I am so happy right now.
1. Akshay reads some posts on my site
2. Akshay emails me a question
“I’ve been thinking of an idea to pursue further education and have my company finance it in return for a major research project for quite some time. Your “Companies don’t care about money” post really inspired me [...]
Look closely.
My friend got both of these offers mailed to him recently.
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Notice the different offers, the different designs, even the salutation “Dear ___.” This is how real marketing is done–not by handwavy marketers saying “I think red is better!” but by [...]
Cody McKibben interviews me on his blog. This is one of my favorite interviews. Cody reads iwillteachyoutoberich and emailed me to meet up. We met in Sacramento last weekend and talked about entrepreneurship, negotiation, scholarships, blogging, and some stuff I haven’t mentioned before on iwillteachyoutoberich.
PS–I’m sending out my newsletter tomorrow morning with links you [...]
Ok, the chat is on tonight! Here’s the deal:
1. I’m hosting an online chat tonight at 7pm PST, and I’ll post the chat URL here at 6:50pm PST. (Just click refresh on this post to see the latest updates.)
**UPDATE (6:45pm PST)**
The chat room is open closed. I’ll try to post a transcript soon.
2. I’m going [...]
My post on stupid frat-boy business ideas got a ton of feedback. Check out the 50+ comments here. As another commenter noted, “Funnier than the post, in a sad sort of way, were the dissenting comments by those outraged to have their bubbles burst.” (Other comments were not so charitable.)
Anyway, I got a lot of [...]
If you haven’t read the comments to my last post (Things I hate spending money on), you should check them out. There are 39 comments and counting…making it one of my most-commented-on posts yet.
Big takeaways for me:
I have pretty smart readers
You guys hate a LOT of things
I laughed out loud about 5 times reading the [...]