The Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast

Sam Priestley dives into modern day lifestyle entrepreneurship. What is working, what isn’t, and how exactly do you build a business that funds the life you want to live?

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“Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.” – Walter Chrysler

Most Recent Podcast Episodes

All of the following episodes can be listened to in any order. So find a subject you’re interested in and start there!

#60: Survive & Thrive During The Virus | Part 3 – Invest!

Mar 26, 2020

Three-part series on my strategy to cope with and financially benefit from the coronavirus and the related financial crisis.

  • Part 1 – reduce risk in our investments, businesses and personal life.
  • (this episode) Part 2 – earn more money. We’re going to need it!
  • Part 3 – invest in opportunities. Extraordinary times means extraordinary deals

Resources mentioned in this episode of The Lazy Entrepreneur:

Recommended episodes of The Lazy Entrepreneur the podcast:

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#59: Survive & Thrive During The Virus | Part 2 – Earn More Money

Mar 24, 2020

Three-part series on my strategy to cope with and financially benefit from the coronavirus and the related financial crisis.

  • Part 1 – reduce risk in our investments, businesses and personal life.
  • (this episode) Part 2 – earn more money. We’re going to need it!
  • Part 3 – invest in opportunities. Extraordinary times means extraordinary deals

Resources mentioned in this episode of The Lazy Entrepreneur:

Recommended episodes of The Lazy Entrepreneur the podcast:

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#58: Survive & Thrive During The Virus | Part 1 – Reduce Risk

Mar 22, 2020

Three-part series on my strategy to cope with and financially benefit from the coronavirus and the related financial crisis.

  • Part 1 – reduce risk in our investments, businesses and personal life.
  • Part 2 – earn more money. We’re going to need it!
  • Part 3 – invest in opportunities. Extraordinary times means extraordinary deals

Resources mentioned in this episode of The Lazy Entrepreneur:

Recommended episodes of The Lazy Entrepreneur the podcast:

  • #50: Most Businesses Can Be Run Remotely, Just Worse
  • #37: If You Can Plan A Wedding You Can Start A Business
  • #9: Serendipity – Position Yourself To Benefit From Lucky Opportunities

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Bonus: Stopping Slavery As A Digital Nomad With Buddy Rathmell

Jan 15, 2020

Buddy is a missionary and digital nomad. He is the founder of the not-for-profit stopslavery.org and supports himself and his work through online business.

Buddy also provides coaching and accountability. For a special discount of $99 and a 14-day free trial for listeners please go to: pleasekickmybutt.com/lazy

The charities that Buddy spoke about on this episode of The Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast are:

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#55: Five Stories Of Professional Gamblers Who Made Millions

Nov 28, 2019

I tell Emma the stories behind five professional gamblers who each managed to beat the system and make a fortune in completely different ways.

The documentaries mentioned in this episode:

Recommended Listening:

  • Episode 11: My Professional Gambling Story – Matched Betting & Arbitrage
  • Episode 33: Value Betting
  • Episode 51: Betfair Trading
  • Episode 53: Sharbing

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#54: What’s The Point Of Being An Outlaw When You Got Responsibilities?

Sep 17, 2019

What’s the point of being an entrepreneur when you got responsibilities?

In this episode, we talk about the motivations for becoming an entrepreneur. How the control and freedom that drove many of us to start a business is often at odds with the realities of running a business.

Recommended Listening:

  • Episode 50: Most Businesses Can Be Run Remotely, Just Worse
  • Episode 21: The Story Of My Tech Startup
  • Episode 20: What Does It Mean To Be Successful?
  • Episode 9: Serendipity – Position Yourself To Benefit From Lucky Opportunities

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#53: Sharbing – Making Money Arbing Betting Shops

Sep 4, 2019

Running around London in disguises trying to place as many bets as possible without getting banned. I tell Emma a story about the time towards the end of my professional gambling career where we built a syndicate of runners who would travel around the UK placing bets for us. 

Recommended Listening:

  • Episode 11: My Professional Gambling Story – Matched Betting & Arbitrage
  • Episode 33: Value Betting
  • Episode 51: Betfair Trading

Resources Mentioned In This Episode Of The Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast:

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#52: How To Deal With Amazon Seller Support

Aug 21, 2019

If you are selling on Amazon FBA then you will have had issues and had to deal with Amazon Seller Support. Maybe they didn’t even let you set up an account. They are notoriously bad and even if you are in the right, you can come up against a brick wall. But don’t despair. In this episode, we discuss hints and tips to help you deal with them and get what you want.

Recommended Listening:

  • Episode 7: How To Manage International Logistics As A One-Person Business
  • Episode 13: How To Start An Amazon FBA Business
  • Episode 24: How To Do Accounting For Your Amazon FBA Business

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