A new year is upon us. As always, I like to look forward to the future to try to predict the threats and opportunities we face. I am a location independent online entrepreneur, based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I'm 53 years old young, single, without kids. This puts me in the enviable position of … [Read more...]
Sorry I’m Late! Business Review of 2018 and Plans for 2019
Regular readers will know, I'm a lucky guy. I hardly ever had a proper "job" and I stopped working for other people over a decade ago. I have run a business since 2005. I started in London, UK, providing web and graphic design services for clients but then branched out. Now, in 2019, I live in … [Read more...]
Successes and Failures: Business Report Q3 2017
Welcome to a further instalment in my wonderful business and life! Every quarter I crunch the business's figures, work out what's wrong and what's right, and, basically think out loud on my blog. Thank you for putting up with me. This quarter has been, on the face of it, quite eventful. These … [Read more...]
New Challenges – Business Report Q2 2017
We are now halfway through the year. How did that happen? I've just collected all the data from my various income sources to make one of my quarterly business reports. Now, is that a smile or a grimace, Rob? Read on to find out! Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with my quarterly … [Read more...]
A Sudden Change Of Direction (Again): Business Report Q1 2017
Every three months I sit back and have a look at my business – and myself – and analyse where I'm going and what I'm doing. I'm in a riverside cafe in Phnom Penh at the moment trying to get a visa for Thailand after being in Bangkok for a few days. This gives me a good excuse to catch up with one … [Read more...]
8 Dumbass Stupid Entrepreneurial Mistakes I Won’t Make Again In 2017
There's being stupid and then there's being stupid twice. Sadly, I've been doing too much of the latter recently. If I'm making the same mistakes over and over, I'm obviously not learning. So I'm writing down my repeat errors in hopes that I'll stop committing them. TL;DR: If I could go … [Read more...]
Business Report – Review of the Year and Targets for 2017
I'll look back on 2016 as a year of negative business metrics but positive life experiences. I started the year wanting to be a successful online business blogger. Now I couldn't think of anything worse. All that hard work! My passive revenue reports show my business made less money than … [Read more...]
My Worst Day Ever: Business Report Q3 2016
If I'm honest, I entered into a bit of a malaise in this quarter. Several bad things happened. This quarter included a lot of travelling as well as a trip to the UK which always tends to put me out of step. Anyway, I'm back in Chiang Mai now and feeling good. A lot has happened, so let's get … [Read more...]
Business Report – Coping With Demotivation
Every quarter I take stock of my business and my life. What am I doing? What am I going to do? And why? I put it all down in a quarterly business report. If you want to know how much money I've earned this quarter, you can do here. I've spent almost all the last three months in Chiang Mai … [Read more...]
My Business Report – Amazon FBA Pain and Active Campaign Win
Every three months I sit down and take stock of my business. What I've done, where I've been, what's worked and what hasn't. I put it all down in a quarterly business report. If you want to know how much money I've earned this quarter, you can do here. Again, I did a lot of travelling this … [Read more...]
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