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Kylon Gienger has founded and led multiple businesses in the construction, food service, fitness, real estate and online education industries since 2012 with three successful exits. He is also the founder and host of a popular business and education podcast, Successful Dropout, which was featured in BuzzFeed (as the #15 most recommended podcast of 2018) and the Huffington Post. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Kylon has founded and led multiple businesses in the construction, food service, fitness, real estate and online education industries since 2012 with three successful exits. He is also the founder and host of a popular business and education podcast, Successful Dropout, which was featured in BuzzFeed (as the #15 most recommended podcast of 2018) and the Huffington Post. CONNECT WITH Kylon Gienger LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylongienger/ Website: www.acquira.com Email: kylongienger@gmail.com CONNECT WITH Cedric Francis Website: www.lead2greatness.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedricbfrancis Twitter: https://twitter.com/cedricbfrancis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cedric_francis/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedric-francis-a0544037/ Disclosure: Links contain affiliates. When you buy through one of our links we will receive a commission. This is at no cost to you. Thank you for supporting Lead to Greatness and allowing us to continue to bring you valuable content. Promo: Try Audible Premium Plus and Get up to two free audiobooks: https://amzn.to/3as87Aw Recording Equipment Mic - https://amzn.to/3dHeSAi Road Castor Pro - https://amzn.to/3aujvvS Headset - https://amzn.to/2QM2O8a Mic Cable - https://amzn.to/3dJ9Wec USB Cable (Mac Book Only) - https://amzn.to/2PbAPy2 USB Cable (Windows Only) - https://amzn.to/3sK5K2h Cable Compatible with Bose Brands - https://amzn.to/32BpN8j Camera - https://amzn.to/3ncI7Oz Mini Switcher - https://amzn.to/3dJGiWy Micro HDMI Cable - https://amzn.to/3tISvQK High Speed HDMI to HDMI Cable - https://amzn.to/3v3NfaG
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Kylon jumps on the mic to answer the most common questions from Successful Dropouts. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED What Works Podcast JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram! Support Successful Dropout on Patreon
Sam talks with Seth Hymes about the highly in demand career of a digital marketer, the opposition people can find following this unconventional route, and also about his new film "Wally got Wasted!" Seth has helped hundreds of people including dropouts get jobs and clients with no previous experience or education, this is a must listen for anyone looking for a next step in their dropout journey. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Seth's digital marketing course Wally got Wasted (US) Wally got Wasted (UK) JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram! Support Successful Dropout on Patreon
Kylon sits down to interview Sam Watt, his partner in Successful Dropout. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Life Skills That Matter Strategic Plan Start with Why by Simon Sinek JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram! Support Successful Dropout on Patreon
Stephen Warley appears on Successful Dropout for the third time to discuss some practical and sustainable ideas for accelerating the growth of your business. Stephen also talks about his upcoming January Accelerator which he is yet again offering at a massively discounted rate to members of the Successful Dropout community! RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Stephen's Accelerator Offer Life Skills That Matter Accelerator Info Life Skills That Matter Strategic Plan HabitBull Habit Tracker for iOS and Android THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram! Support Successful Dropout on Patreon
T.K. Coleman joins me to discuss his personal journey through formal schooling and self-education. In this introductory conversation, we'll cover T.K.'s philosophy of education, a philosophy of work, the human thirst for novelty, overcoming permission mentality, creativity and entrepreneurship. T.K. currently serves as the Education Director for Praxis. He is currently producing a video series for the Praxis You Tube channel; T.K.'s College Tour of Bad Arguments aims to help young people confront and overcome with common objections to opting out of college. He'll be back in the near future to discuss this series in more detail. Related Shows: [PODCAST] #499: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 1 of 2) [PODCAST] #454: Building A Credential Better Than the College Degree, With Zak Slayback Please Support School Sucks We do cool things! Thanks to your support. School Sucks is one of the longest running liberty-minded podcasts on the web, and the only one completely devoted to the issue of education (versus public school and college). Your support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering our work. Please help us continue to spread this important message further! Thanks for visiting this page. Before you do anything, please bookmark and use this link for your Amazon shopping: Shop With Us One-Time Donation Options: Paypal/Venmo; Donate DASH Donate ETHEREUM Donate LITECOIN Donate BITCOIN Donate BITCOIN CASH Donate ZCASH Recurring Options: Support Us On PATREON Help incentivize our production! Pledge $1 per content item and access dozens of Patron only audios and videos. Join the A/V Club If you're looking for more School Sucks content, the A/V Club option grants you access to a bonus content section with 400+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month A/V Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month Sigma Sigma Pi - "Privileged" Access - $16.00/Month Crypto Addresses: DASH; XcZfPP6GZGVo9VKViNBVJZja5JVxZDB229 ETHEREUM; 0x3c5504CE3401C028832173506fa30BD4db4b7D35 LITECOIN; LKNp24f5wwvZ2QzeDbvxXgBxyVwi1yXnu2 BITCOIN; 1KhwY836cfSGCK5aaGFv8Q7PHMgghFJn1U BITCOIN CASH 1AmqLVxjw3Lp9KT5ckfvsqfN2Hn3B1hCWS ZCASH; t1by1ZGJ63LoLSjXy27ooJtipf4wMr7qbu4
I figured I owed the Successful Dropout community an explanation on we haven't published a new episode in weeks. :) -Kylon THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram! Support Successful Dropout on Patreon
Damien Foord is on Successful Dropout for the 3rd time to demystify the process of building a great brand. A brand is more than just your logo and your business card. It’s much more than your reputation or what people think about you or how you make them feel. A brand is how you make an effort beyond yourself—a company or project or just a professional persona—relatable on a human level. For people that went to university, they largely live off of their uni’s brand until they have enough experience and expertise of their own. For dropouts, we don’t have that luxury. That’s why creating a deeply resonating and emotionally connected brand is one of the most important things a dropout can do. Get the Branding for Dropouts PDF and worksheet here! RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Damien's website Branding for Dropouts PDF THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram! Support Successful Dropout on Patreon
Cheyenne is a writer and futurist with a fierce love for leveraging digital communication. She’s mostly ghostwriting, copywriting, and content writing about life, innovation, technology, and human-centered design. When she’s not writing or learning something new, Cheyenne travels and spends time with her little boy. She currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. This isn't Cheyenne's first time on Successful Dropout and her episodes just keep getting better! This week we talk about how to succeed and live your best life in the face of suffering, especially past trauma in your life. No one is immune from suffering, but you can't play the victim. Suffering if one of life's greatest teachers, and it's your responsibility to learn and grow from those negative experiences. Let them temper you. The simple truth is that character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Cheyenne's Medium blog Cheyenne on Twitter Cheyenne on Facebook THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram! Support Successful Dropout on Patreon
Episode 100 marks the end of a season, and the beginning of a new one. Kylon talks about the history of Successful Dropout, and his vision for the future of this community. He also shares about his experience with Ayahuasca in the mountains of Costa Rica. This episode is about change, and new beginnings. RESOURCES What is Ayahuasca? THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
It was a pleasure to sit down with Zachary Babcock on his new show, Underdog Empowerment and talk about my entrepreneurial journey, the school system, and the Successful Dropout community. If you are having second thoughts about school, this is for you! RESOURCES Underdog Empowerment Podcast THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
If you want to DROPOUT successfully you came to the right place. WARNING Do not dropout unaware of life and its consequences, just prepare yourself the best you can for the real world. Don’t be afraid your not the only one that wants to dropout. Be safe, stay humble, drive safe, get ya ID, GED or GED equivalent for whatever state you live in and write down practical goals, not no irrational shit that everyone told you, be a leader. Thats the best route to take. Make sure your information is fruitful and make sure you articulate yourself to your parents in a respectful manner, understand they are only worried because they already experienced life. Have a Plan Bruh for-real. Never give up on yourself and you will be ok. Never look for acceptance you will always fail that way. (Quality isn't its best, but understand the message, listen for entertainment if you are ignorant)
Rob had everything lined to succeed in college...a healthy scholarship, a spot on the baseball team and more. But he decided to opt-out on the last possible day and take life into his own hands. At the time all he had going for him was 5k in inventory which quickly turned into 250k sales in 13 months through selling on Amazon. This episode is special because Rob used to be a listener of Successful Dropout, and he's now worked his way up to becoming a guest! It's so amazing to be apart of a community and movement that is inspiring people to step off the conveyor belt and build the best version of their lives. Rob and I talk about his journey, and then go deep into the process of Amazon FBA. If you want a great platform to start building your first business on, Amazon FBA might be for you! RESOURCES Connect with Rob on Facebook! Jungle Scout Helium 10 Viral Launch THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
Kylon is an educational and social change thought leader as well as serial entrepreneur. He has founded and co-founded multiple businesses in the construction, food service, fitness, real estate, and online education industries since 2013. He is currently the creator and host of Successful Dropout, a podcast you should probably listen to that has been featured in Buzzfeed and Huffington Post.
