Yanik Silver on the Transformation to Maverick Entrepreneur

Jun 01, 2015, 07:30 AM

My guest today is a serial entrepreneur, author, and well-known digital marketing expert. In 1998, my guest undertook his first entrepreneurial venture: a $900 marketing course for cosmetic surgeons.By the time he was 26, he was making $10,000 to $15,000 a month teaching physicians how to improve their sales.

According to Forbes, he's produced more than half a dozen seven figure online businesses since then. My guest is a self-described "adventure junkie," he founded Maverick Business Adventure & Maverick 1000 in 2008. MBA mixes adventure and intimate entrepreneurial networking. MBA is also a philanthropic organization and he has a goal by 2020 of getting 10,000 young entrepreneurs to start their own companies. He has written several must-read books fro entrepreneurs including Maverick Startup, 34 Rules for Maverick Entrepreneurs, and the soon to be released Evolved Enterprise. Now, let's hack... Yanik Silver. In this 32-minute episode Yanik Silver and I discuss:

Becoming an expert in just one hour per day The benefit of being continuously curious Looking for leverage points in your business Why the money is in turning the wheel, not re-inventing it Once you get the entrepreneurial itch, there is no turning back

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The Show Notes

Maverick Business Adventures Yanik Silver Website Yanik Silver Books Yanik on Twitter Jon on Twitter Show Sponsor: FreshBooks (30-day Free Trial)