Money Psychology & Playing the Long Game with Alex Hillman
11/10/20 • 68 min
Episode Summary
We talk with Alex Hillman about lessons for freelancers and indie consultants from his recently released book, the Tiny MBA. Alex drops a lot of wisdom in this episode about how to tackle and unpack some of the issues we face with money psychology, playing the long game of business, and more.
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Guest
This episode we talk with Alex Hillman. For more than 10 years, Alex and his business partner Amy Hoy have run Stacking the Bricks, where they teach creative people how to bootstrap their own businesses and become sustainably independent. Alex is also the co-founder of Indy Hall, Philadelphia's first coworking space. He's always thinking about the intersection of people, relationships, trust and business. Find Alex on Twitter at https://twitter.com/alexhillman
Panelists
- Kai Davis
- Meg Cumby
- Reuven Lerner
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- Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra (Meg)
- How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis (Kai)
- Lulu - online self-publishing and print-on-demand company; Lulu Xpress - their express print-on-demand service (Alex)
- Land of the Giants podcast (Reuven)
- Make Me Smart podcast (Reuven)
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Episode Summary
We talk with Alex Hillman about lessons for freelancers and indie consultants from his recently released book, the Tiny MBA. Alex drops a lot of wisdom in this episode about how to tackle and unpack some of the issues we face with money psychology, playing the long game of business, and more.
Links Mentioned
Guest
This episode we talk with Alex Hillman. For more than 10 years, Alex and his business partner Amy Hoy have run Stacking the Bricks, where they teach creative people how to bootstrap their own businesses and become sustainably independent. Alex is also the co-founder of Indy Hall, Philadelphia's first coworking space. He's always thinking about the intersection of people, relationships, trust and business. Find Alex on Twitter at https://twitter.com/alexhillman
Panelists
- Kai Davis
- Meg Cumby
- Reuven Lerner
Panel Picks
Each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying and recommend you check out:
- Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra (Meg)
- How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis (Kai)
- Lulu - online self-publishing and print-on-demand company; Lulu Xpress - their express print-on-demand service (Alex)
- Land of the Giants podcast (Reuven)
- Make Me Smart podcast (Reuven)
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