It’s too easy to slip into melancholy and gloom. Corporations want to ultimately fire you, whether you like your job or not. Their entire purpose is to create and squeeze the efficiencies out of you
Hal Elrod was dead for six minutes. The car he was driving crashed head on into a truck. His girlfriend, sitting next to him, was unscratched. The roof of the car sliced open his head, causing brain d
"There are three types of people," astronaut Chris Hadfield told me. "-1, 0, and +1." When a business fails it feels like a -1. When a relationship fails, often it's because I've been a -1. Certainly
I admit I stole this title. Part of being productive is to piggyback on the shoulders of greatness. So I decided to write down what six things I do every day that help me with productivity. They make
Snoop Dogg should become CEO of Twitter and I'm about to tell you why.
But first, leave Dick Costolo, the outgoing CEO, alone. When Dick became CEO, Twitter was valued at about $3 billion (now it's
I'm ashamed because I felt the need to brag to my 13-year-old. But she asked for it. My daughter Mollie had a homework assignment for her guidance class that had her ask me what I do for a living. Thi
Imagine if someone asked "would you invest in this company?" Your answer is going to be similar. With a few additions.
Here's the checklist I would follow.
I used to love my job. Love it. I worked for my favorite entertainment company in the world.
I would've paid to work there.
I made friends at work. And on weekends we'd even get together and pla
I spoke to the VC on Wednesday. He said he would have his decisions "fast." He said the great thing about his VC firm (as opposed to all of those "others") is that it has absolutely no problem making
I didn't have any money so couldn't start a business. And even if I started one, I didn't have an office, or clients, and I was too shy to cold-call clients. I didn't have connections or rich parents
Louis CK is the high priest of understanding our culture. I watch him every day. I watch the same routine over and over. I can spend hours breaking down every line of his routines. I watch him before
In 2002 I was driving to a hedge fund manager's house to hopefully raise money from him. I was two hours late. This was pre-GPS and I had no cell phone. I was totally lost. I kept playing over and ove
I stopped going to classes. I had a scholarship that paid all my living expenses ($1,200/month) so I didn't want to quit (ugh, and get a job?). So I stayed a student but I failed every class I took fo
I've never read a book on sales. They seemed corny. Like many people, I always looked down on the concept of "selling." It seemed like something lower than me. To some extent, selling appears manipula
First I totally gave up. I thought there was no way to sell my web services business. It started when I was in the offices of Loud Records, run by Steve Rifkind. My company, Reset, was doing websites
I was a day trader for many years, and it almost killed me.
I made money by making profits on my own money and also taking a percentage of the profits for the people I traded for. I traded up to $4
Here are the rules: I’ve been at zero a few times, come back a few times, and done it over and over. I’ve started entire new careers. People who knew me then, don’t me now. And so on.
I’ve
This is going be a bullet FAQ on starting a business. No joke. If you're a lawyer, feel free to disagree with me, so you can charge someone your BS fees to give the same advice. If you can think of an
I'm breaking all the rules. I'm at a silent retreat for the week. No talking! My wife is two doors down. She said to me before we went silent for the week, "put your computer on airplane mode." It's i
Every entrepreneur should self-publish a book,<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/28/why-every-entrepreneur-should-self-publish-a-book/">Â because self-publishing is the new business card</a>. If
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