It was about 8 weeks before graduation weekend in my college town in 2012. I was a senior about to graduate. My mother was bugging me to help her find a hotel near campus for graduation weekend. For her, my father, my grandparents and my sister. Three rooms. I called about 10 hotels around campus. Checked[...]

I live in Seattle. My girlfriend’s brother has a lot of expertise in the roofing industry and wants to start a business with me. Heres the catch - he doesn’t have citizenship so he would need me to form the business, get insurance, run the administrative side of things, and set it all up. I have a full time job[...]

A lot of people run around networking as if its the key to success. I have bad news. The network doesn't come before success. It comes with success. You earn a network just like you earn money. You gain it over time by providing value to people. A network is mutually beneficial. People invest time and resources[...]

A listener reached out with a question. They’re saving some money each month and want to set up a passive income stream through local rental properties. Real estate is a tough market to get into right now. Not saying impossible just a fair warning: It's competitive. The economy has been booming for a long time.[...]

Back in 2012, when I was unsure of the success of my , I casted a few other nets. One of them was a Lawn Care google place and with a few pages. As you know I had mowed a few lawns in high school so I got a few of those old customers to leave me Google Reviews. I then forgot about the site. Each week during the[...]

WI added 2,500 new subscribers last week from this post . If you came from it and you're looking for my list of 200+ business ideas, you can find that here . A quick sponsored note before we jump in: Tax season is right around the corner - DO NOT FORGET TO GET COST SEGREGATION STUDIES DONE ON YOUR REAL ESTATE.[...]

From 2013-2017 my partner and I rented a small apartment in Boston as our company "office" and went there very day with our employees. We were still very hands on and we were most productive together. It was a scrappy time where we really accomplished a lot to set us up for the success we enjoy now. I switched[...]

Doing this while you have a full time job is the perfect way to start. More on that here . Step 1: Do a quick and dirty market study - start searching and calling competitors. Use trends.google.com to find out which company in your town is the largest (most search volume) and study them. Are they doing digital[...]