How to Build a Business that Lets you Quit your Job - Dickie Bush

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

May 16, 2024

Duration

1h 50m

Channel

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Ali Abdaal

  host

  YouTuber, author, and productivity educator who hosts the podcast Deep Dive.

• Dickie Bush

  guest

  Entrepreneur and co-founder of Ship 30 for 30, known for teaching online writing and audience-building frameworks.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, featuring Ali Abdaal and Dickie Bush, How to Build a Business that Lets you Quit your Job - Dickie Bush explores Dickie Bush on Building a Business to Quit Your Job Dickie Bush recounts his path from nine months of no traction to a viral Twitter thread, small early wins, and the Ship 30 for 30 cohort that reached about $40K a month while he kept his full-time job.

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