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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 […]

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 […]

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: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: ​Click here to set up an interview and get $500 off. — What business should you start right now? I get this question […]

Before we jump in: Big news. I wrote a book! I’d love for you to pre-order it here. Coming 4/29/25. — I was listening to a podcast with a well known business man several years ago. He had a bunch of advice that’s been popularized and repeated by many others in this game. A lot of this […]

Before we jump in: — The life of an entrepreneur is all about solving problems and answering questions. Every day, a new question or problem will land in your email inbox, text group, slack, or show up as a new meeting on your calendar. When this happens it’s up to you to decide how to […]

Before we jump in: ​​AdRhino is a paid ads agency that I am a customer of and an investor in. They run paid search and social media ads for clients in pest control, HVAC, plumbing, car washes, restaurants, real estate, and more. They track everything and will tell you the exact dollar amount return on all […]