In today’s interview, Danny joins me to talk about starting your own business, his #1 secret for launching a hit book on Amazon, and the importance of 1,000 true fans.
We even take some time to talk about one of my dream destinations, Bhutan!
This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. Check back on Thursday for the rest!
Today he joins us to talk about his two businesses, GetMyBoat.com & CorkSharing.com and how they cater to the access mindset.
In Part 1 we focus on GetMyBoat and chat about the sharing economy, what GetMyBoat is exactly and what it covers (they have watersport stuff too!), and what to know before you rent.
Another topic of interest is a lengthy discussion on the entrepreneurial spirit and how to find ideas for businesses.
Part 2 continues on Thursday where we discuss more about CorkSharing and Bryan’s favorite places around the globe!
Have you ever wanted the backpacker experience but more organized, and with, perhaps, better accommodation?
Bruce did, and he figured there had to be other people like him out there.
So he started a tour company for them.
Bruce Poon Tip, the found of G Adventures, joins us today to talk about the evolution of the travel business, how exporting tourism works, where your dollars do the most good, and why group travel is really awesome.
Bruce started G-Adventures in the early nineties and has since grown it into a company that runs over 15,000 tours a year with 2,000 employees worldwide. He shares some great business advice for those of us who are entrepreneurs and lays out what it takes to run such a huge company.
Bruce has some great insights about what it is that causes companies to stagnate and how to get out of that rut, along with some advice on having a strong purpose for your business.
We also chat a lot about how travel changes you, why you’re never “done” with a country, and a crazy story of travel mishap (it involves tear gas, helicopters, and exercise, you won’t want to miss it!).
What are some of your best experiences from finding a group while traveling? Either while you were on a group tour, or just hanging out with people you met along your journey.
The world teaches you to build your lifestyle around your job.
But what if you chose to build your job around your lifestyle instead?
Since Jason Moore has graduated from college, he has found many different ways to build a lifestyle based on what he loved most:
Travel…
And how to find work that allowed him to do it.
Today Jason joins us to talk about his early start traveling with the experiential marketing business and discusses how he was able to break into it and how you can too.
We then move on to stories from his journey hitchhiking around Scotland for charity and end with a story of travel mishap on his first backpacking trip to Europe.
We discuss how the love of travel is constant, why accountability is so important, what the #1 key is to finding budget alternatives for travel all while spending some time deciding who was the better business partner for The Paradise Pack. (it was Jason!)
