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TMBA 117 (LBP106) - Private Label Secrets Of Full-Time Income Bloggers
We’re not giving up the compound dream, though. In fact, it’s getting bigger. And Dan & Ian are on the lookout for a resort or 10+ private room compound to turn into TMBA HQ 2.0 for the upcoming year. If you have any leads let us know! This week, after yet another 5-Star iTunes review showers the LBP with love, Dan & Ian decided it was high time to start sharing some of the secrets that has enabled them to become six-figure full-time income bloggers (much to Ian’s mixed elation and dismay). None of this is new stuff – but it will help you to be more effective with content. What’s the most important private label secret? It’s about Social Media and SEO.
TMBA 116 (LBP105) - The Entrepreneur's DNA Checklist
In this episode Dan & Ian once again get such a humdinger of a question that it’s a full serving of meat & potatoes to chat about! Dave (who is dreaming big in Japan) asks: I’ve toyed with “make money online” stuff for a while, but now I realise that I haven’t been serious. I want to get serious. So: given resources of basically zero dollars, and 25 hours a week to spare, what ideas would you suggest to start earning $500-1000 a month asap and go from there. I’m not looking for a blueprint or a sure thing, but some lateral thinking or just your perspective. Well Dave, better than a blueprint we’ll give you and our listeners a full checklist for lateral thinking.
TMBA 115 (LBP104) - The Right Side Of History and the Secrets of Offshore Corporations
This week Dan and Ian are acting like expatriot snitches, unleashing an Offshoring 101 course onto the listeners of the LBP community. Blasting through conversation ranging from why you should and shouldn’t incorporate your business in the US to Earned Income Exclusions & FBAR’s and all the juicy details in between, including some important things they’ve learned along the way, the guys are getting into some serious business discussion. What Are The Top 3 Reasons To Offshore Your Corporation? Being on The Right Side Of History - Asset & Legal Diversification - Less Red Tape & Logistic OverheadIn the future people will do business with the countries that meet their needs. Stay tuned to the end to hear their picks for the Top 3 Jurisdictions for Offshoring your Corporation.
TMBA 114 (LBP103) - The Hero Skillset and Why No One Likes A Sell Out
This week the guys got an email from an eager and ambitious listener, Skyler: I’m extremely passionate about entrepreneurship, however, I’ve found that it can be hard to find the right opportunities. So while I have the passion, I don’t think I have the necessary skills or experience at this point. One of my goals is to work for you guys at some point, so I just wanted to find out if there’s any one skill that I should try to develop over the next year or two? The guys chewed on the question for a couple days. What are they looking for in employees and contractors? What skill is any entrepreneur looking for in employees and contractors? At the end of all that thinking (and a bit of a Vietnamese food coma) they found 5 skillsets that will be vital to anyone looking to hustle their way to a life of freedom and opportunity.
TMBA 113 (LBP102) - The Drama Denominator: Finding The Cause Of Your Biggest Business Problems
Another week and another chance to talk biznass is always a good combo. Once again Ian and Dan are talking marriage in business, discussing partnerships and what matters and what doesn’t in the listener questions. Thankfully Dan doesn’t nag Ian on his greasy oil change habits. Much. With all the questions coming in and advice going out here at LBP, Ian and Dan realized that may of the questions fall into 4 general categories.
TMBA 112 (LBP101) - The Insider's Guide To Thinking Outside The Index
Is an angel investment accelerator worth the time, resource, and money effort or should they just stop pansying around and make some real investments? In the Meat & Potatoes, Dan takes to the interview seat to chat with Matt Paulson, who has saved the LBP from a fate worse than death – Site Server Error. When Matt isn’t swooping in like a boss to save Dan and Ian, he’s running a web content company that focuses on various consumer and financial websites and newsletters. Matt has managed to build a devoted following that constantly increases with new readers and customers by NOT focusing on his SERP and SEO strategies.
TMBA 111 (LBP100) - A Bunch Of Stuff We've Screwed Up In The Past 1000 Days
If sports teams have throwback uniforms, consider this special 100th Episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast a throwback episode, complete with some of our favorite music, quotes, and outtakes from the past 1000 Days of broadcasting this podcast. In this episode, Dan and Ian get a little nostalgic. Remembering the times they’ve had here at LBP, remembering the times that they were away. Most importantly they are digging deep to share the things that worked for them, the things they’ve screwed up, and their hopes for the future of the biznass and LBP. So what are the Bunches of Stuff Dan & Ian Have Screwed Up In The Past 1000 Days?
