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June 1, 2022
  • Networking
  • Social Media
  • Thoughts

Have a business? Create an Investor Update list

Written by Sol Orwell

If you run a business, I highly recommend you start up an Investor Update list. You don’t even need investors (we have none). I use it as an accountability tool – every month, it forces me to think about what’s...

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May 21, 2022
  • Product Launch
  • Productivity
  • Thoughts

Examine v2

Written by Sol Orwell

Examine was started back in 2011. Since then, we’ve had tens of millions of visitors. We’ve built up a reputation of trust and authority and an irritating adherence to being nuanced and contextual, rarely ever giving you binary answers. We...

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September 2, 2021
  • Quick Thoughts

3 traits (in how to think) good leaders have

Written by Sol Orwell

The past few years have kicked my ass in ‘leadership’ — from Examine almost dying in 2019 to COVID crushing 60% of our revenue — it’s been a whirlwind. (With that said, Examine’s revenue is up more than 3x from...

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December 18, 2020
  • Thoughts

Stop causing unforced errors

Written by Sol Orwell

Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I played a lot of table tennis (not a lot of options). And I had one friend who always whooped us. And I mean it when I say whooped — for over half a decade, I can...

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May 19, 2020
  • Quick Thoughts

Own your mistakes publicly

Written by Sol Orwell

I’ve done a fair number of JTBD (jobs-to-be-done) customer interviews. It’s been super interesting seeing the patterns of what people say (and don’t say). Here’s a random one to share: a few months ago Kamal had the idea of (inspired...

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Sol Orwell

Hi I'm Sol.

I pontificate here at SJO.com on entrepreneurship, productivity, and more.

I don't do any kind of coaching, consulting, or affiliate marketing, so this is simply an outlet for me. Nothing more, nothing less.

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