Episode 420: TMBA420: No Epiphany Required
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2017
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/greenbelly2/ In the past, Dan and Ian have spoken on this podcast about specific "epiphanies" that entrepreneurs have had on their journey.
You're not going to hear about a lightbulb business idea or an overnight success story on today's show, though.
The reality is that even if these epiphanies happen, the day-to-day life of being an entrepreneur has nothing to do with a single moment of insight.
In fact, quite often the opposite is true. Entrepreneurs frequently feel like they have no idea what they are doing or what they are supposed to do.
Chris Cage first joined us on the TropicalMBA in 2015 to talk to about his company, Greenbelly Meals. Greenbelly manufactures and sells mega-calorie, high-nutrient meal bars for people that participate in activities that require a huge calorie load.
When Chris last spoke on this podcast, there were many question marks about his path forward.
On this week's episode, Chris talks about what has happened in his journey since we last spoke, what inspired his first book, how it felt to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, and much, much more.
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| 0:00.0 | I had a lot of anxiety, to be honest with you. I didn't know what I wanted to do when I came back. |
| 0:04.8 | And I had an idea, you know, and I said, I'm just going to try it. There was no big epiphany, anything like that. |
| 0:11.7 | It was just kind of, it kind of evolved into, you know, what the hell, why not? |
| 0:18.6 | Hey, podcast listener. Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, |
| 0:23.3 | right now in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe |
| 0:28.1 | seeking to grow better, more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:32.7 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, |
| 0:37.3 | check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:47.0 | Hey, yo, welcome to the pod. Boss man is on paternity leave today. Big congrats to the boss man is due. |
| 0:54.3 | Today's episode is called no epiphany required because you're not going to hear about a light |
| 0:59.4 | ball business idea or an overnight success today. And the reality is that even if that happens |
| 1:05.5 | in the journey of an entrepreneur and people frame it up that way, like, oh, I saw this big opportunity or whatever, the day-to-day reality of being an entrepreneur and people frame it up that way like, oh, I saw this big opportunity or whatever. |
| 1:12.2 | The day-to-day reality of being an entrepreneur has nothing to do with the feeling of having |
| 1:18.8 | that insight. In fact, it's often the opposite. Like you have no idea where you're going. You're |
| 1:23.8 | confused. The path ahead of you is shaded without light, without epiphanous light. |
| 1:31.7 | Okay. Today's the story of just keep plugging away, putting in the hours, and doing it your way so |
| 1:38.6 | you can enjoy the journey. Today's guest, Chris Cage, first came on this podcast in 2015. And we're going to |
| 1:46.4 | play back some clips from that app just for fun to talk about his company called Greenbelly. |
| 1:52.4 | Now, Greenbelly manufactures and sells mega calorie high nutrient bars for people doing |
| 1:58.9 | extremely long tracks or cycle rides or activities where you need |
| 2:02.8 | a huge calorie load. You basically need a meal in a bar. Stick around on today's app and you're |
| 2:09.5 | going to hear why Chris like me is in love with Chang Mai Thailand, which is where we recorded |
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