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OpenCloseHomeAboutReading ListArticlesAgency JourneyStock InvestingBarrel WebsiteSubscribe to Peter’s NewsletterPeter KangCo-founder and CEO at BarrelWelcomeI’m Peter Kang. I run agency businesses and love to write about the journey. I also write about investing, books that I’ve found helpful, and ways to live a good life. Check out my bio and my personal mission statement.Blog HighlightsBelow are some highlights from my blog.Running an agency business:Agency Journey, my monthly series on running an agencySmall Agency Owner CompensationCalculating Project Profits at a Creative Services AgencyExploring Client Concentration in an Agency BusinessThe Downstream Impact of New Business Decisions on an Agency BusinessThe No Exit Approach to Agency BusinessSet Up to Fail, Failed to Set UpAgency Survival: Handling Challenging Times for the BusinessE-commerce:Common Opportunities in Growing E-commerce Businesses Vol. 1Common Opportunities in Growing E-commerce Businesses Vol. 2E-commerce for First-time Sellers: Start Small, Focus on SalesHow (and Why) I Built an E-commerce Store in Under 8 HoursHabits:2020: Habits That Stuck2019: Habits That Stuck2018: Habits That Stuck2017: Habits That Stuck2016: Habits That Stuck2015: Habits That StuckOperating Rules Vol. 1Operating Rules Vol. 2Operating Rules Vol. 3 (Diet Edition)Lessons from Atomic Habits by James ClearPersonal finance & investing:My Personal Finance Snapshot (August 2022)My Personal Finance Snapshot (June 2021)My Personal Finance Stack 2020: Coronavirus Crisis EditionMy Personal Finance Stack 2019My Personal Finance Stack 2017My Personal Finance Stack 2015Stock Investing: A Look at My PortfolioReviewing My 2020 Stock Investing ActivityWritings on The Fifth Discipline, one of my favorite books:Reflecting on The 11 Laws of The Fifth Discipline (from Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline)The Seven Learning Disabilities from The Fifth DisciplineSystems Archetypes from The Fifth Discipline and How They Apply to a Digital AgencyPersonal Mastery from The Fifth DisciplineLessons learned from reading books:I keep track of books I’ve finished on my Reading List.Lessons from Pricing Creativity by Blair EnnsLessons from Getting Things Done by David AllenLessons from Stillness is the Key by Ryan HolidayLessons from Orphan X and His Ten CommandmentsLessons from The E-Myth Chief Financial OfficerThe Importance of Marketing to Existing Clients from Managing the Professional Service FirmThoughts on “Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact” by Phil M. JonesLessons from The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker: Know Thy TimeWritings on other sites:50 Things Keeping You From Scaling Your AgencyWays to Deepen Client RelationshipsSources of New Business Referral Leads for an Agency (8 Types Examined)Customer Journey No. 1: Allbirds – 2 Years & $885.21Customer Journey No. 2: The Same Wine Store for 12+ YearsCustomer Journey No. 3: How I Became a Spindrift AddictTracking Ecommerce Performance with Key MetricsMore PostsSep 26, 22Agency Journey Episode 25 (Y16M4)I feel like our agency has been getting into a nice rhythm over the past few months. After some disruptions to our org structure and headcount earlier in the year […]Sep 12, 22Unproductive Thoughts of an Agency OwnerThis is a cautionary list intended to highlight the pointlessness and wastefulness of pursuing certain types of thoughts. They come from deep personal experience. As an agency owner for over […]Aug 29, 22Agency Journey Episode 24 (Y16M3)We’re gearing up for a team-wide retreat in NYC in mid-October. We’ll have 30+ people from all over the country (and a few from outside the US) coming in for […]Aug 22, 22Building Willpower“What Stoics discover, though, is that willpower is like muscle power: The more they exercise their muscles, the stronger they get, and the more they exercise their will, the stronger […]Aug 08, 22My Personal Finance Snapshot (August 2022)It’s been a little over a year since my last update. In that time, there’s been a lot of changes to the financial side of my life. The biggest factor […]Aug 01, 22Agency Journey Episode 23 (Y16M2)Reflecting on the past few months, the most important change at Barrel was having our Director of Software Engineering report to our Chief Experience Officer Lucas Ballasy, away from our […]Jul 17, 22Continually Evolving Thoughts on Talent and Hiring Vol. 2Almost 4 years ago, I wrote down some thoughts I had been having about talent and hiring. These were the main points I made: A great hire can instantly bring […]Jul 10, 22Transformative Books We Read Together as a Leadership TeamIncorporating Reading Into Our Planning Meetings At the start of each quarter, the four Barrel partners meet for an all-day planning meeting. The format of this meeting used to focus […]Jun 26, 22Agency Journey Episode 22 (Y16M1)This time last year, we were wrapping up a record-setting quarter at Barrel. We had landed more business and booked more revenue in that quarter than at any point in […] AboutPeter Kang is co-founder and CEO at Barrel, a digital agency in New York City. He currently lives in Brooklyn. Learn more ElsewhereTwitterLinkedInInstagramCopyright © 2022 Peter Kang.