I want to do something a bit different today, just for fun. It’s a little “experiment” that will make you 4-10x more productive overnight. And it takes 60 seconds. Ready? OK. First, count from 1-26 out loud and time how long it takes. Took me about 8 seconds. Now, recite
My buddy Marcus called me up, almost in tears: “He won’t give me the GitHub passwords.” His Lead Developer has held his code hostage and was asking for 10% of the company. It was either that, or go the legal route, which wasn’t any more appealing. Marcus broke one of
When I started my coaching business, I built a course called “Idea to Exit”. It failed. I spent months brainstorming the outline and content. Recorded dozens of videos in a professional recording studio. I poured my heart and soul into it. The course was the best in the world. Then
“Should I raise money from your customers or big strategic investors?” Hard to say without taking a closer look. But having raised over $500M of venture capital, I know what you SHOULDN’T do IF you decide to raise. These mistakes will cost you time, resources, money, and most importantly…drain the
SaaS, or Software as a Service, is (IMO) one of the best business models to be in right now. There’s no inventory. No physical product. No shipping department or manufactures to deal with. Profit is high. And you can start a software company even if you have no coding or
In 2017, I was running a $1.8M a year coaching business with 50% profit, and having a BLAST. I was doing three events a year, had dozens of clients I loved working with and having a ton of fun. So I shut it down. Not because it wasn’t doing well.
“Dan, we’ve doubled our revenue since we last spoke.” I could feel the goosebumps on my arms as I typed back: “Hell yeah!” I knew exactly what he was talking about. He typed back: “You were right. We did what you said, and MRR doubled.” I smiled. I love it
One of my software coaching clients recently asked me: “Dan, if you were starting over today and had to build a new software company, what would you build?” That’s a good question. But let’s make it a bit more interesting, shall we? Let’s assume I had: NO coding or development
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