Category: Entrepreneurship

Introducing The 5 Minute Pitch – My New Show With Scott Voelker, Greg Mercer And Mike Jackness

It was 11:00PM on a Saturday night in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. My ecommerce conference, the Sellers Summit, had just officially ended and I was hanging out at the closing party with all…

Amazon

Why Amazon Sucks For Building A Sustainable Ecommerce Business

You’ve probably heard the popular saying that “if you teach a man to fish, you can feed him for a lifetime”. And if you apply that same saying to business, you get……

Entrepreneurship

12 Things I Learned From Starting Two 7-Figure Lifestyle Businesses

Since my wife became pregnant with our first child in 2007, I’ve created 2 different lifestyle businesses, an ecommerce store selling handkerchiefs and a blog about entrepreneurship. And these businesses were created…

Entrepreneurship

Finding Happiness – 10 Lessons For Entrepreneurs On How To Avoid Depression

Most entrepreneurs will tell you that starting a business is incredibly rewarding and worth the risk. But what they may not reveal is that running a successful business often comes at the…

Entrepreneurship

What Successful Entrepreneurs Do Differently And Why Beginners Fail

In the past 6 years, well over 2700 students have joined my Create A Profitable Online Store course. But I want to be straight up with you. Not every one who has…

Entrepreneurship

Outsourcing Pros And Cons – How To Decide When To Hire Or DIY As A Small Business Owner

After blogging about ecommerce and helping others with their online businesses for the past several years, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among new entrepreneurs in the small business community. These days, everyone…

Entrepreneurship

Work Life Balance For Small Business Owners

I have a love hate relationship with Facebook. On one hand, Facebook allows me to keep in touch with and keep track of what my friends are up to. But on the…

Entrepreneurship

How To Be More Productive – 8 Simple Habits To Get More Done

Not too long ago, I was working 40 hrs/week as an electrical engineer, running an online store with my wife, writing posts for my blog, putting out a weekly podcast, teaching an…

Entrepreneurship

My Keynote Speech For Sellers Summit 2017 And A Peek Behind The Scenes

When I first launched the Sellers Summit last year with my partner Toni Anderson, I was terrified. I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to sell tickets. I was scared that…

Content Creation

Amazon Affiliate Store Vs Blogging Vs Ecommerce – A Comparison Of 3 Online Business Models

One of the biggest advantages of running an online business is that it’s inexpensive to start. For as little as $5 per month, you can launch a business that can potentially make…

Entrepreneurship

Why Good Grades Often Lead To Failed Businesses

Growing up as an Asian American with strict parents, I was expected to get good grades in whatever subject I took. There were no exceptions. And even though I haven’t taken a…

Entrepreneurship

How To Get Lucky – 3 Ways To Improve Your Luck In Business And Life

Every business requires a little bit of luck in order to succeed. And often times, success depends on timing and being at the right place at the right time. But do you…

Entrepreneurship

How To Become An Entrepreneur: Convincing Yourself To Take Action And The Key To Behavioral Change

I’ve been helping would be entrepreneurs for nearly eight years now and one thing I’ve discovered is that you can’t really push someone to take the entrepreneurial plunge. Either you have the…

Entrepreneurship

5 Habits Of Successful People That I’ve Witnessed Personally In Business

As someone who writes about entrepreneurship and teaches others how to sell physical products online, I make a habit of following as many successful people as I can. It doesn’t matter if…

Case Studies

A Sneak Peek Inside Our New Warehouse And The Story How We Got Here

As part of running my blog and my podcast, I often get questions from readers who want to know more about the early years of our business and how it has evolved…

Entrepreneurship

The Lazy Mans Guide To Starting A Successful Online Business

When you put yourself out there by writing blog posts about your successful online business, interviewing popular guests on your podcast and throwing ecommerce conferences, there’s a tendency for people to put…