Episode 261: TMBA261: Systematize Your Selling

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

🗓️ 11 September 2014

⏱️ 31 minutes

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http://www.tropicalmba.com/gettingtraction/ On last week's episode, our good friend Taylor Pearson mentioned that one of the most universally fundamental traits that all successful entrepreneurs have is sales skills. We're gonna be talking about how to build that skill set so you can get your first 100 customers. We are also answering a bunch of listener questions about fighting the Amazon beast, how to get the most out of events, and our thoughts on visiting the U.S. after an extended time abroad.

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0:00.0	If you want to go to pep boys, more power to you, man.
0:03.0	That's what we're looking for, more power.
0:08.2	Hey, podcast listener.
0:09.7	Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your
0:13.7	earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to
0:18.6	grow better, more profitable, location independent
0:21.4	businesses.
0:22.4	If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check
0:27.8	out tropical MBA.com.
0:35.4	Yeah, buddy, happy Thursday morning.
0:37.3	It's a tropical MBA podcast a beautiful fall day here in
0:42.3	NYC i'm joined by the boss man all the way from Austin Texas how you don't get sir is it getting cold
0:47.7	there yet it's getting chilly and i'm i'm ill prepared for such weather so i'm happy that I've got my return to Bangkok in just a few
0:56.7	days. Boss man, today we are at tropical MBA.com slash getting traction. Our good friend Taylor
1:03.9	from last week's episodes mentioned that one of the most fundamental skill sets he's seen across
1:09.6	people who are successful are people
1:11.8	who have sales skills. And today we're going to talk about getting your first 100 customers.
1:18.6	That's it. That's sales skills. If you can get 100 customers, you have sales skills. We're going to
1:22.8	talk about that. Plus, we're going to answer a bunch of listener questions, including our
1:26.8	thoughts on visiting
1:27.9	the U.S. after extended time abroad, fighting the Amazon Beast, and how to get the most out of events.
1:36.2	First off, big shout to the D.C. NYC. community. We had a rooftop last minute meetup. John
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