How bad do you want to live an untemplate lifestyle? Live life purely on your own terms and make your own rules. Work where you want, live how you want, and ultimately be who you want to be. How bad do you want it? Seriously ask yourself those questions. I asked myself those questions and I'm grateful I did. I'm slowly approaching my graduation date and I'll be honest you, … [Read more...]
A decision I didn’t regret
I've made a fair number of terrible decisions in my life. I made so many in the pursuit of my professional accounting designation that I decided to start a website to help others avoid similar mistakes. Fortunately, I am blessed with occasional foresight to make a really, really, really good decision. One such decision was last November, when I applied to volunteer of the … [Read more...]
Building Your Runway
There is one single, golden moment that will change your life as an entrepreneur. No, it has nothing to do with finishing your product -- though having something to sell never hurts. No, it's not the day you move out of the hovel you have been holding up in into a place with desks and chairs and running water. No, it's not even when you get your first customer -- … [Read more...]
Untemplater Businesses: Planning and Selection
Last time, I introduced a concept and framework for selecting and building businesses to support an Untemplater lifestyle. After some great questions in the comments, it was clear that we needed to dive deeper into each component. We'll start with the planning and business selection topicsin this post. From my experiences and research, these four concepts are critical to the … [Read more...]
How To Get Money
Introduction There comes a time for most entrepreneurs when the idea of using somebody else’s invested capital to grow their business seems like the way to go. Whether this thought process occurs in the initial formation stages or after the business has proven itself, raising funds can be a harrowing experience. One of my former clients (who had also completed U.S. Army basic … [Read more...]