Dane Maxwell wants you to experience true freedom (even if you have zero ideas, cash, experience, or confidence)

Dane Maxwell, Start from Zero, Bootstrapping, Lifestyle Business, System

Nine years ago I interviewed the entrepreneur you’re about to meet. At the time of that conversation, he was building a lifestyle business when everyone else was seeking venture funding.

Dane Maxwell is the founder of Paperless Pipeline, the real estate transaction and commission management system that agents and brokers actually enjoy using.

I’ve watched his business grow over the years and now it’s essentially running without him. He’s out with a new book that teaches other entrepreneurs to get the freedom he was able to create.

Dane Maxwell

Start from Zero

Dane Maxwell is the founder of Paperless Pipeline, the real estate transaction and commission management system that agents and brokers actually enjoy using.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And nine years ago, I interviewed the entrepreneur you’re about to get to know about . . . We talked a lot over the years about a lot of different things. The top thing was you were building a lifestyle software company at a time when everyone seemed to want to go in the other direction, which is raise money. I feel like today nobody even talks about a lifestyle business. It was the phrase that venture capitalists gave businesses that were profitable and didn’t want venture capital. Like, you love your lifestyle so much that you’re not going to go big. We’re going to dismiss you by calling you a lifestyle entrepreneur. And that was the thing that was going on at the time and you said, “No, I’m comfortable with that. Call me a lifestyle entrepreneur. Yeah, it is bootstrapped....

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