Category: Personal information & knowledge management

January 14, 2019

Back in 2007, when Larry Kim was just a one-man band settling into his usual spot at the Panera Bread in downtown Boston to build WordStream, the last thing on his mind was personal branding. “It just wasn’t a strategy […]

December 18, 2018

When we think about being an “influencer,” we usually think of people speaking from stages, beaming out blog posts to thousands of adoring readers, or racking up millions of followers on Instagram. But what if you could influence someone in […]

November 29, 2018

When looking for content marketing advice, it’s best to have experienced marketers show you the way. How about learning content strategies from someone who’s done it successfully for a big name brand? I recently talked to Netflix’s former CMO, Barry […]

October 4, 2018

I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was 19 and a broke college student at the University of Washington — so broke I had to drop out. I got a job, but still couldn’t pay my rent and […]

September 7, 2018

Red Rocket recently acquired Restaurant Furniture Plus, a B2B ecommerce website selling furniture to restaurants. What made this business different from most of the other businesses I have managed was the fact it was 100 percent a virtual company. The […]

August 17, 2018

You’ve heard that business is global now, right? But surely there are limits…you can have remote workers for a while, for example, but how in the world would it work logistically if members of your C-suite were in different cities, […]

July 25, 2018

Many people aspire to be the boss so that they can control their own schedule and take off as much time as they want. However, the stark reality is that many owners don’t take vacations at all, year after year. […]

July 16, 2018

If you’re a Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, you pretty much can sneeze and your bank will shell out millions from your account to fund whatever venture you think of. What about the rest of us? How can […]

July 2, 2018

I built my first business to multiple six-figures fairly quickly in 1999. It was a service business that filled a major need for a select industry. It’s a business that many entrepreneurs can still start and build successful today. I […]

May 25, 2018

Seth Godin and I have never met, but we seem to agree on one thing: Freelancers are not the same as entrepreneurs, just as much as entrepreneurs are not the same as small business owners. I just spoke at the […]