Wow, baby! A lot has happened since we last chatted. I went to Madrid, my first European trip to see Taylor Swift. TWICE. Yep! On night one, we looked to see how much it would be to return and see her in the rafters. After fees, it was just $300! 👉🏻 Click here to see my floor view. 👀 Peep my Eras Tours highlight too! Fun fact: While I was there, I was on the other side of the camera doing lots of interviews in English, and my attempted Spanish, on the topic of so many Americans traveling abroad to see Taylor since it's so much more affordable there. It was an exciting day at Storyblok yesterday too! 💰 The team announced raising $80 million in Series C funding. What makes this so cool, in my opinion, is that the co-founders are younger than me! The entire Storyblok team is young in fact… and I just think that’s the coolest. Become a Business Idea MachineNext week, my son and I have a meeting with a local facilities manager to talk about putting a vending machine on their property. It’ll be my son’s first attempt at entrepreneurship. So, we bought this book to learn all about the vending machine business. I’ll keep you updated! Do you want to start a side hustle like this? Maybe you need help finding a business idea? Half Baked is the world’s #1 business idea newsletter. I just signed up and am blown away by some of these ideas. So cool! In it, you will get an original business idea delivered straight to your inbox daily. 🧠 Sign up here with one click and get 5 ideas instantly. A subscriber said, ”I come for the business ideas, stay for the memes,” which totally resonated with me. I mean, who doesn’t love a good meme?!
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Well, I did it. I quit one of my freelancing gigs because dealing with the mental health issues of an unwell manager was taking its toll on me. For more on what I mean, click here and read the LinkedIn post I made about it last week. The post has gotten nearly 30,000 impressions and resonated with a lot of people… which means there are more crazy people in leadership positions than I thought. Uh. If you’re in LA… If you’re in LA, be on the lookout for Brentwood City Lifestyle, a hyper-local...
I’ve been out of the pitching game for a while… and it’s harder than it used to be. Granted, I’m currently trying to: a.) land the hardest kind of media (national TV), b.) during the toughest time (an election year), and c.) with experts who don’t live in the country. Still, I’m learning that I need to do things differently. Here are some tweaks I’m making and reminders I’m telling myself: Send a tweet that says “Hey, @person. I dropped you a quick line on a story idea about the topic for...