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The Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast is a platform to explore the idea of “building freedom”; a mindset that is actionable, practical and within your control.

The host, Ashe Oro, illustrates this by interviewing liberty-minded entrepreneurs who are building their own free and flexible lifestyle. We dive in to their stories and learn from the successes, failures and experiences along their journey all while remaining true to the ideals of the Free Market.

Join us for a conversation that draws from experiences in engineering, Austrian economics, offshore banking, cryptocurrency/blockchain, digital entrepreneurship and the nomadic lifestyle.

Are you ready to #buildfreedom?

Building Freedom with John McAfee

Most ppl will know John from the antivirus company he founded “McAfee Associates, Inc”, but more recently for his involvement in cryptocurrencies. His no-bullshit approach to speaking truth about the government’s desire to control us and how regulations and taxation are preventing a truly free society.

Mr. McAfee and I discuss his early entrepreneurial experiences, compare them to formal education and why blockchain and cryptocurrencies helps create freedom by breaking the chains of fiat money.

Contact Info: Website: http://mcafee2020.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialmcafee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcafeelp

You can find John McAfee’s videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzXW7MBzidej4K-ZcTsAm6A

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Bitcoin and Austrian Economics go hand in hand with living a free life.

I recently chatted with Naomi Brockwell about all things crypto, money, banking, Austrian economics, bailouts, roads, Ron Paul and living locally in New Hampshire (the Live Free or Die state).

The nerdiness of this episode will not disappoint you. Naomi can talk the talk and walk the walk, which I appreciate. Trust me, this episode is both informative and entertaining.

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Naomi’s Bio:

Naomi Brockwell is a film and television producer, and creator of NBTV and is currently producing for Stossel and formerly produced for Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel.

She was also the producer for the 2015 feature documentary Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (Best International Documentary, Anthem Film Festival; Winner of Special Jury Prize, Amsterdam Film Festival), Audition (Best documentary, Lone Star Film Festival) and the Lionsgate thriller, Subconscious.

She emcees some of the biggest blockchain events in the world, and is co-author of the children's book "Billy's Bitcoin".

Guest Contact Info:

You can find Naomi’s daily tech/blockchain videos at www.youtube.com/NaomiBrockwellTV

Other social media: https://bitbacker.io/user/naomibrockwell/ https://www.minds.com/naomibrockwell https://steemit.com/@skycorridors https://spee.ch/@NaomiBrockwell:4 https://www.bitchute.com/channel/naomibrockwelltv/ https://memo.cash/profile/1Kjvmr2QJmNcLgSuHVxR6otah9eHcx6L1E https://t.me/hijinxandhightea

Podcast Resources:

Thomas Sowell: The Housing Boom and Bust Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Turning the American Dream into a Nightmare Murray Newton Rothbard: What Has Government Done to Our Money?

Show Notes:

0:00:00 Ashe Oro: You are listening to the Liberty Entrepreneurs podcast, episode 88, Drugs, Love and Anarchy. Let's go.

0:19:00 Ashe Oro: Hey, what's up and welcome back all my fellow liberty entrepreneurs around the world. I'm Ashe Oro and I'm here with one of the best people in the world, and I say that, he didn't pay me to say that, but this is one of my good friends, and someone that I respect so much, and it's such a pleasure to have him on the show. Sterlin Lujan. Hey, brother.

0:37:00 Sterlin Lujan: Hey, Ashe, thanks for having me, man, and the feeling's 100% mutual.

0:42:00 Ashe Oro: I appreciate that.

0:42:00 Sterlin Lujan: Lots of love.

0:44:00 Ashe Oro: Yeah, so Sterlin is currently the communications ambassador for bitcoin.com, and many of you may know him as the psychologic anarchist, and we'll get into what that means soon. You can find him at sterlinlujan.com. So definitely go check him out.

1:04:00 Ashe Oro: Sterlin, if you don't mind, give us just a quick background of who you are and what you stand for.

1:08:00 Sterlin Lujan: Sure. Are you sure you want it to be quick, Ashe?

1:16:00 Sterlin Lujan: Well, most people know that I'm an anarchist. If they've ever checked out my material, or looked up my name on Google, you'll find me pretty quickly.

1:26:00 Sterlin Lujan: But I became an anarchist through a certain set of experiences rather than reading a bunch of books or just focusing on the logic of what it means to be an anarchist. That's the traditional route that most people take.

1:42:00 Sterlin Lujan: Back in 2009, roughly 2009, I was ... actually, let's go back just a little bit further, there's something I want to touch on.

1:51:00 Sterlin Lujan: So, around 2006, 2007, I was an unthinking, slobbering zombie who was drooling his way through life. All I did was play video games all the time. I was a college dropout. I was working on a degree at a technical college for graphic design and graphic arts. But I didn't finish that degree. I quit because I was more interested in playing video games and just living an unproductive life, not doing anything. I didn't have any drive or ambition or passion about anything whatsoever.

2:28:00 Sterlin Lujan: Then in roughly, yeah it was about 2007, I think, maybe it was 2006, I was about 26 or 27 years old. And a good friend of mine invited me over to his house and told me that I needed to try something. So I went over to my buddy's house, and he said, "Here, take this pill. It's going to make you really happy." Well, that was an understatement. The pill that he gave me was MDMA, or methylenedioxy-methamphetamine, which is the street name, or that's the pharmaceutical name for ecstasy, which now a lot of the kids are calling molly.

3:07:00 Ashe Oro: Right, MDMA.

3:08:00 Sterlin Lujan: But sometimes molly can be adulterated and be other things, but that's another story. So I took MDMA and this was actual MDMA, and I had an epiphany where I had finally realized that I could do so much more with my life. I realized that I was a lot more intelligent than I had previously thought. And I also had the insight that I was going by what I was told as I was growing up, I was in remedial mathematics classes. I wasn't really very intelligent according to the public education system.

For complete show notes: https://www.libertyentrepreneurs.com/podcasts/episode88-drugs-love-and-anarchy

Guest Contact Info:

Website: https://sterlinlujan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sterlinlujan Twitter: https://twitter.com/sterlinlujan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterlin-lujan-aa5169151/ Steemit: https://steemit.com/@sterlinluxan

Podcast Resources: Alice Miller Book: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence https://www.amazon.com/Your-Own-Good-Child-Rearing-Violence/dp/0374522693

For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

Ashe Oro: Hey what's up everyone? Welcome back to the Liberty Entrepreneurs podcast I'm your host Ashe Oro and I've got David Rodriguez on the show today. He is the founding principal of Valor Academy. It's a private school that empowers students to pursue their own interests and passions utilizing the apprenticeship model, and he's also a publisher of the Underground History of American Education, Volume One by the world renowned school teacher from New York John Taylor Gatto, and he's got another book on the way. So, David welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs.

David Rodriguez: Ashe, great to be with you. I'm very excited to have this conversation with you man. I'm looking forward to it.

Ashe Oro: Yeah for sure. And I just want to add, I just happened to wear this pineapple shirt today and David said that he had a pineapple shirt so apparently it is pineapple day.

David Rodriguez: Yes. He had it on and he was like, when he said he put it on I said, "Alright let's do it." So we'll have a good pineapple conversation, lighten up the conversation a little bit.

Ashe Oro: Today we're going to be talking about children, and those with younger years than us David. People who are still for whatever reasons forced through schooling to follow someone else's passion rather than their own passions. Fill in the gaps here David. Who are you? What are you passionate about? And how are you building freedom?

Guest Contact Info: Email: info@thevaloracademy.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thevaloracademy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thevaloracademy

Podcast Resources: Website: http://www.valor-academy.com

0:00 Ashe Oro: You're listening to the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast, episode 86, What is the Free State Project? Let's go.

0:19 Ashe Oro: Hey, so what's up, everyone? Welcome to the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast. I've got on the show today a very interesting guy who I've known for a couple years, and he's actually a client of Liberty Virtual Assistants. We got Rodger Paxton. He is on the board of the Free State Project in New Hampshire, which is the reason that I brought him on, but he's also the producer of PorcFest. If my libertarian audience knows what PorcFest is, this is one of the key guys that creates PorcFest for you, and he's the founder and host of The LAVA Flow Podcast, which is part of the Pax Libertas Productions Network. Rodger, welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs.

0:58 Rodger Paxton: Thanks for having me, Ashe. It's great to connect.

1:00 Ashe Oro: Yeah. Rodger, let's just get started here. What is the Free State Project, and how did you hear about it?

1:07 Rodger Paxton: The Free State Project was started, oh, goodness, about 15 years ago, I guess, now as a ... It was a thesis that Jason Sorens was doing for one of his degrees and was basically an idea of bringing a bunch of libertarians, 20,000, to one small state so they could centralize their activism, their voting, whatever libertarians can do to make that state the freest state in the country, possibly, and exert the maximum effort that they could to make that happen.

1:38 Rodger Paxton: It started, like I said, about 15 years ago. They looked at 10 different states. New Hampshire won the vote, and so then people started moving here almost immediately 10 or 12 years ago, matter of fact, I know several people who have been here for 10 years. I first found out about it in 2010 I believe it was, at the National Libertarian Party Convention. They had a booth there, of all things, and my wife and I were talking to the folks, and I'm for Arkansas. I'm from the deep South.

2:08 Ashe Oro: Right.

2:08 Rodger Paxton: I'm from hot, humid. That's what I love, right? I thought, "There's no way I'm ever going to move to New Hampshire. It snows, and it's cold." I didn't think about it for years, and then after being the chairman of the Libertarian Party for a while and banging my head against that wall, I realized, I've got to do something different. Something has to change.

2:26 Ashe Oro: Yes.

2:27 Rodger Paxton: We started looking at it again. Three years ago, actually, next week will be our three-year anniversary we moved up here, and I've loved being here. It's been amazing journey.

2:36 Ashe Oro: I believe you're a Ron Paul as well, likewise. I remember him saying back in the 2008 election cycle this concept of vote with your feet. What does that mean, and how does the Free State Project tie into that?

Contact Info:

Email: rodger@paxlibertas.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paxlibertasproductions/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaxLibertasPro https://www.fsp.org/Join/

Podcast Resources: Free State Project: https://www.fsp.org/Join/ PAX Libertas Productions: https://paxlibertas.com/about/ The LAVA Flow Podcast: https://thelavaflow.com/

Ashe Oro: Hey, what's up everyone? Welcome back to the Liberty Entrepreneurs podcast. I'm your host, Ashe Oro, and today on the show, we've got Nathan James. You probably don't know who that is, but he's also known as N.S. James. He's the founder of Scatter, which manages signatures, identity, reputation, and your security on blockchains, including Ethereum; EOS, my favorite; recently, Tron; and possibly Bitcoin in the future.

Ashe Oro: Nathan, thanks for joining us.

Nathan James: Thank you for having me.

Ashe Oro: Everyone in the EOS community knows who you are, but just in case they've been living under a rock for the past six months or so, who are you and how did you find the whole blockchain thing?

Nathan James: Well, I'm Nathan James. That's who I am, right?

Ashe Oro: Or are you N. S. James?

Nathan James: Or am I N. S. James? I don't even know anymore. [crosstalk 00:00:53] handles.

Ashe Oro: The programmer formerly known as.

Nathan James: Yes, the programmer formerly known as Nathan. I'm just a programmer who likes the idea of blockchain, loves the idea of blockchain. You know, there's a thing in blockchain where, once you get it into your head, you just can't sleep anymore. All you do is dream is about blockchain and I think that it's really true. It is. I haven't slept since EOS was launched, but when I do sleep, I sleep of blockchain.

Ashe Oro: I was going to say, "In like five years."

Nathan James: Yeah, in like five years. Exactly.

Ashe Oro: So what is Scatter? In your own words, what is it?

Nathan James: A lot of people seem to focus on its single sign-on aspect, but that's the smallest part of it. Scatter is a multi-blockchain key protector. It allows you to sign things on the blockchain without ever exposing your key to the thing that you're signing it on, so applications, desktops, games, whatever. It helps you protect yourself. That's its first and foremost goal.

Nathan James: Now, we're starting to also add identity on top of that. We're starting to add reputation on top of that. Single sign-on is a byproduct of the identity and reputation. You can log into applications locally without having to give up your information to Facebook, Google, Twitter, whatever.

Ashe Oro: I know that this started and you're big in the EOS community, but why did you also decide to support these other chains like Ethereum, Tron, and I think possibly, Bitcoin?

Nathan James: It goes back to what we're fighting, right? We're not fighting Ethereum as EOSers. We're not fighting Tron as Ethereumers. We're fighting banks, we're fighting governments. It's hard to say that on camera, right? We're fighting FICO scores. We're trying to fight centralized components. Fighting between us, between other blockchains, isn't constructive. It's not helpful.

Nathan James: I've taken a very agnostic approach with Scatter and we're just going to add all the blockchains. It will allow us to do amazing things in the future.

Ashe Oro: And why did you start developing Scatter on EOS and for that community specifically?

Full show notes here: https://www.libertyentrepreneurs.com/podcasts/episode85-take-control-of-your-blockchain-identity-w/-scatter

CONTACT INFO: Website: https://get-scatter.com/ Email: nsjames@get-scatter.com Telegram: https://t.me/Randomnobody

PODCAST RESOURCES: Twitter : https://twitter.com/get_scatter YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/grandmoren1

The user experience in crypto stinks. Metal Pay is building consumer apps that you actually want to use.

0:00:00 Ashe Oro: Hey what's up, Liberty Nation? Welcome back to Liberty Entrepreneurs podcast. I'm your host, Ashe Oro, and today, we've got Marshall Hayner. He is the CEO and founder of Metal, which is basically like a crypto Venmo. They're a payments company that bridges the crypto payments with the legacy financial system. This hits near and dear to my heart. As you know, I was in the banking industry for a couple years, so I expect a great conversation today. Marshall, welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs.

0:00:31 Marshall Hayner: Thanks for having me on, Ashe.

0:00:32 Ashe Oro: Yeah, so fill in the gaps here of who you are, what your bio is, and how you got into crypto.

0:00:38 Marshall Hayner: Yeah, so my background is, I'm one of these early crypto people. I happened to be lucky enough to stumble on it, in the very beginning in 2009, and part of that was because of my interest in decentralized technology, and just being a geek, looking for things to play with on the internet. And when I was growing up, when I was in high school, when I was going off to college, I was living during the Napster time. Napster was the cool, hot new thing, and then from there, direct connect in college, and Limewire, Kazaa, [inaudible 00:01:15] those that remember it. And then BitTorrent. BitTorrent was so cool, it just blew my mind. 80% of all internet traffic is routed through this decentralized system. And what I thought was really cool was it was harder to censor, so it made journalism in different parts of the world much more possible. It allowed people to share files that they couldn't normally, or just share them more efficiently and faster. And I could see, this is where the internet is going. We're going to become this decentralized system, and the more we decentralize, the more power we give to people, and that just blew my mind. And so I became obsessed.

Guest Contact Info: Twitter: https://twitter.com/marshallhayner Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marshall.hayner

Podcast Resources: Website: https://www.metalpay.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metalpaysme Twitter: https://twitter.com/metalpaysme Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metalpaysme

Ashe Oro: 00:00 What's up and welcome back to the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast. I'm your host, Ashe Oro, and we've got a return guest today, Kevin Geary. He's the founder of sixfiguregrind.com and most recently The 250,000 Society. I think he calls The 250k Society. Welcome back to Liberty Entrepreneurs, Kevin.

Kevin Geary: 00:20 Thanks for having me. Glad to be here.

Ashe Oro: 00:21 Yeah. Listeners will recognize Kevin from episode 70 where we talk about everything you know about food is wrong, but I had to get Kevin back on the show because there's this concept of a digital lifestyle business that he's been promoting on social media and on his podcasts and on his websites, and it really clicks with me, someone who's a digital entrepreneur and nomad and loves the idea of build a business that takes care of you and your family, and you don't have to build the next Microsoft or Apple.

Ashe Oro: 00:52 Kevin, can you give us a brief background of who you are and what is the Six Figure Grind?

Kevin Geary: 00:59 That is my current mission is to help anybody who's interested. If you're out there listening and you have some entrepreneurial blood inside you, and you want to take advantage of what I see as the biggest opportunity of the history of the human race really when you look at it. The ability to build an online lifestyle business like you just said takes care of yourself and your family yet you don't have to go to the length of building some massive thing that has a bunch of risks and that you need venture capital for and all of this other stuff.

CONTACT INFO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekevingearyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekevinmgeary

Podcast Resources: Website: https://sixfiguregrind.com

Ashe Oro: Welcome to the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast. I'm your host, Ashe Oro and today's guest is Derek Loudermilk. He's the host of The Art of Adventure Podcast. He's a high performance coach and the author of the forthcoming book Superconductors which promotes the idea of skill stacking, how to acquire a set of skills that makes you more rare, valuable and irreplaceable in the marketplace.

Ashe Oro: Derek, welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs.

Derek Loudermilk: Ashe, it's a pleasure to be here.

Ashe Oro: So, fill in the gaps here. Who are you and what are you passionate about?

Derek Loudermilk: I like to call myself professional adventurer and I have been traveling for the last four years. I think you and I have actually wound up in some of the same places. I was traveling solo and now, I'm traveling with a family. And wherever we go, countries around the world, I like to both go on adventures, find some wilderness area to explore but I'm also talking to entrepreneurs in each country that I go to and I'm learning from people like co-working spaces but also local entrepreneur, people that own fruit stands and tour guide companies and things like that.

Derek Loudermilk: I'm really trying to get a pulse of the state of entrepreneurship in each place that I travel to and mixing that with going on adventures and spending plenty of time outdoors and in the wilderness. Ashe Oro: Yeah, so what is it about adventures specifically and just what are adventures and why do you feel like this is drawn to you and what does this have anything to do with being an entrepreneur?

Derek Loudermilk: Yeah. So, I've come up with this definition of adventure. There's three parts. One is that an adventure is called an interesting or remarkable experience in the dictionary, which means to remark about something means you tell a story about it. You leave an adventure with a story. There's some element of risk to adventure. The word adventure comes from the French "aventure" and it's the same as venture as in venture capital and that there are some element of risk whether it's real or perceived risks of physical danger or maybe it's just you feel like you're taking a risk socially or something like that.

Derek Loudermilk: And the third is there is some element of change that happens to you. As you complete an adventure, you come out of it as a new person. It leaves its mark on you that you bring to your following endeavors, that you bring to the rest of the world that you can share with your friends. An adventurer, maybe and the most common types are traveling to a distant place. It's easiest to have an adventure when you go to a new country or when you go to the wilderness because you're physically changing so many things in your surroundings.

Derek Loudermilk: But adventure can happen on a much smaller scale any time you have those elements where you are taking a risk and you're going through something. It could be buying a house for the first time as some type of adventure or a relationship or there's any number of things that can fall into that adventure framework including starting a business.

Ashe Oro: Right, hence, the tie to entrepreneurism. Are you an adventurepreneur?

Podcast Resources:

Superconductors: Revolutionize Your Career and Make Big Things Happen: https://amzn.to/2NKQ4br Website: http://derekloudermilk.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerekLoudermilk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DerekLoudermilk/

Superconductors: Revolutionize Your Career and Make Big Things Happen

Everipedia is Wikipedia on the blockchain. What does that mean for privacy, openness and fair use?

It’s less than 2 weeks until the launch of the EOS blockchain and today we chat with Mahbod Moghadam, co-founder of Everipedia, a blockchain-based Wikipedia built on the EOS blockchain. Mahbod graduated from Yale in 2004 and was the co-founder of Rap Genius (now, Genius.com) which finds the meaning in song lyrics.

While building Rap Genius, Mahbod decided to create his own Wikipedia page, and was unpleasantly surprised that he wasn’t allowed. Apparently didn’t have a high profile, even after raising millions, to be accepted at Wikipedia.com.

With the idea that anyone should be able to create a wiki page for themselves, he and a few other co-founders decided to launch Everipedia.org as an “expansion pack” to Wikipedia.com. Basically, if you weren’t popular or “cool” enough to get a Wikipedia page, you could create your own page on Everipedia.

Before you think that Everipedia is some scrub website, they imported all of the current Wikipedia articles. This means that they have over 6,000,000 unique articles to search from. Before you cry “plagiarism”, please remember that Wikipedia imported the articles of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Ok, everyone cool now?

Anyways, here’s some additional information about Everipedia.org:

Everipedia background: over 6 million articles No ads Anyone can create an article and be an editor about anything, no censorship Started with all of the wikipedia articles inside of it? Hired Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia AND Everipedia Raised $30M, fully funded by Block.One, the creators of the EOS.io software

More fun facts, Everipedia didn’t start off as a blockchain project. They started as a website that offered reward points to incentivize authors and editors. Guess what? This influence model can’t complete with the tokenized world of blockchain. So, Everipedia networked with Block.One and raised $30M, complete bought by Block.One, and decided to be the first airdrop on the EOS platform. Ok, they didn’t drop their tokens first, but they were the first to announce. Why would they do this? Well, they want to build a community of content creators, editors and consumers. Airdropping your tokens on EOS means that you get and instant community of like-minded please. Pretty clever.

So, tune in to find out why their token, the IQ token, exists and how it incentivizes users and why they chose to build on the EOS blockchain. We’re just getting started with EOS and there’s going to be a LOT more dApps that decide to airdop in order to quickly build a community. If Dan Larimer learned one thing about Steem, it was that the initial token distribution is very important, and by incentivizing airdrops to EOS token holders, dApp team can take advantage of the year long ICO.

I hope you enjoy this episode and I’ve included all the links to keep up-to-date with the Everipedia team, Don’t forget to buy EOS tokens and register them ASAP in order to receive the free Everipedia IQ tokens. This isn’t investment advice. I don’t have any license, certification or experience to offer it. What you do with your money is your own business. I don’t care, and good luck.

Until next time...KEEP BUILDING FREEDOM!!

In Liberty, Ashe

Contact Info: Email: mahbod@everipedia.com Website: https://everipedia.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everipedia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/everipedia-inc. Twitter: https://twitter.com/everipedia

With < 40 days until the launch of the EOS.io software, I interviewed one of the most prominent Block Producing candidates, EOS New York, and their Head of Community Kevin Rose.

