Posts by Liam Redmond
Hard Work Is The Last Advantage
I’m Erik Huberman, a founder and operator who has spent years in the trenches. Here’s the uncomfortable truth few want to hear: work ethic is still the greatest legal edge in business. Not talent. Not luck. Not even timing. The simple, steady choice to outwork the field—day after day—wins more often than people want to…
Read MoreWhy More Young Entrepreneurs Are Rethinking the Commute and Choosing Two Wheels
For most founders, the workday starts before they open a laptop. It starts with the commute. That may not sound like a major business variable, but it adds up quickly. A long, inconsistent commute drains time, focus, and energy before the real work even begins. For entrepreneurs who track output closely, that matters. The same…
Read MoreWall St opens lower as oil prices gain
Published Thu, Mar 19, 2026 · 09:50 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Mar 19) as crude prices soared on intensifying Middle East hostilities, reviving inflation worries that have prompted the Federal Reserve to take a more cautious stance on interest rate cuts. The rate-sensitive small-caps Russell 2000 index dropped…
Read MoreSingapore-based Crypto.com lays off 12% of staff, third cut in four years
[SINGAPORE] Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has laid off around 12 per cent of its global workforce, or 180 employees, as part of a strategic restructuring exercise, The Straits Times has learnt. In an e-mail to affected employees, the firm’s human resources (HR) department said that the cuts are part of its reorganisation. No other details…
Read MoreJPMorgan shut China tycoon’s account that made millions for bank
Shunning an investor with a disclosed large stake in a public company is an unusual move for a major private bank Published Thu, Mar 19, 2026 · 11:41 AM [HONG KONG] JPMorgan Chase has shut the private banking account of Tang Hao, a Chinese investor who rose to prominence after taking a multibillion-dollar stake in…
Read MoreExclusive | A rare penthouse with one of NYC’s few golden domes has hit the market for $13.5M
You can now call a dome your home. A Chelsea penthouse now on the market for $13.5 million is offering house hunters something quite rare: one of just three residential cupolas in all of New York City — a gold-coated dome perched high above Sixth Avenue, The Post has learned. Set atop the landmarked O’Neill…
Read MoreAI Is Rewriting Marketing And My Job
Marketing isn’t magic. It’s a system. Years of building brands taught me that most leaders don’t need more jargon—they need a clear playbook. That’s why I wrote a simple guide that even my wife, who has a master’s in biology and works in private equity, finished in two hours and said, “Oh, I get what…
Read MoreAI pilot program in L.A. County courts will help judges craft rulings in some cases
Judges in one of the nation’s largest court systems have started using artificial intelligence, testing a tool that can rapidly distill hundreds of pages of legal motions and use samples of a jurist’s writing style to help reach conclusions and even draft tentative rulings. The program, which launched last month, gave half a dozen Los…
Read More7 ways “just one more month” spending quietly traps early-stage founders
Every founder has had this conversation with themselves: Let’s keep the tool for one more month. Let’s extend the contractor for another four weeks. Let’s see if the ads finally convert next month. None of these decisions feel reckless in isolation. They feel patient, optimistic, even responsible. But over time, those tiny extensions accumulate into…
Read MoreExclusive | ‘America’s Next Top Model’s’ Nigel Barker says he hasn’t spoken to Tyra Banks since damning documentary
Nigel Barker hasn’t been commiserating with this former “America’s Next Top Model” boss Tyra Banks. A new Netflix doc tackles the show’s controversial history from body shaming to a “race swapping” photoshoot to Banks’ infamous “We were all rooting for you” moment, and includes interviews from Banks, Barker, judges Miss J. Alexander, and Jay Manuel,…
Read More4 numbers every founder must understand before hiring anyone
Hiring your first employee feels like progress. It feels like validation. After months or years of doing everything yourself, the idea of finally bringing someone on can feel like the moment your startup becomes “real.” But early-stage founders often hire too early, not too late. The pressure is everywhere. You are overwhelmed with work, investors…
Read MoreSimplicity Beat Novelty When I Wrote My Book
Modern marketing is not a mystery. The truth is simple: the basics still win. The playbook that built Hawke Media and scaled brands works because it is clear, repeatable, and practical. My view is blunt. The market does not reward fancy theory; it rewards execution. The Case for “Modern Marketing 101” For years, I taught…
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