Blog Category: Entrepreneurship

The Great Reset Part 2: The Spoke-and-Wheel Model

Editor’s note: This article began as 19 pages. So instead of sending it to you all at once, I broke it up into a series. Check out Part 1: Should We Care…

Editor’s note: This article began as 19 pages. So instead of sending it to you all at once, I broke it up into a series. Check out Part 1: Should We Care About the Economy? And stay tuned for more on this topic tomorrow. In each newsletter I will offer some ideas and step-by-step suggestions […]

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Don’t Read the Headlines!

I love this:  Right now it’s 3:40 p.m. as I write this and the headline on Yahoo! Finance is:  “Markets fall as concerns over virus fallout mounts.”  That’s the top headline.  But…

I love this:  Right now it’s 3:40 p.m. as I write this and the headline on Yahoo! Finance is:  “Markets fall as concerns over virus fallout mounts.”  That’s the top headline.  But here’s the thing: The markets are UP.  They just need a stupid headline and that’s the point. That’s the point of what has […]

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How to Find Your Passion, Your Unfair Advantage, and Make Money

Dean had severe dyslexia and couldn’t read. Grew up in a trailer park. Got forgotten in school. People said he wouldn’t amount to anything. He didn’t go to college. “I didn’t have…

Dean had severe dyslexia and couldn’t read. Grew up in a trailer park. Got forgotten in school. People said he wouldn’t amount to anything. He didn’t go to college. “I didn’t have any money,” he said. “But I loved fixing things. Building things. I wanted to follow my passion.” Now he’s worth $50 million, and […]

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How I Made My First $1,000 (Or… How to Learn Anything Super Fast)

“I will kill you if you repeat this conversation,” Shlomo told me. “I think this web thing is going to be big.” This was 1995. “I want to undercut all of the…

“I will kill you if you repeat this conversation,” Shlomo told me. “I think this web thing is going to be big.” This was 1995. “I want to undercut all of the stores on the street and sell diamonds direct to people at cheaper prices.” Shlomo was the wholesaler to all the retail shops in […]

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Everyone Is an Entrepreneur — No Excuses!

She said, “Not everyone is like you. I’m not cut out to be an entrepreneur.” BS! That’s just an excuse and I’m tired of hearing it. Although I don’t consider myself in…

She said, “Not everyone is like you. I’m not cut out to be an entrepreneur.” BS! That’s just an excuse and I’m tired of hearing it. Although I don’t consider myself in the “entrepreneur” category of podcasts, I am grateful to be on this attached list. People often think being an entrepreneur is about risk […]

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Are You In Prison?

I had to go to the bathroom or I would s**t my pants. But I was stuck in a meeting. And what if I ran into my boss? Would he be in…

I had to go to the bathroom or I would s**t my pants. But I was stuck in a meeting. And what if I ran into my boss? Would he be in the next stall? Would we wait afterwards to see who would leave first after making all of those embarrassing sounds? I ran out […]

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Persuasion 101 for Fun and Profit

This is what happened. The guy got a $10 million offer for his business, which was a mental health facility for teenage drug addicts. He had nothing in the bank. “Should I…

This is what happened. The guy got a $10 million offer for his business, which was a mental health facility for teenage drug addicts. He had nothing in the bank. “Should I take it?” he asked me. Maybe I owned a small part of the mental health facility. I said, “Don’t take $10 million. Let […]

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