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Hola, I am the Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com, where we help entrepreneurs kick more ass. Before that I was a cubicle monkey at Intel, #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint. These are my stories on marketing, starting a business, personal improvement and productivity tips.

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From English Major to Co-founder of Electronic Arts (w/ Bing Gordon)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Bing Gordon. He was the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts, the popular video game company. In his twenties, Bing did a lot of interesting things. He wrote poetries in college, tried acting for a year, and even did commercial fishing....

7 Challenges To Help You Start A Business

If you desperately want to start your own company, but for some reason you just can’t get yourself to take action — this post is for YOU. In this post, I share some challenges with you that you can complete in a weekend that will help you get over your fear of getting started with...

I Spent $100,000 On A Business Coach So You Don’t Have To

Earlier this year I decided to invest $100,000 to hire a legit CEO coach. I believe that this $100,000 investment is going to make me more than $8M back... that’s an 80x return! In this post, I summarize everything I’ve learned from spending $100,000 on a business coach, so you don’t have to. (But if...

How to Listen to Your Inner Voice (w/ Joseph Kelly)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Joseph Kelly, Co-founder, and CEO of Unchained Capital. Joe is one of my best friends! We play squash together, and he also got me into flying planes. After dropping out of college, he started a big data company. Sold it for a lot...