TMBA524: Who Do You Think You Are?
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Some entrepreneurs have a secret.
Adopting a pseudonym, or a "pen name", is a common practice on the internet.
Even one of the hosts of this show, Dan Andrews, has been using a pseudonym for many years.
Some people do it because their name is difficult to pronounce, others are worried about being stalked, or because they want to improve their Google rankings.
We've also spoken to people who regret having taken a "fake identity", and believe it has started to adversely affect their lives.
In today's episode, you will hear from several entrepreneurs who have adopted pseudonyms as they share the reasons why they chose to do it, the pros and cons of taking on a pseudonym, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | What ended up happening is that I just started really closing myself off, period. |
| 0:05.3 | I thought I was just acting that way when I was undercover, under guys, but it seeps into |
| 0:10.4 | your personality. |
| 0:11.8 | This stuff has consequences. |
| 0:16.7 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:18.2 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:30.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, Check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:46.2 | Some entrepreneurs have a secret. |
| 0:49.8 | Some of us more than one. |
| 0:51.3 | But today, we are going to talk about something that's been on my mind |
| 0:55.6 | lately, which is taking a pseudonym. And a lot of us in the community have a pseudonym or a pen name, |
| 1:04.0 | including me. More on this later. Pen names, especially for authors, are as old as time. |
| 1:12.9 | But with the growth of the internet, |
| 1:17.1 | seems to have really fueled the rise of pseudonyms. In fact, the early days of the internet were all about anonymity. It was all about creating a forum name with a weird handle and a number |
| 1:23.5 | after it. And these were the personas that we built online. So it's sort of naturally |
| 1:29.3 | followed in the sort of digital marketing age that so many of us have also used a persona |
| 1:35.0 | or a slightly altered name online. Now, this is a somewhat controversial subject I know, |
| 1:41.3 | especially in the era of fake news. But what I wanted to do today is share part |
| 1:45.8 | of an interesting discussion that's been happening within the online form of our community, |
| 1:50.2 | the Dynamite Circle, or the DC. And it boils down to this. Some are glad they took on a pseudonym, |
| 1:56.3 | and others wish in retrospect they had taken one, and some now regret ever doing it. |
| 2:01.9 | And towards the end of the show, we're going to run an interesting conversation with someone |
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