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#2251 Boast: Community Built to $20 million Revenue

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:00:54 +0000

Lloyed Lobo believes anyone could have founded Boast, a company designed to help businesses secure R&D tax credits. However, when asked about why he built it to tens of millions in revenue when others didn’t, he attributes it to community. Lloyed cultivated a network of entrepreneurs through local meetups and a significant annual conference, many of whom became Boast clients. He details his community-building journey in his book, “From Grassroots to Greatness,” and in our interview.

Lloyed Lobo is the founder of Boast, which helps companies find and claim their R&D tax credits. And the author of From Grassroots To Greatness, the book that explains how he built Boast by building a community and teaches others how to create their own communities.

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#2250 SocialBee Faked a Software Company

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:57:08 +0000

Today, SocialBee is a fully functional social media management tool. But at first, it was a guy secretly servicing his customers by using publicly available tools like Google Sheets and Zapier. That buy was Ovi Negrean. In this interview, he talks about how he did that, while his cofounder wrote their company’s software. And how the services part of his business turned out to be a revenue machine that turned into a business of its own, called ConciergeBee.

Ovi Negrean is a co-founder of SocialBee, the social media management platform.

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#2249 Anyword: $10 MM / Year Selling AI for Marketers

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:00:48 +0000

Yaniv Makover didn’t intend to launch Anyword, the AI writing tool for marketers. He set out to help publishers like the New York Times buy social media ads so they could grow their readerships. At first, humans wrote those ads. Then, one day, he experimented with getting writing help from BERT, the tool Google released in 2018, long before OpenAI launched ChatGPT. It was clunky and flawed, but Yaniv was convinced this was the future. This is the story of how Yaniv’s company hustled, and defied death, to capture the opportunity to create AI writing software company.

Yaniv Makover is the cofounder and CEO of Anyword, the AI performance writing platform for marketing results.

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#2248 SiteGPT From Weekend Project to $15,000 Monthly

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:17:10 +0000

Seven months ago, Bhanu Teja P saw his Twitter timeline fill with AI talk. He had an idea. What if web users could use a chat-like experience to talk with the content of their sites? He wasn’t sure it would go anywhere, but it would be a good way for him to learn about AI. So he spent a weekend building what became SiteGPT. It took off immediately.

Bhanu Teja P is the founder of two sites: Feather, which turns Notion into a published blog, and SiteGPT, which enables web publishers to answer their visitors’ questions with a personalized chatbot trained on their website content.

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#2247 1 Change Got Wistia a $6 Mil Profit

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:00:40 +0000

The change: cutting expenses. Wistia was on track to lose $3 million per year when the founders bought out their investors with borrowed money. Chris Savage & Brendan Schwartz told me that meant the Wistia team had to be maniacal about cutting costs. But why couldn’t they do it before? And cutting expenses isn’t enough to grow a business? What else did they do? Catch the interview and see.

Chris Savage & Brendan Schwartz are cofounder of Wistia, the video marketing platform for businesses.

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#2246 OYO’s One Change Made Billions

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:00:27 +0000

Ritesh Agarwal was an entrepreneurial teen in India who loved to travel. So he created a travel search engine. One obstacle to growth was the subpar customer service provided by the local hotels. So he tried something novel: he helped hotels improve. He modernized their lightbulbs. Rewarded staff when customers gave high reviews. Etc. It worked. Hotel owners loved the new, higher occupancy. When Ritesh created a franchise option for them, they signed up. Today you can see his company’s name – OYO – on hotels all over the world, which led OYO to a multi-billion dollar valuation.

Ritesh Agarwal is the founder of OYO, the multinational hospitality platform

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#2245 RE/MAX Founder

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:00:16 +0000

I feel like Dave Liniger is a self-help made man. On the verge of quitting real estate, a transformative seminar reignited his determination and radically changed his business trajectory. When his wife was in a coma, he infused their hospital room with motivational tapes. The two of them left the hospital stronger than anyone could have expected. Liniger’s insights were instrumental making RE/MAX into a thriving, publicly-traded real estate juggernaut. Moreover, his entrepreneurial flair extends to diverse ventures including a sandwich chain and a golf course. Now, he’s passing his self-improvement message to others on his podcast, Ambition and Grit.

Founder of RE/MAX, short for Real Estate Maximums, it is an international real estate company that operates through a franchise system.

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#2244 Million Dollar Company You Could’ve Built

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:00:44 +0000

Yaro Starak had a problem we all experienced: too much email. It was important, but it also kept him from doing real work. So he hired an assistant to answer his email. It’s a bit scary to pass your inbox to someone else, but it worked. The weight was lifted. He was more productive. So he decided to try offering it as a service. This is the story of how that service went from idea to million dollar a year business called InboxDone.

InboxDone is a service where virtual executive assistants can answer your email with the same tone and approach you would and get you to inbox zero.

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#2243 Supermarket Billionaire: John Catsimatidis

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:00:17 +0000

There’s no money in owning markets, John Catsimatidis told me. So how did he become a billionaire? He leveraged his supermarkets to buy real estate, gas stations, and more. Owning the markets protected his downside, as he explains in his book, “How Far Do You Want to Go?” and in this interview.

John Catsimatidis is a Greek-American businessman and philanthropist. He was born on September 7, 1948, in Nisyros, Greece. Catsimatidis is the owner and CEO of the Red Apple Group, a conglomerate that includes interests in oil refining, convenience stores, real estate, and supermarkets. He is also the founder and owner of Gristedes Foods, a grocery store chain in New York City. Catsimatidis has been involved in politics, running for mayor of New York City in 2013 as a Republican.

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#2212 How to set up a DAO

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:00:22 +0000

This interview is unlike my typical Mixergy interview as you’ll hear in this episode. I’m talking to Ben Huh, the founder of Origami, Ben Huh is the founder of Origami, which helps launch and grow DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations, through a combination of software and services. I’ve become fascinated with DAOs and want to learn how they’re built.

Ben Huh is the founder of Origami, which helps launch and grow DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations, through a combination of software and services.

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#2211 Crime Scene Cleanup as a business

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:00:43 +0000

I was nervous to do today’s interview because my guest today has built an amazing business but it’s the kind of business that typically stays hidden. Laura Spaulding is the founder of Spaulding Decon, a franchised decontamination service to offer crime scene, hoarding and meth-lab cleanup. One of the things I find amazing about her story is how she turned this business into a media machine by leveraging social media.

Laura Spaulding is the founder of Spaulding Decon, a franchised decontamination service to offer crime scene, hoarding and meth-lab cleanup.

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#2210 A solution for tracking and managing subscriptions

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:00:53 +0000

Joining me is a guy who started out in a small mining town in India with no running water. He ended up with a job at a major American company and still wasn’t satisfied. He said, “I’ve gotta start my own business.” He had a failure and then a success and now he is back with yet another company. I invited him here to talk about that process. Indus Khaitan is the founder of Quolum, a business expense card, which ensures money is only spent on SaaS purchases.

