I’m sitting at the Kreuzberg Cafe in San Luis Obisbo enjoying my 2 week vacation and just wanted to spread the exciting news: I quit! Last year the startup I co-founded (Bunk) was acquired by Apartment List. It was the greatest decision I ever made. And even though I was just an employee at Apartment […]
Continue reading →When a company or service let’s me down I have no problem contacting them and letting them know. Hell…if I’m using their product then clearly I’m a fan and if I were them then I’d want some feedback. But the problem most people have when giving feedback or reporting an error is that they act all […]
Continue reading →This month’s book is gonna be a littttttle bit different from what we’ve read in the past. …Many people claim their outlook on life completely changed after reading this book… …The Library of Congress named this book one of the ten most influential books in America… …Lili, an Anti-MBA member, said that this book shaped the way […]
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I didn’t wanna post this because shirtless photos can come off douchey, but I think my experience can help others, so here goes… A video summary of this post ***Update*** It’s June 11th and my weight today is 185…which means I’m lost 22 pounds since I started this post. I’ll update this more to show […]
Continue reading →The results of my 4 Hour Work Week experiment A lot of people asked me about Itch Juice, a product I created and sell online that makes a few grand a month without me doing much work (it’s automated). Instead of repeating the answer over and over, I thought I’d write about how it got started. […]
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The $400 Coke: How gift giving wins negotiations Summary: I strategically gave a seller on Craigslist a can of Coke-Cola before negotiating on price…and he gave me a $400 discount. Involved in a heated negotiation? Try giving a gift to the person on the other end of the negotiation.
Continue reading →Wanna learn how to make ideas stick? Of course you do. 6 principles for making ideas stick…with real life examples. A cheat sheet (or summary) of the book Made to Stick.
Continue reading →Last week my friend Teri and I hosted Bootstrap Live, a 3 hour meet up on bootstrapping a company (aka growing a company without outside capital). We were inspired by this very helpful post by Noah Kagan… so I wanted to pay it forward and explain exactly how we did it.
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I hear a lot of people throw around the term “overnight success”. And, for the most part, I think it’s complete nonsense. See, while the internet has certainly made it possible for a few lotto winners to from $0 to $1b, for the majority of people who’ve achieve monetary success, it took decades Not everyone […]
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