COVID Lifestyle
Start Your Own Business
Minimum Viable Income ( MVI)
TRAINING.
WHY VIDEO?
How to Become Bolder
You’ve Always Already Been a Photography Entrepreneur!
The Future is All Digital Everything
Digital Sharecropping
DO IT FOR YOUR PAST AND FUTURE SELF
In Praise of Buffer and Redundancy
ASKING FOR PERMISSION IS FOR SUCKERS.
POST-MONETARY SOCIETY.
Advertise Your Own Stuff
THE FUTURE IS DIGITAL.
Simulated Universal Basic Income
Is Losing Followers a Good Thing?
How to Add to Economic Activity
DIGITAL CAPITALISM
MONEY IS MOVEMENT
Anything is Possible
BRAVE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
GENERATE
How to Profit from Calamity
Capitalism 2.0
WHY I’M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT INFORMATION
SOCIETY 2.0
PHOENIX ENTREPENEURSHIP
How to Make Art from Home
BUY YOURSELF
JUST BLOG IT.
MARKET YOURSELF
EXPENSIVE TALK
SOCIAL MEDIA SLAVERY
Who Are Your Ideal Followers?
Why I Blog, Vlog, and Log
Your Perspective is Irrefutable
What are Your Hidden Powers?
IMPACT MAXIMIZATION, not Profit Maximization
Our Desire to Maximize Impact and Change
10 Rich Tips How to Make Money from Photography
Create What You Would Love to Consume
Publish is Pleasure
Retire Now
Do You Desire to Become the Best?
Solo Entrepreneurship
My Vision of Photography Entrepreneurship
PUT YOUR NAME ON IT
The Desire to Transcend Ourselves
MONEY THOUGHTS
How to Retire
Via Negativa Productivity
Why You Must Make Your Own Website
Individuals over Companies
Build Yourself
Success is Survival
Why You Shouldn’t Go to Photography or Art School
How to Differentiate Yourself as a Photographer
Surpass Yourself
Can You Handle Extreme Freedom?
Boutique or Mass Market?
Proof of Concept
Unified Field Theory for Photography
Build a Company You’d Never Sell
Play the Long Game
Entrepreneurship and Art
What is the Source of our Strength?
What’s the Future for Photography?
Full-Stack Visual Artist
Why Scale?
What is Your Unfair Advantage?
Substance Marketing
Share Your Dopeness with Others
Frugality is Freedom
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Entrepreneurship
Don’t Follow or Predict Trends, Start Your Own Trend!
If You’re Not Busy Growing, You’re Busy Dying
Entrepreneurship born from Superabundance, not Need/Necessity
Photography Entrepreneurship Philosophy
How to Master Marketing in Photography
Photography Entrepreneurship Tips and Ideas
Is Hustle Sufficient Unto Success?
Don’t do it for the money
DIGITAL MARXISM
Zen Entrepreneurship
BOLDER IS BETTER.
Streamers Shall Inherit the Earth

Photography Blogging

Blogging is Public Meditations
The Art of Blogging
Give Me a Laptop and I Shall Move the World!
The Future is Photography Blogging
How to Become a GREAT Blogger
If you can’t code, blog instead!
Daily Blog of Activities
How to Monetize a Blog Without Advertising
How to Publish Yourself
How to Blog
The future of photography publishing is photography blogging.
Why Become a Photography Blogger?
Why You Must Become a Photography Blogger
Why You Should Delete Your Instagram and Start Your Own Blog

Money

How to Use Wealth
To Become Rich, Don’t Go Broke
Why Save Money?
Less Money, Less Problems

Self-Empowerment

Life is Too Short to Be Negative
Why You Must Follow Your Passion in Life
How to Conquer Shyness
Don’t Ask for Permission
Onto the Next One
Why You Must Self-Promote Yourself
Why You Must Conquer Your Fears in Life

Marketing and Branding

Why You Must Become a Photography Blogger
Why Blog?
Why You Must Self-Promote Yourself
Create Substance, Not Content
Photography Marketing and Branding 101
How to Master Marketing in Photography
10 Tips How to Become a More Famous Photographer

Entrepreneurship Lifestyle

Why Hustle?
Why Save Money?
Ascetic is Sexy
Why You Must Become Self-Employed
How to Push Yourself Beyond the Limit
Is Location Independence Overrated?