Indus Khaitan is the founder of Quolum, a business expense card, which ensures money is only spent on SaaS purchases.

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#2209 How DocSend sold to Dropbox for $165,000,000

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:00:54 +0000

When you hear that today’s guest sold his document sharing startup to Dropbox for $165M you might wonder how someone could be so lucky. Well, as you’ll hear in this interview, it was not an easy journey. Russ Heddleston is the founder of DocSend which was acquired by Dropbox.

Russ Heddleston is the founder of DocSend which was acquired by Dropbox.

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#2208 Demystifying selling on Amazon

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:00:14 +0000

Tomer Rabinovich is an Amazon seller and author of the new book, Ride the Amazon Wave: The Pro Seller’s Guide to Private Label Success. I want to find out what he’s learned from selling on the platform.

Tomer Rabinovich is a top seller on Amazon.

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#2207 Become an investor with as little as $50K

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:00:18 +0000

Imagine you are someone who’s deep into a sector of tech, like maybe you’re the crypto person who really studies this, who understands it has inside access to the founders, or SaaS, or some other sector. And you say, “You know what? I’d like to make an investment in a company that wants me as one of their investors, because they want me to give feedback. But you don’t wanna put in all your money.” Well, what you could do through VAUBAN is create a Special Purpose Vehicle, go and raise money from others, maybe smaller amounts from other people, put it together with your money, and then invest that in the company or companies that you believe in. That’s what they do. I want to find out how it’s possible.

Ulric Musset is the founder of VAUBAN, an online platform that makes it easy for you to raise capital from your network to invest in private companies.

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#2206 Talent.com wants to become the mother of all internet job boards

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:00:12 +0000

Lucas Martinez is the founder of Talent, a portal that aggregates both job ads posted directly by recruiters as well as ads from third-party recruitment sites. His goal is to post every job available on the entire Internet and he’s headed toward accomplishing it insanely fast. Find out how in this interview.

Lucas Martinez is the founder of Talent, a portal that aggregates both job ads posted directly by recruiters as well as ads from third-party recruitment sites.

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#2205 The untold story behind CreativeLive

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:01 +0000

Most people think about Chase Jarvis when they think about CreativeLive. Well, today I’m talking to the guy behind that guy. His name is Craig Swanson and he co-founder of CreativeLive. I’ll ask him about why he has no ego about not being in the spotlight and why, in his words, he’d rather own the spotlight.

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#2204 How to solve a specific problem for a specific niche

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:00:40 +0000

Jonathan Kite is the co-founder of Rent Ready, which was built to eliminate the frustration of getting an apartment home move-in ready. It’s a very simple tool that is very powerful for the right customers. I’ll ask him how he discovered the idea and how he’s grown Rent Ready to over $4MM arr.

Jonathan Kite is the co-founder of Rent Ready, which was built to eliminate the frustration of getting an apartment home move-in ready.

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#2203 How Leon Kuperman built Cast.ai

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:00:47 +0000

Joining me is Leon Kuperman from Cast.ai whose goal is to cut your cloud bill in half. I invited him here to talk about how they do it and also what happened to his eye after he sold his previous company.

Leon Kuperman is the founder of Cast.ai, which cuts half of your cloud bill, automates DevOps tasks, and ensures business continuity thanks to multi cloud.

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#2202 An agency creates its own tool which gets acquired by Adobe

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:00:18 +0000

Today’s guest launched an agency, created software for the agency and grew that tool into a successful software company. way harder. Not only that, he also got to the finish line–he sold the software to Adobe and now he’s traveling all over the world. I want to find out how he did it. Alex Packham is the founder of ContentCal, a social media planning tool.

Alex Packham is the founder of ContentCal, a social media planning tool.

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#2201 How to build a great chat platform for remote teams

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:00:32 +0000

Joining me is someone who created a way for us to talk with the people we work with remotely. There are hundred of tools out there that can be used for the same thing so I want to find out what made his solution stand out from all the others. Rajiv Ayyangar is the founder of Tandem, a chat platform for remote teams.

Rajiv Ayyangar is the founder of Tandem, a chat platform for remote teams.

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#2200 Truebill sells for $1.275B – Here’s the story

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 13:00:35 +0000

I’m so excited to do this interview because it’s been 12 years since I last talked to today’s guest. Haroon Mokhtarzada is the founder of Truebill, which helps users find subscriptions, manage bills, and even cancel recurring charges with a single click. Since we last spoke, he’s got a $100+ million dollar exit under his belt. I want to talk about that experience and his new company, Truebill, which is another massive success.

Haroon Mokhtarzada is the founder of Truebill, which helps users find subscriptions, manage bills, and even cancel recurring charges with a single click.

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#2199 The Airbnb for storage

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 13:00:54 +0000

I’ve been told by many founders that you can’t just build the Airbnb of whatever or the Uber of whatever. You have be more creative than that. That’s why I’m so excited to have today’s guest on. Joseph Woodbury is the co-founder of Neighbor, the Airbnb of extra space in your house for self-storage. And it’s doing really well. I want to find out how he came up with the idea and why this version of Airbnb worked when so many other don’t.

Joseph Woodbury is the founder of Neighbor, the Airbnb of self-storage.

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#2198 Conquering Chaos: How Clate Mask Grew Infusionsoft into Keap

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:00:53 +0000

I originally interviews Clate Mask after he had build Infusionsoft, a software that I felt revolutionized email marketing. Well, that company has grown massively since then and even changed names. It’s now called Keap. I want to find out about that and how Clate has grown a $100M dollar company without going crazy. Today, he is the founder of Keap, an all-in-one sales and marketing software built for small businesses.

Clate Mask is the founder of Keap, an all-in-one sales and marketing software built for small businesses.

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#2197 What is it like running a startup from a war zone?

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:00:38 +0000

Today I’m talking to Alyona Mysko. She’s the founder of Fuel which helps startup founders making their finance function efficient. But she built her company out of Kyiv and was there when the sirens went off.

Alyona Mysko is the founder of Fuel which helps startup founders making their finance function efficient.

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#2196 An Operating System for Ecommerce

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:00:23 +0000

I’m talking to someone whose company is still really young but his revenue is more than I would have imagined. To be honest, I was going to pass on this interview because I didn’t understand how it was possible, but I was later convinced. You’ll see why in this interview. Maxx Blank is the founder of Triple Whale, An Operating System for Ecommerce.

Maxx Blank is the founder of Triple Whale, An Operating System for Ecommerce.

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#2195 First interview: Profitwell bootstrapped to $200 million

Fri, 27 May 2022 13:00:14 +0000

Before he announced the sale to the world, Patrick Campbell said he wanted to come on Mixergy to explain what happened. This is the story of how he bootstrapped Profitwell, where he’s going to spend the money he made and why he’s in Puerto Rico.

