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While saying that your business is an asset might seem a statement of the obvious, the truth is that you can’t say it enough.  To use a favorite animal analogy, a business should be like a cow, producing for you for years until you decide…

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 …