Me and my family spent 2 weeks in the Philippines from June 24 to July 7, 2018. It was me, my wife Makaila, and our sons Tristen and London. My sister Marydale came along as well. My parents, who live in the Philippines about half the year each year, met us as we arrived in…
Category: Entrepreneurship
6,753 Miles Away
Call Center Shift I knew, for a long time, that large-sized businesses were already making use of a distributed workforce. Most notably, during the late 90’s and 2000’s, were call centers in India. If you needed technical support for a product you just purchased in the US, you called their toll free number. During that…
Ka-Ching!
January 2013 Aubrey started working with me at my office and warehouse next to the Portland airport. First step was to train her on my method of listing products for sale on ebay. I tested a new dropshipping sales method and, with sales coming in, it seemed to be working. From early testing and results,…
It Is Not the Critic Who Counts
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs…
The becoming of a Freedom Fighter
I was imprisoned Literally and metaphorically. In every part of my life. I spent the night in jail. I was trapped in debt. I was held captive by alcohol. Failure seemed to follow me and hold on. I could feel the weight of self-pity and depression want to hold me down. Imprisonment is not just…
Self-Sabotage
How did I end up here? I started to sober up and realized my life was truly out of control. I hated myself for it. I was capable of a lot more. At least, that what I used to believe. I didn’t even know who I was anymore. Why was I allowing alcohol to ruin…
The long story of overnight success
Our day is full of interacting with successful businesses and their successful products we use in our everyday lives. Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, etc. Their founders remind us that people are capable of starting great businesses, making tons of money and being admired by many. There are stories of relatively new companies and their…
What to do when failure knocks on your door
When failure knocks I started to write today’s blog thinking that I would finish in an hour. Its the average the time I give myself to write up the best draft I can to publish. When I read what I’ve published, I’ll usually find things I’ll want to clean up and then do it by…
Hike down from Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon
Yesterday, I posted a video of our hike up to Pittock Mansion. Today’s video is of our hike down from Pittock Mansion. We hiked down the Wildwood Trail to Lower Macleay Trail with our hike ending at Lower Macleay Park. My friend Steve offered to let London sit on his shoulders for the first half…
Hike up to Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon
Another perk of having a remote team is that I can spend time with friends that visit from out of town on a Monday. I can be a Virtual CEO from anywhere! My friend and his family rented an Airbnb in Downtown Portland. They wanted to hike up from their rental to Pittock Mansion. It…