Patrick Campbell is the founder of ProfitWell, revenue automation products that automatically reduce cancellations, optimize pricing, and give you accurate, free revenue reporting.

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#2194 A venture fund with the heart of a bootstrapper

Mon, 23 May 2022 13:00:49 +0000

I’m talking to an entrepreneur who built and sold a company in public. The company was called Storemapper. We’re going to talk about how he did that but I also want to know more about what he decided to do afterward. Today, Tyler Tringas is the founder of Calm Company Fund, an ecosystem of founders and funders of profitable and sustainable businesses.

Tyler Tringas is the founder of Calm Company Fund, an ecosystem of founders and funders of profitable and sustainable businesses.

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#2193 The $100M fitness subscription

Mon, 16 May 2022 13:00:04 +0000

Today’s guest is a long-time listener. When I heard how big his company Future has gotten, my head almost blew off. Rishi Mandal is the founder of Future, which offers customizable personal training with your own fitness and wellness coach.

Rishi Mandal is the founder of Future, which offers customizable personal training with your own fitness and wellness coach.

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#2192 A profitable positive impact company

Mon, 09 May 2022 13:00:25 +0000

Can a business be both a luxury brand and a positive environmental impact brand? I want to find out in this interview? Ryan Shearman is the founder of Aether Diamonds, which creates diamonds made from carbon extracted from the atmosphere.

Ryan Shearman is the founder of Aether Diamonds, which creates diamonds made from carbon extracted from the atmosphere.

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#2191 This SaaS is bringing transparency to the beauty industry

Mon, 02 May 2022 13:00:47 +0000

I would have thought the product today’s guest created would be a nice-to-have. I was wrong. Sabrina Noorani is the founder of ClearForMe, which is changing how the world consumes ingredient information.

Sabrina Noorani is the founder of ClearForMe, which is changing how the world consumes ingredient information.

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#2190 Case Study: A Sweaty Startup

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:50:04 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who started out by pushing a lawnmower. In this interview, you’ll hear how he was able to actually scale that into a business and even sell it. What he did next is even more interesting. Bryan Clayton is the founder of GreenPal, a freelancing platform that connects landscapers to clients in the United States.

Bryan Clayton is the founder of GreenPal, a freelancing platform that connects landscapers to clients in the United States.

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#2189 Personalized drink ware: a physical product roadmap

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 13:00:45 +0000

I’m fascinated by today’s story. I hate the word inspiring, but that’s really what it is. Brian Johnson is the founder of Well Told, custom barware and drink ware. I want to find out how he launched on Etsy and grew the brand far beyond.

Brian Johnson is the founder of Well Told, custom barware and drink ware.

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#2188 Why real estate needs more tech founders

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:00:46 +0000

Real estate has lagged in terms of digital adoption and there’s a massive opportunity waiting for founders. Today’s guest is someone who seized it. I want to find out how he did it. Matt Giffune is the founder of Occupier, an end-to-end lease lifecycle management software platform for commercial tenants.

Matt Giffune is the founder of Occupier, an end-to-end lease lifecycle management software platform for commercial tenants.

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#2187 Why the world needed another job board

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:00:19 +0000

Why launch a company that has been done by a million other entrepreneurs? That’s the first question I have for today’s guest. Dylan Buckley is the founder of DirectlyApply, which matches job seekers and roles.

Dylan Buckley is the founder of DirectlyApply, which matches job seekers and roles.

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#2186 Building an automation solution

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:00:51 +0000

My guest today discovered a real pain in his previous career. He was working as an attorney and he noticed how awful the process was of sending documents back and forth, getting signatures, and dealing with revisions. Instead of just dealing with it, he decided to create a solution. Richard Mabey is the founder of Juro, an all-in-one contract automation solution.

Richard Mabey is the founder of Juro, an all-in-one contract automation solution.

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#2185 Building two companies in the same space

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:00:22 +0000

The thing that I’m especially curious about today’s guest is that his current business is very similar to his previous business. Why is it that more entrepreneurs don’t do that? Anthony Welgemoed is the co-founder of Ziflow, creative collaboration and proofing software. I’ll find out from him what the advantages and disadvantages are of staying in the same space.

Anthony Welgemoed is the co-founder of Ziflow, creative collaboration and proofing software.

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#2184 An update on Ukraine from Aleksandr Volodarsky

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:18:26 +0000

I’m kind of sad about this interview because joining me is someone who I’ve watched in the startup community for a long time, who I’ve become friends with. He’s been in Ukraine and I’ve watched him deal with what’s going on there. Aleksandr Volodarsky is the founder of Lemon.io, a developer marketplace. Recently, we’ve been talking in private and he said that he’s up for talking about the situation publicly. I’m really honored to have him on here to learn how he’s handling this crisis.

Aleksandr Volodarsky is the founder of Lemon.io, a developer marketplace.

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#2183 Web scraping as a business

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:00:10 +0000

Today’s guest had been hearing about stories of entrepreneurship and finally he took the leap himself. And do you know what happened? He failed. Badly. You’ll hear that story in this interview and how he eventually got to where he is today. Kevin Sahin is the founder of ScrapingBee, a web scraping API that provides tools to build web scrapers at scale.

Kevin Sahin is the founder of ScrapingBee, a web scraping API that provides tools to build web scrapers at scale.

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#2182 GrubHub founder Mike Evans is starting over

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:00:29 +0000

I first interview Mike Evans 12 years ago when he was hustling to get GrubHub off the ground. It’s mind-boggling how much he got done in those 12 years and I want to find out about all of it: the IPO, the exit, the time off, and the new start. Today, Mike Evans is the founder of Fixer, an on-demand handy-man service.

Mike Evans is the founder of Fixer, an on-demand handy-man service.

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#2181 Start a service business in minutes

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:00:24 +0000

Today’s guest has been starting businesses since high school. But what’s interesting is that they were all in really different spaces. He ended up taking all that experience and launching his most recent company, Durable. James Clift is the founder of Durable, which makes owning a business easier than having a job.

James Clift is the founder of Durable, which makes owning a business easier than having a job.

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#2180 Turn a product from a nice-to-have to an essential

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:00:12 +0000

Arvind Jain noticed a problem that so many founders running a remote team can relate to. Here’s the scenario: a person on your sales team wants to know what new features are in the product pipeline. They need the answer to close a sale, but the answer is buried in a Slack channel, or a Google Sheet, or somewhere else. Well, Arvind created a product to solve that problem with Glean, which helps employees find the information they need at work. I want to find out how he did it.

Arvind Jain is the founder of Glean, which helps employees find the information they need at work.

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#2179 Brutally honest Gen Z insights

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:00:42 +0000

Today’s guest landed clients like Ebay, NFL and Pepsico all within a year of launching. He basically replaced the old school focus group model and turned into something more relevant and more scalable. I want to find out how he did it. Jay Richards is the founder of Imagen Insights, a marketing agency based in London.

