
Rebel Entrepreneur
To be an entrepreneur you have to be a little bit of a Rebel. You have to do things differently, you have to take risks other people aren't willing to take and you need to be brave enough to take action.
For years Alan Donegan has battled against the traditional plan that the world has for us:
When Alan went for help from the British Government to start a business. They told him to write a business plan; get a load of debt and did more to put him off starting than they did to help.
Alan spent the next 12 years of his life thinking, studying, learning about business and searching for a better way to start-up without debt.
This search enabled him to create his own successful training business and then to take those skills and launch PopUp Business School which now operates in 5 different countries around the world and helps thousands of people a year to build businesses without debt.
The belief that it takes money to make money traps people around the world from ever taking control of their future and making their own money. This is the belief that he wants to fundamentally destroy with this podcast and empower you to get going debt free!
What is the purpose of this podcast?
"This is an effort to put out into the world the support I wish I had when I was starting my business. I want to do what I felt the British Government was never able to do and that is to help people start-up without debt and make money doing something they love.
If you need help with your business, motivation, inspiration and energy then this podcast is for you. Join The Rebellion"
-Alan Donegan
Latest episodes

Nov 7, 2022 • 43min
Financial Independence and Entrepreneurship Collide
How do financial independence and entrepreneurship fit together? What is the goal of financial independence? What is the goal of entrepreneurship? Why are we all doing this? In this episode of the Rebel Entrepreneur Tim Desmond takes over the show and we get deep about the only logical pursuit in life and why we are all doing. We explore traditional retirement, the only true job security, and working towards the life of your dreams.

Nov 3, 2022 • 1h 2min
How To Start a Podcast
Have you ever thought about launching a podcast? Creating a content business? Sometimes it can be daunting when starting a new project. In the new Rebel Coaching Series Alan meets Kim who has an existing business and wants to launch a podcast but just doesn't know where to start. Patrick the podcast manager and Alan work with Kim to help her figure out her style of show, equipment, and how to get episode 1 in the bag!

Oct 31, 2022 • 60min
Is entrepreneurship a route to Financial Independence?
Is entrepreneurship a viable tool to get to financial independence? Many people in the financial independence community complain of starting small businesses and not earning very much money or making too little progress on their route to financial independence. For a completely different view of entrepreneurship and how it works with FI, I invited Brad Barrett from Choose FI on to the show to talk about his journey on his way to FIRE.

Oct 27, 2022 • 47min
Food Truck Future
Do you remember Keith Hunt of Red Headed Tacos? In Season 4 of the Rebel Entrepreneur, we went on a mad scramble as Keith got a food truck, tried to get the health certificates, and launched. Join Keith and I as we find out what happened to the food truck, where Keith is heading next and learn from that mad dash at the beginning of Keith's journey. One of the most important things you can do in business is reflect on what went well and what we can learn!

Oct 24, 2022 • 50min
Rebel Principles In Real Life
Rebel principles aren't just for business. This episode was inspired by a listener e-mail, which said: "I didn't fill out the feedback form because I don't have a business." Alan wanted to find out what this listener had been doing with the Rebel Principles. Join Alan as he meets Melissa and finds out how she uses the skills she's learned from our podcast to make her life, and the lives of those around her, better. You don't have to start a business or create a start-up to use these skills!

Oct 20, 2022 • 1h 2min
The Results Are In, Time To Re-Focus
Time-travelling 6 months from the last episode, what has happened to Adam and Craft Box Club? How is the business going? Is he thriving? In this episode we get an update from Adam, and Alan helps guide him through the process to re-focus his business and continue to make progress every day. Alan shares his post-it note process for coming up with ideas and the frame for choosing which actions to take next.

Oct 17, 2022 • 59min
Work/Life Balance
Does work/life balance even exist? In this episode Lucy Branch of Antique Bronze takes over the show and grills Alan about work/life balance, getting things done, and what Alan actually does with his days. Find out more about how Alan got started in FI, what propelled him on his journey to FI, and how he ended up running events at the Mr Money Mustache World Headquarters in Longmont, Colorado.

Oct 13, 2022 • 52min
It's CHRISTMAS TIME!
We recorded this episode in mid-December of last year. How did the sales go? Has the work that Adam has been doing for the past six months to get ready for Christmas paid off? Are these results enough to help him build the business of his dreams and get to the split of financial independence and entrepreneurship that will allow him the freedom to live the life he wants to live? Join us as we review Adam's Christmas sales.

Oct 10, 2022 • 56min
Your Money Philosophy
Does what you believe about money affect your financial future? Have you ever taken the time to consider what you believe about money - to create a personal money philosophy? In this episode, Craig Davenport takes over the Rebel Entrepreneur to grill Alan about money beliefs, his personal money philosophy, and how to actually build a philosophy from scratch. The question Craig keeps coming back to is how to make all this ethereal mindset stuff real and applicable. Join Alan and Craig as they discuss everything to do with money and how it affects both your personal finances and those of your business.

Oct 6, 2022 • 57min
Websites That Convert
In the run-up to the Christmas sales, Adam is working hard on his website. He is driving traffic through social media, Google Adwords and e-mail campaigns. But the website isn't turning that traffic into sales. In this very special episode of The Rebel Entrepeneur Coaching Series, Henry from Rebel takes over the podcast and works with Adam to get his website converting. If you are getting lots of traffic to your website but not getting the sales you want, then this is the episode for you.
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