I’ll never forget this one employee I had just hired at clarity.fm His first few hours went super smooth. But then at exactly 4:59pm… the guy BOLTED. Laptop packed. Door shut. Making a beeline straight to the front door. My jaw literally dropped. Here was this guy I had just hired… someone who was ...

We’ve all seen it. The over-enthusiastic startup founder who hands out equity with the same discretion as a pre-teen using their parent’s credit card to buy front-row Bieber tickets. *sigh* And I totally get it. In the early phases of your startup (especially the idea stage) you might not have the ...

Want to know the quickest way to kill your company and team morale? It’s super easy. Invest tens of thousands of dollars and man hours in building your software, only to find out after the fact that your market couldn’t care less. Done. Now you can happily go back to whatever world you just left ...

I believe there are two types of people in the world… … those who’ve been punched in the face – and those who haven’t. Growing up, I got in a lot of trouble. That meant getting into fist fights. It’s always amazed me how paralyzed with fear someone will get at the threat of getting in a fight. I’ve ...

If you run a small team of just 5 employees/co-founders… Your weekly meetings are likely costing you well north of 50k/year. Simple math… … average hourly rate x number of people x 52. That’s how much you’re spending to run your weekly meeting.

Want to know one habit ultra-successful people have in common? They read. A lot. In fact, when Warren Buffett was asked about the key to his success, he pointed to a stack of books and said: “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All ...

How does Richard Branson manage 400+ companies? He doesn’t. Over the years he’s learned how to build teams and split ownership in a way that drives everything forward. In 2004, after 2 failed companies, I finally learnt this lesson. When I started my company Spheric Technologies I started it with ...

“Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.” ~ Jim Rohn (click to tweet) That quote cuts through the noise and sets the foundation for everything else in business. If you want to grow your business, you need a goal, a strategy and a way to review and monitor your progress. It’s a rhythm for ...

Do you think Google was the first search engine? AirBnb.com the first online vacation rental site? Dropbox the first online file storage company? No. No. No. Why does this matter? Because it’s the most common excuse wantrapreneurs like to give for staying on the sidelines. “Someone’s already doing ...

I used to believe that ANYONE could be an entrepreneur. Until the day my friend Julie went bankrupt. When she started her business, I was pumped… probably more so than I should’ve been. She left our meeting excited to take on the challenges and get going. The reason she failed is because she didn’t ...

If you think “sales” is a dirty word, then you’re going to hate today’s video. But if you believe that it’s not just your right, but your flat out responsibility to share your product / service / program with as many people who can benefit from it as possible… … then read this carefully. ...