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Chris Sacca on Shark Tank, Building Your Business, and Startup Mistakes (#132)
“Mullet wigs change everything.” – Chris Sacca Sometimes one interview just isn’t enough. That was certainly the case with my good friend, Chris Sacca. Chris (who I interviewed before) was recently the cover story of the Midas Issue of Forbes magazine. He was on the cover because he’s a newly minted billionaire and the proprietor of …
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Should You Start a 'Startup' or Build a Cash-Flow Business? (#111)
“I should be used as a mercenary, not a lifer.” – Tim Ferriss In this episode, we have a change of pace… Expa (@expa) is a startup studio. It was founded by Garrett Camp, who co-founded Uber. Every once in a blue moon, they put together a night of education. I was recently invited to participate as a speaker. …
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Sam Kass on Reinventing Yourself and Baptism by Fire (#82)
“Yankees, we’ve won!” – Austrian sous-chef to unprepared Americans hustling at a Michelin 3-star restaurant “75% of success is staying calm. The rest you figure out.” – Sam Kass Sam Kass almost became a pro baseball player. Instead, he pivoted a history major from U. Chicago into becoming the private chef for the Obamas in the White House. …
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Chris Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions (#79)
Goofing around with Sacca and his afro. “Fuck it… I’m just not going to play this traditionally anymore.” – Chris Sacca Chris Sacca was recently the cover story of the “Midas Issue” of Forbes Magazine. The reason: He is a newly-minted billionaire and the proprietor of what will likely be the most successful venture capital fund in history: LOWERCASE I …
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Tweet to Beat: Let Me Up the Ante (Plus: Vietnam School Video and Pics)
The smiles that greeted us at the preschools you helped build in Vietnam. (Photo: Matt) Thus far, the Tweet to Beat experiment has increased Twitter count from 22,500 to 29,276, which means $20,328 to U.S. public school students via Donorschoose (6,776 new followers x $3 each). This is good by any reasonable standard, but I’m …
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How to Use Twitter Without Twitter Owning You – 5 Tips
(Photo: Timothy K. Hamilton) Total read time: 5 minutes. I’ve evolved as a user of the micro-blogging tool called Twitter. That said, technology is a great slave but a terrible master, and Twitter can turn the tables on you with surprising subtlety. This post will explain how I use Twitter and the 5 rules I …
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Measuring What Really Works on Twitter: Post Timing and Headlines
(Photo: da100fotos) “What gets measured gets managed.” -Peter Drucker I like data and enhancing performance through following the numbers. I use half a dozen tools to track metrics on this blog, and I have similarly used tr.im to track click-through on Twitter links, demographic and geographic splits, etc.. I find retweets interesting, but only to …
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12+ Gems of the Pacific Northwest Coast (Plus: 200 Tweets – My Thoughts on Practical Twitter Use)
The unbelievable Oregon coastline. (Photo: liquidskyarts) Six weeks ago I conducted my first social media travel experiment. I posed a simple question and let your responses to me on Twitter and this blog dictate exactly what I did on a 12-day roadtrip with my brother from San Francisco to Vancouver, Canada. No packing or planning …
The Art of Speed: Conversations with Monster Makers
The “Art of Speed” panel at SXSW: Evan Williams, Cali Lewis, Mike Cassidy, Tim Ferriss (Photo: vantan) I had a blast organizing and moderating the “Art of Speed” panel at the incredible SXSW conference a few months ago. It was standing room only (at least from what I could see), and I learned a ton …
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