The Business Method: Interviewing Billionaires, Billion Dollar Founders & the World’s Most Successful People 🎧🔥

“For 2 1/2 years now, I don’t need an alarm and every day starts waking up with the sunrise no matter what country I am in.” Marcus Meurer Today listeners we are welcoming Marcus Meurer to the show. Marcus runs the Life Hackz Podcast, but not only does that, he and his girlfriend/business partner (Feli) run the DNX Movement, DNX Global, and DNX Camp. Between all of these businesses, Marcus and Feli are putting together conferences, retreats, and experiences for digital nomads and those that want to become digital nomads. Marcus and I go back a couple years when we met in Barcelona. Both being location independent entrepreneurs with businesses that bring entrepreneurs together, we hit it off. Marcus took his game to a whole new level, beyond what any digital nomad movement has before. I am personally amazed at everything he has done and continues to do. While recording this podcast there is something that struck me about Marcus. The word is 'genuine'. Because I know Marcus personally I can say that this word fits him very well. I can tell you also, that this has a lot to do with the success that he has created. The way he communicates is genuine and you will notice that on the podcast. He is speaking to teach and help. I think this is an incredibly important trait when creating and building your tribe. You will eventually arrive at a point where your mission becomes to teach those in your tribe so they can empower themselves and continue to grow the tribe, or create their own tribe. It is powerful and necessary to create strength and unity amongst a group. “The Golden Rule is not to go into Social Media before starting your Most Important Tasks for the day.” Marcus Meurer Marcus’ Morning Routine 1. Wake with the sun 2. Make the bed 3. Coconut oil in your mouth for 20 min to remove toxins 4. 7 Min App Stretching Routine 5. Guided Meditation 6. 5 Minute Gratitude Journal 7. Vegan Diet Breakfast 8. Most Important Tasks/Eat the Frog for Work -No Social Media or Email 9. Use the Pomodoro Technique 46:10 ~ Marcus on Going Vegan, Staying in Shape and Traveling the World “More people (employees) won't let you grow quicker, or faster or easier….you have to be more reliable.” Marcus Meurer Honorable Mentions: Travelicia ~ Marcus and Feli’s Travel Blog https://www.travelicia.de/ Betahaus: https://www.betahaus.com/berlin/ Mark Manson https://markmanson.net/ Derek Sivers https://sivers.org/ Natalie Sisson https://suitcaseentrepreneur.com/ Pieter Levels https://levels.io/ Pat Flynn https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/ Coconut Oil Detoxification http://www.naturallivingideas.com/10-reasons-why-you-should-swish-coconut-oil-in-your-mouth-every-morning/ Headspace https://www.headspace.com/ Calm https://www.calm.com/ Five-Minute Journal https://www.amazon.com/Five-Minute-Journal-Happier-Minutes/dp/0991846206/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485803705&sr=1-1&keywords=five+minute+journal Eat the Frog http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/eat-the-frogs-first-a-guide-to-prioritizing.html Pomodoro Technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique Tomato Timer https://tomato-timer.com/ Wunderlist https://www.wunderlist.com/ Miracle Morning http://www.miraclemorning.com/ Jodi Ettenberg http://www.legalnomads.com/ Tal Gur http://talgur.me/ Contact Info: http://www.marcusmeurer.com/ LifeHackz Podcast http://www.lifehackz.co/welcome/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meurermarcus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcusmeurer95/ Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/marcusmeurer Medium: medium.com/@marcusmeurer DNX Movement DNX Global in Lisbon Sept 9-11, 2017 http://www.dnxglobal.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/dnxglobal/ dnxcamp.com

“It took me 18-months to hit $1,000 a month. Once we hit $1,000 then the next month we hit $2,000….and it really started to snowball. Dominic Wells Today listeners, we have the founder of Human Proof Designs on our show. Human Proof Designs is a service based business that helps clients build online businesses through affiliate marketing and they create ready-made niche sites that are worth buying. Human Proof Designs has built over 600 affiliate websites, written 8400 articles and researched over 27000 keywords. Dominic is a specialist in web design, article outsourcing, oDesk, SEO, build and running a team and scaling a serviced based business. Today, we are going to talk with Dominic about affiliate and niche marketing in 2017. We will also dive into team building/managing, and the growth of his Human Proof Designs and how to scale a service-based business. “Most of my hires come from my audience.” Dominic Wells Lesson for Team Building -Hire someone that doesn’t have the same skill set as you Honorable Mentions: Flippa https://flippa.com/ Empire Flippers https://empireflippers.com/ Dynamite Circle http://www.tropicalmba.com/dc/ Superfast Business Membership http://www.superfastbusiness.com/ Human Proof Designs Membership https://www.humanproofdesigns.com/subscribe/ Jungle Scout Blog Post https://www.humanproofdesigns.com/junglescout-review-why-its-a-must-have-for-amazon-affiliate-research/ Contact Info: https://www.humanproofdesigns.com/ https://www.humanproofdesigns.com/contact/ Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1165987043433051/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Human_Proof

