{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Brian Rodgers: Make Your Passion, Your Niche Market","description":"Episode Highlights: [01:04] Smoking vegetables? What? [01:52] Why Brian is an innovator in smoking vegetables and vegetable based BBQ sauces. [03:00] Kansas City - serious BBQ people. [03:58] How Brian went from 300 pounds to slim using plant based BBQ and smoked vegetables. [06:17] Brian taps into something and get's blown away by the response. [09:32] How Brian has innovated in the past before he set sights on BBQ sauce. [13:16] Internet entrepreneurs are not always good at implementing and you must be to succeed. [16:57] Why you need to pick the right subject to be an expert on and how to identify it. [20:41] Why Brian has and is working so hard to be the recognized expert in plant based BBQ. [21:28] Brand building over sales. [22:15] People are looking for a lot more than just variations on a theme in today's connected and overwhelming digital world. [25:41] Why Brian would rather build and sell a company for 20 million than build one to the point where he could sell it for 200 million. [27:27] Why Brian decided years ago that he didn't want to rest on his laurels and stop building successful businesses. [29:55] For some reason, even after changing his life and cutting his weight in half, when he looks in the mirror, he still sees himself as 300 pounds. [31:33] Even a therapy or side-hustle can lead to building a business empire. [38:37] Brian's amazing answer to the question: How do I make money online? ","author_name":"ProfitCast","author_url":"http:\/\/profit.io\/profitcast","html":"