September, 2016
6 Things You Can Repurpose Into Homestead Successes
Tiki Statues Why: A Tiki statue brings mojo to your place and a fierce Tiki scares away rascals. Source: An old log that has grown “legs” when turned upside-down; cool looking rocks. How To: A) Use a chainsaw to cut a log in half lengthwise into halves, with two legs on each half. B) Draw a face on the log halves and chisel indentations [...]
The Better Skills Test: How to Determine If You Should Price or Proposition Simplify Your Business
The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes In order to succeed as a simplifier, your firm needs to have the right skill set for your market, but it must also be better at simplifying in that way than any current or potential competitor. This is a hard [...]
5 Steps to Raise Startup and Expansion Capital
What is the one thing that stops many potential entrepreneurs from chasing their dreams? Money. Not everyone can secure a business loan — or wants to put his or her personal assets on the line — and the majority of startups never receive a dime from VCs. Dreams die daily because of a lack of funds. I was recently speaking [...]
The No. 1 Reason Your Online Business Isn't Making Money
We live in an interesting time. Today, 3 billion people log onto the internet each day, and that number is growing by 8 percent every year. You can learn how to do pretty much anything through blogs, websites, podcasts and videos. This has created a tremendous opportunity to get exposure for your business and the services and products [...]
Know Your DIY Limits: Safety on the Homestead
East Hawaii, the windward side of the Big Island, is a bastion of do-it-yourself practitioners. This widespread spirit of self-sufficiency and body of DIY expertise are two of many factors that drew us to this rock when we decided to break from our conventional lives and white collar jobs on the mainland to develop a homestead. For [...]
Starting Up Wrong: 6 Product Testing Mistakes You Need to Avoid
The potential of any “great idea” is limited by how you execute it. Successful execution happens due to one of two reasons: luck and proper testing and iterations. In other words, product-market fit is found through hard work or blind luck while minimizing mistakes along the way. After a few years, several other apps and dozens of [...]
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How Do I Start My eCommerce Business?
It’s safe to say that the days of retail shopping are dwindling. Moving away from department stores, shoppers are now browsing and buying online in record numbers. Shoppers now make 51% of their purchases online, which is 3% more than in 2015. Starting a new online business or getting your already established business online is [...]
How to Turn Negative Experiences Around and Thrive
This column is an excerpt from Matt Mayberry’s book, Winning Plays, out now. When we experience failure, tragedy, or hardship, I believe we all struggle with envisioning the absolute worst outcome. When I got injured in my very first game in the NFL, I was completely broken and defeated in that moment, but I made it even worse [...]