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
Getting past imposter syndrome
What were the biggest challenges that faced Kim throughout this process of creating and publishing her podcast, and what has she learnt overcoming them? Find out what Kim learnt, how it all happened and what she is focusing on now. Also, Kim asks Alan how he works with the podcast, how he focuses, and why he does what he does!
Kim's podcast, The Feminine Freedom Coach, is now live! Find it at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-feminine-freedom-coach/
12/22/2022 • 52 minutes, 3 seconds
The History of Rebel Business School
How did Rebel Business School start? Simon, Alan and the Rebel Business School are celebrating their 10-year anniversary right now and we wanted to do a special episode sharing with you the ups and downs from starting the business, Simon going to get a job, selling the first workshop and then a dodgy buffet in Milton Keynes and Simon's decision to leave the best job of his life to return. Simon, Katie and Alan are running a special course to celebrate ten years of Rebel called the Extraordinary Life course. If you want to come along then you can find it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVQ4lwnOfqw&list=PLRjwfVU_qq2YApE1R5T8p2Fri_BtXff8c
12/19/2022 • 57 minutes, 41 seconds
Podcast Promotion and Launch
You have created something, and it is now time to launch and put it out there. You have got to tell your existing customers/audience and then you have got to find new customers/audience. But how do you do it? There are so many different ways! It all feels a little overwhelming! Join Alan as he walks Kim through creating a promotion strategy for the podcast and makes promotion simple and functional!
12/15/2022 • 59 minutes, 26 seconds
How to build an online business?
Born in a refugee camp, growing up in the Netherlands, reading Rich Dad Poor Dad at age 12 in the library, and turning that into a business? One of the most fascinating entrepeneurial journeys I have come across! This episode is packed full of tips, ideas, and practical ways of thinking that can help you in your business. Start-up stories are the oxygen we breath as enterpreneurs. Suck the inspiration out of this story and use it to drive you forwards this week!
12/12/2022 • 52 minutes, 35 seconds
Scale, Scale, Scale
Everywhere you go, there are courses teaching you to scale, university and business schools screaming about your need to scale and business coaches ultra-focused on scaling. But is scalling really the right option for you? What type of business are you building? A life-style business? A mega-corporation? Something else? Maybe we should put the drive to scale to one side and work out if it is what we actually want in our lives?
12/8/2022 • 39 minutes, 24 seconds
Pricing Nicely
Do your clients walk all over you? Do they cancel at the last minute? Do they challenge your pricing? Do you feel like you are a business doormat? Sometimes in our effort to win business, we can be too nice. Join Orla as she tries to work out the best pricing model for dog-walking business and how to deal with her customers. This episode is CRITICAL if you are thinking about your pricing model, how much to charge, and how to work with your customers. Sometimes we can just be too nice!
12/5/2022 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Six Ways to Get Paid to Speak
Can you be paid to speak? Can you make money out of your story and voice? This is what Alan has done for the last 15 years, so when Kim asked for advice on making money by speaking, Alan got super excited. Join us as we share six different ways you can get paid to speak and build your business. This episode is jam-packed with ideas that will help your business grow and a simple strategy for testing your ideas.
12/1/2022 • 44 minutes, 56 seconds
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Start-up stories are the oxygen that keep us going. If it is possible for others to build a business and make money then maybe I can, too? This particular entrepreneurial journey starts with selling off a Playstation to get going and journeys through finding customers on Facebook, Google Maps, and to building a team. Millward May have been the accountants for Rebel Business School from the very start, and now they are going to share their journey, tips, and what it is actually like to have Alan as a client!
11/28/2022 • 56 minutes, 2 seconds
If You Build It They Will Come: Bullshit
There is no point creating a podcast, building a website, or launching a product if you don't promote it. People aren't going to just stumble across it. It always shocks me how many entrepreneurs think that just by launching their business they are guaranteed success. Once you launch, the hard work of building an audience or finding customers really begins. Join Alan as he helps Kim work out her initial marketing strategy and podcast promotion strategy.
11/24/2022 • 46 minutes, 3 seconds
Productivity Tools For Entrepreneurs
The difference that makes the difference is your productivity, your ability to get things done, your relentless drive to build your business. Join Alan as he meets one of his most chilled out guests ever: Thanh Pham from Asian Efficiency. We talk about how to make things happen, focus, and improve both your energy and your drive. If you want to get the most out of your day and feel the drive, this is the episode for you!
11/21/2022 • 53 minutes, 46 seconds
Turning One Episode Into a Podcast
Kim tells us how recording episode 1 went, and we work out what she is going to do for episode 2. "If you build it they will come" is one of Alan's most hated expressions, so the team started to think about how to promote the episode and get it out into the world. Alan sets Kim homework to help her create her own podcast marketing strategy
11/17/2022 • 36 minutes, 51 seconds
I'm 40, is financial independence even possible for me?
So many people say to Alan: "I'm (insert age, 35, 40, 50). Is it too late for me to get to financial independence?" In this episode, Jaymie Dylan from coaching season 2 comes back to talk about the possibility of her getting to FI. She feels behind because she found out about FI after she was 40 years old and is wondering if it is even possible for her. Ever felt like you are behind everyone else? This is the episode for you!
11/14/2022 • 44 minutes, 52 seconds
Recording Your First Episode
You've decided to create a podcast, and you want to create your first episode. But where do you start? What are you going to say? How are you going to structure it? Join Alan, Patrick, and Kim as they work out the flow of episode 1, the style, and how Kim is going to promote what she is doing.
11/10/2022 • 50 minutes, 10 seconds
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.
11/7/2022 • 42 minutes, 53 seconds
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!
11/3/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 33 seconds
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.
10/31/2022 • 59 minutes, 40 seconds
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!
10/27/2022 • 47 minutes, 16 seconds
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!
10/24/2022 • 50 minutes, 27 seconds
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.
10/20/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 49 seconds
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.
10/17/2022 • 59 minutes, 21 seconds
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.
10/13/2022 • 51 minutes, 52 seconds
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.
10/10/2022 • 56 minutes, 28 seconds
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.
10/6/2022 • 56 minutes, 57 seconds
Should I Start a Side Hustle?
Should you start a side hustle? Is it time to start making some extra money? Join Alan and Simon as they work through a conversation to help you decide if you should start a side hustle, if so what type of side hustle should you start, and their best tips on how to get going quickly. The final section of the podcast covers why you shouldn't start a side hustle and is super critical to listen to! You truly can make money doing something you love, the question is: "Are you willing to pay the price in time, energy and discomfort to do it?"
10/3/2022 • 50 minutes, 42 seconds
The Big Christmas Push
Twenty percent of ALL retails sales happen in the six weeks leading to Christmas with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the Christmas push. Adam from Craft Box Club is gearing up for Christmas, setting up the website, creating the marketing materials, and wondering if the Christmas sales will come or not. Join Alan and Adam as they discuss the frustration of taking all the "right" actions and not seeing the results as soon as they would like to!
9/29/2022 • 44 minutes, 26 seconds
The Aftermath of Closing
After finding out the loan Peter started his business with was interest only, and realizing he still has a huge debt after the income is long gone, we work to understand how we got here, come up with a plan to get out of debt, and put to bed the past issues. This episode is all about debt and how to dig your way out of it. Join Alan as he talks about how to negotiate on debt and the Debt Attack Strategy that he and his wife Katie created together to help people crush debt in the quickest possible timeframe.
9/26/2022 • 51 minutes, 46 seconds
Is This Still A Business?
Alan received a disturbing message from Adam on Whatsapp saying "I am wondering if this is still a business?" Join Alan as he finds out what is going on, works with Adam to think about the business and positives and whether it's worth pushing through with this business and seeing if Christmas will bring the presents that Adam really wants.
9/22/2022 • 48 minutes, 53 seconds
Dealing With Debt
You started your business with a business plan and a loan. You took out debt to build your business! But what if it doesn't work out? What if it goes wrong? Join Alan as he works with Peter from the Rebel Business School Charleston event and helps him tackle the aftermath of a failed business. This is a crucial episode to listen to and share with anyone thinking of building a business the traditional way with loans and debt. There are some CRITICAL LESSONS that we can all take away from this podcast.
9/19/2022 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Where Has All The Traffic Gone?
After looking into the website traffic numbers on Google anayltics Adam has realised the traffic to his website has fallen dramatically since last year. Join Alan as they attempt to diagnose the business problem, uncover the cause, and work out what to do next. When things going wrong you need to become a detective and work to really understand the numbers.
9/15/2022 • 56 minutes, 56 seconds
Winning The Week
When you start your business there is only one of you. Just you on your own. Maybe you will have a friend or two to help but it is all up to you. This is daunting and exciting because you have complete autonomy over what you do. The question is how do you get the most out of your week? How do you make sure you get the key things done? How do you make progress? In this episode Alan is joined by Demir Bentley who has spent 10 years as a productivity coach, they start by exploring venture capital and angel investors before getting into the keys to getting things done and making progress.
9/12/2022 • 50 minutes, 54 seconds
Weathering a Lull
Last week, we talked to Adam from Craft Box Club about mindfulness exercises and visualizing success for the business. This week, we check in to see how those exercises have been going. Adam, like so many entrepreneurs, is facing a lull. For his crafting business, his challenge is the warmer weather luring people outside instead of crafting indoors. But lulls (seasonal or otherwise) are something all entrepreneurs face. We talked about how to figure out when it's time to cut and run, how to think more positively, and how to weather the lull that he's in - both practically and mentally.
9/8/2022 • 55 minutes, 41 seconds
Where should I focus my sales effort?
Is selling a product different to selling a service? Join Alan as he meets CheyAnne the founder of Shine Athleisure and they figure out together the best way to sell her products. CheyAnne could sell directly or she could work to sell through retailers. What is the right approach? How will she find the customers she needs? Answer the questions Alan asks alongside CheyAnne and this episode will help you diagnose where you are with your sales process and where to go next!
Links:
https://www.shineathleisure.com/
9/5/2022 • 54 minutes, 21 seconds
Pessimist or Optimist?
Are you a pessimist that looks for everything that could go wrong and always looks at the worst case scenario? Or are you a dreamer with your head in the clouds, always looking at the moon shot possibilities and wondering about the size of your imminent success? How do you balance the two in your business? You need to protect from the downside and the risk but you also need to push forward with energy, enthusiasm, and optimism if you are ever to reach your dream. This episode is about balancing pessimism and optimisim within your business.
