When You’re Building a Company, It’s Great to Be Weird
It’s your choice and it starts today. Will you be brave enough to be weird?…
Three Business Practices That Turned 1-800-GOT-JUNK Into a $105 Million Business
When I started The Rubbish Boys (which later I franchised as 1-800-GOT-JUNK?) at 18, I really didn’t know much about business…
5 Reasons to Spend New Year’s in Chicago
Chicago’s blistering cold is enough to send any human into hibernation, or in my case, running to California. But despite my complete disdain for weather much below “60 degrees and sunny” (I have a weather strategy for all business and personal travel that upholds this standard at least 87.5% of the time), my affinity for…
How to Actually Get Work Done at a Coffee Shop
It’s not about snagging the first thing that comes along, but about finding the place(s) where you can truly maximize your productivity and creativity…
How Your Startup Can Change the World: The 5 Keys to Social Entrepreneurship
It’s not surprising then that social entrepreneurship is a growing trend…
3 Secrets to Finding (and Being) a Great Co-founder
Whatever you do, don’t get desperate enough to settle. Demand the most from yourself and your co-founders…
The Top Digital Trends of 2013
Let’s talk about the key trends I am seeing for 2013…
Rebellion is a Startup Business: What Classic Rock Bands Teach Us About Entrepreneurship
Here are some of the best time-tested values of entrepreneurship — ones that have held up well even in the crazy world of rock music…
10 Lessons I’ve Learned During My First Three Months As a Founder
Here’s what I’ve learned so far as I get ready to launch CentUp, a company I’ve spent the last 3 months working on…
How One Small Business Made Philanthropy a Big Part of Its Culture
Everyday, the company I started, Midwest Pond Design, brings me to water…