The Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast

How I launched and sold a tech startup in under a year. And why it wasn't as big a success as it sounds. Show notes at SamPriestley.com

Sam gets asked questions by his readers about his views on Brexit, homeownership, job offers and mistakes. A new format. To ask a question on the Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast simply email it to hello@sampriestley.com. Show notes at SamPriestley.com

I believe that what society thinks of as success, or who they label as a successful person, is just plain wrong. In this episode of The Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast, Sam & Emma Priestley discuss a new definition of success and how they look to achieve it.

The eight ways you can earn money from your online presence. Plus a discussion on the ethical considerations of each. This is not about how to build a website or get followers, but how to turn those followers into money once you already have them. Whether you are a YouTuber, blogger or Instagram influencer. Extra resources at SamPriestley.com

It's important to regularly look back and asses how your businesses are doing. So in this episode of The Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast, Sam Priestley takes a look back at how his businesses have developed over the last year. An honest look at the successes and failures.

Sam & Emma Priestley talks through the details of how they started one of their businesses Pipehouse Gin.

I often credit my success to my laziness and fear of the 9-5. But now that I work on businesses I love, we investigate what can be done to get me off the couch and doing something productive.

One of the biggest mistakes I see with new entrepreneurs is they are trying to build a business that isn't scalable. They either don't think about it or assume that due to economies of scale things will get cheaper. Unfortunately, that is not normally true and a lot of people find themselves doing a business that is impossible to scale.

Sam & Emma talk about their experiences as location independent digital nomads. Why they decided to stop and settle down and why after two years they are now thinking of becoming digital nomads again.

Sam Priestley goes into detail on how to start an Amazon FBA business and how to succeed through 2019 and beyond.

Sam and Emma talk about how their comfort zones, how they have been shrinking and what they can do to help them grow.

Sam Priestley talks about his first business and how it led to his six years as a professional gambler. Everything from simple matched betting to running around London in disguises placing bets. 

This is an interview I did for the podcast Life, Love & Entrepreneurship back in 2015. It is fairly short but I think gives you quite a good insight into the way I think, enjoy!

It is very hard to compete in an already established industry but it is also very difficult to create a whole new industry yourself. So in this episode, Sam Priestley talks about a fundamental concept behind how he positions his businesses: find a new angle to compete in already saturated marketplaces. An angle where you are the market leader.

Sam Priestley talks about one of the ideas central to the way he does business. Serendipity. And how he prepares himself and remains ready for unforeseen opportunities.