My $230,000 Embezzlement Story

Here's the story of an ex-team member who embezzled over $230,000 from us over the course of nearly 2 years. In this video and article, I’m going to break down how it happened, how it was uncovered and the guardrails we’ve put in place since.

Personal

My 2021 Goals & Habits

My 2021 Goals & Habits — this is my plan for the year!

Growth

2020 Review

My annual review for 2020 — the good, the bad and the ugly!

Business

Why 50/50 partnerships are lazy and the expensive lessons learned from a toxic business partnership

The things I wished I knew when taking on a business partner, from qualities to look for, red flags, equity split & vesting to everything you need in your operating agreement.

Growth

Don't Fall For Free Plants — The Costs & Lenses that influence decisions

We all make decisions every day. There’s a cost to every action and decision we make - so how to we understand all the costs involved? Here’s a story about the costs of free plants and how to check your decision filters.

Growth

How to Make Yourself an ROI Positive Person

Why creating a surplus value will future-proof your business, your career — and your relationships. Here's how to do it in your work, for your team or for your intentional relationships.

Growth

How To Build A Powerful Network (Even If You’re An Introvert)

"How do you know everyone?!" Over the past few years, I've gotten asked how I've grown my personal network and also maintained relationships with so many people — especially given that I'm an introvert. Here's how I've done it.

Growth

I'll never rent my Tesla Model 3 on Turo again. Here's Why.

I rented my Tesla Model 3 on Turo on a 1-Day rental. I'll share exactly how it works, how much I made...

Creativity

How To Create A System for Generating Ideas

Struggling coming up with new ideas? Here’s a system designed to make you consistently think of new ideas!

Creativity

How to Hack your Environment for Deep Work

Distractions will always be around. But you can train your brain to focus and do deep work by creating an environment conducive with success. Don't believe me? I'll share how J.K. Rowling did this to write the last Harry Potter book.

Personal

2018 Review

Every year I do a public annual review of my year to share the good, the bad and everything in between. Then I share my goals for the upcoming year publicly!

Productivity

My Year in Review System

Creativity

The 3 Essentials to Crafting a Product Experience

Customer Experience vs. Products: How To Stand Out In A Crowded eCommerce Marketplace. A behind-the-scenes of how our team creates products that hit the market wrapped in a compelling story that breeds an addictively enjoyable customer experience.

Personal

2017 Review

Productivity

Sunday Success System: How to set your week up right

My Weekly Productivity System: How I figure what to focus on and how to eliminate / delegate the rest

Business

How to Hire Rockstar Talent – and what NOT to do.

Finding the right people to work with will be the make or break of your company. This is the proven hiring framework we've implemented at BestSelf to find and retain amazing talent — templates and examples included.

Business

Core Values: Why They Matter, How We Created Them, and How We Keep Them Top of Mind

Why core values are so important and how to come up with and apply them on a regular basis

Crowdfunding

Elizabeth's Story: A Full-time Working Mom to over $104,000 on Kickstarter, to appearing on Shark Tank!

Here's how Elizabeth went from an simple idea to $104,000 in pre-orders in only a few short months. This is the breakdown of everything she did to crush it!

Personal

2016 Review

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Business

How to Run Your Product Launch Like a Presidential Campaign

How to run your product launch like a presidential campaign so that you can connect with the people who want your product... leave your politics at the door

Personal

Shopify 2016 Build a Business Experience

A behind-the-scenes look at the Shopify Build a Business Competition - the full experience

Business

8 Things I learned from Noah Kagan about Sales, Marketing and Hiring

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Business

The Ultimate Guide to Start Selling on Amazon

The ultimate guide to selling on amazon

Growth

Why being comfortable can and WILL hold you back from success

If you want to be successful in life, it means getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. I themed this year a year for being uncomfortable and this is what it meant for me.

