Episode 417: TMBA417: The Gift
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2017
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/gregsgift/ Dan and Ian have shared many stories on this show about luck, serendipity, and being in the right place at the right time.
But what if that luck isn't totally random?
Today's episode is about entrepreneurs (and specifically listeners of this show) connecting to help each other out on their entrepreneurial journey.
It begins with Greg Gerber, who made a post in our private membership forum The Dynamite Circle offering to give one lucky entrepreneur an all-expenses paid trip to our annual conference in Bangkok, DC BKK.
The recipient of that gift was Madeleine Lambert. Madeleine started a content marketing business called Content Refined last year.
She and Greg have joined us today to share the story of Greg's gift and how Madeline's business has grown to $50,000 in monthly recurring revenue since she received it.
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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, check |
| 0:23.2 | out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:32.7 | Today's show is the story of entrepreneurs and specifically listeners of this show connecting with each other |
| 0:39.5 | to help each other out on their entrepreneurial journey, which is what this whole thing is all about. |
| 0:44.0 | If you're listening to this today, I implore you, you don't have to do it alone. |
| 0:49.4 | Ian, can you think of a breakthrough business moment that didn't involve another important person in your life. |
| 0:55.5 | Most of the time it does. I'm excited about today's story, Dan, because a lot of what we call |
| 1:00.3 | luck, serendipity, things like that. This person got lucky. Oh, this person just happened to meet |
| 1:06.7 | this other person. Are they in the right place at the right time kind of thing? Exactly. |
| 1:11.3 | This is that story. |
| 1:12.9 | And I think what people will find surprising is that luck doesn't always mean luck. |
| 1:18.2 | Today's story is one of both generosity and a gift. |
| 1:21.9 | And on the other hand, turning a helping hand into, in this case, we have concrete numbers, building a business |
| 1:29.5 | from zero to over $50,000 in monthly recurring revenue in just one year. |
| 1:37.1 | So it all starts with Greg Gerber, who posted in our forum the DC a few months back that he was willing to give one |
| 1:47.0 | other community member a chance to come to Bangkok to the conference, DCBKK, for free. |
| 1:53.7 | And not only was he doing that, but he was offering the flight, the ticket, the hotel, and |
| 1:59.0 | everything. |
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