It’s hard to imagine successful companies struggling to acquire customers. We see the successes with their hordes of fans and we think, “Wow, they’re so lucky. They have it good.” Yet every single behemoth in existence once had to court its first customer. In this post, we feature some of these stories. You’ll find in them... Read more
Sometimes being an entrepreneur is actually really easy. Things just sort of roll in. You just get clients and you do jobs and you send invoices and they pay you and you have a beer and you post a testimonial and everything is really great. Sound familiar? Yeah. I didn’t think so. I don’t... Read more
There are plenty of ways to get new clients and customers through your doors — the process of finding potential customers is called “lead generation.” One of the best ways to get clients or customers is through referrals. But Catherine, I don’t know what to say to get referrals! I don’t have time to... Read more
It always amazes me when decisions which seem small or inconsequential can lead to big changes in my life. When I learned that my new job had awesome benefits like a yoga membership, I looked for the nearest studio to my house and signed up for a month long intro pass. Although I didn’t know... Read more
How to grow from a 5 person company to a 500 person company. “Once you build out your executive team you’ll have so much time on your hands you won’t know what to do with yourself!” said one of our investors. We’d just raised our $20M series B for Bigcommerce in 2012 and upon hearing... Read more
It’s a misnomer that there’s some perfect recipe to getting investment money for your startup. Bad products get funded all the time, while good products fly under investors’ radars. There’s no secret sauce for getting funded. There’s no perfect pitch length, no ideal deck length, and no single one-sheet that will seal the deal.... Read more
Freelancing can be intimidating. The landscape is broad and as a result, it can be difficult to find your niche within it. On one end, there are full-time freelancing gurus like Ramit Sethi. They’ve hustled to a point where they can command rates that sound like a startup’s earnings report. Conversely, there are people who... Read more
If you want to be successful, there’s one thing you need to do: Be Productive. We all have the same amount of hours in a day, it’s what we do with those hours that matters most. In a world filled with notifications and distractions – being productive can be quite challenging. But let me be... Read more
On any given day, my inbox is typically filled with more than 800 incoming emails. The people sending these emails range from clients and readers to customers and supporters. A lot of people would be overwhelmed by this amount of incoming distractions but I’ve unlocked the Da Vinci code to managing my inbox effectively & efficiently.... Read more
Life is about the people we meet and the experiences we share with one another. It’s about creating, sharing, living and being connected to one another as we all try and get through this crazy thing called life. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut and easy to forget about the great people and... Read more
The hustle can be exhausting. Many of us are lucky to get seven sweet hours of sleep each night. As such, most of us are not always running on a full night’s sleep. Who am I kidding? I don’t remember the last time I got more than six hours in a row. I’m a night owl... Read more
Waking up is easy. We do it every day, there is no effort needed. Getting up, on the other hand and specifically getting up on time can be a trying task for a lot of us. The mornings can be a whirlwind. Shower, coffee, choke down a half-frozen Eggo and you are out the door.... Read more