Since we’ve previously covered the mechanics of HOW Block Producers will secure the network and how they are technically in charge of creating and inserting transactions in to the blocks, this episode focuses on the different roles that BP’s have; being a community role model as well as running a “for profit” business. Remember, we are launching and supporting the EOS blockchain to be entrepreneur and business friendly and to support a worldwide community of like-minded individuals.

My favorite segment was when Kevin and I discuss, in depth, the role of governance within EOS. Let’s face it, people have disagreements which must be arbitrated and must address the issues of fraud and theft. No other chain is taking a serious stance on how to this on-chain. With Bitcoin, it’s whoever has the most hashing power, but in EOS there’s a governance and legal layer build thought through and built in from the ground.

For example, if you feel like you were scammed (maybe on an Ebay that’s built on EOS), you actually have an outlet to appeal to who can hear your case. You know, kind of like in the real world. A ruling can be given from the arbiters and the transaction could be reversed by the Block Producers.

The concept of a “free market justice system” is quite foreign to most, but just as we want competition in all other aspects of life (food, computers, money, etc) we want it in our legal system as well. The checks and balances as well as the feedback mechanisms of the free market will continually reduce costs and improve quality over time. In the legacy system, the government has a monopoly on the legal system which is why it straight-up sucks.

Think about this, you could have 1000’s of people to choose from to hear your case. Each of them specializing in various niches so that you can get the most accurate and trustworthy ruling available.

Also, how will insurance companies play a part in this new blockchain-based governance model? I don’t know, and that’s the best part. We are free to evolve our legal system however we see fit!

The EOS software is coming and may usher in a new phase in “blockchain operating systems” with technology that can support mass adoption. A new Dawn is coming.

Build Freedom, Ashe

Contact Info:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eosnewyork Telegram: https://t.me/eosnewyorkchat Website: https://www.eosnewyork.io/ Email: community@eosnewyork.io Steem: https://steemit.com/@eosnewyork Medium: https://medium.com/@eosnewyork YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg7aeCSXUTP49w_elxgYIXA

Podcast Resources:

EOS Telegram List: https://tinyurl.com/EOS-Telegram-List

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Let’s chat about Bitshares, Steem and EOS! Today’s guest is Luke Stokes, a digital entrepreneur, current Steem Witness and he recently joined the eosDAC Block Producer launch team leading up to the EOS mainnet launch on June 1st.

Before his blockchain days, Luke built an online shopping cart named FoxyCart which was later rebranded to Foxy.io. What started off as a “weekend project” turned in to a 10-year business venture with a partner of his. Luke recently sold his stake in Foxy.io and now his sole income relies on “chasing virtual internet tokens”. Risky? Maybe, but Luke wanted to follow his new passion and has gone head-first into crypto and blockchain and for him, there’s no turning back.

In this episode, we discuss the Delegated Proof of Stake technology and the role that both Witnesses and Block Producers play in securing the blockchain. We also chat about the concept of “voluntary inflation” and how new money creation, if used correctly, can actually build and support a community rather than decrease the value of everyone’s money over time (which is what happens when governments print and inflate the money supply).

This episode offers a mix of economics, politics, technology, philosophy all intertwined with the foundation of the Non-Aggression Principle. We may even chat a bit about Ron Paul for those of you who remember the 07-08 and 11-12 campaigns. I don’t know about you, but that was my entry point in to personal liberty.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. Luke was one of the main reasons that I found out about Delegated Proof of Stake and I too dove head in. I’m really glad to see him so active in the EOS community. The smartest minds in crypto are in EOS.

Build Freedom, Ashe

Luke’s Contact Info: Steemit: @lukestokes Twitter: @lukestokes

eosDAC Contact Info: Website: www.eosdac.io Twitter: @eosdac

Podcast Resources:

Previous podcast with Steem CEO Ned Scott http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/steemit

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Today’s guest is David Packham, co-founder of EOS42, a block producer candidate based in London. He and his team are currently building an EOS delegation market to facilitate EOS-based token leasing in hopes of building trust and earning the votes required to become an EOS block producer. If you aren’t sure what that means, this episode is for you.

EOS is a “generation 3 blockchain” which is set to launch in early June 2018. It’s creator, Dan Larimer (@bytemaster7), has previously built two other successful blockchain projects, Bitshares and Steem, both which use the Delegated Proof of Stake blockchain technology.

If you are unfamiliar with EOS, here’s a fairly good article detailing various aspects of it https://blockonomi.com/eos-guide/ and here are the EOS.IO FAQ’s https://eos.io/faq.html.

I also recommend checking out EOS Go for the latest news and telegram summaries from the various EOS groups online: https://busy.org/@eosgo

Much of this discussion focuses on many aspects of EOS as a token, a blockchain and a community. From how inflation is used, to the resource mechanics of the EOS token, a little EOS vs ETH and detailing the unique governance system in place to help settle disputes rather than relying on hard forks.

Although we get a bit technical and philosophical at times, I believe this conversation will appeal to both the casual and advanced crypto listener.

David and I chat briefly about his background in finance to how he found cryptocurrencies and why he’s dedicating his time to the EOS community and hopefully become a block producer. If you don’t know what a block producer is, don’t worry and tune in.

We wrap up by discussing the Chintai, the EOS42 Teams token delegation project which allows for dApp teams to essential lease tokens to gain access to the EOS resource pool (bandwidth and storage) so that they can satisfy the requirements of their applications. Leasing would be done in lieu of actually purchasing the EOS tokens. Why would this market exist and what are the incentives? We discuss and answer these questions and much more.

In Liberty, Ashe

Contact Info: Telegram: https://t.me/chintaieos Twitter: @eos42io Website: https://eos42.io/

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Big banks (aka the Banking Cartel) has been able to push us around for too long. With their close ties to the mafia, I mean the government, and their access to monopolized fiat money rails (SWIFT, etc)...we have had nearly no choice to build, store and transact our wealth in terms of money. Sure, we could use cash, but that’s really inconvenient and not congruent with our 21st century, digital world. Let’s face it, we’ve been pushed in to a corner for decades.

Since interest rates are so low, it means that banks may be better off (yield-wise) borrowing from the Central Banks rather than from their typical banking clients. This creates an inverse incentive for customer service and we, the historic loaners, are now seen as a compliance risk with additional complication. This means that banks become less and less willing to make small loans or accept “high risk” (ie low profit) clients as they once would.

My guest, Hayden Miyamoto, knows this all too well. His company www.Fundary.com has the motto “arming the world with global decentralized credit and investments”.

He currently lives in Mexico and tells us how the local people actually save, lend and borrow money. They live entirely outside of the legacy banking system which comes with its own set of risks and expenses. Often it requires insane % of capital to borrow for a loan and the interest rates can be >100%/year.

The problem, as Hayden describes, is liquidity. Now that blockchain tech has become more accepted and better understood, the benefits have started to shine. With the ability to accept peer-2-peer, micro loans from clients around the world, Hayden and his team can offer the Mexican people APR rates far below the current market rate.

....you can think the government monopoly on money and payment channels for this disadvantage for the poor and underserved.

Helping the poor, as we’ve seen in several other Liberty Entrepreneurs interviews, is one of blockchain tech’s main advantages. It cuts out the middleman and allows us to help each other while greatly bypassing the central authorities that have historically held us back and told us no.

Guess, what...we don’t be told no for much long.

Build Freedom, Ashe

Contact Info: Email: haydenmiyamoto@fundary.com Website: https://fundary.network/

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Today’s guest is Bobby Casey from www.https://GlobalWealthProtection.com. He’s one of those guys who has figured out the tax system for digital nomads; including us Americans. Growing up in a household full of accountants, Bobby has been around taxes, using corporate structures and the offshore financial world his entire life.

Are you confused and maybe frustrated with trying to figure out how to best structure your various business and incomes to best protect the money you’ve voluntarily earned? When should you choose an LLC vs a S-corp or maybe file your LLC as an S-corp.

This episode is a must listen for those who have decided to travel the world and work online.

Pay your taxes. Just learn the system and take your legal credits and refunds. Living as a Digital Nomad has tons of benefits and the government will subsidise your living abroad if you learn the rules.

Build Freedom, Ashe

Contact Info: Guest: Bobby Casey Email: bobby@globalwealthprotection.com Website: https://globalwealthprotection.com/ Twitter: @gwpro

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This was the “Year of Bitcoin” but also the year which the term “ICO” became well-known and grabbed the headlines of the legacy media across the world.

Seemingly out of nowhere, crypto teams could raise MILLIONS by issuing their own tokens and fund their development for years. The amount of money raised in 2017 by ICOs, so far, is ~$4,000,000,000 ($4 Billion).

With this new ICO opportunity, a decision has to be made when planning your raise. Use the more traditional VC model or use the new blockchain-based ICO method.

My guest, Joshua Vaultoro CEO of www.Vaultoro.com a global gold and Bitcoin marketplace, and I discuss some of the pros and cons of both VC and ICO funding and why the Vaultoro.com decided on the more traditional route.

Contact Info: Guest: Joshua Scigala Email: Joshua@vaultoro.com Website: https://www.vaultoro.com/ Twitter: @vaultoro

Podcast Resources:

Previous interview with Joshua Scigala: Episode 35 - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/05/le35-josh-scigala-bitcoin-enhances-gold/

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In the “legacy banking industry”, moving money around the world sucks. It’s slow, expensive and overly encumbered with regulations and difficulties gaining access to global currencies. As a foreigner, how are you going to get access to the Thai baht or Iraqi dinari? You aren’t.

This presents a huge problem. Either you can’t send money home to your family in the local currency they need or you have to pay ridiculous conversion and FOREX fees along the way.

***If you only have ~5min, start at the 13 minute mark to hear how Bitshares and Smart Coins are specifically being used with Bitspark.io and why they are moving away from Bitcoin.

Bitspark.io CEO George Harrap created a company to help solve this huge pain, but initially envisioned Bitcoin being the cryptocurrency of choice. At the time, it was fast and nearly free to send. Funding accounts were much easier than sending a bank wire across the world. Also, bitcoin was used as an “intermediate” currency meaning that they would buy bitcoin with one currency and sell bitcoin for another currency. This was much easier than running a full FOREX trading desk.

Recently, George decided to experiment with another cryptocurrency, Bitshares. What’s interesting is the ability to create “smart coins” or “pegged cryptocurrencies” within the Bitshares Decentralized Exchange (DEX) to provided price exposure to some of these difficult to obtain currencies like the Thai baht or Vietnam dong. This essentially removes the need for Bitspark.io to open and maintain bank accounts in these exotic currencies and deal with the overhead of maintaining a bank account for each.

Needless to say, cryptocurrencies are completely disrupting the financial system. We have just cracked the ice on how that’s going to reshape the desperate international banking system.

Thanks again for tuning in and Keep Building Freedom!

-Ashe

Contact Info:

George Harrap Twitter: @george_harrap

Bitspark.io Website: Email: info@bitspark.io Twitter: @BitsparkBTC

Podcast Resources:

Bitshares Decentralized Exchange: https://bitshares.org/

How are Smart Coins created on the Bitshares Dex: https://bitshares.org/technology/price-stable-cryptocurrencies/

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Today’s guest is Roger Ver, Co-Founder of FreeSociety.com and Owner of Bitcoin.com. Recently, at the Nexus Conference in Aspen, Colorado, Roger announced a new project called “Free Society”. Basically he and other founders and investors plan to purchase land from a sovereign state-owned country with the idea of building a “free society” based on libertarian principles. I knew that I had to get Roger back on Liberty Entrepreneurs to discuss this revolutionary idea.

In the past, free societies have been attempted with several different models, none of which have been very successful. One of the most popular attempts isthe Seastead movement which aims to build floating cities on international waters, but this has unique and obvious engineering and logistic problems. Another is Liberland, a small piece of land on the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia. Basically, the “president” Vit Jedlička was able to locate the land and confirm that neither country had laid claim. As you can imagine, governments aren’t exactly friendly to new countries popping up within their borders, especially ones that claim to have an anarchist for president.

Roger’s approach could signal a new way to go about building our own Galt’s Gulch. Since we still live in a state-controlled world, we must still get their permission and this is exactly what Free Society plans to do. As governments continue to go broke, because of their own terrible business models and as their debt-backed, fiat currencies lose value in the face of the rising demand of cryptocurrency, they will be forced to sell of their assets in an attempt to keep paying out and covering the favors they’ve promised. This means some of the land the government has stolen will be sold back into the private sector, but with an agreement and contracts attached.

Roger and I start out by taking a look at his libertarian foundation and how he formed his guiding set or principles (ie NAP). Spoiler: He thought Mises’ book Socialism was a pro-Socialism book lololol.

Other topics covered include:

What is “Free Society” and how did you get the idea? How is it similar/different than Seasteading or Liberland?

What are the important problems that need to be solved for this experiment to work and be successful?

How do see this society progressing from literally nothing into a free market-based, wealthy society?

Let’s compare how more opportunities are available now than ever because of cryptocurrencies vs relying on the State’s fiat money and/or precious metals as possible monies.

How will things be “regulated” and how will licensing work?

Walk us through an example of a digital nomad coming to Free Society to live and work. Visas/passports? Renting an apartment?

Hope you enjoyed this one and please share it with your friends! See you on the first plane to Free Society!

Contact Info:

Free Society Website - https://www.freesociety.com/

Twitter: twitter.com/rogerkver

Podcast Resources:

Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis by Ludwig von Mises

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How confident are you in knowing that your digital identity is safe? Equifax was recently hacked and driver’s licenses, social security numbers, addresses and more were stolen. Yahoo just came out and said that every customer account (>3 BILLION) was compromised in 2013. Think about that…

Today’s guest is Edmund John Lowell, Founder of SelfKey.org, a blockchain based Digital Identity management platform built on Ethereum. Your information is precious and it’s about time that we utilize blockchain technology to secure it; that’s exactly what Edmund is doing.

SelfKey.org is basically a Digital Identity Management wallet that plugs you into an entire ecosystem where you can more easily and quickly manage your financial and digital life. Once confirmed, access services such as:

Open bank accounts Apply for residency in foreign countries Incorporate offshore Buy physical Gold and Silver Apply for a 2nd passport Setup multiple cryptocurrency exchange accounts ...and more

Don’t miss the part towards the end where we discuss ICO’s and some of the common pitfalls in ICO investing. Be careful out there.

Recommended blog post: https://blog.selfkey.org/selfkey-empowering-individuals-to-own-control-and-manage-their-digital-identity-d88afc74d303

Keep Building Freedom! -Ashe

Contact Details:

Edmund Lowell SelfKey Foundation Website: Selfkey.org Whitepaper: selfkey.org/whitepaper/ Demo: alpha.selfkey.org Tokens: token.selfkey.org

Twitter : https://twitter.com/SelfKey_ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/SelfKeyFoundation LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/selfkey YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsilze3-MhbCY3_QkKul3PQ Medium : https://blog.selfkey.org/?gi=15da54c4bd61 Reddit : https://www.reddit.com/r/selfkey/ Telegram : https://t.me/joinchat/ALBChAsAG_uiTaaTwKfCPg

Huge interview for you today! Charlie Shrem and Anthony Di Iorio join Ashe to discuss how crypto currency “wallets” are turning into “blockchain interfaces” and the role that Jaxx.io is playing to push this idea forward into reality.

We start with a discussion comparing a standard web browser to current crypto wallets. Now that the internet of value is now upon us, “browsers” need to evolve...but how? Rather than only displaying information (which browsers do currently) how will they need to change to help us adapt to the changing digital environment where value ownership and transfer is possible. If the storage and transmission of crypto-tokens was the first purpose of a wallet, what are the next steps to owning and controlling other areas of our digital lives (personal, financial and other private information)?

Of course we chat about the Jaxx.io blockchain interface (aka “wallet”) and its future plans. What types of strategic partnerships will Charlie be able to secure so that Anthony’s vision of the Jaxx “browser” can be fulfilled? What about identity management and secure, blockchain based communication? You don’t want to miss this; the future of the value-based web is nearly at your fingertips.

Towards the end of the discussion, we chat about my experience in Offshore Banking and compare it to the user experience of what the Jaxx.io team is building and offering. Remember, all banks essentially own your “private keys” and are always in FULL CONTROL of your assets on deposit. Compare this to crypto wallets where you control and manage all of your information. While it requires a bit more responsibility on your end, the additional privacy, security and control offered is unparalleled.

The “Internet of Value” is upon us and it will change every aspect of how to manage and treat our digital lives. Could this be as big as when the “Internet of Information” was invented? How will it affect our online experiences and how will the free market adapt? How will entrepreneurs build new technologies on top of blockchains and help us protect our sensitive data as society gets used to this new digital value world? No one is certain, but we definitely live in exciting times.

Until next time...Keep Building Freedom!!

Contact Info:

Charlie Shrem Twitter: @CharlieShrem Steemit: https://steemit.com/@charlieshrem

Anthony Di Iorio Twitter: @diiorioanthony

Podcast Resources:

Charlie Shrem’s previous LE interview: http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/12/le61-when-a-bitcoin-entrepreneur-goes-to-prison-w-charlie-shrem/

Jaxx wallet homepage: https://jaxx.io/

Shapeshift: https://shapeshift.io/

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The Problem: The government has lied to us about food for nearly forever. From unnecessary fears about saturated fats to a ridiculous idea that we need 8 servings of grains a day. Face it, we’ve been duped. Their food pyramid is a scam, but does that really surprise us?

Kevin’s Solution: Build a podcast and online fitness and wellness platform based on his own, personal experience from being unhappy with his own health and how he transformed (aka rebooted) his own body.

Complete Show Notes: Kevin went through a personal health transformation in 2009. He went for a physical and the doctor told him that he had high blood pressure and was close to becoming a diabetic. He likes to say that he “dieted” up to a weight of 225 lbs. The combination of calorie restriction and excessive exercise worked for a while, but then he’d crash and binge and lose all gains. He decided that something more permanent was needed. Kevin decided that he had a poor relationship with food and became very curious about his OWN body and how it works and wants rather than what some government or doctor tells him what will build a successful food relationship.

At the time, Kevin was the co-owner and instructor of a martial arts school at the time and wanted professional change too. During his own body transformation, some of his students started to take notice and asked him if he could help them. This demand slowly turned into a business opportunity. Remember, if there’s demand there’s a potential business opportunity.

So he emailed his list from the karate business and created a couples health and wellness program. It was successful! He had 7 couples that wanted to join and the Rebooted brand was started!

You don’t want to miss the part where we discuss sugar and how it’s actually a drug; hooking into your body and making you physiologically dependant. Yes, there’s a withdrawal period from sugar and Kevin chats about why it’s wise to take some time to be curious about your possible dependence.

Food Pyramid Both Kevin and myself aren’t big fans of the state-sponsored food pyramid and remain quite skeptical. We discuss the origins of the pyramid and why it could have been politically manipulated rather than actually being created for our actual benefit. Sounds like a gov program, no?

For liberty-minded people, this is a MUST listen podcast. We’ve gotta take care of ourselves, we all know this, but Kevin breaks it down in very libertarian language. Remember, property rights are derived from the body so if you respect property then keep getting closer to the root.

Keep building freedom! Ashe

Contact Info: Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekevingeary Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekevinmgeary

Podcast Resources: Death by Food Pyramid by Denise Minger - https://www.amazon.com/Death-Food-Pyramid-Politics-Interests/dp/0984755128

RebootedBody - Kevin’s health, wellness and fitness platform https://rebootedbody.com/

Kevin’s Podcast - High quality info and interviews https://rebootedbody.com/show/

Six Figure Grind - Find out how to grind and work to build your own freedom rather than someone else’s. http://sixfiguregrind.com

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Death by Food Pyramid: How Shoddy Science, Sketchy Politics and Shady Special Interests Have Ruined Our Health

Today’s guest is Erik Voorhees, Founder and CEO of Shapeshift.io, the best way to exchange digital tokens on the Internet.

I was amazed at how eloquently Erik could communicate the benefits and value of Bitcoin as well as why it should be embraced by every person who supports “free market money” (Gold/Silver). Unfortunately, Peter Schiff wasn’t able to (and still doesn’t) grasp the paradigm shift and advancements in money created by Bitcoin and blockchains.

Protecting Customers: Market-based solution vs Government Regulations

Most people (general public) believes that a government needs to “regulate” the Free Market in order to protect customers. We discuss how such government regulations actually harm the customer and protections should be left to the Entrepreneurs and business leaders to figure out.

How Shapeshift has Created a Revenue Stream for Digital Token Wallets

Speaking of revolutionizing business models, before Shapeshift it was very difficult to create a cash-flow positive business that builds crypto-currency wallets. Selling ads, allowing purchases with a credit card (very difficult and risky) or creating a LocalBitcoins-eque marketplace were the only ideas. None of them worked well. Now with Shapeshift, crypto-currency wallets who support multiple tokens can now integrate the Shapeshift exchange engine and make a small cut of all the token exchanges happening from within the wallet.

Shapeshift Hack, Bitfinex Hack and the Invention of the “Crypto bond”

Another interesting conversation was the similarities and differences between the hack on Shapeshift and the hack on one of the world’s largest digital token exchanges, Bitfinex. Since Shapeshift does not hold client funds, no user’s money was affected whereas ~$75M of customer funds were stolen at Bitfinex.

You do not want to miss the discussion about the impact of the “Bitfinex token” and how that allowed 100% of customer’s funds to be refunded. Another evolutionary step in how the Free Market and satisfying customer demand is the best way to protect sensitive information and money.

Bitcoin Block Size Debate, “Alt-coins”, Libertarians and Bitcoin Maximalists

Why Bitcoiners would rather fight each other rather than the “powers that be” in the banking industry and with the government’s fiat money seems to take a back seat to how Bitcoin should be upgraded. This in-fighting has created doubt in the Bitcoin blockchain and has caused an explosion of both interest and market cap other blockchains and digital tokens.

A solutions-first approach seems to be missing and nagging, complaining and blame throwing are in the forefront. Reminds me of all the unnecessary fighting in the Libertarian community. What’s up with fighting the people who you have >90% in common with? That’s it for this episode of the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast! Please Like, Share and Review if you have time!

buildFreedom

-Ashe

Erik’s Contact Info: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees Website: https://shapeshift.io Email: erik@shapeshift.io

Podcast Resources: Jaxx wallet - https://jaxx.io/ Exodus.io wallet - www.exodus.io

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The Rhodium Community is a very small, but highly engaged and connected community of digital entrepreneurs. The idea is quality over quantity and their invite-only, yearly conference “Rhodium Weekend” only has ~100 tickets available.

