
"Fatherhood is working for myself and showing my son he can do the same." Ben Carlson
Ben grew up in rural Minnesota where he spent the majority of his free time around his grandparents farms. 
Armed with a high school diploma, a few credits from a technical college and a desire to learn and better himself he taught himself how to program in PHP and In 2000 he turned his love of programming into a job building custom websites back in Minnesota, for a failed startup during the dot-com bust. 
After missing a few paychecks at the startup, he went to work for Dennis Kirk, Inc. and ran the development team which took the site from $900k/year to $36MM/year. Ben lives with his son in Frisco, Texas
Ben's Website: HERE http://hillfold.com/
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$40K Pay Cut, Self-Taught Web Developer, $5K Challenge | Ben Carlson | Side Hustle Episode 52

Startup Dad Headquarters is a podcast created specifically to highlight Entrepreneur Dads | Fathers who are saying, “Enough is Enough” to the Status Quo & Limiting Beliefs and taking MASSIVE ACTION to build and grow their businesses. This podcast is uniquely designed to give you Inspiration, Leadership and Actionable advice from dads | fathers | husbands who are in the “TRENCHES” making it happen (Grinding, Building, Growing & Crushing It). So if you've been saying to yourself, “I wish I could start my own business” or “One Day I'll own my own business” or if you're a Serial Entrepreneur Dad, Side Hustle Dad, or a Small Business Owner - online business or brick and mortar business - the Startup Dad Headquarters Podcast is absolutely for you! 

Like you, the host of the show, Joel Louis has garnered inspiration from books like “The 4 hour workweek” by Tim Ferriss and “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Guy Kawasaki and by various entrepreneur podcasts such as Entrepreneur on Fire with John Lee Dumas, The Smart Passive Income Podcast with Pat Flynn and This is Your Life with Michael Hyatt and have wondered the HOW from a Fatherhood | Family standpoint. How are these entrepreneur dads (interview guests) building, running and growing a business with kids – spouse – family – Responsibilities? Are they even spending “Real-Quality Time” with their family | children? Joel’s mission is to show you that not only is it Possible to build your DREAMS, take the LEAP, and leave a LEGACY for your children while being a super engaged dad but it’s necessary that you do it and you do it NOW.

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