4 Important Lessons I Learned From Jumping into Entrepreneurship Head-On
A lot of people start feeling super-awkward about themselves when they contemplate starting their own business…y’know, a tingley-feeling of “should I really be doing this?” ”Will I uber-fail and...
View ArticleIs Lifestyle Design a Bunch of Crap?
If you could live your life on a hammock by the beach, would you do it? One of the biggest fads as of recent (last 5 or so years) is the concept of “lifestyle design”. Popularized by Tim Ferriss in...
View ArticleThe #1 Worst Reason to Want to be an Entrepreneur- Is it yours?
Do you want to be an entrepreneur for the most fatal, most killer reason out there? When I first chose to eschew the prospects of a standard 9-5 career and nosedive directly into entrepreneurship, I...
View Article3 Surprisingly Simple Steps to Overcoming Fear of Entrepreneurship
We’re always afraid of our first time: Our first time driving Our first time giving a speech Our first time…you know… But somehow, with all (hopefully!) of these things, we overcame our fears, and...
View Article2013- The Year of Focus and Getting Started
It’s December 31, 2013… You’re sitting with friends, anxiously waiting for the ball to drop. You’re laughing over a bottle of champagne, and your mind flips back to today…January 3, 2013… Because you...
View ArticleKickstarter Project In-Depth Exclusive Details, Part 1.
Today is your lucky day: I’m spilling some behind-the-scenes details of my Kickstarter project to everyone, not just my Kickstarter Insider’s Club members. As you know, I talk about my upcoming...
View ArticleWhat Gossip Girl taught me about entrepreneurship
What can a primetime TV show about the drama-infused social lives of 20 year olds living in the Upper East Side whose great-great grandparents had so much money that they don’t need jobs teach about...
View ArticleKickstarter Quick Update- 12/18/2012
Today marks the big day for the launch of our Kickstarter campaign! Even though it’s a big launch…things are going to stay a little under wraps for now. Why? We are getting the prototype of our product...
View ArticleBIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Follow my Kickstarter Campaign
As those of you on my mailing list are well aware, today is the day for a BIG announcement here on Decoding Startups. Let me give you a little background info before hopping into the nitty gritty: Ever...
View ArticleWhy not having a “good business idea” doesn’t matter at all (and what...
Avoiding entrepreneurship because you don’t have a good startup idea? I reached out to some of my new subscribers over the weekend, and asked them what their biggest obstacle to entrepreneurship was....
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