History is packed with famous product failures. Remember the Google Glass? Or the Amazon Fire Phone? Both were hyped to be a massive success but they tanked BIG time. Google lost over $1 billion, and Amazon lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Ouch! But then there are other products like the Oculus Rift that flew off the shelves. The Oculus
Ever feel like no matter what you do, projects never seem to get done on time, or end up going way over budget? I’ve spent years trying to figure out the “secret” to managing projects. I’ve been coached by some of the best project managers in the world… I’ve poured over dozens of books and courses on project management… It’s
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 development experience. I personally know Software Founders who don’t have
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 skills NO audience or list NO reputation NO connections NO
There is a false belief among Founders… That as their company grows, so will their stress and overwhelm. I’ve spent almost my whole life trying to convince Founders that this ISN’T true. And it doesn’t have to be true for you either…
You know what’s worse than hiring mediocre people? Hiring amazing people and then losing them because you didn’t know how to motivate, coach or support them. When I started building businesses, this was my biggest mistake. I hired people, dumped a bunch of tasks on them, and thought my work was done. Wrong.
I’m so excited about this video… When I first figured this out, I couldn’t stop talking about it.
When I was 17, I ended up in prison and eventually rehab… …sounds like a tough time, but it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I found a dusty programming book, an old 486 computer, and got it to say:
When I was building Flowtown, we had 10,000 customers… … and we were losing 100% of them every 8 months. Literally, all of them, GONE.
One of my favorite move characters has got to be James Bond. 007 is really good at a few things: sneaking into places he doesn’t belong, and killing bad guys. He’s the ultimate assasin.
