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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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3 Entrepreneurs Making +$1,000,000 With 0 Employees

There’s a new type of business I’m seeing more and more of: Super successful one-person companies. In this post, we look at 3 case study examples: A babysitting company A health and fitness ebook publisher And a beat-maker All 3 of these one-person companies are million-dollar businesses, and they just hire freelancers to operate. Let’s...

From Corporate Lawyer to Relationship Coach (w/ Stephanie Rigg)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to relationship coach Stephanie Rigg. Stephanie used to be a corporate lawyer, but after some soul searching (and Google searching) she became a relationship coach to help people have better and healthier love lives. Her first client came from a referral from a friend,...

David Goggins Book Review: Can’t Hurt Me

I loved David Goggins’ book. The man is epic. He’s an ultramarathon winner (he doesn’t just run the races — he wins them), retired Navy SEAL, and served in the military for 20 years. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. He got over major insecurities, fears, and a learning disability to become who...

Talking Recession tactics, Living Rich and Finances with The Financial Samurai

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to The Financial Samurai Sam Dogen. Like many people, Sam got hit hard by the 2009 market crash. Even though he worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse for 10 years, got an MBA from UC Berkeley, saved aggressively, and diversified his investments… He...