#768 “Lifestyle Business” vs “Real Business”

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

Go from being trapped in the job you’ve built for yourself to building a wealth-generating machine.

Dan & Ian challenge service businesses to determine their LTV to CAC ratio so they can improve their cashflow and run a “real” business that gives them the lifestyle they want.

Calculating the LTV to CAC ratio may sound hard (and boring), but it’s no harder than solving all those other things you’re struggling with in your business.

Also, Dan’s hot take on the digital nomad ratio and being “relatively” wealthy.

Plus, one lucky listener (and email subscriber) will win a free ticket to this year’s DCBKK (over $1,000 value) in October. Details on how to enter in this week’s newsletter.

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Chapters:

• (00:01:00) Free Ticket to Our Next Event
• (00:04:49) Business Breakdown Series
• (00:06:50) Understanding the LTV to CAC Ratio
• (00:08:08) Scaling a Service Business
• (00:18:33) Lifestyle Business vs Real Business
• (00:20:40) Easier to Run a Real Business
• (00:26:00) Understanding Key Metrics
• (00:29:47) High Fidelity Problem-Solving
• (00:35:03) The Digital Nomad Ratio
• (00:36:10) Living Like the Wealthy

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