Productivity systems. Make ’em fancy, make ’em simple. At the end of the day they need to achieve one thing — making sure the reality of how you spend your time matches your intention. You really can’t dive into productivity without first figuring out what the heck you should be…

If you’ve been around the entrepreneur “motivational” space for a while I can guarantee you’ve heard this type of maxim before: Wealth is a Measure of Value Your Wealth Equals The Amount of Value You’ve Created To Make More Money, Create More Value While listening to yet another podcast repeating…

As a bootstrapped founder, doing your own customer service comes with the territory. When you first launch you just have to, and then it often just continues on by default. I’ve met $1m+ ARR founders who still do their own support. Doing your own support is also part of the…

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I love podcasts, but I hate interview podcasts. I know, it’s weird! But I can’t be the only one. When it comes to podcasts, I’m looking for an incredible story. A narrative thread, some cliffhangers, and to really capture my attention it has to be a true story. The defining…

This article was initially published on the Ropig blog on February 15, 2018. Ropig was ultimately shuttered in 2018, you can hear that story here. By November 1, 2017, I know one thing for sure: we’re going to run out of money. We were supposed to have launched by now…

I did a double-take when I read that a pair of self-made brothers were purchasing Asda. If you don’t know Asda, it’s a massive British grocery/everything store, kind of the “Wal-Mart of the UK” (in fact, Wal-Mart is exactly who they’re buying it from). For entrepreneurs who started their own…

Have you read those “here’s how we got the .com” sagas? Like the one Jason Fried recently published about buying hey.com. Or the classic tale of how Noah Kagan spent over ONE MILLION FREAKIN DOLLARS on sumo.com. While these tales are impressive, I did NOT want to be one of…

After I retired from my business, the questions poured in about how I did it. It was a long process over 5 years but one key to making this happen is to start taking time off TODAY. But is it really doable to take extended time off from a service business? (Without tanking your income?) I’ve also gotten many comments and questions from people who see how this…