Jul 17, 2017 | Business Ideas, Entrepreneurship
The problem with trying to find advice online regarding starting your small business or being a successful entrepreneur is that it’s like drinking from a fire hose. Half of the advice is made up and another half is written for businesses operating in 2002. So over the...
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...
