The OpenWorld Podcast: Live Without Limits

They were overwhelmed, and drifting apart. Life was a blur from day to day between owning a restaurant and managing a Dean Witter brokerage office. Billy and Akaisha Kaderli realized that it was time to make a change, so they booked a one-way ticket and re-invented their lives.

It seemed crazy: they were only 38, far too young to retire. No one understand or supported their choice. They wondered if they would survive. Excited but nervous, they took the plunge, and never looked back. They've been going for 24 years, and have no signs of stopping.

Most of us can retire early and pursue our dreams while we are still young and vibrant enough to enjoy them, but we let fear and a lack of desire stop us. Billy and Akaisha teach others how they can make the plunge and think outside of the box, step outside of their comfort zone, and take calculated risks to lead the lifestyle they want.

How they fill the void after subtracting work to find greater meaning and enjoyment in life

Why experiences enrich one’s life much more than money

What they’ve learned from 24 years of traveling the world

How travel has changed over the years and how technology has evolved to transform our lives

Exclusive travel tips to manipulate exchange rates to hack travel (26:00)

Leveraging geo-arbitrage to multiply your lifestyle quotient

How to apply the principles of minimalism to gain clarity and control in your life

How to invest to support your lifestyle

Highlights and favorite moments from 24 years’ of adventures

And more...

If you’ve ever wanted to shake up your routine and make a new and exciting change in your life, then listen to Billy and Akaisha’s story and also check out their blog and books at Retire Early Lifestyle!

They were overwhelmed, and drifting apart. Life was a blur from day to day between owning a restaurant and managing a Dean Witter brokerage office. Billy and Akaisha Kaderli realized that it was time to make a change, so they booked a one-way ticket and re-invented their lives. It seemed crazy: they were only 38, far […]

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

-Matt Ward, Art of the Kickstart

We live in an exciting time in history. If you have a dream invention, product, or business that you’ve been wanting to launch, it is easier today than ever before. 

Now you can take your idea and present it on Kickstarter, ask people for money to fund it, and they actually give it to you. It's one of those so-crazy-it-might-work ideas, and it has worked, like crazy. Thousands of entrepreneurs are crowdfunding at this very moment, some to the tune of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. 

Crowdfunding through a website like Kickstarter is an incredible innovation of the Sharing Economy, but it's far from being "free money." A crowd funding campaign can be the most grueling month or two of your life - and it takes a great deal of preparation, planning, persistence, patience, and a little bit of luck, to see it through successfullty.

That's why I invited Matt Ward from Art of the Kickstart on to the podcast. Matt and I met in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and connected instantly. Matt's mission is to help out the entrepreneurs who are in the trenches, grinding away, trying to successfully start their own businesses. Matt has a ton of awesome free information on his blog and podcast, and he also does one-on-one consulting with entrepreneurs.

This interview was an awesome tour-de-force of crowd funding, sales psychology, profitable marketing strategies, branding and much more.

7 Steps to Starting your Kickstarter Campaign

The seven steps to crowdfunding that we break down during the interview and discuss in detail.

Decide what your project is and tell a story

Decide how much money you want to raise: how do you decide how much to raise?

Decide what rewards you will give, and pledge amounts

Decide on a duration

Make a video to explain and promote

Prepare a list of backers and outlets to contact beforehand

Set up the campaign and launch!

Crowdfunding, marketing, and persuasion tactics discussed in the interview

The Inventor's Syndrome: The Achille's Heel of entrepreneurs - and how to avoid falling flat on your face

Escape Velocity: Why crowdfunding is also an ingenious marketing strategy

How to determine how much to raise

How to come out with a bang - so that you raise the vital 20-30% of your goal right off the bat

Four compelling story lines to engage your audience (26:15)

How to connect and engage with your audience on an emotional and human level (31:38)

How to create irresistible rewards and the most profitable pledge levels so that you can find your "sweet spot" (34:20)

The four different types of successful videos (43:20)

And more!

This is a great interview if you're interested in learning about how to crowdfund through Kickstarter. But it's also a great interview on marketing and entrepreneurship in general. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it!

