Episode 141: TMBA 141 (LBP125) – How to Avoid your Entrepreneurial Blindspots – Dan’s Stick-On Mirror Theory

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen

Digital Nomad, Business, Ecommerce, Society & Culture, Amazon, Founders, Cash Flow, Places & Travel, Founder, Business Owner, Cashflow, Management, Entrepreneurship, Million, Operator, Operations, Profits, Distributed Team

4.9 • 527 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2012

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

After two weeks in Puerto Galera with the October TMBA session, Dan and Ian celebrated Dan’s birthday in style at the classic Filippino restaurant TGIFriday’s and then curled up under a staircase in the Mall of Asia to bring this episode to you.

Having done three sessions with various TMBA participants and being asked weekly similar questions from folks starting their own businesses, they’ve come to notice some consistent things that happen with every new business owner. The good news is that these are generally fixable, you just need to know how to adjust your mirrors.

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0:00.0	Live from the Mall of Asia, this is the Lifestyle Business Podcasts.
0:04.9	We do not disappoint, my friend.
0:06.5	We are in the Mall of Asia underneath a set of steps sipping on Starbucks.
0:16.1	Hey, podcast, listener, even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial pursuit, know that today, right now,
0:21.7	in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs all around the globe, seeking to do
0:27.0	the same thing you are. If you want to know more about this program or this podcast, or want to get
0:32.5	barraged by a lot of annoying pop-ups, check out our website, Lifestyle Business Podcast.com.
0:44.4	Yeah, buddy, this is the LBP. It's your Thursday morning. It's our Sunday evening,
0:50.1	or Monday evening. I've got all kinds of time warp going on. Huge week ahead of us, so we're
0:56.0	getting ahead of the game here before we catch a flight to the BKK. I am joined, as is per the usual,
1:03.3	the standard, the SOP, if you will, the man who puts the sake into Kawasaki. How are you doing, sir?
1:10.8	Good. Hey, sorry, sorry brother i just want to apologize
1:13.2	in advance don't you hate that when people say sorry in advance yeah but i really mean this sorry
1:18.2	in advance hey can you say hi to so-and-so for me thanks in advance i uh today's your birthday so we
1:24.4	were over celebrating in the great American TGI Fridays.
1:29.2	Yeah.
1:29.8	And I ate some onion soup.
1:31.9	So here we are sitting right next to each other in the mic.
1:34.0	Sorry about that.
1:34.6	It's cool, man.
1:35.3	Thanks for the birthday wishes.
1:37.0	Today, we are going to talk about five deadly entrepreneurial blind spots
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