Business

In 2002 I was driving to a hedge fund manager’s house to hopefully raise money from him. I was two hours late. This was pre-GPS and I had no cell phone. I was totally lost. I kept playing over and over again “Lose Yourself” by Eminem. I was afraid this was my one shot and I was Read More

If you’re the CEO of your company, the main thing you should be looking for to actively grow and actively Work ON (not in) your company is finding points of leverage. Things you can actively Leverage: CAPITAL: Lines of Credit, Credit Cards, Bank Loans..etc Capital is King, Read More

Newsprint is on life support, emojis are multiplying faster than hungry Gremlins, and 300 million people worldwide strive to make their point in 140 or fewer characters. People don’t have the time or the attention span to read any more words than necessary. You want your Read More

One of the most common complaint (or excuse) I hear from potential new bloggers is they don’t know how to install WordPress. Terms like FTP and CPanel are like a foreign language and setting up a database might as well be setting up the space shuttle for a launch. Because of the Read More

A good friend who recently started a business is getting preferential treatment from her vendors.  They have given her low minimum order quantities and generous payment terms on her orders.  Both are typically reserved for customers with significant history and volume. Frankly, Read More

A few years ago, 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground. This was a world-wide news event, as rescuers battled against time to get them out. Some wicked smart dude at Oakley Sunglasses realized when these guys come up from under the ground, they will be blinded by the bright Read More

A popular saying goes that programmers are machines that turn caffeine into code.And sure enough, ask a random programmer when they do their best work and there’s a high chance they will admit to a lot of late nights. Some earlier, some later. A popular trend is to get up at 4am Read More

I believe the subject line said it all. What converts better? $100, $99, or $97? And should you even worry about something like this? Some people would say yes. After all, look around for split test results and you’ll see results like “changing a button color yields 1 million Read More

Talking about your ideas takes power away from them. When you tell someone your idea it can go one of 3 ways. You can get good feedback, bad feedback or your idea stolen (rare). ALL 3 of these are evil. Good Feedback: Releases endorphins that make you feel as if you have already Read More

A bulky paycheck comes after a college degree for most, but not for everyone. Some of the richest people in the world dropped out of college or skipped the step all together. A few of them inherited family companies, but others did it on their own. Like Ingvar Kamprad. He grew up Read More