47 Ryan Holmes Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ryan Holmes

Canadian Businessman

Born: Dec 30, 1974

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For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity. Ryan Holmes

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Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered. Ryan Holmes

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Social media teams tend to be decentralized - a motley mix of in-house experts, off-site consultants and international partners. The result: Confusion, rogue tweets, and off-message posts are almost inevitable. The worst gaffes live on in social media infamy. Ryan Holmes

Entrepreneurs, by disposition, are built to think big. When a role no longer affords those opportunities, it might be best to leave it in capable hands and move on. Ryan Holmes

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As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company and your brand apart from the crowd. If you form a strategy without doing the research, your brand will barely float - and at the speed industries move at today, brands sink fast. Ryan Holmes

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As technology has improved, our digital lives have only grown more tangled and cluttered. Ryan Holmes

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My first real venture was a paintball company I started in Grade 10, when I was 16. After hearing about it from a friend, I realized my town didn't have a playing field. I did some research, spoke with other paintball company owners, and I started my own field the following summer. Ryan Holmes

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Anyone working at HootSuite will tell you that I don't sugarcoat my opinions. I heavily encourage feedback and suggestions - partly because I'm blunt about offering the same in return. Ryan Holmes

You Feedback Will Tell About Partly Return Because Opinions Encourage Offering Same Anyone Blunt Working Suggestions

If you catch me lying, it's probably because I'm about to surprise someone for their birthday, or hide away the specific details about a company getaway to a strange but amazing place. Ryan Holmes

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I think that Vancouver as well as Canada needs a boot camp for young entrepreneurs. We have already seen tens if not hundreds of people put their names forward to be involved in the program, and we just think this is an amazing way to accelerate what they're doing. Ryan Holmes

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I often talk about the PayPal mafia out of San Francisco, people that were in PayPal and got out of PayPal and continue to reinvest in other start-ups and create a huge pay-it-forward type of network there. Ryan Holmes

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I'd love to build a brand, a legacy. Ryan Holmes

Love Build Brand Legacy

Amongst high unemployment rates, a competitive job market and a shrinking global economy, the emerging social media industry only continues to grow. Ryan Holmes

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Certification programs for social media are blossoming as a response to the demand for more social media training. Both industry professionals and recent graduates are tapping into tactical training programs to help them stay up to date as the industry grows. Ryan Holmes

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Companies and managers that find a way to harness social media stand to gain. Ryan Holmes

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From its humble origins in college dorm rooms, social media has quietly crept into the boardroom. Ryan Holmes

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Sales departments use social to nurture leads and close sales. HR posts job openings and vets applicants. Community and support squads mine networks, blogs and forums with deep listening tools. Ryan Holmes

Listening Nurture Job Community Tools Mine Posts Networks Support Leads Openings Blogs Sales Close Departments Social Use Forum Deep

When my company was first getting off the ground, we were completely lost in the shuffle, despite our best efforts. In 2012, however, we had a 28-foot-long, 15,000-pound secret weapon. To stand out amid the gala parties and blow-out bashes hosted by much bigger tech companies, HootSuite decided to take to the streets. Ryan Holmes

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The reality is that SXSW is packed with brilliant entrepreneurs, investors and partners. They're everywhere, zipping back and forth like thousands of atoms. Your chances of colliding with one actually improve just by standing still. Ryan Holmes

Reality Brilliant Atoms Back Everywhere Thousands Entrepreneurs Investors Like Partners Still Improve Just Packed Forth Your Standing Actually Chances

When you think of technology that gets people excited - long lines at stores, enthusiastic reviews in the blogosphere, passionate evangelists - the first thing to come to mind probably isn't thermostats. Then, along came Nest. Ryan Holmes

You Technology People Mind Long First Think Enthusiastic Nest Excited Along Come First Thing Came Passionate Lines Reviews Gets The First Thing Stores Then Evangelist Thing

Silicon Valley isn't the only game in town. Tech is increasingly decentralized. Around the world, new tech centers with younger companies are able to embrace a different approach to talent: recruit locally, identify homegrown prospects and, in a phrase, bring them along for the ride. Ryan Holmes

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For some people, staying grounded means doing yoga. For others, it's spending time with family. Social media, too, can be a lifesaver. Ryan Holmes

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