From royal ‘we’ to royal ‘me’
Why solo entrepreneurs should embrace transparency about being a one-person company instead of using plural pronouns to appear larger.
2017
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Tue 05 September 2017
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Sun 27 August 2017
The view from 35
Contrasting my melancholy 25th birthday with a fulfilling 35th: family, community, and finding happiness in the American suburban dream.
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Fri 18 August 2017
How I made a 5,000% return on a two-day vacation
How spending $1,100 on a focused two-day retreat to fix Toofr's data crisis led to over $550,000 in lifetime revenue - a 5,000% return on investment.
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Thu 17 August 2017
Common outcomes of founder breakups
Strategies for preventing founder breakups through communication and trust, plus advice on cutting bait quickly when partnerships fail.
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Mon 14 August 2017
Parallel entrepreneur profile: John Zimmer, Lyft
The story of how Lyft co-founder John Zimmer built a billion-dollar rideshare company while keeping his day job at Lehman Brothers.
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Mon 14 August 2017
Why founders break up
Analyzing why founding teams split up, examining cases from Uber, Groupon, Zenefits, and Whole Foods across four common failure patterns.
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Mon 24 July 2017
My $524,687 side hustle
The complete story of building Toofr into a $524K side business while working at Scripted, learning to code, and pursuing parallel entrepreneurship.
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Wed 19 July 2017
The hiring paradox
Why building great teams makes layoffs harder, and how transparency with employees is crucial when experimenting with growth strategies.