9/1/2022 • 43 minutes, 32 seconds
Finding Purpose
Do you feel like you are working on what you are meant to be working on? Are you making progress, driving along and feeling like you are on the right path? In a very different episode of The Rebel Entrepreneur, meet Doc G, a hospice doctor that learned from his dying patients about regret, purpose, and identity. If you really want your business to click, to find the connections you need to drive forward, then this is the episode for you. Without clarity on purpose and direction you won't find happiness let alone business success.
8/29/2022 • 1 hour, 46 seconds
Marketing Mini Experiments 5
It's time to check in with Adam from Craft Box Club once again. His business has been lagging a bit in light of the summer months and people choosing to spend time outside. We discussed marketing strategies that might help him overcome this hurdle. If you haven't obtained your customers' phone numbers and don't yet know the magic of reaching out to them personally (and not by e-mail), prepare to be amazed. Learn how making your customers feel loved and special can help you reach your business goals.
8/25/2022 • 59 minutes, 14 seconds
Humble Beginnings
We've talked before about how start-up stories are the oxygen that inspires entrepreneurs to build businesses and make progress. With that in mind: meet Ken, who moved to the UK from Nigeria when we was 14 years old, survived bullying, thrived at school, got into the corporate world and then jumped ship to build his own business. If start-up stories are oxygen for the entrepreneur's soul then get ready to breath deeply!
Links:
https://thehumblepenny.com/
8/22/2022 • 59 minutes
How to Contact Journalists
How do you get your business noticed? In a world of influencers and print media, how do you make sure that your business gets noticed? In this episode, Alan and Adam go through the advice of Jon Card (from Full Story Media) about getting into the press and then discuss how to practically apply that advice. Listen to this episode if you want to get your business noticed, featured, and out there.
8/18/2022 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Employee # 1
Taking on your first employee is a big decision and can be HUGELY difficult to get right. Join Henry (the first person Alan ever hired) as he tells you what it is like working for Alan and what he has learned about taking on staff. They discuss culture, working together, motivating staff, and more. Henry and Alan have made all the mistakes between them so you don't have to!
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8/15/2022 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 17 seconds
Get To The Results Faster
At the end of the last episode, Toby went away to work to get some actual "Nos" and to find out if his mini-experiment is a success or not. Join Alan and Toby as they find out if the Father's Day sale worked, if he got rejected, and whether or not he is going to continue to experiment with this business or try something else.
8/11/2022 • 33 minutes, 46 seconds
Marketing Mini-Experiments 3
You are a grown-up business, spending money on advertising. You are investing in Facebook adverts, working hard to grow your business and test your ideas. Join Adam and Alan as they review the numbers, work out the return on investment for the advertising money and explore how to keep growing the business. Let's get geeky with the numbers as we review the Facebook marketing mini-experiments and dive deep into the data.
8/8/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 45 seconds
Marketing Mini Experiments 2
I have been talking to you about running marketing mini-experiments, getting out there and testing and measuring the results. Last episode, Adam started testing email marketing, Facebook adverts and influencer outreach. This week we get to find out the results. Did it work? Did he lose money on the Facebook advert? Did anyone respond to his outreach? Marketing is a series of running tests, measuring the results, and working out if we made money or not! This one is a must listen!
8/4/2022 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 24 seconds
Are You In Business Purgatory?
You have run a mini-experiment and launched your business! Yay. But the results have not been what you wanted so you keep going. You do everything we say on the podcast, you are pushing out there, positing, sharing, and being social, but you have been receiving a wall of SILENCE in return. You don't know what to do. Should you keep going despite the silence? Should you close the business? Should you get a job? You are trapped in business purgatory and don't know what to do. Join Alan as he coached Toby out of business purgatory and towards an answer to his mini-experiment!
8/1/2022 • 41 minutes, 29 seconds
How To Get Featured In The Press
How do you get your business featured in the press? Jon Card writes regularly for The Guardian, The Times, and The Daily Telegraph, and is the author of How to Make Your Company Famous. As a journalist, Jon interviewed many of the world’s foremost entrepreneurs. But there came a time when he realised it was time to start answering their questions, including: (1) "How do I get my business noticed by the media?" (2) "What do I have to do to get ready for media coverage?" and (3) "What’s the best way to contact journalists?"
7/28/2022 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 47 seconds
Do deals really just come to you?
Do deals really just come to you? Will people really just call you out of the blue and offer you business? Meet Elia Twigg, one of the listeners of the show who has just gone full time into her own company. We find out how she started, how she went from employee to part time on both business and when she finally made the choice to give up employment and go all in on her own business. Along the way we uncover tips, tricks, and business strategies that will help you to grow your business.
7/25/2022 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 59 seconds
Marketing Mini Experiments
It is so tempting to spend money on Facebook adverts or Google adverts: the promised land of an advert that brings in customers and builds your business whilst you sleep. Countless adverts pop up in your timeline offering you these services: "Pay us and we will manage your adverts for you!" "Come on this course and we will teach you the 'secrets' of Facebook advertising!" Is it time to go all in? Or is it time to run a marketing mini experiment?
7/21/2022 • 1 hour, 1 second
Building Rebel Colombia From Scratch
Is entrepreneurship the same the world over? Can you take a business school that worked in the UK and transpose it to France, Morocco, and then Colombia? Alan has spent 4 months in Colombia helping set up Rebel Business School Colombia and wondered what the journey had been like for the team on the ground actually doing the work. If you have ever wanted to launch a business or idea into a new marketplace, then join Alan as he finds out what it is really like, what worked, what didn't, and the emotional rollercoaster along the way!
7/18/2022 • 50 minutes
Ideas for marketing your business
Building a successful business takes daily marketing activity. People aren't just going to stumble across your business and buy. You need to get their attention, show them your product or service and ask them to buy. In this episode Alan coaches Adam from Craft Box Club UK to come up with marketing ideas, evaluate them and decide which ones to implement.
7/14/2022 • 51 minutes, 30 seconds
The History of Rebel Business School
How did Rebel Business School start? Was it as easy as writing, selling and delivering a course? Dani Angel the co-founder of Rebel Colombia wanted to learn more about how Alan and Simon build Rebel Business School in the UK, the problems they faced and how they overcame them. This episode is packed full of motivational ideas, practical tips and insights that we hope will inspire you to keep going with your business ideas!
7/11/2022 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 27 seconds
Sales Success!
What happened to Adam's business after the session with Jennifer Vessels? We check in with Craft Box Club to find out what is happening with the sales, how the business is growing and how Adam is feeling. Check out https://craftboxclub.co.uk/ to see Adam's business and see what he sells as we work through what's happening next with his business.
7/7/2022 • 43 minutes, 53 seconds
SEO Mini Experiments
How much time should you spend optimizing your website for search engines? Is search engine optimization a strategy worth following for small businesses to gain customers. After years of research and experimentation, Alan has amped up his efforts on his blog, to get to the top of the Google results. After the crash of a frustrating mini-experiment on people per hour, he asks Henry from The Rebel Business School team for help working out how to optimize his website for Google. In this episode, you can learn from Alan's mistakes and Henry's guidance on how to improve your website for the Google rankings.
7/4/2022 • 55 minutes, 28 seconds
Silicon Valley Meets UK Crafting
What business is furthest from the high tech start-ups of Silicon Valley? Alan's answer was a craft business from Reading, Berkshire in the UK. In this episode Jennifer Vessels, an innovation expert from Silicon Valley who has worked with Google, Adobe and Netflix, takes what she has learnt and helps Adam from Craft Box Club in the UK with his business. We talk innovation, marketing and sales and how to apply the ideas to your business.
6/30/2022 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Is SEO Right For You?
Is SEO right for you? Should you be using search-engine optimization to get customers to find you? It is the fabled beast of all marketing where you have created your website, worked to become the top result in Google and then floods of customers turn up at your inbox or on your phone and you don't have to do anything else. Is it actually real? How much effort does it take? Can you actually become the number one result on Google for the keywords you want to? In this episode, Alan interviews a search engine optimization expert, Farzad Rashidi to learn whether it's possible for mere mortals like us to get to the top of the google rankings!
6/27/2022 • 58 minutes, 25 seconds
How to Define Your Sales Offer
Shuold you go networking? Should you join BNI? What do you offer when you get there? How do you find new clients? Join Christina Russo of Fresh Print Media and Alan as they talk about networking, defining your sales offer and having the energy of starting a new year every single month. This episode is designed to get you thinking, inspired and start you selling again!
6/23/2022 • 49 minutes, 7 seconds
Ten Guerilla Marketing Techniques
Guerilla marketing is an advertisement strategy in which a company uses surprise or unconventional interactions in order to promote a product or service. In this episode, Alan talks to Larry and Jon from the Handyman Pro podcast about different ways to promote your business, find customers, and stand out from the competition. Join us for an episode jam-packed with marketing tips and techniques.
6/20/2022 • 1 hour, 21 minutes
Closing the Sale
This is the point where we all get nervous. You have had a good chat, you've made friends, and it looks like they are interested in what you have got to sell! YAY. But how do you close it? How do you go from comfortable chat to final sale and getting the cash? In this episode learn different closing teqniques that you can use to close more sales and increase revewnue alongside Christina from Fresh Print Media! Let's get closing and sell sell sell!
6/16/2022 • 37 minutes, 57 seconds
Marketing your small business
The perennial problem for small businesses is finding customers. How do you get people interested in your art, product, or service?
As entrepreneurs we are always on the lookout for the latest and greatest way to get customers but should we focus on doing the basics of marketing well? Alan coaches Neft, an art business owner in Mexico, on how to find customers online.
6/13/2022 • 54 minutes, 38 seconds
The BIG review
Sometimes you need to stop and take stock of where you are with your business. After 29 episodes of working with Christina on Fresh Print Media we stop and take stock on the journey, are we where we want to be with the website? How is the sales process going? Are the contracts working?
Join Christina and Alan and review your business alongside them to work out where you need to focus next!
6/9/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 26 seconds
Building a conference from scratch with Diania Merriam
How do you build a national conference from scratch?
Meet Diania Merriam, who decided to build EconoMe, a national conference in the USA about Financial Independence. She shares the ups and downs, the mistakes, and the successes with the aim of helping you grow your business to the next level.
Check out the EconoMe Conference.
6/6/2022 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 28 seconds
How big is your outreach?
The size of your outreach determines the size of your results.
Are you making sales call? Sending sales emails? Going networking? Chasing down leads?
If you are selling, marketing, and promoting the sales won't come in!
Join Alan and Christina as they talk through the sales activity that Christina is doing and surprise news from the sales coal face at the beginning of the episode!
