Unlock Future Potential: Insights from HackGreenville '25 Talk

Unlock Future Potential: Insights from HackGreenville '25 TalkUnlock Future Potential: Insights from HackGreenville '25 Talk

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Jen Bauer

• May 4

Level Up Your Legacy was a talk I gave at the HackGreenville Summer '25 meetup for an audience of tech entrepreneurs, developers, tinkerers, and students. What you do now matters, even if you don't know how it matters yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KioPbXDfYo&list=PLT1wOvK8QYUcBhRJ3KO0PSXTbSzlQPsM7

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Cipher UI

• 13h

Today's design exploration started with a Dribbble inspiration piece.

Rather than copying it directly, I challenged myself to reinterpret the concept and experiment with a completely different visual direction.

The original inspiration uses vibrant blue and orange colors to create an energetic feel, while my version leans into a darker, more premium aesthetic.

A great exercise in studying design principles and then applying them through your own lens.

Question:

Which version do you prefer?

🟠 The colorful Dribbble-inspired version ⚫ My dark interpretation

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Joanna Newton

pro

• 15h

I’ve been seeing a lot of “this is dead” takes lately.

Courses are dead.

Email is dead.

Webinars are dead.

And if you listen to enough of it, you start second-guessing everything you’ve built.

So I recorded a video as a bit of a reset.

Not a strategy breakdown. Not a trend report.

More like a real talk on what actually makes a business work long term.

Because the truth is… the core principles haven’t really changed.

The same things that worked for me in 2013, and again in 2020, are still the things I lean on today running Millennial Marketer and working with my clients.

It’s not flashy advice.

But it’s the kind that actually holds up.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/OZcadHGT65Q

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Jen Bauer

• Jun 8

This is a talk that I gave for HackGreenville during one of their quarterly meetings. Level Up Your Legacy is a quick talk about what a legacy is, and what that might mean for you.