I was fortunate enough to receive an invite to Rhodium Weekend 2016 and to put it bluntly it changed the focus for this podcast and helped me identify a need in the market which eventually lead to the decision to quit my day job and pursue my own passions and business full time. You could say it was life-changing.

If you keep up with Liberty Entrepreneurs then you know that I’m interested in cultivating my own community of digital entrepreneurs and hopefully host a conference in 2018. Chris’ experience and feedback in both of these areas as well as his experience being a successful digital entrepreneur has gained my respect. I just had to have him on the show to tell us his story and how he’s found more freedom in his personal life because of entrepreneurship.

Thanks again for tuning in!

Contact Info: Website: www.ChrisYates.org Rhodium Weekend Conference: www.RhodiumWeekend.com Chris’ business: https://centurica.com/

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What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

The Problem: Our digital communities and lives are too decentralized.

Philip Taylor’s Solution: Create, build and organize

My guest today to Philip Taylor (aka PT Money). PT has a CPA background and grew up with a CPA father, so from an early age he was interested in money and finance.

Back in the early 2000’s, PT started blogging about his own personal finance which was very uncommon. To protect his identity online, which was the norm back then) he went by the alias “PT Money”. He felt that in order to share his personal finance number, and be honest with them, he needed an alias. Bam! www.PTMoney.com was born. Now he was a full time financial blogger, but he started to find that even that wasn’t enough.

Early Days of Personal Finance Blogger

Back in 2004, blogging was still very young and sharing your personal finance with strangers on the internet was even more rare. Before long, PT became an authority in the space and decided that creating a conference would be a great way to bridge his online community in real life. In 2012, the FINCON conference was built for “financial geeks”.

PT fills us in on the importance of creating high-value content and why associating your real world identity has now become the norm.

FINCON Conference

Since we live in the age of digital communities, we often miss out on the real life interactions with others. Networking has changed in the past 10 years, but nothing can replace eye contact and a firm handshake in person.

I attended FINCON16 in San Diego and the energy and community is amazing. Definitely a unique and energetic buzz the entire time.

Don’t miss when PT describes and details exactly what it takes to create a conference and the various lessons he learned along the way. FINCON is currently in their 7th year with attendance >1500 ppl.

FINCON 2017 is in Dallas and I will not be attending (more details soon), but if you go please tell PT what’s up for me.

Contact Info:

Philip Taylor (PT Money) Email: PT@finconexpo.com Website: www.finconexpo.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/FinCon

Conference Consulting Company: http://www.helmsbriscoe.com/

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The Problem: Artists still don’t retain much control over their music and art and remain at the wishes of the music labels.

Tatiana’s Solution: Integrate cryptocurrencies to empower the artists to interact and engage DIRECTLY with their audience, supports and fans.

Background: Tatiana has loved music her whole life and deeply influenced by singers/songwriters of the 60’s and 70’s. She didn’t know it then, but their message of freedom and individualism really struck to her core. Later she read classic novels like 1984 and Animal Farm and kept building this mindset. In 2012, Tatiana learned the truth about the Federal Reserve and a lot of stuff started to make sense. During the 2012 election, she made sense of what Ron Paul was fighting for and started creating music around the movement.

While hanging out and learning from the “liberty movement” Tatiana found Bitcoin and something struck her; as a musician she quickly saw a great opportunity for her and her artistic peers to take control over their music and appeal directly to their fanbases. No more seeking permission from a big record label for the type of music to create or album art.

Artist-coins So you might be asking...why cryptocurrencies? Good question. Tatiana and I discuss how cryptocurrencies will change crowd-sales forever since you are offered a token in exchange. Basically you are sent a crypto-token as a provable receipt for the transaction. Rather than just a “thank you for donating”, you have an actual token that can then be used to purchase the artist’s merchandise or maybe even give to a few friends so that they can download the single (or whole album) for free. If you collect enough artist-coins, then you might get a backstage pass, etc. Tatiana plans to have an entire online store where she’ll accept her token, Tatianacoin, as payment. Now she can get our music and art out to the public while retaining full control over the experience.

Ross Ulbricht Towards the end of the interview, we chat about Ross Ulbricht, the “alleged” mastermind behind the Silk Road. I’ve met Ross’ mother Lyn Ulbricht and she’s simply wonderful (and a client of https://www.LibertyVAs.com). Ross drew a picture of Tatiana (see below) which she chose to use as her album art. If a large record company was in charge of the distribution of her new EP, Keep The Faith, then she wouldn’t have been allowed to use the art of a felon. Well, she doesn't need their guidance or controls. #freedom

Contact Info:

Website: www.TatianaCoin.com Twitter: QueenTatiana Podcast: The Tatiana Show - https://liberty.me/podcast/tatiana-show/

Tatiana’s new EP “Keep The Faith” will be available on March 31st! www.TatianaCoin.com

Press Releases: http://tatianamoroz.com/entrepreneurial-indie-artist-tatiana-moroz-releases-soulful-new-single-safe/ http://tatianamoroz.com/february-9th-tatianacoin-campaign-press-release/ http://www.sonicscoop.com/2017/02/09/bitcoin-musicians-tatiana-moroz-makes-case-artist-coins/ http://www.nasdaq.com/article/how-the-blockchain-lets-musicians-connect-with-fans-and-get-paid-cm755712

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What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

The Problem:

Over 50% of the world’s population lives on less than $5/day. Governments can’t possibly take care of the hungry and poor. With the money the gov doesn’t steal from us, we donate to various charities, but they are very inefficient and waste the donated money. Instead of going towards the cause which we donate for, the funds go into the hands of politicians and “well-connected” individuals. #notcool

DonorSee’s Solution:

Build an smartphone app that competes with the major charities, but give a better user experience, much higher % payout to the cause and more instant gratification with a community vibe.

Background:

While living in Africa, Gret Glyer saw a huge problem. Extreme poverty was a way of life and the current charity model simply wasn’t working. He had an idea, instead of joining the Red Cross and try to fix it from within, Gret decided to develop an app which allowed volunteers (such as himself) more easily raise money to fund their humanitarian projects. He calls it DonorSee.

He was dedicated to creating a new type of charity that didn’t pad the pockets of the government and their friends (like the Clinton Foundation) but instead would give the majority of the proceeds to those in need.

The difference with DonorSee is that it’s basically based on the Uber model of crowdsourcing and the sharing economy which leads to more transparency rather than giving to some huge, monolithic organization where funds tend to get “lost”.

Think about the following use-case:

You’re living in a place where people need financial assistance. Log in to the DonorSee app to help raise $ for a very detailed caused which YOU think needs attention. Take pictures and videos to show post them to the app and let the world decide if you cause deserves funding based on what you are looking to accomplish.

Gret says it’s easier to post a project (and image) on DonorDee than it is on instagram. I haven’t currently used the app, but I’ll report back once I do

There’s an obvious problem here...how do you know that someone is legitimate and “raising money for a mule” isn’t actually “send me money for beer”. Gret has already thought of this and added a reputation system (like Uber) to the app. If you have a good or bad experience, then report it directly in the app. Also, if you aren’t sure what cause to donate to, you can choose one of the “staff picks” which are even more pre-vetted. #problemsolved DonorSee is already available and Gret has raised >$25k using it to help people directly. You can easily find him as a user after installing the app.

You don’t want to miss the conversation towards the end where we chat about the Clinton Foundation and how the Liberty Community has come out strong for the cause.

Bitcoin and Blockchain? Blockchain tech not currently being used in DonorSee, but if YOU see an opportunity that Gret is missing, leave a comment on our Facebook and/or Twitter feeds (links below)!

Gret’s Advice It’s never been easier to get your ideas out on the internet, but know that you need to work really hard to get people’s attention. There’s a lot of competition out there, but also plenty of social problems to solve.

Gret Glyer’s Contact Info:

Email: gret@donorsee.com Website: https://donorsee.com/ Gret’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/gretglyer DonorSee Twitter - https://twitter.com/DonorSee

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The Problem:

The CIA is hacking the world with Vault7.

Paul Puey and Airbitz Solution

I recently met Paul Puey at the Anarchapulco conference in Acapulco, Mexico and I left quite impressed with how Paul communicates the value of Airbitz and how they were founded on both security and customer service. This was one of my favorite episodes and is packed with value stemming from Paul’s experience in software engineering and small business. He saw Bitcoin as a solution for the cash-based industries like food/service but quickly found that there was an ease-of-use aspect in cryptocurrency wallets.

Security

Thanks to Wikileaks, we’ve recently learned about the CIA’s “Vault7” suite of apps that is designed to hack nearly anything with a microphone and camera. It seems that nothing is safe. We discuss how severe and dangerous the revelation actually is and how Airbitz is trying to protect your digital money and information.

Why Airbitz uses Decentralized Bitcoin Nodes

Paul mentions that some wallets host their own bitcoin nodes (aka their communication channel to the Bitcoin network) whereas Airbitz has a very robust, decentralized network of nodes which protects against node outage not allowing you to place a btc transaction. Check out the end of the conversation where we discuss how Airbitz offers a smart-fee system to help your transactions get confirmed quickly.

Hope you enjoy this episode and let us know who you’d like to hear from next! Email us at info@libertyentrepreneurs.com.

Contact Info:

Paul Puey - CEO and Co-founder of Airbitz Email: paul@airbitz.co Website: www.AirBitz.co Twitter: https://twitter.com/paullinator

Ashe’s Anarchapulco Presentation: “Anarchy 3.0 - Building Freedom through Entrepreneurship” https://youtu.be/jSdduFvK-Vc

Interview with Will Pangman (previously of Airbitz): http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2015/12/episode-6-from-amish-markets-to-bitcoin-with-will-pangman/

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Welcome back to the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast! This week I’ll share my must-have tools for managing and working with a virtual team. Unlike in an office environment, where you can walk up to someone, a virtual team requires a different kind of flow and toolset to stay on the same page and working towards the same goal. I personally use all of the tools listed below and have provided some commentary for reach to describe how and why I use it.

If you find this episode valuable, please share it with your friends? Building Freedom is difficult, and these episodes should offer the perspective to light someone's inner Entrepreneur!

Here we go….

Google Docs - https://docs.google.com/
Asana - https://asana.com/
Website Staging Server
Canva - https://www.canva.com/
MeetEdgar - https://meetedgar.com/
Outlook
Skype - https://www.skype.com/en/
Telegram - https://telegram.org/
Google Drive - https://www.drive.google.com/drive/
Snagit - https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html
Shortkeys - https://www.shortkeys.com/
Zoho CRM/Support/Campaigns - https://www.zoho.com/
ScheduleOnce - http://www.scheduleonce.com

Contact Info:

Website: https://www.libertyvas.com/

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Before I hire a new Virtual Assistant (I currently have 4 on my team) there are a few checkpoints that I ask myself.

Is this a permanent position or one-off contract?
Have I defined the VA’s role and responsibilities?
Have I created workflows or training material for the tasks to delegate?
Do I have enough work to fill up their time?
How do I delegate tasks?
How do I keep up with my VA’s work each day?
How do I pay their salaries?
What if I have trouble with my VA?
Can I afford to hire a VA?
How do I retain privacy while giving them access to my platforms?

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Website: https://www.libertyvas.com/

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So you’ve hired a new Virtual Assistant and it’s time to take your business to the next level. Delegating task, freeing up time and having someone to regularly brush ideas off of is a clear improvement. That said, just because you hire someone doesn’t mean that you will build an effective business relationship. Communication is the key. Keep the following tips in mind so that you create a work environment built on trust and respect with a team mentality.

Build trust by getting to know your VA on a personal, but professional level.
Ask for their opinions.
Be Flexible with Their Schedule.
Be Patient and Understanding.
Stay Humble and Ask for Constructive Criticism.
Ask for Confirmation.
Give Compliments and Praise (when appropriate).
Ask Them to Create Tasks For You.
Share the Same Playing Field. Your VA sees you as their CLIENT.
Ask them how you can help or what is holding them back from completing their tasks.

Contact Info:

Website: https://www.libertyvas.com/

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What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

Learning on the VA job vs “formal” College education Typical working hours and salary for a call center technician How the freedom from working at home benefits both VAs and Clients Call Center job vs being a Virtual Assistant

Welcome back to Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast! Today’s guest is Dexter “Dex” Carreon, Team Liberty’s very first Virtual Assistant! Dex joined Team Liberty in Summer 2016 as the “Virtual Podcast Manager”. He’s role includes editing audio, designing social media graphics, competitor research, Wordpress management and even building an Woocommerce online store.

The purpose of this episode is to, again, give you an inside look at the background and experiences of another Virtual Assistant and the journey to finally becoming a VA. Like many of us, Dex started off stocking shelves in a grocery store, then was hired for the night shift for a technical support call center and now as a technical Virtual Assistant.

Tune in to hear how Dex used to spend 5+ hours/day to travel to-from work and put in 11-hour workdays during the “graveyard shift”. Listen to his enthusiasm as he describes how his life has gotten so much better now that he works as a Virtual Assistant. More money; way fewer hours and work from home without the need to travel.

We also discuss his experience without having a 4-year college degree, but getting the same types of jobs and picking up skills and “software upgrades” that continued to raise his market value.

In the end, Dex could never go back to the Call Center jobs. The lack of dynamic tasks and flexible schedule can’t compare with the awesomeness of working from home as a Liberty Virtual Assistant!

Remember, when you hire a Virtual Assistant you are creating a win/win scenario and helping improve the lives of someone on the other side of the world. #winning

Tune in next week to hear my Tip to Effectively Communicate with your Virtual Assistant.

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Website: https://www.libertyvas.com/

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What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

What’s is like to be a Virtual Assistant The importance of English Proficiency How the BPO and Call Center industries help train Virtual Assistants Why a “home-based” VA jobs provide safety and freedom

Welcome back! In an effort to remove the MYSTERY around working with a Virtual Assistant, I interview Cherry Lou, the LibertyVAs.com Recruitment Manager! We’ve been working together for a few months and she opens up with her story and experience in the call center and “BPO” industry right after graduating with a 4 year degree. I hope you come away with valuable insights on the freedoms and opportunities available by becoming (and working with) a Virtual Assistant and you realize that they aren’t much different than you, the Entrepreneur. Everyone is using the skills and talents they’ve built to open doors, make connections and hopefully better their and their family's lives.

We start out hearing Cherry Lou explain what the BPO (or Business Process Outsourcing) industry and her experience working in a call center for AT&T. She goes on to explain why the BPO industry is so popular in the Philippines and how the skills learned while working in call centers builds the skills necessary to be an awesome Virtual Assistant.

A typical day of a chat support representative in the Philippines:

Traveled 1-2 hours to go into work. (each way, unpaid travel) Graveyard shift which often feels dangerous to travel alone Very long days (check in 30 min before shift starts). Only paid for 8 hours/day, but often had to work much longer until the clients stopped calling Didn’t allow for much creativity or dynamic work. All scripted and it got really unmotivating!

We continue on to hear how Cherry Lou decided to change call center jobs and why she saw it as a real first step to building her own freedom. Eventually, after several years of similar call center tasks, she felt confident enough to become a Virtual Assistant and work from home! Tune in to find out how...

Being a VA is so much better than working in the BPO industry. Repetitive tasks, little to no creativity and bosses who don’t appreciate you...sounds terrible!

We end the interview by discussing the importance of English and when the average Filipino begins learning the English language. Without the ability to read, write and speak English, many Virtual Assistant positions are very limited and this is one of our TOP skills that we test for when matching our LibertyVAs.com clients with a new virtual team member.

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What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

What is a Virtual Assistant (VA)?
Why did Liberty Entrepreneurs start Season 1 and what to expect?
What benefits can a Virtual Assistant add to your team

So it’s been a few weeks and I haven’t posted a podcast. So what’s the deal? We’ll so many people started asking me about my Virtual Assistant that I decided to build a business to help other digital entrepreneurs quickly hire, train and add their own new virtual team member. I’m proud to introduce Liberty Virtual Assistants (https://www.LibertyVAs.com).

For me, it seems easy. I’ve been working with a remote staff for 5 years, but to others it’s still a very foreign concept. How do you find and hire? How do you pay? How best to communicate through cultural differences and language barriers? What tools and apps bring the team together? How do you build respect and keep morale high? So many good questions, but not ones I’ll ask myself lately. One day I sat down and started thinking about all the things i’ve learned over the past 5 years and was astonished at the wealth of knowledge and experience that only lives in my head. It’s time to create content around what i’ve learned and create value for others who are just now starting to build a virtual team.

Welcome to Season 1 - How to Work with a Virtual Assistant! I hope you find it helpful. If you are interested in hiring a Virtual Assistant to your team, and want to use our VIP virtual assistant service, please complete the “Let’s Get Started” form on the website (https://www.LibertyVAs.com/#form)

Even if you don’t hire a new Virtual Assistant, there’s no doubt that you’ll gain a TON of insights and knowledge from this podcast series.

Until next time...Keep Building Freedom!

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My guest today is Jeff Berwick, Founder of www.StockHouse.com, Founder of The Dollar Vigilante, Host of Anarchast Podcast and creator of the largest Anarchist conference Anarchapulco.

What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

What is was like to be a Digital Entrepreneur during the 90’s tech bubble Why Jeff started The Dollar Vigilante and what it’s purpose is Why working “crappy” jobs is better than going to high school How Bitcoin and blockchains are changing the way that digital communities are being created Why Anarchists should become entrepreneurs

A lot of us are just now learning about and trying to become digital entrepreneurs, but my guest Jeff Berwick has been one for over 20 years. Back in the 90’s, while working at a bank, he created the website www.StockHouse.com which had ~20,000 subscribers. The site was basically the MarketWatch.com of Canada. After growing to 250 employees in 12 countries, Jeff experienced the Tech Bubble crash and found himself with only 12 employees all in Canada.

After reading The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin, Jeff decided to sell StockHouse.com and travel the world to find economic truths. He had figured out that the government’s money (aka fiat money) was a fraud and a ponzi scheme and dedicated his life to helping others see this truth.

In 2011, Jeff was introduced to Bitcoin and it changed his life. Not only was Bitcoin a global currency, it was also not controlled by a nation state and was limited in supply. Jeff quickly realized that this mean the Freedom of Money could once again be had by the general populous. He created a successful economic and investing newsletter called The Dollar Vigilante to help others understand the fraud of paper currency.

Since then, Jeff has created the Anarchast podcast as well as the “world’s largest Anarchist Conference” in Anarchapulco (where I will be speaking in Feb 2017).

Networking with like-minded people is so important and I highly recommend you check out the Anarchapulco conference. Sign up through my affiliate link and receive 10% off the listed price.

Sign-up using affiliate code libertye. You will save on the ticket and it will also help support the Liberty Entrepreneurs podcast!

I hope you enjoy hearing Jeff chat about the early days of the Internet as well as Bitcoin. Don’t miss the end where Jeff gives his advice for young entrepreneurs who are just starting out on their journey.

Until next time...Keep Building Freedom!

Favorite Quotes:

"To become an Entrepreneur, find something that you can offer at a better price or better a quality than other people can"

“Money is just a tool to transfer value between two people"

“How is being an Entrepreneur any different than just being human and living life?”

Contact Info: Anarchast: www.anarchast.com/ Anarchapulco: www.anarchapulco.com (Remember to use promo code libertye for 10% off the conference ticket price)

The Dollar Vigilante: https://dollarvigilante.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DollarVigilante Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DollarVigilante Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDollarVigilante

Mentioned Podcasts:

LE15: Trace Mayer – You are the CEO of Your Life: Be Epic! - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/01/le15-trace-mayer-you-are-the-ceo-of-your-life-be-epic/

LE48: Steemit.com – The Future of Social Media w/ CEO Ned Scott - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/08/le48-steemit-com-future-social-media-w-ceo-ned-scott/

LE57: How Arcade City & Blockchains are Disrupting Uber - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/11/le57-arcade-city-blockchains-disrupting-uber/

Today’s guest is Ryan X. Charles, CEO and co-founder of Yours.org, a Bitcoin-powered social media platform which rewards content creators with cryptocurrency payments.

What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

Why the current model for monetizing social media is broken and Bitcoin may be the answer What are “micropayments” and why they might just be the next “big thang” How Yours.org is different than Facebook, Reddit and Steemit.com How AI bots will integrate into and improve our everyday life (and how they can pay for themselves)

The Problem: Content creators are curating high-quality content on social media, but have little ability to monetize it.

Yours.org’s Solution: Build a social media platform on the Bitcoin network which also includes a digital currency economy and payment system. By using micropayments, community members can reward content creators with small Bitcoin donations which are free and fast to send. Content creators are allowed to offer a donation-only or paywall revenue model.

Favorite Quotes:

"If you work for someone else, you're going to live your life working for money."

“When you are building a business, you are building an asset that creates value for the world.”

"You don't want to have a job to earn money just to spend it all on your house and car. You want to OWN assets that create cash flow for you."

Contact Info: Website: www.RyanXCharles.com Twitter: @RyanXCharles Yours.org: www.yours.org

Recommended reading:

Peter Thiel - Zero to One

Yours.org competitors: www.Reddit.org - traditional, non-economic social media platform. No digital token or blockchain used. www.Steemit.com - blockchain based social media platform; runs on it’s own blockchain

Related Podcasts: Steem CEO Ned Scott - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/08/le48-steemit-com-future-social-media-w-ceo-ned-scott/

What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

Why Bitcoin is the Austrian School of Economics in ACTION! How Entrepreneurship helps others create, retain and utilize their freedoms How money is formed in prison Why community coins, like Steem, are so significant My guest today is Charlie Shrem, Bitcoin pioneer, founder of BitInstant, Founder of the Bitcoin Foundation and serial entrepreneur. Ever since I met Charlie at the 1st Latin American Bitcoin Conference (in 2013), I was super impressed with how he saw the world. He’s a young guy, still in his mid-20’s, and his mind is constantly looking for ways to build and create value for others. The true mindset of an entrepreneur and I noticed it right away.

In high school, Charlie found that he was proficient with computers and created a business around solving computer and printer problems. In college he saw the success of Groupon and created a similar business where he would sell excess inventory from local warehouses. In his senior year of college, while studying Economics, Charlie found Bitcoin...and it changed his life.

