How To Do Anything
Right now I’m sitting on a bus going south from Harlem into Midtown. Two weeks ago, after hearing lots of negative feedback from the homelessness project, I wanted to try scavenging for food in the...
View ArticleWhen to Quit a Project – Seth Godin’s The Dip
One of the biggest problems I have is quitting. I’ve quit almost every project I’ve ever started: jobs, I almost quit college 15 times, even friendships, and every time I had second thoughts afterward,...
View ArticleInsert a Taylor Swift Reference Here: Turning 22
A few days ago I was jumped while walking in the subway, at the Times Square station. It started when I passed a guy on the platform. He followed me and started yelling. I was listening to an audiobook...
View ArticleHow a Meetup group I started at 3AM grew to over 113 members in a week
At the beginning of September I started a meetup group for brand and marketing managers in NYC. I thought it was just going to be a couple people hanging out, and then 113 people joined within a week....
View ArticleHow To Get ANY Girl’s Phone Number
Edit: This post was a prank, guys, a joke. This isn’t really how you pick up women…….. It’s not easy to go from goof to greatness, it involves constantly working on yourself, and improving your skills....
View ArticleHow to Get Interested In Things
I’m better than most at pursuing what I’m interested in — I think it’s because I give myself a chance to experience the things I care about. Like conjuring Here’s an example: a few months ago I was...
View ArticleFinding Passion In Your Work
I was at a coffee meeting with a kid who went to my college a couple days ago. He was new to the city and wanted some advice on how to move forward when it came to work. First of all, it’s amazing that...
View ArticleHow to Hire a Freelancer to Build Your App – 3 Tools I Use
An entrepreneur came into our office last week with an idea for a mobile app. He had prepared 20 pages of wireframes, had a good idea about how users should flow through the app, and an understanding...
View ArticleHow to find the best digital agency while keeping costs low – What an app...
I was at dinner with a couple folks that all work in the digital agency space. And what was interesting is that they all sold the same product. They all made mobile apps, yet each of the three people...
View ArticleWhy Business Cards Are Worthless
I was at the offices of a client last week and this marketing consultant came in. He was here to judge the quality of my marketing plan… He was pretty impressed and at the end of the meeting he asked...
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