Ep. 205: Chris Ducker Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Chris Ducker, a serial entrepreneur and author of the bestseller, "Virtual Freedom", and more recently, "Rise of the Youpreneur". He owns and operates several businesses, that combined house over 400 full-time employees internationally. He's also a trusted international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, as well as the founder of Youpreneur.com - the leading personal brand business education company in the world.

The topic is his book Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• The definition of virtual freedom
• How Ducker came from the cubicle originally, and how he got to be the location independent entrepreneur he is now
• How Ducker became a "virtual CEO"
• The idea of a "superhero syndrome"
• The idea of a virtual, international staff
• The process of finding a VA (virtual assistant)
• The two types of outsourcing
• Hiring for the role--not for the task
• Text, audio, and video communication
• Tim Ferriss and the four-hour work week
• Developing a location independent lifestyle

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