A publication by Eddie Yu on building DTC brands, making bold decisions, and living with entrepreneurial intent.
When most people talk about starting a business, they focus on revenue. If they are slightly more financially aware, they focus on profit. Very few, however, take the time to examine what actually happens after that profit lands in the company bank account. That is where the more serious conversation
There comes a moment in every entrepreneur’s life when the numbers stop making sense. You worked for it. You built it. You took the risk. You put everything on the line. And then you finally look at your company profit and your personal bank account and think: “
In the age of crowdfunding, Kickstarter has emerged as a symbol of hope and innovation for countless entrepreneurs, inventors, and dreamers. It's a platform where creators like me can turn their ideas into reality by securing financial support from a global community of backers. Yet, for all the
Ok, so it goes without saying that whatever you are trying to do, be that building a business or perhaps upgrading some part of your personal values, it'll come with change, and perhaps lots of it. Change is a scary word to a lot of people. I'
So this is not my normal topic of choice, but living in the UK (which might end up being just a K soon) you can't avoid the debate of the decade and that is Brexit and of course lately the General Election of 2019. This is indeed a
People ask me a lot about how to improve their success with their websites and today I've decided to share the MTMC model I've shared before, but in more detail so that you can go about creating better results from your work online. This model is
It's easy to get caught up in the daily grind of getting on with either your career or your business life. I've always advocated that learning is a life long pursuit, and success comes from constantly being challenged to learn new skills and knowledge. One way
The beginning of the year always heralds a feeling of newness and fresh starts, none more so than in our major areas of life as illustrated by the hordes of resolutions set by people who dare to challenge themselves to get fitter, healthier and probably lose weight. They go about
From time to time we all get caught in a rut of some sort. No matter how great our lives are, things can happen out of chaos and through no fault of your own, you end up in a situation which is beyond your control. For someone like myself who&
The term “dog eat dog” is a gross understatement when applying it to small businesses. A mind boggling fact: 80% of all small businesses will fail within the first few years of operation. This is a very sobering statistic, even if you’re not trying to run
I've not written much about property and partly because in the past I had been very concentrated on digital technology and personal development, however now that I am also a professional landlord and property investor I feel the time is right to impart what I know in property
I've always been told that I was lucky when it comes to affiliate marketing because I encountered it at the right time just as it was new and taking off. If I had come across it even 3 years later I might have had a harder time making
I once heard the expression, "playing the best hand with the cards you were dealt", meaning to say that one is restricted by purely what one is given to begin with, but I don't believe in that. Sure, as human beings we were all dealt a
....you have to keep moving forward. 2014 has been a turning point year for me. There can't be many times in an entrepreneurs life that so many things can happen to cause a great amount of change, and for me, both personally and professionally, this has been a
Often in an entrepreneurs life, there comes times when big decisions have to be made in order to focus on what's important and lately I've had to make a few of these myself that has taught me some more lessons in focus. I think for a