I love the fintech space. So much that I recently completed a program through Oxford University on the subject! This also means that I find myself trying to look up all the fintech-related conferences around the world on a regular basis to try and keep track of them as well as where they are located. Eventually, I decided that this …
Building ‘Where Do My Taxes Go?’
Click here to see the completed site featured in this post. Somewhere around spring of 2017 I returned to Seattle and met some friends for drinks after a year working and living remotely as a digital nomad in Europe. As good conversations with old friends often is wont to do, the conversation ranged across any and every topic and some …
An Introduction to Chatbots
Chatbots! I’ve been hearing the buzz for a few months now – especially from Andrew Warner on Mixergy – and finally decided to look into them a little more. I’d previously thought of them as just another not-very-intelligent chat tool that would clutter my phone screen with notifications. I barely read the messages that I get from people I actually …
Resources For How to Build a Startup Without Coding
Ever wanted to build a startup but felt like you were limited by not knowing how to code? Be limited no more! The elitism of the coding class doesn’t want you to know about it, but there are TONS of resources out there for those of us who don’t know how to code but still want to build something cool, …
Three Facebook Ad Hacks to Lower Costs and Increase Conversions
Our last post was all about a couple of our BEST Facebook ad hacks that we love using to lower the cost of our Facebook campaigns. If you missed it, make sure to go over there and read that post! You won’t regret it. To follow up on that article, we have three more Facebook ad hacks for you that …
How to Validate a Startup: A Post-Mortem of an Infant P2P Educational Lending Platform
Hey everyone! Long time, no post. For the last two months I was working on a big idea. Usually, the entrepreneurial ventures that I come up with aren’t anything world-changing and i’m used to hearing mixed reactions from people when I tell them about it. Maybe some are excited, but many might not see the potential or are just skeptical. …
Building an Ecommerce Store in One Month for Under $100
This post is from a challenge I undertook in the summer of 2017 to ideate, build, and launch a business in a single month. The goal was to work on rapidly prototyping a business as well as challenge myself to just launch something instead of sitting in analysis paralysis forever without getting something out the door. What is the project? …
Facebook Ad Hacks to Skyrocket Your Campaigns
If you’ve ever played around with Facebook ads then you’ll know that there are some incredibly powerful tools that Facebook gives us to target our potential users. That’s exactly why it is the main platform that we use to grow our clients’ businesses month over month with predictability for all sizes of businesses. But once you’ve run a few campaigns …
How Cold Shower Therapy Helps Me as an Entrepreneur
First off, yes. I take a cold shower every day and have been for the last month. No, I don’t do it halfway and start warm then turn it down. I used to, but eventually you just have to sh!t or get off the pot and ask yourself why you are doing it. But first, maybe we should take a …
How Much Should I Spend on Facebook ads?
That is probably one of the most common questions I hear when discussing ad campaigns with a prospective or new client. It’s also probably one of the most commonly asked questions about Facebook ads in general. Unfortunately, for most who ask, the answer is: It Depends. It depends on how much your product or service sells for. It depends on …