How I Turned a Boring Business Model into a Six-Figure Side Hustle
In 2017 I closed the design & digital agency that I’d spent ten years building to focus on one of two six-figure side projects that I had built since the beginning of 2015: my personal brand and...
View ArticleMy Business, My Prison
In my last piece, I gave you the outline of how we spotted a problem, solved that problem and turned that into a six-figure side hustle, a side-hustle that became my full-time focus in August 2017....
View ArticleYou Don’t Need More Time!
In mid-2017, I came to the realisation that I was trapped within a lifestyle prison that I had built for myself and I resolved to work myself out of the business that I'd spent a decade building into a...
View Article“What do I want to do with my life?”
I had a few whiskeys last Saturday with a bunch of friends, and as the tongues began to loosen up a little, one particular friend asked me the question: “What do I want to do with my life? I don’t like...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Steal This Edge from Themselves Every Day!
When I was around 8 years old, my school teacher, let's call her “Mrs Teacher”, told me I was a “potential criminal”. My mum, being my mum, went absolutely ballistic and had a walk round to the school...
View Article20 Ways to Start Dealing with Your Limiting Self-Beliefs
We're our own worst enemies. Well, I'm my own worst enemy, anyway. The thing is, that's really easy to say and shrug off – it's something that your parents say to you with a chuckle and it's something...
View Article4 Personal Branding Mistakes I Learned From (The Hard Way)
Personal branding is a hot topic right now and even though this is the way that business has been conducted forever, I remember walking to the butcher's with my Grandad 30 years ago because he wouldn't...
View ArticleWhy Founders Must Learn Patience
People constantly ask me how I get so much done, especially as the co-founder of Rebel Base Media where we oversee several podcast tech products and teams. The honest answer is that my brain never...
View ArticleSome No Bullsh*t Reflections on Building a Product in 2019
Most of my writing, heck, most of my content these days is in or around podcasting. But now and then I fire up my blog here on the site and, just like David Brent, come at things from a different...
View ArticleI Started Saying “No”, and Something Weird Happened
Running a business is tough at the best of times. The “entrepreneur” lifestyle that is often touted online is largely BS at any real scale and the sheer pressure that you put on yourself as a creator...
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