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FT 029: Building a Consulting Business that Works Without You with Todd Heslin

Todd Heslin decided that he wanted to travel around India on a motorcycle. Only problem was, he was running an energy consulting business at the time.

Now most people would have simply deferred the trip to "one day", but Todd approached the problem with a very different mindset. The trip was happening, the business might survive.

The business did survive, and Todd ended up with a company that didn't actually need his presence to continue to operate. Learn the details of how Todd pulled this off.

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Todd shares with us:

  • His India trip story: why he took off, and why travel was actually a key component to forcing his business to not depend on him.
  • How Todd transformed his business step by step to not depend on him. Hint: it involves an absolutely crazy amount of checklists!
  • The Big Important Question: is this a good idea for others? We get into the different possible goals for a business, experiencing each, and deciding what the end game should be.
  • Scaling a Business Towards Passive Income: Key (really important) lessons that Todd has learned, and the pitfalls that frankly many people run into when attempting this.

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