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Derek Dodds is the CEO of WaveTribe.com, a business on a mission to create an important relationship between sport and planet. Today Derek joins the show to discuss how he has managed to combine his passion – which is surfing – as well as his work, something that doesn’t always go over well. Derek is an inspiring person, someone who has a lot of knowledge to give on the subject on standing by your values. If you have been wanting to structure your weeks so you have a more balanced lifestyle between work and play, this is the episode for you.
You’ll learn:
- How Wave Tribe came to be
- How Derek structures his life to combine business and surfing
- Why he is ruthless about setting value and assigning dollar amounts to different tasks
- Recommendations on partnerships
(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com and Derek Dodds of WaveTribe.com)
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Post by Andrew Youderian
Founder and Chief Instigator, eComFuel
Andrew quit an early finance job to sell CB radios online — an admittedly unorthodox career path. It set him on a course to found and sell multiple businesses, host a decade-running podcast, lecture at Harvard Business School and create eComFuel, the leading community for 7- and 8-figure online business owners. Andrew is fascinated with branding, AI, building community, investing and growing meaningful businesses that don't require sacrificing what truly matters.