Kylon is an educational and social change thought leader as well as serial entrepreneur. He has founded and co-founded multiple businesses in the construction, food service, fitness, real estate, and online education industries since 2013. He is currently the creator and host of Successful Dropout, a podcast you should probably listen to that has been featured in Buzzfeed and Huffington Post.
Sivana is an ambitious and outspoken 20-year-old who believes the reason most young people aren’t achieving what they want is that they are unclear on who they want to become, undisciplined, and have a lack of support in education outside of the current system. From an early age, she has had her hand in different endeavors, including a successful fashion resale business, to a failed PR business. As a college dropout, Sivana has traveled from a suitcase for 14 months forging relationships and working with Forbes CEO’s, NYT bestselling authors, and online influencers. She is now on a mission to leave an impact through new forms of education, digital marketing, and influence. Sivana is passionate about speaking to high school students, reading way too many books (if that’s even a thing), and watching reruns of Survivor. Sivana is very much a kindred spirit and the epitome of a Successful Dropout with her approach to life and work. From her struggle to know herself, to her commitment to get 1% better everyday and her "RAD" system of reflect, align, do...Sivana has thrown herself into the self-directed life. We haven't heard the last of her! Some of the things we talk about Making money in high school Success versus accomplishment Struggling with who you are and what you should do with your life A system for figuring out who you, what you want to do, and how you're going to get there On purpose and passion On people judging you for dropping/opting out of the status quo Turn stress into an adventure Always asking "what's great about this?" The power of committing to being 1% better everyday! When is quitting something good...and when is quitting something bad? The importance of never losing momentum Advice for people who are thinking of dropping out of college Advice for people who are already on their entrepreneurial journey A system for progress and achievement (RAD) Reflect - Take the time to get to know yourself, what you want to do, be and have. Align - Place yourself in the right situations with the right people that are headed where you want to go. Do - Take massive action! Take the first step! Resources Sivana's website Connect with Sivana on Instagram! THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Create a free account in the forum and introduce yourself! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
This is EPISODE 100 of the Entrepreneur Before 25 Podcast! It's so crazy to think that 100 inspiring, young entrepreneurs have been featured on this show. We've heard their highs, their lows and ultimately their story of chasing their entrepreneurial dreams and goals. Getting an inside look into the journey's of each and every one of the EB25 guests has been such an honor. Today's guest and the topic is the perfect thing to welcome in this monumental moment. I get to chat with Cheyenne Noelle about her journey from fighting depression to where she is today- an authentic and unstoppable powerhouse who's changing the world one self-discovery at a time. The quote "change yourself to change the world" is embodied in the way Cheyenne lives and approaches her life. Listening back to this conversation got me pumped up all over again. Don't miss episode 100 of Entrepreneur Before 25. A little more about Cheyenne: Cheyenne Noelle is a writer and creative strategist driven by human connection. She crafts copies for the tech, design, and music industries. Cheyenne's first journey in entrepreneurship came as a model. She built a career in 6 months without an agent. Since then, she's interned at Relix Magazine, freelanced as a content strategist for Paradigm Innovation, ghostwritten content for executives, and now she'll be writing UX microcopy for sieo. Recently, Cheyenne has been featured in the Successful Dropout and Young Revolutionary Minds podcasts as an innovator and go-getter. Her mission is to empower people to think deep and execute big! Resources: Connect with Cheyenne further: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram Read more from Cheyenne: Medium THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Also, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I definitely read each and every one of them. Become part of the 25 Tribe! Join the OFFICIAL 25 Tribe Community! Subscribe to the Entrepreneur Before 25 Podcast. Enter your email for regular emails from Chelann Gienger on how to live a life of freedom and balance while being a young entrepreneur. Follow @chelanngienger on Instagram! Know someone who needs to hear this episode? Take a second and share it!
