One of the reasons I write articles and share on twitter and do podcasts is to document all the things I was never taught when getting into business ownership. There’s so much to learn that no one teaches you but that you can pick up alo…
Way back in my digital nomad days, one of the first questions I would get when returning back to my home city was, “So, how did dating work while you’re traveling?” Generally, my answer was, “Awesome!” but I recen…
From the outset I should declare a bias: I LOVE coliving. I think it’s a wonderful way to travel, work, meet new people, and level up. That doesn’t mean it’s for everybody. But if you are one of those people on th…
So recently I got really pissed off about a business transaction and rather than just waste that emotion, I jotted down a few notes to share, because it was just as much a teachable moment for me as it might be for anyone else. My main day-to-day a…
So, I haven’t been too big into social media in the past. I’m not one of those “too cool to have a Facebook” people. I just wasn’t really posting much because it felt...awkward. I think part of that w…
You’ve seen or heard of this creature: the stressed-out business owner, who’s running everywhere, can’t sleep at night, and is worried he/she won’t make payroll. I’ve seen them too. I’m not denying tha…
There are so many different ways you can think about the question of “build or buy” but I think the two most important frames for considering the question are time and money. Time When you buy a business you are buying something that i…
While I understand the initial fear of traveling and the dilemma of meeting people on the road, I’ve actually found that it’s harder to meet people in your home country. In L.A. where I live a lot of people are in their routines an…
I’ve recently come to have a greater appreciation for Batman thanks to this tweet. The reality is that Batman, like any startup business owner, had to build his skills from scratch. What he needed for the first part of his journey …
Ideally all business owners want a consistent and profitable stream of leads that don’t cost a lot of money to acquire. But that stream doesn’t just magically appear. You have to build it. The good news is that I’…
A common question you find on Reddit and Twitter from those who are aspiring to business ownership is: Do I quit my job and just go for it, or do I side hustle my way to success? Once you get into business ownership and your accountants start aski…
On a recent episode of the Remote Local Podcast, David Lahav and I tossed around the concept of time zones in relation to our local businesses and we learned some interesting things about each other. David had been running a business in Colorado fo…
One of the aspects I love about the #remotelocal life is the ability to run your business from anywhere. While some people might visualize that as a laptop on the beach, for those serious about growing their businesses, that “live anywhe…
On a recent episode of the Remote Local Podcast, fellow host David Lahav asked a key question for anyone interested in market research on local competition: “What are my odds of leading the market and how hard will it be?” David an…
Some of you may know the story I shared in the first episode of the Remote Local Podcast in which I shared that it was a thread on Reddit that led me to start a cleaning business. Little did I know that eight years later I’d have a chanc…
In Episode 15 of the podcast David said: If you don't have ten minutes a day to meditate, you need two hours." I'm sure many of you have heard a variant of this quote before and some, like me, just laughed. That's because the idea …
