#725 How One Entrepreneur Built a 7-Figure Brand Around a Very Niche Audience
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Dan is joined by a listener who wrote in with some compelling insights on community, cama...
#724 Hyper Niche Business Ideas with Big End Game Potential
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dan invites Dana Lindahl, founder of Legendary Podcasts, as a special guest on the pod. T...
#723 4 types of business coaches for 7+ figure founders and reflecting on our 15-year partnership
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian and Dan agree that partnerships can create polarized outcomes, either leading to a successful co...
#722 Revisiting the History of Digital Nomadism, AI For Connecting Founders, and the Big Focus Problem
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Dan & Ian talk about the early days of digital nomadism, what it says about the future, a...
#721 Dissecting the American Dream & Business Lessons from the Elon Musk Bio
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan & Ian react to a viral article that asks the question: Does the American Dream still make sense ...
#720 Brian Balfour’s $33M Growth Insights: Product-Market Fit, Durability, & Knowing Your Natural Limits
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dan for a wide-ranging conversation with Brian, the Founder and CEO of Reforge, as they dive in...
#719 The Nomads Dilemma, Anti-Traction Debate, and Summer Highlights
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ian host a dynamic summer roundup episode, sharing business highlights, dissecting the "noma...
#718 Lucy Bella Simkins Built a YouTube Channel with 10,000,000 Subscribers
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
YouTube creator, English teacher, and CEO Lucy Bella Simkins joins Dan on the pod to share some of t...
#717 A Game of Would You Rather ft. Noah Kagan
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summer in Barcelona comes to a close with a game of Would You Rather featuring the CEO of AppSumo, N...
#716 Too Old for Basketball, Business Books, & Personality Disorders in Action
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan flies solo this week in a 3-part episode where he circles back to a few hot topics that caught s...
#715 3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Business
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan raises the question: if you only had to implement one simple framework to improve your business,...
#714 Profit vs. Revenue and the Inside Scoop on Events for Founders
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan (https://twitter.com/TropicalMBA) and Ian (https://twitter.com/AnythingIan) give the inside scoo...
#713 How to Build an AI Startup with Jodie Cook
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Andrews (https://twitter.com/TropicalMBA) talks to Coachvox.ai founder Jodie Cook (https://twitt...
#712 Business Partnerships and 6-Figure Launches: A Conversation with Mark Webster
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Andrews (https://twitter.com/TropicalMBA) talks to Authority Hacker co-founder Mark Webster (htt...
#711 “Money is Your Responsibility” + News Updates
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two months ago, Dan & Ian were limited by their lack of visibility into their business finances. The...
#710 The Wheel of Despair and the Paradox of Growth
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ian have had hundreds of conversations with founders in 2023 so far. In today’s episode, t...
#709 How (Not) to Lose Money with Taylor Pearson
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is a TMBA all-timer. Taylor Pearson is an entrepreneur, writer, and co-founder o...
#708 The Path to 7-Figure Passive Ownership + We’re Hiring
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is one of Dan’s favorite people to talk business with. Justin Tan grew his product...
#707 Deceptively simple ways to have a better business
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Dan talks with agency owner John Ainsworth about how implementing seemingly sm...
#706 5 Things Founders Often Misunderstand about Exiting Their Business
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some bootstrapped entrepreneurs are fortunate enough to exit their businesses for life-changing mone...
#705 6 things we’ve learned about having good (and bad) business ideas
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Dan and Ian analyze different frameworks for developing a good business idea, and reflect on h...
#704 Moving Back to America… Was it Worth It?
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In what could be a polarizing conversation for the pod, Dan and Ian discuss one of the most popular ...
#703 Counting Money Is Making Money + High-Conflict Personalities
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ian deep dive into the high-conflict personalities that could derail your business and how t...
#702 Millions for Podcasts and Jay Clouse on Memberships
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Andrews (@TropicalMBA) talks with Jay Clouse (@jayclouse) about his $400K membership site, becom...
#701 Your 5 Closest Friends
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show Dan tests out the theory that the most important factor in your business success m...
