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How To Build a Successful Business in 1 Hour without spending money

June 12, 2022September 6, 2023 Juriaan Karsten

Constraints are great. It’s common knowledge that time constraints help you reduce fluff and help you focus. So that’s why I’ve come up with the 1-hour business-building framework without spending a dime all from the comfort of your home. What you’ll need to make the framework work for

Business Finance

Why You Need to Invest in a Wealth Machine

June 5, 2022May 1, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

What is a wealth machine, and how can you get it?  A wealth machine is a company you own that operates a scalable product or service. The profits or proceeds from an exit should flow to you or partially to you.  A wealth machine grants you: More time

Business Finance Lessons Learned Productivity

How to get maximum value out of your investor meetings

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

The last company that I built from the ground up has a capable roster of angel investors ranging from ex McKinsey consultants to captains of industry.  Together they’ve funded our company for more than 1 million dollars. Their help resulted in a market-leading IoT business in the vehicle detection

Business Lessons Learned Self Help

The Five-Year Rule for Life

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

You get plenty of shots to make it BIG. I hear many peers make the following statement “I’m not doing the right thing. I’m wasting my time. I’m not in the right spot, job, project, or not with the right people.” The statement implies that starting early or

Business Lessons Learned Productivity Writing

The only ’10-Minute Rule’ you should know about and use

May 8, 2022May 1, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

A multi-millionaire friend once told me a secret on how he consistently delivers his best work.  In this essay, I will tell you how he does it. But first, let me tell you what effect his secret Rule had on my own work:  I spot more errors in

Business Lessons Learned Self Help

I am not afraid of failure. I embrace it.

April 17, 2022March 30, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

In January 2020, my former business had 10+ employees and record-breaking earnings. But unfortunately, 18 months later (during the covid pandemic), we only had 3 employees left, and revenues were dwindling. The business has bounced back tremendously and is doing better than ever, but back then, the company

Business Pitching Sales Storytelling

Always dumb it down in Business

March 27, 2022March 30, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Write shorter sentences  In anything you write, keep it short. Get to the point quickly and concisely. Never use long explanations. You can explain almost all concepts in 3 to 5 sentences.  Also, people will always notice when you’re dragging things out. These days short copy is king.

Most business advice is bad advice
Business Lessons Learned

Most business advice is terrible advice

April 1, 2021March 6, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

It’s probably outdated Most advice comes after the facts.  When someone comes with advice 9 out of 10 times, it comes after their success. So when someone says they were successful. They probably did these things a while back. What worked for someone in the past will likely

business should be a finite game
Business Reflecting

Business should be a Finite Game

March 31, 2021March 6, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

It gets dangerous to see business as an Infinite Game. Let me explain…  My old neighbour looked like a grand man. He had a sweet mansion, a young hot eastern European wife, and always owned the newest Porsche.  This man had it all from the outside looking in.  Unfortunately,

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Business Reflecting

Business is just the thing you do to fund the next level

March 30, 2021March 6, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Business is just the thing you do to fund the next level  Business is a game. Most of us play this game, some do not participate, and some play it exceptionally well. I want to play it well. That is my goal. To do so, I try to

Business Reflecting

7 Questions every Entrepreneur needs to answer for themselves at one point in their journey

October 31, 2020December 24, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Entrepreneurship is a never-ending slap in the face. Sometimes the slap is warm and soft, oftentimes, I mean most times, the slap is hard and cold. To survive the constant slapping, you need mental resilience. Mental resilience doesn’t come out of anywhere. It doesn’t magically appear out of

Corona Crisis how will my business survive
Business

The most important question for entrepreneurs to think about during the Corona Crisis

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Times will get worse so we need to be mentally prepared Times are tough and we’re all sailing on sight. The current circumstances are very hard and people are struggling. I know that things are bad and I know that things are worsening faster than the media portrays.

Business Lessons Learned

My Experiences with Resellers as a Hardware Startup Founder

March 25, 2020April 13, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

It’s hard to align your interest with those of a reseller or integrator. An integrator just wants to sell services and close contracts. They would seriously not care if they sold your hardware or the product of your competitor as long as they make and close the contract.

Business Momentum

Business Momentum in Action: 5 Companies that Found Exceptional Growth

March 20, 2020April 16, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

These five powerful examples of companies that found serious growth show the power of momentum in action.  In the repertoire of factors, influences and KPIs that a company can count on, none can reel in such explosive or exceptional growth as business momentum.  Honestly, with the winds of

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