7-Figure Small

Do you believe we were all born to do a certain type of work? More importantly, do you feel you re doing what you were born to do? I spent the first 27 years of my life with no feeling of purpose whatsoever. I went to law school after college because I had an aptitude for... Listen to episode

Have you seen the film The Big Short? It s about the investor bets made against the U.S. housing market due to negligence and fraud involving mortgage-backed securities, which ultimately led to the Great Recession that began in December of 2007. At the time, Jordan Harbinger was a young Wall Street attorney at a high-flying firm... Listen to episode

As we ve discussed before on the show, everyone at every level usually has a side hustle going on. It s the process by which we leverage what we re doing now to do the next, bigger, and more gratifying thing. Sometimes the signals are clear that the side project is ready to become the main thing (or... Listen to episode

It s an amazing time to be a solopreneur. Affordable technology plus the reach of the Internet allows for outsized profits by a company of one. And yet, the true power of the company of one is in the network that surrounds it. Avoiding collaboration and virtual team building is not only shortsighted, it can be... Listen to episode

Video is the most popular form of online content. And YouTube is the world s second largest search engine. That said, a lot of us are more comfortable with creating text and audio content. Producing great video is generally more intensive work, and let s face it … we can be a little self-conscious in front of... Listen to episode

There s no profession that I respect more than those who teach. And it s a shame that those who educate our children can barely make a living. In stark contrast, the opportunities for entrepreneurs in the online education space are incredibly lucrative. And it makes sense that we ll see people defect from traditional education to entrepreneurial... Listen to episode

I m a big fan of partnering with others to create successful products and services. It s what I ve done in the majority of my successful businesses. Of course, there s a right way to approach collaboration, and a potentially disastrous way. And it s almost maddening how much of a gut check it is when it comes down... Listen to episode

Online education is a $23 billion a year industry in the U.S. alone, and growing. And the demand is for people who have the expertise they teach, rather than for traditional institutions of higher learning. Today we re chatting with Sean McCabe, a great guy who helps people build their own businesses based on their interests.... Listen to episode

Successful people present a conundrum to those seeking to achieve something similar. We try to learn from and emulate those who we see as ideal, but that s not always effective. A recent study shows that students who learned that great scientists struggled, both personally and intellectually, outperformed those who learned only of the scientists great... Listen to episode

It sounds fantastic, doesn t it? All you need are your words and a laptop as your means of production when it comes to this digital business. There s no doubt that self-published ebooks can be lucrative. The thing you may not realize, however, is that as a digital intellectual property business, it can be quite sophisticated... Listen to episode