Welcome to the first episode of season 3

• What is this podcast?
• Main topic – why start a side biz?
• Who am I?

What is this podcast?

• Help you start a side biz
• Help you grow your side biz
• Help your personal growth
• Give you support, encouragement, and inspiration

Why start a side biz?

• You just want a little extra income
• You want to replace your current job, but don’t want to leave your job right away
  • You Can Test Your Product Before Taking the Leap
  • You Won’t Incur as Much Risk
  • You Can Use Your Salary to Help Fund the Business
  • You Can Build Your Business Slowly
  • You Can Keep Your Job Benefits
• You Can Do What You Love
• Financial freedom
• Time freedom
• Be your own boss

Who am I?

• Personal history
  • Didn’t grow up as an entrepreneur – I shied away from everything to do with selling
  • In high school, I started doing some “side work” by getting a part-time job…and then a second part time job
  • After graduating high school, I often had either college with a job or (at least) two jobs
  • Around 2003-04, I dabbled a bit into some kind of newspaper ad/mail scheme
  • Around 2006-07, I started creating some websites for pastors and churches I knew
  • This continued until 2010, when I started to see that I had actually created a side-biz
  • I took college classes to improve my skills from 2010-2013
  • From 2010-2015, I continued to create websites for a small handful of clients
  • I started podcasting in 2012
  • 2015 was the year I switched my side biz from website creation to podcast editing
  • I officially started Podcast Guy Media, LLC in 2016
  • I slowly grew the side biz until I got way too busy and started outsourcing some work in 2017
• Personal realization
  • I like taking different personality tests to learn more about myself
  • One of the realizations that I’ve had while comparing and blending the results from different tests is that I haven’t be working in some of my strengths – specifically that of learning and teaching what I learn
  • This podcast is to help me share what I have already learned, what I’m currently learning, and also for me to continue to learn as I talk with guest experts and others in the trenches