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TMBA 103 (LBP93) - The Single Most Important Entrepreneurial Skillset
What good is a location independent lifestyle business if you can’t enjoy it? Dan & Ian join us from the beach at Badladz Resort in Puerto Galera where they have been adventuring around the shooting range, playing with go-carts on the back roads, cutting deals and hustlin’ connections like a boss, and relaxing/karaokeing with friends in various cities across the Philippines. Dan & Ian break the entrepreneurial mindset down into 4 Basic Points: Don’t work with assholes, How to handle “free work,” Success time frames, Johnny vs. Jeffie – A tale of two approaches to entrepreneurship and advice.
TMBA 102 (LBP92) - Listener Questions: Manufacturing Advice, Biznass Models & Hacking Airport Lounges
Like the ballers that they are, Dan and Ian recorded this week’s podcast from the ballroom of the hotel they are staying at in Cebu City as they travel around SE Asia visiting with LBP listeners and members of the Dynamite Circle. With the popularity of their recent podcast which answered listener questions (and their overflowing in-boxes asking more questions) they decided to hunker down and discuss some answers. This was all after they nommed a killer gourmet cheese plate in the business lounge at the airport!
TMBA 101 (LBP91) - Are You a Hustler or an Entrepreneur?
Ian landed in Bali last Saturday and it’s been all-biznass-all-the-time as we make the most out of his time here. No one should be surprised that they were able to do all their prep at Starbucks before. Good Chai, Ian? This week Dan and Ian discuss two of the most misunderstood words in business: Hustler and Entrepreneur. Listen to this episode and learn about: Entrepreneurs Writing Scripts, Hustlers Executing Scripts, Self Confidence vs.Product Confidence, Ego / Money Focus vs. Product / Customer Focus, Self Employed vs. Building Something Bigger, Short Term vs. Long Term Thinking.
TMBA 100 (LBP90) - Rip, Pivot, and Jam: The Strategy That Launched Our Newest Product Line
Ian managed to pick himself up from a nasty spin-out on the racetrack this week to join Dan as they reveal their most recent product launch and discuss the strategy that they used to find the niche and then dominate it. Additionally, with listener questions pouring in they take the time to chat about some real problems people have experienced and how they might be able to get back on track.
TMBA 99 (LBP89) - The Institutions of Marriage and Business Partnerships
Dan and Ian invited the guys from AdSense Flippers on the show to chat entrepreneur to entrepreneur (to entrepreneur to entrepreneur!) about what it’s like to start a podcast, hire employees, and provide constructive criticism or feedback. Then they get into it and talk about the realities of business partnerships and what it’s like to build a life together.
TMBA 98 (LBP88) - Listener Questions Answered - Micro-Publishing, Business Strategy and More
Taking to the masses, Dan and Ian take a few questions from listeners on a broad range of topics vital to anyone looking to start, grow or expand their business.
TMBA 97 (LBP87) - Post-Business School: The Things They Never Tell You
After waxing a little philosophic about education and career prospects, Dan and Ian dig into the things that no one ever taught them in any business class or course.
TMBA 96 (LBP86) - 4 Online Business Trends That You Shouldn't Miss in 2012
After taking a Christmas break, Dan and Ian got together to discuss 4 online business trends that you shouldn’t miss in 2012.
TMBA 95 (LBP85) - How To Get Started Sourcing Products From China
This week, Dan, Ian and special guest Matt Kowalak talk about how you can get started sourcing products from China. Matt has been living in China for almost a decade and specializes on sourcing.
TMBA 94 (LBP84) - How To Live The "Four Hour Workweek" Dream And Make Money From Anywhere in the World
This week, Dan and Ian talk about how you can get started living the “Four Hour Workweek”-dream and make money from anywhere in the world.
TMBA 92 (LBP83) - A Business Failure Story (Our GoDaddy Account is the Boulevard of Broken Dreams)
This week, Dan and Ian talk about some news items and replay one of their most popular classic episodes.
