Is There a Balance Between Passion and Business?

On the show today is Ran Segall. Ran is the founder of Flux Academy, which offers courses on web design, freelancing, and Webflow.

I wanted to bring him on because Ran is one of the most successful course creators I know. Flux Academy does over $2M/yr in sales with a very small, lean team. And it all started with Ran's YouTube channel and running workshops at local tech meetups.

You'll hear about how Ran creates so much video content, how they've diversified channels across search, video, and social media, and his approach to course production.

More on Ran:

• @ransegall on Twitter
• Flux Academy

Mentions:

• George Mac tweet

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