Crowdfunding

The Ultimate Guide to a Great Crowfunding Project Page

How to create a Kickstarter or Indiegogo project campaign page (includes examples and templates)

Business

How To Create A Physical Product 101: Sourcing, Pricing, and Shipping

From idea to shipped; here's the process behind creating and launching a physical product

Crowdfunding

Here's 7 Reasons Why You Should Crowdfund Your Idea

Got an idea for a product, service, or app? Here’s the 7 reasons why you should SERIOUSLY consider crowdfunding.

Business

How I validated an idea and pre-sold over $3K on Facebook in 24 Hours

Can you sell an idea before creating anything? I just did. Here’s how.

Productivity

How to Build a Time Machine for your business

The Secret to getting time back in your business and is the secret behind ALL successful businesses

Productivity

Pimp your workspace; every tool, gadget and app I leverage on a 6+ figure business

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Business

What I'm Learning about Marketing from the 2016 Presidential Candidates

Breaking down political campaigns from 2016 and what we can learn about marketing

Creativity

How to Name and Brand your new product idea in less than 60 Minutes

The steps and methodology I do to go from idea to product name and even brand/logo in less than 60 minutes

Crowdfunding

Step-by-Step Guide to Launching a Successful Kickstarter campaign

A step-by-step guide to successfully launching on Kickstarter — from idea, to prelaunch to funding. Here's what we did and what worked.

Business

My Key Takeaways from 5 Days of Business Mastery with Tony Robbins

My key lessons, insights and takeaways from attending Business Mastery with Tony Robbins (and how much it costs!) 2020 Update: How business went after applying what I learned!

Personal

2015 Review

My 2015 Year in review. Every year I do an annual review of my year to share the good, the bad and everything in between. Then I share my goals for the upcoming year publicly!

Growth

Quitting Amazon FBA; The Power of Singular Focus

The power of singular focus and why spreading yourself too thin doesn't work if you want to do something BIG

Growth

How I've spent $40,000 since I Quit my Job

The best recurring ROI I've found on spending $40,000 since leaving my job & why Warren Buffett agrees

Growth

The Destructive Force That Can Screw Up a 322K Product Launch

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Growth

Nightly Routines and how to sleep hack your way to a productive morning

A how-to guide to having a great night routine for better sleep, less stress and more productivity. Here's how mine works (inc some sleep hacks!)

Productivity

How creating a meaningful morning routine will make you more successful

Being successful starts with everyday actions done consistently - this is how and why I created a morning routine (from someone who was a self-described night owl for the first 26 years of life). If I can do it, anyone can!

Productivity

How to 10X Your Output with a Virtual Assistant

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Personal

2014 Review

My 2014 Year in review. Every year I do an annual review of my year to share the good, the bad and everything in between. Then I share my goals for the upcoming year publicly!

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter Lessons Learned and How I Raised over $50K On My Second Try

Lessons from launching a second crowdfunding Kickstarter project, I share exactly what worked, by how much, why I did it and how I doubled my money

Growth

22 books to read before you quit your job

Before I allowed myself to quit my Architecture job I set myself a reading list challenge, 22 books across 6 categories; mindset, productivity, business, marketing, sales and finance... best decision ever.

Personal

Starting From Nothing: One Entrepreneur’s Journey

Do you ever struggle coming up with new ideas and you think, "Oh, I'm just…

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter Economics 101: The True Costs of a Successful Project

A behind-the-scenes look at the true costs of a successful Kickstarter project and where all the money went (and how much I didn't make ...)

Crowdfunding

Funded in 12 hours - How I raised $25,161 on Kickstarter in 30 Days

With only 2 weeks of preparation, this is how I went from zero to funded on Kickstarter, here's everything I did, how it works — and what mistakes I made that you could learn from.

Growth

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was In High School

I was recently asked to give a talk at my high school, here's the 5 things I wish I knew back then that would have changed my life

Crowdfunding

7 Lessons from 3 Successful Kickstarter campaigns

Lessons learned over 2 years and 3 Successful Kickstarter campaigns — my most successful was with an entirely new brand, product and launch.

