Lex Roman - Revenue Rulebreaker by Lex Roman (Page 2)

I have enough money in my 401k to retire today...as long as I die by the end of the month

Work Styles

Generating a living wage is hard enough. How the hell do entrepreneurs save for retirement?

A starting (or restarting) guide for self-employed people who need a little motivation and inspiration for how your retirement could look

Lex Roman Jul 26, 2026 12 min read

Ask The Legends

Ask The Legends: What does your summer schedule look like?

For most of us, it tends to be a slower period in business. Are you choosing to work less or operating at full speed?

Lex Roman Jul 26, 2026 1 min read

Small Business News

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Best of small business news: Week of July 20-24

Daily recaps of important stories, trends and updates from the small business scene with my fiery commentary

Lex Roman Jul 24, 2026 17 min read

Admit listening to customers vs pretend it was a mistake with Squarespace veering off the road

Everybody's Talking About

Squarespace walks back their pricing increase saying it was an "internal error" LOL OK

Nevermind the immense customer backlash this price hike generated. It was all just a mistake, Squarespace says.

Lex Roman Jul 24, 2026 3 min read

Recurring Revenue

Patreon is killing your business...and maybe their own

Prepare to weather a storm of minor inconveniences

Lex Roman Jul 23, 2026 7 min read

Ask The Legends

Ask The Legends: How do you save for retirement as a self-employed person?

What strategies, tools or people have you've leaned on to start saving

Lex Roman Jul 22, 2026 1 min read

Silicon Valley meme "why didn't you write your code?"

Thanks, I Hate It

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I'm starting to think "learn to code" was good advice. Step into the era of cottage code.

It's time to consider whether we need to bring more of our tech in-house.

Lex Roman Jul 19, 2026 6 min read

Ask The Legends

Ask The Legends: What's the role of your website?

Squarespace raised prices this week and it has a lot of us asking if it's time to rethink our websites

Lex Roman Jul 18, 2026 1 min read

Small Business News

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Best of small business news: Week of July 13

Daily recaps of important stories, trends and updates from the small business scene with my fiery commentary

Lex Roman Jul 18, 2026 20 min read

Ask The Legends

Ask The Legends: How do you handle LinkedIn with multiple audiences or businesses?

LinkedIn only lets you have one profile, but what do you do if you have multiple personas?

Lex Roman Jul 15, 2026 1 min read

Thelma and Louise convertible with three people in it labeled stripe, advent and paypal. We're trailing behind in the dust

Thanks, I Hate It

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Stripe makes a play to buy PayPal with their private equity buddy. It's time for us to wake up to how much power they have.

While we were fighting over the middlemen like Substack and beehiiv, Stripe was quietly gaining market share. We need to demand more platform integrations than Stripe and PayPal.

Lex Roman Jul 15, 2026 4 min read

Legends

Legend Status, Legends Partner Status and Legends Lifetime tiers

Legends Summer Hang Guide

How to get the most out of our Summer Mixer!

Lex Roman Jul 13, 2026 6 min read