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As part a compensation package, I can't decide whether startup equity options are another form of: A) Indentured servitude 📝 B) Gambling 🤑 C) Monopoly money 🎩 D) All of the above 🤔

If it's your first call with a prospective customer and you're talking more than the customer, you're doing it wrong.

How do you become the person you dreamed of being? Write your top 5 core values and operating principle for each. Here is mine. 1/x

Time in market is better than trying to time the market.

Sometimes "dirty" is better than "perfection"

IIf you are an early stage founder that has not found product market fit, you should NOT hire an external business development person. Instead, you should do it yourself. Here is why: 🧵

AI won't replace you. People using AI will replace you.

In the last 10 years, I’ve spent more than $500,000 on failed businesses. I’ve also helped hundreds of entrepreneurs achieve $500,000,000 in raised capital, exits and revenue. Here are 5 things I had to unlearn on business and growth: Credit to @LouisSlices's recent email for

If you're starting a business, there are four possible outcomes. 1⃣ The business becomes profitable and sustainble, so that you can operate the business as long as you want. 2⃣ The business fails. 3⃣ The business gets acquired. 4⃣ The business IPOs. When you raise venture

My biggest struggle when I transitioned from 9-5 executive to digital entrepreneur begins with the word - over. ❗Overthinking ❗Overcomplicating ❗Overengineering

Up until 2021, I ran a successful business making → $1M ARR → 80%+ gross margins → 40% of sales from repeat customers Not bad, right? Despite all that, I shut it down. Why? I had a distribution problem. --- This business was a DTC beauty brand. Ad prices and shipping

The U.S. national debt is more than $33 trillion. It is growing faster than GDP - the monetary value of goods and services produced in the U.S. Since the U.S. government is spending more than it's earning, they have to borrow to make their payments. What happens if the U.S.

I sucked at negotiation. I closed 0 partnerships in my first six months. 🏁 I was frustrated. 😭 Instead of giving up, I read 50+ books on negotiation. These 5 books helped me close my first 7-figure deal. 💸 P.S. I added a bonus for women at the end.

For things I want but don't need, I ask myself 3 questions. 1️⃣ Will it make me money? 2️⃣ Will it make me happy in the long term? 3️⃣ Will it save time or make my life easier? If I get a yes to at least 1 question, I will purchase the item.

Founder: We build our own AI models. What they actually mean: I use ChatGPT API calls.

First impressions count, even over cold DM.

The best investment is the one that lets you sleep at night.

What most millionaires won't tell you... 1. They chose a high-paying job, stacked skills, and invested in stocks. 2. They saved enough, left their 9-5 on good terms, and tried many businesses. 3. If the ventures didn't work out, they went back to their 9-5. 4. Repeat.

Invest $100 now. Because if you don’t, investing $10k or $100k will be harder later. Feel the pain of a drawdown and get used to it. Being in the red will happen. What's most important is how you manage the risk and execute the plan. It's part of the investing game.

Your emergency fund is something you dip into when you don't have a choice. Your options fund is the money you're saving for when you want to make a choice.