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Shameless Self-Promotion, Beautiful Unique Snowflakes, & Extra Nose Syndrome

Popular opinion among smart, skilled, hard-working people seems to go something like this:

Something is wrong with a society/world that values and rewards outgoing people, who talk up their strengths, over good or even great people who do not.

Ah, self-promotion.

Is there any other skill in the world of which smart, skilled, hard-working people love to boast, “I’m just terrible at it”?

My 7 Principles of Shipping

So! Two days ago, Alex and I launched our Get Off Your Butt And Launch Your First Paying Product online course!

If you were one of the 546 brilliant and thrify people on my Advance Discount List, you would have received a hefty ($100) discount by now, right to your inbox. If you didn’t, well, now’s a great time to sign up.

But enough with the selling. I gotta PREACH!

Pimp your JS Workflow & more

Update! Forgot to add this one to the list below: Wanna kick some interface designing butt? Hit the stacks!, wherein yours truly gets overly excited about research papers. But in a useful way.

Happy Friday, sports racers!

I know I’ve been neglecting you, but no more. Look, I brought you flowers!

The Elephant Is Not Its Trunk — And other reasons to stop fooling yourself, and start marketing

An elephant is long, limber, and slightly tapered. Like a giant roll of cookie dough, but with fewer chocolate chips and a lot more muscles! And an insatiable appetite for peanuts!

Imagine somebody came up to you on the street and announced this proudly to you. 

What would you think of them? Let me take a guess:

First: Wow, ever heard of the Personal Bubble?  

Then: You’re absolutely, flipping, batshit insane. 

Am I right, or am I right?

Elephants are not their trunks. Or their cute little taily-wailies.

Jump Start *Your* Year of Hustle – Weekend Workshop

I’ve been thinking a lot about my Year of Hustle (thus the posts, and the tweets). I’ve been making notes of stories, and thoughts, and lessons, and results to share for months.

Last week I had the crazy idea to do a live, 3-hour workshop for those who want to make their own Year of Hustle, rather than making them wait while I trickle it out at a blog-post rate over the next 6 months.

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