In the second of a three-part series, Neel gives you an ultimate guide to hiring, from his own successful playbook!

This episode shares the six places that MaidThis posts jobs ad to find talent for their local services business.

Those places include:

Oh, did you want the other two?  You'll have to listen to the episode :-)

In the first of a three-part series, Neel gives you an ultimate guide to hiring, from his own successful playbook!

This episode focuses on the mindset (and a few tactics) for hiring in general and putting up your job ad.

Great tips which are included:

There's plenty more here.  This is the sit down and take notes kind of episode.

In this episode Neel interviews Chris Munn, a fellow remote local entrepreneur.

Chris grew up in Detroit, now lives in LA (though he lived in Paris for a while), but has a cleaning business based in Tampa.  Neel connected with him on Twitter and they had a chance to meet and connect in real life and decided to continue on some of the themes they had a chance to discuss when together, including:

Enjoy the episode, and if you want to catch up with Chris on Twitter you can find him here.

In this episode Neel interviews Jodie Cook, who recently exited her remote local business (and is getting ready to start another!).

Jodie knew from an early age that she wanted to work and earn her own money and be independent, and that hustle meant sometimes two jobs as she figured out what she wanted to do.  Turns out that was a social media digital marketing agency that began from the desire to travel and work.  It would be some time before she realized that travel/work relationship in her business, but when she did, it was one month away, two months back in the UK for five years before her 7-figure exit.

Jodie also shares:

If you want more Jodie you can find her website here and check her out on Twitter here.

In this episode Neel and David talk about limiting beliefs, how to identify them, and how to replace them with empowering beliefs.

David has been preparing to leave for 90 days off the grid and was worried one of his businesses would implode and Neel was battling the idea that more growth = worse life.  Both of them share how these limiting beliefs paralyzed them for a while and how they moved past them.

They also discuss:

Neel also points out that sometimes a friend who is an exact refutation of one of your beliefs can be right next to you.  In his case, a friend had 400+ employees but did not seem to have a crappy life..

Enjoy the episode!

In this episode Neel and David sit down with Derek Dodds and have a leisurely conversation about how Derek found his calling.

Derek currently runs WaveTribe, an ecological surf company, has an interest in Naked Armor, a wet shaving company, and serves an advisor to a publishing company he co-founded, 2 Seas Agency.  The path he took to get to those projects is anything but conventional.

Derek also shares:

Enjoy the episode!

If you want to connect with Derek you can find him on Facebook or Instagram or on his personal site.

In this episode Neel and David brainstormed, putting the podcast itself into the frame that they discussed in Episode 32: the three levels of entrepreneurship. If you haven't listened to that episode yet, do so, so that this episode will make more sense!

Neel and David consider the podcast to be still at Level 1, aka "Podcasting for Dummies."  They discussed the origins of the podcast, why they prefer a conversation/co-host format, and why they keep the episodes short in length.

They also discuss:

Enjoy the episode!

In this episode Neel and David share the ONE BIG SECRET of successful remote local business owners.

Okay, so the secret is...well you're going to have to listen to the episode to get it, but here are some of the other things Neel and David talk about:

Enjoy the episode!

In this episode Neel interviews Johnny Robinson and Sergio Silesky, co-founders and owners of Orange Window Cleaning.

Johnny and Sergio didn't grow up as entrepreneurs...in fact it wasn't until college when they found out that "anyone" could start a business and started a side hustle in residential and commercial window cleaning.  That side hustle became a real-deal business when they found out that they hated jobs that they had been trained to get after going to college.  And now they are on their way to amazing things.

Some knowledge they drop includes:

Enjoy the episode and find Sergio and Johnny on Twitter and let them know we sent you :-)

In this episode Neel and David discuss his upcoming disappearing act: he's going to be totally off-grid for the first three months of 2022.

David has been doing meditation for 6-7 years now and sees a three-month off-the-grid training to be a teacher in the Vedic meditation tradition as the next step.  But he has a portfolio of businesses...what to do?

Neel quizzes David on:

Enjoy the episode!