6/2/2022 • 48 minutes, 13 seconds
Mile High Rebels
When one door closes another one tends to pop open (if you are pushing out there into the universe!)
In this episode, you will get to meet Doug and Carl, the hosts of the Mile High FI podcast network and the new home of the Rebel Entrepreneur.
Join us as we discuss the future of the podcast, why we are teaming up, and hopefully a few ideas, nuggets, and tips for you as you grow your business.
5/30/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 52 seconds
Is It Time To Scale Up? With Rob Phelan of The Simple Startup
There comes a point in any business where you just have too much on! You are overwhelmed by the amount of business, all the things that need to get done and you start to think about hiring! Is it time to scale up? Should I hire? Get a virtual assistant? Can I soldier on? It is only my weekends and evenings that are suffering! In this Episode Rob Phelan of the Simple StartUp and Alan discuss overwhelm from too many projects, focus, and if scaling up your business really is the right thing to do or not?
5/23/2022 • 50 minutes, 56 seconds
How Do You Actually Begin Selling? | Rebel Coaching Series
If I asked you to go make 5 sales call now could you do it? Where would you start? After our last episode with Christina her homework was to call 5 people. She struggled to do it and in this episode we find out why, how to overcome it, and if it actually works. Join Alan and Christina as we break down sales, where to start, and how to make those first calls.
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5/19/2022 • 42 minutes, 10 seconds
Start Up Stories: Launching A Creative Business With Matt Parker
How do you create monetary stability as a creative? In a field where steady income can be hard to come by, where should you start looking to find some form of security? Instead of searching for these things, this week’s guest Matt Parker suggests ways in which you can create it for yourself! Together, he and Alan discuss how altering your lifestyle as opposed to looking for more can create the lee-way needed to continue doing the work you love doing!
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5/16/2022 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Developing Sales Skills | Rebel Coaching Series
Sales are the lifeblood of your business. If you don’t have sales coming in, fresh clients, and increased income, then your business is withering and dying. Christina Russo is learning sales skills to grow her photography business. Join her on the journey to learn, implement, and use sales skills to increase turnover and find the most fun clients to work with. This week we are finding out how Christina got on with the Brian Tracy sales videos, the list she was going to create, and if she has been reaching out and making this sales phone calls!
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5/12/2022 • 51 minutes, 40 seconds
When Do You Pay Yourself A Wage? With Mike Jones
The transition from employee to entrepreneur can be a tough one. Certain fundamentals change completely, such as getting a wage every month or two weeks. When you are first starting this can be tough to get your head around! When do I pay myself? What will my salary be? How do I get money out of my business? Join Mike Jones as he asks Alan all about the transition from wages to entrepreneur.
5/9/2022 • 51 minutes, 29 seconds
Learn How To Sell | Rebel Coaching Series
If you don’t sell anything you don’t have a business. Sales is one of the most important functions in any business! It brings in money, is the lifeblood of business, and helps build your vision. Sales is also one of the most misunderstood and hated subjects in business. If we say the word “salesman” to you, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Join Alan and Christina as they work out how best to approach learning how to sell and start developing the sales skills to build the business of your dreams.
5/5/2022 • 43 minutes, 58 seconds
Rebel Book Club With Laura Poole
Can a book change your life? Or maybe it is what you do after reading the book that actually changes your life? Join Laura Poole, coach, graphic designer, and leader of the Rebel Book club as she discusses with Alan self-development books that have changed our lives, how to read, audio versus text, and hacks to implementing the books you have read. There is no point reading a book if you don’t do anything about it afterwards!
5/2/2022 • 55 minutes, 7 seconds
What’s Your Vision? | Rebel Coaching Series Christina
Do you ever feel lost with your business? As though you are going through the motions but you have lost the focus and drive? Building a business is a process and sometimes along the journey we get lost, distracted, and burnt out. In this episode Alan guides Christina through reconnecting with her vision, measuring progress, and working out who she needs to become to run the business of her dreams.
4/28/2022 • 51 minutes, 45 seconds
Time Traveling Entrepreneurship Part Two with William Wadsworth
Thanks for hanging around during our brief layover everyone! Now for the current leg of our journey, Alan and William talk about the logistics behind launching William’s app experiment! We thank you again for flying on the maiden voyage of Rebel Time Airways we hope you got some value from multiple years of William’s entrepreneurial journey!
4/25/2022 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
The Ultimate Self Coaching Toolkit | Rebel Coaching Series
After ten years of running Rebel Business School courses, and coaching some 20,000 people to get started, how do Alan and Simon actually help people when they’re stuck? What are the questions they ask and how do they help people make progress? How do they help people find ‘home’ and become centred with their business. This is the episode to come back to every time you feel lost with your business. This episode delivers the actual process they use that can help you and the people you care about!
4/21/2022 • 55 minutes, 34 seconds
Time Traveling Entrepreneurship Part One with William Wadsworth
Have you ever wondered what your business will look like a month from now? What about a year from now? Well you’re in luck! In this episode, Alan sits down with William Wadsworth from Exam Study Expert while he is in two different stages of building his business! The first half of the show takes place in October 2020 when William’s business is in its infancy, and the second part of the show takes place over a year later! Please listen to your captain, relax in your seat, and enjoy a year’s worth of progress in just 67 minutes! Stick around for part two next Monday!
4/18/2022 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Jungle Coaching With Simon Paine | Rebel Coaching Series
What have we learned from the first five series of the Rebel Coaching episodes? What are the common barriers that prevent people making progress? In this experimental episode, Alan and Simon walk through the Colombian coffee plantations in the Andes mountains and explore the differences and commonalities between each of the entrepreneurs and how you can apply these lessons to your business.
4/14/2022 • 43 minutes, 31 seconds
You Choose Your Life With Emma Cann
Did you choose the life you are living? Did you choose the work you do? Did you choose your beliefs and values? In this episode, Emma Cann takes over the podcast helm to ask questions about choices, goals, beliefs, and decisions. Come along for the ride as we discuss who creates your life and how to take charge of it.
4/11/2022 • 55 minutes, 57 seconds
Your Online Universe | Rebel Coaching Series
How do you get customers to come to you? In this episode Henry, Alan, and Christina work through SEO, getting your website to show up, and bringing customers that are already searching for your services to your business. What is the centre of your online universe for your business? Is it your website? Your YouTube channel? How do you optimize that for SEO and get people to contact you asking for your service or product. Find out if Christina’s Google My Business Profile has risen up the ranks and what she needs to do next to improve her SEO easily.
4/7/2022 • 59 minutes, 34 seconds
Finding An Entrepreneurial Mentor With Michael Redford
Mentors, energy, and a can do attitude. In this episode of the podcast, Micheal Redford is back! Michael’s first appeared on the show was in, “The Failed Mini-Experiment,” when he told us all about his first dive into business. This week’s episode is about going back to the beginning, exploring the mentality of a successful entrepreneur, whether you ever really stop learning, and what happens when the mentee, becomes the mentor.
4/4/2022 • 51 minutes, 46 seconds
The Weekly Check-In | Rebel Coaching Series
You are working hard on your business. You are making things happen while you run from task to task to task. Do you ever take a moment to reflect on how it is going? Where are we? What is working and what isn’t? One of the most important things you can do with your business is check in on the progress, ask what is and isn’t working, and then focus on accelerating the positives and not just fixing the negatives! In this episode, Alan and Christina explore business reflection and taking action to build the business of your dreams. Building a business doesn’t happen overnight, it is a process full of action.
3/31/2022 • 36 minutes, 40 seconds
Frustrated Follow-Ups
Have you been pitching for new business? Finding leads online, applying for business, and trying to get clients? The process of getting clients can be infuriating to say the least. Patrick the podcast manager has been looking for new clients and more work over the last few weeks, and after a frustrating week reached out to Alan for support. Join Patrick and Alan as they talk about how to overcome objections, break through the noise, and uncover work that you didn’t even know existed!
3/28/2022 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
Creating Energy | Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series
We all have the same number of hours in a day. Time is one of the most important non-renewable resources we all have. However, some people get so much more done with their time than others, and I believe the difference is energy! How much juice, energy, and passion do you have to put into your hours? Do you flop on the sofa or couch devoid of energy at the end of the day? This episode is all about what sucks the energy out of you and what gives you energy and builds you up!
3/24/2022 • 48 minutes, 26 seconds
The Biggest Gift Rebel Can Give You
Wondering what is going to happen to the Rebel Entrepreneur Podcast? In this show Alan speaks directly to you to give you an update on the show since the funding changed. He discusses your ideas for the podcast, gives you an update on the Donegan’s life, and then shares the biggest gift Rebel can give you. Stay tuned to the end for Alan’s closing remarks and our gift to you.
3/21/2022 • 34 minutes
Your Business Digital Life | Rebel Coaching Series
Is your website bringing you business? Are people finding you on google? Is your social media driving traffic and winning customers? When you are a solo-preneur you only have so much time and energy and you have to choose where to focus to create the most impact possible. In this episode Henry from Rebel Business School helps Christina think through her business Digital life and where to focus next.
3/17/2022 • 48 minutes, 48 seconds
Competition & How To Deal With Them With BC Kowalski
When you start your business you are probably going to have competition. There is probably going to be people that already do what you do. Some of this competition is going to react to your launch from a place of fear. They may attack you and your business, they may try and stop you. The question is not if this will happen, but how are you going to respond when it does?? In today’s episode BC Kowalski and Alan talk competition, strategies for dealing with it, and positivity.
3/14/2022 • 37 minutes, 19 seconds
Business Boundaries and Contracts
You’ve won your first client! YAY. Should you send them a contract? Do you need terms and conditions? In this episode Christina and Alan talk through contracts, why you need them, and what goes in them. Contracts are designed to facilitate clear communication, expectations, and trust, but somewhere along the way we have lost sight of the purpose of having a contract. Let’s make contracts fun.
3/10/2022 • 44 minutes, 23 seconds
Starting From Zero with Stephen Peyton
Who do you surround yourself with? How do you work with your partner? Business or otherwise? Who you spend most of your time with directly affects your beliefs, attitude, and therefor your actions. In this episode of Rebel Entrepreneur, Stephen Peyton is taking over and grilling Alan with questions about his key relationships, how he works with others, and his mental diet. Alan ends up talking about the voices in his head and we find out if he is actually mad or not?!?
3/7/2022 • 54 minutes, 52 seconds
LinkedIn Sales Strategy | Rebel Coaching Series Christina
How do you use Linkedn to win business? Patrick Venn has a new strategy to share with us and Christina has offered to be the guinea pig! So let’s get testing. We run a marketing mini-experiment live on the show where Christina records her first video and sends it out! Test and measure. Listen along and we will show you the step by step guide to using LinkedIn to find sales leads.