This is the continuation of Matt's awesome story about what is possible when a young person embraces personal responsibility and self-directed, real-world education. In today's conversation, Matt continues to discuss his health research and how the Bosnia trip was a catalyst for more learning. I learn about Mitochondrial health, sunlight and Vitamin D, dangers of our unnatural environment, cold therapy and cold thermogenesis, reducing blue light exposure and maintaining a healthy biological rhythm. Matt used his research to start a successful business: Ra Optics Background: In the midst of my growing frustration about things like #MarchForOurLives and the misleading of young people, I received relief and some hope in the form of an email. It opened: "I am 18 and have been watching your show for over a year. It has helped me tremendously in my process of deciding not to attend college, starting on my own business, and becoming financially independent at age 18. If you happen to have some time ever, I would really love to chat with you and share my story to hear your feedback. I love your community's open-mindedness and focus on logic and considering facts and argument; this is critical and totally lacking." This was written by Matt Maruca, who began his self-education journey at age 13. In middle school Matt began seeking answers to a variety of chronic ailments, discovered the joys of self-directed learning and never looked back. After realizing and harnessing his efficacy and abilities, he found school to be an almost intolerable obstacle to his education. The story only gets more interesting from there. Related Shows: [PODCAST] #499: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 1 of 2) [PODCAST] #503: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 2 of 2) [PODCAST] #454: Building A Credential Better Than the College Degree, With Zak Slayback Please Support School Sucks We do cool things! Thanks to your support. School Sucks is one of the longest running liberty-minded podcasts on the web, and the only one completely devoted to the issue of education (versus public school and college). Your support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering our work. Please help us continue to spread this important message further! Thanks for visiting this page. Before you do anything, please bookmark and use this link for your Amazon shopping: Shop With Us One-Time Donation Options: Paypal/Venmo; Donate DASH Donate ETHEREUM Donate LITECOIN Donate BITCOIN Donate BITCOIN CASH Donate ZCASH Recurring Options: Support Us On PATREON Help incentivize our production! Pledge $1 per content item and access dozens of Patron only audios and videos. Join the A/V Club If you're looking for more School Sucks content, the A/V Club option grants you access to a bonus content section with 400+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month A/V Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month Sigma Sigma Pi - "Privileged" Access - $16.00/Month Crypto Addresses: DASH; XcZfPP6GZGVo9VKViNBVJZja5JVxZDB229 ETHEREUM; 0x3c5504CE3401C028832173506fa30BD4db4b7D35 LITECOIN; LKNp24f5wwvZ2QzeDbvxXgBxyVwi1yXnu2 BITCOIN; 1KhwY836cfSGCK5aaGFv8Q7PHMgghFJn1U BITCOIN CASH 1AmqLVxjw3Lp9KT5ckfvsqfN2Hn3B1hCWS ZCASH; t1by1ZGJ63LoLSjXy27ooJtipf4wMr7qbu4
Many of you are going to learn a lot this week. And your teacher is eighteen years old. This is an amazing story (told in three parts) of what is possible when a young person embraces personal responsibility and self-directed, real-world education. In the midst of my growing frustration about things like #MarchForOurLives and the misleading of young people, I received relief and some hope in the form of an email. It opened: "I am 18 and have been watching your show for over a year. It has helped me tremendously in my process of deciding not to attend college, starting on my own business, and becoming financially independent at age 18. If you happen to have some time ever, I would really love to chat with you and share my story to hear your feedback. I love your community's open-mindedness and focus on logic and considering facts and argument; this is critical and totally lacking." This was written by Matt Maruca, who began his self-education journey at age 13. In middle school Matt began seeking answers to a variety of chronic ailments, discovered the joys of self-directed learning and never looked back. After realizing and harnessing his efficacy and abilities, he found school to be an almost intolerable obstacle to his education. The story only gets more interesting from there. Related Shows: [PODCAST] #499: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 1 of 2) [PODCAST] #503: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 2 of 2) [PODCAST] #454: Building A Credential Better Than the College Degree, With Zak Slayback Please Support School Sucks We do cool things! Thanks to your support. School Sucks is one of the longest running liberty-minded podcasts on the web, and the only one completely devoted to the issue of education (versus public school and college). Your support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering our work. Please help us continue to spread this important message further! Thanks for visiting this page. Before you do anything, please bookmark and use this link for your Amazon shopping: Shop With Us One-Time Donation Options: Paypal/Venmo; Donate DASH Donate ETHEREUM Donate LITECOIN Donate BITCOIN Donate BITCOIN CASH Donate ZCASH Recurring Options: Support Us On PATREON Help incentivize our production! Pledge $1 per content item and access dozens of Patron only audios and videos. Join the A/V Club If you're looking for more School Sucks content, the A/V Club option grants you access to a bonus content section with 400+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month A/V Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month Sigma Sigma Pi - "Privileged" Access - $16.00/Month Crypto Addresses: DASH; XcZfPP6GZGVo9VKViNBVJZja5JVxZDB229 ETHEREUM; 0x3c5504CE3401C028832173506fa30BD4db4b7D35 LITECOIN; LKNp24f5wwvZ2QzeDbvxXgBxyVwi1yXnu2 BITCOIN; 1KhwY836cfSGCK5aaGFv8Q7PHMgghFJn1U BITCOIN CASH 1AmqLVxjw3Lp9KT5ckfvsqfN2Hn3B1hCWS ZCASH; t1by1ZGJ63LoLSjXy27ooJtipf4wMr7qbu4
Greg and Jeff are doing some amazing things to create social change in developing countries through the power of entrepreneurship. It was amazing to have them on the show and hear about their upcoming program, Career X and how YOU as a member of Successful Dropout can get involved. If you are interested in entrepreneurship, looking for an adventure, and want to challenge yourself...how better to do it than going to Guatemala to build a business?? The adventure is 2.5 weeks long and you'll experience all the steps of launching a business: design thinking and prototyping, marketing, content creation, supply chain strategy, customer experience and more. You'll also be working with Jeff and Greg who have been building impactful businesses for over 15 years! The first Guatemala program runs May 24 - June 10 so hurry and check it out here! This is your chance to gain unforgettable and invaluable entrepreneurial experience + have a crazy adventure you'll always remember. About Greg Van Kirk & Jeff Hittner Greg Greg Van Kirk is an Ashoka Lemelson Fellow, Ashoka Globalizer and was recently recognized as Schwab Foundation "Social Entrepreneur of the Year for 2012 (Latin America)" at the World Economic Forum. He is the co-founder of Career X and The New Development Solutions Group. This includes Community Empowerment Solutions, Social Entrepreneur Corps and Ultimiya Social Innovation Consulting. Greg's signature social innovation was the creation of the award winning MicroConsignment Model. He has served as a consultant for organizations such as Levi Strauss Foundation, USAID, Chemonics, VisionSpring, Soros Foundation, Church World Service, Inter American Development Bank, Water For People, Solutions Journalism Network and Fundacion Paraguaya in the US, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa. Greg began working in rural small business development as a Guatemala Peace Corps volunteer in 2001. Prior to the Peace Corps, Greg worked in investment banking in San Francisco and New York for five years. Two deals he led at UBS during this time won "Deal of the Year" honors from Structured Finance International magazine. Greg is a graduate of Miami University where he recently received the"Bishop Medal" . Greg lives with his family in New York City. Jeff Jeff leads Your Project X, a social venture dedicated to helping people (re)discover their purpose to build careers they’ll love. He has more than 18 years experience as an entrepreneur, consultant, professor and changemaker. He is the founder of five social ventures, including IBM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consulting practice. In 2011, he developed the curriculum for the first MBA in Sustainability on the East Coast, at Bard College, where he was the Leadership professor. He was also two-time Chairman of the Carnegie New Leaders at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Resources Career X - go check it out! THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremelyhelpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
