What? Mr Confidence Admits Setbacks? – with Timothy Sykes
The two interviews Tim & I refer to in this conversation are The great one and The first one
This interview didn’t go as I expected.
I thought Mr. Confidence, Timothy Sykes, was going to return to Mixergy to reveal his blog’s 2010 revenue (he did, $1.3 million) and crow about the successful launch of his two new businesses, Investimonials & Profit.ly. But instead of talking up his successes, he decided to have a public airing of all the mistakes he made last year while trying to grow beyond blogging.
Why did he do it? He says his reputation is built on blunt honesty and he’s not going to hold back, even if when it comes to his own track record. I’m glad he did it. It made for a useful interview for anyone whose trying to launch something new.
Timothy Sykes is an investor who blogs about his trades and teaches investing at TimothySykes.com. You can see some of his products here. He’s also the founder of Investimonials, where you can review anything financial, and of Profit.ly, where you can show your investments as you make them.
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