3/3/2022 • 49 minutes, 32 seconds
Taming The Idea Beast with Stephen Lockyer
What do you do when you have too many ideas? How do you choose which idea to focus on? Are you telling me I have to pick one idea and stick with it for the rest of my life? In this Episode, Stephen Lockyer of Escapages takeovers the Rebel Entrepreneur podcast and asks Alan all about creativity, choosing ideas, running mini-experiments, and letting go of ideas when they don’t work.
2/28/2022 • 48 minutes, 40 seconds
Google My Business | Rebel Coaching Series Christina
How do people find your business? How do you get discovered? Google My Business is one of the most under utilized and powerful tools in an entrepreneurs arsenal. If you want to be found, get a pin on the map, develop your account, and work to promote your business. Let’s get you on Google My Business and started.
2/24/2022 • 35 minutes, 11 seconds
Starting At The Beginning With Sherry Zeisel
You have these HUGE ideas. You want to launch it but the sheer size scares you! How are you going to get it all done? How are you going to make it work? You’ve got kids and how do you fit this huge project around them? In this episode we refine the idea of the mini-experiment, we look at launching quickly, and making the best of the precious time you have. Join this week’s host Sherry Zeisel as she grills Alan on mini-experiments, marketing, and building a business around family responsibilities.
2/21/2022 • 44 minutes, 21 seconds
Developing Your Website
When you first launched your business you probably threw up a website. How long has it been since you updated it? Does it still reflect what you do, how you think of your business, and what your customers want? In this episode, the resident Rebel Website expert Henry Nicholson helps Christina to see her website with a fresh pair of eyes, work out what to do, and break it down into clear action steps. Tune in and work on your website alongside Christina and Henry.
2/17/2022 • 37 minutes, 54 seconds
Fire The Haters With Jillian Johnsrud
Do you get nervous on sales calls? Do you ever doubt what you are putting out for sale? Do you feel nervous putting out content online, posting videos, and sending emails? Imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and the fear of haters stops so many of us from fully following our dreams. Join Jillian and Alan as they talk through strategies and the mindset for overcoming these problems and launching your entrepreneurial adventure.
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2/14/2022 • 47 minutes
Finding Balance | Rebel Coaching Series Christina
There is a transition that happens when you go from working for someone else (employee) to running your own business. Being your own boss is one of the most exciting things. However, it can also be one of the most challenging! Every single day you have to make up what you are going to do, there is no one around driving the agenda for you. You have to take charge, organize, plan, and stay focused. In this episode Alan and Christina talk through that transformation and some of the tools that you can use to stay focused, stay on track, and find balance in your daily life.
2/10/2022 • 30 minutes, 17 seconds
The Future of Rebel Entrepreneur
Have you had something big happen that threw you? Something that in a phone call or a moment changed everything? Well that happened this week for Alan and the Rebel Entrepreneur. Join Alan as he discusses where the podcast came from, what happened this week, and asks you want you want to change in the future of Rebel Entrepreneur, or if there even is one…
2/7/2022 • 32 minutes, 14 seconds
Going All In | Rebel Coaching Series Christina
You’ve started a business, you’ve made some sales and now it is time to go all in. When you first quit your job and go full time it can be quite daunting knowing where to put your energy, effort and time. There is so much you could be doing, Instagram, Google, SEO, Cold marketing; where do you start? In this episode Christina and Alan explore where to focus in the first two weeks of being full time.
2/3/2022 • 32 minutes, 36 seconds
Why Haven’t You Launched? With Julia Marchant
Julia dreams of building a bike experience business; of taking tours of people along the beach front in her home town in Florida. In this episode Alan looks to find out what is stopping her, what is getting in the way, and helps her to come up with the next action for her business. If you are in pre-launch mode this episode will help you to think through the first steps and get you closer to launch!
1/31/2022 • 32 minutes, 8 seconds
Did He Burn The Boats? Rebel Coaching Series Keith Hunt
Did Keith take the year long lease? Did he go all in despite losing money on the mini-experiment? Did his wife talk him out of doing it? In the last episode of Coaching Season 5 we find out what Keith decided and his plans from here. With a full time job, 7 kids and another one arriving immenently Keith has a huge amount to balance alongside his desire to be an entrepreneur and business owner!
1/27/2022 • 47 minutes, 18 seconds
Staying Consistent
Staying consistent doesn’t sound sexy does it? But it is one of the most important things in business. Have you ever struggled to follow through on your goals? Got excited for a month and worked hard and then wondered why you haven’t kept it up? Started a fitness regime and stopped after two weeks? This episode is for you! Alan guides you through the process for getting excited and staying on track as you build the life of your dreams.
1/24/2022 • 38 minutes, 45 seconds
Is it Time to Go All In? | Rebel Coaching
Is it time to go all in? Have you heard the expression burn the boats? The idea is that if you burn the boats you have no escape plan and you are “all in” and have to find a way to make it work or die. Sounds dramatic!! It is. Alan is not a big believer in the “burn the boats” strategy, but there are times in business where you are forced to make a binary or yes/no decision. This week we discuss if Keith should go “all in” on the food truck and take the year long lease after nearly passing out from heat exhaustion serving this weekend.
1/20/2022 • 52 minutes, 53 seconds
Battling Startitis: How Do You Get The Cash Flowing?
Battling “startitis.” How do you get going when you have HUGE ideas, especially when they are so big that you don’t even know where to start. How do you take the huge ideas and get the cash flowing so you can spend it and start growing quickly? Welcome to Andrew Sridar’s podcast takeover where he asks ” I am someone who dreams big — like really, really big. But I know I need to get to cash flow quickly?”
1/17/2022 • 47 minutes, 22 seconds
The Big Launch
Launching a food truck is a huge mission. From the health department certificate to the commissary and getting people to show up for the grand opening you have your work cut out for you. Did Keith get it all done? Did he survive the process let alone turn a profit and get happy customers? Find out in the episode of the Rebel Entreprenuer Coaching Series if Keith got to launch and how it went!
1/13/2022 • 55 minutes, 7 seconds
The Rebel Startup Process with Simon Paine
How do you start a business? What’s the best way to get going? Isn’t it different for products and services? Join Simon and Alan as they bring together all the strands of startup from the last two seasons into the definitive guide to the Rebel Startup method. We will run you through the process from idea generation to growth and highlight the different episodes and resources to help you get going. This is the guide to starting a business the Rebel way!
1/10/2022 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 13 seconds
Preparing to Launch | Rebel Coaching
Do you realize how much work it is to launch a business?? You have decided to have a go, you are pumped about the side-hustle, and now the real work starts. Join us as Keith is deep in setting up his food truck, working to get a license, a commissary, and ready for customers. Building a business is a huge undertaking and before you launch yours you need to experience what it really takes alongside someone who is actually doing it. Welcome to the Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series Season 4.
1/6/2022 • 42 minutes, 40 seconds
Losing the Family Home
Why do you do what you do? What gets you up in the morning? In this episode Kristy and Bryce of Millennial Revolution takeover the Rebel Entrepreneur and go deep into Alan’s back story. We find out where Alan’s hatred of bullies come from, why Alan is so against debt, and how Alan turned the toughest moments in his life into the driving force behind the Rebel brand. There are certain moments in life that will either tear you into pieces or form you into the person you are today. You get to choose.
1/3/2022 • 46 minutes, 2 seconds
The Annual Review
How do you set up your life and world for the best possible chance of success in the year coming? Happy new year and in this special episode Alan shares the annual review process he uses with Katie (his wife) and the Rebel team to reflect on the year passed and set up the next year for the best possible chance of success. Join Alan as we find out the questions he asks himself, how he thinks about reviewing the year past, and using that as the inspiration to build the year coming. Find out what’s coming up in Season 3, and what Patrick the podcast manager and Alan have in store for you! Welcome to the new year!
1/1/2022 • 16 minutes, 3 seconds
Getting Permission | Rebel Coaching
You are desperate to dive in and launch. You see an opportunity that you grab with both hands; but have you given yourself enough time? Launching certain businesses can have a huge amount of paperwork attached to it. You need permits, plans, insurance, and more. In this episode we meet Keith half way through his original mini-experiment and find out what he needs to put in place to get going.
12/30/2021 • 47 minutes, 8 seconds
The Big End!
Join Alan and the whole Rebel Business School gang for the grand finale of Season 2 and a Christmas special. We have voicemails from you the listeners, Alan answering questions, and then each and every member of the Rebel Business School team has ideas and tips to help you be successful in 2022. We are so excited to share this final episode with you! If you have enjoyed Season 2 you are going to love this, and please take a moment after listening to give us feedback!
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Happy Christmas, Happy New Year and let’s make the next year amazing.
12/27/2021 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 20 seconds
The Risky Experiment | Rebel Coaching Series
You want to start a business and get going. You’ve got ideas and a dream. You just need to get money to start up. The question is, how much risk are you willing to take on with your new venture? In this episode Alan and Keith explore ways to minimize the risk of starting your business, and help Keith get going with his food truck experiment in Arizona! Can Keith get it off the ground in only two weeks?
12/23/2021 • 50 minutes, 4 seconds
Just Publish: The Magic of Putting Yourself Out There
What happens when you come on a Rebel Business School and Alan forces you to build and publish your website by day 3 of the course? Meet Lance who came to the Rebel Business School in Longmont Colorado, and was forced by Alan to publish and launch his own website. The message of the episode: stop thinking and start doing!
12/20/2021 • 37 minutes, 31 seconds
The Big WHY: Why Are You Starting Up?
Why are you starting your business? Do you know your values? What is important to you in life? Have you ever taken time to ask if this new business venture of yours will actually move you towards your goals? Towards your values? In this episode Alan asks the tough questions with Keith to uncover his real motivation for starting a food truck.
12/16/2021 • 56 minutes, 45 seconds
Practical Self-Development
How do you create the life of your dreams? Alan keeps repeating “The extraordinary belongs to those that create it!”, and we can almost hear you saying, “Enough already Alan; how do we actually do this? Where do we start?” Well in this episode Alan works to help lay out a framework for getting from A to B and the steps to do it. If you want an extraordinary life then it is down to you and this episode lays out the blueprint!
