Escape 925: Recent Episodes
Paxton Hare
Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in the rat race? Deep inside you know you’re capable of so much more. You dream of breaking the chains of your 9 to 5 and starting your own business. But how can you do it?
That's the big question.
This podcast is here to give you the answers.
Join Paxton Hare for a behind the scenes view of the ups and downs as he builds his online business from scratch.
Shows consist of interviews with entrepreneurs as well as Paxton talking about his online business.
This week I talk about my continually improving mental state and the fact that I have resumed working on my content plan.
This week I ramble about more back pain and misery. They openly discuss my current, poor mental state.
Today is September 11. I talk about where I was when the towers fell. I also talk about what I’ve been up to for the last two weeks.
Today I give an update on my lame progress for the week. I also go into depth about my crazy plan to buy a rental property in North Carolina.
I talk about how fear and perfection are conspiring me to drag my feet on starting my business.
This week was my moving week. I didn’t get anything done with the business because I’ve been packing and moving all week.
This week I whine about my back pain and how it’s impacted my ability to get anything done. I also talk about my upcoming move and how it will likewise affect my ability to get things done.
I talk about how the curse of knowledge can hold us back from taking action. Sometimes it sabotages our ability to do anything at all and sometimes it makes us believe we are not good enough.
This week things have been going great. I talk about how my plan is coming together and what are the next steps.
We've all had negative experiences in or lives. Are you holding on to them and harboring resentment? Today I talk about why this is bad and how I've been learning to let go of negative things in my life.
I talk about how I approach most tasks with an eye towards efficiency. I share how I optimize everything in my life to a fault.
Lucky 13! This week I talk about refocusing my energy after a detour that I should not have gone on.
Mentors shape us in amazing ways. I talk about how it's key to find the right mentors and what my mentors have done for me.
How many times have you stopped a diet or given up an exercise routine?
It's ok. We all fall off the wagon.
I talk about why this happens and how we can fix it.
I share my story about reaching rock bottom with my diet and how I rallied to eat super healthy for 3 years.
Today I talk about how buying is an emotional decision. I tell the story of how I first learned this concept and applied it to my own consulting business.
Mike is a veteran real estate investing entrepreneur who has rehabbed and wholesaled over 400 houses. He has built a rental portfolio consisting of single-family properties and has an ownership stake in over $35M of multi-family investments. In addition to his extensive investing experience, he is the founder of FlipNerd.com and has produced over 1,500 video podcasts (with millions of views and downloads).
Join us as we discuss Mike's journey to becoming a successful real estate investor.
Check out Mike's FREE resources for getting into real estate investing over at https://flipnerd.com/
I talk to J. Money, the creator of Budgets Are Sexy, about Selling his successful financial blog to Motley Fool.
You can find J. Money online at https://jmoney.biz/
Today I talk about picking the ideal customer. I mention some of the pitfalls of choosing poorly.
Jeffrey Gagnon is a personal trainer by day. He spends his spare time trading options for profit. He's 2ish years into his trading journey and offers his advice on getting into trading.
Live from a cabin in the mountains! Mostly I vacationed and worked my day job this week.
Evan Delaney runs a software consultancy that specializes in mobile apps for businesses. Join us as we talk about the ups and downs of the business.
Evan also shares some awesome tips around using personality typing to help his team work better together.
You can find Evan online at https://www.fishhook.com/
Back by popular demand, it's Escape Plan 5!
This week I surveyed my audience to figure out key pains that I can solve. Special thanks to Preston McGowan for convincing me to resurrect the escape plans.
All too often I've approached it backwards. I create something that I think is cool then try to figure out who to sell it to.
I talk about why this is backwards and the importance of getting clear about who you will serve in your business.
Rob Pepple talks about his successful Landscape Photography business and his transition to working part time on it.
You can find Rob online at https://pepplephotography.com/
Vinnie Rannazzisi works as a food buyer for a health food store. He plays drums in 3 bands and writes screenplays. One of his screenplays is in development.
Join me as Vinnie talks about living his best life.
Ryan Wiemeyer is an indie game developer known for Organ Trail and Max Gentleman: Sexy Business. Ryan also founded Indie City Coop, a co-working space for Indie game devs.
Ryan talks about his journey as an indie and the games he made along the way.
Find Ryan online at: https://hatsproductions.com/
Indie City Co-op: http://indiecitycoop.com/
I absolutely hate selling on the App Store. This episode goes into detail why selling on the Appstore is so hard and what you can do about it.
Chris Davis left his job as a physical therapist so he and his wife could start a CrossFit Gym. Tune in as Chris talks about the ups and downs of getting his business off the ground.
