The Formula for Happiness with Harvest Hosts CEO Joel Holland - RVE 383
The RV Entrepreneur
RV LIFE
4.8 ⢠544 Ratings
đď¸ 27 February 2025
âąď¸ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the RVE Podcast, Jim sits down with Joel Holland to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, the explosive growth of Harvest Hosts, and the challenges and rewards of scaling a business while maintaining a life of adventure.
From Burnout to RV Life â Joel shares how a spontaneous RV purchase led him and his wife to embrace full-time travel, ultimately inspiring his next business venture. Discover the power of smart growth. Learn how Joel took Harvest Hosts from 6,000 members to more than 250,000 in just a couple years by refining the host network, implementing new technology, and strategic marketing. Joel shares isights on acquisitions & scaling challenges based on the merger with Boondockers Welcome and recent acquisition of Escapees RV Club.
Purpose Over Profit â Jim and Joel discuss how success isnât just about money but about building something meaningful that benefits partners, members, and the RVing community. Learn how balancing work, adventure, and purpose leads to fulfillment. Finally, hear how Joel breaks down his happiness formula with the simple equation: Happiness = Freedom + Meaningfulness.
Connect & Learn More
Harvest Hosts: harvesthosts.com
Boondockers Welcome: boondockerswelcome.com
Brit Stops: britstops.com
Escapees: escapees.com
Xscapers: xscapers.com
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| 0:00.0 | You know, you can have the greatest product in the world, the most viral thing, but sometimes |
| 0:03.7 | you've got to pour a little gas on the fire. You got to yell from rooftops. Hey, check this out. |
| 0:11.3 | Welcome to the RV Entrepreneur Podcast. The weekly show for nomads, work campers, RVers, |
| 0:17.3 | and entrepreneurs looking to earn a living or build a business while enjoying the RV |
| 0:21.6 | lifestyle. This week's host is Jim Nelson. Let's settle in and enjoy the RV entrepreneur podcast |
| 0:28.1 | brought to you by RV Life. Hey there, Jim here at RV Life and I am an RVer I am an escapee and an escaper. Keep listening to |
| 0:40.7 | hear why that matters or if you have no idea what I'm talking about. I've also pretty |
| 0:45.1 | much always been an entrepreneur. Ever since I started selling my guppies at about nine years |
| 0:50.6 | old, stay tuned to hear that story. I tell it because my guest today talks about his very |
| 0:55.7 | first business venture. As a young kid, he sold gravel to the neighbors. Since then, Joel Holland |
| 1:01.7 | has written an amazing entrepreneurial success story for himself. He's been a columnist for |
| 1:06.9 | entrepreneur magazine, I think while he was still in college. And he grew a successful |
| 1:11.4 | subscription-based tech company to, well, almost to the point of burnout. And that's when he |
| 1:17.2 | discovered the RV life. And he loved it. So when he started searching for that next big thing, |
| 1:22.8 | he knew he wanted to serve the RV in community. Joel Holland started to get worried while researching those |
| 1:29.2 | business ideas and once said, trying to force it is like trying to force love. That really |
| 1:35.9 | resonates with me because I met Renee once I stopped looking so hard for love. And we found |
| 1:41.3 | purpose and built our business by letting it evolve organically. |
| 1:45.6 | Spoiler alert, luck had nothing to do with it. |
| 1:48.0 | But you may recognize the name as CEO of Harvest hosts. |
| 1:51.6 | Be sure to check out Joel's interview on the RV Life podcast for the whole backstory and |
| 1:56.5 | details about their more recent acquisition of the Escapese RV Club. |
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