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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

31: Buying Your Time Back With Outsourcing Guru Chris Ducker

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9664 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

37,000 feet high in the air. Hurtling forward at hundreds of miles per hour. This was it. This was the scene. This was where Chris Ducker sat when he wrote his resignation letter – a step that helped his career take off and reach new heights. “I got my job because I ultimately become unemployable,” he says. His current job: CEO. But as he sat aboard that plane to Hong Kong in 2006, Chris wasn't the boss – he was being bossed around. He says that the head of the company he worked for was “such a painful boss, just a micromanaging boss.” Living in the Philippines, Chris worked for a Florida-based infomercial company. But his work earned the company half a million dollars per month in sales, which was far more than his salary. Throw that fact on top of the fraught feelings he bore towards his boss's management methods, and Chris was itching for something different. So he crafted his resignation letter on an airplane flight to Hong Kong. When the plane landed, he sent the email, officially resigning. He didn't intend to return to the world of work as someone else's employee, so he entered entrepreneurship. Having been involved in the Philippine call center market for several years, Chris decided that the niche could support a new company. He launched with seven staff and a lot of courage. Eight years on, Chris still works as CEO for his Live2Sell group of companies. Composing the group is a call center, a business to help people find virtual staff, and a co-working space. Starting with seven staff, the group now boasts 270 employees. To get there, Chris worked hard. He poured time and effort into his companies, striving to build them up to where they are today. And he pulled it off.   In this interview you will learn   - How to attain virtual freedom - Chris's strategies and tactics on buying your time back as a business owner - Productivity hacks - How to outsource & train overseas staff - Chris's best advice for entrepreneurs right now trying to grow their business - The 3 lists you need to create to attain freedom - & Much more!   I Need Your Help!    If you haven’t already, I would love if you could be awesome and take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It’s the most amazing way to help the show grow and reach more people! Leave a review for the Foundr Podcast!

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0:00.0

This is episode number 31 of the Founder Podcast with Chris Ducker.

0:07.0

What you need is thirst. You need to be a thirsty human who is intent on learning.

0:12.0

It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.

0:16.0

Now!

0:17.0

The Founder Podcast.

0:23.8

Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help.

0:29.1

If you want to learn from the most successful founders on the planet, you are in the right place.

0:36.4

Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Ariana Huffington, Steve Case, Gary V, Sophia Amoroso, Barbara Corcoran, Damon John.

0:39.2

Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan. This is not your average entrepreneur podcast. The Founder

0:46.3

Podcast. Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in. Before we start today's episode, I just want to let

0:58.3

you know that our goal at founder is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving

1:03.9

away high quality content in the form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos,

1:10.1

you name it. We put out so much content to help you.

1:13.2

And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering with world-class

1:18.0

founders like Damon John, Alexa von Tobel, Greta Van Riel, and so many more to teach crucial skills

1:24.6

like negotiation, finance, e-commerce, and so much more.

1:30.3

So if you'd like to get access to these free trainings with founders like this, which is

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100% free, just go to founder.com forward slash free.

1:40.5

Okay, so now let's talk about today's episode.

1:43.9

Hello and welcome to the founder podcast.

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My name is Nathan Chan and I'm your host coming to you live from Melbourne, Australia.

1:53.5

Hope you've all been having a great week.

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