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” -Matt Ward, Art of the Kickstart We live in an exciting time in history. If you have a dream invention, product, or business that you’ve been wanting to launch, it is easier today than ever before.  Now you can take your idea and present it on […]

In the past week alone, to manage my clients and workers, I've made business calls to Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, Malta, London, the Caribbean, Dubai, Boston, and Thailand. How do I do manage all these time zones? Espresso shots and power naps.

Today I invited Hassan Osman, an expert at managing remote teams and author of “Influencing Virtual Teams,” onto the show.

Want to learn how to better manage your remote work relationships, so you can build your business faster with less stress? Well, now's your chance.

Hassan's book is an Amazon #1 Bestseller in the Office Management, Outsourcing, and Office Automation categories. He’s also a senior program manager at Cisco Systems, where he's been managing virtual teams for over ten years.

After reading Hassan's book, I invited him to share his experience with us who run location-independent businesses and/or work remotely in order to better improve our processes and outsourcing systems.

Things we discuss in the interview:

The most important thing to focus on to manage or lead effectively

A simple strategy for hiring the best remote workers and virtual assistants

Simple and straight-forward psychological secrets to persuade people to do what you want

The #1 reason why so many remote work relationships fail

How to decide WHAT to outsource, and when to start outsourcing

How to apply the "5 Whys" to correct mistakes and make your systems more effective

And much more!

Hassan is a wealth of knowledge and expertise in effective leadership management and shared a ton of great insights during the interview!

Free Gift to You:

Download Hassan's free e-book to learn how to coordinate and schedule virtual team meetings across various time zones.

Additional Resources:

Hassan's book "Influencing Virtual Teams" now available on Amazon.

Also check out Hassan's blog at Part Time Webpreneur for a ton of great content on how he wrote and launched a best-selling Kindle ebook.

Odesk - The world's largest online marketplace for hiring freelancers and remote workers.

Online Jobs - Job board and recruitment site for hiring online workers in the Philippines (the world's 3rd largest English-speaking country, and a great location to find virtual assistants)

Bolton Remote - Remote staffing agency that recruits remote workers for you, so you can focus on building your business.

Jing - free screen recording software. Allows you to record and talk into videos and then paste a link in an e-mail or message, to communicate more easily with workers and clients.

WebEx / Google Hangout - tools for video conferencing.

Time and Date - View the local time and date across multiple timezones simultaneously

Doodle - free web app for scheduling meetings with multiple parties

In the past week alone, to manage my clients and workers, I’ve made business calls to Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, Malta, London, the Caribbean, Dubai, Boston, and Thailand. How do I do manage all these time zones? Espresso shots and power naps. Today I invited Hassan Osman, an expert at managing remote teams and author […]

Local Online Marketing - an Easy and Lucrative Business Model

Sandboarding in Florianapolis, Brazil, Kevin's second home.

Today's guest has taught over 10,000 students how to work from home as a consultant earning $5,000 to 10,000 per month performing simple online marketing for local businesses in their neighborhoods.

The beauty of Kevin's model is that (in true lifestyle-design fashion) it requires very little capital or know-how to get started. Kevin’s system is unique, simple, and easy for anyone to get started, so I invited him for a chat to share how the process works.

"Am I Really Meant to Be an Entrepreneur?"

Today, Kevin is one of the top internet marketing trainers. However, Kevin's story of how he got to this point is a gut-wrenching tale of resilience, persistence, and defiance in the face of disaster and defeat.

When he started his entrepreneurial journey, his outlook was bleak.

"Between my online business and two part-time jobs, I was earning less than $5,000 a year," he confides.

Ever day was a struggle to survive, using cash advance checks to pay his rent and buy groceries. That all lasted until his credit ran dry and everything was maxed out. Kevin vividly recalls the day it happened. It was a major defining point in his life when the credit card statement came and said, “Kevin, you’re now maxed out on this credit card as well.” He had no more options left. From that point forward, he couldn’t even buy food for himself.

Then things took a turn for the worse. While driving on the highway, he smashed his car into the car in front of him, completely totaling it.

In spite of everything, Kevin remained optimistic about the future. He always believed that he was meant to be successful. But when he got home, reality told a different story: he was sitting in a crappy apartment with no car, no options, no nothing, and still wasn’t having any success online.