TMBA 110 (TTR11) - What are Your Chances of Having $1,000,000 in 5 Years? (Hint: They Might Be Higher if You Move to China)
Today we ask the question: do you think it’s likely that you’ll have $1,000,000 in your personal bank account in 5 years? You might be surprised by the way some young entrepreneurs answer the question. I was first introduced to my guests Tim and Nick by my friend Sean Ogle, and since that time I’ve enjoyed following what they are up to in China (I’m also proud to call them DCers!). These guys talk about doing business in China, and accelerating your entrepreneurial career by making the jump to Asia. I like the metaphor Tim and Nick use: “lose the [corporate] ladder, take the elevator.”
TMBA 109 (LBP99) - Do You Know If You Are A Shooting Star?
Less than 72 hours after we launched The Tropical MBA program exclusively to members of Dynamite Circle and then our pre-sale listeners, we have already SOLD OUT these first two sessions. Thanks so much – blown away, humbled, and excited as hell barely begin to scrape the surface of how we feel about that! This week Dan & Ian get a little Starsky & Hutch, bringing 70’s yacht rock back in style with Bad Company’s “Shooting Star” as they look at what makes a person or business so successful you watch them burst across the sky like a shooting star, lighting up the night.
TMBA 108 (LBP98) - 8 Lesser Recognized Forms Of The Resistance
As Dan and Ian gear up to launch their first Tropical MBA course to the masses, they’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about start-ups, marketing, and business practice in general. These are the things that the guys will be teaching small groups of entrepreneurs and aspiring start-ups this summer from beautiful Puerto Galera in the Philippines. All this thinking has led to a higher-than-average consumption of wine and Bintang, a lot of power naps, Ian taking up hot yoga, and some epic brainstorming.
TMBA 107 (LBP97) - Entrepreneurial ADD and Free Content For Hustlers
Who knew portable bars could be such a successful pursuit? Dan and Ian did, of course. And that’s where their time has been lately. Freestyling their content a bit this week, they take to their inboxes to answer some listener questions and discuss business strategy. Dishing out the free content for all the hustlers out there, ’cause it ain’t where you’ve been but where you’re about to go. Like a boss.
TMBA 106 (LBP96) – A Proposition : Start-Up August
Things are exciting in the TMBA / LBP world as Ian and Dan work to put together a unique experience for 10 aspiring entrepreneurs. Start-Up August isn’t just some make money quick conference – if they wanted to do that there’d be a lot more hugging and Dan would bring his guitar to strum out some Kum-Ba-Yah ditties. Instead, this will be an intense three month mastermind process culminating in a two-week all expense paid experience at a resort in the Philippines. You know, that place that Dan and Ian have been gallivanting around for the past month playing in mud-carts and sipping wine on the deck overlooking the ocean.
TMBA 105 (LBP95) – Hiring Interns Right From The Start
With Ian back stateside and Dan back in Bali, the guys have said goodbye (for now) to their time in the Philippines and are back to biznass. This week, they are chatting about the re-launch of their lifestyle business site, Tropical Work Force. During their time chatting up colleagues and friends in the Philippines, they learned that many entrepreneurs were interested in hiring “interns” of their own to grow their businesses and share their knowledge with.
TMBA 104 (LBP94) - 6 Financial Secrets of Lifestyle Business Ballers
The folks they’ve been able to hang out with the past few weeks are straight ballin’, entrepreneurs and business owners with at least six figures kicking around in an account or five. Whether they’re hobnobbing with the Vice President of the Philippines or dirt biking through the jungle, they’ve been absorbing all the advice these guys have to offer. In this episode learn the 6 Financial Secrets that Dan & Ian have gathered from their conversations and observations. Things like: How To Handle Your Mindset Like a Poker Player, Avoiding Itchy Feet and “I Finally Have Money” Euphoria, Having a Solid Fall Back Position, Supply, Demand, and Running Out of Stock, What Should You Borrow Against? Dinari, Florida Swampland, and Other “No-Fail” Investments.
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.