TMBA 700: Biz Model Mock Draft + Once Upon a Time in Mexico
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show Dan shares some of the highlights of bringing together 200 entrepreneurs in Mexico...
TMBA 699: Secrets of a 7 Figure Brand
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Design is often, strangely, one of those things that bootstrappers tend to think about either too ea...
TMBA 698: Investing and The Price of Time
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an evolving economic landscape out there: interest rates are up, high paying tech jobs are do...
TMBA 697: This Founder Created a 45 Person Multi-7 Figure Business From a Podcast
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of how Property Hub, now a multi-7 figure online community and real estate acquisition and...
TMBA 696: The Current Landscape for Bootstrapped Businesses with Rob Walling
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first quarter of the year has been volatile for many large US-based tech companies, with thousan...
TMBA 695: The Money Theory of Location And Why Employee Scorecards Are So Helpful
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The ‘Money Theory of Location’ argues that calculating 4x the average salary in the place you ch...
TMBA 694: A 6-Year Journey to 7 Figures by Not Productizing
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How one entrepreneur has achieved huge growth in his business by ditching the low-cost ‘productize...
TMBA 693: 5 Things We’ve Learnt From Speaking With 50 Business Owners
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Dan and Ian reflect on some of the key observations they’ve taken away from calls with over ...
TMBA 692: The Rewards and Sacrifices of Going Big
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Going touches on so many themes we’ve been following on this show for over a decade. ...
TMBA 691: Making Things Incredibly Difficult and Pointlessly Complicated
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TMBA has followed Tommy Griffith’s story for nearly a decade, watching his ‘dorky’ side-hustle...
TMBA 690: Talking Content, Data Driven Decisions and Growth with Steph Smith
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When starting a business or advancing your career, or even just seeking to increase your public prof...
TMBA 689: Re-visiting Our Conversation with Seth Godin
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest has been massively influential on Dan and Ian from the very start of their journey. Se...
TMBA 688: Mailbag: What Can Scorecards Do For You? And Equity Split Dilemmas
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“This is an exciting podcast about traveling to tropical islands. And we're talking about employee...
TMBA 687: 5 Strategies To Double Your Business in 2023
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Dan recently reflected in the annual TMBA review, he and the Bossman saw their business almost do...
TMBA 686: Preparing To Take Time Away From Your Business
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Dan prepares to leave Barcelona after a month-long stay, this week’s show is all about being ab...
TMBA 685: From Agency to COO to CEO - A Case Study From SPI
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Agencies: creating them, the opportunities they offer, and some of the issues running them can creat...
TMBA 684: Personal Productivity vs. Business Productivity
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Business processes and systems have been an emerging theme on this show recently, and today Dan refl...
TMBA 683: The Successful Business That Grew Out Of A Family Emergency
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 2023 to all our listeners. The focus of this show has always been freedom, whatever that means...
TMBA 682: Revisiting Some of Our Favorite Moments from 2022
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2022 has been the year that we all got on the road again. Dan and Ian spent the summer in Barcelona,...
TMBA 681: Our Take On The Parable Of The Mexican Fisherman And Year End Thoughts
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As 2022 draws to a close Dan and Ian are in a reflective mood. In this week’s show they ponder the...
TMBA 680: Mailbag: Permission vs Forgiveness, B2B vs B2C, And ‘The SOP Question’
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show Dan and Ian respond to some listener comments and questions including non-comp...
TMBA 679: News Updates + “The Number”
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On a recent show Dan and Ian touched on ‘the lifestyle ladder’, and what different levels of per...
TMBA 678: Evolving An Agency, With SaaS Mistakes Along The Way
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Johnathan Solorzano, founder of Solo Media Group, joined us on the podcast just over two years ...
TMBA 677: Digital Nomad Cities for 2023 and Choosing Between ‘Scaling Up’ And ‘Traction’
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some call it ‘revenge travel’, others just call it ‘getting back to normal’ but people in th...
TMBA 676: Let’s Talk About DCBKK2022
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been three long years since DC members were able to gather in Bangkok to share great food, ex...
