How Many Different Avenues Starting a Business Online Can Lead To?

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Two years ago, I dropped out of college and quit my job to pursue online business. Today I get paid to write tweets for a living and travel the world. Who would have thought? You tell someone that, you're like, tweets for like what? And they're like, who are you? Are you trying to either? Like, it's nuts, man. It's so cool.

Dakota Robertson is a writer and entrepreneur. He’s built a 100,000+ person audience on both Twitter and Instagram in less than two years. But what’s even crazier is how his upbringing has shaped him to create this reality.

In this conversation, we spoke about how growing up without a father has shaped him, how to be a better writer, and what he’d recommend to other entrepreneurs just getting started online. He even called this the greatest podcast he’s ever done.

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(0:00) Intro

(2:31) Writing Instead of Fitness Business

(8:01) What Makes For A Great Writer

(10:00) Genesis

(13:19) Therapy

(17:32) Caring For Parents

(24:12) Dakota’s Biggest Regret

(28:22) Healing After Losing Someone You Love

(34:02) Making Money

(41:10) Growing Fast On Social

(46:01) Sponsored Threads

(47:50) Elon Buying Twitter

(50:40) Deciding Where To Publish

(53:49) Context Switching

(57:01) I Write Tweets For A Living

(59:30) Wildest Moments From Gaining Attention

(1:02:45) Advice

(1:03:57) Long Term Games

(1:05:01) Going Abroad

(1:12:30) Dropping Out Of College

(1:14:29) Challenge

Dakota’s Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongsToWrite

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dkotarobertson/

Resources Mentioned

Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark – https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Tools-Essential-Strategies-Writer/dp/0316014990

Ca$hvertising by Drew Whitman – https://www.amazon.com/CA-HVERTISING-Ad-Agency-Psychology-Anything/dp/1601630328

Awareness by Anthony de Mello – https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius – https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-New-Translation-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0812968255

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