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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to Starting and Running Your Own Business 27 Aug 2013 | 06:09 pm
[Note: this appeared on TechCrunch this past weekend. ] This is going be a bullet FAQ on starting a business. No joke. If you’re a lawyer, feel free to disagree with me, so you can charge someone you...
Five Things You NEED to Know Before Buying a House 20 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
I hate buying houses. I don’t “hate” many things. But I’ve lost millions of dollars buying houses. The stress is unbearable when you need to sell. And you have no money when you need it. It’s a pris...
THE ONLY THING YOU’LL EVER NEED 15 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
“What can I do that would make you happy?” the doctor said. “The only thing is if, right now, you write me a check for a million dollars,” I said. “And you think you’ll be happy then?” “I KNOW I...
Don’t Go To Jail 13 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
.. I don’t think any of the prostitutes were above the age of 18. One girl told me she was sixteen. They were all black. The 16 year old was laughing and sort of skipping around while she was talking...
Two Lifehacks That Will Get People To Like You 8 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
I’m taking a day off from writing about crying on the floor. I feel like I’ve written 600 posts about either failure or naked people. Instead, I’m going to share two things I’ve done that have change...
What Do You Do When You Find a Dead Body? 1 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
Google has stopped using GPAs to evaluate job candidates. My 11 year old just told me, “Grade point averages don’t count until 6th grade.” I haven’t yet told her the good news about Google. That she...
HOW TO AVOID DEATH 30 Jul 2013 | 06:19 pm
My dad got depressed and would cry in the shopping store, cry at parent teacher conferences, cry while playing chess with me, cry at work, cry all the time. He started a company in 1970 and it wen...
How to Self-Publish a Bestseller: Publishing 3.0 25 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
(the most popular self-published book in history) [a slightly revised version of an article I published last week on TechCrunch] My most recent book, “Choose Yourself!” sold 53,000 copies since i...
Living the Counterfeit Life 22 Jul 2013 | 05:44 pm
Alex would print up fake 5 and 10 dollar bills on his copy machine and spend them in local delis. “They check hundred dollar bills for counterfeit but not ten dollar bills,” he told me. Alex had a h...
HOW TO BE AN ULTIMATE FIGHTER 18 Jul 2013 | 05:47 pm
“This tube you see coming out of me is directly connected with my heart and pumps liquid into it, faking my heart into thinking it’s ok.” The driver was talking to Brian and me. He had picked us u...
