Last night, I watched two incredibly large and talented UFC fighters square off for the Heavyweight Title. There’s something about the heavyweight division, in all combat sports, that draws the attention of any hardcore or fairweather fight fan. It’s likely the sheer force these giant …
Why Daily Reading Makes Entrepreneurs Wealthier and Healthier
Bless my mom. Growing up she promoted reading to my brother and me, but, unfortunately, I was the type of kid who rarely read. I dreaded reading as a child because I didn’t have much patience for anything other than sports. In fact, I could …
This Kills Startups Every Day
Over the last several months, I’ve been spending an unusual amount of time in Silicon Valley. Two or sometimes three trips a month - starting to feel like a second home. On some of those trips, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet with very successful venture …
Why The Military Should Be Privatized
Entrepreneur Erik Prince is controversial in many Liberal circles and revered by most Conservatives. One thing’s for certain, he’s incredibly accomplished as an entrepreneur, having built the biggest private military contracting firm in US history and now leading Frontier Services Group - a logistics company primarily …
Watch What Nerds Do With Their Free Time
Entrepreneurs need to stay ahead of trends – it’s vital to their existence… early entrants to any market reap high margins. And trends vary by demographic of course. As such, entrepreneurship requires us to consistently research what’s going on with kids’ social trends and grandparents’ …
The Three Fs That Kill Entrepreneur Dreams
There’s a famous quote about entrepreneurship: “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t so you can live the rest of your life like most people can’t.” I remember starting my first business out of college. It was a crazy …
You Can’t be Cool and Have an Instagram Account
“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” - George Orwell Social media, particularly the likes of Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, where people post pictures or videos of themselves ‘doing things’, is fucking …
My Vote is For Ivanka
Now that both political party conventions are over, it’s easy to identify America’s choices in 2016… the contrasts between Trump and Clinton are blatant… and the same can be said for the candidates’ daughters. While both women are accomplished and very intelligent, from an entrepreneur’s …
Daily Routines That Transformed My Productivity
We live in a cluttered and hyper-distracting world. Despite all the technology intended to make us more productive, people are increasingly becoming less productive. David Brock, author of Your Brain at Work, says the average office worker is distracted every three minutes, and to get …