Quick note before we dive in: I will send you $500 cash if you refer a friend to Somewhere.com or RECostSeg.com. If you know any business owners who need hiring help and want to save a bunch of money or buy real estate and want to pay less in taxes, let me know! Click here to learn more or respond to this email. -- There is an ongoing debate in the world of entrepreneurship. Should you buy a business or start one? To answer this question, you have to ask yourself one thing: How much cash do...
8 days ago • 15 min read
In life, you have an important choice to make. You can make things happen, you can watch things happen, or you can wonder what happened when life passes you by! Most people either wait, watch or wonder what happened. They simply react. Life happens and they try their best just to survive. They get done with work for the day, go home, flip on the TV and then go to bed. They wake up and do it again. Until one day something changes and maybe they lose their job. Then they react and find another...
15 days ago • 6 min read
My book is on sale right now on Amazon. $25 all-in. 20% off. If you buy a hardcover I'll give you 1 year access to my small business community we're building around the book. Click here to order the book Respond to this email with proof of purchase and I'll get you an invite. Here are a few pages and concepts to show you what you stand to learn if you order the book: Chris Powers @fortworthchris “There is a direct correlation between the stress you have endured in your professional life and...
19 days ago • 1 min read
My book, The Sweaty Startup is out TODAY. I worked on it for 18 months. CLICK HERE TO ORDER It is the how-to business guide I wish I had in my hands when I was in the midst of building my first business. Most business books have 2-3 gold nuggets in the entire book. My goal was to write a book with 2-3 gold nuggets per page. It's short, concise, and to the point. It is the ultimate guide on how to pick a business idea, how to grow that business and how to out-operate the competition. Sales,...
21 days ago • 1 min read
Quick note: I've hired 100+ employees outside the US and it has been an absolute game changer for my companies. 70-80% lower cost than US based employees and often times MORE efficient. This includes: Sales reps with perfect English from South Africa for $1,700 per month. Executive assistants from Latin America for $1,400 per month. Customer service reps from the Philippines for $1,100 per month. Click here if you want to hire someone like this. I’ll give you $500 off. -- When I started...
28 days ago • 4 min read
Quick note: I'm hosting a free CEO bootcamp with Shaan Puri this Wednesday at 2pm EST. Register here and I'll send you a copy of the recording even if you can't join live. -- How to start a business with very little money: If you are broke, you need to start by trading your time for money. This means you need to focus on what I call a level 1 business. All level 1 businesses require basically no capital, very low skills, no network, and they all have the ability for you to make $20-50/hr...
about 1 month ago • 9 min read
Quick note: Tax season in the US is here. I've saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes from buying real estate and offsetting income with bonus depreciation. I've done over 50 cost seg studies with RE Cost Seg for my portfolio at Bolt Storage. They have a free calculator where you can punch in the details of your property to see what you could potentially save. Check it out here. -- Focus on value – not just money: I talk a lot about doing the important but not urgent work that it...
about 1 month ago • 10 min read
Two quick things: 1) I'm hosting a free CEO Bootcamp on April 16th. RSVP here. If you sign up, I'll send you the recording. 2) I recorded a podcast episode where I answered the following questions: My 10 year goals The perfect startup for an inexperienced entrepreneur Best place to build an audience and how Raising kids, my storage portfolio setup and more. Click here to listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. -- How to keep going when business isn’t fun anymore: About 10 years ago I read The...
about 2 months ago • 9 min read
There is a proven playbook to grow companies. What tools to use, agencies to hire, strategies to employ. I’ve launched 9 companies in my life. 3 of them are fairly large. Bolt Storage owns 2 million square feet of self storage and has 50 employees. RE Cost Seg has done 6000+ cost seg studies and has 67 employees. Somewhere.com places 200 folks per month for our clients and has 180+ employees. So people ask me all of the time for vendor recommendations. They want to know what's essential and...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