As a self-proclaimed student of the Austrian School of Economics (www.mises.org), which of course he didn’t learn about from his college professors, Charlie saw Bitcoin as the Austrian School in ACTION! Common criticism is laid on the Austrian School in the form of “sure, this sounds great in THEORY, but where has it been put into practice?” Bitcoin was finally the opportunity and real-life example that Charlie had been waiting for.

The BItcoin Problem: In 2011, there weren’t many good places to buy/sell Bitcoin. A company called TradeHill was one of the prominent exchanges, but they were slow and prone to wire issues. Losing bank accounts and wire routes were very common for early Bitcoin companies, especially exchanges.

The BitInstant Solution: Seeing this problem, Charlie decided to build a company, BitInstant, to help alleviate the wait times to buy Bitcoin. He could fund his corporate account at Tradehill, and introduce new access points for clients to place orders. Instead of taking weeks to purchase Bitcoin, it now took only a few hours. Rather than wiring to Tradehill directly, you could fund your BitInstant account from ~1M locations in the US including Walmart, 7-11, CVS and Walgreens. Talk about convenience!

He recollects on how money was formed [in prison] out of consensus rather than depending solely on a barter-only system. “Money Mack’s” and “Food Mack’s” were the currency of choice, and we discuss why. As long as people want to exchange goods and services with one another, money will find a role.

Now that Charlie was able to move, communicate and interact as he wished, it was time to start building again. Not long after he was set free, Charlie found an interesting platform called Steemit (www.steemit.com) which was a community-based blockchain which incentivized social engagement and content creation. Quickly finding the value, he got to work creating a new and improved markup editor to solve a few of the inconveniences associated with the platform. He’s now one of the most popular bloggers on the site with a huge following.

Charlie’s most recent entrepreneurial project is called Intellisys Capital which is using the blockchain to sell ownable shares of a portfolio of company stock. Since its blockchain-based, you can quickly and easily show that you own the shares (unlike in the current stock shares world) and get paid dividends in crypto-assets (such as Bitcoin, etc). Never a dull moment in the life of Charlie Shrem!

Remember, Bitcoin is an opt-in/opt-out currency. If you think that it will benefit you, in any way, then you are welcome to join our community. If not, then no hard feelings and best of luck to you. We have no desire to force you to do anything.

Until next time...Keep Building Freedom!

In Liberty,

Ashe

Contact Info:

Twitter: @CharlieShrem

Steemit: https://steemit.com/@charlieshrem

What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

Why traditional inventory finance is so inefficient How crowdfunding can solve delays throughout your supply-chain What’s the difference between Kickstarter and Kickfurther

The Problem: Retailers currently offer difficult terms and expensive financing costs when funding inventory for smaller businesses. Payments are made 30-60 days after inventory is delivered which slows down the entire supply chain and makes small businesses less efficient and profitable.

How Kickfurther solves the problem: On their online platform, individuals (like you and I) are able to choose which companies we want to invest in and who we want to purchase inventory for. We then OWN this inventory and when it sales, we get a return on our investment.

Kickstarter vs Kickfurther

Kickstart is a “pre-order aggregator” and is used to fund ideas. People will pay you upfront for future delivers. Most of these companies are not actually cash-flow positive and are in the market research phase.

With Kickfurther, you are not taking deliver of the physical products (as you are in Kickstarter) instead you are funding an established company’s inventory. This shortens the timeframe of financing the inventory, helps the business sell more product and gives you an ROI on your investment.

Kickfurther removes the middleman and takes the banks and large lenders out of the equation and instead connects businesses and smaller investors.

Launched Jan 2015 and currently has >10,000 users which ~25% are active investors. Most members are buyers since the companies they are investing in and buying the inventory for have established sales channels, but you are welcome to take delivery and sell the inventory on your own (not recommended).

Sean’s Advice: “Keep answering your customer’s emails for as long as possible because there’s nothing better than direct feedback from your customers.”

Contact Info:

Website: https://www.kickfurther.com/ Email: contact@kickfurther.com

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Apply by sending an email to info@libertyentrepreneurs.com or tweet to me @libertyepodcast (please introduce yourself and what you are passionate about and working on)

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What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

If college is still a smart investment How much entrepreneurs benefit from attending college What employers really think of your diploma The importance of building an “experience portfolio”

Today’s guest is Derek Magill, college dropout turned online marketing entrepreneur, author and business strategist. Like most high school students, Derek was told that college was the absolute best idea to ensure he lands a job and makes a “good living”.

During his second year of college, Derek started to realize that the most valuable and enjoyable parts of his life were when he wasn’t in the classroom. He started a small t-shirt company and made a few thousand dollars while in college. Before long he felt like he was creating far more value in the world by selling shirts than he was by writing essays to only turn in to his professor.

He says, “you are never actually creating anything or building anything valuable during your college career.”

Rather than sitting in class and continuing to learn more and more theory, Derek recommends building a website, learning how to sell something online, or maybe start a podcast or blog. By the time your peers are graduating from college, you’ll have a portfolio of experiences and assets that you’ve built for yourself.

I can assure you that, as someone who’s hired dozens of people, this type of “portfolio of experience” is waaaaaaay more valuable than a diploma.

We end the show with a discussion about why “college dropouts” have such a negative stigma and how college may be just an extension of our under-performing public high schools.

If you are a highschool or college student, then don’t miss the Derek’s advice towards the end about taking a “gap year” and learn from the real world rather than only experiencing professors, textbooks and exams.

Contact Info:

Derekmagill.com blog - http://derekmagill.com/blog/ Get a Job at a Startup - http://www.DiscoverPraxis.com

Recommend podcast: http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/04/le30-isaac-morehouse-experience-based-education/

What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

Why keyword research should be done BEFORE building an online business Should you try and “cheat” the Google algorithm to get a faster start? How to leverage Amazon using their affiliate platform Moving from Solopreneur to managing and delegating to staff

Today’s guest is Ewen Finser, owner of Venture4thMedia.com. He has built and now manages a portfolio of ~25 websites and several of them cashflow >$5000/month. Not bad...eh?

I met Ewen at a recent conference in Las Vegas where he was a speaker. His presentation was on keyword research and the importance of validating your business idea BEFORE beginning to build it. It was good timing since I was currently building www.CryptoShirts.io and only later realized that only ~300 people per month search for “bitcoin t-shirt”. That’s probably a big reason that I’m seeing slow sales.

In this interview, Ewen gives you the inside scoop on how he started building online businesses, particularly his “review sites” that help consumers compare similar products (ie. running shoes) and links you (the consumer) to Amazon for the purchase. Since he’s driving traffic and sales to Amazon, they pay him out an affiliate commission. This could be >20% commissions earned on a product that you don’t have to stock, ship or support.

Like many of you, Ewen has chained to a desk for several years after college. Unsatisfied, he decided that he’d rather be working on building his own dream, rather than someone else’s dream.

After his day/desk job, Ewen would visit a Starbucks and build his own (soon to be) digital empire. Rather than sitting in traffic, why not sip some coffee and build and learn? You’d be amazed what you can build in only ONE focused hour.

The Freedom that Ewen experienced when he was able to generate his own income was life-changing and he quit the cubicle job, never to return. He controlled his time now and worked on projects that he owned and controlled. Reaping the rewards and experiencing the struggles of entrepreneurship.

Now Ewen manages a team of content writers, SEO experts and Wordpress professionals. You don’t want to miss the part where Ewen talks about the transition between being a solopreneur to hiring, managing and delegating various parts of his business.

I also want to invite you to join our private Facebook group. I just started it, so it’s small for now, but I expect many new fellow Liberty Entrepreneurs to join and share their passions and talents. https://www.facebook.com/groups/TribeLibertyE/

Podcast Resources

Learn how to create content sites: www.authoritysherpa.com

Ewen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewen-finser-66741272

Great content and affiliate site: www.thewirecutter.com

Liberty Entrepreneurs Social Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TribeLibertyE/

Keep Building Freedom, Ashe

What you are going to LEARN in this episode:

How blockchains are breaking the old model of centralized, big-business. How the Free Market and the sharing economy build around government’s heavy taxation. Why the blockchain allows us to trust each other without needing to know each other. How digital token sales are much easier and cheaper to raise funds for your startup

Today’s guest is Christopher David, Founder of the decentralized ride-sharing app Arcade City. While living in New Hampshire at the Free State Project, Chris saw first hand what the government was doing to cripple Uber and the ride-sharing economy. At the time, he was driving for Uber.

After attending countless town hall meetings, Chris decided to take matters into his own hands and build an Uber competitor which was decentralized and much more difficult to shut down and regulate. He felt that he had much more control when building rather than when begging the government to hear his side of the story. Crowdfunding and the Digital Token Sale

In order to build their app and continue development, Arcade City needs funding. Rather than going the standard route of Angel investment or VC funding, Chris decided to issue a digital token (similar to Bitcoin) instead of selling shares of the company. These tokens have various uses and we are seeing these “ICOs” (initial coin offerings) starting to be used more frequently (Ethereum, Augur, Airbitz, etc).

The ability to create a scarce, digital asset to manage and sell directly to the people who will fund your business is a great tool for digital entrepreneurs and their startups. Unfortunately, I expect the heavy hand of the SEC to come down on these ICO’s in short order.

So that’s it! As many expected, blockchains are being used in so many different areas of life, even after only 8 years in existence. The full capability of this new, cutting-edge technology will only continue to grow as does the usefulness and utility of the Internet.

Welcome to the age of digital, programmable money!

Contact Info: Website: https://arcade.city/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArcadeCityHall Email: chris@arcade.city Slack Channel: slack.arcade.city

Podcast Resources:

Book mention: Swarmwise - https://www.amazon.com/Swarmwise-Tactical-Manual-Changing-World/dp/1463533152/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478236019&sr=8-1&keywords=Swarmwise

Referenced Podcast: LE54: How the Free Market Feeds the Hungry – Unsung.org http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/10/le54-free-market-feeds-hungry-unsung-org/

Swarmwise: The Tactical Manual to Changing the World

What you are going to learn in this episode:

Learn the #1 mistake that startups make when trying to market and generate publicity. How to get FREE or very low-cost PR Buzz for your startup or small business How Josh bootstrapped a 7-figure a year business and how he cut his grocery bill by 50% to help reduce the need for startup funding while building SavingsAngel.com Why pitching your Expertise and Leadership is much more important than pitching your product

Making Extreme Couponing Simple and Convenient with SavingsAngel.com

One day at the grocery store, Josh asked his wife how much per month they spend on groceries. When his wife said $900, Josh was flabbergasted. He decided, that day, to find ways to save money and shop smarter.

About a year later he had founded www.SavingsAngel.com which used his newly gain coupon knowledge to help others cut their grocery bill by 50% each month.

We also chat about how and how long it took and how he was convinced to convert his super-coupon hobby into an actual online membership-based business which has generated several $MILLION$ in profit over the past 4 years...all by charging ~$3/week.

Yes, we’ve seen this before with Mac Prichard and how he built his job-board hobby into the 6-figure business wwwMacsList.org.

Listen to Mac’s story here: http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/10/le53-building-6-figure-online-job-board-macslist-org/

Generating Free Publicity and Buzz for your Startup or Small Business

Advertising is expensive, and you probably don’t have a budget for it. What if I told you that my guest Josh Elledge doesn’t think that’s a problem. While we know that Success requires Exposure, you can hack the press to have them actually market your products and business.

Josh says “you can’t just build a business from behind your keyboard and expect to be recognized. You need to make your publicity happen.”

Remember, when you get lots of great media attention and buzz, you become a media celebrity. Celebrities are much safer (for media outlets) to bring on as “experts” which enables you to attract more attention, more traffic, and more sales for the products you represent. Get established and reap the rewards.

Josh reminds us that “the more your audience sees you, the more they will trust and like you. You’ll gain an incredible digital reputation. Investors will pay more attention. Customers will respect your authority in your industry. Your segments, stories, and content will get shared far and wide throughout the web – all doing its job to bring people back to you and your brand!”

YOUR Weekly Action Item: Find a local meetup in your field and introduce yourself to someone new within the next week. Tell them about your passions and see where YOU can help THEM...don’t worry about how they can help you yet. We need to be able to network, speak intelligently and market ourselves. It’s not just about our products and website...we are building our BRAND.

Contact Info:

Twitter: @JoshElledge @SavingsAngel

Download Josh’s Guide to getting FREE PR: http://www.upendpr.com/fire

Did you find this episode helpful? Leave your feedback on our Twitter or Facebook pages!

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I just returned from an amazing conference, the Rhodium Weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s geared towards a small, but active community of digital entrepreneurs who specialize in cash flowing websites. It really changed my perspective on things.

http://rhodiumweekend.com/

From now own, I will concentrate on Digital Entrepreneurship rather than Entrepreneurship in general. That’s not saying that brick-n-mortar companies can’t be wildly successful and create the lifestyle that you want. It’s just not my focus and I give the reasons in the podcast.

If you’ve been keeping up you’ll know that I interviewed Trevor Koverko in Episode #32 on the topic of buying and selling websites. You’re welcome to check it out here: http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/05/le32-trevor-koverko-part-2-how-to-buy-cash-flowing-websites/

It’s a bit Internet out there and I met people building and running all of the following online businesses:

Affiliate marketing Review sites Authority sites AMZN FBA sites Podcasts Community membership and mastermind groups Premium Subscription-Based Websites Dropship and Self-fulfilled e-Commerce SaaS Businesses The community is excited, energetic, passionate, intelligent, humble (most of them) and very helpful. A common theme was that many got started because they wanted to “Escape the Cubicle” and live a more free life. To do this, many created their own online companies or bought one to manage and run.

I learned that it takes a LOT to run an online company and anyone looking for an overnight success can fuhgeddaboudit.

Standard skills involve:

SEO Systems and workflows Marketing Automation Lead generation Managing an email marketing list and drip campaign Webinars Community engagement Social media management (finding right platforms) ...and so much more Needless to say, there’s a lot to build but we can create communities of like-minded people to help us becoming successful.

This podcast is for you. This podcast is a journey and a challenge. It helps us hold each other accountable for the things we say matters to us, but we instead sit around and complain. Look, I get it. I’ve been there. I appreciated a round of State-hate like anyone else that recognizes what’s going on and the tough situation the government has put us in. We can’t feel sorry for ourselves and dwell, but instead let’s BUILD! Let’s actually create the world we want to live in. Compete with the State’s services and compete and help each other become successful.

We are an army, a peaceful army, of people who want to make the world better...and we can do it. What are you passionate about? What knowledge can you share with the rest of us? Who can you connect us with? How can I help you? What do you need to become more successful and free?

This is the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast and my goal is to help people passionate about liberty build their own free and flexible lifestyle by becoming a Digital Entrepreneur. If you share this mindset, then let me know. I’m raising the yellow and black flag. My vibe will attract my tribe. Let’s go, we have a lot to BUILD!.

In 2015 there were 42.2 million Americans living in food insecure households...that’s a nice way of saying that they didn’t know where their next meal would come from. That’s 13% of all households*

At the same time a new study from the USDA: (Released in February 2014) reported that “in the United States, 31 percent—or 133 billion pounds—of the 430 billion pounds of the available food supply at the retail and consumer levels in 2010 went uneaten**

Houston, we have a problem. Wouldn’t it seem that if all of this food already exists, but is just thrown away, that it should be simple to give it to the people who need it the most? It’s pretty obvious that government solutions aren’t working and waste is much less prominent in the Free Market.

Leave an iTunes Review and help out the show! Rate Liberty Entrepreneurs on iTunes and get a shout-out on the next show plus, I’ll send ya $5 in Bitcoin! Tune in to hear the full offer:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/liberty-entrepreneurs/id1057809945?mt=2

Enter Jason King’s Unsung.org (503c non-profit)

Jason got started feeding the hungry in 2013 within the Bitcoin community. All of a sudden a lot of people had some serious gains in the new crypto-currency and the Bitcoin community is VERY GENEROUS. Jason decided to raise money (in Bitcoin) to follow through on his mission to feed the hungry.

I previously interviewed Jason on Episode #21 back in February 2016. At the time he had feed only a couple hundred people but the concept was working. Fast-forward to Oct 2016 and he’s already feed >10,000 and created an iPhone app to help communities self-organize and bridge the gap between food waste and hungry people. Simple but genius.

http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/02/le21-jason-king-how-you-can-become-an-unsung-hero/

This is the true mindset of an Entrepreneur. Identify a problem in society Get creative about solutions then start telling people about your plan Recruit like-minded people who will want to help your cause

It’s a short interview today ~20m and I hope you make it all the way through.

The EXODUS.IO Team is HIRING: Javascript Developer The Exodus Team (www.exodus.io), which offers a free Crypto-currency wallet is looking to HIRE an experienced Javascript developer who considers him/herself to be liberty-oriented. If you (or someone you know) has experience as a Javascript developer and wants to work in the exciting crypto-currency space, please send your resume and relevant information to support@exodus.io. The position is remote and this could be your opportunity to become a digital entrepreneur! Tell them that you heard about the job on Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast.

Jason’s Contact Details:

Email: jason@unsung.org Twitter @UnsungOrg Instagram: www.instagram.com/unsungorg/

Podcast Resources:

Unsung.org iPhone app available on Oct 21st in the Appstore.

Wired.com article about Jason running across the US to raise Bitcoin for the homeless. https://www.wired.com/2014/06/bitcoin-run-jason-king/

*http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger/hunger-and-poverty/hunger-and-poverty-fact-sheet.html

**http://endhunger.org/food-waste/

Until next time, Ashe

Welcome back! This week’s episode is #53: Building a 6-figure Online Job Board w/ Mac Prichard, Founder of MacsList.org.

After periods of unemployment, Mac final figured out how to “look for work”, something that he says are not taught in highschool or college. By learning this skill, he was able to build a business around helping other people look for work as well as helping business owners hire top talent.

If you only have 5-minutes, skip the the 24’50’’ mark to hear Mac’s advice on how early you should start trying to cash-flow your new business

A common misconception is that jobs are now “too hard to find” and college graduates are stuck in a job market that isn’t moving. Well, I don’t buy it. I know too many Entrepreneurs looking to hire the RIGHT talent for the job instead of someone with just a college degree. We are moving out of the era of the diploma and into the Era of Experience.

While working for the government, Mac found himself keeping a list of people who were looking to hire and expand their teams. You know, just a casual “Hey Mac, do you know someone with XYZ skills? If so, send them my way!”. Eventually, he started creating a list of the people who would ask him if he knew someone hiring for a certain position or skillset.

For a long time he was paying someone about one full business day each week to manage these lists and one day it clicked...he needed to create a job board to handle both sides of this equation. Unlike other job boards, this one was quite niche and mainly served the Portland, OR area. The idea was to keep the job seekers and talent seekers very local. This helped both sides better and more quickly evaluate each other and find that great business match. While each employer received LESS applications for each position, the success rate was much higher than with the larger job boards like Monster.com.

Join us as Mac takes us back to the beginning of MacsList and how he’s now grown it to tens of thousands of newsletter subscribers and hundreds of successful job placements each month.

Mac’s Contact Info:

Email: Mac@macslist.org Website: http://www.macslist.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/macslist Twitter: https://twitter.com/Macs_List

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This podcast is sponsored by the Exodus crypto-currency wallet for Windows, Mac and Linux. I’ve been using it for a few months now and I’ve gotta say that it’s the slickest and most user-friendly wallet i’ve ever used.

Supports Bitcoin, Litecoin, Doge, Dash and Ethereum Seemless integration with Shapeshift.io Easy and convenient backups

You can download it on their website https://www.exodus.io/.

I should mention that the Exodus team is looking to hire a JavaScript developer who is a Cryptocurrency enthusiast. If you consider yourself a freedom-lover or libertarian who understands the impact of the current central bank bubble, then apply directly to support@exodus.io. Let help great minds work together. Until next time….Keep Building Freedom! -Ashe

I’m back after an incredible trip to San Diego to attend and speak at the FINCON 2016 financial conference. This episode is a recap of my experiences as well as tips on how to speak to and connect with “mainstream” financial people (bloggers, podcasters, authors, etc) on why they should care about Bitcoin. I came away impressed with the number of people who had heard of Bitcoin, but unfortunately most people either didn’t know what it was or still thought that you just buy drugs with it.

In this episode I cover the following: Bitcoin as an opt-in/opt-out economy How Bitcoin is a protocol layer in the internet similar to Email or HTTP The “moral argument” for Bitcoin and how it can help the “unbanked” population How Bitcoin is grassroots and how it MOST helps the poor Why Bitcoin can be used to protect from inflation Why government bonds are a terrible investment Current thoughts on the College Debt Bubble and “subprime” college loans

...and much more

Don’t worry, next week will go back to the normal interview format, but I just had to share my experience of FINCON with you. Until then...KEEP BUILDING FREEDOM!

Podcast Resources

Sending Bitcoin to Venezuela LE41 - Generating Passive Income with a Crypto-currency ATM with Cindy Zimmerman http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/07/le41-generating-passive-income-crypto-currency-atm-cindy-zimmerman/

Full FINCON slide deck used for presentation: http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bitcoin-FINCON16.pdf

Welcome back! This week’s episode is a bit different. I was recently interviewed on the Entrepreneur Power Hour podcast to discuss my background, who my role models are and the importance of crypto-currencies to create personal freedom.

I’m currently in San Diego speaking on Bitcoin at FINCON16 which is a large financial conference for bloggers, podcasters and other content creators in the finance space. For some reason, they’ve either never heard of Bitcoin or are very unfamiliar with it. After my presentation, that should change.

Short episode this week, but I should have plenty of content and updates in the next few weeks. This is a very exciting opportunity and I’m thrilled to do whatever I can to push forward an understanding and appreciation for Bitcoin, crypto-currencies and blockchain technology. In Liberty, Ashe

PS: SHOUT OUT to all my new listeners in Mexico! While I didn’t expect to have such a following in Mexico, it’s definitely appreciated! If you are from Mexico, send me a tweet @libertyepodcast and let me know where you live! Maybe I’ll give you a shout out on the next show :) Hasta luego!

Welcome back everyone! This is episode #50...and it’s kind of a big deal! In the podcast world, reaching the 50 episode mark is a huge milestone and today's guest is one of my role models, Kate Erickson from Entrepreneur on Fire (www.EOFire.com).

