Building a Business – Proper Focus

Going through my notes from studying the NitroBlueprint – an excellent internet business building course I purchased last year – I came across this timely quote about focus:

(referring to a business model of putting up 10,000 junk web pages for adsense)

That might be focus, but is it proper focus?

Does that build a business [...]

Don’t Quit and Don’t Sell

A little sanity check during an incredibly turbulent time in the economy.

Don’t Quit

If you are already out there building your own business, keep at it. If you were all prepared to jump ship from your lousy office job, do it. The nasty little secret is that harder times clean up the pool for the people [...]

Accounting is not so fun for me

After a frustrating day of entering PayPal transactions, I’m fed up and outsourcing my accounting to someone who likes the [...]

Outsource to America. Hire me for cheap?

Yesterday I had my kickoff call with a new client from Germany. Analyzing the sale, which is always a good idea, I was thinking about why he didn’t even blink an eye at my hourly rate. It truly is a bit higher than many can get away with charging for web development work, [...]

Got that client

By the way, we did get that giant client. This is mostly a job for my design partner, but it was an amazing feeling to land such a big job.

It is a big surprise to me, discovering how much I enjoy the process of selling. I actually like reading books about sales and [...]