“The way to do content marketing…is having high-value content and being consistent.” Anthony Fasano Today listeners we have a content marketing specialist Anthony Fasano on the show. Anthony is the founder of EngineeredContent.com. Anthony has built several successful content brands and in the past five years, they have developed some very successful niche content websites. Including in his brands are fours niche podcasts that have been downloaded almost 2 million times. Engineered Content focuses on two special things…One, creating customized content and content plans, and Two, helping entrepreneurs reach the right markets with powerful and valuable content. Anthony is also the author of ‘The Content Marketing Equation’ which officially launches January 30th. Today we are going to dive into what it takes to build a successful brand. This is a topic that I am excited about because I know a lot of smart and successful entrepreneurs that have yet to take on the challenge of building a solid brand. Spend time on what works best for you, and the more tedious parts of content marketing, try to get help as early on as possible.” Anthony Fasano Brands that Anthony has Built The Engineering Career Coach The Civil Engineering Podcast The Italian American Podcast The Stem Cell Podcast Purpee the Purple Dragon Great Tips from Anthony 5:43: Content Marketing Tricks 6:43: Things that entrepreneurs miss with content marketing 9:37: Steps from ‘The Content Marketing Equation’ 10:48: Bringing the Family into your Entrepreneurial Ventures 15:03: Tips on Podcasting 18:29: The Future of Podcasting Anthony’s book ‘The Content Marketing Equation’ will launch on January 30th. Honorable Mentions: The Civil Engineering Podcast The Italian-American Podcast Anthony’s 1st Book Engineer Your Own Success Anthony’s 2nd Book “The Content Marketing Equation” Anthony Fasano Anthony's Brands: http://engineeredcontent.com/content Contact Info: EngineeredContent.com Book: http://engineeredcontent.com/book LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyjfasano Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyJFasano

“I’m going to give you an honest answer…because I don’t recommend you do this with your business. We got addicted to the sales.” Freddy Lansky Today listeners we are welcoming and Alumni of The Entrepreneur House and co-founder of iChess to the show Freddy Lansky. Today Freddy and I talk about a variety of subjects from YouTube to living in Mexico City. But the highlights for me on this show were two things. First, Freddy’s business created $750k in revenue in 2016, doubling from 2015 and he talks about his email marketing strategy that has created the majority of this. The second was how his business was a disaster behind the scenes while Freddy, his partner, and their team were hustling away to make sure not so long ago they could keep this business afloat. Today they are doing much better but Freddy talks about a low point in their business where they were questioning everything they were doing and if it was wise to continue forward with iChess. “If you stop running the sales, our revenue will go from $70, $80k a month to $20k.” Freddy Lansky What was really refreshing in this podcast is that Freddy was an open book and open to share his highs and lows and the reality of being an entrepreneur. Freddy shared his numbers and what was happening behind the scenes with his business and I am really glad we got him on the show. If you take the time to listen to the podcast, I think any entrepreneur would really appreciate this episode and the take-a-ways we can learn from Freddy. And with that, let me welcome Freddy Lansky to the show! “In December 2016 we had a major milestone crossed, we hit 6-figures in monthly revenue for the first time ever and did nearly $50k profit for the month! We finished this year with 63% revenue growth and a mind-boggling 335% profit growth over 2015!” Freddy Lansky 3:00: Living in Mexico City and the Reality of Living in Mexico as a Foreigner Today 15:52: Business Disaster and Building Through It 18:22, 27:20: Using Email Marketing to Double iChess's Revenue 36:05: YouTube Today 1:06:10 Outtakes Honorable Mentions: Kunaki - Prints on demand for physical products http://kunaki.com/ Deadline Funnel https://deadlinefunnel.com/ DC - dynamitecircle.com http://www.tropicalmba.com/dc/ Minaal Backpack https://www.minaal.com/ Contact Info: freddy@ichess.net https://www.ichess.net/ https://www.ichess.es/ https://www.youtube.com/user/OnlineChessLessons Twitter: @onlinechessless

