May 18, 2017 | Entrepreneurship
Often people think about business as a funnel. You get someone in at the beginning, and then take them on a journey where at each step you try and upsell them. There is usually one entrance point, and all the upsells are value adds or a better version of that original...
May 10, 2017 | Digital Nomad, Entrepreneurship
I used to think that creating a good income outside of getting a traditional job was easy. And that anyone who put in enough time and effort would make it. All of my friends who have quit (or never got) jobs and decided to do their own thing have succeeded. Every...
May 2, 2017 | Best, Business Ideas, Entrepreneurship, How-To
I really want to create a brand of gin. I want to do it remotely, make it scalable and as a one-man band. All on a shoe-string budget. But every distillery I have contacted has laughed in my face: “It’s too hard”, “the laws are too...
Apr 25, 2017 | Entrepreneurship
Last week I announced I was giving away $12,000 to wannabe entrepreneurs. Rather than excitement, it was received with scepticism and hostility. I have called them entrepreneurship grants. 12 no-strings-attached easy-to-apply grants of $1,000 each. I expected the post...
Apr 19, 2017 | Entrepreneurship
Applications for all entrepreneurship grants have now closed. Congratulations to all the winners! Between March 2017 and March 2018 I awarded 12 entrepreneurship grants of $1,000 each to help budding business owners launch or grow their dream. This page is the...
Mar 12, 2017 | Business Ideas, Entrepreneurship, How-To
It has been over two years since I started this blog. And in that time it has gone from a small site only read by my friends and family, to a source of full-time income with thousands of readers. So I think it’s time to write a detailed blog post looking at...