On July 25th, 2015 I married the love of my life Renee. What was so special is we had our two little boys walk down the isle with us. They’re the reason it took us so long to have the wedding … we kept postponing it. However, I wouldn’t of changed a thing! The highlight for me, second to seeing
So here’s the deal. (See what I did there?) At some point, if you start a company – you’re going to think about selling it… … or maybe you don’t plan on selling it, but one day someone may show up and offer to buy it – that’s what happened to me. Regardless, I want to help you make that
Why is it so hard to shut something down once we’ve started it? It’s because of an economics issue called, “Sunk Cost” We all have a tendency to continue down a path even though everything in our gut tells us to stop. So let me give you a few questions to ask yourself to help you decide when enough is
4 years ago I was living in San Francisco when my fiancee came home and told me she was pregnant. This happened to be the same week I started my new startup Clarity. A few months later she decided to partner with a friend and start a new marketing agency Onboardly. On top of that, we figured we wanted to be closer
If you’re feeling lonely in your city (don’t know any other entrepreneurs)… or that it lacks a real sense of community, here’s 3 strategies that will help you create a startup community super quick. A few years ago when I moved from San Francisco, back to a small town in Canada (to raise my kids)… I realized I knew more
Today I want to share with you something that’s near and dear to my heart… the idea of getting unstuck. Recently I was sitting down with a friend of mine and I was asking him what his plans were for the rest of the year – since we were already half way through the year – and he told me
Getting your first 1000 customers is no different than getting your first 5,000 or 1,000,000 customers. It all comes down to a few key strategies…
So I’m sitting in the waiting room for 45 minutes and I can’t believe I’m still here. I’m the kind of guy who hasn’t touched a piece of physical mail in 7 years because I find it super inefficient. (Shoutout to Lisa who helps me with my mail… she’s A-W-E-S-O-M-E!) But then I realize – I’m not here just for the haircut.
If it’s cool with you … I want to share some business lessons that I learned driving 85 miles per hour, in $130,000 machines, across the Mexican desert. You’re probably thinking, “What could you possible learn doing that?” First, let me share with you one of my philosophies …
On Nov 7th, 2013 I walked into the speakers lounge at the Growth Hacker Conference and met Andy Johns (@ibringtraffic) for the first time. Andy worked on growth teams at Facebook, Twitter, Quora and now was at WealthFront. He’s one of the “Original Gangsters” (OG’s) in the growth space – just read his Quora answers to get an idea of the quality
