Writing About the Stock Market & Life Since 2003

What I Do When I’m Having Trouble Making a Business Decision

Jul 10, 2017

Here is what I do when I’m having trouble making a business decision.

You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure

Jul 05, 2017

You can’t manage what you can’t measure…

Everything You’ve Learned About Writing a Business Plan is Wrong.

Jul 03, 2017

Everything You’ve Learned About Writing a Business Plan is Wrong. Start by answering these 2 questions and the rest will come into focus.

Success is a by-product

Jun 09, 2017

I want to explain to you why I believe that success is a by-product.

The Toughest Decision of My Life

Apr 19, 2017

PASSION.

From an early age we’re told that work is work. Save the passion for your hobbies.

I remember the first time I heard Warren Buffett say that he loved what he did so much that he “tap-danced to work” every morning.

I was amazed.

The Unbearable Thought of Getting a Job

Mar 11, 2017

Unbearable. That’s how I felt every time a teacher said to me I had to get good grades to get a good job.

A good job? For me the thought of working a 9 – 5 job for someone else was akin to going to prison. Or worse – living a life without meaning.

Maybe it was the way I was programmed, raised or both, but I knew I deep down at a young age that a life like that would kill my spirit.

My trip down the "Going Broke Expressway"

Jan 31, 2017

I last drove that road in 2003 and I’ll never forget it. Each and every single stop along the way was worse then the stop before. And the worst part about it was that I didn’t really know I was on the road until I came upon the one exit that everyone whose ever travelled down this road knows all to well…

What Business Gods do You Worship?

Jan 31, 2017

Business doesn’t suffer fools gladly. One thing it wont tolerate for long is someone who doesn’t understand that the main objective of any business is to earn the highest return-on-invested capital (ROIC) for the longest period of time.

That’s why I believe the “ZEUS” of the BUSINESS GODS is – and always will be…

“THE EQUATION.”

The 1st Question to Ask Before Hiring A Marketing Director

Mar 20, 2015

The marketing director. Perhaps the single most important hiring decision you’ll make as CEO of your start-up. Hire the right marketing director and you’ll look like a genius. Hire the wrong one and you won’t even know what hit you.

Why We Love Steve Jobs – Even Though He Cost Me a Fortune!

Aug 26, 2011

Steve Jobs is the personification of the American Dream.

The dreamer. The fighter. The perfectionist. The success. The failure. The will to fight to comeback against all odds…

We all know the story by now: Young businessman partners with technology genius to start company in garage.

Right people, right place, right time.

And they don’t just succeed – they quite literally transform the world.