Jay Richards is the founder of Imagen Insights, a marketing agency based in London.

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#2178 Capsule is going after pharmacy giants

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:00:52 +0000

Why is picking up a freaking prescription at Walgreens or CVS one of the worst experiences? Today’s guest asked himself that not too long ago. And what did he do? He found a new way. Eric Kinariwala is the founder of Capsule, the pharmacy that delivers prescriptions, the same day, for free—all from your phone.

Eric Kinariwala is the founder of Capsule, the pharmacy that delivers prescriptions, the same day, for free—all from your phone.

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#2177 Launching a hardware company quickly

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:00:43 +0000

I am fascinated by the business that today’s guest created. Eli Harris is the co-founder of R-Zero, which designs hospital-grade disinfection solutions for the day-to-day realities of modern businesses. I want to find out how he got a hardware business up and running so quickly in this space.

Eli Harris is the co-founder of R-Zero, which designs hospital-grade disinfection solutions for the day-to-day realities of modern businesses.

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#2176 The story behind Artlist

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:00:25 +0000

Today I’m talking to Ira Belsky, the founder of Artlist. Ira was a filmmaker and recognized a really painful problem with licensing and sourcing creative materials. I want to find out how he transitioned from filmmaker to bootstrapped entrepreneur. Artlist provides royalty-free music and SFX for video creators.

Ira Belsky is the founder of Artlist, Royalty-Free Music and SFX for Video Creators.

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#2175 Connecting content creators and brands

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:00:59 +0000

Keren Sachs is the founder of The Luupe, a marketplace for brands to connect with and hire diverse photographers. I want to find out how she came up with the idea and how she used grit to launch a marketplace with very little tech experience or outside funding.

Keren Sachs is the founder of The Luupe, a marketplace for brands to connect with and hire diverse photographers.

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#2174 Solving the e-commerce problem for alcoholic beverage brands

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:00:42 +0000

My guest today has found a way to solve a very frustrating problem: buying alcohol online. It’s frustrating for consumers who can order basically anything else with one click and it’s frustrating for creators who have to use old channels to sell their products. Adi Pal is the founder of Barcart, which allows you to sell alcohol directly from your existing website, and leverage our proprietary purchase data to reach targeted shoppers in your product category. I invited him here to find out how he did it.

Adi Pal is the founder of Barcart, which allows you to sell alcohol directly from your existing website, and leverage our proprietary purchase data to reach targeted shoppers in your product category.

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#2173 The upside of naivety when you have a big idea

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:00:18 +0000

When I interviewed the founder of Tradeshift ten years ago, he had a very simple idea: Facebook for businesses. I don’t think even he could have imagined the complex problems he would encounter along the way. Things like global tax compliance, cloud security and enterprise integrations. But he figured it out and today Tradeshift is a unicorn with some very wide moats protecting it. I’ll ask him about all of it in this interview. Christian Lanng is the founder of Tradeshift, a network and platform for supply chain payments, marketplaces, and apps.

Christian Lanng is the founder of Tradeshift, a network and platform for supply chain payments, marketplaces, and apps.

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#2172 Bringing tech to hospitality

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:00:37 +0000

I’ve been feeling the pain that today’s guest is out to solve. Since moving to Austin, my wife and I still haven’t found a place to buy. So we’ve been jumping from Airbnb to Airbnb and we’re going a little crazy. Well, Luca Zambello found a way to make those check-in processes a little smoother and I want to find out how he did it. Luca is the founder of Jurny, hospitality tech company offering SaaS-based management solutions designed to accommodate the evolving needs and expectations of the modern traveler.

Luca Zambello is the founder of Jurny, hospitality tech company offering SaaS-based management solutions designed to accommodate the evolving needs and expectations of the modern traveler.

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#2171 Using entrepreneurship to protest

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:00:07 +0000

For years, I thought protesting was a waste of time. To me, the only thing that works is to actually come up with something better. So I’m really excited that today’s guest John Laster, somebody who had been out there protesting and finally said, “You know what? Why are we protesting? Why aren’t we doing something about it?” And he decided he was going to do something about it. John Laster created an app called Blapp, which is a marketplace of black owned local businesses. I invited him here to find out how he did it.

Jon Laster is the founder of Blapp, which helps users discover black-owned businesses.

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#2170 A conversation with Deron Triff of WaitWhat and TED

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:00:59 +0000

I want to understand about the business of content creation so invited Deron Triff. Deron is co-producer of the Masters of Scale podcast. And prior to that, he was on the executive team at TED. He is THE person to talk on this subject. Today Deron is co-founder WaitWhat, a New York based media invention company that creates and owns premium content. I’ll ask him about that too.

Deron Triff is the co-founder WaitWhat, a New York based media invention company that creates and owns premium content.

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#2169 How Netflix founder finds inspiring ideas

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:00:54 +0000

This is the big question I have for this interview: How do you decide what to do with your life? And I have the perfect guest to guide me through that question. Marc Randolph is the co-founder of Netflix. I want to talk to him about that, and why he’s now in podcasting. Today, Marc is the host of That Will Never Work where he works directly with entrepreneurs who have been told “that will never work,” helping them turn their early or struggling businesses into sustainable companies.

Marc Randolph is the host of That Will Never Work where he works directly with entrepreneurs who have been told “that will never work,” helping them turn their early or struggling businesses into sustainable companies.

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#2168 Songfinch is reinventing music making

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:32 +0000

Songfinch today: Anyone can have a custom song written for their loved one, client, whoever. Nice business. Growing fast. The future: well, listen to the end. I think you’ll get why this is a much bigger idea.

John Williamson is the founder of Songfinch, which creates personalized songs.

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#2167 AMA with employee one at DoorDash

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:00:24 +0000

Today Andrew Munday is the founder of Local Kitchens, a micro food hall that lets you mix-and-match your favorite local restaurants in one easy order. He emailed me recently about how he was the first employee at DoorDash and all the things he could talk about from that experience. I’m so excited to have him on to talk about it and also his new company.

Andrew Munday is the founder of Local Kitchens, a micro food hall that lets you mix-and-match your favorite local restaurants in one easy order.

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#2166 $1M in less than a year

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:00:20 +0000

My guest today started a business in January 2021 and has already hit $1M in revenue. But that’s not even the most amazing part. What amazes me is that he did it in a space that I would have thought was too mature for that type of growth. So I invited him here to find out how he did it. Laith Masarweh is the founder of Assistantly, which offers virtual team member staffing solutions.

Laith Masarweh is the founder of Assistantly, which offers virtual team member staffing solutions.

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#2165 Another startup that replaced a spreadsheet

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:00:30 +0000

Jason Hirshman is the founder of Uncountable, which helps R&D scientists with comprehensive data management system the whole team can work in. That might sound like a complicated solution but in this interview you’ll find out that he got traction quickly just by taking common Silicon Valley data management into other verticals just outside of tech.