You can find Chris online at https://www.triforcecrossfit.com
Michel Dinich is the found of Your Money Geek http://yourmoneygeek.com/
Join as as we discuss how Michael left his 9 to 5 to start blogging full time.
Michael is currently running a promotion where you can play video games for FREE to support Covid-19. Michael will then donate 20% of all his profits for the month to Covid-19 relief.
Check it out! Play the games.
https://yourmoneygeek.com/gaming-for-covid-19-relief/
Peter Cooper is the founder of Cooper Press: a publisher of software developer newsletters such as JavaScript Weekly, Ruby Weekly, and Statuscode.
Join us as we discuss how he started Cooper press and grew it into what it is today.
You can find Peter online at: https://cooperpress.com/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/peterc
This is the third of my weekly Escape Plan episodes where I go over what I'm doing to plan my escape from my 9 to 5.
This week I cover:
- My lame week
- The results of my vetting for the SAAS idea.
- An info product idea I have that might yield quicker results.
- A brief talk about batching content for this podcast.
Dustin Heiner is the Rental Property Expert and Founder of MasterPassiveIncome.com
Being Successfully Unemployed at 37 years old by investing in real estate rental properties, he is now on a mission to help everyone to quit their job and never have a job again. He also helps his students build successful real estate investing businesses all over the country.
Dustin talks about how he got into real estate investing and left his 9 to 5 job behind.
Find Dustin at https://www.masterpassiveincome.com/ and https://successfullyunemployed.co/
Holly Bohn is an American entrepreneur and the founder of See Jane Work. Holly talks about creating See Jane Work and how she nows runs the creative team.
See Jane work is in Office Depot stores across the country. Holly has been featured on Oprah's O list and the Wall Street Journal.
Find Holly online at https://seejanework.com/
This is the second of my weekly Escape Plan episodes where I go over what I'm doing to plan my escape from my 9 to 5.
This week I cover:
- This week I talk about when to kill an app. Thanks Dave!
- A new idea for a SAAS and how I've been spending my free time vetting it.
I talk to Steve Adcock about how he and his wife left their IT jobs to retire at the old age of 35. Steve spends his free time writing and teaches a Blogging Mastermind.
Find Steve online at https://steveadcock.us/
Rusty Blazenhoff is an American blogger and all around creative wonder. She works with Boing Boing, Pee-wee Herman, and Children's Fairyland in Oakland, California.
Listen as Rusty shares how she got into blogging. It's a fun story that involves running an estate sale business and a chance opportunity to write a guest blog post.
You can find Rusty online at: https://www.blazenhoff.com/
This is the first of my weekly Escape Plan episodes where I go over what I'm doing to plan my escape from my 9 to 5.
This week I cover:
- Quokka Selfie - https://www.quokkaselfie.com/
- A potential business second phone app
- Some musings on SAAS
- Some musings on selling information products
Mike Doane is an American inventor. He graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering. Mike works in the software industry, but runs a successful side business as an inventor. Mike has been on the Today show and Home Shopping Network to promote his inventions.
Join our conversation as we talk about Mike's incredible journey to becoming a successful inventor.
Find Mike's nail clippers at: https://imagineitdesigns.com/cliprightweb
I speak with my longtime friend Dave Cassel about his software consultancy. Dave tells us what it's like to leave his 9 to 5 and start his own consultancy business in a very niched technology.
Dave runs 4V Services, LLC https://www.4vservices.com/
I talk with my friend Patrick McElwee about Sew Liberated, a sewing pattern business that he and his wife Meg run. Patrick talks about how Meg started Sew Liberated with little to no sewing experience and how they grew it into what it is today.
Sew Liberated: https://sewliberated.com/
Meg McElwee's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sewliberated/
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In this episode I talk to Kim Dang, CEO and creator of Chrome Boss. https://www.chromebossmasterclass.com/paxton
Kim talks about the journey she's taken after leaving her 9 to 5 job. Be sure to listen as she provides a lot of wisdom around being true to yourself and not trying to conform to what others think you should be.
Be sure to use this link to get an exclusive INSANE DISCOUNT to her Chrome Boss Masterclass: https://www.chromebossmasterclass.com/paxton
Also find Kim on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimPossibleDang/
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In this episode I talk about my sordid history with creating and selling mobile apps. From all the horrible failures to the whopping success that landed me in the top 10 paid charts on the iPhone App Store. I go into detail about that time that I was threatened by a crime syndicate over one of my apps.
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In this episode I talk about why I'm making this podcast. I talk about how I'm going to document my own journey as I work on my online business. I also talk about why you will want to listen.