12/13/2021 • 59 minutes, 41 seconds
What Are You Building? Life After the Mini-Experiment | Rebel Coaching
After a series of mini-experiments and a move across the country Keith Hunt is trying to work out what to work on next? Have you ever taken the time to consider what you are actually building? Whether it lines up with how you want to spend your time? Does it move you closer to your values or further away? Take the time to consider what you are building alongside Alan and Keith as they discuss food trucks, cloud kitchens, and Kickstarter campaigns.
12/9/2021 • 53 minutes, 29 seconds
Self-Development Courses
Tony Robins, T. Harv Eker, Christopher Howard, The Landmark Forum, Richard Bandler and NLP; between them Simon and Alan have been on just about every self-development course and they share their biggest learnings, which ones are actually worth it, and what you should avoid and/or get into. Ever been curious about self-development courses and whether you should go? This is the episode for you.
12/6/2021 • 40 minutes, 40 seconds
The BIG Celebration | Rebel Coaching
Matt and Rob are back for the last episode of the Season 3 Rebel Coaching series. Join us as we celebrate the progress made, discuss what tips, thoughts, and ideas Rob and Matt have for Andrew, and have a laugh along the way. We cover running mini-experiments, the failures and how they shape you and how to push forward in spite of them.
12/2/2021 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 7 seconds
Self-Development for Entrepreneurs
Simon likes to say that Alan is one of the world’s largest self-development geeks and he has forgotten more about self-development than most people ever learn. Join Alan and Simon as they talk about the role self-development should have in an entrepreneur’s journey, the courses they have both been on, the impact they have had, and tools, tips, and ideas for you on your journey to creating the extraordinary.
11/29/2021 • 43 minutes, 5 seconds
What Have We Learnt? | Rebel Coaching
In the penultimate episode of this coaching series we go back through each and every single episode so far to find out what worked and what didn’t on the journey to build and monetize Andrew’s YouTube Channel. Join us for an incredibly valuable episode where we boil down the key learnings and how you can apply them to your business.
11/25/2021 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Is Self-development a Scam?
JT Foxx is the self-proclaimed World’s Number 1 Wealth Coach (not the normal guest on the Rebel Entrepreneur) and is on the show to talk about whether self-development is a scam or not. The global self-development market is worth $40 billion and Alan wonders how much of that money actually adds value to the people that spend it. Join Alan for a very surprising conversation with JT Foxx.
11/22/2021 • 44 minutes, 9 seconds
SEO – YouTube | Rebel Coaching
How to optimize SEO on a YouTube Channel. In this episode we have Doug Cunnington from Niche Site Project on the show talking all things Search Engine Optimization. Whether you have a blog, podcast, website, or YouTube channel Doug breaks down the key steps to get going with optimizing your site and content to show up in a search engine. Get out a pen and paper and join us for a tour de force of SEO
11/18/2021 • 54 minutes, 7 seconds
Turning Adversity Into Opportunity
Bad things happen. You’re going to get fired, you’re going to lose clients, or things are just going to go wrong. Successful people don’t have less problems they find a way to respond to them differently. How might your biggest challenge be your biggest opportunity? In this episode Alan talks to Josh Bond who turned getting fired into building an incredible business and eventually his dream life style.
11/15/2021 • 53 minutes, 33 seconds
It’s Not Linear | Rebel Coaching
You’ve launched your business. You have put the product or service out for sale, you’ve launched the YouTube channel, and nothing has happened! After weeks and then months of work you are awaiting the results, but nothing has happened. Progress in a business is not linear. If you aren’t ecstatic with your business results yet then this is the episode you need to hear. Join Andrew and Alan as they talk progress, promotion, and individual focus.
11/11/2021 • 50 minutes, 5 seconds
Rebel Colombia: Global Entrepreneurship
Is entrepreneurship the same the world over? On today’s podcast we join Fabi, Dani, and Alfredo, the team of Entrepreneurs launching the Rebel Business School in Colombia. Together, we talk about how to start a business, whether entrepreneurship is the same the world over, and Alan’s bad sense of humor!
11/8/2021 • 47 minutes, 50 seconds
Financial Independence and Entrepreneurship with Mr. Money Mustache
Mr. Money Mustache gate crashes the coaching series and we talk Financial Independence, Entrepreneurship, and minimalistic fitness. Join as Andrew asks how to tell your family you are into FI, if Mr. Money Mustache does calisthenics, and how to balance entrepreneurship and the job that provides a pay check. Join us for a VERY special episode of the coaching series.
11/4/2021 • 54 minutes, 17 seconds
Bedroom Businesses
Is the story of building a business from your bedroom and selling it for millions possible? Has anyone actually done that? Building a business is a long journey with ups and down, but is the dream really possible? In this episode meet someone who has done exactly that and find out what they think made the difference on their journey
11/1/2021 • 45 minutes, 44 seconds
The Guide to Affiliate Links | Rebel Coaching
The ultimate guide to getting started is with affiliate links. The idea is that you promote other people’s products (such as the ones on Amazon Associates Program) on your blog, Instagram, or YouTube Channel, and get paid a commission every time something sells! Is it really as easy as adding a link to your post? Or is there more science to it? After 6 months of trying and failing to earn affiliate income, Andrew has asked for help and Andy McDonald from TechteamGB is here to support!
10/28/2021 • 56 minutes, 56 seconds
How to Make Your Business Famous
How do you get your business covered by the media in the newspapers, radio, and magazines? In this episode, Jon Card of Full Story media gives us practical tips to start our journey into the world of media and journalists. Jon Card writes regularly for The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and is the author of How to Make Your Company Famous.
10/25/2021 • 52 minutes, 32 seconds
Advanced YouTube
Let’s get geeky. There is so much more to being a YouTuber than just putting out a new video each week. In this episode we dive into the details of YouTube with two of the best. Strap in, get a pen and paper, and get ready to make notes as Matt Estlea and Rob Harvey give us the most value we have ever had in an hour long episode. We are going to break down YouTube analytics, stats, promotion, thumbnails, and every other detail you need to become a YouTube sensation! The fun thing is that the same principles apply to your business too!
10/21/2021 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 41 seconds
Just Start: A Rebel Story
The power to make things happen come from starting. Nothing happens until you start! Join Alan as he meets Alayna from the Rebel Business School event in Charleston and finds out about her journey into entrepreneurship, her business, and what she has learned along the way. For more you can find Alayna at AlaynaCreative.com
10/18/2021 • 53 minutes, 38 seconds
The Monthly Review
Do you take time out of your day to review your progress? To think about how it is going, what you have done, and if it were to continue like this are you happy with the destination? One of the most important practices you can implement on a monthly basis is a review of your business/life. Doing this one thing will change the direction of your life over the long term. Thinking about your progress, your current state, and what you want to do to improve on a regular basis (if implemented) can change your future! Listen to this short special episode from Alan on how to review your business!
10/18/2021 • 17 minutes, 11 seconds
How to Get Sponsors
The difference between a successful entrepreneur and someone who talks about entrepreneurship and never does anything is the amount of things you try. In this episode Alan and Andrew talk about energy, making things happen, and getting things in the diary. Andrew has made some progress on sponsors and is starting to earn money from his YouTube channel, but he feels stuck with where to go next! Discover what is stopping you from getting to the next level alongside Andrew and Alan.
10/14/2021 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 9 seconds
Pricing
How do you price your product or service? What do you charge? This can be one of the toughest decisions you will face as an entrepreneur and one that entrepreneurs invariably get wrong and under price. Join Alan in the first half of the episode as he gives you tips and ideas on how to price and then in the second half meet Tania who is in need of pricing advice and coaching. Let’s get you priced and selling!
10/11/2021 • 51 minutes, 7 seconds
The Life of a Content Creator | Rebel Coaching
The life of a content creator can be a tough one! Whether you have a YouTube channel, a podcast, a blog, or even a business that puts stuff out on social media, it can be challenging! You have to create no matter how you feel. If you are a professional you don’t just get to hide, you have to show up and make it happen. In this episode we explore the life of a content creator, Matt and Rob’s biggest mistake, and Alan’s new saying “Do stuff!”
10/7/2021 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 54 seconds
Writing Proposals That Convert
There is an art to writing proposals that convert to sales. As you build your business and work to get more clients you are going to be asked to write proposals. Whether it is through Fiverr, Upwork, People Per Hour, or in real life you are going to have to develop the skills to create proposals that convert to sales, dollars, or pounds in your pocket. Patrick has just become self-employed and is trying to win business, and in this episode Alan goes through the major elements of a proposal and when to send them.
10/4/2021 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
Happiness First | Rebel Coaching
This is going to sound daft, silly, and strange. Focusing on happiness is the route to success. Not the other way round! People think that if they get promoted, earn more money, and build a business that it will lead to happiness. When I have done “X” I will be happy, but that just isn’t true. Working on your happiness, learning to be happy on the journey, and having fun are actually the long term sustainable routes to success. This episode is about happiness first and so much more!
9/30/2021 • 56 minutes, 22 seconds
Top 10 Rebel Lessons and Episodes
After 95 episodes of the show, where do you even start with the Rebel Entrepreneur? In this episode, we are joined by two of our listeners that have listened to every episode of the show so far; Jessica Yox and Travis Howser. They share with us the episodes that have had the biggest impact on them and what they learned. This is going to be a very valuable episode with some of the biggest Rebel lessons funneled into it. Strap in for the top 10 Rebel Countdown!
9/27/2021 • 59 minutes, 48 seconds
The First $100 | Rebel Coaching
Building a business is a journey. Sometimes it’s a long journey! But when you start to see the fruits of that labor roll in, there is no feeling like it! Andrew shares with us his first earnings on his YouTube channel, plus we discuss CPM payments, A/B testing, and creating powerful content. Your business doesn’t have to be perfect when you launch it, you just need to keep improving it each week!
9/23/2021 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 40 seconds
You Will Be Rejected!
When you first start your business and launch, you are going to be working towards making sales. You will be rejected, people will say no, and you will be tested. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it! In this episode, we meet Travis Howser from the “Raising Golfers” podcast and hear all about his journey from losing his job during the pandemic, to launching his own business on the other side!
9/20/2021 • 57 minutes, 17 seconds
Type A Balance: PUSH PUSH PUSH | Rebel Coaching
Gary Vaynerchuk is all about the hustle. We are told by so many sources to push, push, push. Hustle, hustle, hustle. If you are already a type A personality, is this the advice to follow? Do you need balance between your business, job, and family? Does Balance exist and should it be sought after? In this episode Alan and Andrew start with A/B testing, wind their way through giving tough feedback, and eventually get to finding balance for your side-hustle. Even the term has hustle in it?
