Last month, the readers of my blog challenged me to validate a new business idea without using my existing audience, connections, or current business. They chose the idea for me, and I even limited myself to spending less than $500 to make it happen. Then, I documented the validation experiment in real-time throughout the month. […]

One of the reasons I’m such a big fan of Mark Cuban is because he’s not afraid to tell aspiring entrepreneurs exactly how hard it is to become truly successful in business. He doesn’t sugarcoat the inevitable failures you’ll experience along the way, and he doesn’t wrap the endless hours of hard work in a […]

It’s hard to define what exactly “success” means in the world of business. In my experience, becoming successful means that you’ve achieved the goals you set out to accomplish, regardless of what those goals are. Your goal could be to earn $100,000 a year working for yourself, build and sell a startup for $100 million […]

If you’re new to the self-employed way of life, there’s a whirlwind of information out there about what you might expect from your new life as a business owner, consultant, or freelancer. There are plenty of upbeat articles touting the freedom from office cubicles, the end of long commutes, and yes, the opportunity for endless […]

As a consumer, there’s no doubt you’ve been exposed to content marketing in one of its many forms over the past few years. The American Express OPEN Forum, infographics on calculating your hourly rate as a freelancer, and 4,000 word blog posts about launching a business while working are all examples of content marketing at […]