Victor Balasa

Victor is a writer for Hongkiat.com. He has a blog at victorstuff.com and is currently involved in his latest startup, Redraw.io, a web-based automation platform for creating, publishing and analyzing mobile apps.

Latest posts

Why Freelancers Are Saving The Internet

The freelancer is the job archetype for the new millennium. Much like artists were to the Renaissance and engineers to the mechanical revolution, the …

7 Tips For A Successful Crowdfunding Project

Learn the secrets to running a successful crowdfunding campaign with these tips and tricks. Boost your chances of reaching your funding goals.

Why Business Plans Don’t Work For Entrepreneurs

Every great entrepreneur is, at heart, a man of action. In his mind, he sees himself to be like Superman or Iron Man, making him pretty blind to your …

8 Ways to Launch A Startup

These are great times to work as a freelancer. The freelancing industry is catching on like wildfire, with more and more money being poured into the m…

Historic Freelancers Who Changed The World, Vol. 1

Freelancing is just a word used to describe a state of mind, a state of independence and responsibility for oneself. It requires the same skills and s…

7 Principles Every Startup Entrepreneur Should Follow

Are you a real entrepreneur? Everybody dreams of being an entrepreneur, owning a successful business, working on their own terms and not having to ans…

Freelancers vs. Entrepreneurs – The Jedi Edition

So, you are a freelancer. However, for some time now, you’ve been tempted by the idea of becoming an entrepreneur. You can envision all the fantasti…

The Undeniable Paradoxes of Techie Culture

The complexity of what Silicon Valley is hasn’t stopped growing, in step with the simplification of tools as well as the next bubble that some expec…

10 Things I Learned from Going to Global Conferences

While getting ready to attend a web submit, I found myself reviewing the fundamentals of attending such industry events. The good vibe, and constructi…

Hiring Gen-Z Employees: 8 Important Insights

Generation Z includes those born from the mid-90s to the early 2000s. By the time they were toddlers, they were more familiar with tablets than walker…

How To Hire & Keep Millennials – From a Gen Y CEO

I was fully expecting to be running my own business by the ripe old age of 25. This blind drive to succeed is as much a product of my own skills, gene…