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As a solopreneur, it can feel hard to take time off. I mean REALLY take time off. Not take a vacation where you still respond to email.
The problem is that for many solopreneurs running a one-person business, taking time off means the business shuts down. As a result, you’re constantly worrying about it. But what if you had great systems in place to automate your business?
That’s exactly what you’ll get with Streamlined Solopreneur. You’ll learn how to turn manual tasks into reliable systems, so you can take time off worry-free.
Joe Casabona knows about this firsthand. He went from worrying so much that he had a panic attack to taking 4-6 weeks off every year. Worry-free. And he’s helped hundreds of solopreneurs do the same.
If you’re ready to automate your business, and take time off to do what you want (instead of waiting until you have a panic attack), start listening to Streamlined Solopreneur.
Subscribe now or visit https://streamlined.fm.
Joe Casabona: I got into computers at an early age by 90 standards. At 10, I was using my dad’s work laptop. By 12, I fixed my first problem. And by 14, I was making money by creating mixed CDs. See, I was one of the first people in my school to have a CD burner. Lucky me. At 15, I made my first real website. My friends were making band sites. This was before myspace, and I was fascinated. Then my parents came to me and said that they needed one. I was hesitant at first. I had never made a website before. But then they offered to pay me. And I was in. I started first by asking my friends how they made their websites, and they told me they were using this website called GeoCities and a program called Microsoft frontpage.
If you’re cringing at this point, cut me a little bit of slack. It was 200,1 and I was in high school. So I did the same thing, and I was hooked. I loved flexing my creative and logical sides, and I loved making something that people actually used. I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
As I refined my skills, I got real hosting. I used notepad ++ to write code HTML and CSS, and then later PHP. And I read blogs a lot. I talked to people, and I looked at other websites. I kept asking myself the same question. How did you build that?
Today In 2016, a full 15 years since I started, it’s easier than ever to answer that question. There are websites like CodePen that shows you the code on one side, and then a live demo right next to it. There are websites like GitHub where people can upload whatever they want, and then you can download the code and play with it, or even make changes to it. But still, you can’t look at a website and see all there is to know about it. There’s not a magic download button for everything. There are still lessons learned from the project. They’re making everything fit. So it works really nicely. And then there’s getting people to visit and use the site.
In this podcast, I talk to business owners, designers, developers, and makers. I asked them the same question that I was asking 15 years ago. How did you build that? And they’re gracious enough to share their secrets. So when the first episode launches in late August of 2016, tune in, I plan to learn a lot and I hope you do too.