The Un-Commonly Common Story Of How One Man Went From Homeless To Worth M…
I was the CMO of a restaurant group with multiple locations and millions in sales… and it was growing … Then I became the CCO of a boutique marketing firm serving over 150 customers and clients. There was an upstart rival firm that was “hot” and wanted to recruit me, so with permission, I went…
The one thing that drives me more than anything are ideas. I love ideas. I always wanted to work at a think tank or be the creative guy. Marketing was my first love. Marketing, Advertising. I was the kid in school reading Ad Age magazine and Adweek. Forbes. Inc. BusinessWeek. Those type publications. Those were full…
Wally had a magic glass. The glass he had was amazing. If the glass was in front of you at the bar, you were entitled to a free drink. That glass paid for hundreds if not thousands of drinks over the years. We would slide it between the group of us like we were playing…
I grew up with a piano in the house. I would go in and clank around on the thing two or three times a week. Just make noise. My mom made me take lessons, after which, I would clank around and just make noise. When I was 15 I was given a guitar by my…
I love great quotes. Great quotes are opportunity. I think there is a lot that can be learned from a great quote and a great quote can come from anywhere. Quotes are mostly made up of wisdom. Thoughtful sayings that actually mean something or have a purpose. Proverbs is probably my favorite book in the…
I spent my entire life wanting to be wealthy. It was the only thing that was going to make me happy. When I was 12 I picked up the first ever Forbes 400. I was mesmerized. I couldn’t put it down. I read it over and over and over. I took notes on the people….
We had 80,000 fans, up from 20,000, less than a year later. That’s when I made my pitch. The real money was going to come from the website. Imagine having 50 branded pages (branded meaning an oil change place, a tire center, a mechanic, whomever) each paying $1,000 a month to basically maintain their own…