Young Successful Entrepreneur

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Do you know what the number 1 killer of startups is?  Traffic.
Do you know why?  It’s our constant fixation on generating and building traffic that ultimately kills a startup or prevents a blogger from writing full-time.
Here are some common mistakes entrepreneurs and bloggers make regarding traffic:

I am very proud to announce that the first season of Living the Startup Life is now complete!  (Yes I know… took quite a while, huh?) Video is becoming more and more powerful, and I have noticed that a lot of entrepreneurs and Gen Y bloggers are starting to use it to add a more [...]

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Time after time we are told that the best leaders lead with questions and put their team above all else.  A selfless leader will be able to build a friendly, open company culture and thus his team will remain loyal to him.  This is a lie.
The startup life is NOT a democracy; [...]

According to my blog, I am officially a 1-year old blogger!  Woohoo!  Looking back on the year, the thing I value most from creating this blog is NOT the money I’ve generated nor is it the press that I’ve gotten; it’s the people that I’ve met along the way that truly makes the experience so [...]

Today I interviewed Ryan Geist who is a good friend of mine that I actually met online.  He talks in full detail about how he made the transition from the corporate world to the startup life.  He was a consultant at Deloitte Consulting for 3 years before making the leap into the entrepreneurial world, so [...]

We are launching Awesome Bloggers on Monday, March 16th!!!  I am so happy to be launching this video project because there is nothing I love better than to meet and build relationships with awesome people in the blogosphere.
We will be posting an episode every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, so be sure to subscribe so that [...]

A reader just left me a very honest comment with a brilliant question:
“Everyone always says to talk about what you’re an expert with or what you’re passionate about, but what if you have a lot of different passions and don’t feel like you’re an expert at any of them. I feel that I’m in that [...]