Elaine Pofeldt is an author and journalist who specializes in small business, entrepreneurship and careers. Her new book The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, looks at how entrepreneurs are hitting seven-figure revenue in businesses where they are the only employees. How do they do this? Well by tapping automation and other technologies to scale their efforts. Her work has appeared in FORTUNE, Money, CNBC, Inc., Forbes and many other business publications and she is a contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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In this episode, we cover:
- The time it took to publish a book
- Scalable businesses
- Areas with million-dollar one-person businesses
- Setting boundaries in a successful business
- The response to her concept
- Security for the self-employed person
- Breaking the "time for money" mindset
- Asking for advice from friends
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business: Make Great Money. Work the Way You Like. Have the Life You Want
- themilliondollaronepersonbusiness.com
- ScheduleOnce
- Traffic by Mr. Fantasy
- Black Box by Amos Oz
- @ElainePofeldt on Twitter
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