9/16/2021 • 48 minutes, 21 seconds
Teaching Entrepreneurship
Are entrepreneurs born or created? If you believe they are created then how do you teach entrepreneurship? What’s the best way to learn business, entrepreneurship, and the startup mindset? In this episode Jessica Yox, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship from Cleveland State University, joins us to talk about running entrepreneurial classes, what the goal of those classes should be, and how we can all learn entrepreneurship. This episode is going to open your eyes to the best way to learn how to become an entrepreneur.
9/13/2021 • 56 minutes, 40 seconds
Sell Before You Create | Rebel Coaching
The allure of creating your own clothing line, product line, or brand. You get sucked into the wholesalers, line up the logos, and start to buy everything before you even know if there is market demand! STOP. Before you buy anything; sell it. Selling before you create is the key to risk free entrepreneurship.
9/9/2021 • 59 minutes, 45 seconds
The $2 Million Glamping Experiment
The right way to start a business is with a business plan and a loan, right? Meet Will who was on the verge of borrowing $2 million to launch his glamping business before he restructured to run a mini-experiment and test the idea in a different way. Before you launch your business, consider what you are actually building and how much risk you are willing to take on!
9/6/2021 • 46 minutes, 44 seconds
Marketing: Test and Measure | Rebel Coaching
How do you know if your marketing is working or not? There is only one way! Measure the success through sales, views, subscribers, and money earned. Marketing is a constant state of testing and measuring to find out what is working, refining it, and testing it again. In this episode Alan and Andrew review what he has tested since the last episode and what he is going to do next.
9/2/2021 • 49 minutes, 55 seconds
Cold Sales Emails
Have you ever sat down and tried to compose a cold introduction email to someone you want to sell to or meet? Did it work? Did you get a response? In this episode Eric Finnigan is back on the Rebel Entrepreneur Podcast unpacking how to create new opportunities out of thin air through cold email. If you need to generate new business then get out your laptop and start composing as you listen!
8/30/2021 • 42 minutes, 57 seconds
Developing a YouTube Channel
What is the difference that makes the difference in a content business? How do you stand out amongst all the other blogs, YouTube channels, and podcasts? In this episode Matt and Rob from MattEstlea.com coach Andrew in developing his YouTube channel and building his online presence through quality content.
8/26/2021 • 57 minutes, 51 seconds
Start by Trading
Start selling. Can you create wealth out of nothing? Can you find something on Facebook market place and sell it? Can you find something lying around you can re-sell? In this episode, our podcast editor, Andrew, gets coached by Stephen to build his side-hustle. Learn more about how to find deals, get prices, and create profit margins.
8/23/2021 • 43 minutes, 47 seconds
11 Ways to Monetizing Your Platform
It doesn’t matter if you have a blog, a YouTube channel, or a mailing list, there are certain ways you can monetize it. In this episode Alan coaches Andrew Alinda from Cali to the Crowd through different ways he can generate revenue from his new YouTube Channel.
8/19/2021 • 58 minutes, 6 seconds
Get the Money First
When you are launching your business you need everything ready to launch don’t you? Everything has to be perfect, website has to be created, business cards need to be printed, and your trademark needs to be in place? In this episode, we meet Stephen who has built an incredibly successful business finding value where others don’t always see it. Get the money first baby!
8/16/2021 • 51 minutes, 9 seconds
Coaching Series Collide | Rebel Coaching
Coaching Series Collide! In this special episode of the Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series we have Christina from Season 1, Jaymie from Season 2 and the star of Season 3, Andrew, who you haven’t even met yet on the coaching series. Find out what it is like to be coached by Alan, what each person learned, and also get a huge number of tips, ideas, and tricks that you can apply to your business right now!
8/12/2021 • 54 minutes, 46 seconds
How to Start a YouTube Channel From Scratch
Making millions from YouTube! What does it really take?? In this episode Alan meets Andrew Alinda who started his YouTube channel (Cali to the Crowd) 18 months ago. We find out what it takes to get going, how long it takes to see income from YouTube ads, and Andrew’s guide to you getting going on your own channel. Let’s start creating content!
8/9/2021 • 54 minutes, 11 seconds
The Imposter | Rebel Coaching
Spend as much time working on your confidence as you do working on your business. It is amazing how much time we as human beings spend doubting ourselves, beating ourselves up, and worrying about our performance. If we just took all that time and invested it in creating, building, and having fun, how much better would life be?? In the final episode Jaymie and Alan discuss imposter syndrome, dealing with doubt, and creating confidence.
8/5/2021 • 54 minutes, 34 seconds
Sales: Keep the Faith
If you don’t sell you don’t have any customers. It is as simple as that. What isn’t simple is how to sell, market, and find those customers. Patrick left a high paying corporate sales and sponsorship job to build his own business. In this episode, Alan and Patrick explore his journey into entrepreneurship and what he has learned about sales during that first year. Be prepared for an episode full of sales tips, tools, and ideas.
8/2/2021 • 58 minutes, 33 seconds
You’ve Sold It, Now You Have to Deliver It! | Rebel Coaching
You’ve sold it now you have to deliver it. After getting her Kickstarter campaign funded, Jaymie is now deep into the delivery phase of her kick starter. Sometimes life gets in the way. Is Jaymie enjoying creating the comic book? Is turning your hobby into a job a good idea? How do you manage getting the work done and a full time job? Sometimes following through on the promises you have made is the hardest part of any project!
7/29/2021 • 44 minutes, 43 seconds
“To Sell or Not to Sell?” That is the Question!
Sales is a divisive word. Some people think sales is pushy, sleazy, aggressive, and a bad thing; in fact a large percentage of the population believe this! For some of us we have realized that sales is a force for change, sales is a force for good, sales is something that we need to make happen to build a business, earn money and create a better world. In this episode Jaymie Dylan from the coaching episodes does a podcast takeover and grills Alan about sales and business. The tables have been turned; Alan is in the hot seat now!
7/26/2021 • 49 minutes, 4 seconds
Results, Results, Results | Rebel Coaching
You can’t control the results but you can control your daily activities. After 12 episodes of focusing on the daily marketing activities, sales, and making progress, Jaymie and Alan review the results of the Kick Starter Campaign. Avoid the boom bust cycle of small business and carry on the marketing even though you are focused on production.
7/22/2021 • 45 minutes, 1 second
The Aftermath of Action
Elliott Lester directed Aftermath starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, he has collaborated with HBO, Brad Pitt, and Plan B, and is working on a movie with Peter Dinklage. But how did it all start? How do you get going? How do you end up making money doing something you love in one of the most incredible industries in the world. For years Alan has been intrigued by the difference between someone who makes things happen and someone who talks about things happening and in this episode he gets to ask all his questions! This is a must-tune-in episode!
7/19/2021 • 48 minutes, 16 seconds
Market, Market, Market | Rebel Coaching
If you don’t market and promote your business you aren’t going to get sales! In this episode Jaymie and Alan discuss the overwhelm that can come from marketing, how to choose marketing ideas, and the daily actions it takes to build the business of your dreams
7/15/2021 • 43 minutes, 13 seconds
10 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website
You’ve built your website. WOOHOO! Celebrate. Then what? No-one is visiting it? I am afraid that “If you build it, they will come” is one of Hollywood’s biggest lies. If you built it NO ONE will come until you promote it, share it, get it on google, and shout about it to the world. What are you doing to get people to visit your website, see your product or service, and take notice of your offer? In this episode Henry Nicholson, COO of Rebel Business School, and Alan give you 10 ideas of how to drive traffic to your website and increase visibility.
7/12/2021 • 49 minutes, 5 seconds
Stretching Past Your Goals | Rebel Coaching
So you’ve set some goals, you hit them, you’ve failed to celebrate! What next? In this episode Jaymie and Alan unpack where the Kick Starter project goes next after hitting its goals. We explore stretch goals, the best time to make a sale, and how to engage your audience.
7/8/2021 • 50 minutes, 39 seconds
The Marketing Mini-experiment
Have you ever thought about hiring someone to help you with your marketing? Alan has been wondering for sometime whether it is worth hiring someone from People per Hour, Upwork, or Fiverr to help with your marketing. In this Episode Patrick (Rebel Podcast Manager) and Alan test out four contractors to see if they can actually make a difference. Test and measure baby!
7/5/2021 • 47 minutes, 28 seconds
The Big Launch and the Results | Rebel Coaching
You have created the product, you have put it out there for sale, and now you are waiting for the results! Will anyone buy? Will you get customers? This week we find out the results for Jaymie’s first 6 days of her kick starter campaign and what has happened. You have got to listen to this one for the results and the surprising lessons from the launch!
7/1/2021 • 59 minutes, 56 seconds
Beginners Guide to SEO
92% of all internet searches happen on Google. Getting to the top of the google rankings for what your customers are searching for can be an incredible boost to your business. But is it even possible to do it? Should we be investing our valuable entrepreneurial energy and time into SEO and climbing the rankings, or should we just be paying for it as Ryan suggested in the last episode? In this episode Henry unpacks what he has learned working as a full time web developer and then on SEO within Rebel Business School for the last 8 years. Let’s get practical with SEO.
6/28/2021 • 51 minutes, 18 seconds
Promote, Promote, Promote | Rebel Coaching
If you build it they will come! The movie Field of Dreams and Kevin Costner convinced us that all we have to do is build it. They forgot to add the small print which is “NO ONE will come unless you promote it! This episode is all about promotion, marketing, and getting your message out there.
6/24/2021 • 48 minutes, 6 seconds
Is SEO Dead?
Does search engine optimization still work? Is hoping to go viral a real strategy? Aren’t paid adverts only for big businesses? You know how much Alan hates spending money on building businesses, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t learn about paid advertising, its strengths and weaknesses, and make a more informed decision. In this episode Ryan Stubblefield, a paid advertising expert, takes you through all he has learned from spending on advertising!
6/21/2021 • 40 minutes, 35 seconds
Self-Doubt Before Launch | Rebel Coaching
You are just about to launch your product, your service, your business, but have you got the price right? Is the page perfect? Are you ready? Every entrepreneur goes through the period of self-doubt before launch. Expect it, embrace it, and overcome it! Join Jaymie and Alan as they explore confidence, launching, and promotion!
6/17/2021 • 48 minutes, 23 seconds
Ten Ways to Market Your Business for Free
You’ve started your business but how do you get customers? Do you need to spend money on adverts? Facebook marketing? In this episode Simon and Alan share their 10 favourite, free ways to market your business and find new customers. Get a pen and paper, make a list, and start testing them now!
