If you already know you want to support Chris Guillebeau’s new book, and get access to the best deal you’ll see all year, then click here to check out this year’s Only 72 sale. For those of you who have been around for awhile, you know that I don’t do very many big promotions on the site. My goal is to provide the best free content out there for starting a new business, and for 98% of you, that’s all you want or need – and that’s great. That being said, twice each year my good friends Adam Baker and Karol Gajda put on a sale so incredible, that it’s hard for me not to promote it. So I do.
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1 Comment posted: April 30th, 2012
Not a bad office, eh? Greetings from some random farmhouse outside Yangshou, China. You could probably consider Yangshou itself the outskirts of the middle of nowhere, the place where my buddy Nick and I are currently hanging out? Truly, the middle of freaking nowhere. The last week has been a complete whirlwind. Meetings in Shenzhen, scoping out every product imaginable at the Canton Fair, and now hiking, biking, and floating in one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. In our time out here in Yangshou, Nick and I have done a lot of talking and one of the topics that’s repeatedly brought up is the idea of disconnect. As sad as it may be, this is really the
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7 Comments posted: April 26th, 2012
Do you ever feel like everyone else is having more success than you are? That’s one of the worst feelings in the world. It can be jealousy, perceived failure, and frustration all rolled up into one tangled ball of confusion in your mind. What am I doing wrong? Why am I not seeing more success implementing this strategy? Why does no one seem to care about this endeavor that I’ve spent months of my free time building up? These are all questions that may be floating around in your head when you reach that breaking point where you feel like all of your efforts have been wasted. Well you know what, they haven’t been wasted. There was a time when I
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10 Comments posted: April 16th, 2012
It’s no secret that I’m a pretty frugal dude (to put it in a nice way). I’ll actually debate for a couple minutes about whether or not I should pay the extra $1.50 for the name brand Tylenol vs. the Safeway brand. I’ll order a PBR instead of the beer I really want because it’s 2 bucks cheaper – kind of ridiculous really. This trait in and of itself isn’t actually that big of a deal, it could actually be perceived as asset to not go around blowing all my money on unnecessary things. It’s when this has a negative effect on the growth of my business that it truly becomes an issue. Just yesterday I booked a ticket to
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7 Comments posted: April 5th, 2012
Tomorrow is my 27th birthday. Don’t tell me I’m getting old, because as far as I’m concerned, that still falls squarely in the category of “mid-twenties”. In that time I’ve made my fair share of mistakes, as well as had a bunch of triumphs. While these birthday posts can be a bit cliche, I always like reading them, so I figured I’d share with you 27 things I’ve learned about business and location independence over the last 27 years. 1) Theory means very little Until you have a frame of reference in which to put something in to practice, theory doesn’t mean a whole lot. This is the major problem I have with people getting MBAs directly after their undergrad
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19 Comments posted: April 3rd, 2012
Today I wanted to mix things up a little bit. Without a doubt one of the most common questions I’m asked (especially this time of year) is how to prepare for taxes. While I’m far from the perfect example of what you should do, my good friend Kyle Durand is a genius when it comes to this stuff. In one chat with Kyle, he’s managed to save me thousands of dollars, and if you listen to this interview, I have a feeling he’ll be able to do the exact same thing for you. Why You Should Listen to Kyle Kyle Durand is a tax attorney, tax accountant, ultra-marathon runner, and the dude behind taxreceipts.com. Bottom line, he freaking rocks, and really knows
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33 Comments posted: March 29th, 2012
This is a guest post from my good friend Amber Rae. Along with Nathaniel Koloc, Amber has created an incredible experience for those of you that are looking to dramatically change the trajectory of your lives – The Bold Academy. If you’re ready to make some serious changes, Amber is the perfect person to help. Two years ago, I quit my comfortable job in San Francisco, sold all my belongings, and moved to New York to pursue my passions. At the time, I had a lot of things that I felt passionate about: photography, start-ups, the internet, music, creativity, and travel. I spent two years immersing myself in over fifteen start-ups that touched on these interests and I launched a
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6 Comments posted: March 27th, 2012
Earlier this week I wrote a post called “6 Questions You Must Answer Before Quitting Your Job“. The response was really positive, so I wanted to continue that topic and look at the most important things you should do after leaving your job. October 20th, 2009 was my last day at my real job. Upon getting home at around 10 in the morning, I promptly walked through the door, slumped down in a chair and cried. It’s somewhat hard to admit that, but the reality is, after spending the vast majority of my time with the same 4 people for the better part of 3 years, the reality of leaving was difficult. It wasn’t the perfect time for me (it
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30 Comments posted: March 22nd, 2012
In the months leading up to the day where I left my job, I was terrified. I didn’t know what I was going to do, I was fearing the uncertainty of it all, and I didn’t have much of a plan together. I knew deep down that I wanted to travel and be running my own business, but I realized that simply knowing that wasn’t going to get me very far when it came to making one of the most difficult decisions of my life. I spent the better part of a year in this job purgatory where I didn’t know what I truly wanted, and what the best course of action would be. However in the summer of 2009
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25 Comments posted: March 19th, 2012
This is a guest post from Tristan King, an entrepreneur and writer who recently published his first book on learning langauges on the Amazon Kindle store. Tristan loves learning and teaching foreign languages, and travelling anywhere he can use them. You can read more at http://www.languagemusings.com. Note from Sean: While I haven’t personally jumped into the world of self-publishing, a lot of people have lately. Some have seen success, and others not so much. For that reason I was really excited to hear about Tristan’s experiences and the strategies he’s used to grow the business and exposure for his new book. If you’re looking for a creative take on learning languages, I can’t recommend Tristan’s book and blog highly enough.
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8 Comments posted: March 9th, 2012
