Feb 15, 2021The Hustler’s 9 to 5: How an Entrepreneur Picks a Corporate JobBeing a Music Gigging, T-shirt Selling, Lyft Driving, Graphic Designing Janitor is exhausting (sigh, that was exhausting to write) When I was 20 years old. The thought of working a corporate job could not have sounded worse. Showing up somewhere every day, having someone tell you what to do, wearing…Work3 min readWork3 min read
Jul 3, 202099 Ways to Get Paid in a Day“I got 99 Problems, you can solve 1” — People have problems. Jay-Z couldn’t have been more dead-on. He’s also underselling it. The people I know have way more than 99. Keeping a yard clean, getting to work on time, doing a corporate job well, needing a website designed, having a family picture taken. Every day, people are faced…Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
Apr 19, 2020Stop Letting the Future Freak You Out“If there’s one thing that’s certain… it’s uncertainty.” Stephen Covey Are you stressed about the future? I am. I think about it a lot. All the time actually. I used to never think about it. I couldn’t tell you when I planned on eating my next meal in my early…Future6 min readFuture6 min read
Apr 13, 2020The 3 Questions you have to answer before getting paidLemonade stand? Musician? Product owner? Marketing Agency? Anyone who’s been in commerce for more than a day knows that success comes from caring about your customers. But what does that mean? It took years of spending time with co-workers obsessed with product management and UX to come to the answer…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Apr 11, 20203 Tips on spending your COVID-19 relief checkStarting April 24th, the US government will begin issuing checks and bank account deposits to 93% of Americans attempting to relieve the financial burden of COVID-19 impacts. Free cash! …Covid-193 min readCovid-193 min read
Apr 10, 20203 keys to running a (mostly) stress-free and happy business.Crappy customers are born crappy… I used to work at a bookstore. Most people that shop at bookstores are reasonably enjoyable to do business with. After all, there’s not a lot of mystery around books. …Business2 min readBusiness2 min read
Apr 10, 2020Are you worth cloning?“If everyone in this company showed up everyday mirroring my attitude, production and work ethic…” What would we accomplish? Would we love to work together? Would we be excited about what we’re doing? Would we listen? If my wife treated me 100% like I treat her, pursue her, date her… how would this marriage look? If every one of my friends kept up with me the way I keep up with them… would my friendships last?Business1 min readBusiness1 min read
Apr 10, 2020Stop discounting your life…What is your time worth? Should we have an answer to that question? Do you have an answer to that question? I’m talking about a hard dollar amount; $15, $20, $300 an hour. What is your time worth? I bet it’s more than you are currently charging for it. The…Time2 min readTime2 min read
