When I was 8 years old I was diagnosed with ADHD, and for most of my childhood I felt broken. Taking Ritalin everyday to help me “be normal” left me with a super low self-esteem and many bouts with depression, that almost ended in me taking my life in a drug crazed high speed chase. Three things saved my life…
Want to learn how I manage over 100 virtual assistants to manage all my work? Watch this week’s video. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Why the hell do you need 100 VA’s?”
It was like writing your own bio, but 10x harder. This is the story of my logo. It started with a call to Gair. I was nervous. You see, he’s the guy I’ve called to help me uncover the visual identity of my last two companies. But this time things were different.
How do you deal with shiny objects? I was asked this question this past week while giving a talk at one of my portfolio companies. It got me excited because I had a GREAT strategy to overcome it – more on that below. But first, a story…
In my early 20’s I was a workaholic. It took a toll on my health, my relationships and my business… … although I didn’t know it at the time. Even though the financial outcome of that work ethic resulted in the acquisition of my company Spheric at 28 years old… … I wouldn’t do it again. It was stupid.
I used to believe that ANYONE could be an entrepreneur. Until the day my friend Julie went bankrupt. When she started her business, I was pumped… probably more so than I should’ve been. She left our meeting excited to take on the challenges and get going. The reason she failed is because she didn’t understand her role in relation to
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY! (and I’m wearing my party shirt today!) It’s also the 100th episode of my YouTube business channel?! Crazy, right?… … both fell on the same day! You think it’s a sign? You betcha! So, today is a special video 🙂 Over the past 100 weeks I’ve published a video every Monday with insights and strategies to live
Do you want to improve the quality of your life? I know that’s a big question … but hear me out. Last week I shared a killer strategy for overcoming MAJOR challenges in your business. Today I want to dig deeper and share some important areas that I think could serve you even further. A few weeks ago I had
Imagine this… Our startup Flowtown was exploding, we’ve got thousands of customers, we’re growing at 30%+ month over month and we decide to raise our next round of funding. We start meeting with VC’s doing the Sand Hill Road shuffle, and they’re going great. Then one day as we sit in the parking lot of one of Silicon Valley’s biggest
Over the years I’ve had some pinch-me-is-this-really-happening kinds of moments. From spending a week with Richard Branson, to having Mitch Kapor (inventor of Lotus Notes / spreadsheet) invest in my company, Flowtown. One of those moments happened in 2009 when somehow we got introduced to Gail, the CEO of ConstantContact – the FIRST publicly traded SaaS (Software as a Service)
