The Joypreneur

The path of the creative entrepreneur with Carlos Saba from the Happy Startup School

Episode Summary

We talk about the spectrum of artist versus business person and the question: what moves one to create? Is it from the inside out or is it rather seeing a market need and solving a problem? Carlos shares that this question is a struggle between his heart and his mind. At the end, we come up with a model with four quadrants together, to determine how creative and how entrepreneurial one is. He shares the three-step iterative process that it takes to build a company that makes money does good and makes you happy. This journey of these three steps or rather principles is not easy, but simple and fulfilling.

Episode Notes

We talk about:

• 3:50 Always wanting to make progress vs doing nothing, sleep hygiene 
• 7:34 How teaching and learning are connected 
• 9:38 How his quest to live a meaningful life has led him to become a scientist, then web monkey, agency owner und ultimately to start the Happy Startup School
• 13:54 A passion vs a curiosity 
• 16:13 How he discovered how he can make more impact by serving startups 
• 20:08 The concept of the artist vs the business person: what drives someone to create? 
• 22:54 The challenge between mind vs heart
• 23:46 The journey from entrepreneur to artist, when what you make becomes tiring vs the fear what if noone wants what I create? 
• 25:29 How community building comes in as a tool
• 26:03 How to treat work more like play and be less attached to the outcome 
• 29:09 How stories can help to communicate value  
• 31:39 The three step iterative process to create a business that makes money, does good and makes you happy 
• 34:42 The quadrant model of how entrepreneurial and creative you are 
• 38:06: Associations with a Joypreneur

Quote

34:26: When we go out and we make things in the world, we start to learn more about ourselves and we start actually through learning about ourselves, start creating the world that we want to live in. - Carlos Saba 

About  Carlos

Carlos Saba helps second time round entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses that make effortless impact. He does this by helping them discover who they really want to serve and what they can create that is of value. Then, he shares tools, experiences and approaches to turn those learnings into actual products and services. All the while keeping happiness at the core.

Connect with Carlos

• http://thehappystartupschool.com
• The membership community: https://www.happystartups.co
• Carlos on Linkedin
• The Happy Entrepreneur Podcast: http://ahappy.link/listen
• The Blog: http://ahappy.link/read
   

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