Mitchell Harper
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Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Momentum — Why It’s Important & How To Get It – Personal Growth –
Like you, I love motivational and inspirational quotes. The most important quote I live by comes from Tony Robbins and goes a little something like this: Simple enough, right? But what is progress… → Read More
There Is No Silver Bullet — How To Add 10,000 Website Visitors Every Month
I like reading case studies on Inbound.org and GrowthHackers.com as much as the next person, but here’s something no one will tell you: Why? Well, to get to where they are now, these big, successful… → Read More
Don’t Mow The Lawn If You’re A Founder – The Startup –
The builders are ripping up the decking around our pool and also building a new set of stairs so that our daughters can get to the backyard and their trampoline. The plumbers are moving a tap in the… → Read More
Where Most First-Time Founders Go (Horribly) Wrong
Since 2011 I’ve been advising a small group of really smart founders. We work on growing their revenue, hiring great people and generally scaling things up from $1–5M to $5–20M over a few years of… → Read More
4 Things About Managing People I Wish I Knew When I Started
The way you lead and manage people is the make-or-break skill that will determine if you build a good business or an amazing one. → Read More
The Success Habit of Elite Performers I Wish I Had Known 18 Years Ago
It’s such a simple thing to do, and if you stick with it, it will transform your life. Give it a try and you won’t be disappointed. → Read More
The 17 books that made me a better entrepreneur, father and husband
I’ve read hundreds of books over the last 2 decades. Here are my favorite 17. → Read More
Ever Talk About Non-Work Stuff With Your Employees? Do It. They Will Love You.
Simple things like showing your staff members that you truly care about them can transform you from a good manager into a great leader. → Read More
Getting Your Face Out There Might Be the Best Business Investment You Can Make
Just look at what the high-profile approach did for Richard Branson of Virgin, Marc Zuckerberg of Facebook and Aaron Levie of Box. → Read More
Entrepreneurs: Read This Whenever You Feel Like Giving Up
Here are 58 powerful quotes that have kept me focused and moving forward as an entrepreneur since 2001. → Read More
7 Interview Questions To Help You Hire Superstars
Whether you’re a two person startup still operating in your garage or a 500-person corporation, one thing should remain consistent: your focus on hiring superstars. When my co-founder Eddie Machaalani and I started our commerce platform company, we made a pact to personally interview the first 100 people we hired. It was hard, but we stuck to it and spoke to every person who joined our team… → Read More
13 Growth Hacks From Some of the World's Most Successful Tech Entrepreneurs
Why reinvent the wheel when you can take whats worked for others and apply those principles directly to your business? → Read More
Getting to $100M+ revenue: Understanding the 3 phases of a startup
As your business grows, what got you to where you are won’t necessarily keep moving you forward. → Read More
Stop Being a Jack-of-All-Trades. Join the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club
All founders can be seen as either artists, entrepreneurs or managers. Often multitasking, they may need in time to choose to focus on their strengths. → Read More
8 tips for giving the perfect investor pitch (from someone who's raised $75M)
Here are eight tips to help you pitch fewer potential investors, get term sheets faster, and raise capital so you can get back to building your business. → Read More
8 tips for creating the perfect pitch deck (from someone who's raised $75M)
There’s a lot of advice out there about creating pitch decks, so why should you take mine? Well, I’ve raised a total of three rounds of venture financing totaling $75 million for Bigcommerce. → Read More