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Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

Episode 273: TMBA273: Stories From a Remote CEO

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

4.9527 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2014

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

http://www.tropicalmba.com/remoteceo/ We are talking about what it means to be a remote CEO. This episode is essentially going to be story time with Ian. We discuss what it is like to leave the office for extended periods of time, and some essential mindset stuff that goes into being a successful remote CEO. We also talk about how our portable business has been able to grow five times year over year with Bossman and I living away from the office, and the dissect the steps that it takes to step away from your business and let it work for you.

Transcript

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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.

0:30.3

Hey, oh, happy Thursday morning. It's the Tropical MBA podcast. This one's called Being a Remote

0:36.5

CEO, leader of a micro-multonational. Speaking of

0:40.9

CEO, yes. I've got the boss man on the line all the way from Austin, Texas. How you doing

0:45.4

good, sir? Good. How are you? I'm doing great. So this episode is going to be like story time

0:50.1

with Ian. You're going to share with us some interesting stories about conversations you've had,

0:55.8

about your experiences, leaving a warehouse, leaving an office, leaving a team. How big is your team

1:00.9

right now, by the way? Well, we've got like 10 people, I think, in San Diego. You've left the office

1:05.3

for well over a year. You know, you live away from the office. You've lived in Europe, you live

1:10.3

in Asia. We're going to talk about

1:11.9

some stories, some mindset issues surrounding that. Before we get into story time with Ian, I just

1:17.1

wanted to share this really exciting event we're working on for high-level entrepreneurs,

1:21.9

people that are interested in wealth management, not just developing one or two cash flows,

1:26.1

but people, we have net worth standards. We're going

1:28.6

to be posting that inside the DC. I think there's really unique topics for people who've made

1:33.8

it work location independently. That's a bit about what today's episode is about, but this idea of

1:38.6

you can actually build wealth while being location independent, and that changes the way you build wealth, right?

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