• Breakfast Club Me

    How my goals for the year and what I had been practicing helped me make videos for BCM. How society was changing and nudging me along: How McDonalds came all day breakfast Tshirt business post I wrote in march and how BCM had a t-shirt as it’s first product Lays biscuit and gravy chips was…

  • Remembering Sycamore Creative

    Modern Designed Bible Prints from Jason Cobb and Justin Bessinger Sycamore Creative Bible Prints was a company that produced Bible verse poster prints that gave us a better view of Christ (like the Sycamore tree of Luke 19) and foster a “Deuteronomy 6” lifestyle — where Scripture is fully integrated into the believer’s, schedule, conversation,…

  • On Making Gnomes: How The Sims Made Me an Entrepreneur

    Shortly after my wife and I first moved into our first home together, we created a game room. We had consoles and PCs and a single bed we used as a couch. One of the games we liked to play was The Sims. In The Sims: Livin’ Large, there is a “KraftMatic Woodworking Table” where…

  • The T-Shirt Designer Inside Me

    Recently I was invited to sit in on a business startup meeting at a local Starbucks. While brainstorming with the founder, the seasoned t-shirt industry guru turned to me and said, “You must have a little t-shirt designer inside you.” In high school and college I used to make t-shirts by writing on white t-shirts with…

  • How I Setup a Productized Service Over a Weekend

    On Thursday, March 6, I emailed a couple of my friends and said, “I’m considering a soft launch of watershawl.com to have a place to put those new productized services/service-as-a-product – and have a place to separate the place where I try to get more work to do vs. the place I write about breakfast.…

  • Would You Work for Artificial Intelligence?

    You show up for your job, do the work as assigned, and head home. About every two weeks you get a paycheck deposited into your bank. You have managers, coworkers, and a 401K. Your company makes products people love. But there’s just one thing: the company is owned and operated by Artificial Intelligence. Why Would…

  • How to Make Money in 2015?

    I used to think I knew how to make money. It was easy. I could get more whenever I needed it. Now I don’t know. I know more now than I ever have. I have more skills. I have more value for the world. But I’m not sure I can do it anymore. It is…

  • Do You Like to Write?

    Did you know that some people make money writing books? There are many different types of books. Some are stories and some are full of facts. What matters is creating value for the reader. What is Value? If I am bored and want something to entertain me, and I read a story that entertains me,…

  • My No-Code SaaS App: PrintMe

    What is your no-code SaaS app idea? Email me stuff you want archived (could be emails, pictures, or documents) and when your archive is ready to be printed (read: optimal page length reached), I’ll send you a Paypal link and have it shipped to your door. It will feature archive-rated, acid free, glossy paper and…