Episode 139: TMBA 139 (LBP123) – Getting To Five Years On A Business Trajectory
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2012
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Do you know where you were and what you were doing five years ago this week?
Five years ago (October 2nd, 2007 to be exact) Dan and Ian were sitting at brunch when Dan got a notification on his original iPhone that they had gotten paid for their first product sale.
Sure, there were some problems. Like the fact that they didn’t actually have a manufactured product to ship out at the time of the sale. But that email was the confirmation they needed.
Starting that day they set their sights on a business trajectory that has taken them five years, multiple product lines, 10+ employees, world-wide travel destinations, a publishing venture, private mastermind community, and top iTunes podcast into the future.
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| 0:00.0 | Happy birthday to you. |
| 0:06.0 | Happy birthday to you. |
| 0:10.0 | Happy birthday to you. |
| 0:12.0 | Happy birthday, Mr. President. |
| 0:19.0 | Happy birthday to you. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey, podcast listener, even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial pursuit, know that today, right now in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs |
| 0:39.3 | all around the globe seeking to do the same thing you are. |
| 0:42.9 | If you want to know more about this program or this podcast or want to get barraged by a lot |
| 0:47.8 | of annoying pop-ups, check out our website, Lifestyle Business Podcast.com. |
| 0:59.3 | Happy birthday, Ian. |
| 1:00.0 | Thanks. |
| 1:02.7 | Do you know why I'm telling you happy birthday? |
| 1:06.2 | Because your birthday is next week, not mine. |
| 1:06.7 | That's true. |
| 1:12.4 | So, five years ago, on October 2nd, we were sitting at brunch. |
| 1:14.2 | What was the name of the restaurant? |
| 1:17.4 | Ah, the canteena in Pacific Beach. |
| 1:20.6 | Blowing it out prematurely because it's like a $30 brunch. |
| 1:28.3 | And I got a notification on the original iPhone, which I bought on my corporate salary for $700, which I should not have bought. Correct. |
| 1:29.3 | But at the time you got email notifications for every email that you got. |
| 1:33.3 | Yeah, we had it set up that way. |
| 1:35.3 | Because you didn't get that many emails. |
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