11 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Business

Glitter was literally shooting out of my eye sockets as I quit my PR job to “be my own boss.” Then reality struck.

Stop Trying To Be Happy

If you have to try to be cool, you will never be cool. If you have to try to be happy, then you will never be happy…

The Right (and Wrong) Way to Market A Book

A Comprehensive Guide to Creating a Bestseller

The Leverage of Being a Good Person

Relationships are leverage. If you give value to someone else first, you have leverage. It’s as…

A Resume of my Failures

The foundation for the most meaningful work I’ve done in my life

A resume of my failures

Failure is tricky. We do everything to avoid it. It is certainly better to be successful. But if you…

The Aha! Moments That Made Paul Graham’s Y Combinator Possible

I Failed All My Classes and that’s Why I’m Winning

In hindsight, the fact that I was considered a…

Postmortem of a Venture-Backed, Acquired Startup

Lessons learned from Decide.com

Gut investing

Investing with your gut

Just before heading out on stage at a tech conference, TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington asked me, “You’ve invested in a lot of great startups, how do you pick your companies?” I responded, “I trust my gut” — he seemed unsatisfied and told me, “You’ve…

Away with the average

How online entrepreneurship creates a unique advantage for job seekers

Do you want to get ahead of the pack in life, career, and business?