Episode 396: TMBA396: The Realities of Running a Business in 2017
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/tmba2017/ As many of our listeners know, Dan and Ian hosted an event in Austin, TX last week that brought together entrepreneurs from all over the world to talk about their businesses.
Today's episode features five of the most important takeaways from that event, focusing primarily on the cold, hard realities of what it means to be an entrepreneur in 2017. These subjects range from hiring A players to harnessing your "superpowers" and much, much more.
You'll also hear a lot of news about the podcast, including an opportunity for one talented listener to win a $1500 cash prize.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the TMBA podcast, we're going to talk about five realities of running a business in |
| 0:06.2 | 2017. We're going to mention a lot of show news coming up. And also, we're going to discuss a chance |
| 0:12.5 | to win $1,500 for nearly no work, nearly no work. Easy. When's the last time you heard of a deal |
| 0:19.8 | like that? Sounds too good to be true. |
| 0:21.8 | It does. |
| 0:22.3 | You're going to have to stick around to hear about that and much more. |
| 0:29.6 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:31.1 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your |
| 0:35.1 | earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:43.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:59.0 | Thank you. Andes typical MBA.com. Ian, are you exhausted or tired from the listeners don't know? |
| 1:03.4 | You just hosted a bunch of entrepreneurs at an event in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:09.0 | And you were the organizer. |
| 1:10.6 | We were the organizers. |
| 1:28.5 | So how are you feeling? I'm feeling amazing. You are? It was a really fun time. Yeah. I mean, the two days after the event, I didn't even look at my phone. I had like 30 text messages unread. I just wanted to be outside and not focused on any of that stuff. but during the event, because it was so intense, that is, during the event, I was having a blast, man. It started on, basically |
| 1:34.2 | started on Thursday and it went all the way through Sunday. I don't know about you, Dan, but I'm not |
| 1:38.7 | used to being on that much. And by on, I mean, like, we're talking to people, we're talking about |
| 1:42.9 | business, we're hosting an event, we're staying in these hotels, I mean, like, we're talking to people. We're talking about business. We're hosting an event. We're staying in these hotels. And a very fun time for me. We're throwing |
| 1:50.0 | bluegrass music parties in your backyard, which I thought was pretty cool. Hanging out in your |
| 1:55.0 | RV. I just had an absolute blast, man. And the people that came into town were super cool, super cool, |
| 2:03.7 | great people and also amazing entrepreneurs. So for me, it was like spring break. |
| 2:09.1 | I'll tell you what, thank you to the listeners of this show for coming out to that event. |
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