Houses in my town aren't selling. As a matter of fact houses aren't selling virtually anywhere. Mortgage applications were down 90% year-over-year. Self storage brokers aren't able to sell most listings right now. Developers are going pencils-down on anything they aren't pot committed to right now. I'm hearing[...]

I was lucky enough to spend the weekend with some very successful people. My friend Shaan Puri put together a group of 24 entrepreneurs, rented a few big Airbnbs and scheduled a chef and rented a basketball court in Raleigh NC. There were a few billionaires and famous people. A handful of folks with companies[...]

Before we jump in: ​ ​AdRhino is a paid ads agency that I am a customer of and an investor in. They run paid search and social media ads for clients in pest control, HVAC, plumbing, car washes, restaurants, real estate, and more. They track everything and will tell you the exact dollar amount return on all of[...]

Today's newsletter is a look at how I communicate with our partners and investors. I'm including an edited version - mostly formatting to make this more readable — it was sent out as a PDF on company letterhead. A lot has changed since we did our very first deal in Ithaca. In the early days, I wasn’t writing[...]

Before we jump in: If you need a new website for your business, I highly recommend WebRun.com . They build simple, beautiful websites for small businesses designed to convert visitors into customers and help your company grow. Here are four examples of beautiful websites the team built recently: ​ Real estate[...]

Going on 9 months without missing an episode and scheduled the 87th episode for release. Growing steadily. Thank you for following along! Here are my statistics between the , -- I was featured on BiggerPockets on July 30th and a lot of traffic followed! Check out that episode -- As for the website, here is my[...]

Show notes for podcast episode 26. On one hand if someone is selling a business I’m immediately a little skeptical. it must have some problems. Why would they sell it if not? It might require too much of their time and energy. It might be stressful. It might be losing money. The future might be looking bad for[...]

When it comes to culture, here is where the leading business books will lead you: 1. Hire amazing people Amazing people create great culture. Hire 10xers. Interviews should be 5 steps and 10+ hours. Do personality tests. 2. Love on your people Pizza parties. Ping pong tables. Kegerator in the office. Early[...]