Episode 277: TMBA277: How Does Location Independence Affect Relationships and Families?
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2015
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/family/ I'm in the beautiful South Philippines today and in this very location last year, I met today's guests: Paul and Becky Kortman. The Kortmans are a big family with a unique story. Paul runs his own digital marketing agency called Connex Social. Last year they sold their house and 90% of their belongings and decided to hit the road. They ended up taking 25 flights and visiting over 30 different locations. We're gonna talk about how location independence effects family, how it effects relationships and how it effects business. We'll also discuss how they rebounded from losing 90% of their revenue, and what the experience was like traveling with a six person family around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | I think for me the thing that surprised me the most was how our kids got passionate about traveling. |
| 0:06.0 | I really didn't expect that to happen. |
| 0:11.5 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:13.0 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:17.6 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking |
| 0:21.7 | to grow better, more profitable, location-independent businesses. If you'd like to learn more |
| 0:26.8 | about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:41.3 | Hey, happy Thursday morning. It's a sunny one. |
| 0:42.3 | It's actually Thursday, actually staring out the window at some beautiful South Philippines |
| 0:47.3 | cloud formations. |
| 0:48.3 | I'm going to post a few Philippines cloud formations at this blog post, |
| 0:52.3 | tropical MBA.com slash family. in this very location last year i met |
| 0:58.7 | today's guests paul and becky courtman fearless leaders of the six person strong courtman |
| 1:04.7 | family last year they sold their house and 90% of their belongings they They took 25 flights and visited over 30 different locations. |
| 1:14.7 | Some of them we're going to discuss on today's show. |
| 1:17.0 | We're going to talk about how location independence affects family, how it affects relationships, |
| 1:22.3 | and also how it affects business. |
| 1:24.7 | Because there is a trade-off in many businesses when you take it on the road, |
| 1:28.2 | as I know a lot of you know. Let me quote Paul from his blog. I mean, there's a little bit of drama |
| 1:32.7 | in this story, an incredible turn of events. After Paul and Becky take their family on the road |
| 1:37.9 | shortly thereafter, and I quote, my service and consulting business took a 90% hit in revenue this summer. I'd call that aspect |
| 1:46.8 | alone a failure, but is the business a failure? Am I a failure? I don't think so at all. |
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