In 2009, I was at a party in San Francisco and had a chance to talk with Keith Rabois about startups and why certain ones succeeded, while others failed. As someone who’s invested and been involved with some of the best companies (Square, Slide, PayPal, etc.), his insights were extremely profound. ...

Did you know making more than $75,000+/year won’t make you any happier? Most people think that more money will make them happier. It won’t. Being happier comes from within. Most people associate having more “stuff” with happiness. “If I only had a nicer home, car or body, I would be happy.” ...

As the world evolves to one of “instant gratification,” it seems that doing business has as well. Even though I believe in moving fast and creating value for customers as quickly as possible, I do believe that we should take a long term view on building a business. Long term means that you invest ...

“It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.” ~ Abraham Maslow All great entrepreneurs have this in common. They know what they want. But they didn’t always know what they really wanted. Most of them went through what I call Maslow’s Hierarchy of ...

Shit happens. As an entrepreneur, it’s inevitable that things aren’t going to work out as planned. Just because you came up with the idea, doesn’t mean it will work. That would be like working out at the gym and thinking just because you put the weight on the bar, that you should be able to lift ...

Do you already work 60, 80, maybe 100 hours per week? If so you’re definitely not lazy, but are you really working on the right—or as they say—the “Main Thing”? “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing” ~ Stephen R. Covey Easier said than done.