EOFire is one of the most successful entrepreneur podcasts on the internet which typically has revenue of >$100k each month. Kate, along with her business and life partner John Lee Dumas, have built an amazing business including a successful podcast where they interview a new entrepreneur 7-days/week, they host a paid Mastermind group as well as offer free courses on:

How to start your own podcast (from beginning to end) Why webinars are so important to online businesses How to hire, train and work with Virtual Assistants The importance of creating SMART goals How to build and utilize Systems and Process in your business and much, much more…

Kate is a powerhouse of logic, consistency and the definition of the entrepreneurial spirit. Before this interview is done, you will learn the importance of when and how to manage your day, why creating automation is so important to success and what is meant by “automate, delegate and batch” so that you remain in control of every day.

I should mention that Kate came from a Marketing and HR background. One of her main roles was to bring people into her office….and fire them. Not exactly rewarding. One day, she decided to become an entrepreneur and start working on the projects that she was FIRED UP about. Life’s too short to do something you don’t enjoy.

After meeting John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneur Fire (www.EOFire.com) she became the “brains” behind the scene. Kate quickly found that creating systems, workflows and processes were her strength. Being a very logical person, Kate naturally found that she could create order in their business by writing down and processing out every aspect of their business. Not only did this leave less to guesswork, but created systems that they could depend on and eventually use to train new members of their team, specifically Virtual Assistants. Remember, successful Entrepreneurs know how to not only BUILD a business, but also how to DELEGATE it.

I really hope you enjoy listening to the experience, insights and advice from Kate. Her podcast, Kate’s Take, is one of the MOST ACTIONABLE and easy to understand podcasts available. I highly recommend it to everyone who listens to Liberty Entrepreneurs and there’s no doubt that you’ll gain mucho knowledge and become a better business person. Make sure to have a notebook handy while listening; there’s so much inspiration and actionable material that you’ll want to listen several times.

Until next time...KEEP BUILDING FREEDOM!

In Liberty, Ashe

Podcast Resources:

Kate’s Take Season One - How to set S.M.A.R.T Goal - www.eofire.com/season1

Kate’s Take Season Two - Creating Systems - http://www.eofire.com/season2/

EOFire website - http://www.eofire.com/

Contact Info:

Website: http://www.eofire.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/katelerickson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EOFire/

This week I’ve decided to give you a preview of the presentation I’m giving at the FinCon 2016 Conference in San Diego on Sept 23rd. FinCon is a big financial conference, held every year, which caters to financial bloggers, podcasters and content creators. The average age is 36 and it’s 50% male and 50% female.

They’ve asked me to be the FIRST EVER speaker on crypto-currencies and I’m really excited to present. The purpose of this episode is to give you an idea of the topics I’d like to cover and ask for YOUR feedback and suggestions.

Remember, this crowd is young, financially savvy, active on social media and basically replacing the old school, mainstream media. Although they have a background in finance and economics...many of them have only heard of Bitcoin; most likely because of Mt. Gox, the Bitfinex hack, Silk Road or that it’s only used for illegal purposes. You know, the only reasons that the establishment media has reported on Bitcoin.

Bitcoin in Venezuela and Argentina - Inflation is out of control! I can ask something like “should you have the freedom to choose to store your wealth and transact in a currency that isn’t being hyper-inflated by central banks?” How would your life be affected if you had 100% inflation per year?” Should the people in these countries have alternative money options? Math vs Politicians - who do you trust? Remember, a lot of these people got BERN’D with the elections and most will be quite intelligent...just not crypto-savvy. Bitcoin is regulated by MATH whereas fiat currencies are regulated by politicians. How To Use Bitcoin - I could show a screenshot of a Bitcoin wallet and maybe give a demonstration of how it works. I could offer $1 in Bitcoin to anyone who comes up to me after the presentation with a newly installed wallet. I could recommend several wallets for iOS and Android.

I could talk for 2 hours, but i’ve only got 30m. What do YOU think are the best topics for me to present to a fresh, young crowed of financial content creators? This is not only a great opportunity for me, but a great opportunity for Bitcoin. If these people have the knowledge, resources and an understanding of how Bitcoin helps all people; the poor, the unbanked, business people, the left, the right, entrepreneurs and everyone in between...then we could have HUNDREDS more bloggers and podcasters spreading the awesomesauce of Bitcoin rather than just repeating all the shenanigans and lies that the establishment media offers.

I need your input. One of the best things about being an Entrepreneur is that we create networks of people who are actively building, offering advice and excited to share their experiences and feedback. How can I help you become more successful? Are you looking to network? Maybe have someone review your business plan? Lemme know how I can help!

You can help me out by: Tweeting your ideas and feedback to @libertyepodcast Send an email to info@libertyentrepreneurs.com Send a message to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LibertyEntrepreneurs/. Join the Liberty Entrepreneurs public Facebook group so that we can all start to network and build community together. The link is below. It’s pretty quiet in there for now, but please introduce yourself and start a conversation.

Thanks again for tuning in to this special episode of the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast and please share it with a friend. Until next time...KEEP BUILDING FREEDOM!!

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Today’s guest is Ned Scott, CEO of Steemit.com and the crypto-currency Steem which is a blockchain built to reward and incentivize content creation and social media engagement. Basically it’s a website like Facebook or Reddit, where people can follow others, post content and engage in the online community, but there’s a difference. Unlike Facebook and Reddit, where users only get “good feels” when someone LIKES your post, on Steemit.com you actually get awarded with the crypto-currency, Steem, which currently has a value of ~$1 each. I”ve seen people, like Jeff Berwick, make $16,000 on a single post. Trust me, I was in disbelief at first too.

Now, there are PLENTY of people who call Steemit.com and the Steem crypto-token a scam and a pyrimid scheme. There are various reasons why fellow crypto-friends either don’t understand or don’t trust Steem; many of them have valid reasons. Ned and I chat about the economics of Steem and how they created a coin, wrapped in smart contracts to incentivize and build the type of community they wanted to build. Coming from a background of Austrian Economics, I’m dig deep to get answers to some of the most fundamental concerns about Steem and try to find out if it’s actually a scam or not. My conclusion? Well...you’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out.

If Ned is correct, and he’s been able to create a new type of social media platform community that rewards content creators and engagements, then social media has changed forever. That’s no embellishment.

If we can now organize ourselves in voluntary communities, based on a common interest, use a blockchain to permanently store our collective content/information/communications and also reward and incentivize each other to create the kind of content that we want...then we’ve entered into a new era of peaceful Anarchy and Voluntaryism.

I encourage you to listen to this interview with an open mind. Listen to how the blockchain is being utilized and how it is creating value in the communities that we voluntarily belong to and choose freely.

In Liberty, Ashe

Recommended Liberty Entrepreneurs Episodes:

LE36: Roger Ver and Erik Voorhees – Scaling Debate and the Future of Bitcoin - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/06/roger-ver-erik-voorhees-scaling-future-bitcoin/

LE41: Generating Passive Income with a Crypto-currency ATM with Cindy Zimmerman - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/07/le41-generating-passive-income-crypto-currency-atm-cindy-zimmerman/

LE46: Doing Business with the Dash Blockchain w/ Amanda B Johnson - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/08/le46-business-dash-blockchain-w-amanda-b-johnson/

My guest today is Aaron Walker, serial entrepreneur, life coach and owner of www.ViewFromTheTop.com. Aaron has started 8 businesses and now organizes Mastermind groups to help other entrepreneurs become more accountable, build their network and create a community of peers and trusted advisors. Aaron believes that the most important aspect of becoming successful is to build relationships where you can create a safe environment and become vulnerable and honest about when and where you need help.

Topics covered in this episode include:

Your “Network is your net worth” Why every entrepreneur should take a serious look at joining a Mastermind group. How Aaron’s life changed after accidently killing a pedestrian His perspective on why personal relationships, built on trust and vulnerability, are essential to being successful Why “purposeful action” is often the missing key to finding happiness

Although he had already built and sold several multi-million businesses, he wasn’t happy and had turned a bit complacent. After a lot of introspection, Aaron found that he was no longer living purposefully and decided it was time to build a new business, this time focused on purposeful action.

Aaron created www.ViewFromTheTop.com where he oranizes and hosts Mastermind Groups. If you aren’t familiar with what a Mastermind Group is, this interview is for you. I haven’t personally joined a Mastermind Group yet, but it’s on the top of my priority list.

“Strength starts by admitting your weakness, faults and areas that you need help in. When we keep that veil up and we don't’ want others to know that we are struggling in certain areas, what happens is that we don’t get better. You are a fake.” -Aaron Walker

Aaron ends the interview discussing how and why he decided to turn his life from success to significance and what type of legacy he wants to leave behind. His experience has lead him to one main conclusion, the most important things in life are the relationships that you cultivate along the way. Everything else is just details.

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BONUS VIDEO I highly recommend spending 20 minutes to watch this TED Talk by Brene Brown.

The Power of Vulnerability | Brene Brown | TED Talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o

In Liberty, Ashe

Contact Info and Resources: Website: www.viewfromthetop.com/liberty Twitter: @vftcoach

Aaron’s 3 Free Guides - www.viewfromthetop.com/liberty 25 Questions to get the life you want Steps to a Productive Day - To do list on steroids to help you become more productive. Free Personal Assessment

Interview with Matt Miller (mentioned in this episode) http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/07/le43-building-vending-machine-empire-w-matt-miller/

Welcome back! Topics covered in this episode include:

Ron Paul and the Modern Freedom Movement Why “money” and “economics” are important to achieving personal liberty Evolution of Crypto-currencies (Bitcoin vs Dash) How Amanda became the first-ever podcast/vblog to get funding DIRECTLY from a blockchain (and why this is a necessary step towards crypto-economic longevity). Tip Liberty Entrepreneurs with Dash!

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(or Bitcoin)

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Amanda B Johnson started down the rabbit-hole of libertarianism and volunteerism in 2011. At the time she was struggling to find work and became really interested in what caused the economy to become so crappy. She heard about a guy named Ron Paul who was running for President and was shocked when he sounded like he was speaking the truth.

With her new found enthusiasm, Amanda started creating liberty related, Ron Paul videos on Youtube and quickly gathered following. She became fascinated with money and economics and the role they play in pursuit of personal freedom and wanted to share her new found perspective with the world.

In 2013, Amanda encountered Bitcoin. Like many of us, she read and studied it with passion and eventually wrote blog posts for several large Bitcoin publications including Bitcoin Magazine, CoinTelegraph, Bitcoin.com. In late 2015, Amanda started a YouTube series entitled The Daily Decrypt, which discussed the currency competition and evolution taking place in the crypto space.

By mid-2016, she decided to specialize in one network in particular -- Dash -- which she finds to be the most technically and economically superior thus poised to gain strength, market-cap and influence. She named the new show Dash: Detailed.

Amanda and her colleagues are the first ever podcast or video blog to be sponsored and paid DIRECTLY from the Dash blockchain, or any blockchain for that matter. Someone needs to add this to Wikipedia.

A self-funding blockchain this is an evolutionary step for cryptocurrencies. Unlike Bitcoin, the Dash blockchain allocates a certain % of the block-reward (or inflationary payout) to fund projects which help build, support and market their network and is much more business-like in their approach.. Dash: Detailed is showing the world how blockchains and crypto-assets can be used to build and support a voluntary community and economy with a open-source and transparency money.

Thanks again for tuning in!

Contact Info:

Twitter: @Dashpay

Dash: Detailed: https://www.youtube.com/dashorg

Referenced Podcast:

LE41: Generating Passive Income with a Crypto-currency ATM with Cindy Zimmerman - http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/07/le41-generating-passive-income-crypto-currency-atm-cindy-zimmerman/

Welcome back! My guest today is Rob Dionne, founder of OpenSkyFitness.com. I met Rob at the Podcast Movement 2016 conference while grabbing a bite to eat at one of the local restaurants. We struck up a quick discussion on podcasting and were both VERY passionate about our respective shows. Entrepreneurs tend to have more passion and energy than most people I met, but something stuck out about Rob. I decided to invite him on to tell his story about building OpenSkyFitness.com.

Sure, Rob isn’t the first guy to offer fitness and diet programs on the internet...far from it. Fitness is one of the areas that people tend to by with big hopes, but are then much less likely to follow through with it (I’m one of those people). Rob’s idea is that he’ll target a VERY NICHE type of person instead of trying to sell to anyone who wants to “get fit” or “lose weight”. His ideal client or “avatar” (not the movie) is someone who was an athlete in highschool and/or college who is now in their 30’s - 40’s and have gained that extra ~30lbs of cushion.

Rob knows this crowd because he was one of them. The reason Rob started OpenSkyFitness.com was because he saw a picture of he and his wife, on their honeymoon in Hawaii, and he looked FAT! Rob had never been fat before, he was an athlete kid all the way through college. The hustle-n-bustle of life had weighed on him and fitness had turned into an after-thought for several years. Once he was able to get back into great shape and regain that atheletic build, he decided to create a business around the idea. Remember, entrepreneurs solve problems and often it’s their own to start out. Now that Rob was successful in his own re-image, he wanted to help his peers accomplish the same.

Since he’s creating OpenSkyFitness.com for a SPECIFIC person, the formerly competitive athelete, he could niche down and really speak their language. This build a connection and relationship that fostered a good environment to build on. Not only does Rob offer coaching sessions, meal plans and workout routines...but also a podcast to help build a sense of community around his cause.

You don’t want to miss the part where Rob gives advice to anyone creating an online, digital business. Remember, we can learn from other’s failures so that we don’t make so many. When you fail, learn from it! Then share it with others. It’s how we network and help each other become successful.

Rob Dionne Contact: http://openskyfitness.com/contact/

Download Rob’s free Jump-start Guide Text to 44222 to get Rob’s free “Jump-start Guide”

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenSkyFitness/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenSkyFitness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openskyfitness/

This show is a little different. Instead of interviewing a successful entrepreneur who is actively building a business, I decided to interview 4 young boys who were running a lemonade stand on a hot summer day. They had set up right outside of a coffee shop that I frequently visit and had quite an impressive lemonade stand with wooden roof and everything. I was impressed. Once I saw that not only were they selling lemonade, but also their own artwork as well as rocks (yes, plain ole rocks) I decided to take a closer look. While buying a cup of lemonade, the boys told me that they were donating 50% of all proceeds to a non-profit that helps protect honey bees. They go on to tell me about the “bee colony collapse disorder” that is killing bee colonies around the country and how they wanted to help save the bees. Very interesting...

Click here to read more about Colony Collapse Disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder

I went inside to drink coffee and work, but kept an eye on the lemonade stand to see how it was doing. Customer after customer came up to buy their lemonade and artwork (and maybe a rock or two) and these little guys seemed to know what they were doing. That’s when I decided that I HAD to interview them. Not only were they running a successful lemonade stand, but they were doing it for a good purpose; they were raising money to help fund a cause that they believe in. These boys were too young to think about how the government can save the bees, so they took matters into their own hands. Every happy customer made for more happy bees.

Typically in the Free Market, we see win/win scenarios which can be recognized by the “double thank you” (I cover this topic in episode #38: How to Create a Liberty-based Community). Basically when a voluntary transaction is finished, both people feel that they are better off and tell each other thank you. The lemonade stand boys took this a step further and decided to donate much of their profits to a cause they believed in. This is truly a great example of how entrepreneurship helps generate wealth, spread happiness and helps people feel more in control.

While you listen to this episode, think back to when you were a child, maybe 8, 9 or 10 years old. Did you have a lemonade stand? Maybe a car wash or bake sale? Do you remember how exciting it was? Did you set up a table and chairs for your lemonade stand? Maybe bake your favorite cookies with your mom in preparation to sell them? Did you have fun playing with the water hose when washing the next car in line?

Full Show Notes on Website: http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/08/le44-lemonade-stand-childs-perspective/

My guest today is Matt Miller, Founder and President of School Spirit Vending, a vending machine company that helps schools fundraise internally rather than asking children to go door to door.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

What it felt like to be so poor that he was declined for a payday loan. How $100 opened the door to a million dollar business The importance of homeschooling and how parents are an essential (and often missing) ingredient to help children understand entrepreneurship and basic business skills. How you can quickly get started building your own vending machine empire

Matt was concerned with the current fundraising model of selling magazines and popcorn and decided to do something about it. His idea was to create a vending machine business to literally keep the kids off the streets, but still allow schools a way to fundraise.

Matt was a corporate guy and his parents taught him to go to school, get a job and work a 9-5 so that he can retire. Like many of us, this quickly seemed unfulfilling. He dreamed of being his own boss and could no longer stand the idea of selling his time to someone else. He HAD to become his own boss. When Matt lost his job, he was in a very difficult financial position. He had a wife and several children to support, but very little means to do so. Collecting aluminium cans only went so far.

One day, in church, Matt was chatting with a friend who had recently bought a few simple gumball machine. Matt was surprised to hear that these gumball machines were actually generating noticeable revenue. Quarters can still add up quite substantially and he had to know more. After a few weeks of scouting the Internet to learn as much as possible, he and his daughters jumped in the car to purchase a single gumball machine for $100. This was the start of Matt’s appreciation and love for vending machines which is now his passion and business.

He went from being broke (and not being eligible for a payday loan) to franchising a vending machine company and helping entrepreneurs and schools all over the nation learn how to generate wealth. Join us to hear more about Matt’s journey and why vending machines may be a good opportunity for you to build the lifestyle that you desire and deserve.

Matt’s Contact Details: Email: matt@ssvbusiness.com Twitter: @ssvbusiness Facebook: www.facebook.com/SSVBusiness

Download Matt’s free ebook “Live Your Dreams: Top 10 Reasons Why You Need To Start A Vending Business”: www.ssvbusiness.com/liberty

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Today, Liberty Entrepreneurs welcomes Jon Holmquist to the show.

Jon is the Head of Marketing at GoCoin and GoPayWin.com. He was the founder of Bitcoin Black Friday, worked at The Bitcoin Store, and Coinabul.

You can connect with Jon, and find out more about some of his entrepreneurial endeavors and insight on bitcoin and blockchains below: @Jon_HQ http://www.jonhq.com/ http://gocoin.com/ https://www.gopaywin.com/ http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/26/technology/bitcoin-black-friday/index.html

Jon was introduced to the world of working online through gaming, receiving affiliate marketing checks as he was just entering high school.

When he reached the legal age of work, he did apply to minimum wage jobs, and didn't get hired for any of them.

Jon was introduced to bitcoin by his brother who works at Wikipedia. Jon didn't become interested in bitcoin until after he become sick of driving an hour and a half to play poker. He realized that there were sites online where he could play poker for bitcoin.

He is now the Head of Marketing at GoCoin, where he is focusing on the adult industry now, and getting them to accept bitcoin, and figuring out how to get their customers to use it.

Some early bitcoin startup work for Jon included Coinabul, where he left do to a disagreement with the CEO. Coinabul in 2013 became a defacto exchange – allowing people to cash out while not using the less than reliable exchanges like Mt. Gox at the time.

Jon was a big part of the success of The Bitcoin Store, founded by previous 2x Liberty Entrepreneur guest Roger Ver.

The Bitcoin Store answered the question, when the other answers at the time were pretty sparse: “But what can you actually buy with bitcoin?”

Roger's unique goal: Make Bitcoin Store so successful that it would run itself out of business.

In the interview we get Jon's insight on why hasn't Amazon accepted bitcoin yet.

Favorite Quote on finding developers to work with your project:

“If you are looking for programmers, the best thing to do is to find people who are working on side projects on github, that aren't related to their main job, especially during the work day. Because it means they are bored out of their mind at their main job.”

We talk about how to turn side-projects and hobbies into an entrepreneurial lifestyle, or as Jon puts it, 'embracing the chaos'.

That's it for this week's episode.

Keep. Building. Freedom.

My guest today is Cindy Zimmerman, Computer Scientist and Crypto-currency ATM owner/operator.

In today’s show, we discuss:

How attending a meetup provided her with an opportunity to move and work in Panama How she turned a hobby of owning a Bitcoin ATM into a serious passive income stream Why Cindy is the first in the world to integrate the up-n-coming digital currency “Dash” How Bitcoin helps the very poor families of Venezuela protect their savings and afford to live

Cindy's Background

While working for a Bitcoin company in Panama, Cindy encountered a problem. She, and all of her friends, were receiving their salaries in the crypto-currency Bitcoin, but the rest of the Panamanian economy ran on US Dollars. A currency is only good if you can spend it, and Cindy was constantly short on USD bills.

Coming from an entrepreneurial family, she decided to purchase what’s known as a Bitcoin ATM. It’s very similar to the cash-based ATMs that you are accustomed to, but instead of swiping your debit card, you send it bitcoins from your phone. Remember, bitcoin does not require the banking system and as President Obama said “[with Bitcoin] everyone essentially has a Swiss bank account in their pocket”. I should mention that Bitcoin ATMs work both ways, you can buy bitcoins with cash or you can buy cash with bitcoins.

What was first a hobby project, so that Cindy and her colleagues could have access to USD liquidity, quickly turned into an opportunity to help expats send money home. In Panama many expats are from Venezuela, who relocate to work and earn a USD salary (instead of their worthless, inflated domestic currency i.e. Pesos, Bolivars, etc)...but there’s another problem...

Many banks won’t open accounts for Venezuelans because they are considered too high-risk. Even if they do get an account, the “official” exchange rate from Bolivars to USD is not even close to the actual, Free-market value. They pretty much get screwed either way. Enter Bitcoin

Since Bitcoin doesn't require 3rd party approval from a bank, these Venezuelan expats can convert their USD cash (which was earned while working in Panama) into Bitcoin and send the Bitcoin back home to their family using the blockchain. It’s true that Bitcoin is still not widely used, but it sure beats converting directly into Bolivars and losing 90% of the purchasing power. $100 quickly turns into $10 worth of value when wired home. That’s not freedom!

Enter Dash (an alternative crypto-currency)

Later in the interview, Cindy explains why her ATMs now support another crypto-currency “Dash” in addition to Bitcoin. Dash, in her (and my) opinion has some MAJOR advancements over Bitcoin which may find more demand as digital currencies become more of an essential part of the global economy. Cindy’s ATMs are the first in the world to support the Dash digital currency and you’ll definitely want to catch why she made the switch.

The Freedom of Money is an essential element towards total, personal freedom and Bitcoin helps achieve this like no currency has done before. I really hope you enjoy this episode and let me know by liking, commenting and sharing. Entrepreneurs cannot work alone and when you SHARE an episode it really helps.

