Never link your confidence to your abilities. If you do, you’ll always feel like you’re never good enough. Instead… Confidence should come from your intentions. If your intentions are to do good and serve… If you intend to build a thriving business with money in the bank… You’ll never lose
You can build a multi-million dollar business and be horrible at finances. I am living proof of that. Here’s a few fun phrases: “Balance sheet” “Operating cash flow” “Cash flow analysis” “Free Cash Flow” ZzzzzZZzzZzZzz…. Asleep yet? Yeah, me too. There came a point around my second failed business where
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.
If you’ve achieved initial traction, I can help you scale-up to record-breaking revenue faster.
