Erica Douglass, "temporarily retired" after selling a successful business at age 26, writes thought-provoking blog entries challenging you to change your life and daring you to become more successful.
I m excited to announce the two new businesses I ll be working on in 2021: At HackADHD.com, I ll be writing about an important topic that s near and dear to my heart: mental health for entrepreneurs. I ll discuss my journey getting diagnosed with ADHD, and how to work productively. I ll also be offering ADHD coaching for entrepreneurs. [ ] The post New businesses for 2021! appeared first on…
John and I have been busy running a chain of cell phone repair shops for the last 5+ years. During that time, we ve developed relationships with companies and people in China who supply us with many of our parts and accessories for our stores. Coming out of Chinese New Year, it was clear from every [ ] The post Covid-19 and Your Business: Here s What You Haven t Thought About appeared first on…
For a year now, I ve been systematically replacing myself at our repair shop business, 1Up Repairs. 1Up has been the most successful business I ve ever owned. This year, it will do over $3 million in revenue! For the past 4 1/2 years, I ve been heads down, in the weeds, doing everything from marketing to answering [ ] The post Get Your Business Unstuck With Erica appeared first on Starting Your…
Kevin O Leary of Shark Tank recently told CNBC s Make It : If I have to give one piece of advice to someone who s thinking about starting a business, I tell them this: Forget about balance. You re going to work 25 hours a day, seven days a week, forever. That s what it takes to be successful. Excuse [ ] The post Hustle Porn Is Making Us Sad and Suicidal appeared first on Starting Your Own Business…
I haven t been writing as often on my blog lately. People often ask, What happened? The truest answer I can give is that 1Up Repairs, our chain of repair shops, took off beyond our wildest imagination. We now have six stores and will do several million dollars in revenue this year. Running repair shops is [ ] The post How Shonda Rhimes and Howard Schultz Set And Achieve Their Goals appeared first…
Many people make to-do lists or apps into a complicated slog. They write long blog posts or videos with detailed guides on setting up to-dos. This isn t that. I find I end up not using complicated to-do lists or apps. I need to keep it simple the simpler, the better. I also needed a weekly to-do [ ] The post How To Create a Simple, FREE Weekly To-Do List with Trello appeared first on Starting Your…
I build businesses that high-flying tech startup investors generally don t like. The businesses I build are profitable, focus on cash flow, and sell commoditized services. They re considered unexciting to tech startup investors, who want to invest in the new hotness. I ve tried to contort myself into building that type of business, but it s just not [ ] The post Sounding the Alarm: Now Is The Time…
Recently, an up-and-coming fitness coach and friend of mine asked me how to get more visibility online. I ve built successful marketing funnels for web hosting companies, this blog, a software-as-a-service company, and now a chain of retail stores. All of those marketing funnels are different, but the one a coach or a consultant follows I [ ] The post How Chris Guillebeau Built A Cult of…
You may have wondered why I haven t blogged in so long until this week! The answer is pretty simple: 1Up Repairs exceeded all our expectations in terms of revenue and growth, and between that and learning how to be Mackenzie s mom, I didn t have time to really type out a blog post. We were running full-speed [ ] The post New Year, New Business appeared first on Starting Your Own Business with…
(Erica s note: I m back and committed to blogging for 2017!) I recently started a new diet low-carb, or ketogenic. (I m more low carb than ketogenic right now, the difference being that I try to keep myself under 50-60g net carbs per day, whereas ketogenic takes it to an even larger extreme. I started the diet after [ ] The post Wrestling the Alligator and Winning appeared first on Starting Your…