Until next time....KEEP BUILDING FREEDOM!

-Ashe

Contact Cindy: Email: cindy@tigoctm.com

Dash tip address: XkR5G5pM48agAHRTErkfsJtqoFREkGSaSQ Bitcoin tip address: 1KraNMPw7QMaaLmHsiMj57QKq9GHvZLKgh

If you haven’t heard about Jeffrey Tucker then you are missing out. He’s a force for liberty like you’ve never seen before. He’s written 1000’s of articles, been interviewed and published by the largest outlets, created a social platform for a liberty-based community and continues to educate the world on crypto-currencies like Bitcoin.

I first learned about him in 2008 while regularly watching various lectures on Mises.org. His charisma, energy and perspective always struck me as unique….as unique as his bow ties. The guy is always dressed to impress and his knowledge is the same.

The thing that struck me was his constant perspective of how wonderful the world actually is. From smart phones, varieties of food, conveniences of the internet and level of creature comforts never experienced before. This is definitely the best time to be alive.

Sure, there’s crappy situations in the world that we should be aware of, but Jeffrey brings a perspective that consistently appreciates the beauty of the Free Market and voluntary action.

We dive into an array of topics including his first entrepreneurial experiences (as a child) to quitting the Mises Institute and building the world’s first liberty-oriented social platform, Liberty.me. You don’t want to miss why Jeffrey decided to jump into a ~30F degree lake to raise funds by crowdfunding.

One main discussion is why “libertarians” tend to only remain in the theoretical world instead of putting their knowledge into ACTION and becoming an entrepreneur.

We end the show by talking about the effectiveness of Ron Paul’s political “R3volution” and the effect of Ayn Rand’s ideas of the capitalist’s role in the fight for freedom.

I’ve included the “freezing lake” video referenced in the interview as well as links to his books which I HIGHLY recommend. He has such an interesting perspective based in peace, liberty and entrepreneurship.

I know that you’ll enjoy this interview and please Like, Comment and Share!

In Liberty, Ashe

Crowd Funding “Lake” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0lBr3Na4mI

Contact Info: Publishing site: tucker.liberty.me Email: tucker@liberty.me Twitter: JeffreyATucker FB Official: jeffreytucker.official

Kemi’s story is interesting. She had a successful career as a Physical Therapist, making 6 figures per year, but then the Great Recession happened and both her clients and insurance companies stopped paying and she went out of business. Unfortunately, she didn’t budget and invest correctly and became “flat on her back” broke nearly overnight.

From Homeless to owning $1M Homes

Kemi spend the next 10 months couch-surfing and trying to figure out her next step. Every week that went by, her debts kept piling up and she started maxing out credit cards. She didn’t even have enough money to file for bankruptcy (seriously, you have to pay to file for bankruptcy). Kemi decided to move into her 60 sqft office space and begin scouring the Internet for “how to make money online”. Continuing to learn and network, she found herself in a seminar (a free one) which would prove to be life-changing for her; Kemi decided to become a real-estate Entrepreneur.

Although financially broke, she had free-time, passion and a serious work ethic fueled by a sense of desperation. She was able to find partnerships which would cover 100% of the cash required and she would do all the work to rent apartments and houses in the UK. This proved to be a very good decision.

We also discuss her #1 International Bestseller, The Power of Real Estate Investing, and we get a sneak peek on strategies she’s used to build a career of cash-flowing real-estate including how the Airbnb economy has opened up a new and very interesting trend for rental owners.

Make Money Renting Other’s Apartments

There’s a new trend in the rental market. I won’t spoil the interview, but it involves approaching apartment owners who are looking to rent out their space and offering them a deal where you cover the rent PLUS manage the property. You know, mowing the grass, fixing the appliances and keeping renters in to cover the mortgage. For example, if the owner is looking for $7000/mo in rent, but Kemi can manage it on Airbnb for $70/might. She only needs to rent it out 10 days each month to pay the owner and she gets to keep the rest. This is how her lifestyle of Freedom and Flexibility was created.

I hope you enjoy this episode and I want to hear from you! Got feedback on this episode or others? Let me hear it at https://twitter.com/libertyepodcast and https://www.facebook.com/LibertyEntrepreneurs/.

Until next time

KEEP BUILDING FREEDOM!

-Ashe

Kemi’s Contact Info:

Get a copy of Kemi’s book, The Power of Real Estate Investing, for free at www.kemi.gift

Email: info@freedomacademies.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kemieganfreedomacademies Twitter: http://twitter.com/kemiegan

For more information, please visit:

www.freedomacademies.com www.thepowerofrealestateinvesting.com

Have you found it difficult to meet other liberty-minded people in real life? Do you spend a lot of time on Facebook and Reddit so that you can have some resemblance of a rational, logical and market-based conversation? Does anyone else in your life know who Mises, Rothbard or Spooner are? Do you feel that liberty only lives on the Internet? Think again...

Liberty on the Rocks is a happy hour for libertarians, anarcho-capitalists and other lovers of peace and freedom. Their goal is to build a community of liberty-oriented friends to increase knowledge and grow towards individual freedom.

I interview the two founders of LOTR (not Lord of the Rings), Justin Longo and Amanda Muell about how they came up with the idea and why it’s a happy hour. We discuss what was missing in their lives which gave them the passion to create such a successful meetup.

We also chat about how creating such a meetup has introduced them to people who have changed their lives as well as helped build a community that they rely on for constant, high-quality conversation over cheap drinks.

Remember, we are building freedom, not begging for it. If there’s something missing in your life, a pain or problem that you aren’t happy with, then as an Entrepreneur your goal is to start finding ways to solve it. Most likely other people share your pain (in this example, not having a network of freedom-esque people in your life) and it’s a great place to start building.

I hope that you enjoy the interview and please leave your comments on our Facebook page or tweet at us (@libertyepodcast).

If you have a few minutes free, please rate us on iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. We’re still a young, but growing podcast and rating help a TON!

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Keep Building Freedom!

Contact Info: Liberty on the Rocks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/libertyontherocksinternational Justin Longo: justin@libertyontherocks.com Amanda Muell: amanda@libertyontherocks.com

Today we welcome Bailey Reutzel to Liberty Entrepreneurs.

Bailey was one of the first financial reporter to cover bitcoin, before banks would even acknowledge its existence. She just finished a six month, 48 state road trip and wrote an article about each state's financial and economic culture.

To get an idea of what Bailey wanted to accomplish during MoneyTripping, her road trip, check out the Atlantic article featuring her below:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/financial-alternatives-post-recession-living/404995/

You can connect with Bailey at:

Her Blog: http://moneytripping.com/ - over 50 blog posts from her road trip Twitter @BLR13 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bailey.reutzel

As a reporter for American Banker and Payment Source, Bailey broke some big early stories, and was one of the lone voices reporting on bitcoin to the banking sector. Bitcoin has mostly been seen as a consumer application, so Bailey reporting for a trade publication is quite unique. You can find an archive of her reporting here:

http://www.americanbanker.com/authors/bailey-reutzel-1627.html

She currently writes freelance for Coindesk frequently – you can find her recent work here: http://www.coindesk.com/author/baileyreutzel/

Favorite Quotes from the podcast:

On Bitcoin versus private permissioned ledgers:

“I think a lot of these private permissioned blockchains, it is still yet to been if they can pull this off. Because everything is in pilot or proof of concept phases, and so the bitcoin community has an angle there to say were the only ones up and running, and we've been up and running since 2008.”

On covering early Bitcoin companies:

“And a bunch of companies that I covered that covered back in the day are no longer around, and it's not necessarily because they were bad companies, it was because they were too soon, they were before regulation, and once regulation hit, it was like 'Oh shit, what do we do now?'”

After making a name for herself in the bitcoin payment reporting space, Bailey moved to London. There she met a group of anarchist squatters in London – who further motivated her to go out and do her own thing. She met guys like Brett Scott http://skepchick.org/2014/03/bitcoin-101-with-brett-scott/ and Dave Birch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccTA2J1QcBM.

Amongst the London squatters:

“There was a huge group also talking about the history of money, predominantly because bitcoin is a thing. Let's go back, why is bitcoin a thing now? Does that say anything about money's past, or money's future? That was the initial underlying of MoneyTripping, the road trip.”

An intense road trip - three days per state:

“As the road trip went on, it just became more and more of a vacation. Where I am just going to do whatever I want. And I think that actually turned into better work.

To financially make MoneyTripping happen, Bailey saved up some money, and did some freelance journalism on the side. She also earned $1500 in tips, mostly through Paypal, but some bitcoin tips.

She started MoneyTripping with $8,000, and in all spent about $12k, living frugally. Half of the spending was on gas. To cap off the trip, she drove back into Missouri with $300 in her account.

Could iy have something to do with the Bystander Effect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

On limits to living where she wants to in the world: On a freelance budget, there's no way they would give me a visa. There is a systematic bias towards employment in the modern immigration system.

Favorite Quotes from the Podcast:

On Bailey's view of the US economy after driving through every state:

“There's a huge contingent of young people in this country right now: the job market is shit, unemployment is high, and so what do you do? You become an entrepreneur.”

The best way to create your lifestyle of freedom and flexibility is to get into the entrepreneurial mindset.

Keep. Building. Freedom.

**Visit website for complete Show Notes

http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/06/roger-ver-erik-voorhees-scaling-future-bitcoin/

We frequently chat about Bitcoin on this podcast and have interviewed some of the biggest names who continue to shape the future of crypto-currencies.

For anyone who is familiar with Bitcoin, the names Roger Ver and Erik Voorhees should be very familiar. They are 2 very early, vocal, Bitcoin pioneers who have been instrumental in its success.

Don’t worry if you don’t know Erik and Roger; you will soon. They have incredible insights on the importance of Bitcoin as well as how it will continue to revolutionize both Money and the Financial System. I think we can all agree that the current banking model is broken, takes advantage of us and needs re-worked. This is exactly what Erik, Roger and Bitcoin are doing.

Erik Voorhees currently runs www.ShapeShift.io which is the safest, easiest and most private way to exchange almost any crypto-currency. Within minutes (or possibly seconds) you can exchange between Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ether, Dash, DAO and many more. They don’t store your personal information, therefore it cannot be stolen (like we are seeing in the big banks and credit card companies recently). He also founded and ran SatoshiDice which at its prime accounted for 50% (yes, that’s half) of ALL the Bitcoin traffic. Impressive, I know.

Roger Ver was the first Bitcoin startup investor. Seriously, he was the first. His company MemoryDealers.com was the first store of size to accept Bitcoin as a payment option. He also created www.BitcoinStore.com which allowed Bitcoin users to purchase over 100,000 products with their new, digital-cash. This was long before the large retails jump on board, specifically Newegg.com, Tigerdirect.com, Dell.com, etc.

Erik and Roger met at the FIRST Bitcoin conference in New York. Erik was involved in the Free State Project and told Roger that they should meet and chat. After handing Roger his business card that read “I am friends with Satoshi” (the presumed creator of Bitcoin) it was an obvious friendship.

Bitcoin Scaling: The Future of Bitcoin

Some brief background first. Every Bitcoin transaction needs to be included in the blockchain. Think of this as a large, decentralized, permanently recorded ledger of transactions. In order for the transaction to be included, it must be placed in a “block”. There’s a limited number of blocks available every hour and only so much Bitcoin information that can be stored in each block, which currently stands at 1MB. Not very large for 2016.

The current debate is if the size of the Bitcoin blocks should be increased so that more Bitcoin transactions (information) can be added. This will allow MORE people to use Bitcoin and benefit from its security, privacy and convenience; otherwise Bitcoin may not be able to scale so that everyone can use it. As a comparison, email wouldn't have been nearly as popular if only a small subset of the global population can use it.

Roger and Erik discuss the current scaling proposals and how they foresee the future of Bitcoin. Big Blocks vs Small Blocks...how will we come to a consensus without a centralized organization making the rules? This is a grand experiment of market-based regulation and governance.

Favorite Quotes:

“What is a bigger risk to Bitcoin? That a lack of “fee market” will cause hash power to decrease several decades from now, or if Ethereum keeps growing and people start using that for transactions [instead of Bitcoin] and Bitcoin falls to zero and becomes just part of the crypto-currency history books?”

-Erik Voorhees

Alt-Coins - Bitcoin’s Possible Replacements?

Later in the show, we discuss what may happen if Bitcoin isn’t allowed to scale. Will other crypto-currencies (like Ethereum, Dash, etc) replace Bitcoin as the go-to digital currency?

LE35: Josh Scigala - How Bitcoin Enhances Gold

My guest today is Josh Scigala, Co-founder and CEO of Vaultoro, a gold vaulting company which has integrated bitcoin wallets and payments. Basically, Vaultoro is a welcomed on-ramp for hard money advocates (aka “Gold Bugs”) to easily preserve their value in the precious metal while opening them up to the amazing technological advantages of crypto-currencies and Bitcoin.

We all know that Gold is a great hedge against inflation (aka when governments print too much money), but what about Bitcoin? Do Gold and Bitcoin only compete with each other or do they have differences that are complimentary? Should we choose one or the other or is the best option a combination of the two different “free market” monies?

Josh didn’t start in precious metals and Bitcoin, but instead his first entrepreneurial experience was creating a website where women could exchange clothes. He was creating the “sharing economy” long before Uber or AirBnB ever existed. Listen to Josh’s story about how he was getting NO press coverage at all until he made a very small change in the business model and then was being mentioned in all sorts of women’s magazines and publications. What was his secret? The simplicity may surprise you!

Later, Josh decided that Gold (and eventually Bitcoin) had so much potential to allow people to become free, that he had to build a business around this idea and created Vaultoro.com. While gold has been money for >3000 years, it still has a major problem...it’s very hard to transport and spend. On the other hand, Bitcoin (another Free Market money) is quite easy to transport and spend. The combination of the two was so powerful to Josh that he focused in and became determined to build a safe, convenient storage facility and marketplace to exchange USD, gold and Bitcoin while integrating blockchain technology to prove gold reserves.

We chat about the current state of the economy, he’s failures as an entrepreneur and the difference between talk and action.

Favorite quote:

“Everyone has a $1M idea, but it’s only worth about $1 until you execute on it”.

Contact details::

Email: joshua@vaultoro.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vaultoro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vaultoro/ Vaultoro homepage: https://www.vaultoro.com/

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After the “dot com” bust in early 2000’s, Dimtry found it difficult to find a computer science (programming) job. He went back to school and found a passion for finance and economics. After some time working as a financial analysis and consultant, his passion turned to Bitcoin. Now, with a background in computer science and finance, crypto-currencies made a lot of sense, both as a technology and as money.

The way Dimtry got his start was by hanging out on Reddit.com (/r/Bitcoin) where he gained a reputation of honesty, technical know-how and financial expertise. When the Bitcoin wallet company, Mycelium, needed to hire talent, they reached out directly and hired Dimtry very quickly. Yes, he was hired because of his high quality Reddit posts. Don’t let anyone tell you that you’re wasting time on Internet news and discussion forums!

Although Dimtry joined incredible Bitcoin company, he was hired as a “Brand Manager”. Basically he was in charge of building the brand and doing PR work (posting on social media, Reddit, etc). While this was rewarding, Dimtry knew that his skills were more valuable to the Mycelium team and he basically created a new role for himself within the company…as the Product Manager.

Within the Mycelium team, Dimtry saw misused resources and clogged communication channels between departments and team members. In order to be successful, these issues needed to be resolved and he knew what to do.

Now as the Mycelium Product Manager, Dimtry has a lot more responsibility to promote and grow the company how he believes is the best way forward. A recent press release informed the Bitcoin community that a “major update” was coming which would (hopefully) solidify Mycelium as the “Apple App Store for Crypto financial tools”.

With a new plugin-API platform, Bitcoin companies will now be able to plug directly into one of the most popular Bitcoin wallets available on the market and access to >250,000 users (aka potential clients).

Imagine being able to log in to your Bitcoin wallet, and downloading different apps to best suit your own personal finance goals. Maybe a budget app, or networth app or potentially additional security features. It’s just like the Google Play or Apple App Store where the entrepreneurs and engineers of the Bitcoin community can build and offer amazing and convenient tools and apps.

Mycelium Crowdsale

To fund the development of the new wallet API platform, Mycelium decided to hold a crowdsale where investors buy stock appreciation tokens which proves their ownership. While this has been popular in the Cryto space (ie Ethereum, Augur, DAO, etc) it is very uncommon to provably own shares of a company. Sorry standard stock/equity traders, you do NOT own those shares. This is yet another way that crypto-currencies are providing additional security, privacy and accountability to the investment space.

How do investors get paid or make money if they bought into the crowdsale? Are they paid in dividends or is it only capital gains?

Freedom Segment

“Everyone works from home, we collaborate via email and Skype, which gives everybody the ability to work on their on time, wherever they want to.”

“[Being an Entrepreneur] allows me to not just ride on the ship, but I’m actually steering the ship as a captain of industry”

“With my salary being in Bitcoin, I can take them and spend them anywhere in the world basically. I can take all of my money, travel wherever I want to and work from wherever I want to.”

One of the best ways to get noticed is to go to meetings, go to conferences, meetups, chat on Reddit and build a bulletproof reputation. Your face will get recognized

Contact Info: Mycelium email: info@mycelium.com

Mycelium website: https://wallet.mycelium.com/

Dmitry’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitrymurashchik

Dmitry’s Email: rassah@mycelium.com

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Liberty Entrepreneurs welcomes Marie McGrath to the show.

Marie hails from Panama City, Panama, and is the founder of The Joy of Fashion Blog, which she created in 2009. She also has a TV show called LifeStyles, and blogs for MetCom – the largest producers of entertainment content in Panama. She loves fashion, and Oreo cookies.

Website: http://www.thejoyoffashionblog.com/ Insttagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoyoffashionblog/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejoyoffashionblog Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejoyoffashion Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheJoyofFashion

We talk about why she started the Joy of Fashion Blog and how it transformed into a lifestyle blog, and the unique challenges of being a blogger in Panama.

Fashion, trends, and finding your personal style:

How does Marie work with brands who want to promote their products while keeping full authenticity to her fans? How Marie promotes her content to build the large influence she has so far How did Marie turn her blog into a TV show? How does being a fashion Blog Entrepreneur bring freedom into Marie's life?

Select Quotes:

“People have that opportunity to create their dream job, you can do it. It isn't just words, I am actually living it. So it is pretty amazing.”

“I think that following trends is really overrated, because trends come and go. It's more important to have your own personal style that you live by and that you enjoy and that is original. And that's what really inspires people. You aren't following someone else's trend, you are creating your own trend.”

“Anything that you have in your closet, that you put on and don't feel good in it, you should get rid of it. You should only wear clothes that when you put it on you feel fabulous.”

Marie's motto: “Everyday is special, and everyday deserves a good outfit.”

“People really underestimate the affect that the physical image they portray has on how they feel.”

“To be number 1, you have to be an odd number, you have to be odd.”

Welcome back to the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast. I’m so excited to welcome back Trevor Koverko who was previously on Episode #7 entitled “Virtual Reality and Digital Real Estate”. This time we only concentrate on how and why Trevor buys profitable, cash-flowing websites. It’s a very young market with TONS of potential. Think about this, Trevor and his team ONLY look at websites that have a 30% or more ROI. This is such an exciting topic and I’m very pleased to share it with you. I’ve included the show notes below and please comment on our Facebook page with your feedback.

https://www.facebook.com/LibertyEntrepreneurs/

Trevor’s 5 steps to successfully purchase a website (basically his framework and day-to-day rules) Active lead generation and sourcing websites. Find the best deals before the bidding war happens. Due Diligence on the best leads that come in (qualify all leads). Verify traffic, legitimate links on website, etc Make offer and negotiate deal. Once you like the deal, it’s time to ACT! It’s still a buyer’s market since there’s not a lot of liquidity for sellers, but that is changing rapidly. This means you can potentially have a lot of leverage during the negotiations. All of the buyer’s protections are created in this step. Transition assets from previous owner. Remember, this is an Asset Purchase Agreement instead of a Share Purchase Agreement. This allows you to easily transfer the jurisdiction of the business since it’s all online and virtual. Promote Growth. What are the revenue streams and how can you grow them? Advertising? Cross selling? Enhance SEO? How much content creation is required?

TheWebsiteBuyer.com - Trevor's “authority website”. Learn how he plans to capture an audience and solidify himself as the #1 place to go to for this type of knowledge. He has already developed educational resources and coaching programs to help YOU start cash flowing websites.

Mainstream Investments? Not so fast... Why did Trevor “flip the bird” to mainstream investments including stocks, mutual funds, gold stocks, oil stocks, real estate, bitcoin ATMs, traded options and bonds?

How did he put an END to his investment losing streak with the 3 key elements below? Save/Invest Keep Control Prioritize Cash Flow

Advice Trevor’s recommends that young and new entrepreneurs learn about digital marketing.

Specifically: What is a marketing funnel How to up-sell and down-sell How to split test How to analyze metrics and other data

Favorite Quotes: “This [digital marketing] is the future language of business, not a little niche of geeky internet people”. “If you add value for other people in their lives, good things tend to happen to you as well.” ***I recommend you read Trevor’s story on his “About Me” page: http://www.thewebsitebuyer.com/about-me/ Sample from website: Life Investment Lesson #1: Earnings lead to Savings Savings lead to Investments Investments lead to Cashflow Cash Flow leads to Freedom Contact info: Email: trevor@thewebsitebuyer.com Website: www.thewebsitebuyer.com

Today on Liberty Entrepreneur Podcast: Michael Perklin: Head of Security and Investigative Services at Ledger Labs, President of C4, Board member of Bitcoin Foundation and Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, and pun lover

@mperklin on Twitter Email: michael@ledgerlabs.io

https://cryptoconsortium.org/ https://ledgerlabs.io/ http://bitcoinalliance.ca/ https://bitcoinfoundation.org/

Michael tells about the ShapeShift hack story. Find the full story at http://moneyandstate.com/looting-of-the-fox/

How should entrepreneurs go about giving trust to employees?

In 12 or 13 years, Michael has never been involved in a situation where an emergency is publicized like this.

What does Michael start looking at when he arrives at the scene of a crime? What should an entrepreneur do when they have a cyber event?

