The #1 decision effecting your ability to kick ass in life is making a conscious decision as to who you spend time with. When I began my entrepreneurial journey at 17, I didn’t know any other entrepreneurs. The closest person I had was a friend who was running his father’s company, that used to argue with me that being late
A few months ago I had lunch with my cousin who runs a property management company. He started telling me that he was having a hard time growing his business. So I asked him a few questions. I realized his challenge wasn’t in sales, it was that he didn’t understand his market or the “unit economics” of a customer. In
A few months ago, my wife Renee turned to me and said, “Meeting John C Maxwell is on my bucket list.” I thought – cool… that’s an easy one. We could probably find an event he’s speaking at and try and connect with him before or after he gets off stage. Perfect, easy peasy.
Every time I bring up Bitcoin, people quickly say “I don’t get it”, or “It’s too complicated to use”. Then I ask them “Guess how many websites existed online in 1993?”. 623. At the end of 1994 – over 10,000+. Oh, and how hard was it to use the internet at first? Well you needed to use your phone, dial
Easily one of the best answers to how teams should go about coming up with & testing growth hacking strategies that will work. By Sean Ellis (the creator of the term Growth Hacker) Honestly, I’m not sure how much we can really help each other. Every opportunity is unique and in my experience total immersion in the customer base is
One of the best TED talk I’ve seen .. it’s given by a 13-year-old unschooler who is hacking his education. It’s worth 11 minutes of your time.
I first heard of Google Helpouts on July 24th. It made perfect sense seeing that their video product – Hangouts – has been their “silver bullet” of social, it’s only logical. However, it’s not new. What they’re offering (consumer focused / expert video chat) has been tried in the past. In 2006 Skype launched something similar, only to shut it down. Since
Shit happens. As an entrepreneur, it’s inevitable that things aren’t going to work out as planned. Just because you came up with the idea, doesn’t mean it will work. That would be like working out at the gym and thinking just because you put the weight on the bar, that you should be able to lift it. That’s not how
I read a lot of tech news and blog posts from smart startup people. I believe it’s important to stay on top of things to get a feeling for new trends, to learn from fellow entrepreneurs, and to hear what my friends and colleagues are working on. There is one problem with tech & startup news though… there’s too much!
Almost a year ago I asked for a favor – a birthday wish – that everyone entrepreneur I know donate 1 hour of their time giving advice to another entrepreneur over the phone. That was the seed that has now grown into Clarity. Since then we’ve Retooled the product and launched publicly in May Completed over 12,000 calls Connected entrepreneurs
