Episode 14
Felena Hanson – Zen Vibes from a Co-Working Pioneer
6 years ago · 1:01
Starting a business can be scary.But what if you and your hot business idea could walk into an office, but it wasn’t like any office you’d ever been to before. The lights are soft. It smells like lavender. You notice a little zen music playing in the background. And someone says, “welcome to Hera Hub”. […]
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Episode 13
Brian Kidwell – Alert! Cheap Flights from a Digital Nomad
6 years ago · 1:15
What’s the biggest expense most people face when they want to travel?The answer is the cost of your flight. Whether you’re a single nomad ready to backpack Europe or Southeast Asia, or a family of 5 trying to do more than take another boring trip to Florida, travel plans live and die by booking your […]
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Episode 12
David Siteman Garland – Inline to Online, at $3 Million a Year
6 years ago · 1:30:20
David Garland has been cashing in on his personality for over a decade. The cool part is how he’s done it – from a start at a job with a pro inline hockey league, to a radio show, a local TV show, and only eventually to the internet. Today, his business TheRiseToTheTop is an Inc 500 honoree […]
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Episode 11
Cameron Olthuis – The “Envygram” Lifestyle of a Mountain Man
6 years ago · 1:29
Cameron Olthuis is in the Opt Out Life ‘Hall of Fame’. That’s obvious from the moment we begin this episode. He alternates living between Park City, Utah and Echo Lake, Montana . . . with a few stops each year in his old stomping grounds, San Diego. Not bad, Cameron, not bad. But how does he […]
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Episode 10
Salty Cali – Two Ladies Earning the Good Life
6 years ago · 1:09
You’ll hear a fresh energy in this episode.It’s an energy that only comes from a growing venture in the midst of both challenges, and pleasant surprises. Listen to how genuinely excited these two are to get up each day. Unlike so many people, and even unlike the version of themselves that felt trapped by an hourly […]
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Episode 9
Jon Roleder – Want to be a Wine Mogul? Start by Cleaning Toilets
6 years ago · 1:24
Jon Roleder is our first on-location interview.We sat with him one morning on the lawn of his Napa Valley home with mimosas in hand, as noisy trucks from Beringer’s historic estate carried supplies between wineries. Today, he is knee deep in the wine business and living his own version of the Opt Out Life. But […]
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Episode 8
Mark Lovett – Yes! This Story Begins at the End
6 years ago · 1:09
We call this episode “Yes! This Story Begins at the End”because our guest Mark Lovett is a master storyteller. Mark is the head of TEDx San Diego, a program that acts as an offshoot of the famous “TED talks”. Through TEDx, Mark helps identify and bring to life the stories of some of the most […]
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Episode 7
Adam Dailey – Man on the Run (Around the World)
6 years ago · 1:22
We call this episode “Man on the Run (Around the World)”because our guest Adam Dailey does exactly that. He’s a former college athlete who turned his access to Olympic event tickets into the ultimate lifestyle business, selling travel packages to big events for over a decade. It saw he and his (fellow athlete) wife live […]
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Episode 6
Alex Martinez – Fearlessly Find It, Fix It, Flip It . . . But Learn First
6 years ago · 1:13
We call this episode “Fearlessly Find It, Fix It, Flip It . . . But Learn First” because our guest Alex Martinez has no fear. Now just 26 years old, Alex has made a career as an entrepreneur in the real estate industry, by becoming a master at acquiring “deals”. But Alex’s most powerful skill is […]
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Episode 5
Bill Mueller – The Man Behind the Curtain
6 years ago · 1:00:29
We call this episode “The Man Behind the Curtain” because our guest Bill Mueller has a unique skill that is required for every business, from big corporations to independent Etsy stores, and everything in between. That skill is copywriting. Bill hasn’t had a real job in over 15 years. He works from home, takes long walks […]
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