Imagine my not so surprise when I found out the state of California “mandates” some whacky generic tests (and then holds the data for longer than Queen Lizardbeth lived). Anything that the government or state says I’m supposed to do is now a giant bull-chasing red flag to my eyes. After all… If you do […]
Business
Most People Are Scared to Have a $0 Business
Last week, I sent out an email talking about how every person out there in the world should have a business that makes them a whopping… $Zero$ Yes, $0. Zero dollars. Zilch. Nada. I got some good responses from that: “If more people knew what wonders that can be done via accounting, they’d be surprised […]
The #1 Thing To Do In A Recession
Reader G (who is a G, too) wrote back to yesterday’s email and commented about building skills, which is something everyone should be doing: His comment: “Very spot on my friend. Once you have marketable skills, you can always use them to do something else.” Let’s expand on this in terms of marketing (namely, marketing and […]
How to Handle Broke Bois
If there’s one mantra I’ve always lived by in the business world (and you should too), it’s this: Make it a normal thing to fire clients and customers who are cheap. The energy they take is time that you can never get back. Better yet… Filter them hard, and don’t even let these people in […]
11 Key Mistakes People Make When Hiring
Good, reliable talent is very difficult to find when growing and scaling a business. After running my agency for nearly 2 years, here is a value-packed email on the 11 mistakes I’ve seen people make time and time again when it comes to hiring: 1. Not Respecting Candidates Everybody is complaining that good talent is […]
How Moving to Kyiv Made Me $51,531 In 2 Hours
In 2018, I moved from Prague, Czech Republic, where I’d been hanging out for a year or so, and moved, more or less permanently, to Kyiv, Ukraine. In a nutshell, the (now) Mrs. Trouble and I moved back to her country for a variety of reasons. Visa issues were becoming problematic in the Czech Republic, […]