Business Outlaws

Everybody who’s ever seen a movie is familiar with the Hero’s Journey. But you don’t actually have to watch any movies to see the Hero’s Journey in action...because it’s literally programmed into your DNA.In this episode of Business Outlaws, special guest James Bonnet joins BigMike and Chris “Bulldog” Collins to talk about the most fundamental part of self-transformation: understanding the archetype of the Hero’s Journey and rising above the veil between your lower self and your higher self. Only once you’ve ascended to this higher plane can you see yourself — and all the tricks assholes use to try to manipulate you — objectively. Every human mind is wired to respond to it, but only a small percentage of us actually understand and use it. Here’s your opportunity to join that small percentage.“The Hero’s Journey is the single most powerful blueprint that I could have possibly learned in life,” BigMike says as he discusses how his experience at one of Bonnet’s seminars expanded his personal toolbox and made him

On this week’s Business Edible podcast, the Business Outlaws break down one key lifestyle hack that all high-performing CEOs and entrepreneurs share. It won’t be easy, but this one thing will make a huge impact to your productivity. After listening to the ep, visit BusinessOutlaws.com to get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage. Plus, don’t forget to follow @BusinessOutlaws to access even more awesome content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you make money without selling out? That’s what Damon Dash — music producer, entrepreneur, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, and contributor to memoir Culture Vultures — came to the studio to discuss with BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx on this episode of Business Outlaws.  “I gave the culture a voice, I still fight for it, and I made ’em rich!” Dash says as he vents his frustrations with the music industry, millennial mindsets, what people imagine goes into building a successful business versus what really goes into it, and the “money guys” who prey on artists to profit off their talent. “A money guy buys shit,” he continues, “a good, cool motherfucker builds it.”The conversation becomes heated when Damon accuses BigMike of working with the money guys and being a traitor to his industry. “It’s about me. I personally want to see how far I can climb that fucking ladder,” BigMike shoots back. When Damon asks BigMike to explain how he gauges his success, the conversation tu

In this week’s Business Edible, the Outlaws teach you how to rewire your brain to avoid unnecessary drama and distractions that could be detrimental to your business. Learn about what BigMike and Chris Collins do daily to avoid the catastrophic mentally within all of us. After listening to the episode, visit BusinessOutlaws.com to get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage. Plus, don’t forget to follow @BusinessOutlaws to access even more awesome content.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There’s marketing, and then there’s sales. They’re not the same thing, but one without the other is sure to lead to failure for your company. On this episode of Business Outlaws, David Garfinkel, renowned author and copywriting coach who personally mentored BigMike, breaks down what effective direct response marketing is and how it works.You can’t just expect people to see your product and buy it. You need to show them why they need it, which is why you need to use direct response marketing. And to use direct response marketing effectively, you have to dig deep into your target audience’s psyche to see your product from their point of view.Garfinkel shows BigMike and Chris “Bulldog” Collins how this works by using BigMike’s Blends as an example. He introduces a generic-sounding, ineffective ad that touts the pre-roll as “bigger than big, Mikey-er than Mike, blendier than blend,” and then immediately contrasts it with an ad that hooks the target audience of BigMike’s Blends by weeding out anybody else who migh

In this week's Business Edible, Chris Collins asks BigMike to give his 24-year-old self one crucial piece of advice for making it in the entrepreneurial world. BigMike advises on how you must own your journey and pave your own path, regardless of everyone else's opinion. Listen now and learn how to up your game today. After listening to the ep, visit BusinessOutlaws.com to get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage. Plus, don’t forget to follow @BusinessOutlaws to access even more awesome content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How much money is enough to satisfy you? If you had to choose a dollar amount that would make you say “I’ve got what I need, I can retire happy now,” what would that dollar amount be? That’s what BigMike asks “Boston” George Jung in this episode of Business Outlaws. It’s not an easy question to answer, and it’s not something most people ever really think about. But when he was facing jail time and the prospect of losing everything he’d built, BigMike asked himself that very question. And in his years as one of the most prolific cocaine smugglers in the world, chronicled in the Johnny Depp film Blow, Jung faced this same dilemma. “I was a thrill junkie,” guest “Boston” George Jung tells BigMike and Chris “Bulldog” Collins in this episode of Business Outlaws. Jung’s no stranger to immeasurably huge financial success and the dangerous realities that come with pursuing it. You’ve seen Blow and heard Jung’s name, but here’s your only opportunity to listen to him tell his story in his own words. It’s not