6/14/2021 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Kickstarter Page Review | Rebel Coaching
The landing Page. You have got your product, you are ready to go, but before you go promoting it everywhere on social media you need a landing page. Where is all that traffic going to arrive, what will they see and what are they going to buy. Listen along as Alan and Jaymie review the Kickstarter landing page, the levels, and the pricing of the Mandi9 Comic Book
6/10/2021 • 52 minutes, 36 seconds
Targeting your customer!
What do you think when I say the words, “Niche marketing” to you? Every entrepreneur we need fights the idea of niche marketing; of finding a clearly defined market. The fear of missing out on sales, “What do you mean I need to niche? Can’t I just sell to ANYONE?” In this episode KC and Alan work with Jeremy who is launching a new business to uncover his target market and get direction on his marketing.
6/7/2021 • 52 minutes, 51 seconds
Getting Things Done | Rebel Coaching
When you launch a project there is so much to do that it can be overwhelming. How do you know where to start? How do you choose what to focus on? How do you make sure you make progress towards your goals every single day? Alan and Digital Artist Jaymie explore productivity and getting things done.
6/3/2021 • 41 minutes, 55 seconds
The Mysterious World of Marketing
You’ve launched your business and now you need more customers! You’ve been going a few years and you need more customers. No matter what stage of business you are in marketing is the perennial problem that needs tackling. In this episode KC and Alan work to break down the mysterious world of marketing to make it practical and applicable to your business now.
5/31/2021 • 50 minutes, 31 seconds
Dealing With the Critics | Rebel Coaching
One of the biggest challenges you will face on the entrepreneurial journey is doubt, imposter syndrome, and lack of confidence. These things come up from our past and try and “protect” us from getting rejected by stopping us from ever trying! We have to deal with the doubt and negative spirals to help us make progress. Join us as Jaymie and Alan work through doubt!
5/27/2021 • 53 minutes, 42 seconds
Starting in Debt
When you run your own business there is SO much to do. You need to do the sales, the marketing, and the product development & delivery. In this episode Chris Bello from the Entrepreneur Motivation Podcast shares the bitter lessons he has learned in entrepreneurship from starting his own venture with debt.
5/24/2021 • 45 minutes, 21 seconds
Where Does the Time Go? | Rebel Coaching
Where does the time go? When you take on a mini-experiment to test your business ideas the word “mini” doesn’t do justice to the scale of the project! You need to think through the idea, create the marketing, work out pricing, market and sell whilst doing a full time job! In this episode Alan and Jaymie explore where the time vanishes too and how to make more progress whilst avoiding perfectionism!
5/20/2021 • 48 minutes, 31 seconds
Sell What You’ve Got
Where do you start? You want to launch a business but where do you start? In this episode Kai Angelet of Can You Handle It Tours shares his story of starting an international tour business from nothing. I met Kai doing one of his tours in Berlin, Germany and after hearing his story had to share it with you. This is grass roots entrepreneurship at it’s best!
5/17/2021 • 58 minutes, 44 seconds
Committing to the Idea | Rebel Coaching
You have decided that you want to make something happen. You have decided which idea to go for but now you are feeling overwhelmed! There is so much to do, can you do it all? You start to doubt yourself and your idea! This is part of the entrepreneurial journey. You are not alone! We all go through it.
5/13/2021 • 53 minutes, 5 seconds
Getting Things Done
When you start a small business what roles do you take on? Co-founder, head of sales, marketing, finances, HR, and all this whilst still looking after the family, doing home schooling in lock down and maybe a full time job? How do you stay on top of all this? In this episode Alan meets David Allen the author of Getting Things Done, and has a small fan boy melt down as they discuss making progress and lazy productivity.
5/10/2021 • 53 minutes, 49 seconds
Is There a Right Answer? | Rebel Coaching
The paradox of choice is a huge problem for creative entrepreneurs. How many ideas for businesses do you have? Where do you start? How do you make progress? Simon, Katie, and Alan work with Digital Artist, Jaymie Dylan, to work out where to start with her project.
5/6/2021 • 50 minutes, 34 seconds
The Productive Entrepreneur
How do you spend your days? What percentage of your time do you think is spent in productive activity? In this episode Robert Peake from Next Action Associates coaches Simon, co-founder of Rebel Business School, on the tools of stress free productivity.
5/3/2021 • 1 hour, 40 seconds
Picking an Idea | Rebel Coaching
Where do you start with your business ideas? Digital Artist, Jaymie, is so creative and overwhelmed with ideas we don’t know where to start. In this episode Katie Coombes and Alan work with Jaymie to identify the starting point and how to get going.
4/29/2021 • 54 minutes, 45 seconds
The Myth of Multitasking | Dave Crenshaw
Does multi-tasking exist? Can you get more done by doing it? In this episode Dave Crenshaw, author of The Myth of Multitasking, explores the biggest challenges facing new entrepreneurs, how to overcome them, deal with the overwhelm, and make more progress with your business.
4/26/2021 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
The End of the Side-Hustle | Rebel Coaching
You are thinking of going full time on your side-hustle? What do you need in place? This episode Alan works with Christina to prepare to leave her employment and go full time on her business. This is where the magic really starts to begin building! We talk smoothing income, things that could go wrong, and being your own supervisor.
4/22/2021 • 39 minutes, 25 seconds
Entrepreneurial Energy | Tanessa Shears
Is it time or energy that is the limiting factor in your life? So many people tell me it is time that stops them, but then they return home after work exhausted and slump on the couch and watch Netflix because they just don’t have the energy to do anything. How good is your energy? In this episode I talk to Tanessa Shears about increasing your energy and feeling better throughout the day. What else do you have other than energy and time?
4/19/2021 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 14 seconds
I QUIT | Rebel Coaching
What’s it like quitting your job to go full time on your side hustle? How does it feel? In this episode we get to talk to Christina as she has just quit her job to go full time on her own business, Fresh Print Media, and to work to build her dream life.
4/15/2021 • 38 minutes, 8 seconds
Evaluating Mini Experiments | Keith Hunt
How do you know if the mini-experiment worked? You have sold some things, you have some hope but is it enough to keep going? Following on from Episode 24 in Season 1, we talk to Keith Hunt again about his restaurant mini-experiment and whether or not he’ll be doing it again! This episode will help you work out if you want to continue your side hustle.
4/12/2021 • 40 minutes, 36 seconds
The New Business Drive | Rebel Coaching
How comfortable are you cold calling people? Sending out cold email? How much of your time do you spend selling, marketing, and growing your business? Sales is the underlying activity that will build your business and it is something that you need to get comfortable with if you are growing a small business.
4/8/2021 • 31 minutes, 3 seconds
The Failed Mini-Experiment
It doesn’t always go right! In fact sometimes it just doesn’t work. Alan interviews Michael Redford who ran a mini-experiment starting a business which failed. We pick through the failure (is there such a thing?) to find the lessons for you and for Michael that you can apply to your next business or experiment.
4/5/2021 • 45 minutes, 32 seconds
Give Us This Day Our Daily Sales Activity | Rebel Coaching
If you don’t sell you don’t have a customer. If you don’t have a customer you don’t earn money, have a business, or get to do the thing you love. Sales, marketing, and generating business is at the heart of creating the company you want. In this episode we explore authentic sales, daily habits, and marketing.
4/1/2021 • 20 minutes, 17 seconds
From Ideas to Reality | Mini experiments 2
After discovering the power of mini-experiments Alan was unlocked to test his business ideas, launch quickly, and innovate on the fly. Simon and Alan show how this incredibly powerful tool can be applied to your business, your life, and all your dreams.
3/29/2021 • 55 minutes, 56 seconds
Cold Email Marketing | Rebel Coaching
How do you generate new sales opportunities, contacts, and partnership opportunities from thin air? How do you just make it happen? At some point you are going to need to reach out to new people, and this episode shows you the tools needed to get cold email to work for you. Eric Finnigan from Transform Your Copy helps decode cold marketing emails and more.
3/25/2021 • 40 minutes, 27 seconds
Creativity | Travis Shakespeare
Are you creative? Do you believe you are creative? In this Episode Alan interviews Travis Shakespeare, SVP of Unscripted Programming for BBC Studios Los Angeles and Emmy award winning TV maker about his creative process and how he thinks about creativity. As an entrepreneur you are faced with an endless list of challenges and crises and you need to get creative to overcome them!
3/22/2021 • 1 hour, 1 second
When Should I Quit My Day Job? | Rebel Coaching
You have a full time job, you have a side hustle, you’re making some money in the side hustle, but it isn’t quite enough to live on. How do you know when to quit the job and go full time on your own business? In this episode Alan and Christina discuss how to make that decision and the criteria to feel confident going full time in your own business.
3/18/2021 • 27 minutes, 56 seconds
Innovation and Taking Ownership | Thomas Anglero
Thomas Anglero has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and the Director of Innovation for IBM Norway. Alan and he got into taking ownership for your world, creating, and innovating in your business. Feeling down about your business? Don’t know where to go next? Listen to this episode for energy, drive, and motivation.
3/15/2021 • 48 minutes, 27 seconds
Dealing with Overwhelm | Rebel Coaching
Do you ever get the feeling that there is more to do than can be done? Does it ever get on top of you? Do you feel overwhelmed? Of course you do; you’re human! If you are building a business, have a job, and have friends then there is more to do than can ever be done. In this episode Christina and Alan discuss practical methods to deal with overwhelm and make progress on your business on a daily basis.
3/11/2021 • 31 minutes, 44 seconds
The Extraordinary Belongs to Those That Create It
After hearing the phrase “The extraordinary belongs to those that create it” in The Big Short, Alan was inspired to start creating and building the life of his dreams. After 2 decades of research into life design, goals, and making things happen Alan shares everything he has learned on the journey.
3/8/2021 • 47 minutes, 29 seconds
Should I quit my job? | Rebel Coaching
You have started a side hustle. It’s going well, you are bringing in money and you are having fun. It isn’t quite enough to live on but you are overwhelmed by doing a full time job, running a side hustle, and family! How do you know when it is the right time to quit the day job and go full time on your side hustle? When should I quit my job?
3/4/2021 • 29 minutes, 55 seconds
Silicon Valley Innovation Meets English Crafts
What business is furthest from the high tech start-ups of Silicon Valley? Alan’s answer was a craft business from Reading, Berkshire in the UK. In this episode Jennifer Vessels, an innovation expert from Silicon Valley who has worked with Google, Adobe and Netflix, takes what she has learned and helps Adam from Craft Box Club in the UK with his business. We talk innovation, marketing, and sales, and how to apply these ideas to your business.
