Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

http://www.tropicalmba.com/carnegie/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/carnegie/ “Look out for the boy who has to plunge into work direct from the common school and who begins by sweeping out the office. He is the probable dark horse that you had better watch.” – Andrew Carnegie Ever dream of changing your life and getting ahead in the world? Andrew Carnegie gave a speech...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/conference/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/conference/ After this weekend’s incredible DCBKK event, Dan and Ian sift through the mountain of helpful information, solid business advice and entrepreneurial savvy to bring you the highlights of the event. This episode’s cup is overflowing with takeaways that the fellas gleaned from each speaker’s presentation.  You might wa...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/predictions/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/predictions/ As we approach DCBKK, we wanted to have a little chat about our predictions for the future of business as we know it. There’s a shift that’s slowly happening as we progress and we’re starting to see a massive rise in the growth of location independent, professionally run businesses. Kaiser Soze himself is hanging...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/prague/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/prague/ The fellas are switching things up and coming to you from Europe this week.  Having just finished speaking at the MicroConf event in Prague, they’ve got insights coming out of their ears and just couldn’t wait to share them with you. You’ll hear about some of the spotlight speakers from the event and the...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/distributed/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/distributed/ Hollywood filmmaker (with an imdb profile!), software programmer, podcaster, and most importantly, The Dominator of all things, Jesse Lawler is on the show this week to discuss a few of my favorite things. Jesse was working in L.A. as a filmmaker when the economy took a nose dive and no one would even think...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/crowdsourcing/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/crowdsourcing/ So many people struggle to get a great idea off the ground because they didn’t validate and ask the market to vote with their wallets. Jimmy and Doug from Minaal have completely turned this on its back. Not only were they meticulously calculated about the launch of their killer travel bag designed for location...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/rich/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/rich/ It’s not hard to see why Michael Covel (here’s my interview on his show) is a mega popular podcaster– he’s a scrappy entrepreneur who made good and isn’t scared to share his opinions. I’ve learned a lot from him through our conversations– about finance, world politics, and trading– but in this episode I really wanted...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/adwords/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/adwords/ Today Ian and I sit down with the one and only Dave Huss to talk about generating paid traffic to your site.  With so many recent changes in advertising platforms and capabilities to come, this episode is full of marketing avenues you should be using in your business. On the show this week: Why...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/readingmaterial/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/readingmaterial/ Ian and I have been wanting to bring an updated reading list to move your journey forward. On this episode, we wax a little philosophical about a variety of the best stuff we’ve been reading. On the show this week: How to choose your way forward like Calvin And Hobbes. The key difference between...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/productivity/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/productivity/ Back in the day, becoming productive– for me– meant locking myself in the house and putting the coffee maker on overdrive. We’ve learned since then a lot about the frameworks that empower exceptionally productive entrepreneurs, and in this episode we’ll share which ones we use, which ones we’ve discarded, and of cour...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/passion/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/passion/ This week on the Tropical MBA Podcast we decided to give Mark Manson a call to dig further into his idea that “passion is practical.” Mark walked away from big income to focus on a project he was passionate about, and it ended up working out better in the end. Was it just a fluke? Did he get...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/dreamlines/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/dreamlines/ On Thursday mornings at 8AM EST, we publish the Tropical MBA Podcast (iTunes link). After recording this episode it occurred to me that the moment I became an entrepreneur had nothing to do with sales, product development, or legal structures. I became an entrepreneur the day I sat down and defined precisely what it...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/does-good-website-design-matter/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/does-good-website-design-matter/ On Thursday mornings at 8AM EST, we publish the Tropical MBA Podcast (iTunes link). You might have noticed that as we’ve been combining our two websites into one (we are gradually moving “Lifestyle Business Podcast” content over to this domain), we have been changing some of...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/welcome-lbp-listeners/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/welcome-lbp-listeners/ Every Thursday morning, 8AM EST, we’ll be aiming to publish one podcast at this domain, instead of the LBP and (sometimes) TTR at two. Starting next week we’ll have a little re-design of the podcasts as the Lifestyle Business Podcast and Tropical Talk Radio come together and are reborn into an even...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/last-traditional-episode/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/last-traditional-episode/ Just to be clear– we aren’t stopping doing a weekly Thursday morning podcast, we are just going to start (primarily) publishing it at TropicalMBA.com (our main domain). You can discuss this post and subscribe to our primary iTunes feed at these links (the old LBP feed will continue to work for...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/focused-marketing-business-opportunities/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/focused-marketing-business-opportunities/ –>Click here to subscribe to Tropical Talk Radio in iTunes. –>Leave me a message, question, or comment for the show. It’s time for another Tropical Talk Radio podcast, which gets published Friday afternoons (Hong Kong time). Here’s the link to subscribe in...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/building-strong-communities/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/building-strong-communities/ Ian is back in the US of A hanging out in California, while Dan’s living the high life in Hong Kong. The guys are looking forward to joining up in Vietnam next week, but for now, it’s time for the LBP. This week’s topic came in from Trevor Pirtle from Real Life English who asked...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/concepts-help-build-wealth/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/concepts-help-build-wealth/ This week, Dan and Ian are talking about some chessmaster stuff. This is an episode all about making strategic moves in your business that you can implement right away and start building wealth. You’ll hear the five concepts that Dan and Ian have used to grow their business and steal their...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/creating-profitable-events/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/creating-profitable-events/ –>Click here to subscribe to Tropical Talk Radio in iTunes. –>Leave me a message, question, or comment for the show. It’s time for another Tropical Talk Radio podcast, which gets published Friday afternoons (Hong Kong time). Here’s the link to subscribe in iTunes if you haven’t alrea...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/bootstrappers-guide-business-partnerships/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/bootstrappers-guide-business-partnerships/ Dan and Ian are coming at you today with some insight into what could be the most costly decision you’ll make in your business careers.  Many don’t think about it in terms of cost, but in this episode, Dan and Ian will make it abundantly clear why you sho...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/21-century-financial-script/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/21-century-financial-script/ After spending some time back in the States, both Dan and Ian have been experiencing some different viewpoints on personal finance.  Many of which are based on 20th century circumstances and have survived the turn of the century in our society and our mindsets. This episode is dedic...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/sold-a-business-lessons-learned/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/sold-a-business-lessons-learned/ Dan and Ian’s dreamy voices are drifting into your earbuds this week to bring you some insight on a real life experience they’ve just been through… selling a business.  You’ll get to hear the fellas 7 points on what they did, and what they will do differently next time they...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/a-fireside-chat/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/a-fireside-chat/ Dan and Ian sit down from opposite sides of the USA to bring you a nice, relaxing fireside chat and answer six personal business philosophy questions.  This episode is inspired by Joe Magnotti and Justin Cooke from the Empire Flippers and their 50th podcast episode, where they answer the same questions. Yo...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/seo-sabotage-penguin-updates/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/seo-sabotage-penguin-updates/ –>Click here to subscribe to Tropical Talk Radio in iTunes. –>Leave me a message, question, or comment for the show. It’s time for another Tropical Talk Radio podcast, which gets published Friday afternoons (Hong Kong time). Here’s the link to subscribe in iTunes if you haven’t a...

http://www.tropicalmba.com/philosophical-conversation-get-paid-bank/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/philosophical-conversation-get-paid-bank/ Dan and Ian are joined on the show today by good friend and incredibly gifted entrepreneur Jon Myers.  Jon is a customer experience and user interface designer with an impressive client roster including some of the organizations to which you may pay taxes....