The Happiness Hustle

Send us Fan Mail Summer Series Throwback Thursday: HH84: Jar of Rocks Mike & Ben vibe on the jar of rocks analogy and talk about how to prioritize the most important areas of your life over the filler.

Send us Fan Mail Summer Series Meandering Musings: Mike & Ben crack open a couple of cold ones and vent their frustrations and thoughts about the weather, problematic neighbors, streaming fiascos, and rabbit tractors.

Send us Fan Mail Summer Series Throwback Thursday: HH33: Guest Series ft. Jakob Haymond Mike & Ben welcome Jakob Haymond, who graciously shares his life story as a scrappy problem solving entrepreneur, who just so happens to be Ben's long time friend as well. As you'll hear during this episode, Jakob talks about an assessment he takes early on in his career to better define the type...

Send us Fan Mail Summer Series Meandering Musings: Mike & Ben explore a slew of topics, including gaming for an audience, brewing beer for fun or profit, starting a business with friends, and diversifying income streams.

Send us Fan Mail Summer Series Throwback Thursday: HH12: Why should you care about energy management? Mike & Ben discuss their firsthand experiences with energy management (or lack thereof) and discover its valuable applications within the happiness hustle.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben give updates on their own happiness hustle journeys, and make an announcement about what summer holds for the podcast.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben talk about how and why we should create high-quality experiences for our customers, and how we can continue that experience while dealing with issues in order to turn around a negative situation.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben continue their overview of online marketing campaigns, weighing their pros and cons and discussing how we can apply them as entrepreneurs, particularly when it comes to content creators.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben explore different types of marketing campaigns and how you can leverage them in your business, especially on social media.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben dive into the delays and lulls they're experiencing in their own endeavors and explore what we as entrepreneurs should be doing in those situations.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben discuss their takeaways from Seth Godin's Purple Cow, a classic in marketing and an easy read for the budding entrepreneur.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben share their own experiences feeling stuck in their ventures. If you have ever not known what to try next when everything seems to be failing, hopefully you can find some solidarity here! Resources: https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/entrepreneurs-expectations-2024-houghton-incendium/

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben take it practical and discuss hustling while broke, inspired by Daymond John's book, "The Power of Broke," and Ben's own experiences hustling when funds are running thin.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben talk about the basics of search engine optimization for both social media and traditional websites, and how we as business owners can leverage it for market reach.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben discuss balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial basics for entrepreneurs.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben share the latest in their entrepreneurial journeys.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben go back to basics and talk about leveraging social media as a brand building and business marketing tool.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben take a deep dive into time management techniques that we as business owners and operators can leverage to stay on top of our endless lists of tasks and responsibilities.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben revisit the concept of busy seasons through the lens of an entrepreneur and talk about what to expect in terms of busyness and level of effort in our ventures.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben explore the question "why" and its importance to us as entrepreneurs.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben discuss Daymond John's book, "The Power of Broke," to tease out the big picture and how to apply it to our entrepreneurial ventures.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben talk through the basics of a business plan and why it's important to have one as an entrepreneur.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben delve deeper into the qualities and characteristics it takes to be an entrepreneur. Do you have what it takes?

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben open a discussion about what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how we can suss out the roles we can play within a business venture.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben take it back to basics and explore what defines an entrepreneur.