Andrew Schneck is a 26-year old college opt-out and obtained a college degree with the least possible amount of personal time spent in the classroom. He is an entrepreneur in the healthcare industry , building clinics that target addiction and mental health disorders. Prior to entrepreneurship he taught himself long-term investing in the stock market and has enjoyed national investing competitions, shareholder meetings, and selling research to investment firms. He mentors entrepreneurs and finance professionals as they seek out nontraditional careers. His goal is to fix healthcare and elevate those around him. Andrew has played a very integral role in the Successful Dropout community since the early days. He's the epitome of a Successful Dropout and someone who has overcome some massive obstacles in his journey to build the best version of his life. I loved having him on the show again and I would highly suggest you reach out and get to know the guy! Here are some of the things we talk about: Having business partners Knowing yourself to the point of being unnerving to others Why failure is important Important relationships to have The formula for change How to deal with going down the road less travelled and not having support Advice for people who want to drop out Advice for people who have already dropped out 91: Working with business partners, the importance of failure and knowing yourself with Andrew Schneck Working with business partners and how you can get to know yourself through failure Business partners, failure & knowing yourself with Andrew S How to work with business partners and get to know yourself through failure with Andrew Scheck Working with business partners & the role failure plays in understanding who you are with Andrew Schneck Resources Andrew's Facebook THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
For this week's episode I wanted to share an interviewed I did on Stephen Warley's Life Skills That Matter podcast. This was part of an "interview swap" that Stephen and I did, and you can find his interview on Successful Dropout here. Stephen is an absolute boss and is doing some incredible things to push this new paradigm of work we are entering into as a society. I had a blast on his show and we discussed a lot of things including: Rethinking the American Dream. Calculating the cost of your ideal lifestyle. Moving from a permission mindset to a freedom mindset. What I learned from trying so many different career paths. I explains the concept of self-credentialing. Some inspirational quotes to remember: “My goals are all, they’re all set with the primary focus being, like, how do I want to spend my time and who do I want to spend my time with and the money, I believe, sort of comes as a result of that.” “You stick to doing what you love and building what you love, as long as it’s working, you know, I think it’ll pay off.” “I’ve never wanted to do something just because I’m supposed to do it.” Some coaching advice: I recommended these actions to start breaking out of your comfort zone to try new and different things: 1) Don’t get hung up on finding the one right thing, pick one and just get started. 2) Switch, pivot, or quit if the first thing you do doesn’t work or you need to do other things as well. 3) Action begets more action, so don’t wait for the inspiration to strike to get started. Resources Lifestyle Calculator Dave Ramsey Dave Ramsey’s Envelope System Jack Johnson Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech The Martian (2015) Eric Barker Why Valedictorians Don’t Become Millionaires Peter Thiel Mike Wallace Dance Gavin Dance A Day To Remember The Big Short (2015) Just-In-Time Learning THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
Part Two of Two, Please Make Sure You Heard Part One! As as follow up to our conversation on dropping out of college, Derek Magill and I explore how to "build your own credential" in lieu of a degree. Derek explains why he believes such a self-directed credential is superior to the four-year degree, and he illustrates how you go on to signal that credential in the market. Derek is just twenty-four years old, but he is already enjoying great success as an entrepreneur, freelancer and writer. He also currently serves as the Director of Marketing for Praxis. Derek dropped out of the University of Michigan during his sophomore year because he "was not finding the experience valuable towards (his) intellectual and professional goals." He adds: "Over the last four years or so, my decision to leave has been vindicated. I’ve got a wonderful life, a great career, and I’ve gotten to spend 3-4 extra years pursuing my values on my own terms." Also discussed: - don't let your interests "sit in study mode" - How did Derek land a Director of Marketing job in your early 20s? - Creating your own job "build a digital paper trail" - the limits of resumes - How to establish your online presence Derek also answers the following listener questions: (thank you Michael Erwin) What limits does he see to the Praxis model? As in, industries, careers, and further development. What blowback has he experienced in trying to build these partnerships with businesses/startups in regards to their attitude to non-degreed candidates and replacing the college credential (at least for the Praxis participants)? What has he learned in building Praxis that those older in life and career could benefit from? What struggles have there been with government and establishment ed in building Praxis, specifically in the frame of it being a college alternative? Related Shows: [PODCAST] #499: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 1 of 2) [PODCAST] #503: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 2 of 2) [PODCAST] #454: Building A Credential Better Than the College Degree, With Zak Slayback Please Support School Sucks We do cool things! Thanks to your support. School Sucks is one of the longest running liberty-minded podcasts on the web, and the only one completely devoted to the issue of education (versus public school and college). Your support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering our work. Please help us continue to spread this important message further! Thanks for visiting this page. Before you do anything, please bookmark and use this link for your Amazon shopping: Shop With Us One-Time Donation Options: Paypal/Venmo; Donate DASH Donate ETHEREUM Donate LITECOIN Donate BITCOIN Donate BITCOIN CASH Donate ZCASH Recurring Options: Support Us On PATREON Help incentivize our production! Pledge $1 per content item and access dozens of Patron only audios and videos. Join the A/V Club If you're looking for more School Sucks content, the A/V Club option grants you access to a bonus content section with 400+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month A/V Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month Sigma Sigma Pi - "Privileged" Access - $16.00/Month Crypto Addresses: DASH; XcZfPP6GZGVo9VKViNBVJZja5JVxZDB229 ETHEREUM; 0x3c5504CE3401C028832173506fa30BD4db4b7D35 LITECOIN; LKNp24f5wwvZ2QzeDbvxXgBxyVwi1yXnu2 BITCOIN; 1KhwY836cfSGCK5aaGFv8Q7PHMgghFJn1U BITCOIN CASH 1AmqLVxjw3Lp9KT5ckfvsqfN2Hn3B1hCWS ZCASH; t1by1ZGJ63LoLSjXy27ooJtipf4wMr7qbu4
Part one of Two Derek Magill joins me to discuss his personal journey through and beyond dropping out of college. Derek is just twenty-four years old, but he is already enjoying great success as an entrepreneur, freelancer and writer. He also currently serves as the Director of Marketing for Praxis. Derek dropped out of the University of Michigan during his sophomore year because he "was not finding the experience valuable towards (his) intellectual and professional goals." He adds: "Over the last four years or so, my decision to leave has been vindicated. I’ve got a wonderful life, a great career, and I’ve gotten to spend 3-4 extra years pursuing my values on my own terms." My questions include - How did he have such clear personal and professional goals at such a young age? - Background: Where did his political and philosophical grounding come from, including an intense interest in alternative education? - When did he realize he'd made the right choice to drop out? - What made him so confident that he could teacher himself better than the University of Michigan professors could? We move on to general advice for young people who are struggling with this decision about dropping out, including tips on talking to parents, mindset, and the importance of proving yourself to yourself first. Related Shows: [PODCAST] #499: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 1 of 2) [PODCAST] #503: Successful Dropout – With Kylon Gienger (Part 2 of 2) [PODCAST] #454: Building A Credential Better Than the College Degree, With Zak Slayback Please Support School Sucks We do cool things! Thanks to your support. School Sucks is one of the longest running liberty-minded podcasts on the web, and the only one completely devoted to the issue of education (versus public school and college). Your support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering our work. Please help us continue to spread this important message further! Thanks for visiting this page. Before you do anything, please bookmark and use this link for your Amazon shopping: Shop With Us One-Time Donation Options: Paypal/Venmo; Donate DASH Donate ETHEREUM Donate LITECOIN Donate BITCOIN Donate BITCOIN CASH Donate ZCASH Recurring Options: Support Us On PATREON Help incentivize our production! Pledge $1 per content item and access dozens of Patron only audios and videos. Join the A/V Club If you're looking for more School Sucks content, the A/V Club option grants you access to a bonus content section with 400+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month A/V Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month Sigma Sigma Pi - "Privileged" Access - $16.00/Month Crypto Addresses: DASH; XcZfPP6GZGVo9VKViNBVJZja5JVxZDB229 ETHEREUM; 0x3c5504CE3401C028832173506fa30BD4db4b7D35 LITECOIN; LKNp24f5wwvZ2QzeDbvxXgBxyVwi1yXnu2 BITCOIN; 1KhwY836cfSGCK5aaGFv8Q7PHMgghFJn1U BITCOIN CASH 1AmqLVxjw3Lp9KT5ckfvsqfN2Hn3B1hCWS ZCASH; t1by1ZGJ63LoLSjXy27ooJtipf4wMr7qbu4
