Tag Archives: home business

Starting & Running a Business – Epi-3461

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I am often asked for specific business advice and consulting.  Things like “can we hire you to assess our business” which I don’t do because I simply don’t have the time to do that type of consulting.  I am far more often though asked about business ideas.  Like what do you think of this product or this service as a business.  I almost always say, “sorry but I don’t do this type of thing”. The reason is simple, what I think about your idea is meaningless to your success with it. The truth is I really believe that the most … Continue reading →

Courtney & David Gleason on Building a Resilient Lifestyle – Epi-2960

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In 2014, David and Courtney Gleason and their two (at the time) small children left their suburban Charlotte, NC home, moving to a dilapidated farmhouse on five acres. Their original intention was to raise their own food under the highest standards, and to live a more sustainable, financially resilient life. In addition to homesteading, David works full time in the tool industry, and Courtney works part-time managing a residential real estate portfolio, plus she homeschools their (now) four little kids. Within a few years of starting their homestead, they began producing more food than their family could eat, with the … Continue reading →

Episode-2649- Tim Cook on Starting a Handy Man Business

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Tim Cook has been a listener to TSP since 2013, is very active in the Facebook forum and occasionally spends time on zello. He is one of those weirdos that loves the cold and really doesn’t mind the heat. He gave up working for the man two years ago. At the encouragement of his wife Becky, he turned his side hustle into a full time gig. Together with the help of their 10 year old twin girls, they run All-Seasons Maintenance. A small town handyman/odd job business in the frozen tundra that is East Central Alberta. Tim joins us today … Continue reading →

Episode-1933- Austin Martin on Using Digital Business to Build Your Homesteading Life

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Austin Martin is a father of 4, small scale farmer, podcaster, Youtuber, and digital entrepreneur (All before turning 30). Austin spent the first 3 years of his Homesteading life commuting for an hour or more each day, working a job in the construction field. Waking up at 4:30 am to do animal chores, and arriving home after work in the dark, not able to spend time outside with his kids, led him to change his life. Now he works from his laptop, allowing him the freedom to spend more time with his family and on his homestead. Today We Discuss… … Continue reading →

Episode-1737- 10 Businesses You Could Start with Very Small Investments

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I hear from people all the time how they want to start a business.  Many times the reason they don’t is they are being to complex rather than just getting shit done.  They start off trying to launch a business that looks like it is 5 years old and successful on day one. Don’t get me wrong I am not talking about marketing here, you absolutely do want to market a business to its vision, vs, looking tiny.  No what I mean is people are trying to find a warehouse before they sell a single product or even figure out … Continue reading →

Episode-744- Building a Business to Create Economic Freedom

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For the last three years all talk in regard to employment and business has been pretty bad.  Yet in the depths of this recession many businesses are thriving.  These include mega corps, small businesses and what I consider “micro businesses”. To me a “micro business” is a one or two man show.  Such businesses can often end up being nothing more than a hobby unless they are built by the owner with the same passion Henry Ford put into the Model T.  Yet for those who really commit, those who really build with unyielding passion there has never been a … Continue reading →

Episode-297- Listener Calls Answered 10-14-09

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OK I am at home in my home office dealing with some sort of crud the wife brought home from her doctors office.  So I dove into the massive caller question backlog. Tune in today as I answer… Thoughts on creating your own guaranteed investments (sort of like an annuity) Thoughts about setting up and running a home based business Where silver fits in a barter economy, the phases of civil break down and why cash will be king at first Why talk show host Dave Ramsey is right about debt but dead wrong about silver and gold What to … Continue reading →