If you are a solo founder or small business owner, you are likely suffering from a modern epidemic that I call administrative creep....
Hook: the market rewards speed. Too many service founders stall in planning — polishing a website, drafting perfect contracts, agonizing over logos — while customers pay someone else. As an economist ...
When most people think about starting an online business, they immediately flock to the most crowded digital marketplaces. They spend months trying to launch dropshipping stores, build print-on-demand...
Every month I get the same question from students and readers: “I have a laptop and time — how do I make real money without throwing cash at a business?” As an economist who teaches lean startup metho...
If you are a solo founder or small business owner, you probably start your day with a sense of quiet determination, only to end it feeling completely overwhelmed, physically exhausted, and wondering w...
If you’ve spent any time on social media lately, you’ve likely seen the viral videos of 20-year-old "gurus" showing off their sports cars and claiming they made $50,000 in their first month of dropshi...
If you are trying to market a local service business, a physical retail store, or a community-focused brand, you’ve likely been told that you must spend thousands of dollars on paid Facebook and Insta...
If you’ve recently filed an LLC, launched a side hustle, or finally decided to separate your personal and business expenses, you are likely hunting for a business bank account. In the old days of busi...
Starting a business used to require a massive upfront capital investment in software. If you wanted to manage your sales pipeline, host a high-converting website, track your daily operations, coordina...
If your daily routine feels like fighting a dozen fires with a leaky bucket, your system—not your effort—is the problem. Running a small business requires you to wear every hat, but true hard work mea...