TMBA 90 (LBP82) - Podcasting, Launches, Bloggin' about Bloggin', and Chops - A Fireside Chat with Tim Conley
This week, Dan and Ian interview Tim Conley from the Foolish Adventure Podcast. Tim has been an internet entrepreneur for many years and focuses on information publishing and consulting.
TMBA 87 (LBP81) - 5 Things You Didn't Know About Ranking #1 For Lucrative Keywords
This week, Dan and Ian interview SEO expert Travis Jamison from SupremacySEO.com. Travis isn’t your typical SEO consultant. He developed a product in a highly competitive niche (health) and had to figure out how to rank #1 for his keywords. Travis accomplished his goal and outranked health companies and government websites using grey hat SEO tactics.
TMBA 84 (LBP80) - How to Speed Up Your Learning by Years, Plus an Exciting New SEO Tool with Rob Walling
This week’s episode features Rob Walling from Software by Rob and Startups for the Rest of Us. Rob runs several online niche businesses (mostly software). Dan and Ian are huge fans of Rob and are super excited about having Rob on the show.
TMBA 80 (LBP79) - 5 Dirty SEO and Internet Marketing Tricks
Dan and Ian got together to talk about some grey hat SEO, internet marketing and business tricks. In the quick-tips you’ll learn of a tool that makes you a better writer and how to make your audio sound better. This Sunday the price of DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs will go up forever. Join today and get locked in at the low price-level for life.
TMBA 78 (LBP78) - 5 Radical Strategies to Achieve Optimum Performance Levels
This week’s episode features a very special guest: Sebastian Marshall. Dan, Ian and Sebastian talk about how to hack performance and get more shit done. In the quick-tips section, Dan and Ian talk about caffeine and an excellent productivity blog. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Learn from other successful entrepreneurs and check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs.
TMBA 77 (LBP77) - If We Were to Start from Scratch, How We'd Do It
This week, Dan and Ian talk about what they would do if they were to start from scratch in 2011. The answer might surprise you. In the quick-tips section, Dan and Ian talk about the latest iOS version and their favorite iPhone apps. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Learn from other successful entrepreneurs and check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs.
TMBA 76 (LBP76) - Zero to Online Empire in 12 Months
This week, Dan sat down with DCers Joe and Justin from AdsenseFlippers (one of Dan’s favorite blogs) to talk BIZNASS. These guys have a ton of hard-won business experience, an incredible story, and a scalable, repeatable business model that you can quickly draw lessons and inspiration from. WE LOVE THIS BLOG. These guys are 100% legit, quality business guys with a great lifestyle biz. Go subscribe now, you won’t be disappointed. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Learn from other successful entrepreneurs and check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs.
TMBA 75 (LBP75) - Forget 80/20, Aim for 99/1 With Critical Non-Essentials
This week, Dan and Ian are joined by a special guest: Brendan Tully from the Search Engine Shop (Dynamite Circle member, SEO, e-commerce and conversion optimization specialist). Brendan, Dan and Ian discuss the concept of Critical Non-Essentials (CNEs). CNEs are small changes that you can make to your business that bring huge results. The results that CNEs bring are super effective – changing a couple of small things could account for 99% of your improvements (thus 99/1 principle – forget the 80/20 principle). This Episode is features 8 useful CNEs that you can implement immediately, no matter if you run a consulting, e-commerce, software or more traditional business.
TMBA 74 (LBP74) - 4 Content Business Blueprints for Fast Monetization
Are you interested in content businesses? Dan and Ian certainly are and plan to focus more heavily on web properties like blogs and niche communities in the future. In this episode Dan and Ian talk about 4 ways to monetize an existing content site starting today. If you don’t already have a site, you’ll get inspiration and information on what kind of projects you should tackle next. They don’t just talk theory, Dan and Ian also announce their latest content site (which is not related to lifestyle/business) to the world. Other topics discussed are the new Tropical MBA internship #9, Bali and an iPhone game that Ian is addicted to.