How Jack Dorsey used Free Work to Start His Career
"I found their email address list, for the entire corporation. I got the email for the CEO, I got the email for the Chairman, and I sent them an email and said: “I’m Jack. You have a hole in your system. Here’s how to fix it.""
How Ryan Graves Became Uber’s Head of Global Operations
Six years ago, a guy named Ryan Graves emailed me a marketing question - We ended up chatting on the phone for an hour. His story was awesome. He’d just completed a bunch of free marketing for a new tech company called FourSquare, and they’d hired him on the spot.
In Memory of My Friend
The other day, a very good friend of mine passed away. He swallowed pills, and died by himself. He was loved by everyone, but was alone late in his life. I hadn’t spoken to him in over a year. I really regret that.
How Playing Games Made Reid Hoffman $4.7 Billion
In a fantastic episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim asked Reid Hoffman about how he developed such incredible strategic abilities as an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Linkedin (300 million users), and is known as “the Oracle of Silicon Valley”. Here is what he said...
Why I Shut Down BookPop
I’ve had a lot of job offers over the years from authors who want help marketing their books. I turn down 90% of these offers; usually because I didn’t help create the book...
Are you skilled enough to get paid?
A reader named Joe reached out and asked: “How good at something do you need to be before reaching out to companies for free work?" Good question. I’ll tell you my story so you’ll be able to put the pieces together for yourself.
The One Thing Successful Entrepreneurs Do
Entrepreneurship is pretty straightforward. You just set up systems that help people. You create processes that automatically solve problems. To be an entrepreneur, you can’t just create a product or offer a service. You have to build a system, one that people love, that sells in your sleep.
The Hard Part about Being an Entrepreneur
I used to think being an entrepreneur was hard. Being an entrepreneur is technically very easy: Solve somebody’s biggest problem. Charge them for the solution.
My first iPhone App… and 32 Ideas I’ve Abandoned
Five years ago, I launched my first iPhone app. Negotiate It was a personal finance/productivity app that helped people save money. Pretty cool, right? It was a failure.
Thoughts on tour
I guess it’s hard for people to understand how much time goes into making these 2-minute clips. For each one, we get about three hours of footage...
