It feels like I’m living on a razor’s edge. If I can “thread the needle” for the next ~6 months, probably 12, then it is mathematically inevitably I’ll get to $10K a day at 30. But threading that needle is like walking on a tightrope high above the city. If something goes wrong, I could
Little column A, little column B. One thing I’m learning about entrepreneurship is that the swing in emotions is fucking real. Of course, that’s something you hear about when you read entrepreneurial books and listen to interviews with entrepreneurs. They all talk about the emotional swings you get and the highs and lows. Emotional swings
Back in action baby. Yesterday was a tough day. Hell, I talked about how I burst into tears just sitting on my couch from everything going on. I’m back in action now. Yesterday was labor day, but now it’s time to get back to work. It’s time for me to start pitching as many projects
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted here. I figured it’s time for a new post. Last week, I re-wrote the about page of $10K. In that page, I promised to give you the unvarnished truth as the reader about what my life is like and what is on my mind as I attempt
There are a lot of things going on these days. It makes stress happen perhaps more frequently than I should. Yesterday, for example, I bounced between a dozen different pieces of work. Some clients had questions, some didn’t, and I was pitching on new work left and right. Some of it was high value add,
I have a very detailed, month-by-month financial model that predicts out our money. It forecasts how much we make on a monthly basis for the next ~10 years, how much we spend, how much we have left over, how much we invest in real estate, etc. I live and die by this model. I spent
It’s been a few days. I’m sorry about that; my objective is to update this website every day. There are two big things going on that are top of mind for us this weekend: a place for us, and a job for me. I’ll try to describe them both in good detail to explain how
When I worked at BCG, I worked for one of the top companies in the world. Thousands of people apply for a handful of spots each year. You graduate college and start working directly for CEOs. You make six figures easily, and the path to <$1M a year is 10 years and very straightforward. It’s
Is it bad if I tell my CEO to go fuck himself? Seriously, is it? One thing that has always helped me in my career in speaking my mind and being super transparent. People I work with constantly tell me I’m one of the most transparent people they’ve worked with. I just had a call
