#832 “How Can I Get Customers For My New Online Sailboat Mechanic Business?” [Case Study in Location Independence]
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Considering a pivot to an online business but not sure where to start? A listener wrote in with the same dilemma, and we’re giving our best tips in this week’s episode of the pod.
We also discuss a listener who exited for multi-7 figures, a new offer we’re working on for business owners, key learnings from Vercel’s journey to a $9B valuation, and some community news from Dynamite Circle.
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CHAPTERS
(00:01:03) A Listener Who Exited for Multi 7 Figures
(00:02:52) How Dan Had a Business Breakthrough in a Tuk-Tuk
(00:07:24) DC Accelerator 2.0 [Beta]
(00:11:45) Moving an In-Person Business Online: Listener Case Study
(00:23:32) Sponsor Shout-Out: SPP.co
(00:24:31) Simple Keys to a $9B Valuation in 5 Years
CONNECT:
Dan@tropicalmba.com
Ian@tropicalmba.com
Past guests on TMBA include Cal Newport, David Heinemeier Hannson, Seth Godin, Ricardo Semler, Noah Kagan, Rob Walling, Jay Clouse, Einar Vollset, Sam Dogan, Gino Wickam, James Clear, Jodie Cook, Mark Webster, Steph Smith, Taylor Pearson, Justin Tan, Matt Gartland, Ayman Al-Abdullah, Lucy Bella.
PLAYLIST:
Our Lifestyle Business Non-Negotiables
How 1 New Feature Can 10x Your Pricing + 4 More Insights From DCBKK
Lucy Bella Simkins Built a YouTube Channel with 10,000,000 Subscribers
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Tropical MBA podcast where we share real stories and strategies from location flexible personal personal freedom-focused entrepreneurs that you can |
| 0:22.6 | use in your own business. That is a, I got to work on my editing. I imagine an eagle during that |
| 0:30.4 | talk right there. There's a lot of freedom going on. American flag because like I'm in America, |
| 0:34.1 | but maybe there's flags if you're somewhere else. But I had a vision there. |
| 0:42.4 | Yes. Who says I'm freedom focused? I don't know. Whether you're just getting started or building an eight-figure brand, let's have some fun and talk business. I'm trying to rewrite this. It might |
| 0:48.1 | take me a few weeks. But look, growing a business from your laptop that builds you wealth, |
| 0:52.8 | location, and time flexibility |
| 0:54.1 | is completely doable. |
| 0:57.0 | And the people who listen to this podcast do it all the time. |
| 1:00.5 | A little vignette for you, boss man. |
| 1:03.1 | A few years ago, a guy emails me, says, hey, I love the podcast. |
| 1:08.1 | I am trying to grow this agency. |
| 1:11.4 | We get in touch. We talk business. We do the thing we do on this podcast. I am trying to grow this agency. We get in touch. |
| 1:12.5 | We talk business. |
| 1:13.3 | We do the thing we do in this podcast. |
| 1:14.9 | No BS. |
| 1:15.7 | We just talk business. |
| 1:16.6 | What's your goal? |
| 1:17.8 | Let's get to it. |
| 1:18.6 | How can we get there? |
| 1:20.0 | Cool. |
| 1:20.3 | We keep in touch over the years. |
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