Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

In this week’s episode, Dan and Ian talk about hustling. Most people are better at talking about hustling than actually getting it done. Tweeting that you are hustling doesn’t mean you’re hustlin’. :) Just sitting in front of your laptop for 60 hours/week is not enough. If you listen to this episode, “The Tao of the Hustle”, you’ll learn the character traits that make an authentic hustler. In the...

This week, Dan is speaking to you from Bali while Ian is back in San Diego after a trip to Washington, DC. In order to stick to the promised weekly schedule, this is a re-publish of Episode #28 (Dan and Ian recorded a brand new 4-minute intro.) This episode is all about visualizing. Dan and Ian visualized their target revenue to be $100,000 a year ago. As of this month, this goal is reached. You w...

Dan and Ian talk about 6 tips that both help you get a date and make more sales. Sales and seduction techniques are strikingly similar in many ways, studying one will also improve your success in the other area. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! :)

Dan and Ian just finalized their Hong Kong incorporation and announce a new publishing schedule for the Lifestyle Business Podcast. There has been an incredible explosion of new listeners to the podcast over the last few months. Therefore, Dan and Ian re-introduce themselves and their business beliefs in this episode. They talk about: How much money Dan and Ian are they making from this podcast Wh...

Dan and Ian travelled 5 different countries over the last few weeks. Each of these places comes with many reasons to do business or live. In this episode, you’ll find out why Dan and Ian travel, live and do business in the following locations: USA China Bali/Indonesia Philippines Hong Kong Besides that, we have a quick tip that will increase your email productivity and give you updates on what we’...

Did you read the Four Hour Work Week and are struggling to get your business off the ground? In this podcast episode, Dan and Ian discuss 7 common mistakes that aspiring entrepreneurs make. Building a business isn’t an easy undertaking. Listen to this podcast if you want to build a 4 Hour Work Week business, you may be making some of these deadly mistakes. If you want to support the show, check ou...

Dan and Ian talk about common traps and mistakes that people make when building an information marketing business. They also reveal the architecture of their upcoming membership sites. In the quick-tips, you’ll learn of a potentially life-changing read. Enjoy!

In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about rule breaking and rule making. As an entrepreneur, you can’t always wait for somebody else to give you permission. You have to make your own rules. In the quick tips, a few useful iPhone apps are discussed. Enjoy! If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happ...

In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about character traits and principles that self-made millionaires have in common. Dan is currently hanging out with some multi millionaire friends in Subic Bay. These successful entrepreneurs think and act very different than the average working class person. You’ll learn of 9 millionaire principles that you can start implementing today. If you want to support the...

Today, Dan and Ian compare going solo to hiring people and building a team. Almost everybody in the “lifestyle business” niche thinks that not having a team is the road to more freedom, less hassle, location independence or a “4 hour work week”. Dan and Ian’s case is the exact opposite: having a team and hiring people gives you more freedom (and also increases your chances of success) than flying...

Today, Dan and Ian discuss how to get started sourcing physical products from China. Furthermore, they discuss some of their own business failures. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! :) This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.

Today, Dan and Ian talk about 10 tactics that shady businessmen use. Dan and Ian DO NOT use or encourage any of these tactics, this episode is entirely hypothetical. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! :) This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.

Today, Dan and Ian talk about 7 ways how you (and your business) can profit from going location independent. Thanks to the Internet, globalization and tools that weren’t available a couple of years ago (e.g. Skype), it’s easier than ever before to go location independent. Not only is it fun to be location independent, it also has the potential to make you a bunch of cash. Have fun. Leave a comment...

Dan and Ian talk about 5 common myths about internet businesses. Other topics include using video to enhance your online presence, freight forwarders, how to never miss an international conference call again and a new invention that will revolutionize the world.

In this episode, Dan and Ian have a special guest: @SeanOgle. Sean is a successful online entrepreneur who works with Dan and Ian. Together, they discuss a fail proof method for success (hint: it has to do with networking). Furthermore, they talk about new findings from the SEO trenches. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! :)

In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about 5 signs why you might be a loser. These are 5 common issues that hinder entrepreneurial progress. The right mindset is one of the most important components if you want to crush it. In the quick tips section, Dan and Ian talk about how they lost 20 pounds in 8 week without exercise and how to never forget anything ever again. Our live podcast on Ustream last...

Today, Dan and Ian continue their discussion on how to finally get started with your business for $300 or less (part 1 here). After deciding on your product, you will learn how to line out your product in more detail, come up with a unique selling proposition and test your product without actually producing it. Dan & Ian also reveal a few naughty tricks that some of their friends used. Dependi...

A lot of people have been asking for more content focused on getting started with your online business. This is fun content for us to produce because I feel like we are always starting something new! We’ve got a lot of people around us doing the same so in this episode we start to talk about one slightly naughty approach you can take to getting started online. This is a long conversation so we’ll...

Hey podcast listeners, we are back in a big way in 2011. We are going to see some incredible changes in 2011, most notably, Ian and I bought a company! In this episode we discuss 4 mistakes that we made in 2010 that cost us big time, and how we are aiming to solve those issues in 2011. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.

To be honest, the days I’ve had to fire employees have been some of the most difficult in my entire life. Moving on these tough decisions is critical for growing your business. I’ve seen businesses struggle big time because of the inability of entrepreneurs’ to make tough personel decisions. In this episode Ian and I talk about the dirty business of firing people for the benefit of your business.

One of the most common questions I’m asked is about how to get a web application developed. Many people have great ideas for new web technologies and with Elance just a few clicks away the temptation is huge to throw some money at your idea and get it live to the world. I’m sure this can work for some people, but I’ve screwed it up royally a few times, and I can off the top of my head list 5 frien...

We’ve got so many cool things coming up here on the podcast including my made in India software screw up mid next week, our internet marketing summit in Thailand, and our auto trading product launch (we’ll be sharing all the details!). That’s just the start! This episode is about a topic that has been destroying my inbox in the past 2 weeks. So many smart people are getting hung up on analysis par...

an and I have both been manufacturing products in China for over 5 years. In this episode we talk in detail about our plan to be a distributor of sport bike replacement fairings and why the whole thing fell apart. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios.

Hey party people, I just stepped foot back in Manila and I’m catching up on mounds of email. This episode was recorded about a week ago. We have had tons more going on and a few more KILLER iTunes reviews since that time, thanks to everyone who takes the time to say nice things about the show there. Looking forward to recording another show this week! :)

YO! How are you? I’ve been back in the old USA for over one week now and I’m having tons of thoughts about it (its been over a year!) I hope to write a few blog posts about it. In this episode Ian and I discuss concepts that regular listeners of the show are probably pretty used to hearing from us. We currently have a lot of overhead in our business and we are exploring ways to efficiently deploy...