I’ve sold two businesses. As I build my next one, here’s what I’ll do from the beginning to make it easier to sell later.
This year I sold The Write Life, an online business I’d built mostly as a side project over the last eight years. This post explains why I sold it, what the process was like, and what I’m building next.
Here’s a lesson I’ve learned so many times, one that comes back to me again as I reflect on selling The Write Life: It’s always worth investing in yourself.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from selling two online businesses, it’s this: Ignore the formulas and multiples the internet tells you to use to value your business.
I’m angry that anti-abortion legislation is coming down the pipeline now, after the year women have had. Are lawmakers trying to kick us while we’re down?
Just a few months after giving birth to my second child, I was invited to give an on-stage presentation. Could I do it?
What does it look like to opt out of hustle culture, and create a startup that’s low stress, small team and high profit?
Covering news in your niche can be alluring. But if news isn’t your company’s bread and butter, it’s usually smarter to avoid the temptation. Here’s why.
Last year unearthed a pessimism I didn’t know existed inside of me. I feel forever changed; my worldview has tilted. And not in a good way. In a that-year-stole-my-innocence sort of way.
In the age of disinformation, trust is a valued currency. How can you get your readers and Google to trust you? By following EAT, which focuses on expertise, authority and trust.