For a while now I’ve been watching less and less actual television and turning to the internet to get around old fashioned media distribution methods. In this article I’m going to show you how I have finally gotten the right home theater system setup that I am 95% happy with, which will ...

Great article out today by Joel Spoelsky on the emotional management necessary for entrepreneurship. The reason why startups fail is simple: the founder gets tired of “playing with the dials” and gives up before finding the right combination. This is what it’s like when you’r...

I went to a pretty interesting talk yesterday at the Houston Technology Center where Bijoy Goswami was speaking. It was a great chance to network with a bunch of other entrepreneurs. One of the biggest take aways I got from the talk was when he outlined the 3 basic types of startups that you can do:...

Got this message from a reader today: Hi Brian, I just signed up to your blog and find it interesting and worthwhile to follow through. You come across as a knowledgeable person who doesn’t mind to share your findings with anyone who asks and this Brian…as you know, brings instant credib...

Hi Brian, I have been a long time RSS subscriber to your blog (since the 30 day marketing series – I guess it worked) and I would really appreciate your input on something. A little bit of background first: I am 24 year old software developer in New York City making $120k/year. I paid off all my s...

First, let me start with a trick: Here is a great experiment you can do to someone to demonstrate the power of beliefs: Ask them to look around the room wherever they are and notice everything what is red in the room. Take inventory of it. Then ask them to close their eyes and tell you all the red t...

One of the greatest things about working for yourself is the mobility. Freedom comes in a lot of forms: Free time for doing things you really enjoy. Freedom to make your own decisions without a boss. And freedom to travel at will. It’s great to know that I don’t have to ask people for ti...

My one goal in 2008 (or new years resolution if you’d like) was to get to $2,000 per month in passive income. There was hardly a day that went by in 2008 that I didn’t think about this goal actually. I was that obsessed with it. By the way, in case you’re thinking “$2,000 doe...

Just moments ago I was sitting in an airport waiting to come home to San Jose, California for the holidays. Lo and behold - they came on the loudspeaker and announced that our flight had been cancelled. Not delayed, but CANCELLED cancelled, as in not going anywhere for at least a day. Everyone immed...

I had a somewhat funny experience today discovering how computers figure out what is spam and what is not. It started when I got an email from a new customer on my tutoring site (this is a passive income business I’ve been working on). Brian, This got marked as Spam, just so you know. I just h...