Entrepreneurship Mindset

How to Get Discovered
Financial Independence
Disregard Success or Failure; Always Attempt More!
In Praise of Stubbornness
Success is Personal Bravery
Why You Must Become an Entrepreneur
How to Brand and Market Yourself as a Photographer
How to Conquer Haters
How to Accumulate Capital
Why Be Different?
How to Master Marketing in Photography
Don’t Play it Safe
Why Blog?
How to Be a More Productive Photographer
How to Hustle
True Productivity
What Can Only You Do?
Love Risk
What is Success?
Fill a Vacuum
Think Big
What is Your Dream in Life?
8 Blogging Productivity Tips
Why Be Normal?
How Much Suffering Are You Willing to Endure to Achieve Your Dreams?

Photography Entrepreneurship 101

Don’t Sit Still!
Bitcoin for Photographers
Don’t Be Timid
Why Start Your Own Photography Blog?
Fill a Void
1,000 True Followers: How to Build Your Own Niche in Photography
Photography Entrepreneurship 101: Why You Must Start Your Own Email Newsletter
TURBO CREATION: Why a Maxed-Out MacBook Laptop is the Best Investment You Can Make for Photography Entrepreneurship

Life and Productivity Hacks

My Ultimate Productivity and Life Hacks
Life/Productivity Hack: Write (Type on a phone) While Walking on a Dynamic Treadmill
ERIC KIM Life, Creativity, and Productivity Hacks

How to Make a Living from Your Passion

Digital Nomad Photographer
Build Your Own Instagram!
How to Be More Ambitious
Do It Your Way
How to Measure Your Progress as a Photography Entrepreneur + Come Up With New Ideas
How to Make a Living From Your Passion in Photography

Put a Dent in the Universe.

Fear Disguised as Reason
Distraction is the Enemy
Innovate for the Sake of Innovating!
Reality is Malleable!
Stoic Entrepreneurship
Against Self-Preservation
The Purpose of Life is to Make New Stuff!

How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur

You Have No Limits.
Calculated Risk-Taking
Invest in Yourself
The Secret of Happiness: Shoot for the Moon!
Moonshot Thinking
Why We Should all Be Photography Entrepreneurs
Memento Mori Entrepreneurship
Why it is Better to Beg For Forgiveness than Ask For Permission
How to Become a Digital Nomad
Why You Must Own Your Own Platform
First Principle Thinking for Photography Entrepreneurs
How I Became a Digital Nomad
Better to Beg For Forgiveness than Ask For Permission!
Spurn Pleasing Others!
Create Your Own Niche
How to Gain More Exposure For Your Photography
Intense Focus
How to Conquer Your Fears as an Entrepreneur
Define Yourself
Let Dissatisfaction Drive You Forward!
It Doesn’t Matter if Someone Else Has Done it Before!
How to Succeed as a Photography Entrepreneur: Be Extremely Resourceful
Open Source Business Model in Photography Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship 101: Growth and Innovation Over Self-Preservation
How to Create Value as a Photography Entrepreneur
Why Become a Photography Entrepreneur?
Why You Must Ignore Nay-Sayers to Succeed in Entrepreneurship, Business, and Life

The Modern Photographer: Tips, Strategies, and Tactics to Thrive as a Visual Artist in the Digital Age

Marketing, Branding, Entrepreneurship Principles For Success

MODERN PHOTOGRAPHER is your new philosophical and practical primer to succeed as a modern photographer in today’s digital world.

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Business Mental Models

ERIC KIM x HENRI NECK STRAP

How to Succeed as a Photography Entrepreneur: Be Extremely Resourceful
Open Source Business Model in Photography Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship 101: Growth and Innovation Over Self-Preservation

How to Monetize Your Photography

Photography Entrepreneurship 101: INFLUENCE
Should I Monetize My Passion for Photography?
10 Practical Photography Monetization Strategies: Pricing, Google SEO, & Entrepreneurship
How to Make Money From Street Photography

Why Become a Photography Entrepreneur?

Take control of your own photographic destiny:

Photography Startup Manual
PHOTOGRAPHY ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANUAL
On Risk Taking and Entrepreneurship

THE MODERN PHOTOGRAPHER

CREATIVE CAPITALISM
How to Monetize Your Photography
5 Practical Photography Career Tips and Advice
10x Thinking
How to Hustle as a Photographer
How to Become Your Own Master Marketer
The ‘T’ Technique of Success
Go Ahead and Sell Out
What is Your Unique Voice?
Why You Must Self-Promote Yourself
What is Your Unique Angle as a Photographer?
Photography Content Marketing 101
Why You Must Become Your Own Publisher
The Art of Cross-Pollination in Photography

Photography Entrepreneurship Articles

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Your Pictures to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Flickr
How to Make Money From Your Photography
Photography SEO and Blogging: How to Become Number One on Google
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
Now is the Best Time to Be a Photographer
PRODUCERISM
What Is The Value of a Picture?
Your Photographic Labor is Not Free