1) For the entrepreneur: turn off all hardware involved – best way to do this is by turning power off, not by shutting down. 2) For the investigator: get caught up – brain dump of all relevant info to event

To construct a time line of events, Michael must ask the same questions to everyone involved, even if this gets tedious. Minds are not like hard drives, where once the data is there, it stays there. There are 2 sides to every story. Person one's impression, person two's impression. There is sometimes a third side – a recording of what was actually said.

What is the most important lesson other entrepreneurs can learn from the Shapeshift incident?

“There always seems to be a reason to wait before you involve a security professional. Once I finish the code, then I'll get it security audited. Once we go online, then I'll have someone do a penetration test on it.”

“That's actually another thing I would recommend to your listeners: If any of them are like [Michael]: Enjoying your job is so much better than money.”

Michael tells about how he first became an entrepreneur, and how this shaped his forming C4, The CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium.

C4 was born out of the need for companies that need to hire bitcoin expertise, but the hiring manager doesn't have bitcoin expertise themselves. https://cryptoconsortium.org/

CBP: Certified Bitcoin Professional (akin to a driver's license) – Over 2000 registered users CBX: Certified Bitcoin Expert (akin to a mechanic's license) – being developed now

CCSS: CryptoCurrency Security Standard – applies to information systems

Movies and TV would imply that biometrics are the most secure security method. Michael believes this couldn't be further from the truth.

Biometrics are definitely less secure than passwords and two factor authenticators.

Regardless of the implementation, Michael strongly believe that 2 factor authentication will be the norm.

What motivates Michael as an entrepreneur? Simple: Fun, and enjoyment.

“I became an entrepreneur because I wanted to enjoy my 9 to 5 a lot more than I was currently enjoying it. And I was successful in doing that.”

“Chose the thing that you love, and figure out a way to make that your 9 to 5.”

3 reasons why biometrics are inferior security to other methods:

1) Required error thresholds 2) Every biometric identifier is inherently public – the equivalent of having your password on a post-it note on your forehead 3) There is no possibility for revocation... ever – this is the most important reason

On the importance of revocation and biometrics: “If I lose my key, I can change the lock. If I lose my password, I can change the password. But if I lose a biometric identify, like a fingerprint, I can't revoke my finger. That means for the rest of my life, I can never use that same finger for any authenticator ever again, because I know somebody and some point copied it at some time.

Link to Liberty Entrepreneurs show with Brennan http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/03/le23-b-byrne-security-in-a-world-of-innovation/ where we discussed security and biometrics as well

LE30: Isaac Morehouse - Experience Based Education

The question “is college actually worth the cost” is now being asked by countless students and parents. What is the purpose of college in an age where everything is available online? What is the actually experience that you are paying for? Is it to learn a skill or is it mostly a sham?

This week’s guest, Isaac Morehouse, believes that there’s a better way and built a new type of educational opportunity that is founded in mentorship rather than studying for tests and going to class.

DiscoverPraxis.com gives students an opportunity to work along-side real entrepreneurs and see the day-to-day, inner workings of an actual company being built. This is actionable education that you simply cannot get by sitting in class for 6 hours/day.

Praxis = Combination of theory and practice

Will Isaac change your perspective on “education” vs “experience”? Do you go to college? If so, how valuable did you find it? Were you left with a large student debt bill at the end? Is there a better way….?

Favorite sections and quotes:

“Build an alternative! Stop arguing about why “higher education” sucks, but instead give them a choice of something different. If you can create value and can offer a better way, then people will want it.”

“Entrepreneurship is “philosophy in action, it’s applied philosophy”.

“Do you see yourself as Me Inc? You are your own company and brand. How can you increase the value you bring to others and how do you signal that to the market?”

Question (towards the end): What would the world look like if education was based on a mentorship or apprenticeship system rather than sitting at a desk, reading a book and regurgitating system?

Mentions and Resources

Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman

The Road to Serfdom - F.A. Hayek

Praxgirl video series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/praxgirl Free e-book: The Future of School www.thefutureofschool.com

Contact information: Isaac Morehouse - isaac@discoverpraxis.com www.discoverpraxis.com

LE29: Diego Gutierrez - Building Entrepreneurial Communities in Buenos Aires

In this episode, Justin speaks with Diego Gutierrez, co-founder of Rootstock, Koibanx, Sistema-D, the Buenos Aires bitcoin community, and much more.

Diego has been an entrepreneur his entire life. Since he was 12, he helped create neighborhood publications to communicate the news of the neighbors.

When he was 17, he got into tech entrepreneurship.

Age 19: Created the first website for the main newspaper in Argentina (1995)

Diego realized early\ that communities would be an important part of the web.

Diego takes 2 year leave after the 1999 internet bubble – went to live on a sailboat for 2 years.

Diego and Wences Casares lost hope in the internet – this time around, with bitcoin, they pledged not to let that happen again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wences_Casares

What is internet usage like in Buenos Aires? China? Diego explains based on his experience and recent travels.

Diego talks about getting into bitcoin, and how he became more and more fascinated by it.

To learn about bitcoin, Diego decided to try everything: read about it, buy and sell on local bitcoins, mine using a GPU, and create a meet up.

In the first meet up, Diego met Rodolfo Andragenes and Franco Amati – and the three of them continue to today to be the most galvanizing resources in the Buenos Aires community.

Bitcoin Meetups in Buenos Aires: grew from a 25 person meeting to 100 people, in McDonalds. The First Latin American Bitcoin Conference (Dec 2013) had over 1200 attendees.

Created Koibanx, an alternative investment banking structure utilizing cryptocurrency in Latam.

In Argentina, people usually save their money under the mattress, in foreign currencies, to protect from inflation. People even buy cars as a way to protect their wealth. Not the best investment, but can protect you from 30% inflation per year.

Diego helped found Sistema-D

Diego ran into Nick Szabo in a bar in Palo Alto and discussed the idea of RootStock. RootStock has a number of co-founders, including Sergio Lerner (who we interviewed on Liberty Entrepreneurs) http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/2016/01/le12-sergio-lerner-rootstock-and-smart-contract-platforms/, Gabriel Kurman, Ruben Ariel Altman, Adrian Eidelman, and Adrian Garelik.

At 19:20 in the podcast, Diego explains Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Rootstock on a basic level

For entrepreneurial success, Diego believes that ideas, execution, aren't enough. Timing is also a very important element to entrepreneurial success.

Teams are the most important: highly skilled and highly motivated. How do you find them? Usually their eyes are bright. They have that light in their eyes.

After experiencing a number of failures, Diego advises not to spread yourself too thin, and find good partners.

“Your life starts when you know yourself.”

Rootstock is hiring: cryptographers, senior software architects

Rootstock will be opening offices in cities across the world.

dgx@rootstock.io

twitter: @dieguito

LaBitConf: November 5th and 6th

Thank you for listening to this Liberty Entrepreneurs podcast. Our guest today was Diego Gutierrez. Interview and editing by Justin Blincoe. If you enjoyed this podcast, please check out our website, http://libertyentrepreneurs.com/, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LibertyEntrepreneurs/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/libertyepodcast, or rate us on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/liberty-entrepreneurs/id1057809945?mt=2. Until the next time...

Terry Brock is a Hall of Fame speaker. Yes, that exists. He started in radio and built a career where he now can travel the world and get paid to speak on various topics including technology, marketing, business development and entrepreneurship. A true liberty entrepreneur.

Around the 28 min mark Terry and I discuss how being an entrepreneur provides a clear path to creating a “geographically-independent” lifestyle for you. Would you like to bounce around the world and have your business constantly working and generating revenue? What about multiple sources of income?

Also, why is entrepreneurship not more prevalent in the mainstream “liberty movement”? Why all the talk about the Marketplace and rarely about the Entrepreneurs aka the “business engineers”?

Are entrepreneurs the new jocks? Terry and I discuss how it’s now cool to be an entrepreneur. These are the people creating jobs, hiring you and your friends, and coming out with new and exciting products to solve nearly our every need and desire.

Don’t miss the part where Terry provides really great advice on how to get started as a professional public speaker and how his journey gradually opened up the opportunity for him.

Contact Terry Brock

Email: terry@terrybrock.com Website: http://terrybrock.com/interview-terry/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketerTerryBrock Twitter: https://twitter.com/terrybrock LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marketerterrybrock YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/terrylbrock

In this episode, Justin speaks with Edmund John, CEO of Flag Theory.

Flag Theory helps people internationalize, by assisting them with company registration, residency requirements, tax advice, passport strategies, and more.

www.flagtheory.com www.passports.io www.bankaccounts.io www.incorporations.io

What is Flag Theory? 6 Flags to internationalizing yourself; Edmund added a 7th.

1) Citizenship (Passport), with thought towards tax strategies

Only 2 countries have worldwide tax obligations: USA and Eritrea, small country in Africa with human rights violations

2) Residency

3) Offshore Company

4) Bank Account (Assets)

5) Physical Assets

6) Digital Security

7) Digital Assets (bitcoin, etc)

How do you structure your life to avoid trading time for money, like a lawyer or a CPA does? A: Entrepreneurship

Edmund personally has companies and residencies in: Singapore, Thailand, Panama City

Why are more Americans renouncing their citizenship than ever before?

John takes us through an example of setting up a company in Singapore, and what the benefits might be

John's business has been operating for 6 years now. What does he know today, that he wishes he would have known when starting the business?

How do privacy strategies protect you from frivolous liability lawsuits?

Rocket Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Internet - example of how execution is more important than ideas

“I think asking the right questions is sometimes better than providing the answers.”

Recommended book for people getting into entrepreneurship: “Think and Grow Rich” Oldie but a goodie http://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Napoleon-Hill/dp/149617545X

How does Edmund set out a certain amount of time each day for working towards the goals that he wants to accomplish?

A: Habit Tracker – phone app (Justin found ReWire on Android that seems great)

If Edmund could write a tweet that went viral, what message would it give? A: That daylight savings should not exist.

If you are looking to internationalize yourself, and create privacy, reach out to Edmund: www.flagtheory.com

Think and Grow Rich

Tone Vays is the Head of Research at BraveNewCoin, a data & research company focused on the Blockchain & Digital Equities industry. He is also a 10-year Wall Street veteran and is a big believer in sound economics and an advocate for personal liberty, freedom and privacy.

Tone and I chat about how BraveNewCoin is attempting to be the “Bloomberg” of Bitcoin, how an efficient market will help bitcoin’s adoption and the importance of hiring virtual staff in various jurisdictions around the globe.

Don’t miss the part towards the end where Tone explains his views on how entrepreneurs no longer need a physical office and all the associated expenses. The “digital world” is allowing us to program and automate everything and the best opportunity for young entrepreneurs is to first become a software developer. Why? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Contact info and links:

Tone Vays Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tone_LLT Website/Blog: http://www.libertylifetrail.com/

BraveNewCoin: http://bravenewcoin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bravenewcoin/

B Byrne is the founder and CEO of Clef, a password-free authentication startup. B was included as one of the top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 years old by Forbes.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mll45klmm/brennan-byrne-24/#6d3a84058846

Clef is currently in fund raising mode, and is looking for investors.

Also, anyone looking for engineering work in 4 to 6 months should reach out to B.

Website: www.getclef.com

Twitter: @iamb

Email: b@getclef.com

Interview:

How did B go from an English major to computer programming in college?

What is Clef?

What is it like being a young co-founder that saw recognition from Forbes for being a standout young entrepreneur?

How does being young and inexperienced enable B to do things that are totally different than what's being done before in the security industry?

“The advantage is I'm willing to do things in a way that's totally different than what's been done before, because I have no idea what's been done before.”

My founder super-power: I'm really good at asking for help.

What is start-up life in Oakland like?

After getting into the security industry, what have you learned that you are surprised more people don't know?

B warns against how a malicious app on an Android could potentially grab a key from a different app. This isn't possible on iOS.

Why is a phone a better place to store your private keys than your brain?

What is the “authentic computing revolution?” Why is this important for the IoT revolution?

“I think that the worst case scenario is that we get used to using our face to authenticate to things, and then every device has a camera, which checks our face against a central server of faces”

Who owns your identity when a machine can get your fingerprints from 20 feet away?

“It took so long to learn that there are no rules.”

“It's so easy to show up and do what's expected. Or what you think is expected. But in starting a company you only win when you do something new or interesting.”

“You can't follow anyone else at entrepreneurship, and end up at their same success. Once they've done it, its now not useful.”

“And the best founders I know... are the ones know know how to break rules.”

Best management book is Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull, President of Pixar http://www.creativityincbook.com/

When many people think about “creating freedom”, they discuss ending the War on Drugs, how to end the War in the Middle East or maybe how to End the Federal Reserve. Let’s face it, you have little to no control over these events. Instead of focusing on the macro issues, Hannah Braime of http://www.becomingwhoyouare.net/ dives in to the more personal, micro aspects of freedom and how journaling and self-reflection is a much better approach. Only attempt to control what you can!

Hannah has a ton of experience and wisdom and gives us insight on how journaling has created more peace, calm and freedom in her own life. It’s really not that difficult of an idea, but staying consistent and working through the discomfort tends to get the best of us….at times.

We discuss Hannah’s first entrepreneurial experience in the UK as well as her journey from working on a personal support hotline to her experience writing her book, The Ultimate Guide to Journaling.

Buy the book here! The Ultimate Guide to Journaling - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B009HP2T6C/bewhyoar09-20

Show Notes:

Favorite book: On Becoming a Person – Carl Rogers http://www.amazon.com/On-Becoming-Person-Therapists-Psychotherapy/dp/039575531X

Entrepreneurial Role Model: Jake Desyllas – www.thevoluntarylife.com

Blogs: Seth Grodin - http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/ Guy Kawasaki - http://guykawasaki.com/

Contact Info: Hannah@becomingwhoyouare.net Website: www.becomingwhoyouare.net

On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

FollowMyVote.com is trying to change voting…forever.

Now that we have blockchain technology, which keeps a time-stamped, permanent record that is publicly verifiable, voting may never be the same. Not only could this hold politicians accountable, but there are so many private-sector uses to help reestablish credibility and transparency in all forms of voting.

What if we could actually VERIFY AND TRUST the outcome of our elections? How do we know if Bernie or Trump actually won that primary? Who’s counting the votes? Reminds me of a quote by Joseph Stalin:

“Those who cast the votes decide nothing, those who count the votes decide everything."

Nathan, Adam and William give us insight on why they think FollowMyVote will revolutionize voting and how it will bring more freedom in all of our lives.

Don’t miss the part where we discuss how FollowMyVote is running a parallel election to compare their results with the “official” results.

Website: www.FollowMyVote.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/followmyvote Twitter: @followmyvote

Roger Ver is a Bitcoin superstar. He's been supporting, buying, spending and helping others understand both the currency and technology side of Bitcoin since 2011 (basically before anyone else). Roger has vast knowledge in economics and has applied that to helping better understand liberty, entrepreneurship and how to use the combination to create a freer lifestyle.

This episode is a real gem for anyone interested in Bitcoin, the marriage of economics and freedom as well as the mindset it takes to build a successful business. Roger is a very forward looking individual and there are tons of knowledge nuggets for you.

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Our Guest today: Jason King, Founder of:

Unsung – promising new application that amalgamates the Uber-style sharing economy with charity to fight hunger in America http://www.unsung.org/ Satoshi Forrest - homeless outreach in Pensacola Florida Sean's Outpost - fed over 160,000 meals to hungry in Florida @SeansOutpost

What problem does Unsung solve: Takes away the friction from volunteering

$530 Billion dollars in food waste in the USA annually 49 million people living in hunger

Sharing economy applied to feeding the homeless

Unsung will calculate the value of the tax deductible food that you donate

Currently testing Unsung app in Baltimore, rolling out to further cities in March.

jason@unsung.org

Twitter @UnsungOrg Twitter hashtag: #hackhunger

https://www.instagram.com/unsungorg/

Rate us on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/liberty-entrepreneurs/id1057809945?mt=2

Links to other news about Jason:

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/bitcoin-run-jason-king/

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/a-killing-led-to-bitcoins-for-the-homeless-2014-2

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/beunsung-strives-airbnb-excess-food/

Charles Moore Interview Notes: charlesm@realtor.com

Charles (aka Chuck) is a Realtor at Your Castle Real Estate in Denver, Colorado. He is also a Founding Partner at Gearhart Moore Holdings, LLC, and Broker / Owner at Capital Works Mortgage.

In today's conversation, we talk about getting into the mortgage business, and the somewhat shady strategies that Wells Fargo would use to get people to refinance, getting renters to pay for your house and office, developing real estate, why Denver real estate prices have shot up recently, and Chuck's forecast for Denver's real estate future.

Entrepreneurial beginnings:

As a child, he grabbed vegetables from his parents garden and sold them to neighbors, before getting in trouble

Then had a paper route, but paid a friend to do the route for him

Charles first business: Oxygen bar machine $1 a minute to breathe air, changed to $5 for all you can breathe

Fascinating Well's Fargo subprime marketing strategy: Carpet bomb checks for $1000. If consumer cashes it, they pay 20%. What client doesn't realize is when chased them, WF would run a credit report. If you own a home, WF mortgage sales would call them, and refinance to save $1000 a month. Move them from a 30 year fixed that they had paid a few years down on, to a 40 year with a 3 year arm with 4% origination fees (basically stripping equity).

Charles got out of this job ASAP, and began the path to working for himself.

Got into development after experiences with buying his first house in Colorado.

First House: Bought for $103k in 2007, payment of $900 a month, roommate paid $500 a month, lived for $400 a month.

Current house: found a lot where he could build two houses on lot, rent out second house, renter pays mortgage minus $300 a month.

Working on a deal where he will be making $500 a month plus living in a nice house.

In finding property that he wants to buy, Charles currently gets an MLS alert for every single property in Denver with the zoning code MX: Mixed Use

Charles and his parter Ben are principals (personally signing on debt) on over 80 units.

Land is getting very expensive in Denver: used to be able to get a duplex lot in northwest Denver for $275k - $300k 18 to 24 months ago, now they are selling for $450k. As the price of the land goes up, what goes onto the land needs to go up.

“People are worried about a glut of inventory coming on the market and driving prices down. I don't see where that inventory is going to come from.”

What is driving prices up? Does the legalization of marijuana factor in?

What could drive prices down? Demand of existing inventory slowing down. Used to be 50k a month, recent stats show that around 1 million people moved to Denver last year, so the monthly is 80k or 90k / month. If that slows down, you will have a smaller pool of buyers.

Working on the chairlift: How Charles answers emails on the lift while skiing, and his clients don't even realize that he wasn't in the office.

Book Chuck gifted most: Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki – http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680011

Freakonomics, Malcolm Gladwell

Contact Info:

Anyone with any real estate needs in Colorado:

Charles' cell phone: 303-305-9400

charlesm@realtor.com

Referrals: Colorado: anyone needing a mortgage, anyone needing to buy or sell their house, anyone looking into getting into the development game.

Rich Dad Poor Dad

LE19: Paul Snow - Proving Digital Identities

Paul Snow, CEO and Chief Architect of FACTOM, joins us to chat about how to store digital documents which are verifiable and trustworthy. It uses the bitcoin blockchain to secure and protect the files while having an unalterable date of when it was inserted.

How does FACTOM add functionality to the bitcoin blockchain? How can it be used to prove digital identities?

Paul also talks about the problem with signatures and our current ways to authenticate. Says "digital identities and digital authentication hold the promise of much greater security."

What were the roots of FACTOM? Paul actually wanted to create a database to manage hardware and software, but he found this to be too difficult. Instead, he migrated the code to digital identities via FACTOM for the blockchain.

We end with asking Paul how he, as a mature programmer, felt when experiencing and figuring out Bitcoin back in the day.

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Contact Information Email: paul@factom.org Reddit: paulsnow Bitcointalk.org: alanx

Martijn Wismeijer

Follow him on Twitter at @twiet (tweet in dutch)

Martijn started Mr. Bitcoin, a Dutch Bitcoin ATM provider, the Bitcoin Embassy in the Netherlands, one of the most successful bitcoin groups to date, and among many other things, became globally famous after having NFC chips implanted into his hands.

We talk about his first experiences with cryptocurrency, before bitcoin had been invented, quitting his job to become an entrepreneur on December 31, 1999, his experience, and recommendations after having the NFC chips implanted, and how to treat life as a party while still accomplishing your goals.

Martijn lives in the Netherlands, but joins us from the South of France where he spends his winters.

*Became interested in the early internet

Shared the floor with DigiCash, one of the first cryptographic coin systems at the time founded by David Chaulm, this got Martijn interested in crypto currencies before that word had been termed.

“As an entrepreneur, what attracted me to Bitcoin was that it allows everyone, everywhere to participate in a new global economy.'

2013 Started Mr. Bitcoin, set up the first bitcoin ATMs in Amsterdam https://mrbitco.in/

Started Bitcoin Embassy http://bitcoinembassyamsterdam.nl/ now with a few hundred bitcoin professionals are members

Most startups Martijn has been involved with had practically no money to start with. This is part of the challenge.

“Its most important that if you start a business, you shouldn't start it because you are after the money. You should start it because that is where your heart is.”

“As long as you focus on the goal you can party hard. Party, Party, Party, life is a party. But don't forget what the goal is.”

“Of course if you are an agile startup and don't have much money, you will need to learn WordPress and Ubuntu.

How to motivate people that work on your startup with you?

On Startups: “It isn't just build the app, and then they will come; it is build the app, and then the work starts.”

When did you realize you realize that you wanted to be an entrepreneur?

“Why am I working for a founder that has been dead for over 50 years, and why am I not doing this for myself?

Martijn tells of quitting his life as employee, and submitting his resignation letter on December 31, 1999.

Martijn tells of a mistake he made. Started Mobile internet development in 1997 / 98 – and was far too early to market.

Martijn relates his mistakes and how others can avoid being too early to market.

Martijn talks about his experience implanting two NFC Chips into his hands and the global news story that followed it from December 2014.

Dangerous Things https://dangerousthings.com/

Creating an offshore account inside of your body.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-11/11/mr-bitcoin-nfc-implant

“It was just logical thinking. Bitcoin is money without banks. Who is going to keep them safe? I think the best way to store them is inside your body. You create an offshore bank account in your body.”

“It redefines asset management. If people will be able to store information inside of them, it just changes everything. You can get a search warrant to search a house, but this doesn't necessarily give them the right to give you a body scan.”

