It was such a breath of fresh air to see so many entrepreneurs in Mexico City last week at DC MEX, our first in-person event since 2019.We had so much fun catching up with old friends, meeting new ones, exchanging stories, and working together to move forward with our businesses.One of our favorite parts about these events is that we get an up-close-and-personal look as all kinds of exciting trends start to emerge in the community.

Today's podcast is all about a business model that sometimes gets a bad rap on this show: "the agency".We recently bumped into our friend Johnathan Solorzano at MicroConf in Austin, and he had quite a bit to say about the subject.Johnathan is the founder of Solo Media Group, a remote agency of web developers that focuses primarily on Shopify and WooCommerce projects.

In last week's podcast, Carrie McKeegan shared how she has been using author Gino Wickman's EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) to help her grow and manage her team.This week, we're diving deeper into the topic by speaking with an entrepreneur who has developed their own customized version of the very same system with impressive results.Neel Parekh is the founder of MaidThis, a business that offers cleaning services for residential homes and AirBNB rentals.

We've spoken at great length on this podcast about how the Covid pandemic has forced us to make changes in the way that we run our businesses.This week, we're going to speak to an entrepreneur who used the landscape of Covid as an opportunity to provide an entirely different educational experience for her children.Carrie McKeegan is the CEO and co-founder of Greenback Expat Tax Services, which helps Americans abroad prepare and file their taxes.

It has been nearly two years since we've hosted an event for the members of our private membership forum The Dynamite Circle.DCMEX, our first official event since 2019, is just a few short weeks away, and we couldn't be more excited to see so many listeners of this podcast in Mexico City this October.In-person events are so important to those of us in the entrepreneurial community.From the relationships that we develop to the things that we learn together, there are so many reasons why entrepreneurs can benefit from being together in the same place.

Today's episode is all about mental health, depression, anxiety, and the effect that these things can have on the way that we run our businesses.Benny Lewis is the founder of Fluent in 3 months, and he recently opened up about his own struggles at our unofficial DCx event in London a few weeks ago.While his business was "successful" by many traditional metrics, his personal life was far from it.

This week's episode is full of actionable advice for anyone who is looking to improve their revenue and optimize their sales.We were taking notes throughout the entire conversation with today's guest, and by the time it had ended, it felt like we had taken part in an incredible workshop.John Ainsworth is the founder of Data Driven Marketing, and he has recently started a group that coaches course creators who are looking to increase the revenue of their business.

This week's podcast is inspired by a blog post that we published back in 2014.That post was titled "What is the Real Cost of the Permanent Travel Lifestyle?" and many of the points we touched on in that article are still being discussed by people in our community today.One of those people is Jesse Schoberg.Jesse is the founder of DropInBlog, and he is all too familiar with the challenges of bootstrapping his way up the "Lifestyle Ladder".

We've seen a lot of great conversations take place in our private community The Dynamite Circle as of late.One of our favorites came in the form of a thread titled "Is Digital Nomadism Possible to Combine With Having a Family?"While there were many insightful responses in that thread, one member, in particular, caught our attention.

We are once again reaching into the mailbag this week to answer some pressing questions from the Tropical MBA audience.This is a somewhat unorthodox episode, as we are "shooting from the hip" on a variety of items that have come across our desk in the past few months.We'll be discussing how to structure your teams (specifically in an agency), tips for staying focused on what's important in your business, and how to avoid the dreaded "D-word" in your business: drama.

Today's guest has been on an incredible journey that touches on so many of our favorite entrepreneurial milestones.Derek Pankaew is the co-founder of Mythia, a financial startup that has partnered with banks to create a debit card aimed exclusively at gamers.He has experienced just about every entrepreneurial path, from running a "4-Hour Workweek" business built on passive income, to seeking out more ambitious projects in the San Francisco startup community, and eventually raising roughly 2.2 million dollars in venture capital funding.

Today's episode is particularly insightful for entrepreneurs who are looking to improve their social media or content marketing game, and for those of us who are interested in the property investment space.Moses Kagan is the co-founder of Adaptive Realty, a boutique real estate private equity firm based in Los Angeles, which has about $200 Million in assets under management.

This week, we are once again diving into the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.Gerbz is a regular contributor to this podcast and our go-to guy for all things crypto.He is the founder of BitLift.com, and the host of the brand new BitLift podcast, which aims to guide people down the crypto rabbit hole.

The term "Digital Nomad" has been beaten to death over the years, but it still means a lot to those of us who have identified with that label.James Clark is certainly one of those people.He's been a full-time nomad since the early 2000s, and we've shared many great memories with him around the world.

Longtime listeners know that Dan and Ian have been business partners for many years, and sometimes it's hard for us to imagine what it would be like to run a business on our own.So many entrepreneurs do choose this path, though, and the quest of a "Solopreneur" can be a long and arduous one.

We aren't usually the type for navel-gazing, but this summer marks an important milestone for us.10 years ago, our desire to "find our tribe" led us to form the Dynamite Circle, a private membership community of location-independent entrepreneurs.Since then, there have been dozens of DC events all over the globe, and it has truly become a life-changing adventure for so many of the people involved in the community over the last decade.

This week's episode was inspired by a question from a listener.Katie recently graduated with her master's degree, and while she appreciated the insight that we've shared in the past about how to get a remote job, she wanted to know more about what it takes to succeed at a remote position once you get it.This got our wheels spinning, and we put together a list of five important factors that can help employees become "A Players" in their remote positions.

Nick Huber has been on a wild ride since we last spoke to him in 2019.Nick is the host of a podcast called The Sweaty Startup, and at the time he was running a business called Storage Squad, a storage company that helped students store their belongings at universities all across America.

Summer is here, and it's starting to feel like things are returning to "normal."For many of us in the community, that means that we're finally going to have the opportunity to pick up our backpacks and return to nomadic life.Jesse Schoberg is the co-founder and CEO of DropInBlog.com, a Software as a Service platform that helps users add blogs to their websites.

A few weeks ago we said something on this podcast in jest, but one of our more attentive listeners latched onto it."I find myself some days waking up and saying 'are we going to make it?'"Our good friend John Ainsworth heard this and he reached out to us with a little bit of concern, hoping to find out more.