In this week’s Business Edible, BigMike asks Chris Collins to give his 24-year-old self the hard-hitting advice he believes every young entrepreneur needs. Hint: It’s applicable to anyone, regardless of your life path. Listen now and find out how to up your game today. After listening to the ep, visit BusinessOutlaws.com to get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage. Plus, don’t forget to follow @BusinessOutlaws to access even more awesome content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To become the youngest heavyweight boxing champion ever, Mike Tyson had to be more than a badass boxer. He also had to be a boxer audiences wanted to buy tickets to see battle it out in the ring. Do you have a persona that consumers want to buy from?BigMike and Chris “Bulldog” Collins both identify as introverts, but you wouldn’t know it from their public personas. “People wanna see excitement,” Tyson explains as the trio talk creating alter egos and living up to the personalities we construct for ourselves. “I created who I am,” Tyson continues, “I am Mike Tyson.”Establishing a persona is just one way of mentally preparing for success. Another is repeatedly playing out your success in your mind, over and over again until it feels natural, much like an athlete does drills in the gym to be faster and stronger. “Most people think there’s an easy button — ‘Mike Tyson, he’s a champ and I’m gonna be that,’” BigMike says. “They have no fucking clue the amount of time, effort, dedication and work that goes into that

In this week’s Business Edible, BigMike and Chris Collins give you the tips you need to have a Master’s Mindset. Listen now and find out how you, yourself can have the mindset of God. After listening to the ep, visit BusinessOutlaws.com to get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage. Plus, don’t forget to follow @BusinessOutlaws to access even more awesome content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you ever found yourself longing to journey down the road less traveled? Entrepreneurs are the pioneers of the business world, but those who dare to seek profit in fringe industries have to navigate a different mind field of challenges the run of the mill business owner wouldn’t face.In episode 37 of Business Outlaws, BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and CEO of CANN Media group Darren Roberts reflect on the challenges they’ve faced while blazing new trails in fringe industries.After 17 years at the helm of the media conglomerate AVN, Darren Roberts found great challenges coping with stressors from his professional life impacting his personal. At one point, his children were shunned at school, because of their father’s choice of profession. BigMike relates, as he himself has worked hard to overcome society’s perception of him in the cannabis business. At the core of this episode of Business Outlaws, we learn the the knife cuts both ways in cutting edge industries from porn to cannabis and beyond. Once

In this week’s Business Edibles, BigMike and Chris Collin give you a much-needed “gut punch” to bring you back to reality. The Outlaws discuss how every aspect of your life is 100 percent your responsibility — no excuses. After listening to the ep, visit BusinessOutlaws.com to get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage from the recording. Plus, don’t forget to follow @BusinessOutlaws to access even more awesome content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nobody wants to be the bad guy. But sometimes, you’ve gotta play the part in order to be the good guy. In Part 2 of Eric Edmeades’ conversation with BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx, he talks about emotional needs and how they warp our perspectives and drive our interactions with the people we build success with.At the beginning, many people start out as one-person operations. You’re the CEO, you’re the accountant, you’re the marketing team, and you’re the one producing whatever it is that’s gonna make you rich. Staying in that solopreneur role is going to keep you at the bottom of the food chain — you have to surround yourself with people who can help you rise to the top. But here’s the catch: Once you’ve got people helping you, you’re responsible for their work environment and culture. And that doesn’t just mean setting up a nice office — it also means being the type of leader who cultivates healthy, motivated mindsets within their team. Your employees don’t think like you do, but y

What are you afraid of? There’s no shame in admitting that you’re afraid of your business failing. You’ll never meet a business owner who isn’t afraid of failure. But while some people let that fear keep them working for the man, others accept that any time there’s a chance for success, there’s a chance for failure. Those are the guys and gals you wanna emulate. In this episode of Business Outlaws, serial entrepreneur and WildFit founder Eric Edmeades join BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx to talk about where fear factors into how we think about our businesses and why most of our fears are completely irrational. “We live in the safest times in the history of times,” Edmeades explains. Even knowing that, it’s difficult to step off the safe path we’ve mentally carved out for ourselves. “Our primal programming is still there, man,” BigMike adds. Changing how you view your fears will change how you lead your company, but that’s not the only relationship you need to change to optimize

