Business

How to protect yourself from getting bitten by bad developers

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So many times I’ve spoken with someone who is about to get their development done by someone offshore for a tenth of what they were quoted in Australia. Usually, someone has told them that they can just go to Upwork/Freelancer/whatever and hire cheap labour. Seems easy enough yeah? But I’m struggling to think of a…

Life

Sleep or you’re screwed

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A couple of weeks ago a dropped a link to a podcast that made a huge impact on me. It was Joe Rogan 1109 with Matthew Walker. In short, you probably don’t realise how screwed you are if you don’t get enough sleep. This hit me hard, cause I don’t sleep very well. If you don’t…

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Cheap software that does everything…

Something has been bugging me a lot. I keep seeing people searching for “all in one” software that will do everything for their business. Usually they’re also looking for something that is like 20 bucks a month. I’ve also watched a product that started as a simple project management tool say yes to too many…

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Getting started with cryptocurrency trading

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to get into buying and selling cryptocurrency. I intentionally didn’t use the word “investing,” because that is a bloody loose term for what many people are doing. This post goes into most of the important stuff you need to know in as few words as…

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November 2017 podcast list

A friend just asked me what podcasts I listen to. Figured why not put it out there for everyone. These are all set to auto download, but I don’t listen to every episode. I scan the title and show notes and if it doesn’t interest me I delete. Business James Schramko SuperFast Business – Range…

Business

You don’t need a f****** app

Just going to come right out with it… No, you don’t need a fucking app for your business. Our team build apps, and I’m still here telling you there is a very real chance you don’t need one. Every other week, someone calls me with an app idea, or asks about creating an app for…

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Hero worship is terrible for your business

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time. But you know… we all get busy and other stuff took priority. But this morning someone sent me a thank you message for being “candid and honest” about something I wrote on someone else’s Facebook post. The original post was by an extremely…