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ZCS013: Brendan Hufford on Juggling Online Courses, Fatherhood, and Full-time Work

Episode Summary

Today’s guest is Brendan Hufford from hustleheart.co. Brendan is father, husband, full-time teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster AND online course creator. Whew! In this episode, Brendan shares his entrepreneurial journey as a side-project specialist and why he decided to create online courses. Enjoy! In This Episode, You'll Learn: • How Brendan formed a Jiu-Jitsu e-commerce company • Why he loves being an entrepreneur on the side • His inexcusable reason for drinking crappy coffee • Why he thinks work-life balance is BS • How he created a profitable course without having a blog • The pricing strategy he used to launch his course • Why he loves creating Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) and believes business is about experimentation • How he used surveys to pick his next course topic • The wins and challenges of running a live course versus a self-paced course (he’s done both) • Why he doesn’t like drip content in his courses • Why you should iterate and update your course over time Links Mentioned in This Episode: • OK Kimonos • [The Hustle&Heart Blog](http://hustleheart.co/) • [The Entrepreneur Dad Manifesto](http://hustleheart.co/manifesto) • [The Productivity Fundamentals Course](http://hustleheart.co/course) • [Teachery.co](https://www.teachery.co/) • [Steal Like an Artist](http://austinkleon.com/steal/) • Entrepreneurs and Coffee Podcast   Thanks for Listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave an honest review for The Zen Courses Show on iTunes! Ratings and reviews boost ratings & help new listeners find the show. I read every review and I'd love to read yours. [Click here to leave a review](http://bit.ly/zencoursesshow). And, finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. If you have an Android phone, you can subscribe on Stitcher. Lastly, I want to send a big thank you to Brendan for sharing his story and insights on The Zen Courses Show!

Episode Notes

Today’s guest is Brendan Hufford from hustleheart.co. Brendan is father, husband, full-time teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster AND online course creator. Whew!

In this episode, Brendan shares his entrepreneurial journey as a side-project specialist and why he decided to create online courses. Enjoy!

In This Episode, You'll Learn:• How Brendan formed a Jiu-Jitsu e-commerce company• Why he loves being an entrepreneur on the side• His inexcusable reason for drinking crappy coffee• Why he thinks work-life balance is BS• How he created a profitable course without having a blog• The pricing strategy he used to launch his course• Why he loves creating Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) and believes business is about experimentation• How he used surveys to pick his next course topic• The wins and challenges of running a live course versus a self-paced course (he’s done both)• Why he doesn’t like drip content in his courses• Why you should iterate and update your course over time

Links Mentioned in This Episode:• OK Kimonos• The Hustle&Heart BlogThe Entrepreneur Dad ManifestoThe Productivity Fundamentals CourseTeachery.coSteal Like an Artist• Entrepreneurs and Coffee Podcast

 

Thanks for Listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please leave an honest review for The Zen Courses Show on iTunes! Ratings and reviews boost ratings & help new listeners find the show. I read every review and I'd love to read yours. Click here to leave a review.

And, finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. If you have an Android phone, you can subscribe on Stitcher.

Lastly, I want to send a big thank you to Brendan for sharing his story and insights on The Zen Courses Show!