Owning stuff
Maintenance hours, not purchase price. That’s how much something cost. I’ve owned a lot of stuff. Cars, houses, other stuff. Now I own little stuff....
Author: samp615
35% growth is boring
What’s the price of creating a company with good, steady revenue growth and profitability? Boredom (potenially). Here are a few quotes from Roger Lowenste...
Set a goal
I’ve interviewed or met thousands of very successful people. Billionaires. Hundreds of millionaires. Famous people. And likely whatever else brag I can pu...
My friend Ben has cancer and more dignity than I’ll ever know
My friend Ben Wilson has stage 4 lung cancer. He has 4 kids under the age of 5. Yesterday I saw him. He found out 6 weeks ago. In that time he moved his home cl...
Notes from hanging out with a powerful person
Yesterday Lloyd Blankfein came to my office to record My First Million. Lloyd used to be the CEO of Goldman Sachs. I’ve met loads of billionaires and powe...
The type of successful people I like all have these things in common
I’ve been lucky to hang out with incredibly successful people because of my job. Additionally, I spent the weekend speaking at a conference in Austin, Tex...
22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
I just finished reading a book called The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing. I’m writing a summary here so that I can remember it better. It’s a 9/10 b...
A style of men’s clothing that will never go out of style and why I think that’s cool.
And why I think you should dress this way (if you want to look great forever).
“I don’t design clothes, I design dreams.” – Ralph Lauren
I’m on a Ralph Lauren kick. The entrepreneur, not the brand (but I am also very into that, too!). One concept that he’s turned me onto: designing yo...
I did a cool thing this week (met the mayor)
I know how money is made. Tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions. I’ve studied it. And even made a little myself. The world of money making used...