Start here Canonical page for every new team member. The same mistakes, in one place, before the access list. New Team Member → It was 2 AM in Los Angeles. Leo Pohlmann and I had spent the entire day at Six Flags Magic Mountain, rode twenty-some rides until we nearly threw up, left the park at 10 PM, and then …
What My Mentor Taught Me 30 Years Ago Changed Everything
There’s this crazy guy named Rehan Allahwala. He’s got 15 million followers on Facebook, and he messaged me saying he wanted to meet in Silicon Valley. I thought he was just another random person hitting me up. I told him I’d be speaking at a conference in San Francisco and to meet me there at 5 PM when I got …
What I Wish I Knew at 18 About Building a Business
It was 3 AM in Toronto. I had just spoken at a conference earlier that day. And somehow I ended up in a conversation with two young guys from Germany who were traveling the world. Leonard is 18. Leo Pohlmann is 19. Best friends since kindergarten. They grew up playing football together, were in the same class for 12 years, …
He Became an Entrepreneur in One Night at 19
My buddy Leo Pohlmann is 19 years old and as of last night he is officially an entrepreneur. He was thinking about going to school to prepare for entrepreneurship. Learn about psychology, soft skills, all the things they tell you that you need before you can start a business. I told him why not just actually be an entrepreneur instead. That’s …