3/1/2021 • 58 minutes, 18 seconds
Hunting and Farming | Rebel Coaching
Sales come from two main places; people you know and people you don’t! What percentage of your time do you spend hunting for new business? What percentage of your time do you spend connecting with your network and speaking to existing clients? If you aren’t hunting and farming how do you expect to have customers?
2/25/2021 • 27 minutes, 1 second
The Myths of Silicon Valley | Jennifer Vessels
If you listen to the Tim Ferris Experiment and other popular entrepreneurial podcasts they talk endlessly of venture capital, investors & huge tech start-ups. Silicon valley is all about business plans, venture capitalists, incubators, investors and getting the big money first! In this episode Jennifer Vessels, an innovation expert from Silicon Valley who has worked with Google, Adobe and Netflix debunks the myths of Silicon Valley.
2/22/2021 • 50 minutes, 56 seconds
Everything You Want Is Outside Your Comfort Zone | Rebel Coaching
Everything you want is outside your comfort zone. Otherwise you would already have it! In this episode we explore making sales fun, reaching out to new people and blowing your own trumpet!
2/18/2021 • 20 minutes, 46 seconds
Starting from Nothing | Zev Siegl
Co-founder of Starbucks, Zev Siegl, shares stories of building the furniture for the first ever Starbucks store in his parents basement and how they started the business. Even the biggest businesses in the world started with an idea, in someone’s basement, garage or spare room. You just need to start where you are and build!
2/15/2021 • 57 minutes, 26 seconds
Sending the First Emails | Rebel Coaching
The number 1&2 things entrepreneurs need help with when growing their side hustle or launching their own business are Sales and Marketing. Without customers you don’t have a business. In the first episode Alan coaches Christina through target marketing, the dream 100 client campaign and finding customers.
2/11/2021 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
The Pop-Up Principles Part 2
Part 2 of the PopUp Principles we discuss trust, debt, and unrelenting drive and positivity! In this episode Simon, Alan, and Katie Coombes work through the overriding principles that we have used to build successful businesses and help other people. We have never shared these guiding principles outside of the PopUp courses but now they are here for you to use.
2/8/2021 • 56 minutes, 32 seconds
Finding New Customers | Rebel Coaching
The number 1&2 things entrepreneurs need help with when growing their side hustle or launching their own business are Sales and Marketing. Without customers you don’t have a business. In the first episode Alan coaches Christina through target marketing, the dream 100 client campaign and finding customers
2/4/2021 • 42 minutes, 14 seconds
Part 1 of the Pop Up Principles
Why do some businesses succeed and some fail spectacularly? What make the difference? Simon, Alan and Katie Coombes share the PopUp Principles. Developed over 12 years of starting our own businesses and helping 10,000+ people start other businesses these are the guiding principles that we believe will help you make a success of your next venture. Part 1 discusses the first 6 PopUp Principles
2/1/2021 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 1 second
Rebel Entrepreneur Takeover
This is a podcast takeover episode and Shawn Jenkins has taken control. Alan gave him completely free realm to ask anything and boy did Shawn use it. Find out what Shawn asks, hear Alan squirm and learn about the origins of PopUp and the startup methodology that Alan created. This episode is packed full of stories, practical tips on starting businesses, and ways of thinking about entrepreneurship.
10/19/2020 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 31 seconds
Can You Start a Restaurant with No Debt?
Can you build a restaurant with no debt? In this episode Alan talks with Keith Hunt of RedHeaded Step Taco who has just managed to borrow a restaurant to launch his Taco business. Listen to learn about mini-experiments, borrowing space, and launching your food business. Keith has a wealth of tips and experiences from the cutting edge of food.
10/12/2020 • 47 minutes, 20 seconds
Passion or Financial Independence First? Millennial Revolution Talk Entrepreneurship
Should you start with passion, or should you work on financial independence first and only launch your business when you get there? Millennial Revolution Kristy and Bryce have become serial entrepreneurs in retirement. We unpack why they waited till after retirement, the benefits of FU money, and what they have learned from creating and building blogs and books.
10/5/2020 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 32 seconds
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Investing
Your business is successful! You are making money! HOLIDAY! In this episode Alan, Simon, and the author of The Simple Path to Wealth, JL Collins, explore what you should do with your money as you earn it. Clue: the answer is not blow it all on a nice holiday or new car!
9/28/2020 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 37 seconds
When To Quit: the Mini-Experiment Didn’t Work
Never, ever, ever give up – Winston Churchill. Quitting has a bad rap but is it deserved? Simon and Alan unpack quitting, knowing when to quit, and why you should quit regularly. By saying no to something you are allowing space into your life for something else.
9/21/2020 • 52 minutes, 14 seconds
You Are Going To Fail. How Should You Respond?
You are going to fail. The only way you don’t fail at some point is if you don’t try. Entrepreneurship is about trying despite the fact that you will probably fail at some point. Simon, Sean, and Alan unpack failure; does it really exist; how to cope with it, how to get value from it, and how to create excitement about it.
9/14/2020 • 53 minutes, 44 seconds
How To Get Free Stuff Everyday
Can you get free stuff to help you launch your business? One of the early inspirations for PopUp Business School was a book written by Mike Essex; Free Stuff Every Day. Alan and Mike unpack getting free stuff, Mike’s entrepreneurial journey, and e-book creation and marketing.
9/7/2020 • 50 minutes, 32 seconds
Making Things Happen: The Art of Creating Something Out of Nothing
How do you create something out of nothing? One of the biggest differentiators between successful entrepreneurs and the people that talk about it is the ability to make things happen. It is an art and a skill. Sean and Alan unpack how to build things, make things happen, and follow through.
8/31/2020 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 12 seconds
Money: Managing the Life of a Small Business
The biggest killer of small business is cash flow. In this Episode Henry Nicholson who manages the finances at PopUp and our accountant and entrepreneur Emma May explore how to manage your money, cashflow, systems, and finances for small businesses.
8/24/2020 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 46 seconds
Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series: Having the Confidence to Sell
Turn your hobby into your business. How do you do it? Ask for the sale. It is one of the hardest things to do when you start but it is the step you must take. In this episode Alan works with Brittany to help her get comfortable asking for the sale, valuing her product, and working out how much to charge.
8/17/2020 • 55 minutes, 36 seconds
Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series: Targeting and Selling with Energy
Sales is one of the toughest challenges that new entrepreneurs face. As the founder your ability to sell or not will make or break your business. Join us as we coach new business founder, Curtis Jackson, through niche marketing, sales, and a focus on profitability from the start.
8/10/2020 • 47 minutes, 40 seconds
Sales: The Key to Building a Business
You don’t have a business if you don’t sell anything. Sales is the life blood of ANY business and this is the most important thing you need to master to get going. We explore sales as a process with James Headspeath and PopUp’s Head of Sales and Entrepreneur, Patrick Venn.
8/3/2020 • 57 minutes, 38 seconds
Mustachian Entrepreneurship with Mr. Money Mustache
Mr Money Mustache has spent a decade helping us to live frugally, manage our money, and get to Financial Independence. The principles of Mustachianism (The name of Pete’s cult) can be applied just as well to entrepreneurship. Alan and Pete explore managing your money, how to start businesses, and how to think about your finances.
7/27/2020 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 14 seconds
Evaluating Ideas: Which Idea Should Launch? with Simon Paine
Got a few different business ideas? Don’t know where to start? In this episode Simon and Alan talk on how they think about which opportunities to pursue, which business ideas to launch, and how to start. Find out how to make decisions based on your values that will create long term happiness.
7/20/2020 • 26 minutes, 42 seconds
Ideas and Creativity: Free Flowing Business Ideas with Simon Paine
7/13/2020 • 52 minutes, 49 seconds
The Magic of Using Customer’s Money to StartUp with Sean McHugh and Katie Coombes
It takes money to make money doesn’t it? You need to write a business plan and get a loan to get going don’t you? What if there was a way you could use customer’s money to build the business of your dream? Sean, KC, and Alan unpack how to get going using the customer’s money not your own.
7/6/2020 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 22 seconds
Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series with Shawn Jenkins
The Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series: Join Alan as he works with Shawn Jenkins on his next venture. Shawn is thinking through niche market, how to get going quickly, and marketing for his new podcast: The Shawn Jenkins Podcast. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-shawn-jenkins-podcast
6/29/2020 • 48 minutes, 57 seconds
Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series, Yoga with Darcy Mahan
The Rebel Entrepreneur Coaching Series. Join Alan as he works with Darcy to help her take her Yoga Business to the next level. Darcy is working to find a permanent space to operate from and to grow her community.
6/22/2020 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 10 seconds
The Un-expected Power of Mini-Experiments with Simon Paine
In Episode 1 we unpacked the biggest barriers to starting up a business and this episode gives you one of the most powerful tools to overcome them. Join Simon Paine and Alan Donegan, co-founders of PopUp, as they unpack the unexpected power of mini-experiments. How to get your business going quickly!
6/15/2020 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 46 seconds
Startup Stories – Building a business from passion with Matt Estlea
Matt left woodwork college with bleak career prospects. He took his future in his own hands and built his own business teaching woodworking online.
Matt Estlea – Woodworking YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWzA3ZlYEOLr1JkKH0ZMyg
6/8/2020 • 55 minutes, 42 seconds
The great Passion myth – do you really need it? with Sean McHugh and Kelly Hardwick
If you follow your passion you’ll never work another day in your life! Sounds like a nice dream doesn’t it! But is it true? Can you make money doing what you love? Is passion enough? We unpack passion in this episode.
6/1/2020 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 35 seconds
StartUp Stories – Benefit Focus with Shawn Jenkins
Even the biggest companies in the world start somewhere. In this episode we find out how Shawn Jenkins started a NASDAQ listed software company.
5/25/2020 • 57 minutes, 43 seconds
StartUp Stories – Time Trap Escape Rooms with Andrew and Katie Falcon-Uff
How do you get a building for free to use for your business? In this episode Katie and Andrew from TimeTrap Escape Rooms tell us their story including how they borrowed a room for their first escape room for free!
5/18/2020 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 54 seconds
5 ways to start a business with no debt
Episode 2 debunks the myth that it takes money to make money. You can build a business without debt and the PopUp Business School trainers show you 5 ways to get going quickly.
5/11/2020 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 57 seconds
Fear: What stops you starting up? with Jonathan Mendonsa
What stops most people from starting up? Why isn’t everyone launching their own company and making money doing something they love? In this episode we look at the three biggest barriers to people getting going, unpacking, and demystifying entrepreneurship.
5/4/2020 • 1 hour, 43 seconds
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