202 episodes
Rebel Entrepreneur Alan Donegan
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4.8 • 57 Ratings
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To be an entrepreneur you have to be a little bit of a Rebel. You have to do things differently, you have to take risks other people aren't willing to take and you need to be brave enough to take action.
For years Alan Donegan has battled against the traditional plan that the world has for us:
When Alan went for help from the British Government to start a business. They told him to write a business plan; get a load of debt and did more to put him off starting than they did to help.
Alan spent the next 12 years of his life thinking, studying, learning about business and searching for a better way to start-up without debt.
This search enabled him to create his own successful training business and then to take those skills and launch PopUp Business School which now operates in 5 different countries around the world and helps thousands of people a year to build businesses without debt.
The belief that it takes money to make money traps people around the world from ever taking control of their future and making their own money. This is the belief that he wants to fundamentally destroy with this podcast and empower you to get going debt free!
What is the purpose of this podcast?
"This is an effort to put out into the world the support I wish I had when I was starting my business. I want to do what I felt the British Government was never able to do and that is to help people start-up without debt and make money doing something they love.
If you need help with your business, motivation, inspiration and energy then this podcast is for you. Join The Rebellion"
-Alan Donegan
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Getting past imposter syndrome
What were the biggest challenges that faced Kim throughout this process of creating and publishing her podcast, and what has she learnt overcoming them? Find out what Kim learnt, how it all happened and what she is focusing on now. Also, Kim asks Alan how he works with the podcast, how he focuses, and why he does what he does!
Kim's podcast, The Feminine Freedom Coach, is now live! Find it at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-feminine-freedom-coach/
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The History of Rebel Business School
How did Rebel Business School start? Simon, Alan and the Rebel Business School are celebrating their 10-year anniversary right now and we wanted to do a special episode sharing with you the ups and downs from starting the business, Simon going to get a job, selling the first workshop and then a dodgy buffet in Milton Keynes and Simon's decision to leave the best job of his life to return. Simon, Katie and Alan are running a special course to celebrate ten years of Rebel called the Extraordinary Life course. If you want to come along then you can find it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVQ4lwnOfqw&list=PLRjwfVU_qq2YApE1R5T8p2Fri_BtXff8c
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Podcast Promotion and Launch
You have created something, and it is now time to launch and put it out there. You have got to tell your existing customers/audience and then you have got to find new customers/audience. But how do you do it? There are so many different ways! It all feels a little overwhelming! Join Alan as he walks Kim through creating a promotion strategy for the podcast and makes promotion simple and functional!
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How to build an online business?
Born in a refugee camp, growing up in the Netherlands, reading Rich Dad Poor Dad at age 12 in the library, and turning that into a business? One of the most fascinating entrepeneurial journeys I have come across! This episode is packed full of tips, ideas, and practical ways of thinking that can help you in your business. Start-up stories are the oxygen we breath as enterpreneurs. Suck the inspiration out of this story and use it to drive you forwards this week!
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Scale, Scale, Scale
Everywhere you go, there are courses teaching you to scale, university and business schools screaming about your need to scale and business coaches ultra-focused on scaling. But is scalling really the right option for you? What type of business are you building? A life-style business? A mega-corporation? Something else? Maybe we should put the drive to scale to one side and work out if it is what we actually want in our lives?
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Pricing Nicely
Do your clients walk all over you? Do they cancel at the last minute? Do they challenge your pricing? Do you feel like you are a business doormat? Sometimes in our effort to win business, we can be too nice. Join Orla as she tries to work out the best pricing model for dog-walking business and how to deal with her customers. This episode is CRITICAL if you are thinking about your pricing model, how much to charge, and how to work with your customers. Sometimes we can just be too nice!
Customer Reviews
REBEL BUSINESS SCHOOL
I love this podcast. Fascinated to hear the thought process and big ideas that make things happen. Always a number of insights and a call to get up and get going. Absolutely love it. Helping me form the basis of a couple of business experiments . Keep it up! Cheers
Third rate advice at best
The place to go if you want poor financial advice from a podcaster who believes in putting money into shares over actually paying off your mortgage in an era of rising interest rates. Coupled with extremely dubious advice on pensions it would be funny if there weren’t people taking this complete twaddle seriously.
With so many good podcasts out there on finance this is one that is simply worth ignoring.
Everyone should be a Rebel entrepreneur
I’m a fan of podcasts and I wondered if I had enough interest and space for another one. I am so glad I switched this on today.
I’ve a strong entrepreneurial spirit but never had an idea I was fully committed to which has been frustrating. I work in the supporting small businesses area and have a lot of people and business management skills from leadership roles. But this podcast was still so refreshing and well pitched. I love the celebration of doing it whatever way works for you, not prescriptive, I love the honesty of admitting sometimes things fail but we move on and keep going.
Highly recommend to anyone with an interest in business and an entrepreneurial itch.
Easy to listen to and even had me laughing at points. Well done.