Ryan Carson - Baremetrics

Written by Josh Pigford | July 10, 2018

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This week I talk with Ryan Carson, Founder of Treehouse! In this episode we talk about moving to England on a whim, learning how to manage a team, starting a conference company, how Ryan found his true calling, what’s wrong with education today and more!

Show Notes

2:05- Powerful life skills
3:56- Y2K Solutions
5:45- How upbringing influenced journey in helping others
6:30- “Things can be taken away as quickly as they can be earned”
7:30- Karma
8:10- Interacting with humans…Just be nice!
9:20- You have to have healthy conflict to be effective
10:00- Clear expectations
10:30- Resources for management
12:00- Learning how to be a manager the hard way

*Book Recommendation*: The Speed of Trust

13:20- Trust is built, not earned
14:50- “You don’t need a college degree to succeed anymore”
15:38- Pre-Treehouse…Moving to England!
19:20- Starting the first company
21:55- Fallback plan for the next “thing”
22:40- How to Build Enterprise PHP Web Apps
24:30- Creative Fight Club
28:04- Right time, right idea
30:10- Sold $10k sponsorship to Adobe
30:50- Wake up call!
31:45- Change more lives
32:48- Transition in business plan/scope
33:38- Think Vitamin and the beginning of Treehouse
36:50- Creating talent
37:35- Staying focused
38:48- How Treehouse has changed from the Think Vitamin blog creation to now
41:05- “The purpose of my life is to empower other people”
42:02- The next year for Treehouse

How to reach Ryan: Twitter

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