TMBA 675: The Art of Personal Blogging Redux
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are big changes in the wind at Twitter, with Elon Musk suggesting he might further open the pl...
TMBA 674: Going Viral For Saying ‘I Live Better In Thailand Than I Did In The U.S.’
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Jesse Schoberg, Co-founder of DropIn Blog, shared his thoughts about the huge benefits of livin...
TMBA 673: Side-Hustle to Multi-million Inc500 #98 Business
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Side-Hustles, which - with a lot of hard work - evolve into full-time businesses are a theme of many...
TMBA 672: Marketing by Building In Public: From Hobby to Major Business Opportunity
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It started as a hobby at college, and was also the way he met his wife but now ‘Dumpster Diving’...
TMBA 671: The Rewards Of Finding Your Niche
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dan is speaking to Andy Morgan, creator of RippedBody, a blog and coaching program targete...
TMBA 670: Business Updates: Remote First Recruiting, How Much Is Enough, And a Return To ‘The Europe Question’
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s show Dan and Ian share their Q4 business updates, including the reasons why they ha...
TMBA 669: Working Backwards And The ‘Write First’ Culture
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Books: seeking out good ones, talking about them, and implementing some of the things we discover in...
TMBA 668: 5 Small Ways To Go Big
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The summer of cycling and tapas in Barcelona, Spain has come to an end. Dan and Ian are back in Aust...
TMBA 667: Catching The Right Wave At The Right Moment
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show started, as so many of them do, as an in-person conversation in a dark bar in a cool ...
TMBA 666: Following The Signs In Your Business
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ‘Stair Step’ approach to entrepreneurship is a recurring theme on the TMBA. Coined of course...
TMBA 665: Reaching A $4M Run Rate In Less Than A Year
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What began as a window cleaning service he started at college has now spun into a multi-million busi...
TMBA 664: Pivoting From 'In Person' To A Software Business
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID pandemic saw many online businesses boom, especially those centered on E-commerce. But ent...
TMBA 663: Overrated and Underrated Business Concepts with Noah Kagan
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This show is a ‘drop in’ to the kind of conversations Dan and Ian have been having all summer lo...
TMBA 662: Expanding Education Options For Nomadic Families
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One growing theme in the TMBA community has been the search for increased options for location indep...
TMBA 661: The Rewards Of Challenging Assumptions
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
‘Rip, pivot and jam’ is a recurring theme on this show. It’s a way of overcoming the pressure ...
TMBA 660: Five Easy Ways to Work Smarter (Not Harder)
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who doesn’t want to maximize results, and spend less time - or just make better use of it - in the...
TMBA 659: The Power of Diversification and The Welcome End of DeFi Summer
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The TMBA ‘summer in Barcelona’ continues with a long-standing guest visiting the city, and hangi...
TMBA 658: Let’s Talk Fish And Ponds
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve received some great email responses prompted by last week’s episode ‘The Europe Question...
TMBA 657: The Europe Question
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recently Peer Richelsen tweeted ‘Ok, serious question: what keeps the average American (that can a...
TMBA 656: The Problems Of Being Both An Arsonist And A Firefighter As A Business Owner
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last time Dustin Overbeck came on the show he talked about why he chose to live in Transylvania, Rom...
TMBA 655: Deciding How To ‘Buy This, Not That’
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today Dan talks to one of our favorite writers Sam Dogan, the man behind ‘Financial Samurai’. An...
TMBA 654: Mailbag: Digital Nomad Dilemmas, DJ Updates, and Memories of Having a J-O-B
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember when you had to pretend that you had a dental appointment just to be able to attend ...
TMBA 653: Bangkok, Thailand and DCBKK. We’re Excited.
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ‘post-COVID’ location independent summer is beginning. We’re seeing more and more posts in...
TMBA 652: Mailbag: The Elephant in The Room with the 4HWW, and Can Solopreneurship Ever Make You Rich?
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 4-Hour Workweek was, and continues to be, a life changing inspiration to many seeking more freed...