My $230,000 Embezzlement Story

Here's the story of an ex-team member who embezzled over $230,000 from us over the course of nearly 2 years. In this video and article, I’m going to break down how it happened, how it was uncovered and the guardrails we’ve put in place since.

Personal

My 2021 Goals & Habits

My 2021 Goals & Habits — this is my plan for the year!

Growth

2020 Review

My annual review for 2020 — the good, the bad and the ugly!

Business

Why 50/50 partnerships are lazy and the expensive lessons learned from a toxic business partnership

The things I wished I knew when taking on a business partner, from qualities to look for, red flags, equity split & vesting to everything you need in your operating agreement.

Growth

Don't Fall For Free Plants — The Costs & Lenses that influence decisions

We all make decisions every day. There’s a cost to every action and decision we make - so how to we understand all the costs involved? Here’s a story about the costs of free plants and how to check your decision filters.

Growth

How to Make Yourself an ROI Positive Person

Why creating a surplus value will future-proof your business, your career — and your relationships. Here's how to do it in your work, for your team or for your intentional relationships.

Growth

How To Build A Powerful Network (Even If You’re An Introvert)

"How do you know everyone?!" Over the past few years, I've gotten asked how I've grown my personal network and also maintained relationships with so many people — especially given that I'm an introvert. Here's how I've done it.

Growth

I'll never rent my Tesla Model 3 on Turo again. Here's Why.

I rented my Tesla Model 3 on Turo on a 1-Day rental. I'll share exactly how it works, how much I made...

Creativity

How To Create A System for Generating Ideas

Struggling coming up with new ideas? Here’s a system designed to make you consistently think of new ideas!

Creativity

How to Hack your Environment for Deep Work

Distractions will always be around. But you can train your brain to focus and do deep work by creating an environment conducive with success. Don't believe me? I'll share how J.K. Rowling did this to write the last Harry Potter book.

Personal

2018 Review

Every year I do a public annual review of my year to share the good, the bad and everything in between. Then I share my goals for the upcoming year publicly!

Productivity

My Year in Review System

Creativity

The 3 Essentials to Crafting a Product Experience

Customer Experience vs. Products: How To Stand Out In A Crowded eCommerce Marketplace. A behind-the-scenes of how our team creates products that hit the market wrapped in a compelling story that breeds an addictively enjoyable customer experience.

Personal

2017 Review

Productivity

Sunday Success System: How to set your week up right

My Weekly Productivity System: How I figure what to focus on and how to eliminate / delegate the rest

Business

How to Hire Rockstar Talent – and what NOT to do.

Finding the right people to work with will be the make or break of your company. This is the proven hiring framework we've implemented at BestSelf to find and retain amazing talent — templates and examples included.

Business

Core Values: Why They Matter, How We Created Them, and How We Keep Them Top of Mind

Why core values are so important and how to come up with and apply them on a regular basis

Crowdfunding

Elizabeth's Story: A Full-time Working Mom to over $104,000 on Kickstarter, to appearing on Shark Tank!

Here's how Elizabeth went from an simple idea to $104,000 in pre-orders in only a few short months. This is the breakdown of everything she did to crush it!

Personal

2016 Review

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Business

How to Run Your Product Launch Like a Presidential Campaign

How to run your product launch like a presidential campaign so that you can connect with the people who want your product... leave your politics at the door

Personal

Shopify 2016 Build a Business Experience

A behind-the-scenes look at the Shopify Build a Business Competition - the full experience

Business

8 Things I learned from Noah Kagan about Sales, Marketing and Hiring

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Business

The Ultimate Guide to Start Selling on Amazon

The ultimate guide to selling on amazon

Growth

Why being comfortable can and WILL hold you back from success

If you want to be successful in life, it means getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. I themed this year a year for being uncomfortable and this is what it meant for me.

Crowdfunding

The Ultimate Guide to a Great Crowfunding Project Page

How to create a Kickstarter or Indiegogo project campaign page (includes examples and templates)

Business

How To Create A Physical Product 101: Sourcing, Pricing, and Shipping

From idea to shipped; here's the process behind creating and launching a physical product

Crowdfunding

Here's 7 Reasons Why You Should Crowdfund Your Idea

Got an idea for a product, service, or app? Here’s the 7 reasons why you should SERIOUSLY consider crowdfunding.

