Over the last couple years, my company Impossible X has released 4 apps. Cold Shower Therapy Paleo (io): The Paleo Food Reference App MoveWell Paleo Recipe Pro In all, we've grossed over $100,000+ apps since we've started. No, we're not venture backed. No, I'm not a developer. No, we're not building the next Facebook. But we are profitable and we've had apps work extremely well for us. Here's a few major lessons I ...
How to Find a Mentor: The 3,200 Year Old Proven Strategy To Supercharge Your Life
Preface from Joel: It's very rare that I ever do guest posts here on Impossible, but this one is particularly important to me. I think mentorships & apprenticeships are the best ways to supercharge your results in business & life and it's what got me started doing what I'm doing. In 2010, after I got laid off at UPS, I took an entry-level job at a tiny marketing firm in Indianapolis. I made barely any money, but I took the gig because it was a ...
How I Sold A Passive Income Site For $1830.40 Using Empire Flippers
The other day I sold a passive income site I built 2 years ago for $1,830.40 with Empire Flippers. Here’s an in-depth look at how I went and sold my first website ever (and what I thought of the whole process). The Background A couple years back, I started a new web site (to protect the buyer's privacy, let's call it GWP.com). It was in the WordPress themes space. I had seen some success from other sites in the space and knew there was ...
Why I Got An Office Between A Strip Club & A Porn Shop
That got your attention huh? Recently, I moved into an office and in the brief time I've been there, it's dramatically helped with my productivity, fitness and overall quality of life. But first, let's back up really quick. Since I quit my job in 2011, I've worked for myself - anywhere in the world. I'd consider myself a digital nomad (although that term doesn't make sense to anyone who isn't one). I typically worked from coffee shops or my house or ...
You Can’t Delegate Responsibility
Over the past year, I’ve done a lot of hiring and outsourcing as all of the projects in Impossible Ventures continue to grow. I’ve outsourced graphics, coding, wordpress development, app development, UX, blog management, I brought on a few different team members and let a few go. I learned a lot about myself, my team and management, but one thing I learned is that you can outsource a lot of things, but you can’t outsource responsibility. It’s ...
Impossible FM #015: Millionaire’s Math & Poker Business Strategies with Billy Murphy
[powerpress] In today's episode, I sit down with my good friend Billy Murphy of Forever Jobless to talk about doing the uncommon by simply running the math. We talk about how Billy's background as a poker player transitioned into an entrepreneurial career and how he's chosen to make some unusual and non-traditional decisions - that most people would think are risky, but actually make very solid, logical sense when you just do the math. Enjoy. Links ...
The Atlantic Challenge
Every now and then I like to make up games. While they're similar to Dan's "parlour games", these games are life and business games. Instead of thought exercises, they're doing exercises. Want to be more productive? Try Workstation Popcorn. Want to get uncomfortable? Try Cold Shower Therapy. Want more adventure? Try Adventure Roulette. As well as being fun, games make life more interesting, and serve as challenges with which to test ...
Batch Tasking: How To Create Incredible Amounts of Content Like Clockwork
The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint / The greats were great cause they paint a lot - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, 10,000 hours I like to think that I get a lot done. I'm working on getting a lot more done. I believe that the more you do and the faster that you execute, the faster you'll improve. In other words, I believe that if you're prolific, you produce quality work much faster than if you try to be perfect. Why? The ...
New Impossible Gear Is Here (Plus a Giveaway!)
New Impossible Gear is here! We've got a brand new store. It's got a sleek new checkout process and a great new look. We've also switched around the backend so we're able to fulfill and deliver gear to you on a more realistic timeline. So - we're gonna celebrate with some free stuff! I've got a few pieces of leftover gear from our old store that got boxed up and sent to me. It's awesome, brand-new gear, but it's ruining my 100 thing minimalist ...
