The Angles of Lattitude Podcast

The Business Of Building A Successful Martial Arts Academy (AoL 033)

newinceptions.com/session33 As we have found out, passion filled work comes in many forms. Just last week, we saw how David Picciuto helps others learn about woodworking online. He gets to utilize his past interests in art and design to aid in getting his new found passion of woodworking out into the world. For me, I've recently come to realize that I love teaching, connecting people and ideas, tech, and entrepreneurship. These are topics that I'm constantly learning more about when I can. They are what I naturally gravitate towards. Likewise, this session's guest, AJ Clingerman, always knew that she wanted to have her own studio. While originally it was a dance studio, she was open to the idea of starting the Indiana Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy with her husband when she realized how deep his love of the martial art was. In my opinion, they have a heck of a story and team going on. Able to capitalize on what they both do well. She does business, he focuses on training and training others. In this session, we'll get to know half of this partnership. Particularly we discuss with AJ what James told her about BJJ when they first started dating, where the idea of the academy came from, growing pains that she and James have held to deal with while growing the business, what experience she's obtained from working with people like Scott Manning and Dan Kennedy, and where the idea for her two books came from. If you're interested in starting a athletic training academy, or simply want to expand online what you're already doing, then I think you'll get a ton out of this talk.

Making It As A Full - Time Online Woodworker With David Picciuto (AoL 032)

newinceptions.com/session32 There are multiple ways to make money online. Most people know of information entrepreneurs. These are your Thought Leaders, your Teachers, and your Mediapreneurs. Others might think of software makers - called engineers. Or even more, you might think of someone who has a store and sells other's items - these are Retailers. These are all part of the 10 Archetypes. One type that I didn't know too much about was The Maker. How does someone that makes a living producing crafts get online besides selling their physical goods online? That's where today's guest, David Picciuto, has been able to make the connection. He makes YouTube videos showing how to make stuff! Rather fascinating guy that I'm glad I got to know more about him and his craft. In this chat, we go into how he got into woodworking as an online business, explore his successful YouTube channel and podcast, and why he believes it's necessary to diversify your brand online. If you love working with your hands and have been wondering what might be a good idea for an online business, this talk is just for you. (If you're like me and have other ideas, you'll get plenty out of this talk too. David is actually a lot like many of us when he first began!!)

Entrepreneurial Skills, Intrapreneurship, And True Passions With Dr. Brian Glassman (AoL 031)

newinceptions.com/session31 Most people, I'd believe, really want to live a life that they're proud of and do work that fuels their fire. The lucky ones have jobs that give them this work. They feel as if they're really good at whatever is they do AND they love it! However, a lot of people simply don't have that opportunity. So they continue to work in a job they do simply because it pays the bills. If they have money coming in, they get by. To me, I feel that I might as well be in a jail if I was doing a job I didn't love doing for 8+ hours a day. Having to get up day after day and be a cog in someone else's machine that I probably don't even know? I couldn't do it! I think that's one reason that I knew that entrepreneurship was going to be my future and that's why I opted to get it as my focus in grad school. While I was there, I met this session's guest, Dr. Brian Glassman. Brian is one interesting and traveled guy. At the time that I had met him, he was working on his doctorate, but already had plenty of grad school under his belt. What really struck me back then, and continues to this day is that he usually has a different perspective on everything. Just when I thought I had all these definitions defined about how the world works, he hits me with a new view of what Intrapreneurship is and how one can use it to step into a role at a larger company. In other words, working your way across into a job you love, instead of starting it all from scratch. In this discussion, we also talk further about Entrepreneurship vs Intrapreneurship, why it’s important to stay focused when you’re set on becoming an entrepreneur, why Brian decided to go the Intrapreneur route, and we even talk a bit about work life balance. If you’re the type of person who thinks like an entrepreneur, but doesn’t want to have limited resources when starting out, than perhaps being an Intrapreneur might be a path you might consider after hearing our chat.