Business

How I validated an idea and pre-sold over $3K on Facebook in 24 Hours

Can you sell an idea before creating anything? I just did. Here’s how.

Productivity

How to Build a Time Machine for your business

The Secret to getting time back in your business and is the secret behind ALL successful businesses

Productivity

Pimp your workspace; every tool, gadget and app I leverage on a 6+ figure business

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur gravida arcu ac tortor dignissim. Senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac.

Business

What I'm Learning about Marketing from the 2016 Presidential Candidates

Breaking down political campaigns from 2016 and what we can learn about marketing

Creativity

How to Name and Brand your new product idea in less than 60 Minutes

The steps and methodology I do to go from idea to product name and even brand/logo in less than 60 minutes

Crowdfunding

Step-by-Step Guide to Launching a Successful Kickstarter campaign

A step-by-step guide to successfully launching on Kickstarter — from idea, to prelaunch to funding. Here's what we did and what worked.

Business

My Key Takeaways from 5 Days of Business Mastery with Tony Robbins

My key lessons, insights and takeaways from attending Business Mastery with Tony Robbins (and how much it costs!) 2020 Update: How business went after applying what I learned!

Personal

2015 Review

My 2015 Year in review. Every year I do an annual review of my year to share the good, the bad and everything in between. Then I share my goals for the upcoming year publicly!

Growth

Quitting Amazon FBA; The Power of Singular Focus

The power of singular focus and why spreading yourself too thin doesn't work if you want to do something BIG

Growth

How I've spent $40,000 since I Quit my Job

The best recurring ROI I've found on spending $40,000 since leaving my job & why Warren Buffett agrees

Growth

The Destructive Force That Can Screw Up a 322K Product Launch

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur gravida arcu ac tortor dignissim. Senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac.

Growth

Nightly Routines and how to sleep hack your way to a productive morning

A how-to guide to having a great night routine for better sleep, less stress and more productivity. Here's how mine works (inc some sleep hacks!)

Productivity

How creating a meaningful morning routine will make you more successful

Being successful starts with everyday actions done consistently - this is how and why I created a morning routine (from someone who was a self-described night owl for the first 26 years of life). If I can do it, anyone can!

Productivity

How to 10X Your Output with a Virtual Assistant

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur gravida arcu ac tortor dignissim. Senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac.

Personal

2014 Review

My 2014 Year in review. Every year I do an annual review of my year to share the good, the bad and everything in between. Then I share my goals for the upcoming year publicly!

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter Lessons Learned and How I Raised over $50K On My Second Try

Lessons from launching a second crowdfunding Kickstarter project, I share exactly what worked, by how much, why I did it and how I doubled my money

Growth

22 books to read before you quit your job

Before I allowed myself to quit my Architecture job I set myself a reading list challenge, 22 books across 6 categories; mindset, productivity, business, marketing, sales and finance... best decision ever.

Personal

Starting From Nothing: One Entrepreneur’s Journey

Do you ever struggle coming up with new ideas and you think, "Oh, I'm just…

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter Economics 101: The True Costs of a Successful Project

A behind-the-scenes look at the true costs of a successful Kickstarter project and where all the money went (and how much I didn't make ...)

Crowdfunding

Funded in 12 hours - How I raised $25,161 on Kickstarter in 30 Days

With only 2 weeks of preparation, this is how I went from zero to funded on Kickstarter, here's everything I did, how it works — and what mistakes I made that you could learn from.

Growth

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was In High School

I was recently asked to give a talk at my high school, here's the 5 things I wish I knew back then that would have changed my life

Crowdfunding

7 Lessons from 3 Successful Kickstarter campaigns

Lessons learned over 2 years and 3 Successful Kickstarter campaigns — my most successful was with an entirely new brand, product and launch.