My First Million

Pieter Levels: Making $2.7M A Year With No Employees

Jul 14, 2022

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Remote work and digital nomadism are increasingly popular, offering lifestyle and travel opportunities.

Building a strong personal brand is essential for solopreneur success.

A business idea centered around apartment hotels for remote workers can cater to the needs of the growing nomadic community.

Transparency in business can be a valuable marketing strategy, despite the security risks and challenges.

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The rise of remote working and digital nomadism

The podcast discusses the increasing popularity of remote working and digital nomadism. It highlights the lifestyle and travel opportunities that come with being a digital nomad, along with the challenges and benefits of remote work.

⭐️ Travel with 1 Backpack, Buy Clothes there, Donate Before Leaving

00:38

Ok with Keeping A SAAS Small

00:41

All Your Revenue Together in One Chart

01:31

Do a Job Board?

01:38

Introduction

2min

Sam Par Strategy for Net Working

5min

What's the Outsider's Perspective?

4min

How Big Is Your Business?

3min

You Start With the Red Pill

3min

How Hub Spot Can Help Grow Your Business

3min

How to Build a Really Fast Feedback Loop

2min

How Many DMS Did I Get to Day?

2min

Cash Flow

2min

10.

No Miles Is a Job or Job Boards

5min

11.

Isi Jelofy, Are You Going Harder on This?

3min

12.

How to Build a Million Dollar Business

4min

13.

Is It a Hotel Room?

2min

14.

Furniture Rental Is Not Popular Right Now

3min

15.

Investing in Cryptocurrencies

3min

16.

What Will I Regret More?

3min

17.

Where's Jack Ma?

2min

18.

I'm So Bored It, Are You?

2min

19.

What Are Some Experiences That Are Worth the Money?

2min

20.

The Level's Health a Thing?

4min

21.

Do You Have Kids?

2min

22.

Who Do You Want to Be Like?

3min

23.

How Do You Live This Life With an Animal?

2min

24.

Flying in America With an Animal?

3min

25.

How Do Dog Owners Look Like Their Pets?

3min

26.

Do You Think You Can Automate Your Job Posts?

2min

27.

What's the Biggest Circus?

2min

28.

How to Hire Good Sailspeople

2min

29.

Are You Optimizing for Happiness?

2min

30.

Realit Is a Marketing Stick

2min

31.

Do You Want to Do This?

2min

32.

Inbound 20 22 - Get Your Tickets Now!

2min

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Pieter Levels (@levelsio) about being a solopreneur who makes nearly $3M a year with no employees while living a nomadic lifestyle.

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Show Notes:

(02:40) - How Sam gets in touch with people

(05:50) - How much Pieter makes

(13:25) - How to become a hit solopreneur

(20:10) - What Pieter uses to build

(23:45) - Building to earn vs. building to sell

(29:55) - How movements grow

(30:25) - Thinking big as a solopreneur/Indie Hacker

(35:35) - Businesses that could earn you $20k a month

(42:30) - How Pieter spends and invests his money

(47:10) - Why Pieter believes in Asia

(52:40) - What Pieter spends money on

(01:01:15) - Who Peter admires

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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