I’ve been building online businesses since 2006 and I’ve run into some interesting people in circumstances during that time. From the illegal translation of one of my books to the 80-year-old man that threatened to drive to Sioux Falls and beat me up, it’s been a wild ride. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to […]
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Two years ago, I wrote a comprehensive article covering the state of co-working in Sioux Falls at the time. The Bakery, which was the largest standalone co-working space in Sioux Falls at the time, was on the verge of closing and Meso, another co-working space, had closed the year earlier. This left the Zeal Center […]
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You’ve probably heard the idea that “You become the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” There’s a corollary to that saying you might not have heard of. It’s that “You become the content you consume.” I talk about it in this video. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read […]
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Do you want to open a new retail store or local services business in your community? In this video, I talk about what it takes to raise money to launch your business and get it off the ground. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read instead of watch? Here’s a rough script I used […]
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MarketBeat has a unique hybrid remote work environment. We don’t spend all day every day in an office together, but we’re also not completely remote either. We’ve developed a system that we think gives us the benefits of working in an office together, without having to be in an office 40 hours each week. (Watch […]
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I’m trying an experiment during the summer. I’m setting a hard cap on the number of meetings I’ll take each week to protect my time for my family and my business. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read instead of watch? Here’s a rough script I used for this video. Matt Paulson here. In […]
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Can you publish too much content to your social media channels? Will people unfollow you for being a prolific content creator? I have some thoughts. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read instead of watch? Here’s a rough script I used for this video. Matt Paulson here. In this video, I want to discuss […]
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The principle I discuss in this video was something I discovered in 2013 when my business was beginning to get some traction. I don’t claim to be the first person to discover this principle, but when I applied it in my life, my business’s revenue and my personal income doubled every year for three consecutive […]
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There are many different reasons small businesses and startups fail, but there are four traits that I’ve seen in every successful entrepreneur I’ve ever met. I talk about them in this video. #startups #business #business #marketing #entrepreneurship #startup #souxfalls (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read instead of watch? Here’s a rough script I […]
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In this video, I argue why you should unsubscribe from all of the business podcasts that you listen to. It’s not the reason that you think. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read instead of watch? Here’s a rough script I used for this video. Matt Paulson here. In this video, I am going […]
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