Jason Hirshman is the founder of Uncountable, which helps R and D scientists move from isolated spreadsheets and projects to a comprehensive data management system the whole team can work in.

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#2164 Making product decisions at scale

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:00:41 +0000

I remember Noah Kagan telling me that he would get on Skype to get feedback from early customers. That idea stuck with me but even then it didn’t seem scalable. Well, today’s guest agrees with that. So he created a platform that can deliver customers insights at scale. I invited him here to find out how he did it. Dan Leahy is the founder of MakerSights, the product decision platform.

Dan Leahy is the founder of MakerSights, the product decision platform.

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#2163 Jesse Pujji 10 years later

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:00:49 +0000

Today I’m catching up with Jesse Pujji, the founder of Ampush. When we first talked to him in 2011, Ampush was doing $1M a month. I want to find out how big he grew it and what he’s doing now.

Jesse Pujji is the founder of Ampush, a growth marketing partner that crafts holistic strategies and executes throughout the funnel.

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#2162 This unicorn is soundtracking the internet

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Today’s guest has built a $100M dollars in revenue company but it didn’t happen overnight. I want to find out how he he got here. Oscar Hoglund is the founder of Epidemic Sound, which provides Premium Music for content creators.

Oscar Hoglund is the founder of Epidemic Sound, which provides Premium Music for content creators.

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#2161 The app that lets anyone sell online

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:00:26 +0000

Today’s guest noticed a problem that I’ve noticed for years. I want to find out how he was able to make the solution work when so many others have failed. Ruben Flores-Martinez is the founder of Cashdrop, which allows merchants to sell online in minutes. In this interview, we’ll get into the story, the challenges, and the competition.

Ruben Flores-Martinez is the founder of Cashdrop, which allows merchants to sell online in minutes.

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#2160 Creating content for the fringe

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:00:19 +0000

It seems like everyone is in the creator economy now. So much so that sometimes I wonder if I’m still in the right space. Well, today’s guest has a different outlook and I want to find out why. Dave Nemetz is the founder of Inverse, which covers the latest news and advancements in science, entertainment, gaming, innovation, and the mind and body.

Dave Nemetz is the founder of Inverse, which covers the latest news and advancements in science, entertainment, gaming, innovation, and the mind and body.

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#2159 How Tom Cruz Makes $300,000/m In Section 8 Rent

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:00:56 +0000

If you were on my site in 2015 and tried to leave it, a pop up that Tom Cruz created would have sprung up to convince you to join my email list and buy a membership. It worked beautifully, so why did Tom ditch that business for real estate? And can we see his numbers from that business?

Tom Cruz is a real estate investor.

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#2158 Succeeding where others have failed

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:00:01 +0000

Today’s guest was trying to solve a problem that so many companies have gone after but failed. I want to find out what he did to make it work with his company, Horatio. Jose Herrera is the founder of Horatio, a customer service outsourcing company. If you’re interested in any kind of outsourcing, you’ll want to hear his story.

Jose Herrera is the founder of Horatio, a customer service outsourcing company.

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#2157 Creating a product line

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:00:58 +0000

Today’s guest found a set of customers who had a really specific problem. So he created a company to solve it for them. The idea was so good that it was funded by Andreessen Horowitz. I want to find out how he got here. Ronak Trivedi is the founder of Pietra, where creators can build a product line.

Ronak Trivedi is the founder of Pietra, where creators can build a product line.

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#2156 A tech founders approach to home learning

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:00:09 +0000

I have so much I want to get out of this interview personally. Victoria Ransom is the co-founder of Prisma, a full-time virtual educational program for kids grades 4-8 that fully replaces regular school and is a low lift for parents. I want to find out how she found a way to make education better for both parents and kids.

Victoria Ransom is the co-founder of Prisma, a full-time virtual educational program for kids grades 4-8 that fully replaces regular school and is a low lift for parents.

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#2155 SaaS for podcasting

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:00:58 +0000

My guest today has created a much more modern solution for podcasters. I wish his company had been around when I started Mixergy over 10 years ago. I invited him here to talk about why he chose to build a SaaS in this space and how he’s grown it to over $1M ARR. Craig Hewitt is the founder of Castos, podcast hosting and analytics.

Craig Hewitt is the founder of Castos, podcast hosting and analytics.

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#2154 Minimalist Entrepreneur Book Summary with Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:00:54 +0000

Today I’m talking to Sahil Lavingia about his book, The Minimalist Entrepreneur, How Great Founders Do More with Less.

Sahil Lavingia is the author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur, How Great Founders Do More with Less.

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#2153 Building a startup to sell

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:00:42 +0000

Today’s guest told our producer he knows he’s not building anything earth-shattering. He’s making safe moves. But here’s the thing: he’s still creating value. I want to find out how he’s doing it. Kenny Schumacher is the founder of Delesign, a flat rate unlimited graphic design service.

Kenny Schumacher is the founder of Delesign, a flat rate unlimited graphic design service.

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#2152 Product lifecycle management explained

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:00:50 +0000

I’m talking to Ray Hein today. I want to find out how he bounced back from the failure of his first company. It was a good idea and one that he invested $1M of his own money into. I want to know how that experience didn’t prevent him from launching Propel, his current company. Ray Hein is the founder of Propel, a cloud-based product success platform.

Ray Hein is the founder of Propel, a cloud-based product success platform.

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#2151 Taking on Amazon and Shopify

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:27 +0000

My guest today is Omair Tariq, the founder of Cart.com. He says it’s the world’s first end-to-end e-commerce platform and he’s going up against Amazon and Shopify right out of the gate. I don’t know why he’s taking them on but I appreciate the battle. I invited him here largely because the guy’s got a war chest and a track record of creating amazing e-commerce successes. I want to find out how he’s using it.

Omair Tariq is the founder of Cart.com, and end-to-end e-commerce platform.

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#2150 Don’t trust your “gut” in business decisions

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000

Today’s guest had an impressive career at McKinsey before becoming an entrepreneur. In this interview, I want to find out how he used what he learned at that company to build his own company. Jeremy King is the founder of Attest, which provides consumer research, giving you the confidence for every decision with the right insight, at the right time.

Jeremy King is the founder of Attest, which provides consumer research, giving you the confidence for every decision with the right insight, at the right time.

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#2149 Creating an alternative social network

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:00:49 +0000

Today’s guest is up against a daunting task. Mark Weinstein is the creator of MeWe, an alternative social network to Facebook. It’s alternative in many ways. They don’t run ads, they don’t censor, the use no algorithms. I’m curious how he’s getting millions of users.

Mark Weinstein is the creator of MeWe, an alternative social network.

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#2148 A special message from me

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:00:39 +0000

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#2147 Making the internet safer for kids

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:00:02 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who is out to make the internet safer for kids. There are so many brands out there who want to reach a young audience but they have to do it in a safe way. That’s the problem my guest tried to solve and somehow he was able to do it and still make money in the process. I want to find out how. Joshua Wohle is the founder of SuperAwesome, which enables safe, digital engagement with the global under-13/16 audience.