An inside look at a powerful system for success that our family has been following now for about 15 years. It has helped us expand our vision and achieve dreams that are bigger than we ever thought we could. It’s a system for success that I’m pretty sure you won’t hear much about in many other places. But this has been a critical process for us individually and as a family. Like many good things in my life, I learned about this process from a mentor who had focused on success in this specific area of life more than I had. I will be forever grateful to my family coach and good friend, Greg Gunn for opening my eyes to this life changing system for success. In this episode all eight of us gathered around the table for a fun discussion right after we finished our 15th Annual Gienger Family Goal Setting Retreat. What is that? Here’s how it works. We all get together as a family at the beginning of each new year to celebrate our successes in the last year and set goals for the new year. We start with a a focusing talk by dad. Then we spend 3-4 hours in solitude and silence where each family member journals on their successes in the last year and writes down goals for the new year. After everyone takes time alone to document their successes and work on their individual goals, we come back together to share what we have written down. This gives us a rich space in time to celebrate each other’s successes and become aware of how we can support each other’s goals. After we finished our time of sharing this January, we all sat around the table, clicked record and reflected on the experience. As you listen to us discuss the following questions, we hope you will gain insights that could help you create a system like this, in your own way, in your own life. What are some of your earliest memories of doing our Annual Gienger Family Goal Setting Retreats? Can you describe what it has been like for you to do this when you were young kids? How would you describe the actual process we have used in our annual goals setting retreats? To the spouses who married in to the family (Teliah and Auren): Do you remember when was your first time joining us in an Annual Family Goal Setting Retreat? What was it like for you to participate in this process? What do you think have been the benefits of doing this for you and for our family? What’s the value of this from your perspective? What are some of the highlights or most meaningful elements of what we experienced or what you heard or shared in this year’s Annual Family Goal Setting Retreat? How do you see this carrying on into the next generation? Resources: Check out the Family ID podcast by Greg Gunn who was Lonnie's initial coach on this topic. Kylon and Te referenced their excellent Successful Dropout podcast for young people looking for an alternative to the traditional institutional university education route. After listening to the podcast, some have asked for a copy of the questions that we have used over the years to guide us through our celebration and goal setting process. If you're interested, you can check out our Gienger Goal Setting Annual Retreat Questions. As with all systems, we hope you can learn something from our process...but please be sure to customize this system in a way that works best for you. Thank You! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. We'd also really appreciate any feedback or questions that might guide what we talk about in future episodes. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and we read each and every one of them. Join the Systems for Success Community! Subscribe to the Systems for Success Podcast on IOS or Apple Itunes. Subscribe to the Systems for Success Podcast on Android or Windows OS. Enter your email in one of the email opt-ins on this site for regular emails from Lonnie Gienger or the Gienger Family on additional Systems for Success. Follow Systems for Success on Instagram @systemsforsuccess Follow Lonnie Gienger on Instagram @lonniegienger
Jeff leads Your Project X, a social venture dedicated to helping people (re)discover their purpose to build careers they’ll love. He has more than 18 years experience as an entrepreneur, consultant, professor and changemaker. He is the founder of five social ventures, including IBM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consulting practice. In 2011, he developed the curriculum for the first MBA in Sustainability on the East Coast, at Bard College, where he was the Leadership professor. He was also two-time Chairman of the Carnegie New Leaders at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Jeff’s passion has always been at the intersection of education and entrepreneurship. Prior to your Project X, he ran a career transition program for 64 New Yorkers, built global education programs including a blended learning initiative for high school dropouts in Latin America and career discovery programs for youth in Europe. He is currently piloting a 4 month multi-country internship and personalized leadership program for students in NYC and Guatemala called CAREER X. Jeff received his Masters in Cultures and Development Studies from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from The College of William and Mary in Virginia where he was an elite gymnast. As a thought leader, Jeff has been published in a half dozen major publications, including Forbes. His most recent blog posts can be found here. I loved having Jeff on the show. He is the epitome of a Successful Dropout and is now using his experience to help other people step off the conveyor belt and explore the world of possibilities. From an unconventional 5th year in college, to moving to Boston, then Belgium, then Spain, being a strategy consultant, starting an internet company and a multitude of other projects as a social entrepreneur...Jeff has lived a life in pursuit of work he loves. Now he's helping you discover what you want to do, but more importantly, WHO you want to be. Quote: "Don't ask yourself what you want to do...ask yourself who you want to be." Resources Your Project X Jeff's blog THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!
So this episode could potentially destroy my career. I decided to sit down and get really honest about a few beliefs of mine in lieu of an email I received from a listener. Honestly I felt really exposed recording this, and I'm still not sure if it was the right move or not. One thing I always want to make sure and do is be authentic with you guys...and I want us all to be authentic with each other. I think it's really important to open up respectful dialogues and debates on important topics and to try to understand each other's point of view. Successful Dropout is a very special community. I want it to be a place where anyone from any background in any circumstance can succeed and feel like they are home. Resources Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Fankl THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Today our expert guest is Kylon Gienger, an educational and social thought leader, serial entrepreneur, and the host of The Successful Dropout Podcast. Kylon grew up in a mountain cabin, homeschooled with his siblings. He had a lot of curiosity, and the freedom to pursue it. Then, after graduating, he felt the pressure to go to college – it just felt like what people do. A few months into his Freshman year, in the middle of a marketing class, Kylon decided to drop out. Over the next few years, Kylon worked as a youth pastor, construction worker, Navy serviceman, and musician, and started three different businesses. Kylon is still working on a wide variety of projects, including The Successful Dropout, because he truly values freedom with his time and lifestyle – he is a self-described 100% autonomous human being. There's a concept that Kylon discusses a lot on his show, and he believes it is the one common factor between all of his successful guests: they have mastered the art of “just in time” learning. Formal schooling, for the most part, is “just in case” learning. You get a well-rounded education that theoretically prepares you for anything, but many people end up graduating prepared for nothing. Just in time learning means learning in the context of taking action and taking steps forward – in that way, you're always learning in the context of doing, and in the context of something that you're curious about. This creates an incredible retention, and you'll save time and money in the process. The Biggest Helping: Today's Most Important Takeaway “One of the biggest mistakes that you can make is just to accept the norms of your time, whatever that looks like, and not accepting the norm is the secret to really big success and changing the world.” -- Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life. Resources: Learn more at SuccessfulDropout.com Connect with Kylon: Twitter | Instagram Join the Successful Dropout Facebook Group