“In Brazil, we have a saying, ‘You have to kill a lion every day!’ This is a country that everything is against you, every little thing is against you.” Marcelle Bottini Today listeners we are joined by a Brazilian entrepreneur that I am very excited to have on the show. Marcelle Bottini is the founder of FalaBrasil a Brazilian cultural and language school. Marcelle started off bootstrapping her business as a teacher and has built FalaBrasil into a full brick and mortar and online school. She has nine people on her team and created a place for foreigners to come to Rio de Janeiro, get high-quality Portuguese classes and become immersed in the culture. Here is what is very impressive about Marcelle. Brazil isn’t a place where the entrepreneurial mentality is common and on top of that, the political infrastructure in Brazil makes it even more difficult to have a business. Marcelle created a successful business doing what she loves in a place that is very difficult to do it. After spending five months in Brazil and learning about the country. If you asked me which countries in the world would be easiest to create a business, Brazil would be one of the last on the list. Not only that, when I met her, she informed me that she uses mediation to make all her business decisions. This school that has had hundreds of students, and hired many employees over the years was all created first while Marcelle was meditating! I imagine this has the most impact on creating a successful business in an environment that does not cater to entrepreneurs. 3:00 Where Marcelle gets the idea to start a business as a Portuguese teacher 15:37 How Marcelle used meditation to build her business Honorable Mentions: NLP - Neuro-linguistic Programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming Carioca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carioca Social Starters http://www.socialstarters.org/ United Nations http://www.un.org/en/index.html Contact Info: http://www.falabrasilschool.com/

“Everyone of us owe it to ourselves to hone the skill in so that we can perform in the zone on a continuous basis!” John Castagnini Today podcast listeners we have the founder of ThankGodI, John Castagnini on the show. ThankGodI is a movement that John started to help people understand the value of appreciation in all circumstances. When you visit ThankGodI.com you will see quotes from people that say things like “Thank God I have Cancer.”, “Thank God I was abused.”, “Thank God I was raped., and “Thank God I was a heroin addict.” Quotes like these can be very shocking to people and one might say to themselves, “How can someone thank God they were raped?” John wants all people to become aware of the empowerment of being appreciative of all events that happen in our lives and he has many stories from people who can be a testament to this. “Is it failing or is it changing?” John Castagnini I first ran into John when he was speaking at a conference in northern California. His speech was incredible and very inspirational. Needless to say, he had the crowd on the edge of their seats and is why I wanted to get him on the show. I believe the inspiration that he wants to give to the world has created a movement to truly help others while building a business at the same time. He is a perfect example of how this is possible. and without further adieu here is today's show with John Castagnini. When we tap into our uniqueness, our purpose, our vision…we activate the prefrontal cortex…so we literally access our creativity and genius that way. Now taking that genius and channeling it into a business is its own art.” John Castagnini Honorable Mentions: John Castagnini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Castagnini Dr. Wayne Dyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Dyer Discover the Gift -Film John did with the Dalaii Lama http://discoverthegift.com/ Thank God I am Blind Story https://www.thankgodi.com/stories/item/159-thank-god-im-blind Human Echolocation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation Thank God I Have Cancer Story https://www.thankgodi.com/stories/item/159-thank-god-im-blind Teleology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology Contact Info: john.castagnini@thankgodi.com http://thankgodi.com

On Bootstrapping a Business in Hostels from Asia…."There was no other choice than having the cheapest accommodation, eating the cheapest food and working your ass off!” Leon Hoffmann Today listeners we are welcoming Leon Hoffmann to the show. Leon hails from Berlin, Germany, has been an entrepreneur for eight years and founded a crowdsourcing-based agency called click-your-ads.com. Click Your Ads is a service agency finding experts in different fields and outsourcing them. Ironically, Leon and I met at a co-living workspace in the south of Morocco in a small town called Taghazout. We got the chance to spend some time talking business, life, and philosophy together. He had some great experience as a location independent entrepreneur and building his business and team up to what it is today and I thought he would be a great guest. “For four months I was living in a yoga village on a small island. This was one of the most productive times of my life.” Leon Hoffmann Honorable Mentions: Co-Living Space in Morocco http://sun-desk.com/ http://digitalnomad-jobfinder.com/ Contact Info: Website: http://www.click-your-ads.com/ http://digitalnomad-jobfinder.com/ leon.hoffmann@icloud.com Twitter: @‏tweetsfromleon

