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...
14 days 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...
21 days 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...
27 days 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 1 month ago • 8 min read
Big news: I'm hosting a free CEO bootcamp with Shaan Puri on Wednesday, April 16th at 2pm EST. You can register here. Everyone who registers to this event will receive a copy of the video recording even if you can't attend live. Shaan and I are going to spend an hour discussing: 1. Founder/CEO goal setting: How to set and measure KPIs/goals on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. How to effectively communicate, delegate, and achieve these goals with your team. How to respond and...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Before we jump in: 2 years ago I invested in AdRhino, a paid ads agency for SMBs. They've helped over 100 brands scale paid ads and have managed over $3 million in media spend so far. They are doing something unheard of: They're offering to do 1 full month of FREE ADS MANAGEMENT for the first 5 people who respond. The only thing: You have to be spending more than $5K/month on paid ads to qualify. Want to take advantage of this? Just respond to this email and I’ll make an introduction. -- A...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Before we jump in: Want to estimate how much you could save in taxes by doing a cost seg study and taking bonus depreciation? Try this calculator where you can share your details to learn how much you can save/defer. Note: I'm an investor in RE Cost Seg which created this tool. -- If you are just starting out, your hypothesis that there is a hole in the market for you is still an educated guess until you get out there and prove it. This is why you need to start lean and stay lean from day 1....
about 2 months ago • 11 min read
Before we jump in: One of my secret weapons in business: Hiring all over the world for 80% less than US wages. My company Somewhere.com has these three candidates available to hire today: Zané ($8/hr) Robin ($9/hr) Lucinda ($11/hr) Click here to set up an interview and get $500 off. -- What business should you start right now? I get this question a lot: "If you had to start all over again right now what business would you start? What sector would it be in? What sectors would you avoid? How...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Before we jump in: Nick Huber @sweatystartup You can hire a financial analyst in Egypt. They'll make $4.09 per hour all-in. $8,500 per year. They'll have a masters degree in finance. And they'll do things in Excel that you never thought were possible. Worldwide talent never ceases to blow my mind. 4:23 PM • Feb 14, 2025 255 Retweets 6173 Likes Read 248 replies Want to hire some of these folks for your team? Respond to this email and I'll make an introduction. -- The life of an entrepreneur is...
2 months ago • 9 min read
