Afraid Of Hiring A Toxic Employee? Give Them The Beer & BBQ Test

My company has $250M in revenue. What most people don’t know is I had to start from scratch seven years into the business because I hired toxic employees. The Beer & BBQ test was my solution.

3 Reasons Why You Must Take Ownership of Your Success Today

Because You Have More Control Than You…

Sorry, I Got Someone Tortured

A fucked-up traveler’s tale of revenge gone wrong.

“Yeah, I’ve been busy…”

AKA 10 ways to NOT be boring

13 Creatives On Dealing With Disenchantment

One of my favorite parts of creative projects is the initial idea. Getting absorbed…

The 3 Most Powerful Rules for Writing I Learned by BOMBING My Last Post

What skills scare you to the point of paralysis?

I’m sure going to miss President Obama

President Obama still has some substantial time on the clock (hopefully enough time to appoint a Supreme Court Justice, hint hint), but already he’s showed me that a President doesn’t just have the power to change our way of life for better or worse as…

I’m An Entrepreneur Because Of My Mom

happy international women’s day, mom.

By Joe Laresca

There’s no possible way I could encompass what my mom has done for my family and the sacrifices she’s made in a blog post. It probably…

Eight Favorite Stories

We’ve moved our newsletter to Friday morning. Why? Because it’s Friiiiday! Here are eight stories we’ve recently…