“We try to curate an environment that fosters serendipity.” Daniel Levine Today listeners we have one of the co-founders of Fireside Conference, Daniel Levine on the show! FiresideConf happens just outside of Toronto, Canada. Once a year, some of the brightest minds in business and tech disconnect from our digital world, travel to Camp Walden near Toronto to spend a long weekend networking and learning from one another in a fun filled outdoor adventure. They host speaker sessions while sitting around the campfire discussing business ideas. The entire camp is open to waterski, canoe, kayak, sail, participate in sports and a rope course. What is really cool about FiresideConf is that you truly are disconnected. Meaning that there is absolutely no cell phone reception at the camp. It is an invite-only, all-inclusive technology, business and investor summer camp! I am really excited to welcome Daniel to the show because he is the first person that we have had on the show that creates events similar to The Entrepreneur House. I started researching FiresideConf and Daniel, and became more and more excited about learning more about both him and FiresideConf…..and with that, let’s welcome Daniel Levine to the show! “We take a really strong and deep care for the people that join us. Daniel Levine “The more you turn off, the more you turn on.” Noah Kagan FiresideConf: Join The Entrepreneur House Cabin @ FiresideConf Sept. 8-10, 2017 http://2017.firesideconf.com/entrepreneurhouse/ Honorable Mentions: Noah Kagan http://www.appsumo.com/datadeck/ Camp Walden http://www.campwalden.ca/ Contact Info: Website: http://2017.firesideconf.com/entrepreneurhouse/ daniel@firesideconf.com Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/firesideconf

“If you’ve trained your clients that you will be there to answer emails first thing in your day, you need to untrain them.” Mandi Ellefson Today podcast listeners we have the founder of The Hand’s Off CEO, Mandi Ellefson on the show. Mandi helps successful service business owners transform themselves into what she calls a “Hands-Off CEO.” A Hands-Off CEO has access to the systems and strategies required to build six and seven-figure companies that generate cash flow without ongoing direct involvement. Mandi helps business owners to become “Hands-Off” CEOs and work less as they slowly exit the day-to-day in their businesses. Even as the business creates an increasing amount of value in the marketplace. Her proven “Hands-Off” frameworks enable CEOs to hire dependable staff who deliver consistent quality and install the missing operational systems to increase profits and transition the business into a more “passive” asset. Mandi’s Resources: Hand’s Off CEO’s Five Must Do’s to Add More Time to Your Life handsoffceo.com/template Mandi’s Power Hour - Find 20-40 More Hours per Month To Grow Your Business “Take the first hour of your day and focus. Most people can get twice as much done during this time to focus on growing your company.” Mandi Ellefson 1.Focus on the big picture of your business the first hour of your day. 2. Use a note card and write down 3 things to do the next day. Not on a planner or use email/social media. handsoffceo.com/powerhour “You want to set up your business in a way it is not dependent on any one person.” Mandi Ellefson Honorable Mentions: Focus At Will http://focusatwill.com/ Operation Underground Railroad http://ourrescue.org/ Contact Info: mandi@handsoffceo.com http://handsoffceo.com/home/ http://handsoffceo.com/about/

“This purse was created out of gold, solid gold to sneak gold out of Germany during the World War II Holocaust.” Maurice Romero Today listeners we have a specialist in the collection and valuables business. Maurice Romero is the founder of Empire Coin & Valuables. Their objective is taking care of the customers that have saved their valuables for years and making sure they get a fair deal. Maurice has a passion for being a steward of history. Making sure these family heirlooms that have been saved for years get passed on with integrity and not just thrown away or destroyed for a quick buck. His company travels the country buying, selling and trading gold, silver platinum coins and jewelry, Native American wares and many other type of collectibles. Empire Coins has a brick and mortar store front in Sun City, AZ “There’s always this foundational principle of helping enough other people get what they want, and you’ll get what you want.” Maurice Romero 21:17 The value of gold and silver and where it’s headed in the next decade 44:45 Outtakes - Chit chat about business, personal development seminars, The Focus 55, and the power of conversations “The root of this transformational work is being outwardly focused, being interested in people.” Maurice Romero Honorable Mentions: ‘The Big Short’ Landmark Education The Landmark Forum PSI Seminars Books: ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ Robert Kiyosaki ‘Think and Grow Rich’ Napoleon Hill Contact Info: Empire Coin and Valuables http://empirecoin.us maurice@empirecoin.us