The NFC chips are 868 bytes (868 characters) – when Martijn grew up, his Atari gaming station had less memory than each of his chip implants.

Was it painful? Would his primary doctor help him with implanting the chips?

Does Martijn recommend that you implant an NFC chip into yourself?

Martijn tool that helped him succeed: Automation

Entrepreneurial role models: Richard Branson (general business) and Gavin Andreeson and Erik Voorhees (in bitcoin world)

Martijn's contact info:

Bitcoin Embassy use code happy2016 – full membership for free

@twiet (tweet in dutch)

Jacques Voorhees – Current Founder and CEO VeriChannel LLC

After selling Polygon to Mediagrif Technologies, Jacques Voorhees launched his newest venture, VeriChannel. This company operates jewelry industry search engines in both the B2B and B2C space. Clients include De Beers' Forevermark, Independent Jewelers Organization, American Gem Society, and Worldmart*E in Panyu, China. The company's consumer-facing search engine is Gemfling.com.

Prior: Founder and CEO Polygon Network, Inc.

Polygon was the original, and is today one of the industry's primary, B2B online marketplaces, accounting for millions of dollars of transactions per day, and with over $4 billion in product listed daily.

Find Jacques on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jvoorhees and let him know what you think about The Museum of Named Diamonds http://nameddiamonds.org/

Jacques decides to get into the diamond industry:

Has no background No background No experience

How did he create the company?

After being told be everyone that he was crazy to get into the diamond industry because there is no way to sell an investment diamond after buying:

“If there's 26 billion dollars going into diamonds as an investment each year, and there is no liquid marketplace for these investors, then by god, someone needs to create one. And that was the light bulb moment from which I decided to create Polygon.”

1970's: “Throw computers at it, and you could probably come up with a liquid market for diamonds.”

2 Things that Jacques sees as important attributes for entrepreneurs but not talked about enough:

1) Interpersonal Skills: Read Dale Carnegie's “How to Win Friends and Influence People” Practice: Go onto social media and debate politics. Try to engage people in a way where none of the

Jacques talks about Verichannel, and the company he is most excited about: “The Museum of Named Diamonds”

http://nameddiamonds.org/

Productivity hack: Facebooking and creating relationships worldwide

Book recommendation: “Up the organization” Older book – exposed Jacques eyes to how a corporation runs http://www.amazon.com/Up-Organization-Corporation-Stifling-Strangling/dp/0787987751

Most influential entrepreneur: Don Wilson Founded LexisNexis, and mentored Jacques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Donald_Wilson

Jacques knows more about the founding of LexisNexis than possibly anyone in the planet – follow up episode?

If Jacques could change the world: He would change education. Make ~50% of K12, college education be focused on entrepreneurship.

“The whole educational system is oriented around: 'Oh you you have to learn all these things so you can go out and get a job. No. That shouldn't be the focus. The focus should be how to create a viable business.”

Find Jacques on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jvoorhees and let him know what you think about The Museum of Named Diamonds http://nameddiamonds.org/

Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits

Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com is a rebel. He challenges the status-quo and is a internet pioneer. We discuss the early days of Overstock.com as well as his new project T0 which will, eventually, replace the current stock market.

Don't miss Patrick's advice for young entrepreneurs and his favorite reason for being an entrepreneur himself.

Trace Mayer Show Notes:

Being the CEO of your Own Life

What is a lifestyle designer, and what are your goals?

Read Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) By Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 (please use our Purse.io affiliate link to buy with 20% off) https://purse.io/?_a=libertye

Trace's Podcast: Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast http://www.bitcoin.kn/

Four Categories to Design Happiness (Flow) into your lifestyle:

Health A)Physical

B)Mental iTunes / Android App IQBoost

Cold Showers – The Scottish Showe

Being uncomfortable is when you don't have control of your situation:

Wealth Supplements: Lion's Main Mushroom – can regrow nerves and brain cells: $30 to $60 bucks a month http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-stamets/mushroom-memory_b_1725583.html

Alpha Brain https://www.onnit.com/alphabrain/

Planting 6 Flags: Residency, Citizenship, Spending Your Time, Bank Accounts, Investments, Digital Life

Junction Points – How Architects Create Quiet in NYC – build a building inside of another building

How does this concept apply to creating an insulated life?

“Bitcoin is great because it gives you control at the root level of your wealth.”

Experiences

How does Trace take things he comes across, and integrate them to improve his life?

“You just have to engage in experimentation on your own”

The sickness industry vs. the health industry

7 different network effects as they apply to bitcoin investing

Trace's asset allocation strategy

Why does Trace measure net worth in terms of days?

Last Pillar of life: Relationships

Money is the scorecard for how well an entrepreneur is serving people

But, money isn't everything

4 pillars of Relationships

1) Physical 2) Emotional 3) Intellectual 4) Spiritual / Philosophical

Example of a life CEO who is stuck with a result he may not be happy with: Ross Ulbircht of the Silk Road

Harvard Business Press: The Outsiders - about 8 CEO's who brought in outsized returns to shareholders. What did they have in common? Their ability as capital allocators. This is what we must do in our own lives. http://www.amazon.com/The-Outsiders-Unconventional-Radically-Blueprint/dp/1422162672 (please use our Purse.io affiliate link to buy with 20% off) https://purse.io/?_a=libertye

Be careful not to get addicted to the dark side of Flow, like Ulbircht did.

How Trace got into bitcoin

“I like buying gold because nobody has ever gone broke owning gold. Gold has never gone to zero. It does fluctuate in price, but its never gone to zero. Guess what, nobody has gone broke owning bitcoin.

What advice does Trace have for young entrepreneurs? Go watch Steve Jobs' commencement speeches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA Read book The Holographic Universe http://www.amazon.com/The-Holographic-Universe-Revolutionary-Reality/dp/0062014102 Read Book Life Before Life http://www.amazon.com/Life-Before-Childrens-Memories-Previous/dp/031237674X (please use our Purse.io affiliate link to buy with 20% off) https://purse.io/?_a=libertye Watch movie The Cokeville Miracle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3877296/

“We don't do things because they are easy. We do them because they are hard. Life? We're gonna climb it. That's what's so fun about this.”

“If it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it.”

“Everybody, just live Epic!”

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

Holographic Universe

Life Before Life: Children's Memories of Previous Lives

Today's Guest: Ira Miller

Co-founder: Deginner Co-founder: Coinapult Founder: BitMunchies

Welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast, where we explore how to build freedom through the entrepreneurial process.

Our goal is to provide you with the tools and mindset needed to create your lifestyle of independence and flexibility.

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On today's episode:

Ira Miller

1:49 – Ira gets into bitcoin before there was any good ways to buy bitcoin from... how does he acquire it?

3:47 – BitMunchies is born

5:19 – Ira co-founds Deginner, his current project http://deginner.com/

6:34 – Open Source business model – how does a company monetize building free tools?

8:47 http://rdov.co/

14:33 – Ira helps start a local chapter of the Founder Institute

15:10 – What are Latin American entrepreneurs building?

On today's episode:

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin. He is the author of “Mastering Bitcoin”, published by O’Reilly Media and considered by many to be the best technical guide to bitcoin. As an engaging public speaker, teacher and writer, Andreas makes complex subjects accessible and easy to understand. As an advisor, he helps startups recognize, evaluate, and navigate security and business risks. As a bitcoin entrepreneur, Andreas has founded a number of bitcoin businesses and launched several community open-source projects. He is a widely published author of articles and blog posts on bitcoin, is a permanent host on the popular Let’s Talk Bitcoin Podcast, and a frequent speaker at technology and security conferences worldwide.

Andreas M. Antonopoulos

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01:24 Andreas talks about getting his first computer, and how that lead into bitcoin

2:17 How Andreas took two skills, combined them, and built himself into a internationally recognized brand

3:08 Integrity – a core principle, and required to build yourself a reputation

3:40 Just don't sell out

3:58 Andreas makes mistakes, but he believes in what he is doing.

4:35 Andreas on public speaking – recognize that public speaking is it's own skill set

Similar to riding a bicycle – you must try in and fail

More than 50% of public speaking is performance art

Speak publicly as often as you can

5:46 – How many public speeches has Andreas given before bitcoin? Probably over 1000 public talks, at this point, probably close to 2000.

6:10 Real, actionable tips on how to rapidly improve your public speaking ability

6:39 How to be passionate and eloquent when speaking publicly: honesty and vulnerability

8:46: Becoming an entrepreneur out of personal experience.

9:02 The first bitcoin related company Andreas started: a bitcoin price ticker that could pull price via an SMS

9:15 The next bitcoin related company Andreas started: Andreas needed a better way to store bitcoin, he created better paper wallets, other people needed them, he sold paper wallets.

9:23 Third Key Solutions: Another company Andreas started to solve a personal problem, that could then be commercialized https://www.thirdkey.solutions/

9:53 “The best businesses happen by entrepreneurs who cannot let something go, who cannot sleep at night, cannot eat, cannot function, unless they solve this one thing. It becomes an obsession. And that's where the best ideas come from.” 8:58

10:17 – Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M Antonopoulis

https://github.com/aantonop/bitcoinbook http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042 http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032281.do

Personal website: http://antonopoulos.com/ Twitter: @aantonop

Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies

Sergio Demián Lerner - Chief Scientist of RSK Labs http://www.rootstock.io/ Worldwide-known Security Consultant Cryptocurrency designer (Designed more than 50 improvements to Bitcoin) Security adviser for the Bitcoin Foundation Found critical vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Core, Bitcoinj, and Ethereum among others RootStock – Bitcoin Sidechain http://www.rootstock.io/

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On today's episode: Sergio Demián Lerner - Chief Scientist of RSK Labs http://www.rootstock.io/ Worldwide-known Security Consultant Cryptocurrency designer (Designed more than 50 improvements to Bitcoin) Security adviser for the Bitcoin Foundation Found critical vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Core, Bitcoinj, and Ethereum among others RootStock – Bitcoin Sidechain http://www.rootstock.io/

2009: Writes a University thesis about peer to peer poker, without any central casino. The problem: now I can play poker, but I don't have money to play poker.

3:57 Sergio develops the first turing complete platform called QixCoin in 2013 – only for online gaming, but it could do a lot more.

4:07 What can you do with a smart contract platform?

5:25 Smart Contracts: “Everywhere you see a third party, there might be a way to remove the third party.”

7:26 What is a sidechain? Why is it important?

Bitcoin should advance slowly. Sidechains can move faster in experimentation.

10:14 What exactly is Rootstock? http://www.rootstock.io/

11:44 Sergio has started four bitcoin startups in Buenos Aires that are successful including:

WayniLoans – Peer to Peer lending in Latin America - https://www.wayniloans.com/ Coin Fabric CoinSpect https://coinspect.com/

13:14 – Sergio gives advice to a developer just starting to get interested in bitcoin. Sergio gave advice two years ago to a friend: Go to bitcoin.org website, then Sergio gave him a job. Now companies from all over the world come to this developer, because he is one of the best in the world at this particular skill.

Regarding Bitcoin: “What I say to programmers is there is a huge opportunity to become an expert in this field.”

Welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast, where we explore how to build freedom through the entrepreneurial process.

On today's episode: Pamela Morgan: Attorney, Educator, and Entrepreneur

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Morgan's background:

*Founded Empowered Law: Bitcoin Centric Law Firm

*Founded Third Key Solutions: Provides Multi-Sig Key Management Software

*She is a certified Ice House Entrepreneurship teacher, and formerly a trainer for the program which assists college professors on how to teach entrepreneurship

0:55 What is the Ice House Entrepreneurship program? http://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/programs/entrepreneurship/ice-house-entrepreneurship-program

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-ruhe/ice-house-entrepreneurs_b_928241.html

2:37 Where does the Ice House name come from?

4:05 Pamela's experience with Ice House

6:12 How can a new entrepreneur sideline writing a business plan, and start with an MVP (minimum viable product)?

Business Model Canvas http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas/bmc

Read The Ice House Entrepreneurship book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971305919/ref=olp_product_details/189-4450060-1205855?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

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One of the core takeaways: Identify what is holding you back?

6:58 “What is holding you back? And let's identify that what really holds most of us back is fear.”

7:20 – How to effectively foster an entrepreneurial mindset in students

7:48: What not to do

8:27 A story to consider when criticizing others' entrepreneurial ideas. Are you the market?

9:46 – Starting a business: “Don't take the first no. Don't take the first 10 no's. Instead of staying at no, ask, “why not?” “What could I do to make this valuable to you?”

That's what differentiates people that actually become entrepreneurs and those that are on the couch and thinking, “man I wish I could have my own business.”

11:23 What is Third Key Solutions?

14:35 What character traits help someone get into the mindset to be a successful entrepreneur

Who Owns the Ice House?: Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur

Show Notes

Jake Desyllas is the host of The Voluntary Life, a podcast about entrepreneurship, financial independence, and freedom. In 2000, he founded Intelligent Space, an award-winning consultancy firm that led innovation in the field of pedestrian movement simulation and analysis. In 2010, he sold his business, quit the rat race, and retired early at the age of thirty-eight.

He has a bachelor’s degree, a master's degree, and a doctorate and is dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship both as an effective personal liberation program that is available to everyone, and as a peaceful method of solving social problems.

2:23 - Background in Pedestrian computer modeling and simulation

4:07 - What is Pedestrian movement?

6:45 - Transitioning from University theory to becoming an Entrepreneur

10:23 - Graduated with PhD. Let’s build a business…

12:12 - Now that you control all of your time, what has changed?

12:26 - “Starting a business is the most intense personal development program you can put yourself through”

13:25 - Is entrepreneurial experience better than an MBA?

15:00 - You’ve GOT to be able to SELL. Without selling your product, you are nothing.

15:48 - Oh uh! Jake is burning through money while trying to learn how to sell and what his customers actually want

17:42 - Selling is Learning!!

19:29 - Exiting and selling his first company. What did Jake’s life change afterwards?

21:09 - Jake’s first book (and one of my favorites) “Becoming an Entrepreneur”

http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Entrepreneur-Freedom-Fulfillment-Business/dp/1500242411/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450905640&sr=1-1&keywords=becoming+an+entrepreneur

21:50 - “What matters is the freedom that you can experience in your own life."

22:41 - You can’t control Politics, so don’t try!

22:53 - Entrepreneurship is an “incredible force” to solve other people’s pains and problems. 24:20 - Should you try to create freedom for other people, or for yourself?

25:47 - How has being a successful entrepreneur created more freedom in your personal life?

27:02 - BecomingWhoYouAre.net. Personal development and journaling. http://www.becomingwhoyouare.net/

27:50 - Who is Derek Sivers? Why is he influential?

28:34 - What helped Jake take the risk of becoming an entrepreneur instead of staying in the Rat Race?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0195CE37O?tag=thevo08-20

32:21 - Entrepreneurs need to be resilient and not get embarrassed easily. You need to be an optimist to be a good entrepreneur.

33:21 - Seeing “obstacles as opportunities”. It’s a state of mind.

33:45 - What is an MVP in a startup? Why is it important?

34:23 - Should you go for financing or self-fund your startup?

36:32 - HACK: Forward cash flowing planning tools. A secret for success!

40:27 - TheVoluntaryLife.com Podcast

42:03 - Jake’s contact information

Job Free: Four Ways to Quit the Rat Race and Achieve Financial Freedom on Your Terms

Becoming an Entrepreneur: How to Find Freedom and Fulfillment as a Business Owner

Welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast, where we explore how to build freedom through the entrepreneurial process.

Our goal is to provide you with the tools and mindset needed to create your lifestyle of independence and flexibility.

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Dash – Interview with Evan Duffield:

Notes

00:12 Evan's background

1:17 Altcoins as experimentation grounds

2:06 Economics of scalability, fungibility, and privacy

3:28 Decentralization using by incentivizing the running of nodes in Dash, contrast to Bitcoin

5:48 How the Dash project is uniquely run using a decentralized viting system to crowd-source development funding

7:40 Analysis with Bitcoin system funding mechanisms

9:00 Future of Dash: Dash Evolution

9:50 Privacy in Dash, why does it matter?

“The reason that we value privacy in the Dash ecosystem so much is because eventually it will be used against the users in the bitcoin ecosystem, and I see that as a threat.”

10:30 – Other things Evan is excited about in the crypto ecosystem: RootStock, Ethereum

11:01 How to get learn about and get involved in Dash: dash.org has 100 pages of information

11:20 – contact details: evan@dash.org

3:55 – It takes persistence! 4:23 – Started online company eprof.com, Trevor’s first entrepreneurial experience. Challenging brick and mortar education. Very unexperienced, but brave and brazen! 5:15 – Accepted to a start-up incubator in China. 6:45 – Trevor cold calls the owner of eprof.com and works out a deal to obtain ownership. Wait, for $1/year? 8:09 – Making “every mistake in the book”. How have things changed? 9:30 – Next start-up is Polymath Labs. It’s a virtual reality realty company. Say that 5x fast! They took floor plans of pre-construction condos and created them in 3d virtual reality. 12:21 – Selling and raising money. Lessons learned from eprof.com were used to advance Polymath Labs for a much nicer exit. 16:05 – Introduction to cash-flowing, established, profitable websites. Also “life-style” investment vs “rockstar” investment. 26:22 – DO NOT BE AN ANGEL INVESTOR! 28:37 – Investing in Bitcoin and Erik Voorheess’ ShapeShift.io 32:40 – Building habits to make you successful. 38:21 – “your to-do list for today should be ONE item long” 39:30 – Chrome tab plugin Momentum…it keeps you on task - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca?hl=en 40:10 Operating Procedures; the DNA of your company….and for yourself! 49:02 – Influential books, podcasts and fellow entrepreneurs. Books How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie - http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449098494&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people 4 Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss - http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Anywhere-Expanded-Updated/dp/0307465357/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449098684&sr=8-1&keywords=4+hour+work+week The Copywriting Handbook - Joseph Sugarman - http://www.amazon.com/Adweek-Copywriting-Handbook-Advertising-Copywriters/dp/0470051248/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Podcasts

Tim Ferriss podcast - http://fourhourworkweek.com/podcast/

A16Z Podcast - http://a16z.com/tag/podcasts/

Rhodium Podcast with Chris Gates - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rhodium-podcast-online-business-entrepreneurs-marketing Contact details: Email: trevorkorverko@gmail.com Twitter: @trevorkorverko

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

How to Win Friends and Influence People

The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters

Welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast, where we explore how to build freedom through the entrepreneurial process.

Our goal is to provide you with the tools and mindset needed to create your lifestyle of independence https://airbitz.co/and flexibility.

This is Episode 6, From Amish Markets to Bitcoin, with our guest Will Pangman, Director of Marketing for AirBitz. Please follow us on twitter at @libertyepodcast and https://www.facebook.com/LibertyEntrepreneurs/. Show notes are found on our website, www.libertyentrepreneurs.com, as well as on Youtube.

Hosted by Justin Blincoe @jpblincoe on Twitter.

Will is the Marketing Manager of Airbitz, a company dedicated to increasing bitcoin adoption around the world while staying true to the decentralized principles behind blockchain technology. In the recent past, Will has been involved with the Bitcoin personal finance app, Tapeke, the Bitcoin Foundation’s Education Committee, the College Cryptocurrency Network, Digital Chamber’s Bitcoin Education Day on Capitol Hill, the Open Bitcoin Privacy Project and the Cryptocurrency Certification Consortium. He’s also a frequent guest on the World Crypto Network’s weekly live panel show, The Bitcoin Group.

2:00 Will's first entrepreneurial experiences

3:15 Buying Amish goods and selling for a premium

7:58 – Will tells about his first experience with bitcoin in 2012

13:00 Blockchain vs Bitcoin from an insider

13:30 What is the Blockchain Agenda?

44:15 Will requests you try out the Airbitz appp at: airbitz.co/app

Youtube: Airbitz

26:09 Tools Will uses for effective marketing

34:20 Networking tips: Meetup.com as the best networking tool ever – how to run a sustainable Meetup

3x:xx: Will's book recommendations: The World's Greatest Salesman by Og Mandino, Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin, The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

39:50: Will's most influential entrepreneurs: Cody Wilson, Amir Taaki, Aaron Swartz, Sarah Blincoe

Will's Contact Info:

www.airbitz.co/app will@airbtiz.co Twitter: @Willwaukee / @Airbitz

Slack: join slack.airbitz.co to join the Airbitz community

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For this episode, we spoke with Joe Weaver, Chief Technology Officer and Partner of a technology firm in VA that provides social media data analytics to a wide range of clients. A2 Partners has been around for less than 2 years, but has already reached their million dollar mark in sales. Joe shares how he became partner, what he does at an analytics firm, and why he prefers to partner up for success.

Today’s guest is Fergus Hodgson, Editor-in-Chief at the PanAm Post. We chat about selling sherbet in school to becoming an athlete at the collegiate level. Fergus dives in to what it takes to create an alternative news organization and what he's learned along the way. Check out the show notes below, leave a comment and thanks for watching!

Contact Fergus Hodgson at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FergHodgson/ PanAm Post: http://panampost.com/author/fergus-hodgson/

Our guest today is Gabe Rovick, co-owner and director at F4D Studio, also known as Focus 4 Design, a boutique production house located in Denver Colorado. Gabe talks about going from inspiration to success, and shares his knowledge of drones in the media business. Check out our show notes below, and be sure to post any comments or questions you may have. Thanks for listening!

Today’s guest is Mitch Rasmussen, founder of Rasmussen Digital. We discuss how he got involved with online marketing, and whether a college degree is all it’s cracked up to be. Please be sure to share any comments or questions below. Thanks for listening!

Learn More about Rasmussen Digital:

Web: https://www.rasmussen.digital Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rasmussendigital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RassDigital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rasmussen-digital

Today's guest is Stephen Macaskill, CEO and Founder of Amagi Metals. We discuss Stephen's first entrepreneurial experience selling candy to owning his own precious metals business. Check out the show notes below, leave a comment and thanks for watching!

Key Segments

2:00 - First Entrepreneurial Adventure - Busted! Selling Candy to the Kids 3:11 - Started Amagi Clothing 9:12 - Sold Amagi Clothing and started Amagi Metals 16:25 - Accepting Bitcoin as payment for precious metal 23:57 - Creating personal freedom by being an Entrepreneur

Contact Stephen Macaskill at: twitter.com/orderofstuff stephenmacaskill.com/