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Guest blog by Sarah Albinda
Marketing Manager for Onvard

Three full-time students who have a tendency to not stay in the same country together for longer than 3 months — that’s the situation of our startup, and it’s a bit of a miracle that we’ve been able to get so much done. Despite our difference in time zones, Onvard continues to grow bigger and better with each passing week. How does that happen with the hustle and bustle of each of our daily lives? Decisive communication.

I say decisive because I know our startup, along with all the other startups, struggles with that lull in contact. One time Keith, the co-founder for Onvard, and I went 2 entire months without talking (read: nothing got done). Therefore, we had to sit down, make a conscious decision and plan to communicate, and follow it with immediate action to see real results. Sometimes communication can come naturally, but in a startup, it’s always work, work, and more work. True, Keith and I were fast friends, but if that meant we just texted to communicate, I guarantee we would never make it out of beta.

“I’m busy.” “I’m too tired today.” “I’m just not feeling it anymore.” Sound familiar? These are the kinds of excuses we used to run into before we set up our communication environment. When you take the time to set up a practical environment for communication, these excuses can become distant memories. How does that happen? By covering all your bases. If you can foresee those excuses, you can create something to fight against them (I’m using war terminology because it truly is a battle with some teammates!)

Thankfully, free tools, such as CX for Business cloud storage, exist to help teams communicate more effectively than ever. The following are communication flaws that startups may struggle with and completely free tools that can act as solutions to those very same issues! (more…)

Welcome to Up on the CX Cloud, a weekly feature where we spotlight one of our CX users. Want to participate? If we feature you, you’ll score CX Rewind for half-off for a year. Go to our Facebook page here for all the details.

Zulhariz Bin Mohamed Zubir

Zulhariz Bin Mohamed Zubir

CX User Name: x43rx

CX Profile Link

Personal website: http://www.facebook.com/zul.harris.127

Hometown, State, Country: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Current Town, State, Country: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

How long have you been a CX member? Almost 2 years.

Why did you join CX? I wanted to share content and media files.

What do you use the CX cloud the most for? Broadcasting media for purpose of online presence. (more…)

Welcome to Up on the CX Cloud, a weekly feature where we spotlight one of our CX users. Want to participate? If we feature you, you’ll score CX Rewind for half-off for a year. Go to our Facebook page here for all the details.

Ashish Cherian

CX User Name: Ashtricks

CX Profile Link

Website: http://www.ashtricks.com/

Hometown, State, Country: Kolkata, India

Current Town, State, Country: Kolkata, India

How long have you been a CX member? About 2 years.

Why did you join CX? Because it was offering free cloud storage.

What do you use the CX cloud the most for? Storing files and collaborating. (more…)

Welcome to Up on the CX Cloud, a weekly feature where we spotlight one of our CX users. Want to participate? If we feature you, you’ll score CX Rewind for half-off for a year. Go to our Facebook page here for all the details.

Stuart Calimport

Stuart Calimport

CX User Name: stuart.calimport

Website: http://www.thehumanmemomeproject.com/

Hometown, State, Country: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Current Town, State, Country: Birmingham, United Kingdom

How long have you been a CX member? 4 months.

Why did you join CX? 10GB of free cloud storage space and CX’s attention to design.

What do you use the CX cloud the most for? To store health data. (more…)

Guest blog by Stuart Calimport
Researcher

The cloud can be more than just an app or a service — it can be a part of a minimalist and lean lifestyle, and also an extension of the self. I challenged myself to put all my data on the cloud, because the idea of having all my data on-hand from anywhere sounded liberating.

The next question I found myself asking is ‘How much cloud storage space do I need?’ In doing so, I found that a lot of data I had been collecting was of little use, and having a smaller amount of space then previously forced me to delete a lot of data so that my cloud would be filled with only the most beneficial data. Data was either worth keeping and putting in the cloud, or it wasn’t worth keeping at all.

Being 100 percent cloud-based gives me freedom, flexibility and peace of mind. The idea of minimizing my data to fit into the cloud also created a minimalistic and functionalistic way of seeing data. It also enhanced my mobility, agility and readiness for action now and in the future.

The cloud was also useful for my Quantified Self project that I had been conducting. My project included recording ideas that I thought would increase or decrease my healthy lifespan. I also tracked my health metrics so that I could validate what ideas I had at the time versus how healthy they made me. (more…)