Have you ever cold emailed the CEO of a public company? When I was 18 I sent out 20. I knew I needed advice to build my company, and figured
Can you build a thriving software business without writing code? Can you generate real revenues without having anything built? The answer is yes, and I personally believe that it’s the
One of my favourite stories of a bootstrapped founder is Clay Collins. He’s the creator of LeadPages.net, and when I first met him he was doing $100K+ a month in
It’s 2011 and I’m pacing back and forth in a parking lot in LA. I’m about to go on This Week in Startups to talk about Flowtown which had just
Wow, did I ever butcher this joke. “The CEO, CFO, and Marketing Manager walk into the bar…” You can watch the video below to see how I killed my stand-up
Steve Jobs (Apple) had Steve Wozniak. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) had Dustin Moskovitz. Bill Gates (Microsoft) had Paul Allen. Even though they could all code themselves, the greatest business leaders of
Did you know that at age 13, John D Rockefeller – the richest man in the world – built his family a house?!!! As a teenager I was definitely not
A few months ago I had lunch with a bunch of highschool aged entrepreneurs to give them feedback on their idea. They were planning on building an energy generating play
How does Richard Branson manage 400+ companies? He doesn’t. Over the years he’s learned how to build teams and split ownership in a way that drives everything forward. In 2004,