Cheyenne is a writer and futurist with a fierce love for leveraging digital communication. She’s mostly ghostwriting, copywriting, and content writing about life, innovation, technology, and human-centered design. She is the current Editor-in-Chief of The Catalyst, a design publication owned by Paradigm Innovation. When she’s not writing or learning something new, Cheyenne travels and spends time with her little boy. She currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. I know Cheyenne's episode would be a good one...but wow! Listening to her tell her amazing story definitely exceeded my expectations. From being broken and hitting rock bottom, to rising up and inspiring thousands of people with her writing and entrepreneurial spirit, Cheyenne is the epitome of a Successful Dropout. I think you will really enjoy this episode and her story. Make sure to follow her journey...it's going to be epic! Resources Cheyenne's Facebook - go follow her! War of Art by Steven Pressfield THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Grant Schroll is a co-founder at Mission Collaborative, an organization that runs nights-and-weekends programs to help young professionals make career changes. He’s passionate about helping people build careers they love and redesigning higher education to better serve learners today and throughout their lives. Grant is just an all around stud who's on the forefront of the changing education and career climate in the world today. If you're in a place of confusion in regards to your life and you career, this is the episode for you and Grant is the guy to connect with! Expect to see him again at Successful Dropout. Here are just some of the things we discuss: Legos Grant's journey to discovering his calling The life and career design process Reflecting on your life and career Defining your life and your career Test driving your life and your career Figuring out your life is not a linear process! Much more! Resources Mission Collaborative - Grant's company THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Zach Coppinger is a full time entrepreneur and real estate investor. Since 2013, he has bought and sold over 120 properties. He invests primarily in single family residential properties. He does some fix and flips, but his primary focus is long term buy and hold properties. He started his company three years ago, and has built a strong team of contractors, bankers, private lenders, attorneys, title companies, etc to continue building his portfolio. He thinks single family real estate is the greatest asset class to invest, and is an asset class accessible for anyone to invest (barriers to entry are very low). Quote of the week: “Good entrepreneurs find reasons to do things, not reasons to not do things." Resources Zach's Twitter The One Thing by Gary Keller THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
New Theory hosts Kylon Gienger the "Successful Dropout" as he breaks down why school may not be necessary for most career paths. Check out kylon here: http://successfuldropout.com/
My guest today is my friend Katya Sarmiento. Katya runs ReachAndMakeMillions.com, where she helps 6 and 7-figure digital small businesses scale up with the right systems & operations. As a tech & systems pro, she can turn any business mess into a success - which amounts to more profit, more time, and more freedom for her clients. At the age of 18 she started her business coaching and consulting, and now she has helped tons of clients transform their businesses and smash their glass ceilings. She's been featured on Entrepreneurs on Fire, The McMethod Email Marketing Podcast, Women's Side Hustle Society, Successful Dropout, and like 12 other podcasts, a bunch of blogs, telesummits, and masterclasses. She's also hands down the most prepared podcast guest I've ever had. I had an awesome time chatting with Katya, she's a really smart and interesting woman, and I know you guys are really going to get some value out of this one. If you are interested in creating sales funnels you need to check out her link ReachAndMakeMillions.com/Podcast where she will show you how to make your first money making funnel for free! Listen on iTunes Listen on Google Play Listen on Soundcloud If you would like to support the podcast, please rate 5 stars and review on iTunes. Music by Calvin Kraakevik Mentioned: Dr. Duncan's Life Bootstrap
Bennett is a recent college dropout who left the classroom to bring his education to the real world. Driven by a strong entrepreneurial aptitude, he focuses on creating products and systems to beat the statistic that 90% of startups fail. Currently, he is the Chief Operations Officer at siëo, a company helping startups start up.Bennett helped grow the company from 6 to 23 team members over a rapid four month period. He is the youngest C-suite executive on the siëo team, due to his ability to execute on long term visions by creating strategic operational infrastructures and nurture a high level of scalable growth. Bennett has led the creation of a professional services and consulting program, which has doubled in profit for the past three consecutive months. Bennett’s background is rooted in philanthropic and international leadership training. He launched his first business at the age of 17, a non-profit focused on providing scholarships and strategic guidance to college-aged big thinkers. By 18, he was living in a small community in Northern Ecuador working to improve the local educational system through youth groups and community outreach. Now, as a 21-year-old with a refusal to accept the status quo, he is working to create large-scale impact through helping entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses. Exclusive to Successful Dropout members 20% off of any Spark Package Click HERE! Resources Siëo - Bennett's business Get 20% off here! THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
After asking the Successful Dropout audience what questions they would like answered live on the podcast, Kylon and his wife Te give their answers to the following questions: How do I find people who would be interested in partnering on a business? What are the top 5 marketable skills I should always be working on? What is your spirit animal? Resources: How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Oliver is a 30 year old fully qualified chef turned Entrepreneur who gave up his full time job at the age of 25 to achieve one goal: to become a millionaire by the age of 30.He’s spent the last 5 years establishing himself along side his businesses online and is now working on two new start ups. One of those startups is actually a community called REBELHEAD which has a very similar “why” to successful Dropout. Oliver and I have been chatting off and on for awhile and I couldn't wait to get him on the show! Oliver is the epitome of a Successful Dropout. His journey is inspiring and his mentality and drive is infectious. If you have an interest in building incredibly successful online businesses...Oliver is the guy you should be listening to! Resources Oliver's website AffiliateFix.com - website that Oliver built and sold REBELHEAD Entrepreneurs THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Keshav is a 20-year old drop out from San Jose State University and is the CEO & founder of an educational non-profit startup called Home room, a platform that works on transforming the communication aspect within the educational system. As an immigrant who came on the basis of education, Keshav grew frustrated with the educational system during college and wrote many articles on education, that reached hundreds and thousands of students who felt the same way, but didn't have the courage to speak up! Keshav was inspiring to chat with. Immigrating to the United States, learning the language and culture without using TV or internet, dropping out of school to build a couple apps and a kickass company and still having time to write papers on the meaning of life...FOR FUN? I mean common, Keshav is my hero. Definitely check out his personal website, his app and his new company. Not only does he have a knack for design and building things...he is legitimately in the process of changing our educational system. Ladies and Gentlemen - I present to you yet another amazing Successful Dropout. You know what this means? If Keshav can do it, YOU CAN TOO. Now get off the conveyor belt and start taking your life and education into your own hands. Resources https://narulakeshav.com/ - check out his personal website! Homeroom - Keshav's company currently in beta...launching soon. Symphosis - Keshav's resources app he made for himself and his friends...and now YOU! LinkedIn Twitter Linchpin by Seth Godin THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Josh Haynam is the co-founder of Interact Quiz Builder, a tool used by more than 30,000 businesses including The American Red Cross, Home Depot, and Forbes. He's probably seen more quizzes than any other human on earth right now. I loved chatting with Josh. This guy is a straight up hustler, from starting a landscaping company at a young age, to making wads of cash fixing laptops in high school, to building the first and biggest quiz building platform online among several other businesses...Josh is the epitome of a Successful Dropout...even though he actually graduated! His story is a bit of a nail-biter at times...but it will inspire you. Resources Interact Quiz Builder - Josh's company THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
After asking the Successful Dropout audience what questions they would like answered live on the podcast, Kylon shares his top resources, habits, roles models and more in this Q&A style episode. Resources: Trello Headspace Derek Sivers Discover Praxis John Taylor Gatto THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Dr. Richard Shuster is a licensed clinical psychologist and the host of The Daily Helping with Dr. Richard Shuster: Food for the Brain, Knowledge from the experts, Tools to Win at Life which is regularly downloaded in over 40 countries. On his podcast, Dr. Shuster’s guests educate and inspire listeners through their stories, expertise, and passion for helping make a difference in the lives of others. His mission is to help people become the best versions of themselves and as a consequence, make the world a better place. A sought after media expert, Dr. Shuster’s clinical expertise and podcast have been featured in such publications as The Huffington Post, NBCNews.com, Glassdoor.com, Reader’s Digest, and others. I loved chatting with Dr. Richard and hearing his inspiring story. Even though he is not a school dropout, he is a dropout from society's conveyor belt and fully embodies the Successful Dropout philosophy. After surviving a nasty car crash and evaluating his life in the seconds that he thought he was going to die, he decided to dedicate his life to becoming the best version of himself and to helping others do the same...no matter what. Resources The Daily Helping podcast Blake Boles - Unschool Adventures Uncollege THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Kylon and his wife Te get real about the future of the Successful Dropout community. