How to hustle your way to making more by working less with Ian Balina

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Ian Balina was born in Uganda and moved to the US when he was 8 yrs old. He has been in the US since that time. Although his family was well off by Ugandan standards, but once they came to the US, his entire family was living off his Father’s student stipend as a PhD. He experienced culture shock when they came to the US. There were different standards for discipline in school and it was just hard to get used to. He got his degree in computer science.

When he was 12, he taught himself how to build websites, so he became a website builder for video games. He knew he wanted to be able to buy things that his parents could not afford, so he wanted to earn his own money. His Uncle was his first client and he built websites for his preschools. He then moved into IT Support and had other clients that he would fix their computers and websites. Ian has started several companies as an adult and is currently the Founder of PeerHustle.com.

Ian has an amazing hustle and he shares the full story in this episode. Ian talks about the following:

• What his first payment from his website services was
• His annual revenue from his ventures
• Ways he bartered for things besides money to get what he wanted
• How he was frugal with his own money
• How he convinced his friend to do a start up in an hour (Leximo)
• How he educated himself on business
• What happened to Leximo in the end
• The largest amount of traffic and publicity that Leximo received
• The doors that Leximo opened for him
• How he got the most expensive camera that he wanted to get
• How he started a video production company
• The unique way he set his pricing structure for his videography company
• Why he increased his rate when he got busy
• How he implemented Grant Cardone’s advice and it worked for his business
• When the time was right to hire his first employee
• What his best advertising method was
• How Yelp advertising works
• What is TopTal.com and how Ian used it, loved it and got banned from it
• His content marketing strategy for his podcast
• His plan for PeerHustle.com
• Why you shouldn’t overthink things and you should just dive in

Connect with Ian:

Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

Email: ian [at]peerhustle[dot]com

Get the app:  Peer Hustle