#58 – Hiring Superstar Apprentices For Your Business /w Justin Cooke

What you will learn

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How superstar apprentices can benefit your business
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Apprentices vs outsourced teams vs full time staff
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Which sites to use to hire apprentices
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How to screen and interview to find the best candidates
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How much to pay an apprentice
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How to manage apprentices and turn them into superstars

In October last year, I met Justin and several of his apprentices at a conference in Bangkok. I was impressed by what I saw so wanted to get Justin on the podcast and pick his brains to find out how he runs his the apprentice program over at Empire Flippers.
Resources Mentioned In This Episode

* Tropical MBA

Full Transcript
Mark: Hey guys Mark here, and welcome to the Authority Hacker podcast. Today is episode number 58 and we're talking about hiring superstar apprentices for your business, and I am going to be joined by a very special guest, Justin Cooke from Empire Flippers, and today we're going to go through how superstar apprentices can benefit your business, how they compare to regular staff, which sites to use to hire them, how to screen them, how to interview them, even how much to pay them, so if that sound interesting, then please stay tuned. The url for this podcast will be authorityhacker.com/apprenticepodcast and if you have any questions for me or Justin just post them in there in the comment section below. Now, I am recording this intro after we actually did the interview, but one small mistake I made several times which will become quite obvious is I used the phrase "intern" in place of "apprentice". Really, it means much the same thing in this context, so don't let that confuse you too much. But, enough of me talking, let's enjoy the interview.

Hey Justin, welcome to the show. How are you doing today?

Justin: Good man, thanks for having me on buddy.

Mark: Cool. And where in the world are you at the moment? You are in Vietnam, is that right?

Justin: I am in Saigon, Vietnam. I actually just went back and listened to your first episode, don't you hate when people do that, they go back and listen to your episodes- I went back and listened to it, and there was a part where you were talking about conferences and how the best parts of conferences are when you are at the bar with other guys, you've had a couple of drinks, and they are just kind of talking business, they are not on stage, kind of given the fluffy stuff, they are like okay here is the real me, here is where I just totally screwed up and then you get to get some, I hope you guys have some scotch in your hand, we are going to get into it today.

Mark: [laugh] Yes, so for anyone listening, Justin and I met last year at DCBKK in Bangkok and I think you guys sponsored the opening party, was that right?

Justin: Yeah, but it were known as kind of the party crowd, so that makes sense.

Mark: So it's you have to blame for all those horrible hangovers I had there.

Justin: That's right.

Mark: Alright, so today we are going to be talking about hiring interns, which is something I've seen you guys first hand do very successfully. But, first just in case anyone doesn't know who you are, you run Empire Flippers, which is essentially like a website broker/ platform, is that right?

Justin: Yeah, you got that right, it's like a marketplace/ brokerage where we help others buy sell and invest in websites and online businesses.

Mark: Cool. And how many people work for you at the moment?

Justin: So, there is Joe and I,