Travis Robertson

I’ve had the opportunity to talk with a few entrepreneurs lately and something keeps coming up – building a business to sell it. I’ve got nothing against selling a business. But building a business with the sole purpose of selling it is a great way to ensure that it realistically never happens.

In his book The War of Art, Steven Pressfield tackles the constant battle that rages inside of artists. Art, according to Pressfield, is war. So is trying to start a business. Have you ever considered the similarities between artists and entrepreneurs?

If you haven’t already, I recommend you read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series for the first two pieces of advice given to me by Dave Ramsey during a town hall meeting.
In this third and final article in the series, we’re going to break from the marketing angle of the first two posts [...]

Before I begin, I just want to express my gratitude to everyone who visited my site, subscribed to the feeds and provided feedback. The response was better than I could have imagined and I can’t thank you enough. Now…on to Part 2!
In Part 1 of this series, I recounted my question to Dave Ramsey at [...]

The microphone was handed to me as I stood up. I had prepared the question beforehand so as not to fumble over my words or ask too general of a question. Up to this point, the town hall meeting with Dave Ramsey had focused primarily on the struggling economy and how we found ourselves in [...]

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
I was nervous – my heart rate was elevated and my hands slightly shaking. I stared at what I just typed into the chat window knowing once I hit send, there was no going back.
“Yo. Do u have a few min? I need to talk w/ [...]