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One of the toughest things to do is to make sure your earliest employees are rewarded for the risk they took. In today’s short video, I’m going to explain a fair way to make sure your employees equity is treated fairly. Do You Want To Grow Your Business?  Maybe I Can Help.  Click Here.

There are a lot of great business books out there. But there’s only one business book that you have to read regardless of your business. And many people don’t even consider this must-read a business book. Watch this short three minute video to find what this book is (Hint: It’s not The Art Of War),…

Being first to market is the holy grail when you’re starting a business.  So it can be soul-crushing when you find out a competitor got there before you. But all is not lost.  In fact, maybe you’re better off being second, third, or even (gulp) tenth to market. In today’s short four minute video, I’ll…

You’ve got a great idea for a new business.  No what do you do next? Taking a little bit of time to figure out exactly what you’ve got, and whether it even makes sense to go forward, is a smart idea that many entrepreneurs forget to take. In today’s short four minute video, I’ll walk…

I have a really simple rule for who is a founder and who isn’t a founder. If the person joins before the company receives funding, then the person is a founder. The amount of work, modeling, planing, and strategy you’ve done are irrelevant. Ego and greed are the enemy of success when it comes to…

I’ll never forget being at a CEO conference organized by one of our investors. One of the speakers was an extremely famous CEO. The CEO was rambling on and on. Then, out of nowhere, he said, “I work 16 hours a day, seven days a week.” My head snapped straight up. I wanted to scream,…

No steps are necessary to protect your ideas before you pitch to VCs except for one. I’ll get back to that later. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] But first, a story: “We can stop right there,” the VC said to my cofounder “John”. John, to my surprise,…

We needed to raise money, lots and lots of money, right of the gate. The money we needed to raise ($11M) wasn’t the kind of money that most people have laying around. I sure didn’t. But there’s the reality that even if you need lots of money, you’re going to end up putting your own…