Joshua Wohle is the founder of SuperAwesome, which enables safe, digital engagement with the global under-13/16 audience.

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#2146 Entering a huge market with a differentiator

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:00:39 +0000

Today I have a bootstrapper who entered a crowded market but some how he’s making it work. I want to find out how he did it. Michael Martocci is the founder of SwagUp, an API-first platform to create, automate, and distribute high quality branded swag, across all teams and use cases.

Michael Martocci is the founder of SwagUp, an API-first platform to create, automate, and distribute high quality branded swag, across all teams and use cases.

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#2145 Wil Schroter and I talk about my burnout

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:00:23 +0000

I almost cancelled today’s interview with Wil Schroter because on the way to the office I was feeling all the weight of burnout. So instead of talking about Startups.com, the company will built, I’m going to talk to him about this.

Wil Schroter is the founder of Startups.com, which offers education, community, and tools to help startups launch faster.

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#2144 Bringing technology to the parking industry

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:00:41 +0000

My guest today has been in the parking industry for forty years. Instead of just doing the same thing–which was working–he decided to bring innovation and technology to what he calls a “grudge purchase.” I want to find out how he did it. Jerry Skillett is the founder of SPACES, a contactless parking payments platform.

Jerry Skillett is the founder of SPACES, a contactless parking payments platform.

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#2143 The software taking the teeth out of manipulative marketing

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:00:36 +0000

As someone who loves whiskey, I know that most purchase decisions come down to marketing and how the bottle looks. Well, today’s guest noticed that too–particularly in the wine industry. So she created a solution to demystify taste and help consumers make better choices based on their actual preferences. Katerina Axelsson is the founder of Tastry, a SaaS and insights company using AI and flavor chemistry to predict how consumers will perceive sensory-based products before they hit the market.

Katerina Axelsson is the founder of Tastry, a SaaS and insights company using AI and flavor chemistry to predict how consumers will perceive sensory-based products before they hit the market.

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#2142 Solving the customer testimonial problem

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:00:20 +0000

Testimonials are a thing that a lot of businesses are looking for. The problem is that most of them are boring, unclear, and unconvincing. Today’s guest is trying to fix that. Sam Shepler is the founder of Testimonial Hero, a B2B customer video company with both on-site videography (zero travel fees globally) and 100% remote video testimonial options.

Sam Shepler is the founder of Testimonial Hero, a B2B customer video company with both on-site videography (zero travel fees globally) and 100% remote video testimonial options.

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#2141 Productizing personalized growth

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:00:12 +0000

Today’s guest is solving a problem that I totally understand. But it’s not an easy problem to address at scale. I want to find out how he’s doing it. Omer Glass is the founder of GrowthSpace, which creates personalized growth programs for your employees. I invited him here to talk about growth space, how well it’s doing and to tell me over and over again, why he will not reveal publicly what his revenue is, even though he’s doing phenomenally.

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#2140 Buying and selling online businesses

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:00:06 +0000

Joining me is someone who told me this idea they had about buying, building, and selling multiple underdeveloped content side. At the time, I wasn’t sure it was a good idea because it felt like spreading spreading oneself too thin. Turns out I was wrong. Rohit Gandrakota is the founder of Earn with Authority, which buys and builds online businesses.

Rohit Gandrakota is the founder of Earn with Authority, which buys and builds online businesses.

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#2139 The simplest $6M dollar idea

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:00:37 +0000

Today’s guest is doing $6M ARR selling freaking air fresheners. Seriously, just a better replacement for those little trees that hang from the rearview mirror. He says selling a fragrance over the internet is the world’s worse elevator pitch but I disagree. I want to find out how he did it. Ryan Baylis is the founder of Drift, a scent based, home goods company.

Ryan Baylis is the founder of Drift, a scent based, home goods company.

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#2138 Building a global business from a small market

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:00:56 +0000

Rahul Aggarwal is the founder of Desighill, a creative marketplace for businesses and individuals. He built it and is running it from India even through only a small percentage of their customer base is represented there. I want to find out how he’s doing it.

Rahul Aggarwal is the founder of Designhill, a creative marketplace for businesses and individuals.

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#2137 What I’ve learned from 2,000+ interviews

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:00:21 +0000

I haven’t talked about this much but I have a new book coming out in October. The book is full of conversation techniques I’ve learned after 14 years and 2,000 interviews. The book is called Stop Asking Questions. I was interviewed by Tom Boyd of the Creators Are Brands podcast about what’s inside. Check out the conversation.

Tom Boyd is the host of Creators Are Brands, where he helps creators unlock their creative power, tell better stories and build brands.

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#2136 Why there’s still room in the productivity space

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:00:40 +0000

Alice Default is the co-founder of Double, which connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants and delegation tools. I want to find out why she went from building software to building a service company.

Alice Default is the co-founder of Double, which connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants and delegation tools.

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#2135 Reinventing a business killed by COVID

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:00:43 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who had a business that suffered of COVID closures in the restaurant space. So he rebounded with an idea that I think most people expected to fail. I want to find out why he hasn’t. Vitaly Alexandrov is the founder of Food Rocket, super-fast, on-demand grocery delivery.

Vitaly Alexandrov is the founder of Food Rocket, super-fast, on-demand grocery delivery.

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#2134 Finding a gap to fill in online education

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:00:15 +0000

Joining me as an entrepreneur who took on the cloud at a time when people were not as enthused about it as I would have expected them to be. And so he looked around and realized that there’s a world of parents who want to teach their kids English but they lack access. So he created an online school that offers immersive English as a second language. Max Azarov is the founder of NovaKid, online English classes for kids.

Max Azarov is the founder of NovaKid, online English classes for kids.

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#2133 The profitable business model you’ve never heard of

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:00:28 +0000

I can’t believe that today’s founder created a company that’s in my world, in my space, and I didn’t know it existed. It’s a fantastically successful company with a model that just makes sense. How did I not know that it existed and how could so many of these businesses exist? Shawn Rubel is the founder of Vecteezy, a freemium marketplace for photos and textures, vector illustrations, and high-quality video footage.

Shawn Rubel is the founder of Vecteezy, premium photos and textures, vector illustrations, and high-quality video footage.

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#2132 The startup powering your streaming videos

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:00:31 +0000

Today’s guest figured out that distributing streaming video is becoming more complicate, not less complicated. So he created a way to make it easier for developers. Jon Dahl is the founder of Mux, an API that enables developers to build unique live and on-demand video experiences.

Jon Dahl is the founder of Mux, API for video.

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#2131 Outsourcing the role of technical co-founder

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:00:23 +0000

One of the things that new entrepreneurs keep looking for is how to get a technical co-founder. They have an idea but they need somebody to partner with to actually build it. Well, joining me is someone who essentially is a technical co-founder you can hire. Chris Stegner is the founder of Very Big Things. It’s a digital products and services agency.

