Read MoreThere are many ways to be a content creator. It is an easy way to get started as a bootstrapper. The costs are low but there is a high amount of competition. I cover the basics of blogging, podcasting, and video creation.
Read MoreThe Flywheel is slowly building up momentum in your business until it runs on its own. The death spiral is the opposite where you do things that steal the momentum of your business.
Read MoreHow do you become an overnight success? The secret is you do not, it just seems like people suddenly notice your success overnight. Success comes from hard work over a long time.
Read MoreMy thoughts on mindsets. What are they, how do they affect you, and can you, and should you change them.
Read MoreSaying “Never Give Up” is a good thing, but when the rubber hits the road, it needs to be put into action and not just viewed as a nice platitude.
Read MoreHow do you define your success?
Read MoreDo you want to produce a car like a Lamborghini or underwear for inmates?
Read MoreApproximately 7.5 Million small businesses have closed or may close due to corona. If your business is one of these do not despair. As long as the root of what made your business successful remains, new life can grow from it!
Read MoreWhen you start up a new physical activity you can get blisters. However, over time you will develop calluses and be able to do the activity without pain. The same thing happens when you start a business.
Read MoreWhen a new startup (not cooperate) competitor arrives in your market you have a choice. You can either try to wipe them out, ignore them, or befriend and even help them out.
Read MoreHaving to compete in business for customers can often be a challenge. Sometimes it can be fun, others, not so much.
Read MoreWhile at times it can be beneficial to copy your competitor’s success, this is not always the case.
Read MoreWe get told to think outside the box so often, we can forget to have a box, to begin with.
Read MoreWhen things get hard, sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zones, and do whatever it takes to keep our families fed and enough capital to keep our business afloat. Even if it means taking another temp or part-time job in order to keep going.
Read MoreHarvard Business School professor Michael Porter wrote a paper outlining the competitive forces that shape a business
Read MoreToday I start a mini-series on Michael Porter’s paper on competitive forces and strategy
Read MoreWe need to save lives, as well as the economy both are needed. The question is how do we prioritize them, and what will it take to best mitigate the damage.
Read MoreToday I talk about when to make the transition from employee to a business owner, to one day being an employer.
Read MoreI explain two little known but key accounts you should have as part of your business financials. Properly used these two funds can keep your cash flow going even in hard times.
Read MoreThere seems to be a common consensus that business debt is not only unavoidable but even desirable. However, debt carries a lot more risk than most people realize.