Published in Entrepreneur's Handbook·2 days agoMember-onlyHow I Tamed Slack and AsanaOr the great productivity paradox of our modern times — The message came late on a Friday night: Hey man, just a heads up, I’ve been told by a few people today that they are finding it really hard to get hold of you on Slack. I know it’s hard to keep up with the madness, but just try stay…Work10 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Sep 30Member-only5 Unusual Ways to Increase Your Net WorthAs an entrepreneur/business owner — There’s a fundamental difference between rich and wealthy people. The former makes and spends money, the latter saves and invests it. This means that not all rich people have a high net worth, but all wealthy people usually do. In purely economic terms, your net worth is the sum of…Business9 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Sep 21Member-onlyS&P 500: Still not a buyWe haven’t hit the bottom yet — Almost 3 months ago, I published an article about the 3 tools I am using to identify the bottom of the current market collapse. …Business7 min read
Published in Entrepreneur's Handbook·Sep 20Member-onlyHow to Make Money out of Thin AirWhat it means to be an entrepreneur in 2022 — In June 2015, Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel closed a $50 million financing round. Instead of investing it all into the company, Spiegel went and used a nice chunk of that change to buy himself a Ferrari. This didn’t look good from the start. 2 years later, in June 2017, he…Entrepreneurship11 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Sep 14Member-onlyBill Gates Didn’t Think Gmail Users Would Need 2GB of Storage — Here’s What to Learn from His ErrorOn forward-thinking and long-term vision — In late 2004, Bill Gates visited journalist Steven Levy to talk about spam and the future of email. Google had just launched its e-mail service Gmail 6 months prior, and the topic came up during the conversation. Levy explained that the IT department at Newsweek barely gave them enough storage…Entrepreneurship6 min read
Published in Mind Cafe·Sep 8Member-onlyI Read Faster than Bill Gates for a Month — Here Is What I LearnedKey lessons from a reading experiment — Last Summer, I was lucky enough to go on a 3-week vacation and unwind from my day-to-day responsibilities both at my 9–5 job and my own business. On my last Friday before leaving with my girlfriend on our road trip, I set my Slack status to the palm tree emoji…Reading8 min read
Published in Entrepreneur's Handbook·Sep 2Member-onlyHow Bob Iger Grew Disney’s Market Cap from $48B to $257B Within 15 Years“If you’re in the business of making something, be in the business of making something great.” — On a Saturday in March 2005, Bob Iger called Steve Jobs. He had just been named the new CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and he felt like reaching out to Jobs because the relationship between Pixar (Job’s film studio) and Disney had fallen apart throughout the years. Iger has…Business7 min read
Published in Mind Cafe·Aug 17Member-onlyThings I Would Tell My 16-Year-Old Self Now That I’m Doing BetterOn life, school & education. — It took me the first 25 years of my life (that’s a quarter century) to stick to something long enough to start seeing some sort of progress. 3 years ago, I decided I was going to write an article draft every morning at 6:30 am, publish 3 articles per week…Life Lessons10 min read
Published in Mind Cafe·Aug 12Member-onlyThe Way John F. Kennedy Saw Money is the Path to Tremendous Wealth“We had bigger houses, more servants, we traveled more.” — In 1960, a reporter asked John F. Kennedy, who was running for office, what he remembered of The Great Depression, which to this day is considered the longest, deepest, and most widespread recession of the 20th century. It marked millions of Americans for life, rich and poor, and many never…Money11 min read
Published in Entrepreneur's Handbook·Aug 3Member-onlyStop Asking for a Raise, Go Start Your Own ThingYou’ll never become rich with a 9–5 salary — I was in a meeting the other day and the topic of salary came up. I don’t exactly recall how it happened, but I remember someone said: “I don’t know about you guys, but I could use a raise, especially for the amount of work I get done.” Right then…Money8 min read
