What Matters Most in Business
I was taking my morning walk today, listening to TED Talks, as I often do, and the second talk that came up on my feed was a speech by someone named Bill Gross. The topic of the conversation was, “What factors matter most for startup success?” Before listening to this…
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Lagging Behind Your Competition? Why You Shouldn’t Care
One of the classic idioms of our time, and something I’ve used many times with my kids, is “don’t cry over spilt milk.” It’s a simple saying, carrying a wealth of wisdom: Forget what has already happened, put things in perspective, and move on. It is important to remember this…
READ MOREDemanding Owner Looking For “Live or Die By Results” CEO
This is unlike almost any “job ad” you’ve ever read. That’s because I’m not actually looking to fill a job. Instead, I’m looking to find a very specific type of person. I’m the owner of a successful Internet publishing company. If you’re not exactly sure what Internet publishing or digital…
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15 Minute Challenge for You
If you want to be more productive, it’s time to stop making excuses and claiming you’re a Night Owl because you like staying up late to watch Netflix or Stephen Colbert, or because you’d rather be sleeping in your warm bed on a cold morning. That doesn’t make you a…
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Three Steps to Protect Your Portfolio From the Next Bear Market
In one of my recent columns, I noted that investment analysis has gotten far trickier over the last few years. We have entered a period of “administrative markets,” in which equity returns are affected as much by government policies as they are by economic growth and corporate profits. In the…
READ MORE12 Super-Successful CEOs That Wake Up REALLY Early
“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Benjamin Franklin’s advice may be over 200 years old, but it’s just as true now as it was then. Here are 12 people who have followed that mantra and become extremely successful as a result. Richard…
READ MOREAlways Be Doing This
Bedros and I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to be constantly networking and making friends in the industry… and even outside of it. The more connected you are, the better. Because you never know when it will come back to help you. For example, several years ago I…
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How to Escape the Biggest Destroyer of Wealth
Escape the biggest destroyer of wealth by learning how to not interrupt the compounding process by liquidating part or all of your funds.
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Coming Soon!
Why do I go to Europe every summer for weeks at a time? Glad you asked. It all started back in 2010. That was the 1st year that my friend Simon Black held a Liberty and Entrepreneurship Camp in the countryside of Lithuania (at the request of a Lithuanian friend,…
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The One Way I Buy Stocks
Ok. I have a confession. Not quite a confession. More like an adjustment. I’ve written that people should not trade stocks. People should not daytrade. People should stay out of the markets. I believe this. But I also don’t believe it. Too many people say to me, “I have an idea…
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Best First Email Ever
Here is a BIG lesson from the vault. You’ll learn a lot. This guy knew what he was doing on Day 1. This is the first email that Joel Marion ever sent to me… before he had a product… before he needed affiliates… Look at how he showed up with…
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The Rich Employee
One of my best friends from 8th grade invested $25,000 in Uber’s first round. That $25,000 is now worth $50,000,000. I can say, “I wish that were me!” but I don’t deserve it. He spent his 20s building his network in Silicon Valley so he would have this opportunity today.…
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