What are the signs that you are going to be successful? In my 20 years as an entrepreneur, I’ve met a lot of young and ambitious people, and few of them stood out. These are people I can see doing really well no matter what, and a couple of them have...
Andrew Chen is a general partner at a16z where he invests in consumer startups and marketplaces. He is also one of my oldest best friends and played a MAJOR role in the success of my company Appsumo. His new book, The Cold Start Problem, is dropping...
The #1 excuse that wantrepreneurs make for not starting a business is that they don’t have the resources: They don’t have the money, they don’t know how to code, they don’t know the right people, etc. In this episode, I show you how to start ANY busi...
Hosting unique activities. Photography for pets. Employee referral bonuses. These are just a couple of the side hustles you can start from home and make an extra $4000/month on the side. Our team researched tons of side hustles that anyone can start...
From 22 to 26 I was working day jobs. I worked at Intel, then at Facebook, and finally at Mint. I had some cool experiences, but overall I was mostly unhappy because I wanted to start my own business, sooooo…. I kept getting fired or quitting early....
Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad, employee #2 at Pinterest, an artist, and he writes really dope tweets. In March this year, his company Gumroad raised $5M in 12 hours by crowdfunding from his customers at a $100M evaluation. Now, Sahil is la...
In this episode, I condense everything I’ve ever learned about marketing from working at Facebook, Mint, and Appsumo so that you can start getting customers for your business today! Show notes: https://okdork.com/podcast/222 Use this link to get 10%...
Erik Allebest is co-founder and CEO of Chess.com. In 2006, Erik and co-founder Jay decided the world needs a better chess website. He turned in multiple job offers from tech companies such as Facebook to make this dream a reality. Today, chess.com is...
Pat Flynn is an entrepreneur, podcaster & collector of Pokemon cards. He went from being let go from his job to starting an online empire. And today, his online business Smart Passive Income is a 7-figure business and reaches over 1 million peopl...
In 2018, I took a trip to Israel to learn how to be a better leader. There were 50 other people there, including a vice president at Nike, people who have sold businesses, and more. I left the trip with 16 leadership activities that have stuck with...
