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TMBA 59 (LBP59) - 3 Forgotten Principles You Need To Know About Rule Breaking And Rule Making
In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about rule breaking and rule making. As an entrepreneur, you can’t always wait for somebody else to give you permission. You have to make your own rules. In the quick tips, a few useful iPhone apps are discussed.
TMBA 58 (LBP58) – 9 Millionaire Success Principles
In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about character traits and principles that self-made millionaires have in common. Dan is currently hanging out with some multi millionaire friends in Subic Bay. These successful entrepreneurs think and act very different than the average working class person. You’ll learn of 9 millionaire principles that you can start implementing today.
TMBA 57 (LBP57) - The Case Against Flying Solo
Today, Dan and Ian compare going solo to hiring people and building a team. Almost everybody in the “lifestyle business” niche thinks that not having a team is the road to more freedom, less hassle, location independence or a “4 hour work week”. Dan and Ian’s case is the exact opposite: having a team and hiring people gives you more freedom (and also increases your chances of success) than flying solo.
TMBA 56 (LBP56) - How to Manufacture Products in Asia
Today, Dan and Ian discuss how to get started sourcing physical products from China. Furthermore, they discuss some of their own business failures. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 55 (LBP55) - 10 More Shady Business Tactics We Would Never Advocate or Tell Our Mom About
Today, Dan and Ian talk about 10 tactics that shady businessmen use. Dan and Ian DO NOT use or encourage any of these tactics, this episode is entirely hypothetical. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 54 (LBP54) – 7 Ways Location Independence Can Make You Cash
Today, Dan and Ian talk about 7 ways how you (and your business) can profit from going location independent. Thanks to the Internet, globalization and tools that weren’t available a couple of years ago (e.g. Skype), it’s easier than ever before to go location independent. Not only is it fun to be location independent, it also has the potential to make you a bunch of cash.
TMBA 53 (LBP53) - 5 Myths About Successful Internet Businesses (+Transcript)
Dan and Ian talk about 5 common myths about internet businesses. Other topics include using video to enhance your online presence, freight forwarders, how to never miss an international conference call again and a new invention that will revolutionize the world. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 52 (LBP52) - A Fail Proof Method For Success
In this episode, Dan and Ian have a special guest: @SeanOgle. Sean is a successful online entrepreneur who works with Dan and Ian. Together, they discuss a fail proof method for success (hint: it has to do with networking). Furthermore, they talk about new findings from the SEO trenches.
TMBA 51 (LBP51) - 5 Signs You Might be a Loser
In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about 5 signs why you might be a loser. These are 5 common issues that hinder entrepreneurial progress. The right mindset is one of the most important components if you want to crush it. In the quick tips section, Dan and Ian talk about how they lost 20 pounds in 8 week without exercise and how to never forget anything ever again. Our live podcast on Ustream last week was a big success. Thanks to everybody who tuned in. We’ll have a live podcast once a month from now on.
TMBA 50 (LBP50) – A Naughty Way to Start Your Business for $300 – Part 2
Today, Dan and Ian continue their discussion on how to finally get started with your business for $300 or less (part 1 here). After deciding on your product, you will learn how to line out your product in more detail, come up with a unique selling proposition and test your product without actually producing it. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 49 (LBP49) - A Naughty Way to Start Your Business for $300 - Part 1
A lot of people have been asking for more content focused on getting started with your online business. This is fun content for us to produce because I feel like we are always starting something new! We’ve got a lot of people around us doing the same so in this episode we start to talk about one slightly naughty approach you can take to getting started online. This is a long conversation so we’ll chunk it up into multiple episodes. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 48 (LBP48) - 4 Mistakes That Cost Us 5k in 2010
Hey podcast listeners, we are back in a big way in 2011. We are going to see some incredible changes in 2011, most notably, Ian and I bought a company! In this episode we discuss 4 mistakes that we made in 2010 that cost us big time, and how we are aiming to solve those issues in 2011. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 47 (LBP47) - How Being an Axeman Can Help Grow Your Business
To be honest, the days I’ve had to fire employees have been some of the most difficult in my entire life. Moving on these tough decisions is critical for growing your business. I’ve seen businesses struggle big time because of the inability of entrepreneurs’ to make tough personel decisions. In this episode Ian and I talk about the dirty business of firing people for the benefit of your business. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 46 (LBP46) - How to Waste 20k on a Web Application
One of the most common questions I’m asked is about how to get a web application developed. Many people have great ideas for new web technologies and with Elance just a few clicks away the temptation is huge to throw some money at your idea and get it live to the world. I’m sure this can work for some people, but I’ve screwed it up royally a few times, and I can off the top of my head list 5 friends who have done the same. Hope my story can prevent you from making the same errors! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 45 (LBP45) - 5 Ways to Ninja Kick Analysis Paralysis
We’ve got so many cool things coming up here on the podcast including my made in India software screw up mid next week, our internet marketing summit in Thailand, and our auto trading product launch (we’ll be sharing all the details!). That’s just the start! This episode is about a topic that has been destroying my inbox in the past 2 weeks. So many smart people are getting hung up on analysis paralysis, and trust me people, I feel ya. Here’s our best tips. We’ve beat it before and we’ll beat it again.
TMBA 44 (LBP44) - Biz Failures: Crashed Crotch Rockets, Blowing $6K, and 30 Days in China
Ian and I have both been manufacturing products in China for over 5 years. In this episode we talk in detail about our plan to be a distributor of sport bike replacement fairings and why the whole thing fell apart. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.
TMBA 43 (LBP43) - 4 Weeks, $80,000 Dollars
Hey party people, I just stepped foot back in Manila and I’m catching up on mounds of email. This episode was recorded about a week ago. We have had tons more going on and a few more KILLER iTunes reviews since that time, thanks to everyone who takes the time to say nice things about the show there. Looking forward to recording another show this week! :)
TMBA 42 (LBP42) - [Use at Your Own Risk] Develop a Revenue Stream with the PIVOT Method
In this episode Ian and I discuss concepts that regular listeners of the show are probably pretty used to hearing from us. We currently have a lot of overhead in our business and we are exploring ways to efficiently deploy our staff to stuff that makes us money. Last month we had a nice little revenue hit from a new product we developed using what we call PIVOT: Position, Iterate, Volley, Outsource, and Time. If that sounds like a big fat put-on, it kind of is, but we had fun using it as a structure to talk about the way we got this done.
TMBA 41 (LBP41) - Two Four Hour Work Week Fallacies
This is a big long episode where we talk about a wide variety of topics. In particular, we talk about why I believe Virtual Staff Finder is currently the best way to get started hiring virtual assistants in the Philippines. Check out Virtual Staff Finder today and get a free copy of my 44,000 word book The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Outsourcing to the Philippines.
TMBA 40 (LBP40) - How to Create a 100 Dollar Information Product in 48 Hours
It was great to record a podcast in the same room as @AnythingIan ! We’ve been getting a lot of work done this week, both on our core business and on a brand new information product we are cooking up. We are going to walk our listeners through the process of starting an internet based business from the ground up. We are hoping you find it entertaining and perhaps even useful. We are also newbies at a lot of this stuff, so we are hoping to get some help from you guys as well!