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Sep 11
Low-cost GTM strategies that actually work
Sep 04
This app will evaluate and improve your GTM strategies
Sep 04
One of the most distinct go-to-market strategies...ever
Sep 01
How to get your first customers
Aug 03
The dilution of self
Jul 27
Bundling vs. unbundling products | Experimenting with a new AI tool | Virtual Pitch Day | Startup Valuations
Jul 20
Business Plan App | How Pre-Revenue Startups Should Fundraise | Investing in DeFi
Jul 10
Live Vibe Coding an App | New Series - Ep. 1
Jul 06
The Perfect Business Model | Characteristics of a Scalable Model
Jul 05
DIY vs. Done For You | Validation Gets Easier | Failed Facebook Ads | Vibe Coding my old Startup
Jun 28
An inside look at the mistakes my clients are making
Jun 25
How to Pick a Winning Product Name
Jun 19
The two hottest opportunities IMO
Jun 17
I built this app using AI
Jun 16
A 43% increase in valuation with one sentence
Jun 07
The right business model is staring you in the face
May 25
AI Won’t End Your Career
May 17
My client got offered $100,000,000
May 10
AI Prompts that will Automate Your Marketing - Vibe Marketing
Apr 26
Copy my favorite pricing model
Apr 19
I’m not a social media guru, but I've hired a few
Apr 13
Why I’m shifting to a B2B model
Mar 30
Skills on the Rise - LinkedIn’s 2025 list
Mar 23
The Biggest Mistake a Founder Can Make (and How to Avoid It)
Mar 16
Why vision and mission matter in business
Mar 09
The silent killer of innovation
Feb 15
How to identify opportunities with trends and competitor analysis
Feb 08
The Book That Took the NFL by Storm: Inner Excellence (Jim Murphy) - Book Notes & Summary
Jan 25
Nail Your Go-to-Market Strategy: Understanding Market Fit
Jan 22
How much equity should you give a startup investor?
Jan 19
My Playbook for Taking $300M in Products to Market
Jan 05
Navigating the 2025 tax code changes
Nov 24
I'm out (My winter sabbatical)
Nov 23
Very Good Copy (Eddie Shleyner) - Book Notes & Summary
Nov 17
Iterate or Pivot: A Business Dilemma
Nov 10
How my business went from ☠️ to 🚀
Nov 03
How to Increase Prices Without Pissing Off Customers
Oct 27
Atomic Habits (James Clear) - Book Notes & Summary
Oct 20
How much should you invest - the Goldilocks Rule
Oct 13
From Idea to Bookshelf: How to Self Publish Your Next Book
Oct 06
Your value proposition sucks
Oct 02
Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki) - Book Notes & Summary
Sep 29
4 Skills that will Drastically change your life
Aug 03
Die With Zero (Bill Perkins) - Book Notes & Summary
Jul 28
Afraid of giving away too much equity to investors? Here’s the fix.
Jul 14
"Known (Mark W. Schaefer) - Book Summary and Notes"
Jul 06
The surprisingly simple purpose of a seed round of funding
Jun 29
When it's an easy decision to pass on startup funding
Jun 15
Go-to-Market Made Easy: Your Roadmap to Customer Acquisition
May 24
Planning for a Second Act + a sabbatical
May 05
This isn't 2008. But, it's not that much better
Apr 20
Market Whisperer: Knowing Your Customer Better Than Investors
Apr 14
Energized > Rested
Apr 07
Numb the pain, silence the teacher
Mar 31
The Myth of the Big Exit
Mar 23
Growth Gears: Equity vs. Debt - Fueling a Startup’s Journey
Mar 16
A candid conversation about fear
Mar 09
The Technical Product Managers Guide to Go-to-Market
Mar 03
My goal was 100 financial plans. I did 10x that goal.
Feb 25
Poor MVP, no one likes you
Feb 24
Beyond Bytes: Why Interpersonal Skills are the New Power Tools for Success
Feb 17
This one question changed how I looked at contingency plans
Feb 10
From $100k -> $75M - this week's fundraising lessons
Jan 27
The next big finance opportunity
Jan 20
This is how long a startup funding round lasts
Jan 09
How I'd market a loan broker business
Jan 02
25+ years of finance experience in less than 5 minutes
Dec 28
How to have a stress-free relationship with money
Dec 17
How to buy a business with little money down
Dec 12
Want to 10x your business? Try the strategy that most people fear.
Dec 05
Why being loan-specific as a loan broker is best
Nov 28
The Power of Micro Markets
Nov 19
Defining success criteria helps remove analysis paralysis
Nov 12
Lessons from acquisitions
Nov 07
My business plan cheat code
Oct 28
Everyone is missing the real point about being overworked
Oct 22
Why you should have a "How to work with me" manual
Oct 18
Selling eggs - my quiet ambition
Oct 13
Breaking Free from 'Meh': The Hidden Impact of a 7 Rating in Life
Sep 24
From Software Engineer to Commercial Loan Broker
Sep 23
A personal message about the importance of your health
Sep 16
Is the SBA 8(a) program going away?
Aug 21
What is a search fund?
Aug 14
My guidelines for speaking engagements
Aug 07
The Ultimate Guide to Picking the Perfect Lender for Your Business
Aug 05
Built to sell - pricing strategies that work
Jul 22
My framework for building impervious value propositions
Jul 12
How to force tradeoff decisions
Jul 09
How I'd Start a Freelance Business Today
Jul 05
The Bookends of Product Management
Jun 28
From the C-suite to Product; How I got here and what you can learn from that
Jun 17
My Digital Detox Experience
Jun 10
AI copywriters wrote this blog post
Jun 03
The SBA Just Made Business Acquisitions Easier
May 27
The power of index investing funds
May 20
The most important skill for entrepreneurs
May 06
I churned out 46,000 words in 90 days using this writing process
Apr 29
⏰ NOW is the time to turn your finance career into entrepreneurship!
Apr 22
How to build your own financial plan in under 1 hour
Apr 15
Define your audience first, then design your product
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