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Some vintage Successful Dropout here! Michael's episode used to be one of the most shared episodes on the show! Here it is again in all it's glory: After deciding to skip college, Michael Fisk founded Photoboxx, an event based photo activation company that released one of the first Instagram printers in the world. Photboxx built it's foundation in the hashtag printing industry and has quickly become a product used internationally by some of the world largest brands including Harley Davidson, Coca-Cola, TGI Fridays, Teen Vogue and Acura. This new startup has inspired thousands of fans to engage with their favorite brands on social media. This guy is a rockstar of a Successful Dropout, a serial entrepreneur with a passion for business and for his wife and three daughters. Time Stamped Notes 00:55 Kylon's intro 01:30 Michael tells us a little bit more about himself 02:33 What is Photoboxx 06:10 Michael shares his dropout story and why he decided to skip college 14:48 Advice for how to communicate with parents about dropping out 16:36 Michael talks about what he did for the first year after skipping college 20:19 No focus, chasing every opportunity 21:00 No money, so panhandled on the street! 23:00 Started to zero in on a career - something to focus on long term 26:20 Committed to photography business for two years and said no everything else 28:00 Transition from photography business to founding Photoboxx 30:00 How Michael generates revenue 33:00 Michael's worst entrepreneurial moment 34:10 AH HA moment 36:24 What current Michael would tell past Michael 40:17 Personal habit that contributes to Michael's success 44:11 Recommended book 44:41 Quality that Michael consider's essential to being an entrepreneur 45:00 Recommended internet resource 46:00 Michael's next big goal 47:00 Advice for those who are considering dropping out 52:00 Advice for those who have already dropped out 54:07 Best way to connect to Michael 4 Key Points No matter what position or job you have, do it to the best of your abilities! Focus is key. Learn to say no to opportunity. Stop committing to multiple things at once and moving on if they aren't showing promise after six months. Define your Be, Do and Have, then commit to one direction for at least two years, saying no to everything else even if it's an enticing opportunity. If you want to build a scalable business, learn how to work with people and build and lead a team. Embrace the low points, because there is a lot to learn during those seasons, and ultimately it's just another step towards success. Also, often times, the best opportunities will come when you are experiencing your greatest challenges. Resources Mentioned Photoboxx - Michael's company Michael Fisk Photography Start With Why by Simon Sinek - New to Audible.com? Start your trial and get your first book FREE here! Slack - Internal communications app for your team THANKS FOR LISTENING! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast.
This is episode is part 2 with the incredible Braun Shedd! See his first episode here. I love chatting with Braun. Sometimes I feel like I'm sitting at the feet of a young Socrates in the making. The dude is an incredible philosopher - full of wisdom, alway searching, always questioning...the epitome of a Successful Dropout. I hope you enjoy listening to Braun in this episode as much as I did when we were recording! Some of the things we talk about: Forest fires and how the world is coming to an end Cryptocurrency and investing Braun Shedd was almost a Bitcoin millionaire. Almost. Got into BTC at $0.10! Stealing his parent's electricity to make money What Braun has been up to since Actiview Chatting about startups How do you know if you are building something people want? The realities of building a startup 3 things you definitely want to know before you jump into a startup Crypto, startups, and how to get the most out of next year with Braun Shedd Resources 8760 Hours PDF - Amazing worksheet. How to get the most out of next year! The Unbeaten Path - Great stories from dropouts! THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
There are two types of entrepreneurs...which one are you? One is better than the other. This is another episode released a long time ago before Successful Dropout blew up. It has too few downloads...so here it is again! THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
In this episode of FEAR NOT, host of the Successful Dropout podcast, Kylon Gienger shares with us the ways in which he faces all of his fears.
Man, I really enjoyed this conversation with Brett! I don't often share interviews of myself personally, but I thought this one was really special. This is actually part 2 in a continuing series/collaboration between Brett Veinotte of School Sucks Podcast: The END of Public Education, and myself. Part 1 was me interviewing Brett and you can find that here. In this episode, Brett was supposed to be interviewing me for his audience, but it ended up turning into a lively conversation between the two of us. I enjoyed the heck out of it and so I decided to post it for the Successful Dropout community to enjoy as well. Brett is such an awesome dude. We talk about everything from religion to budgeting and beyond: What does "living the dream" mean when someone says it with a scowl? Community and accountability through Christianity Shame and judgment through Christianity too The law of attraction! Self-trust: Kylon was an unenclosed child Comfort zones and glamorizing "failure" Confronting resentment towards success Are you the average of the five you spend the most time with? What does success really look like? What is the right balance of contentment and discontentment? Benefits of marriage Using a cash system for personal finance THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
When Andrew Schneck was in college, he broke up with girls to spend more time in the library studying finance and long term investing. His interest in this led him to study more than half of the 3000 public companies in the US, attend shareholder meetings, and he even got in touch with a few billionaires. This activity put him on the map at his school as a hard working and budding entrepreneur. It wasn’t long until a college buddy’s father invited Andrew to join him in building a healthcare business. In 2016 Andrew went from 0-100 quickly as the healthcare business grew. It was really a pleasure to have Andrew on the show since we have been friends on social media for a long time now. He is very active in the Successful Dropout community, Facebook group, and in entrepreneurial circles as well. Love what he is doing to solve a huge problem through entrepreneurship! In this episode we: Talk about the importance of relationships with close friends with whom you can go deep with, wrestle with tough questions, and call each other out. Talk about some tough periods in Andrew's life where he dealt with health issues that held him back. Talk about all the disparities within the healthcare system and what Andrew and his partner are doing to combat these. Talk about a ton more! My favorite quote from Andrew: "Society tells you, 'hey you're supposed to row the boat, you're supposed to row it here, you're supposed to row across the lake etc'...and then you look down and the boat is actually a skateboard and you're like, 'what the hell is going on?'" Resources: Andrew's Facebook How to Fascinate - personality test that tells you how the world see's you. Would highly recommend taking this! Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Becoming Steve Jobs THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Kylon dropped out of college during his freshman year in 2009. Since then he has founded and co-founded multiple companies in the construction, fitness, food service, real estate, and online education industries. He is the creator and host of The Successful Dropout Podcast. He joins me again today to discuss his education and his entrepreneurial journey. Discussion: -What does "living the dream" mean when someone says it with a scowl? -Community and accountability through Christianity -but - oh yeah - shame and judgment through Christianity too -the law of attraction! (made less dumb) -Self-trust: Kylon was an unenclosed child -Comfort zones and glamorizing "failure" -confronting resentment towards success -Are you the average of the five you spend the most time with? -benefits of marriage -who I want to spend my life with -using a cash system for personal finance Please Support School Sucks Our Amazon Wish List Donate With Bitcoin Or Join the A/V Club Support Us On Patreon Shop With Us At Amazon Your continued support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering this message. This subscription also grants you access to the A/V Club, a bonus content section with 200+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month AP Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month Sigma Sigma Pi - Full Access - $16.00/Month
This is actually another old episode that I decided to resurrect. Again, it has too few downloads and it's such an important concept! For several months I put out content that barely anyone listened to, and now that there's actually a substantial audience I don't want people to miss some of the great content from the earlier days. I'm especially fond of this episode because it explains my reasoning behind signing off every blog post and episode with "stay hungry, stay foolish". I really believe the philosophy behind this phrase is essential to the core philosophy of what it means to be a Successful Dropout. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram!
