Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Business:Entrepreneurship
Going deeper on shiny object syndrome, Dan & Ian open the mailbag to read responses to last week’s episode. A listener shares his success story with shiny object syndrome, revealing how he pursues his entrepreneurial impulses without growing crazy. The listener emphasizes the value of muscle memory when it comes to going from zero to one successfully.
Dan & Ian will also discuss how to use societal and scene shifts to gain traction on an idea and even build a successful business out of an idea that might seem a little stupid (to everyone else) at the time.
Plus, we’re looking for our next TMBA team member! If you love reading and writing about business topics and think working alongside Dan & Ian might seem like fun (or a little stupid!), let's talk.
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Show Notes
Links:
Sign up for a DC Black Q&A virtual meeting (open to all)
Join us in Playa del Carmen, Mexico this May
The Anti-Agency Agency + High ROI Customer Acquisition
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
The score takes care of itself (Bill Walsh)
You can have two Big Things, but not three
Past guests on TMBA include Cal Newport, David Heinemeier Hannson, Seth Godin, Ricardo Semler, Noah Kagan, Rob Walling, Jay Clouse, Einar Vollset, Sam Dogan, Gino Wickam, James Clear, Jodie Cook, Mark Webster, Steph Smith, Taylor Pearson, Tommy Griffith, Justin Tan, Matt Gartland, Travis Jamison, Ayman Al-Abdullah, Tynan, Lucy Bella Simkins, Brian Balfour, Nick Huber, Mike Michalowicz
Additional episodes you might enjoy:
Business Basics: Revenue Durability, “Small” Goals, & High-Leverage Meetings
Non-Obvious Ways to Grow Your Business + Favorite Moments of 2023
End-of-Year Brainstorming, Goal-Setting, and a Mexico Meltdown
TMBA 694: A 6-Year Journey to 7 Figures by Not Productizing
TMBA 693: 5 Things We’ve Learnt From Speaking With 50 Business Owners
TMBA 692: The Rewards and Sacrifices of Going Big
TMBA 691: Making Things Incredibly Difficult and Pointlessly Complicated
TMBA 690: Talking Content, Data Driven Decisions and Growth with Steph Smith
TMBA 689: Re-visiting Our Conversation with Seth Godin
TMBA 688: Mailbag: What Can Scorecards Do For You? And Equity Split Dilemmas
TMBA 687: 5 Strategies To Double Your Business in 2023
TMBA 686: Preparing To Take Time Away From Your Business
TMBA 685: From Agency to COO to CEO - A Case Study From SPI
TMBA 684: Personal Productivity vs. Business Productivity
TMBA 683: The Successful Business That Grew Out Of A Family Emergency
TMBA 682: Revisiting Some of Our Favorite Moments from 2022
TMBA 681: Our Take On The Parable Of The Mexican Fisherman And Year End Thoughts
TMBA 680: Mailbag: Permission vs Forgiveness, B2B vs B2C, And ‘The SOP Question’
TMBA 679: News Updates + “The Number”
TMBA 678: Evolving An Agency, With SaaS Mistakes Along The Way
TMBA 677: Digital Nomad Cities for 2023 and Choosing Between ‘Scaling Up’ And ‘Traction’
TMBA 676: Let’s Talk About DCBKK2022
TMBA 675: The Art of Personal Blogging Redux
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