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I recruit a ton of remote talent. My residential cleaning company MaidThis has been fully remote since day one back in 2013. Since then I have worked with dozens of fully remote people. Here’s the fact: there’s so much talent in the wor…

The truth is it takes a certain type of personality to go into entrepreneurship that many people don’t have.  The concept of business ownership is often glamorized, especially on social media. It makes a lot of people think, “I wan…

’ve been thinking a lot recently about the concept of a business builder versus a business investor. The more I get into business, the more I realize that they are two very different identities. The more successful entrepreneurs I meet and in…

So a fair number of people advocate for making your passion your business. I think that's a bad idea, and I'll tell you why, but let's go the other direction first. Do you even have to like what your business does? Now, I'm not saying that you sho…

Admit it. We've all been there. Someone forwarded you a Grant Cardone or Gary Vee video and you said, "Stop with the #hustle content already." But then, at some point, when you got past the hate, for one reason or another you realized you might even…

Marketing is a job that's never done. There's always something that can be optimized or introduced or tried for the first time, knowing it might fail. What's important to realize is that in local services particularly, a lot of small operators are p…

One of the most frequently-recurring interactions on Twitter is people asking me, "how do I do what you did?" I love being able to share, which I often do in threads or private DM conversations. I thought it would make sense to share some of the bro…

My co-host for the Remote Local Podcast, Johnny Robinson, recently told me he spent $50,000 on joining a peer group that was focused on e-learning businesses. Fifty grand. After I picked up my jaw and he explained some of the other advantages he'd…

I recently had the chance to sit down with Dan Andrews, one of the brains behind Dynamite Jobs, an amazing remote job board. He's also the host of the Tropical MBA podcast (which, if you aren't already listening to, do it already!). Our conversation…

A few years ago I was pretty content with how my business was systematized. I had put EOS Lite in place, I was happy with the people in my business, and I had a clear path ahead of me. I knew what I needed to grow the company. But my personal life…