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Podcast: Employee To Boss: Entrepreneurship, Side Hustles, and Business Growth Tips from Experts
Episode: 143. Business is Just a Game of Chess with Timothy Abadilla, Masterpiece Chess Academy in Los Angeles
Description: What does it take to turn a niche skill into a thriving local business? In this episode I sit down with Timothy Abadilla, founder of Masterpiece Chess Academy in Los Angeles, to talk about how he went from Uber driver and preschool assistant to running one of the most active chess programs in Southern California. And spoiler alert — it’s not just about loving chess.Tim shares his full journey from employee to boss, the creative ways he attracted his first clients (hint: Pokémon was involved), and how his strategic thinking from chess carries over into how h...