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The most important part of delegating is making sure the job that the person has to do is very simple and that they can use a framework to make decisions in a good way.   Check out my free Delegation / Hiring 101 course! Click here:   Work...

In today’s episode of The Sweaty Startup , Nick talks about life and happiness. Nick has been reading How to Win Friends and Influence People and reflecting on the book and on his life. He challenged himself to try 3 simple habits for a week. No complaining- Nick decided he was going to go a week without[...]

How much money does a lawn care company make? This full time owner with a part time employee generated over $100,000 in revenue and $70,000 in profit working 54 hours per week for 32 weeks over the summer. AND he graduated from a top 15 business school in the middle of his busiest month. Impressive! Andrew Huber,[...]

Just because you have invested time, money and energy in something does not mean you should continue. Humans are wired to consider the past when making decisions for the future. This leads us to a lot of bad decisions. This leads us to operate a business way past the point we should have pulled the plug. It leads[...]

With school openings getting delayed more and more as the school year approaches, many parents and students have no idea how to approach distance and online learning. Many families spent months at home with each other with school being a light at the end of the tunnel. With the school year in question, that's[...]

A few business thoughts before we dive into the meet and potatoes: -- Thought #1: Most successful people have no idea what they're doing. They're simply figuring it out as they go along. The sooner you realize this the sooner you'll be able to become successful! Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. --[...]

Set up a shell company and start testing the market. Launch later when the timing is right!

PSA: I made a list of the best accounts on Twitter to follow. See it here. ​ We're going deep in the weeds in this email - if you take the time to study this stuff, I guarantee you'll learn something! Many of the wealthiest people in our country earn millions of dollars per year and pay almost nothing in taxes.[...]

Show notes from Episode #169 of the . Nick is shameless about his love for lawn care. In Nick’s brother came on the show to talk about his lawn care company, and you can learn all about his first year of business which netted him $100k in revenue and $70k profit, all without a single dollar spent on marketing.[...]

Ego is good early on. The confidence. The drive for status and image. It gets us far. It gives us the courage to disregard the anxiety and fear of failure. The that tells us to run for cover when things get scary. We all agree that you don't need to be a superhuman or brilliant person to build a successful[...]

In this podcast for real estate investors Nick talks about one of the best real estate investing strategies--how to raise money with LPs.

Nick recently had a Q&A session on real estate, investments, and sweaty startups. Listen to a few of the questions here!

This is an analytical approach to identifying and exploring new business opportunities. This is designed around service-based businesses but the concepts can be applied to any business. In order to compete you need to have a competitive advantage in one of three areas: speed, price or quality. The goal here is to[...]

Nick discusses raising good kids and how hard it can be when striving to earn generational wealth, how to protect the downside in real estate, and how to think about advice you get through the lens of the person giving you the advice   Follow my...