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

Published: Dec. 16, 2015, 9 a.m.

b"Today\\u2019s guest is Brendan Hufford from hustleheart.co. Brendan is father, husband, full-time teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster AND online course creator. Whew!\\n\\nIn this episode, Brendan shares his entrepreneurial journey as a side-project specialist and why he decided to create online courses. Enjoy!\\n\\nIn This Episode, You'll Learn: \\n\\u2022 How Brendan formed a Jiu-Jitsu e-commerce company \\n\\u2022 Why he loves being an entrepreneur on the side \\n\\u2022 His inexcusable reason for drinking crappy coffee \\n\\u2022 Why he thinks work-life balance is BS \\n\\u2022 How he created a profitable course without having a blog \\n\\u2022 The pricing strategy he used to launch his course \\n\\u2022 Why he loves creating Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) and believes business is about experimentation \\n\\u2022 How he used surveys to pick his next course topic \\n\\u2022 The wins and challenges of running a live course versus a self-paced course (he\\u2019s done both) \\n\\u2022 Why he doesn\\u2019t like drip content in his courses \\n\\u2022 Why you should iterate and update your course over time\\n\\nLinks Mentioned in This Episode: \\n\\u2022 OK Kimonos \\n\\u2022 [The Hustle&Heart Blog](http://hustleheart.co/) \\n\\u2022 [The Entrepreneur Dad Manifesto](http://hustleheart.co/manifesto) \\n\\u2022 [The Productivity Fundamentals Course](http://hustleheart.co/course) \\n\\u2022 [Teachery.co](https://www.teachery.co/) \\n\\u2022 [Steal Like an Artist](http://austinkleon.com/steal/) \\n\\u2022 Entrepreneurs and Coffee Podcast\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThanks for Listening! \\nIf 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).\\n\\nAnd, finally, don\\u2019t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. If you have an Android phone, you can subscribe on Stitcher.\\n\\nLastly, I want to send a big thank you to Brendan for sharing his story and insights on The Zen Courses Show!"