• Welcome.

    Collis Journal is a collection of building logs, essays, and notes written alongside ongoing work.

    These posts document process rather than outcomes — setting up a business, working through decisions, and reflecting on lessons learned along the way. The focus is on practical thinking, mistakes, and insights across all things business-related, rather than polished success stories.

    Some entries are connected to videos on the Collis YouTube channel. Others stand alone.

  • Welcome.

    Collis Journal is a collection of building logs, essays, and notes written alongside ongoing work.

    These posts document process rather than outcomes — setting up a business, working through decisions, and reflecting on lessons learned along the way. The focus is on practical thinking, mistakes, and insights across all things business-related, rather than polished success stories.

    Some entries are connected to videos on the Collis YouTube channel. Others stand alone.

  • Welcome.

    Collis Journal is a collection of building logs, essays, and notes written alongside ongoing work.

    These posts document process rather than outcomes — setting up a business, working through decisions, and reflecting on lessons learned along the way. The focus is on practical thinking, mistakes, and insights across all things business-related, rather than polished success stories.

    Some entries are connected to videos on the Collis YouTube channel. Others stand alone.

  • Welcome.

    Collis Journal is a collection of building logs, essays, and notes written alongside ongoing work.

    These posts document process rather than outcomes — setting up a business, working through decisions, and reflecting on lessons learned along the way. The focus is on practical thinking, mistakes, and insights across all things business-related, rather than polished success stories.

    Some entries are connected to videos on the Collis YouTube channel. Others stand alone.

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Learn Before You Earn (But Not Forever) “Learn before you earn” is a concept I’ve come across a lot recently, particularly while looking in to posts, videos, and shorts. On the surface, it makes complete sense.If you don’t have the skills, the understanding, or the awareness of how things actually work, it’s unrealistic to expect…

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Lessons I’ve Learnt About Time Management While Working Full-Time Trying to allocate time to work on a new idea while working full-time can feel almost impossible. When you first think about starting something on the side, it’s exciting. The idea feels fresh, the potential feels huge, and you imagine yourself finding hours every evening to…

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The Importance of Starting Now. Most people spend a significant amount of time thinking about the business they could start — the side hustle that might change their life. They plan what the future could look like.They imagine the products they might create and how those products could grow into something bigger.They calculate how much…