We’re not in the business of selling our startup; we’re in the business of making it something worth buying. Contrary to popular belief, we don’t just build a startup and have a bunch of big companies start calling on us to make offers. Yes, it’s happened to some really incredible companies, and no, it probably […]
Any startup interested in raising money will need a pitch presentation to share with potential investors, and successful startups all have one thing in common (most likely) a solid business idea backed by a convincing presentation deck. In this article, we will talk about the 10 sections of a pitch and what they include. Let’s […]
How to Get on the First Page of Google Are you dying to know how to get on the first page of Google? You’ve come to the right place. I first learned how to rank articles fast from Brian Dean. I also interviewed him on the podcast to learn more about his exact process for getting on […]
Youth Entrepreneurship: Can Middle Schoolers be Founders? It turns out middle schoolers may be some of the best Founders I’ve ever met. A little backstory. My kids go to a small school in Ohio that only has 208 students in the whole Middle School (grades 5-8). The school is very innovative, but one of the […]
Studies show 97% of people check a company’s online presence before going to their website, and just over a tenth (11%) of sites received between 250,001 and 10 million monthly visitors. You can imagine that percentage is made up of your business giants: Nike, Adidas, Sephora, Hubspot, and the really well-known businesses that don’t even […]
Small business owners face a steep learning curve amid rising interest rates, tighter access to capital, and economic uncertainty. The challenge is not in their products or services. It is in their finances. A quiet crisis is unfolding behind the scenes: a lack of financial literacy, especially the intermediate to advanced knowledge required to manage cash […]
Does the following sound like you? You’re tired of being a replaceable cog in the corporate machine, of building someone else’s dream instead of pursuing your own. You want to start a business and be your own boss. There’s just one problem. You don’t know what business to start. Thankfully, that’s exactly what this article […]
What’s the hardest thing about starting and growing a business? For many small businesses, the answer is finding clients or getting customers. Customer acquisition is particularly difficult if your marketing budget is limited. Here are 18 time-tested strategies to help build your customer base. Finding customers is one of the most difficult challenges for startups […]
Want your startup to become a unicorn? Experts say these 4 pillars will help you get there I remember a conversation I had with a friend when I was first starting out. We were brainstorming ideas, talking about how we’d love to build a product that changed the world — and maybe one day reach […]
Welcome to a complete overview of the steps to launch what I call a Services Arbitrage business. If you’re not sure what this is and you’ve never heard the story behind how I launched an online editing company, make sure you read Part 1 and 2 first. Here are the links: How To Start An Online Business […]










