Episode 370: TMBA370: The Saturday Morning Side Hustle
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2017
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/clickminded/ Dan and Ian have always been fascinated by people who can create ways to generate income quickly.
Today's guest not only works for one of the most successful startups in San Francisco, but at the same time he has built a successful online side hustle in the form of an SEO training course.
Tommy Griffith is the founder of ClickMinded. On this week's episode, you'll hear how he was able to create a successful side business by setting aside his Saturday mornings. Tommy also shares his thoughts about what you need to give up to be an entrepreneur, and why he thinks there could be opportunities for entrepreneurs in the educational space.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey podcast, listener. |
| 0:04.9 | 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, |
| 0:14.9 | 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, |
| 0:23.0 | check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:32.8 | Today's guests not only works for one of the most successful startups in San Francisco, |
| 0:37.3 | but at the same time startups in San Francisco, |
| 0:42.2 | but at the same time and on the side, we're talking about the weekends here, |
| 0:47.9 | has built a successful online SEO training course, and that's called ClickMinded. |
| 0:56.0 | One of my first insights into SEO was when George Bush was running for re-election, and I heard on the news that a bunch of activist bloggers started linking to George Bush's web page with the phrase |
| 1:03.2 | miserable failure. And they got him ranking number one for the term miserable failure. |
| 1:09.1 | Today's guest is the founder of ClickMinded Tommy Griffith. |
| 1:13.1 | And it won't probably take you too long. |
| 1:14.9 | I forgot he's freaking hilarious. |
| 1:16.9 | And I love talking with him so much. |
| 1:19.1 | He's super humble about all that he's accomplished. |
| 1:22.6 | And it was super fascinating to talk to him. |
| 1:24.1 | So not only do we talk about how he founded ClickMinded, basically utilizing |
| 1:28.6 | his Saturday mornings, but we get into a lot of topics like what you need to give up to be an |
| 1:33.6 | entrepreneur and what he thinks about the educational system and maybe some of the opportunities |
| 1:38.5 | that he sees for entrepreneurs in the educational space. To me, the theme of this week's show is really about Saturday morning and the potential |
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