Trend Following With Michael Covel

My guest today is Chris Ducker, a serial entrepreneur and author of the bestseller, "Virtual Freedom", and more recently, "Rise of the Youpreneur". He owns and operates several businesses, that combined house over 400 full-time employees internationally. He's also a trusted international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, as well as the founder of Youpreneur.com - the leading personal brand business education company in the world. The topic is his book Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The definition of virtual freedom How Ducker came from the cubicle originally, and how he got to be the location independent entrepreneur he is now How Ducker became a "virtual CEO" The idea of a "superhero syndrome" The idea of a virtual, international staff The process of finding a VA (virtual assistant) The two types of outsourcing Hiring for the role--not for the tas