There is a steady stream of front ends for the Hive blockchain and we are just getting started. One of my favourite OG front ends is @leofinance. If you haven't heard of it or haven't tried it yet and are into creating and curating financial content, head to https://leofinance.io/ and tag me in your first post for my huge upvote! ;)

I am here because I am an entrepreneur in real life and have staked every token since the initial Leo airdrop because I think @khaleelkazi is a cool dood. It is an honour to have walked in the door on Day-1 so I may as well contribute some financial perspective from my wild world.

This edition, we are shuffling #hive and doing business while leaning into a fun summer.

HPUD!

I always steal the flag @traciyork designs for the contest hosted here @traciyork/its-here-hive-power-up-day-for-august-1st-2022. For the uninitiated, Follow Traci, visit that post for details and prizes but the first of each month is a chance for the active, building, content creating, curating crazy people to show solidarity for the blockchain community, and power up what we can. Whether it is socking away Hive, saving Hive Dollars for good exchange rates, or scooping bargain Hive off exchanges, we power whatever we can accumulate and party in unison. See those folks with the enviable stake, good following and bigger upvote value? They have been HPUDing for years back when it was known as SPUD! @hivebuzz explains it better and will even award you with a funky badge for your #hpud efforts @hivebuzz/pud-202206

This month, I am catching up from missing #HPUD last month as I was jetsetting. A nice 300 Hive converted to HP as another step in the direction of valuable upvotes, fame, and riches. At the peak of the latest pump, that is $288 USD worth of value locked into the blockchain! If the recent market action is simply an impulse up to all time high token prices again, I may look back and be even prouder of my investment. If not, at least we are 3x the value of the shit token we forked away from.

I continued the pattern of stuffing a few more HBD away into on-chain Savings as Hive gets pricey and the interest on that savings account changed to 20% APR. I was reminded this month that putting HBD in savings is akin to risk mitigation from the perspective of business owner. Successful business owners become adept at measuring and leveraging risk as a way of preserving and maintaining profitability. A few more in the vault may seem like a conservative move in a phase of appreciating Hive but sure feels awesome when things correct down.

You will see I am not all in this month if you consider I have hung a limit order for HBD should Hive make it back up around $1. I have also staked another fistful of POB tokens on https://hive-engine.com/ They are such fun to play with and profitable secondary bonuses to transacting with the blockchain. I can't wait for the next round of tokens and related platforms.

That reminds me, don't forget to claim your Larynx token monthly drop https://spk.dlux.io/ and see how you can up your Hive game with @3speak

#HPUD Sponsorship

As of this minute, I am sitting at 4,482.12 HP in outbound delegations. Not a huge amount in the grand scheme of things but valued at $2,800 a minute ago which is nothing to sneeze at. Last month's winners of the month of 500 HP delegation were @lofone and @anzirpasai Because I missed the delegation day because of being on vacation, and not doing a fantastic job in curation as I lean into summer, I am leaving that delegation in place a second month. Feel free to follow and support them as they are actively creating content and powering up their earnings like us old-skoolers.

I am anxiously awaiting the announcement of this month's lucky winners and pleasure of delegating, following, curating and enjoying their blogs for the next month. Congrats to everyone who powered up!

In the realm of our digital marketing company https://towncriermarketing.ca we are working hard for our current clients, adding an easily manageable number of new clients for now, planning our office location downtown, and enjoying the hell out of summer.

Golf may not seem very financy but hear me out. When you worked remotely and wisely didn't have to pay office rent during a pandemic, what better way to have a staff meeting, enjoy an active and expensive hobby, and support a client? I can't think of any. At least that is the story we tell our book keeper and wives.

This summer has been all about vacation. For the first time in a number of years, the family went on a vacation abroad. For the first time in 20 years, I returned to Malta. It was a bit of a leap of faith to take my hands off the wheels of the business that is responsible for happy clients and the livelihood of an increasing number of people The good news is the company barely missed me which makes for good vacations and a solid business.

Despite our efforts to lay low and enjoy the summer, we have signed a new client that should make for some of the most Canadian Hoser fun you could imagine. Should be some funny stories top tell and I cant wait to bring blog and finance followers along for the fun.
Making time for charity is more rewarding than I would have thought while building a business. So glad to have discovered that early on so that we could build it into our culture and expansion plans.