Ever feel you have no clue how to start a business? Scared? Confused? Well, Jamila Tazewell was like you, but she started anyway. A struggling artist-designer living in New York and working two jobs apart from running a side business, she wanted success badly. She had no idea what she was doing, but forced herself to venture out of her bubble and contact the stores she wanted to sell her wallets, handbags, jewelry, etc. to. Once you start, all kinds of magic will happen, she says. And it did.

In this case study, you will learn:  

EPISODE 32: Charlie Pabst designed coffee shops for a famous coffee company. He produced more work than several others, but got paid less. He waited for a while for things to change, but nothing happened. Enough was enough, so he started doing graphic and web design on the side and quit his job. No business experience, no prior graphic design experience. Here's his story...it could be yours, too. 

In this case study, you will learn: 

Kristin Tara Horowitz and her partner Yishai Horowitz started a (rock climbing / bouldering) gym, SLO Op Climbing, in San Luis Obispo, a small town in California. From 10 free users in 2003, the gym has 800 monthly subscribers today. Customers get so much value from the gym that they actually funded its expansion a few years ago. This is a perfect example of an organization that provides so much value that it has no choice but to grow. 

In this case study, you will learn:

EPISODE 30: Megan Hunt wanted to go to Germany and become an English teacher. Instead, she ended up starting a global bridal and dress design company in Omaha, Nebraska. She's owned multiple businesses since then and now runs HelloHoliday.com, an online fashion retail business that she feels is closer to the bullseye, i.e. her ideal business. 

Are you looking for your ideal business? Read on and learn how she's getting close to building hers, and how you can, too. 

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Jonathan Pincas co-founded The Tapas Lunch Company,  a food importing business while pursuing his Ph.D around 10 years ago. He had no idea what he was in for. He admits if he knew what he was getting into, he wouldn't have started the business in the first place.

He and his co-founder Jessica jumped in the deep end without knowing it and learned how to swim, or not drown.

Today the business is closing in on £1,000,000 in revenues.

His new book, More: The Self-investment Mentality describes the mindset he's cultivated over the years.

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Benny Lewis had a couple of mental blocks about a decade ago: he felt was bad at learning languages and wasn't good enough to write a blog.

It turned out he was wrong on both counts.

With twelve years of world travel under his belt, Benny now speaks around 10 languages fluently, built a hugely popular blog and just published his first book too.

Moral of the story? Never doubt yourself. Just start and learn as you go.

In 2008, Emma Reynolds made headlines in the Sunday Times having been named by Management Today as one of the 'Top 35 Women under 35' to watch. Her new Human Resources/Marketing consulting business was killing it in the U.K. A year later she was forced to shut down her business and found herself at the Wimbledon car boot sale trying to sell her belongings so she could pay for dinner.

Fast forward to today. Emma is Co-founder & CEO of e3reloaded, a Creative/Human Resource agency based in Hong Kong that generates US$1 Million in annual sales.

Listen to this case study to learn the twists and turns Emma's life has taken and to glean precious insights about how to start and build a global consulting/agency business.

Scott Meyer literally traveled near and far to find work he could do that would actually make a difference. And he found it five years ago. Today, Scott and his brother run two businesses with combined revenues of a million dollars. Doing work that matters.

In this case study, you will learn:

How a simple observation can spark a million dollar business. You don't need special powers to start a business, just an open mind.

How Scott 'connected the dots' from all his past experiences and travels and started 9Clouds.com, a digital literacy and marketing company, with his brother.

The biggest mistake Scott made, and what he would do differently if he were to start over.

How you can be productive whilst starting a business, even if you have a day job.

Who Scott would like to emulate and why.

Clear action steps you can use today to start a business like Scott's in the next 4 to 6 weeks.

Long hours and inflexibility at his corporate job drove Andrew Youderian to quitting his job and starting an ecommerce business, and another one a couple of years later. Both businesses together ended up generating $1 million+ in annual revenues. In this case study, Andrew talks about how he did it. You will also learn:

Two contrasting approaches Andrew took to build each of his businesses, and the results that followed.

Should you start a business based on a product you're passionate about?

The top 3 key success factors for building a profitable ecommerce business. 

How to beat Amazon.com, an e-retailer that sells almost everything under the sun. 

The pricing sweetspot: the ideal price point you should aim for. 

3 key actions you can start taking today to start and build a profitable ecommerce business.

Go to radicaltribe.com/episode25 for a detailed summary of the entire episode. 

Carin and Ridlon Kiphart jumped out of the 9-to-5 bandwagon when they realized travel & adventure was all they wanted. That was 20 years ago. Now known as 'The Adventure Couple', they run adventure travel tours across the globe. When not out on the field, they teach others how to live an adventurous live via their blog (link below). 

Their journey towards doing work they loved started very differently from all the other guests on this show. Yet, it's the simplest way to start. On this case study, you will learn: