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Successful people always say that they were lucky to find good people who helped them with their business but it's a lie! In this episode of the Sweaty Startup, I'm sharing why finding a unicorn employee is not enough for a business to succeed! ...

In this episode of the Sweaty Startup, Nick Huber, one of the essential parts of being an entrepreneur and business owner: Hiring the right people and firing the wrong ones. Through this you learn how this affects the growth and culture of your organization.

Dan Nick and Max sit around and talk business once again to discuss trends and businesses they would love to start right now and how they would do it.

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...

The life of an employee: You go out and hunt every single day. You're constantly being encouraged to sprint here and accomplish this next project. When the opportunities arise you sprint even faster to go out and kill and bring back food to the rest of the company (the owners). Every two weeks the business owner[...]

New idea entrepreneurship is hard. Educating a market on a new way to live or work is hard. Raising money is hard. The risk is high and the odds of success are low. Here’s why you don’t need to reinvent the wheel to make money as an entrepreneur....

Everyone says that making money doesn’t matter until you want to buy a house or move to be closer to family or have a safe, functional car or eat where you want to eat or go on a vacation or a family member gets sick and needs help. Then money...

Show notes from Episode #142 of the . Adam Grim took over with four kids, two months of cash reserves, one week of training from the previous owner, and two customers lined up. In just a few years, this seemingly crazy decision has turned into one of the top web development agencies for service-based[...]

There are only three levels of wealth in this world and beyond that money doesn’t matter. The first is being able to feed your family, pay your mortgage and not stress about going into debt. The second is going to a restaurant and not worrying about what restaurant it is or the prices prices and just ordering[...]

Before we jump in: ​ AdRhino , a digital marketing company that I am a customer of and an investor in, is crushing it for local businesses. They run paid search and social media ads for clients in pest control, HVAC, plumbing, car washes, restaurants and more. They track conversions so you can get an exact dollar[...]

Stress is relative. Here’s why I’m no longer as stressed out when things get “hard” or go wrong in my business today. This is my story of one of the hardest moments in my early entrepreneurial career. At the time, I thought the experience...

In this clip, I talk with Chris Powers about how I'm building my holding company and all of my businesses   Thanks for listening!   Like this episode? I think you’ll love my newsletter. I write a long form essay on how to build wealth and...

I dedicated a podcast episode and a video to this topic because it really struck a chord with me. Interested to hear your thoughts and feel free to disagree! I had a shower thought and posted this a few days ago comparing the tip culture in the restaurant business to entrepreneurship and stating that I thought[...]

The 80/20 principle is my favorite and the most important principle to understand in life and in entrepreneurship. Its says that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. 80% of your stress comes from 20% of your environment. 80% of your joy comes from 20% of your activities. You name the result. 80% of[...]

Luke is currently a 32 year old salaried employee from a national beverage dispenser repair company in the St. Paul/ Minneapolis area of Minnesota. In his current position as a "machine technician," he has gained an invaluable skill set that will provide economic opportunity for the rest of his life. He also owns[...]