Adventures in Entrepreneurship

The word “telecommuting” is dying. Better terms are replacing it. We hear “remote working” now and most recently “coworking.”

“Solving big problems is easier than solving smaller problems.” — Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google

Pretend you’re a venture capitalist investor and you have $10 million to make one (just one) of these ideas a booming success. Which one do you pick?

This business has given me a chance to redeem myself and my family to rise and overcome decadal adversity.

Creativity is a beautiful beast within us that drives us to take risks we didn’t know we had the courage to take.

I’m building an online course. But which platform to use?

I struggle — like Scaramucci struggled to keep a White House staffer job for ten days — to focus on only one project at a time.

I knew nothing. Never started a business before. Never made money other than a mediocre salary. But I studied entrepreneurship for four years. It’s my college degree.

Start with shocking vulnerability. Present a dire problem. “Bleed in the first sentence,” as James Altucher likes to say. Grip. Hook. And “knife-twist” as Josh describes in the Google Doc above. Present practical takeaways. What can the reader enjoy and use in their own life? Write about relatable problems and inspiring accomplishments. Describe the “hero’s” journey out of the aforementioned dark pit. End with a thought-provoking question and a challenge. Sum up your story with a question that your actions answered. Then challenge the reader to make a positive change in their own life.

X-Men’s Charles Xavier said, “Countless choices define our fate: each choice, each moment, a moment in the ripple of time — enough ripple, and you change the tide… for the future is never truly set.” Your life, to the extent that you are aware of it, is in your hands.