Chris Stegner is the founder of Very Big Things, a digital products and services agency.

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#2130 The liquor alternative making $10M ARR in 2 years

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:00:11 +0000

My guest today is someone who came up with a counter-intuitive product that I think a lot of people in my audience can probably really relate to. There comes a point in your life when you’ve got kids, you’re running a business, you’ve got to get up early, and so you don’t want to drink. But, for many people, having a cocktail is a ritual. Well, David Crooch figured out a way to have it both ways. He is the co-founder of Ritual Zero Proof, a true liquor replacement.

David Crooch is the co-founder of Ritual Zero Proof, a true liquor replacement.

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#2129 How to outsource your tax headaches

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:00:12 +0000

I know so many founders who have had tax compliance issues that drove them crazy. Well, today’s guest has a solution for that. We’ll talk about that and the other insanely companies he’s built. Scott McFarlane is the founder Avalara, tax compliance software.

Scott McFarlane is the founder Avalara, tax compliance software.

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#2128 How Early (Repeated) Mistakes Gave Birth to a $1MM Creative Solution by Solving His Own Problem

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:00:31 +0000

Joining me is someone I’ve known for years and watched as he struggled with challenges with his business. But I also saw how committed he was. He’s here to talk about what that was like and how he pulled himself out of the hardest moments. Matt Ackerson is the founder of AutoGrow.co, which which helps agencies, marketers, and brands get quality marketing projects ‘done-for-you’ fast with 12 skillset for 1 price, and all without the headaches of hiring.

Matt Ackerson is the founder of AutoGrow.co, which helps agencies, marketers, and brands get quality marketing projects ‘done-for-you’ fast with 12 skillset for 1 price, and all without the headaches of hiring.

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#2127 Turning a physical product into a service

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:00:34 +0000

Today I’m talking to two co-founders about this unbelievable service they have created. It’s a fascinating model solving a very specific pain point for a very specific group of people. I’ll ask them about it all in this interview. Erik Rico and Oscar Llarena are the founders of Bat Club USA, a subscription service for baseball and softball players.

Erik Rico and Oscar Llarena are the founder of Bat Club USA, a subscription service for baseball and softball players.

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#2126 Bootstrapping an ambitious idea in crypto

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:00:26 +0000

Today’s guest is solving such a pain for anyone who has ever tried to make a transaction using cryptocurrency. I would have guessed that he was backed by huge VCs based on the product he’s built but it turns out the whole thing is bootstrapped! I want to find out how he did it. Ivan Soto-Wright is the founder of Moonpay, a payments infrastructure for crypto.

Ivan Soto-Wright is the founder of Moonpay, a payments infrastructure for crypto.

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#2125 How Chess.com scaled a massive community

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:00:55 +0000

Nobody thought the old game of chess could turn into a real business in a world with internet. Frankly, there was a time when Erik Allebest, Chess.com’s founder, didn’t think it would and even tried turning his attention to a bigger, sexier market. But through constant cranking away, Chess.com became huge business. This is the shocking story of how that happened.

Erik Allebest is the founder of Chess.com., the world’s largest chess community.

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#2124 Hint founder on overcoming doubts and doubters

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:34:44 +0000

Today I’m talking to Kara Goldin, the founder of Hint, a flavored water I see all over San Francisco. I invited her here to talk about how she built up the business and a large part of this interview is based on her freaking amazing book, Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters. I actually don’t believe she really had that many doubts and doubters, but I’ll ask her about that in this interview.

Kara Goldin is the founder of Hint, fruit-infused flavored water.

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#2123 The easiest way to design and build physical products

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:00:46 +0000

If you’re an entrepreneur who had an idea for a physical product but is overwhelmed by the idea of bringing it to life, you need this interview. John McEleney is the founder of Onshape, a Software-as-a-Service product development platform.

John McEleney is the founder of Onshape, a Software-as-a-Service product development platform.

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#2122 Building the Zillow of startup acquisitions

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:00:18 +0000

My guest today is someone who comes off humble but I’m here to challenge him on that. I think it’s an act. We’ll find out in this interview. Andrew Gazdecki is the founder of MicroAcquire which lists startups with $500,000 ARR or less.

Andrew Gazdecki is the founder of MicroAcquire which lists startups with $500,000 ARR or less.

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#2121 A mindfulness app for the creator economy

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:00:06 +0000

Today’s guest was not the type of person who was selling candy as a kid because he was so entrepreneurial. But he did really care about health–particularly mental health. So Steve Lee and his brother built a mindfulness app called Aura. In this interview, we’ll talk about how they found a more modern business model and why things got a lot harder after they took significant funding.

Steve Lee is the co-founder of Aura Health, a mindfulness app.

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#2120 Applying SaaS economics outside of software

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:00:25 +0000

Today’s guest created a car wash company that I am so freaking fascinated by. He took an old business model and was able to incorporate a membership component to it. Well, that business led to an experiment that gave him an entirely new business idea. I want to find out how he did it. Brent Oakley is the founder of Vibenomics, which sells Audio-Out-of-Home advertising.

Brent Oakley is the founder of Vibenomics, which sells Audio-Out-of-Home advertising.

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#2119 The $100M company you don’t know about yet

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:00:47 +0000

My guest today couldn’t understand why the research industry wasn’t catching up to the technology of, say, the advertising industry. So he decided to do something about it. Patrick Comer is the founder of Luc.id, which helps companies make data-driven decisions inspired by the sentiments of real people.

Patrick Comer is the founder of Luc.id, which helps companies make data-driven decisions inspired by the sentiments of real people.

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#2118 $80M ARR by year two??!?

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who got $250K in credit card debt while trying to build his first business. In this interview, you’ll hear how his stubbornness got him out of that situation and into back-to-back multi-million dollar e-commerce businesses. Today, Jeff Sawyer Lee is the founder of FitTrack, a simple solution to help you gain insight into your health.

Jeff Lee is the founder of FitTrack, a simple solution to help you gain insight into your health.

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#2117 Demystifying a BNPL startup

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:00:38 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who was new the US but had a great job and was making good money. So imagine how surprised and embarrassed he was when he was turned down for a Costco credit card when shopping with his family. That experience led him to look deeper into the market and see that there was a big opportunity to make credit more available for non-discretionary purchases. Arad Levertov is the founder of Sunbit, a buy now, pay-over-time solution. I invited him here to find out how he did it.

Arad Levertov is the founder of Sunbit, a buy now, pay-over-time solution.

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#2116 This startup just replaced the spreadsheet for applicant tracking

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:00:25 +0000

It’s been said that the best businesses ideas are just replacements for spreadsheets. Well, that’s what today’s guest figured out after the failure of his first business. Raj Sheth is the founder of Recruiterbox, applicant tracking software. I’ll find out how he did it in this interview.

