Quick note: I've hired over 50 remote sales reps across my portfolio. They've helped me add millions of dollars per month in revenue to my businesses. Want to hire someone like this for your team? Book a call and my team will make it happen. -- What is this all about? Almost everything I write about is related to business and the tools + skills you need in order to make money and grow companies. But what's the end goal here? Isn't it to live a good, fulfilling, and happy life? You know, the...
8 days ago • 8 min read
Quick note before we dive in: I own Bolt Builders with my father who is a 40 year construction vet. We do architectural design, site plans, pre-construction management. If you're working on a project - just respond to this email and I'll intro you! -- It was the fall of 2011. My business partner Dan and I had just started Storage Squad a few months earlier. We were 50/50 partners and we were starting our senior year of college. As the months ticked by, we watched all of our friends at Cornell...
15 days ago • 5 min read
Quick note before we dive in: Last year I used Titan Risk to change my insurance policy at Bolt Storage and saved $48K. Want to see how much you can save on your coverage? Respond to this email and I'll make an intro. -- If you work a W2 job and want to get ahead in life, I have only one piece of advice. Solve problems for the person ahead of you. Right now as you are reading this, ask yourself: Who is 1-2 levels up in my company? What are they focused on right now? How can I take something...
29 days ago • 5 min read
Before we jump in: I recently hired an AI automations specialist from Colombia and he is incredible. 70% lower salary than a US equivalent.I interviewed 3 others that were insanely impressive. If you’d like to hire one for a project, respond to this email and we can set up an interview. -- I had breakfast with a mentor of mine in Ithaca, New York the summer after I started my first business. He ran the entrepreneurship program at Cornell. Two minutes in, before he'd even asked what I wanted...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Before we jump in: Do you own real estate and want to estimate how much you could save in taxes by doing a cost seg study and taking bonus depreciation? Try this calculator. It takes 10 seconds to see how much you can save/defer. -- If you're just starting out, your hypothesis that there is an opportunity in the market for you is still an educated guess until you go out there and prove it! A business = sales. If you aren't selling something and making money, you don't have a business. Period....
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
There is a saying in business: If you don't have an executive assistant, you are the executive assistant. Hiring one is the quickest way to buy back 10-20 hours per week of your time. You can hire a phenomenal EA from Somewhere.com for under $2K/month. Want to interview a rockstar that you can hire asap? Just respond to this email and I'll hook you up. -- When you are starting a company you do NOT want to spend months rethinking a business model or intentionally trying to do everything...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
A lot of people want to start a certain business because they enjoy doing a certain activity. They want to start a web development agency because they enjoy designing websites. They want to open a restaurant because they enjoy making food. I'm here to tell you that successful entrepreneurs think very differently. The cold hard truth is that every single business, when operated at a high level, is fundamentally the same. The owner or CEO is not doing the work themselves. Instead, they've built...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Quick note before we dive in: My team at Somewhere.com has helped 250+ companies hire remote talent for up to 80% less than local equivalents in the past 30 days. Sales, marketing, finance, operations, accountants, engineers, designers, executive assistants and more. Want $500 off your next hire? Reply to this email and I'll hook you up. -- The two skills that virtually guarantee success are: PATIENCE and DELAYED GRATIFICATION The richest people I know all worked hard on something boring for...
2 months ago • 5 min read
If you want to be rich, you need to obsess over leverage. Most people think success comes from working more hours. That is bullshit. There is a clearly a finite limit to how much one person can work in any given day or week. You can only work so many hours. You can only take so many sales calls. You can only answer so many emails. But the people who build large businesses don't focus on working harder. They focus on building more leverage. Leverage = anything that allows you to multiply your...
3 months ago • 6 min read
