A pro forma financial projection model is your best friend. Use Excel or Google Sheets to build out your models and do a lot of research on your industry standards and fill in blanks with actual expenses and revenue estimates per customer. Costs will vary at different customer levels so make educated (and[...]

I'm on a mission to help as many people as possible get away from the rat race. The 40 hours a week for the man with a commute each way to get there. I want more people to design their own lives. I want more people to give entrepreneurship a shot in the area with the highest chances of success. I want to help[...]

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Is it time to sell your business? I launched a business brokerage . We now have 1,300+ buyers on our distribution list. When we get a listing we'll do a breakdown of the business to my 190,000 newsletter subscribers, and several tweets promoting the listing (I get 50 million impressions a month on Twitter). Want[...]

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Wine sommeliers often can't tell the difference between a $20 bottle and a $2,000 bottle in a double blind test. The food at the $20/person restaurant and the food at the $200/person restaurant. The beer at the top rated brewery or the guy brewing in his basement. In a double blind test - who has the better[...]