TMBA 651: Finding Hope in The Aftermath of Loss
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Sherry Walling, is a respected clinical psychologist who specialises in entrepreneu...
TMBA 650: DeFi For The Long Game
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Unless you’ve been living in a cave recently (and if you have, hit us up because we’d love to he...
TMBA 649: Mailbag: Revenge Traveling, Founder Fit And Managing Net Worth
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show Dan and Ian are reaching into the mailbag to reflect on some topics that listeners...
TMBA 648: What Can Entrepreneurs Learn From PE Businesses, And Vice Versa?
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show challenges bootstrapped entrepreneurs to think about lessons they can draw from high-...
TMBA 647: The Opportunities In Bringing Technology To ‘The Real World’
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of entrepreneurs and listeners to this show are inspired to create ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’ ty...
TMBA 646: Key Takeaways From Our First Event In Playa Del Carmen
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s show is kinda a de-brief of our recent in-person event in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Da...
TMBA 645: Getting Started With A Regular Review Process
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wanted to get a regular review process going but just never get round to it because it...
TMBA 644: When Your Lifestyle Business Can No Longer Support You
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the themes of this show has always been ‘learning by doing’, and evolving your businesses...
TMBA643: Don't Build Your Castle On Someone Else's Land
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show Jeff Fruhwirth talks to Dan about how a failed foray into e-commerce, and a ch...
TMBA 642: Breaking Through Plateaus, And Other Important ‘P’s
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dan and Ian share updates about progress at ‘Dynamite Jobs’. Drawing on some sage advi...
TMBA 641: Deciding It’s Time To ‘Get Up And Move Over To Another Table’
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The last time Allen Walton was on the show he talked about the origins of his e-commerce business Sp...
TMBA 640: Who’s In Your Van?
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest challenges we discuss on the show is how to take businesses over the “five figu...
TMBA 639: Agency Break
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, GrowthHit’s Jim Huffman talks to Dan about the pros and cons of running a succe...
TMBA 638: Judging When To Jump On The Tailwind Of a Side-Project
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
‘Side hustles’ are a long running theme on this show: those ‘weekends and evenings’ projects...
TMBA 637: Our Favorite Books In The Time of Pandemic
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back by popular demand, Dan and Kyla Gardner blow the dust off their bookshelves, and fire up their ...
TMBA 636: Affiliate Marketing and The Stair Step Approach
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Affiliate Marketing businesses have been around way longer than this podcast, and it’s a model tha...
TMBA 635: The AntiWork Movement
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ‘AntiWork Movement’ has been with us for decades but, through the pandemic, it’s gained a ...
TMBA 634: The ‘Downside Protection’ of Investing in Bootstrapped Businesses
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tiny Seed co-founder Rob Walling joins Dan to share insights about why bootstrapped businesses, part...
TMBA633: Mailbag: Managing Teams and Creating Communities
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode Dan and Ian respond to some listener questions, thoughts and comments, incl...
TMBA632: A Journey From Productized to SaaS, Plus The Return Of ‘Donate a Business Idea’
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Productized or Software as a Service? A hot topic often discussed on TMBA. Of course, there’s no r...
TMBA631: Investing, Writing and Regrets, with Financial Samurai
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode of the New Year Dan talks to one of our favorite writers in the investment spa...
TMBA630: Investing in the Age of Autonomy
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s show Dan talks to Jake Ryan, CIO of the crypto hedge fund TradeCraft Capital and author...
TMBA629: Revisiting Some of Our Favorite Moments from 2021
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
2021 has been a landmark year for this show, and for entrepreneurs all around the globe. Though the ...
TMBA628: Staying True to Yourself in Business
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest has done something that so many entrepreneurs aspire to do: they have turned a bes...
TMBA627: Building an Agency You Can Exit From
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is all about building, scaling, and ultimately selling an agency. We know agencies d...
TMBA626: Talking Shop: Business Goals, Inflation, and Our Favorite Locations
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've been receiving a lot of requests from our listeners lately for an old-school "talking shop" ty...