Episode 168: TMBA 168 (LBP143) – The Art of the Deal and the Science of Ordering the Grey Matter of the Universe
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2013
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Dan and Ian are excited to come to you this week with a discussion on the number one sticking point for entrepreneurs at all stages of the game. From a rainy Bali villa, the fellas are bringing the heat in this episode to pack it full of actionable content for you and your start up.
This discussion is a poster child for lifestyle business entrepreneurs everywhere and helps bring to surface the biggest issues and shortcomings of most entrepreneurs in the space. Everybody is working towards independence of some kind and this episode is a perfect example of what is possible if you keep your nose to the grind stone. Stick around for some hard-knocks advice from Dan and Ian in their version of the DEALs system and how you can take your business to the next level.
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| 0:00.0 | Now all you've got to do is process. Excuse me. Now all you have to do is create a process. |
| 0:04.6 | Possible. Blah. And follow the golden triangle. |
| 0:10.4 | Hey, podcast, listener. Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial pursuit, know that today, |
| 0:17.2 | right now, in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs all around the |
| 0:21.7 | globe seeking to do the same thing you are. |
| 0:24.6 | If you want to know more about this program or this podcast, we want to get barraged by a lot |
| 0:29.5 | of annoying pop-ups, check out our website, Lifestyle Business Podcast.com. |
| 0:48.1 | Yeah, buddy, it's episode 143 of the Lifestyle Business Podcast, the show where we believe building a business is the best way to create more personal freedom and opportunity |
| 0:51.8 | in your life. |
| 0:53.8 | That's what we're going to talk about today. |
| 0:54.9 | Today I'm joined by my captain, my co-host, a man for whom the only bubble he sees is at the |
| 0:59.9 | bottom of a bottle of Perrier. |
| 1:02.0 | Hail! |
| 1:04.6 | I think I threw my back out of yoga. |
| 1:06.9 | If you guys stick around to the end of the episode, we'll share with you the number one |
| 1:11.0 | and often hidden sticking point for entrepreneurs at any level making deals with reality, Ian. |
| 1:18.5 | Cutting deals, buddy. |
| 1:19.6 | Cutting deals. |
| 1:20.1 | We're going to talk about deal making today. |
| 1:22.2 | And I really believe, Ian, that this is probably the most important skill in entrepreneurship, more than |
| 1:28.8 | selling, more than, you know, writing, more than all sorts of stuff we talk about. |
| 1:32.5 | Maybe it's more so than marketing. |
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