Working in Public Is Hard
The ability to work in public is probably in the Top 5 challenges I’ve had to face in the last several years. I’m not talking about going to Starbucks with a laptop and working for several hours while people watch you work. I’m referring to building something new and working on it in such a…
Read MoreThe 21 Days Before My SaaS Launch
I find it fascinating to get a behind the scenes look at how entrepreneurs do the things they do. This is usually provided in the form of a blog post or a conference talk that is essentially a post-mortem of some kind regarding a certain situation or timeframe. The downside of these post-mortems is that they’re always filtered…
Read MoreGoodbye 2016, Hello Bluetick.io
The first and last two weeks of each year tend to be when many people decide to post their “year in review” blog posts and/or publicize their goals for the following year. I decided to instead write a short note to the previous year. Dear 2016, You were awful. And not just a little bit. You…
Read More6 Steps for Implementing Marketing Monday
Are you a technical entrepreneur or a developer who likes the idea of building your own software company? If so, chances are good that you enjoy writing software but hate the idea of marketing. It’s not your fault. Like sales, marketing carries connotations of being a sleaze-infested cesspool of rotten people and you probably don’t want…
Read MoreHitting the Reset Button
Ahhh, the first week of the new year. It’s the time we get to hit the reset button on the previous year, forgetting all of the commitments and lies we told ourselves a year ago. Many of us will excitedly proclaim “This year will be different! I’m going to lose weight, I’m going to get…
Read MoreWhat assumptions are you making that are holding you back?
Entrepreneurship often feels like a sliding scale between science and complete guesswork. It’s preferable to be absolutely sure of the result of every action you’re taking. Unfortunately that’s impossible. It would take too long to be sure of every result and it’s not worth testing every possible action. Therefore, we make a lot of assumptions when…
Read MoreYour corporate software career will make you a bad entrepreneur
If there’s one thing to be said for a corporate software developer career, it’s that it’s a cushy job. I know this because I’ve had a few of them in my time and done consulting work with a number of corporate software developers. Don’t get me wrong, you still have deadlines to meet and work…
Read MoreThe Single Founder Handbook Public Launch
One of my life-long goals going back to my early days as a kid was to write a book. I remember spending entire summers going back and forth to the library checking out books. I was a voracious reader and would sit at home for days at a time, sometimes as much as 12-14 hours/day reading. Three…
Read MoreIt’s About Starting, Not Finishing
One of the more common challenges that many people have emailed me about over the past few months is the problem of motivation. It’s relatively easy for most people to get started on something new, but somewhere along the way, they get lost. They drop into a funk and it’s difficult to make forward progress.…
Read MoreFree Landing Page Reviews
In case you haven’t heard about it, I’m partnering up with KickOff Labs tomorrow to offer up some free, professional website and landing page reviews. This will be a live webinar that starts at 2PM EST/11AM PST. If you’re interested in throwing your website into the mix to be reviewed, there’s still time. Click Here to…
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