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Here’s every article posted at TMBA since 2009.
This post attempts to sum it up (but that was a few years ago!). Since then, we sold our business, and many new things have happened around the blog.
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5 Ways to Start a New Business in 2020
Entering the entrepreneurial life does not always require light bulb moments and inventing the next great thing. The following are five trusted methods to help you look for new opportunities and capitalize on them.
5 Tips for Being Great at Email in 2020
Despite teams adopting project management tools and more platforms for communicating, email is still the center of business in 2020. It’s highly probable that the importance of email will continue to endure.
How to Get Started in Ecommerce in 2020 feat. Allen Walton
Have you thought about starting a business with all this extra time at home? Many people are, and they are seeking the right information on how to get started. A listener named Sabrina, who is quarantined in Tokyo wrote to us as she’s looking for entrepreneurial opportunities and wants to know how to best use this time to learn.
Enjoy Your Weekend, We’ll Be Dustin’
Dusting off the blog has revealed more cracks and crevices than anticipated. We’re fixing our RSS feed and content is on its way. There’ll be a new blog post posted on Monday.
An Entrepreneur’s Timeline for Generating Wealth
When does an entrepreneur become wealthy? If an entrepreneur can follow the path without too much diversion, potentially within ten years of starting. This generalized path to wealth for bootstrapping entrepreneurs is straight forward but it’s not the same for everyone.
Going Big with Your Business and the Sweet Spot of Asset Buying
Dynamite Jobs has started to take off these last few weeks so the question was posed, ‘how do you make your business big enough to buy a Boeing 737 within 7 years?’ Dynamite Jobs has been gently growing an audience and creating a great experience for its users since 2017 (over 1000 days ago).
Which COVID Economic Changes Will Be Lasting? ft. Noah Kagan
To explore what changes are here to stay and what will go back to ‘normal’, Dan and Ian played a game called ‘Yay or Nay’ with Noah Kagan. Here’s how it went: the three of them set the hypothetical date of January 1st, 2021 and asked each other which big changes will continue right up until that time.
Ways to Save Money - Taxes, Money, Accounting ft. Mario Lucibello
Dan and Ian called up their accountant to get some actionable advice for saving money as well as his take on PPP loans. Mario Lucibello is a CPA, a tax strategist, and the team’s go-to person for financial questions.
Why I am Living in Bali, Indonesia
I’m currently living in Bali, Indonesia. I’m in the final steps on throwing down some serious loot on a 1 year lease, which for somebody who has been publicly diagnosed with “location ADHD,” and who has bounced around the world like a ping pong ball for the last 3 years, is a pretty huge deal. I don’t think I’ve changed much. My values are still pretty much the same.
Want To Build a Lifestyle Business? Follow These 8 Lessons
Time goes by fast. Exactly 10 months ago, I met Dan and Sean (from Badladz) for the first time. Naturally, our first meeting culminated in an epic night out in Manila. On the next morning, we rose at 5am (a bit too early in my opinion) to avoid traffic-jam and made our way to Puerto Galera. From this day on, I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time with Dan and Sean until I left 6 months later.