Matt Hawksley: Learning in the Open
September 29, 2026
Leadogo founder Matt Hawksley on leaving a 20-year logistics career, the 40-day road trip that launched his reinvention, learning in the open, and mentoring entrepreneurs in Ghana.
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Running your own business means the work never divides cleanly from the life. These articles cover building and sustaining a small business, from the first clients to the systems that let it run without constant firefighting.
CreativityMike Merkur: Driving the Bus While the Pizza Flies
August 3, 2026
Leadership is driving a school bus while everyone in the back throws shoes and pizza. Mike Merkur on being fired fifteen times, hiding the workshop from the customer, and using neurodiversity instead of fixing it.
BlockchainBeating the No-Win Scenario: Kobayashi Maru Decisions, Sunk Costs, and Changing the Rules | Michael Santore
July 24, 2026
BlockSkunk founder Michael Santore joins Richard Lowe to talk no-win scenarios, the elevated paradox, the fantasy sports startup that stopped like a spaceship, sunk costs, and why AI compliance is quietly asking for immutable audit logs.
Digital TransformationWhy You Don’t Put All Your Eggs in AI
July 16, 2026
In finance, the first rule is diversification. The same rule applies to technology, and most companies are breaking it by betting everything on AI. Here is the case for spreading the risk.
Change ManagementConsequential Thinking: The Executive Skill Nobody Teaches
July 16, 2026
Critical thinking asks whether a claim is true. Consequential thinking asks what happens next if you act on it. Here is why the second skill is rarer and how to practice it.
ConsultingMy First Consulting Job Paid $600. I Had No Idea What I Was Doing.
June 16, 2026
Overconfident, underprepared and completely naive, with my eye on six hundred dollars and no idea I could not do the work until I was in too deep.
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Book ReviewsFrom Paycheck to Prosperity
May 29, 2026
A book I helped bring to the page, so instead of score it I will tell you what it is. From Paycheck to Prosperity is a practical, accessible overview of personal finance for readers who feel stuck living paycheck to…
Business BooksThe Same Private Equity Playbook, One Industry After Another
May 17, 2026
Executives who built great businesses, explaining how they were pressured to dismantle what made those businesses great.
EcommerceSelling on eBay: How the Platform Works Now
November 5, 2025
eBay selling guide from someone who sold $35,000 in a single year and has run profitable businesses on the platform since 2003. What works in today's corporat
ADHDThe Gig Economy: Cutting Through the BS
November 5, 2025
$10,000 in affiliate marketing. $35,000 on eBay. Twelve years of experiments. Here's what worked, and why most gig economy advice is complete garbage.
ConsultingBuild a Profitable Consulting Practice: The Part of Consulting Nobody Teaches
November 1, 2025
The essential guide to building a profitable consulting practice without the common mistakes that destroy most consulting businesses.
Authority BuildingJohn Lee Hoich: From Lawnmower to Million-Dollar Empire
June 11, 2025
At sixteen he pushed a rusty lawnmower through the suburbs; fourteen years later he ran a multi-million-dollar empire. John Lee Hoich's story is the American Dream in miniature, built on faith, partnerships, and relentless entrepreneurship.