Hardcore Mba Podcast

You’ve probably heard of the classic expression “Trust your gut” or “Go with your gut.” Have ever been in a situation where you’re in doubt with either of the choices you have and ended up trusting your guts instead? Well, this week’s podcast is for you. As an entrepreneur, taking risks is an alternative to aid […]

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick” – These words hit Erlend Bakke as he chose the road less traveled. In this week’s Hardcore MBA podcast, Erlend shares 3 Lessons about his entrepreneurial journey. As a young entrepreneur, he picked up his knowledge from reading books such as How to get Rich by […]

Mastermind is important because when you get together with other smart people, magic happens. Erlend has been doing mastermind dinners for three years now. The way it works is to invite people for dinner. He calls it Sumo Social Club. The group has eight people and they all love eating Sushi. How did he find […]

When in business, you can either invest your time or your money. And when you’re bootstrapping, you are likely to invest your time because you don’t have the money. Erlend started out with $10,000 and turned that out to be a profitable business 3x over. Bootstrapping is how entrepreneurs get started, it’s the alchemy of […]

Hypnosis– It’s one of the most fascinating concepts. It’s about creating thoughts for your life. Our brain has one way of working on intuition and changing things in our life. It’s all about how we see the world and how we are trained to see. At some point, I’ve tried Hypnosis but I forced things […]

If you want to get to a certain place in five years, what is the ‘One’ thing that you need to do today? Getting Things Done is a book by David Allen who has been our guest in the Hardcore MBA podcast. It’s an efficiency and focus book on how to get things done. We […]

It’s that time of the year again. You either grow new habits or stop the bad ones. It’s all about the Compound Effect, that’s how life works. Focus and allocate time each day moving towards what you want to achieve. There is no easy way to achieve anything. The daily path is the easy way […]

This week, we’ll be talking about following your bliss. We’ll talk about my journey as an entrepreneur, my success, pain, and suffering. I’ve been an entrepreneur for 10 years. And I believe ‘following your bliss’ means being true to yourself, show up to people, smile, be passionate and always have the energy. Being successful in business […]

In this week’s episode, I will be talking about “dumb tax”. It is something I learned from Keith Cunningham. Dumb tax is what you pay when you make bad decisions or something that you have to pay when you don’t do proper due diligence. I’ve been wanting a specific Porsche model and finally found the dealership […]

This video is about me doing business in Norway. I find doing business in Norway extremely less complex than in other places. In Norway, most companies do not require you to wear a suit, you are fine to wear what you want. Norwegians are fairly honest and transparent. In terms of paying bills, I noticed […]

If you are on planet Earth, from time to time, you have to deal with negative people. When you have a new concept or a new idea, a lot of people will tell you ‘It’s not gonna work”, ‘that already exists’ or ‘why would it work for you?” These are just some of the elements […]

If you are motivated but constantly thinking about what’s in it for you. Sometimes, that can drag your motivation down. Ask yourself: How can I contribute more to my employees? How can I contribute more to my clients? What more can I do to other people? That, in itself, becomes Motivation. In 2010, oftentimes, I […]

The type of confidence people think to succeed is very different from the type of confidence you should have to actually succeed. When starting a business, you have to believe in yourself but not limited to not making mistakes. If you feel very confident in a wrong way, expect that you will fail a bunch. […]

If you are one of those who hate public speaking but willing to challenge yourself to get grand results in business? Brace yourself! You only have two options here- it’s either you’ll hate it forever or fall in love with it. Come along and learn how to take your Speaking skills and Confidence to the next […]

I believe that in business you have to have partnerships. The due diligence is really important. Typically, you are not the same type of person but you compliment each other. Just be honest with your partner, be real, say things as they are, don’t sugarcoat. Relationships should be a natural thing. Give it time, don’t […]

I have been practicing different forms of meditation for the past 6-7 years, I had an a-ha moment that I would like to share with you. The Aha moment is about being “In the Now”. When you feel that you’re existing right here, right now, at this moment and everything is okay, then that’s when […]

Another interesting episode here @Hardcore MBA! We get to hear from Tony Loyd as he shares about Social Entrepreneurship. Tony is a renowned keynote speaker, radio host, and best-selling author of Crazy Good Advice: 10 Lessons Learned from 150 Leading Social Entrepreneurs. He helps people launch and scale social enterprises so that they can make […]

Finally, here’s another mind-boggling episode this week @Hardcore MBA! I am going to uncover my secrets about speeding up productivity 10times higher and generate gigantic results in no time! I have highlighted a few important topics from my book “Never Work Again” that will surely shake up your entire system!   We will talk about: […]

Let’s hear from Derek Doepker in this week’s podcast episode and learn his book marketing finesse. Derek will teach a couple of tips as to how should authors deal with failures while keeping their book still smashing online! Derek, by the way, is a rock guitar player with a degree in music composition turned a […]

Business and society have been transformed by digital technology. Yet, as we implement it, society is suffering immeasurable side effects. What we are able to do with digital technology is incredibly impressive-however, with information overload, It could be confusing and misleading! How should we deal with it? Let’s hear from our guest Rodney Wallace in […]