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How to Name and Brand your new product idea in less than 60 Minutes
Among my entrepreneur friends I’ve been the designated ‘namer’ of new products/businesses/mastermind groups… you name it. They’ve come to me for help. This is how they reel me in: Then it goes...
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What I’m Learning about Marketing from the 2016 Presidential Candidates
I’ve been living in the U.S. for four years, the last big election I didn’t pay much attention to as I hadn’t been living here long. However, this time, around, from a marketing point-of-view I’ve been...
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Pimp your workspace; every tool, gadget and app I leverage on a 6+ figure...
I recently visited a friend who was setting up their home office and I was giving them some recommendations of what they needed to get setup right away. Between layout, apps, chrome extensions, online...
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Systems & Processes – The Unsexy Essentials to Success in Business
Creating systems and processes are the key to freedom in both life and business … yikes, it sounds bloody boring doesn’t it? That’s what I thought until I realized what a lifesaver they are. Systems...
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How I validated an idea and pre-sold over $3K on Facebook in 24 Hours
Have you ever tried to create something and it didn’t seem to work? A book? An App? A Course? A Physical product? You released it to the world, and it just didn’t sell. You figured it was because your...
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Here’s 7 Reasons Why You Should Crowdfund Your Idea
A few years ago the idea of selling a product before it existed would have seemed like a pipedream or a scam to me. Why would someone buy something that didn’t exist? (My dad asked me that the first...
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How To Create A Physical Product 101: Sourcing, Pricing, and Shipping
In an ever increasing digital world, despite the advance in technologies, there seems to be a movement back toward the world of physical products. It could be the Amazon opportunities available now,...
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The Ultimate Guide to a Great Crowfunding Project Page
Your crowdfunding campaign page is essentially the website of your project, it’s the sales page you use to convert visitors into backers. Whether you go with Kickstarter or Indiegogo, both platforms...
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Why being comfortable can and WILL hold you back from success
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” – Neale Donald Walsch Over the past few years since I’ve left Architecture and exchanged it for Entrepreneurship, many people have asked me what my...
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The Ultimate Guide to Start Selling on Amazon
Note from Cathryn: I invited Miguel to the blog to write the first ever guest post to share his answer to a simple question… “How do you launch a successful product business on Amazon as a newbie?”...
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8 Things I learned from Noah Kagan about Sales, Marketing and Hiring
Meeting randomers from the internet can be either scary or fun. In the case of conferences like SumoCon in Austin a couple of weeks ago it was very fun. What is SumoCon? It’s a new conference by the...
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Shopify 2016 Build a Business Experience
“There are moments when life offers you an opportunity. Those moments are rare, and you’re often unprepared for them. But they are the times that offer the chance to grow, fail, change, and thrive....
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The U.S (and the world) just went through the most surprising and reality-TV seeming presidential campaign of all time in 2016. As someone who volunteered on a presidential campaign during this cycle,...
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My Annual Review: 2016 Edition
Welcome to another year! This post marks my 3rd year for writing an annual review. Often we get so busy pushing ourselves up the mountain, always looking ahead that we don’t stop to look behind us,...
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Elizabeth’s Story: A Full-time Working Mom to over $104,000 on Kickstarter,...
Today I want to share the story of Elizabeth, a student from my course From Zero to Funded. Elizabeth reached out to me last year, and this was her email: As you can see here she’s an action-taker, I...
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5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was In High School
Have you ever wished you could go back to high school knowing everything you do now? Well I kinda got to do that… Recently I was invited back to give a talk at my old high school and share my journey...
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How to Hire Rockstar Talent – and what NOT to do.
In the past 18 months, BestSelf Co has gone from a 2 person operation of myself and Allen, to a full team of people. In fact, we just celebrated our third team member being with us for over a year....
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2017 In Review
I made it another year! This will be my 4th annual review, and you can read 2016, 2015 and 2014 if you’re curious. I do these as a way to stop, process and reflect the previous year to figure out what...
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Core Values: Why They Matter, How We Created Them, and How We Keep Them Top...
Hiring the right people is hard, as detailed in my struggles when building our team. Once you hire the work isn’t over as now you need to create or breed a culture that supports the people so they can...
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The 3 Essentials to Crafting a Product Experience
Success and economic growth lies not in good products or services but in the quality of the experience you provide. I recently delivered at Keynote at Seva (formerly Convertkit) Craft and Commerce...
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