A lot of people are worried about an overseas employee managing their email inbox. A ton of classified info in there. The best method: Set up a second inbox the VA manages and set up an auto forward. It sends a copy of every email yo get to the second inbox and leaves a copy in yours. Then set up a “send mail as”[...]

Its easy to forget that doing business is very much an emotional decision. People are way more likely to buy something from somebody or hire someone who they get a good feeling from. Don't be a robot. Personalize your website. Personalize your emails. Make people read the "about us" section of your website and[...]

Hey Reader, Many of the wealthiest people in our country earn millions of dollars per year and pay almost nothing in taxes. How? They invest in real estate and utilize “depreciation” to offset their cash gains from real estate and other businesses. I personally made a good amount of money last year, but ended up[...]

Your hypothesis (that there is a hole in the market for you) is still an educated guess until you get out and sell it and prove it. Don't invest heavily until you know the demand is there and you have the customers to prove it. You can (and you should) build out your 100 different ways but at the end of the day[...]

Show notes from . I rarely dive into my my own business here but I have a story and a lesson worth sharing. I’m always learning and failing and getting back up and pressing onward. I got some bad news this week. A self storage development project that I had been working on for 24 months is dead. Let’s start from[...]

Show notes from podcast episode 28 First of all there are a lot of different types of partnerships. In this article we discuss the co-founder. Someone who you bring on initially and they get ownership no matter what. No vesting schedule. No cliff. No way out if things go wrong. This article is the cautious[...]

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[...]

I've taken the time to speak with a ton of high level employees about their jobs. What they like, what they don't like, and more importantly WHY THEY QUIT. Lets dive in: Last week's podcast episode on how to fire an employee was one of the most popular episodes I've released. Check it out on Youtube or Spotify .[...]