Episode 407: TMBA407: How to Close the George Washington Bridge
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/gfny/ Dan and Ian often use this show as a platform to talk about the things that they are most passionate about.
This week, we are taking a look at two of Dan's favorite topics: cycling and event-based businesses.
Uli Fluhme is the co-founder of GFNY, a cycling event in New York city that was the first of its kind in America, modeled after the traditional Italian Gran Fondos.
On this episode, you'll hear Uli's story about the logistical challenges of creating an event like this, how he set out to achieve the ambitious task of shutting down the George Washington bridge for a cycling race, and how GFNY has managed to expand into a global brand.
Even if you aren't into cycling, today's episode offers some unique insight into building successful events, and building a strong brand that you can license out to others or build a franchise around.
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, before we start the show today, I wanted to let you know we have an exciting opportunity for you. |
| 0:08.6 | We are hiring. |
| 0:10.2 | Yes, for the first time in several months, maybe even over a year. |
| 0:14.5 | We are adding someone to our team. |
| 0:16.6 | This is a really cool job. |
| 0:18.1 | It's an opportunity to put your hands on the wheel of a growing business to work directly |
| 0:22.7 | with me and the boss man and our team and work with some of the best customers in the world. |
| 0:29.1 | We'd love to find somebody from the podcast audience itself. |
| 0:33.3 | So if you have questions about the job, you want to read more about it. |
| 0:36.0 | If you want to apply to come work with us, we'd love to hear from you. All the details are posted at tropicalmba.com |
| 0:42.4 | and do act fast. The job opportunity won't be open for too much longer. Dan, I remember way back |
| 0:49.0 | in the day reading job descriptions, hopefully ours rings as some of them that I did when I was younger. |
| 0:55.2 | And just reading these job descriptions being like, wow, this is a way that I can change my life. |
| 0:58.7 | This is a way that we can get off our air mattresses and we can spring into action and everything's |
| 1:04.8 | going to be okay going forward. |
| 1:06.3 | We can spring for springs. |
| 1:08.4 | So this might be the opportunity for you. |
| 1:10.9 | Go by Tropical MBA and check it out. |
| 1:15.9 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 1:17.4 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now, |
| 1:21.2 | in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the |
| 1:25.2 | globe seeking to grow better, more profitable location |
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