It was at this point he asked himself:

"Am I really meant to be an entrepreneur?"

The world seemed to be telling him that no, this was not for him. But everything inside of him, all of his hopes and dreams, said: "Yes. I have to be an entrepreneur, no matter what it takes."

In this interview, Kevin shares the gritty details of his journey and how he finally overcame a decade of hardships. Kevin literally “crashed and burned,” hit the pavement hard, picked himself up, and turned things around through pure grit and a “whatever-it-takes” attitude.

He also shares the secrets of the local online marketing business model he's developed, including:

Four tips to attract high-value, highly-profitable clients

The highly-effective "consultative-sales model" which enables 95% of sales to close themselves

How to position and present yourself as a consultant

How to automate lead-generation and outsource operations (even if you're in Brazil and your clients are in the US)

And much more!

This was a great interview with tremendous insights. I have known Kevin and learned from him for years and was super excited to speak with him in this interview!

Local Online Marketing – an Easy and Lucrative Business Model Today’s guest has taught over 10,000 students how to work from home as a consultant earning $5,000 to 10,000 per month performing simple online marketing for local businesses in their neighborhoods. The beauty of Kevin’s model is that (in true lifestyle-design fashion) it requires very little capital or […]

Want to live on permanent holiday, or retire in the near future so you can travel the world?

Today's guest found a way to do exactly that.

In 2010 Jasper had a highly lucrative career in finance. He worked hard, party hard, took business trips on the company’s dollar and stayed at fancy hotels. But the existential questions began to creep in.

He was waking up way too early, commuting back and forth to work, everything felt robotic and he just wasn’t happy. He thought to himself: is this what life is all about? The more he thought about it, the more his answer was “no.” 

He wanted to quit his job, but wasn't sure what to do. He Googled a bunch of ways to make money online.

Most of the things he tried didn't work too well.

Then Jasper found a way to earn over $60,000 a year simply by renting out his apartment through AirBnB. He was able to "break free" and travel the world indefinitely.

Jasper has gone on to co-author the definitive and best handbook to teach others how to make money with AirBnB, a recently-published book available on Amazon called Get Paid for Your Pad.

He has developed a step-by-step system that anyone can use to launch themselves to financial and lifestyle freedom, using AirBnB.

Things we discuss during the interview:

How anyone can quit their job tomorrow and become a self-reliant "micropreneur"

How to optimize your AirBnB listing for maximum results and maximum profitability

How to stand out and become the top AirBnB host in your local area

Different scenarios for success: making money to pay bills, or live the full-time location independent lifestyle

How to find good landlord and work with them if you rent, or pay off your mortgage if you buy a home

The best pricing and customer service strategies for succeeding with AirBnB (or any type of business)

Why NOW is the time to get involved in the "Sharing Economy" - and how the Sharing Economy can change your life, starting today.

How to automate the entire process, as Jasper does

...And much more!

Thanks to the Sharing Economy, it is possible to earn an income sharing resources you already have. You can also save a lot of money by sharing other people's resources versus purchasing everything yourself. In today's Sharing Economy there are "peer-to-peer" markets for everything from surfboards, RV spaces, kitchen tools and even robots.

Resources mentioned during the interview:

AirBnB - Start renting out your space now and earning money to travel, the way that Jasper does.

Get Paid for Your Pad (podcast) - Jasper's popular podcast on AirBnB.

Get Paid for Your Pad (book) - Jasper's new hands-on "how-to" book to using AirBnB available on Amazon.

Guesty - automate the AirBnB listing management process. Use Jasper's promo code to get the first 14-days for free: GPFYP.

Sharing Economy Resources

Peers.org - Free resource with information about the Sharing Economy.

Flight Car - Park your car at the airport and rent it out to people who arrive at the same airport.

Get Around - Make money renting your automobile to your neighbors.

This was one of the best and most informative "how-to" interviews we've published on our podcast. Enjoy!

Want to live on permanent holiday, or retire in the near future so you can travel the world? Today’s guest found a way to do exactly that. In 2010 Jasper had a highly lucrative career in finance. He worked hard, party hard, took business trips on the company’s dollar and stayed at fancy hotels. But […]