The Un-Commonly Common Story Of How One Man Went From Homeless To Worth M…
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…
I’ve been homeless. In fact, I spent over a year ‘living’ in my truck in a Walmart parking lot. It wasn’t easy – by no stretch. But even in that situation there are Open Doors and Opportunity – things you can learn. Mostly out of necessity. What did I learn? Here are 10 of the lessons…
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…
Tim Tebow can’t play football. Sure he could kill you or I in the sport, but when it comes to playing in the Pros, nope. It’s not like the guy didn’t win a National Championship. It’s not like he didn’t win the Heisman Trophy – the two highest achievements in College football – he did….
I was called into this business that I knew it pretty well. We had been working together on some online stuff for a while and they wanted me to be their marketing consultant. They asked me to come in because sales were slowing and they just weren’t sure what was going on – but with…
“I want to come back down and do your portrait.” “Really?” “Yes, I want to pitch an article to GQ or at the least, Inc. Magazine.” “Ok” That was Wesley Mann, a world famous photographer. Wesley had done portraits of Presidents of the US, famous athletes, the most famous celebrities, and yes, even a few…