When I was 26, I was on the verge of entrepreneurial collapse. My company, Spheric Technologies, was in a rapid growth phase, and I found myself in a constant struggle to keep my head above water. I was stressed out, running out of money, and unsure if I was fit for the job. I was taking more punches than I could
Want to know the best way to manage your inbox? Simple. Don’t. Seriously… DON’T. *Wrist Slap* Inbox productivity may be all the rage, but for any top-performing entrepreneur who knows the value of their time, the best type of email management is…
If I asked you to pull out your calendar right now, how much white space would I see? Would it look like Eastern Canada in the middle of January? Or… … would you need to call an elite squad of super assistants to help mitigate the multi-colored mess in front of you?
I’m not sure about you, but I’ve got about 50+ domains for “projects” that have never gone anywhere. What most people don’t know is when I started working on Clarity, I also has 2 other projects I was pursuing.
Have you ever tried shooting a video of yourself?.. or better yet doing a live Periscope session? I still remember when my good buddy Alex challenged me to shoot a weekly video… … the plan was to try it for 2 months. That was over 8 months ago and I haven’t looked back. Was it weird sitting in a room by myself
In last weeks video I shared a story of a friend who had a hard time raising his round of funding… that prompted a bunch of replies and questions on my framework. Exclusive Training: Download an in-depth training webinar that goes over my complete step-by-step fundraising process. So this week I shot a quick video on the 5 strategies to help you raise
A few weeks ago I invited an entrepreneur over to my house to talk about his fundraising process. He was trying to raise a ~6M dollar series A financing. Before he kicked it off I shared with him my Fundraising Like a Pro framework so that he would understand the steps required to make the process as painless as possible…
When I started my first company (MaritimeVacation.ca) at 17 I had no clue what I was suppose to be doing. I didn’t know if I should be coding or selling? As the “CEO” what should I be focusing my time on? In lieu of knowing the answer, I just built stuff. It’s definitely the reason that company (and the next
Note: This message is for the “wantrapreneurs” in your life. Feel free to share it with them. Alright, here comes some tough love. Most of you are not acting like founders. You’re not focusing on actually building a business. Maybe you fell in love with the idea of starting a company (being a founder)… and once you started you decided it
You either live a proactive life (where you decided what you want out of it), or reactive (where you react to the world around you). Unhappy people live reactively. They believe their life happens to them and they have no power to change that. Successful entrepreneurs are highly proactive. They create the world they want to live in.
