Gross Profit vs. Net Profit: How to Calculate Both (And Why It Matters for Growth)
If you don't know your gross profit and net profit numbers, you can't make good decisions about hiring, marketing, or growth. Here's how to calculate both — with a real…
Read more →Entrepreneur’s Schedule: How I Manage My Day
I’ve written some about productivity as an entrepreneur on this blog before, but in recent months as my schedule has…
How to be less busy as an entrepreneur
I started my entrepreneur journey full time in late September 2015. Before that I worked full time for other companies,…
My HARO Strategy
Recently I’ve been investing in a new channel for Credo which is starting to show real dividends. That channel is a…
How To Build A Successful Consulting or Agency Business
Building an agency or successful consulting business? Then read this first. I will never forget September 29th, 2015. This was…
What Is Your Skillset Moat?
I have a question for you: What do you do where you always deliver world class work? I see too many…
What To Do When You Get Your First Consulting Lead
Congratulations! You’ve been putting in work and figuring out how to get people coming to you looking for your services,…
Quit Making Emotional Decisions About Business Growth
Let’s Talk About Making Marketing Investments I’m frustrated. Why? Because I’ve been building a business in the marketing consulting industry…
How To Get Consulting Clients
This post was originally meant to go directly on the Entrepreneur subreddit because it is a question I get asked…
Thinking Through Entrepreneur Growth
So I’ve been thinking recently about what it means to grow up as an entrepreneur and a professional. Last week,…
What Snorkeling in Costa Rica Taught Me About Productivity
I am currently in Costa Rica with my family for the holidays. Every day my wife and I (and sometimes a…
Why Marketplaces Should Create Content for PR Purposes
My business specialty is marketplaces. I’ve worked with close to a dozen marketplaces over the last few years, including founding…
How To Grow Your Business
Are you an entrepreneur looking to grow your business fast? Or maybe you are a Director/VP of Marketing and struggling…
On TWiStartups talking technical startup content marketing
Last week, I had the immense privilege to be a guest of Jason Calacanis‘s on This Week in Startups. For…
A Failed Productivity Experiment – Afternoon Sales Calls
Do you experiment with your schedule to optimize your time and productivity? I do, and I recently ran a test…
How I Built Two Six Figure Companies in One Year with $617 in Paid Plugins (And a ton of work)
One year ago today, I embarked into the land of entrepreneurship. A year in, my software business just recently reached…
Dollar Shave Club and Content Marketing
Dollar Shave Club, the disruptive direct-to-consumer shaving blades and products company, just sold to Unilever for 1 billion dollars cash.…
Finance Night
When I wrote my story of getting laid off and why I’m an entrepreneur now, I mentioned something in the…
My Biggest Professional Mistakes
Recently I saw Jason Lemkin tweet his answer to “What Has Been Your Biggest Career Mistake?“, and it got me…
On Being Willing To Fail
Too many of us live our lives in fear of failing. While some have a fear of flying, I think…
CredoCamp – Lessons Learned Working Remotely
There are many perks to running your own business, and mine specifically lets me work with amazing marketers and entrepreneurs…