Gautam is the founder of Peeyr.com, a peer education marketplace that connects top high-school and college students to their peers for in-person tutoring sessions. He's a high-school dropout on a mission to create more opportunity within our education system and help students find their passion. Previously, he launched satus.org, a "How to Start a Startup" program for young founders and was a partner at Ankorhem, a product design agency based in Dallas. He's 19 years old. Gautam is another Successful Dropout who is changing the way we educate ourselves. I had an absolute blast chatting with him and I love the "why" behind everything he does. Everything he's built, he's built to solve a problem or challenge that he himself experienced...I think that's the essence of entrepreneurship - building creative solutions to solve problems, and the best way to do that is to solve your own problems. Here are some of the topics we cover in this episode: Can entrepreneurship be taught? Gautam cheating on a test and how it changed his life - great story! The ridiculousness of teachers unions Competing in the closed formal education system Permission versus freedom mentality The ABSOLUTE importance of introspection, examining your thoughts and experimenting at an early age A bunch more! Resources: Peeyr.com Gautam@peeyr.com Gautam's LinkedIn Gautam's FB Satus.org Sam Altman's "How to Start a Startup" THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Snapchat!
This is the first of two conversations; today Kylon interviews me and next time I will interview him. Kylon dropped out of college during his freshman year in 2009. Since then he has founded and co-founded multiple companies in the construction, fitness, food service, real estate, and online education industries. He is the creator and host of The Successful Dropout Podcast. He joins me today to discuss School Sucks Project, Successful Dropout, college culture, and entrepreneurship. Discussion: - New thoughts my career, college and School Sucks - Above the Snowflakes? the current college culture - the future of higher education - the student loan bubble and the "college is necessary" bubble - aesthetic diversity - the consequences of social engineering in college - live off campus! - Direct vs indirect credentialing - just in case learning vs just in time learning - transferable skills - personal accountability, success is not an option - kids are not defective Help Brett Get To Portland, OR For UNREGISTERED I'm looking to raise $400 towards the cost of this trip. Donate $25 or more and receive "Brett and Andrew's Teen Saga." Please Support School Sucks Our Amazon Wish List Donate With Bitcoin Or Join the A/V Club Support Us On Patreon Shop With Us At Amazon Your continued support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering this message. This subscription also grants you access to the A/V Club, a bonus content section with 200+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month AP Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month Sigma Sigma Pi - Full Access - $16.00/Month
Kylon Gienger is a founder in many companies across different industries, a former Navy SEAL, and is currently hosting Successful Dropout, a podcast about how successful entrepreneurs have gained more from dropping out than from staying in school.
Rainesford Stauffer is a 23-year-old writer who has been published by Forbes, USA TODAY, and The Hill, among others. After a diverse high school education, she dropped out of college her freshman year and spent two years shaping her own education through internships, writing, and communications. She's given two TEDx Talks and serves on the Advisory Board of (south by south west EDU) SXSWedu. For her day job, she works in communications, and is the editor of Gap Year Stories, a platform that publishes student perspectives on shaping your own learning experiences. Rainesford and I have a lot in common with our mindset around education and entrepreneurship...she also owns a hot yoga studio, which is one of the businesses I own as well. In this episode we talk a lot about uncertainty, not knowing the answer, anxiety, and how messy and unclear times are actually the key to finding your way, learning, and ultimately success. There are so many quotable snippets in this episode, Rainesford is the real deal - a go-getter, a self-teacher and an entrepreneur. She's the epitome of a Successful Dropout. "Usually when you are shaping your own path, it's a combination of belief in something that matters to you, incredible amounts of effort, and just the right amount of risk." "Sometimes the greatest opportunities, moments and endeavors in your life are really messy. They aren't cookie-cutter, they aren't picture perfect and to me I think that's the magic of it."
Kylon Gienger is the founder and host of Successful Dropout- a podcast where he interviews successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of school. A college dropout himself, Kylon has also founded and co-founded multiple companies in the construction, fitness, food service, and online education industries. He is passionate about building great business, building beyond business, and helping others to do the same.
Kylon Gienger took a $1000 investment and turned it into multiple employees at the age of 23. Some mistakes in that business led to near bankruptcy. He openly shares that experience in full detail. He made a come-back with more clarity, focus, resilience, and wisdom. Through owning multiple businesses, Kylon speaks about the roller coaster ride of success and struggle as an entrepreneur. His Podcast, Successful Dropout, is to change the perception of dropouts. These are self-directed, successful learners who don’t thrive in the traditional educational system . Outliers. Innovators. Rebels. People who dare to dream and live by that dream. Kylon can be found HERE Linked In: HERE Facebook: HERE Twitter: HERE Instagram: HERE Kylon’s Recommended Resources: How to Stop Worrying, Start Living by Dale Carnegie 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss The Lean Startup The Side Hustle Podcast Most popular podcast on Successful Dropout My mission is to help serve YOU, my listeners, so please submit questions to admin@amycannatta.com. Want to learn how to transcend the daily grind and tap into your most UNSTOPPABLE self? Click here to download the Relentless Resilience Guide and Workbook. www.amycannatta.com/rr If you love this podcast, I would be so grateful for a rating and a review! For more information about how I can help you build, grow, or scale your business and be more successful in life, visit http://amycannatta.com/ To inquire about private consulting and coaching, click here to fill out an application. http://amycannatta.com/discovery-call/
Kylon Gienger is a serial entrepreneur and the creator of The Successful Dropout Podcast. Since dropping out of college during freshman year Kylon has founded and co-founded companies in the construction, fitness, food, and online education industries. Seeing the ineffectiveness of traditional education and the rise of amazing alternatives, Kylon set out to create the ultimate resource for young people considering leaving college, or skipping it altogether, and so The Successful Dropout was born. Covered in this episode: - Kylon's morning routine - How homeschool pushed Kylon towards entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship lessons from youth ministry - Is kidnapping a wedding tradition? - How leaving the Navy launched Kylon's entrepreneurial journey - Starting and growing a painting company, a hot yoga studio, and a juice bar - Systems and risks for hiring employees - Deciding to branch out from one business into other businesses - Why Kylon started The Successful Dropout - Just in time learning vs. just in case learning - What's next for The Successful Dropout If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes. Show notes, including all links mentioned in this episode, are available at isaacmorehouse.com All episodes of The Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher
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