The 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web “If You Build It…They Will Come”, may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company.Driving traffic to your website is a formula that can be reverse engineered. Other than paying for traffic with advertising, [...]
In the past year I’ve given the following talks that explain the majority of my general advice for entrepreneurs. If you want to know what I did, and what I think you need to do to be successful… then grab some popcorn, set aside 3 hours (not all at once…), and enjoy. 10 Strategies for Startup [...]
Don’t take for granted your life, even if you think it’s filled with strife Don’t take for granted your health, it can’t be replaced any amount of wealth Don’t take for granted your friends, they may be all you have in the end Don’t take for granted your kin, for they love you in spite [...]
These are the core questions that I ask every person that I interview. I’ve narrowed the list down to the top 7 questions I ask from a list of hundreds I have tried. Hope this helps. And as a bonus threw in a video for those folks looking for a job on the best way [...]
I eat out almost every meal. I’ll spend time on Citysearch and Yelp trying to find good new spots to try, but my preference is still to get great recommendation from friends. Enter Leslie Wade, who put this list together for me below in an email (including the cute commentary), and I feel compelled to share it [...]
What’s the one most important thing for your startup or small business? I don’t know! But I do know THERE IS ONE MOST IMPORTANT THING. Here is how you make that one thing matter most.
One of the most common themes I talk about is starting a new business, and among that topic answering the question of Why. A lot of us naturally ask things in the beginning like “what should I do” or “how do I do that”, but those aren’t the most important questions to ask. Here is my [...]
Whatever else I accomplish in life, I certainly hope I keep my non-douchebaggy status. Treat each person you meet with respect, kindness and thoughtfulness. It’s a standard we can all strive for, but some seem to fall extra short. So here are my muses on the types of Douchebags you can run across in the [...]
DocStoc – Entrepreneur (3/23/11) from OC Creative Media on Vimeo. Here was a recent video interview I did for Entrepreneur Magazine. Its a short clip talking about Docstoc and my philosophy on how to break out of the pack by focusing on the “most important items”. Its a common mantra I preach to our team. There [...]
I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I asked the panelists (David Travers, Brian Norgard, Fouad ElNaggar, & Demian Sellfors) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two [...]
