Episode 232: TMBA 232: Is a College Degree Useful For Entrepreneurs?
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2014
⏱️ 31 minutes
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http://www.tropicalmba.com/college/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/college/ In this week’s episode, I’m answering some listener submitted questions. I’ve invited Jimmy Hayes and Josh Weinstein back on the show to add their two cents as well, as we discuss whether or not a college degree is necessary for someone who wants to become a location-independent entrepreneur, among other topics. Listen to this...
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:05.1 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:09.7 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, |
| 0:14.8 | more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:17.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, |
| 0:22.9 | check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:32.5 | Yeah, buddy, it's the tropical MBA podcast. Tropical MBA.com slash college. |
| 0:38.9 | You can go there. |
| 0:39.4 | You can find all the show notes today. |
| 0:41.5 | We're going to talk about one of my favorite topics. |
| 0:44.7 | One of my favorite whipping boys is universities and college. |
| 0:49.2 | I went into a lot of debt for a piece of paper. |
| 0:52.3 | And today we're going to talk about whether that's still a good decision if you want to get into location independent business. Today on the show, I'm joined by Jimmy Hayes from manol.com and Josh Weinstein from Josh Weinstein.com. How's it going, guys? Very well. It's going well. I have this quote, by the way, from Frank Zappa. Have you ever heard this one? It goes, if you want to get laid, go to college. |
| 1:12.6 | If you want an education, go to the library. I know you guys kind of take issue with that. Josh, can you recount the story that when we were in school together, what I said, I didn't quite go to college. go to college. |
| 1:24.6 | Yeah, I went and visited Dan at his college, which is Clemson, and we were talking about |
| 1:29.1 | it and we were |
| 1:28.6 | talking about it, and we're trying to sort of negotiate the differences between our two schools, |
| 1:32.8 | and he said, no, no, no, Josh, here's the difference. You go to college. I go to college. |
| 1:40.2 | That's right. Some quick news before we get into that meat and potatoes. Ian's in Mexico. And as a tribute to him, you know, he's a little bit off on the time zone. So I've been doing the in-person podcast. But as a tribute to him, I figured we could listen to some cheesy Mexican music for just a hot second. You guys. |
| 1:55.5 | Beautiful. One final news update, guys. |
| 2:04.0 | We have been talking a lot about the baller mastermind or DC Black or this private |
| 2:09.8 | gathering of business owners that are achieving over half a million dollars in sales annually. |
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