Two Minute Business Wisdom

Delayed gratification is a key to success. Self-inflicted torture is not.

The formula is simple. Acquire an object or skill worth something. Find someone willing to purchase the object or skill for a value more than what you took to acquire. Complete the transaction. Do this repeatedly.

Premium prices are a fair cost to pay (and charge) for premium services. There has to be a financial angle for providing more than adequate support.

Lessons are learned in losses, and a stable business can usually only claim success after a good strong of significant losses.

Finding sustainable work on sites like Fiverr and Upwork is hard. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

It is hard to turn down a once in a lifetime opportunity, even when you know that opportunity is more likely to end the life of your business.

Best-of lists are not the simple celebrations they are laid to be. They are a path to almost guaranteed paid advertising and a low-level example of manipulative targeting to the mass.

You don’t have to force expansion on you business it it doesn’t feel right for it. Or you.

Advice for overachievers frustrated with those around who can't keep up.

You created the contract to lock in your employee to your will. But those same employees are probably working for you 'at will.'