Bubbles develop in every industry. And they get bigger and bigger and bigger...until they pop. It happened in the tech industry, it happened in the housing market and it’s gonna happen in the cannabis market. How is your business equipped to ride out a bubble in your industry?In this episode of Business Outlaws, PRØHBTD CEO and founder Drake Sutton-Shearer joins BigMike and Chris “Bulldog” Collins for a chat about the current issues affecting the cannabis industry and what’s in store for its future. Even if you’re not in the cannabis industry, listen to this episode because understanding how regulatory changes and market bubbles work is critical for any entrepreneur. No matter what field you’re in, understanding these realities and developing strategies for coping with them are what separate bubble survivors from the businesses that die and get forgotten.As BigMike and Sutton-Shearer talk about the cannabis industry, listen to the examples they cover and think about similar situations in your industry. As Big

When you were a kid, you probably heard the old cliché that “you can be anything you want to be,” trotted out on a near daily basis. But nowadays, we’re living in a world where it’s actually true, thanks to virtual reality — which exists because of the driven, creative people who design and build these new virtual worlds.In our latest episode of Business Outlaws, Brent Bushnell, CEO and co-founder of high-tech amusement park Two Bit Circus, Brent Bushnell joins BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx to talk about his experiences turning his ideas into reality.“Creativity happens at the intersection of domains,” Bushnell explains as he discusses the hard work that goes into being creative. He also discusses how discomfort can push a person to make creative choices and how building a successful business isn’t one sweeping, theatrical move, but rather, a series of choices and learning opportunities. “There are two emotions in entrepreneurship,” he says. “Stark terror and total elation.”On

In Part 2 of the Business Outlaws interview with Tim Larkin, creator of Target Focus Training and author of Survive the Unthinkable and When Violence is the Answer, BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx continue their discussion on protecting yourself in violent situations by understanding how predators view your body. In business, the same principle applies — to protect yourself from the people who can hurt you, you’ve got to think how they think.Larkin illustrates this point by sharing a story about how a drug trafficker used his daughter’s presence during a vehicle stop to mentally disarm the officer who stopped him, giving the trafficker the opportunity to attack the officer. Thinking like the people who threaten your success isn’t an automatic process, but it’s a necessary one for any entrepreneur. As BigMike said, “There’s a monster in all of us. We just don’t want to face it.” Knowing when to unleash the monster can save your life and your business.Once you’ve finished listening to the e

It’s an unfortunate reality that violence exists in our world. We all move in and out of situations on a daily basis that can potentially become violent — you might not realize it because most of these situations don’t become destructive, but that doesn’t mean the risk is any less acute. How are you prepared to defend yourself in a violent situation?In this episode of Business Outlaws, BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx meet with Tim Larkin, creator of Target Focus Training and author of Survive the Unthinkable: A Total Guide to Women’s Self-Protection and When Violence is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake. Tim talks about the importance of developing situational awareness and learning how to discern antisocial aggression from asocial violent situations. These are weapons everybody needs in their arsenal, because when you’re facing violence, you have no choice but to defend yourself.After listening to this episode, visit BusinessOutlaws.com to access exc

How do you recover from an extreme setback, like going to prison? What’s your plan for rebuilding your life and your brand after you’ve hit rock bottom? In this episode of Business Outlaws, BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx chat with “Freeway” Rick Ross, convicted drug trafficker who’s now rebuilding his life and business after spending 13 years in prison as part of a life sentence.“No matter how low you get, you can always build yourself back up,” Ross says to the Business Outlaws during an honest look at his life. He goes on to explain to our hosts the importance of being thankful for what you have and recognizing the opportunities you’ve been given. He talks about how he got into illegal drug trafficking, the wins and losses he faced, and how he survived as the head of an illicit empire. Ross also discusses how he supported his community during the height of his drug-trafficking operation, receiving community support after making himself the solution to the challenges people in his neigh

Psychopath. Sociopath. Narcissist. Codependent. Gaslighting. Triangulation. You’ve likely heard all these terms before, but can you accurately define them? More importantly, can you recognize them in yourself and in the people you interact with? In this episode of Business Outlaws, BigMike, Chris “Bulldog” Collins and host Jayme Foxx dive down the rabbit hole of Cluster B personality disorders and how they manifest in the business world.Chris gives an anecdote about a point in his career where he was taken advantage of because he didn’t have the tools then to protect himself from a ruthless “business partner.” BigMike defines the terms listed above, giving examples from his own life and discussing strategies you should use to protect yourself from energy vampires who just want to use and abuse you in every area of your life, not just in your business.Once you’ve listened to the episode, check out BusinessOutlaws.com for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage from the episode. For more content from th