John and I have been busy running a chain of cell phone repair shops for the last 5+ years. During that time, we’ve developed relationships with companies and people in China who supply us with...
For a year now, I’ve been systematically “replacing myself” at our repair shop business, 1Up Repairs. 1Up has been the most successful business I’ve ever owned. This year, it will do over...
I haven’t been writing as often on my blog lately. People often ask, “What happened?” The truest answer I can give is that 1Up Repairs, our chain of repair shops, took off beyond our wildes...
Many people make to-do lists or apps into a complicated slog. They write long blog posts or videos with detailed guides on setting up to-dos. This isn’t that. I find I end up not using complica...
You may have wondered why I haven’t blogged in so long–until this week! The answer is pretty simple: 1Up Repairs exceeded all our expectations in terms of revenue and growth, and between that...
Back in May, I posted about the new direction I was taking this year, and my shiny new domain name, freedom.biz. Then, although it wasn’t my intent, I went radio silent on this blog for over 3 ...
It’s been just over a year since my last company failed/got acquired, and I’m excited to announce the project I’m going to be working on for the foreseeable future! I’ve long been frustra...
A friend confessed to me the other night that his funded startup had failed. “It was growing,” he said. “We were getting customers. We just weren’t getting them fast enough to continue ge...
I haven’t posted in a few weeks, though, as you’re about to find out, I have a really good reason for that! Also in this post, I share with you a (somewhat embarrassing) story about how I fig...
It’s week 2 of my adventure in 2015 to start a business. I started out last week not knowing what kind of business I wanted to start. This week, I’m taking an introspective look at another co...