Every company I have been involved in prior to this has been bootstrapped. As a first-time fundraiser, I learned so many valuable lessons:

I don’t care how productive you are. If you are working on the wrong thing it doesn’t matter.

✈️ Sioux Falls

Love hanging out with people smarter than me.

It took me too long to learn this.

Had a 45 minute jam session with Jeremy Utley today. It’s fun to talk shop with people smarter than you.

Have the courage to be misunderstood.

A reminder this weekend: Doing nothing, unfortunately, is doing something. Make sure the something is a continued vote for who you want to be.

My friends Matt Ragland and Darrell Vesterfelt are in Austin next week and hosting a small creator dinner If you’re a Creator with at least 50k email subscribers (and are in Austin next week) shoot Darrell a DM

This is going to be a game changer for so many people! Congrats Nathan Barry and team!

The ability to reframe your disadvantages into advantages is one of the key traits of success. This is the trailer house where I was born. It was on a sand hill in rural Michigan. I was embarrassed of this for a very long time. However, I’ve learned that the things we fear

“Different is better than better. Different doesn't try to turn you into something else. Different allows you to highlight the singular traits you already have within you.” -Sally Hogshead (she/her)

This used to be me. Amanda really knows. She’s living it.

I got a chance to see this studio last week. It’s unbelievable. This is something Nathan told me he wanted to do in 2017. I bet this isn’t the last one he builds. Shout out to Kevin Shen - We Design Video Studios 🎥✨ and team!

Just got done recording 3 (!!) amazing podcast episodes with Nathan Barry. More coming soon.

Today on the podcast, we’re switching things up: Darrell Vesterfelt coaches me on the launch of my new Creator Flywheels course. We dive into: - Overcoming common launch anxieties - How to make sales/growth feel automatic - Setting a price that resonates with your audience