Nathan Hangen

How to Build a War Chest

Regardless what people might tell you, it takes money to make money. This is true both for brick and mortar and for digital emipres. However, just because you need money doesn’t mean you need to have it, and this is where a lot of people get hung up. Blogging is great because you can get [...]

How to Build a Business on a Shoestring

Building a business isn’t easy.

There’s the fear of getting started, as in:

What if I fail?
Can I really do this?
What if people laugh at me.
What if I can’t do it?
I’m not ready yet.

I Dreamed a Dream [GCN-11]

Remember what it was like to be a child and to be so excited about what the future held? Nothing was out of the picture, and the options were limitless. Astronaut? You bet. NBA player? Why not. Millionaire? Of course. Scuba diver? Every morning. Rock star? By the age of 18. You want it, you [...]

In a World of Pure Imagination [GCN-10]

Too Much Noise and Not Enough Music This is something I found myself typing today, in a completely different context than I’ll be talking about here, and was one of those statements that made me think: “How the hell did you come up with something like that?” That’s when I knew it was time to [...]

Write Your Own Story

You pour yourself into every blog post. You give yourself away in every comment, RT, and generous email of praise and encouragement. But people don’t seem to notice. You give yourself away over months and months of free content. Your community builds and you think you’re on top of the world. And then you ask [...]