
3 Things That Freemium Companies Do Right
Have you ever used Dropbox? What about MailChimp? Freshbooks? If so, there’s a good chance it didn’t cost you anything to use them. Want to know why?

Have you ever used Dropbox? What about MailChimp? Freshbooks? If so, there’s a good chance it didn’t cost you anything to use them. Want to know why?

How do you increase your product lock-in? How do you increase your prices without upsetting your customers? The other day I was reading a great blog post by Brian Halligan, CEO and Co-Founder of Hubspot on going from Startup to Scale-Up. One area that I loved was his thoughts on

How do you get more customers for your startup when you don’t have any money to spend on marketing? That’s the ultimate question… … and I have the answer.

How do you create a brand that stands out in your market? A brand that ascribes itself in permanent ink on the minds of your ideal client from the moment they first encounter it? That’s what I tackle in this week’s video. It all comes down to your brand.

Have you ever found yourself in an entrepreneurial funk? The kind where you postpone your big calls and flake out on social invites so you can stay home and binge watch House of Cards?

I polluted the environment for my education. Yep, I’ll admit it. Now before you get all green peace on me …. … let me tell you what happened. Here’s the dealio….

GoDaddy is the ultimate revenue optimization service. Have you bought a domain from them lately? How hard is it to buy a $14.99 domain?

MaritimeVacation.ca was my first company. In hindsight it should’ve been a huge success since it was a vacation rental website. Yep, like AirBNB or VRBO. And with the first mover advantage (I started it in 1999) I should’ve been primed for success. But I wasn’t.