Raj Sheth is the founder of Recruiterbox, applicant tracking software.

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#2115 OurCrowd, the Biggest Crowdfunded VC You Don’t Know Yet

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:00:45 +0000

One of the popular dinner topics here in San Francisco is who invested in what. And it’s one of those things that can easily feel exclusive because you have to spend time to build relationships, you have to have access, you have to have opportunity. And that’s where today’s guest comes in. Jon Medved is the founder of OurCrowd, which enables investments in pre-vetted startups and exclusive venture funds.

Jon Medved is the founder of OurCrowd, which enables investments in pre-vetted startups and exclusive venture funds.

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#2114 “I secretly despised my business.”

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:00:33 +0000

My guest today told his customers he didn’t love the business. They were shocked. Admitting it wasn’t working allowed him to create a new business. Today Chris Brisson is the founder of Salesmsg, simple, scalable, two-way business texting.

Chris Brisson is the founder of Salesmsg, simple, scalable, two-way business texting.

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#2113 Gupshup nearly died. Became $1.4 billion text company

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:00:07 +0000

Joining me is someone whose business failed so many times that most people would started over with something new. He didn’t. And today the business is worth $1.4 billion. Beerud Sheth is the founder of Gupshup, a smart messaging platform that enables developers to build messaging services and bots that work across all channels.

Beerud Sheth is the founder of Gupshup, a smart messaging platform that enables developers to build messaging services and bots that work across all channels.

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#2112 Expanding you potential with psychedelics

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:02:10 +0000

When Ryan Hoover suggested that I meet today’s guest, I knew it was going to be an interesting person. And when I looked into the company that today’s guest created, I wanted to be a customer as quickly as possible. Dylan Beynon is the founder of Mindbloom, a platform that provides services to affiliated psychiatric medical practices which are independently owned and operated. We’ll talk about what that means in this interview.

Dylan Beynon is the founder of Mindbloom, a mental health and wellbeing brand helping people achieve life-changing breakthroughs with at- home, clinician-prescribed psychedelic therapies. One of the largest psychedelic therapy platforms worldwide, Mindbloom is radically increasing access to treatment while delivering transformational outcomes and experiences.

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#2111 How a craft beer sold for $100M

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:00:59 +0000

Before talking to today’s guest, I would have guessed that the craft beer market was fully saturated. In this interview, I’ll find out why he thought there was room for one more. Josh Landan is the founder of Saint Archer, a craft brewery that was sold in 2015. I also want to ask him about his new company, a hard seltzer.

Josh Landan is the founder of Saint Archer, a craft brewery that was sold in 2015. Today he is the founder Ashland Hard Seltzer.

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#2110 Less Annoying CRM

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:00:58 +0000

I remember when I first saw the software that today’s guest created. The fricking name got my attention immediately. Tyler King is the founder of Less Annoying CRM, a simple CRM built just for small businesses. The name itself acknowledges and communicates the pain that he’s solving. I want to find out how he did it.

Tyler King is the founder of Less Annoying CRM, a simple CRM built just for small businesses.

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#2109 Can LinkedIn automation be done right?

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:00:39 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who discovered how effective LinkedIn is for building relationships, but also for marketing and growing sales. So he created a tool that will allow you to do that. In this interview, we’ll talk about specific growth hacks and the challenges of the platform. Stefan Smulders is the co-founder of Expandi, a cloud platform that is designed to make automated outreach safe.

Stefan Smulders is the co-founder of Expandi, a cloud platform that is designed to make automated outreach safe.

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#2108 How do you scale writing?

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:00:11 +0000

Joining me is someone who built a business off of writing and then realized, you know, the bigger this business gets, the less happy I am. Nicholas Cole is the co-founder of Digital Press, a thought leadership agency for CEOs, executives, and serial entrepreneurs. In this interview, I’ll ask him why he got rid of his entire team and tripled his profitability.

Nicolas Cole is the co-founder of Digital Press, which turns ideas into scalable thought leadership content.

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#2107 Why is this nuclear engineer helping others self-publish?

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:00:13 +0000

I’ve got to be honest, I’m not as interested in the software today’s guest created as I am in his story. Dave Chesson started out as a nuclear engineer and arms dealer. He began writing books while out at sea. When he left the military, he turned that experience into a side hustle which turned into a full-blown business. I want to find out how he did it. Dave Chesson is the founder of Kindlepreneur, which teaches people how to Self-Publish a book and sell more copies online.

Dave Chesson is the founder of Kindlepreneur, which teaches people how to Self-Publish a book and sell more copies online.

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#2106 Monetizing other people’s opinions

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:00:07 +0000

You ever feel like you just know what’s going to happen? You know the future of Bitcoin or you know who’s going to win the game? Well today’s guest found a way for people to actually get paid for their predictions instead of just ranting on Twitter. John Vitti is the founder of VersusGame, the game that lets users predict against friends and win cash.

John Vitti is the founder of VersusGame, the game that lets you predict with your friends and win cash.

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#2105 $4M online school inspired by Elon Musk

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:00:22 +0000

If you’ve been a long-time listener you might have heard me complain about my education. So much so that a guest at one time told me to stop. But I still think there should be a better way. Another person who feels that way is Elon Musk. He hired someone to create a whole new curriculum for his kids. Well, today’s guest got to see inside that program and he was so blown away by it that he created a company that kids outside of SpaceX can get access to. Chrisman Frank is the founder of Synthesis, a weekly, 1-hour enrichment program for students who want to learn how to build the future.

Chrisman Frank is the founder of Synthesis, a weekly, 1-hour enrichment program for students who
want to learn how to build the future. Ages 8-14.

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#2104 Why am I featuring this life coaching school on Mixergy?

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:00:18 +0000

I was really reluctant to have today’s guest on Mixergy because at first it seemed outside of our scope. Nick Bolton is the founder of Animas, a school for life coaches. What I discovered after looking deeper into his story is that he encountered many challenges that we all face in our businesses.

Nick Bolton is the founder of Animas, a school for life coaches.

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#2103 How Loomly replaced the social media spreadsheet

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 13:00:40 +0000

Anyone who has tried to manage their own social media marketing calendar knows what a pain in the neck it is. Today’s guest felt that problem personally and set out to solve it. Thibaud Clement is the founder of Loomly, a brand success platform.

Thibaud Clement is the founder of Loomly, a brand success platform.

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#2102 Monetizing your audience

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:00:46 +0000

Joining me is a former NFL player. He’s here because he realized something that I realized years ago: it is so hard to sell content online to an your audience. Well, instead of patching together different solutions like I’ve done for a decade, he created a solution. Drew Strojny is the founder of Memberful, membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. I invited him here to find out how he built it.

Drew Strojjny is the founder of Memberful, membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more.

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#2101 Surviving booms and busts

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:00:06 +0000

Today’s guests became minted on the internet in a time before Google. Beyond that he survived several crashes, sold and bought back his company and so much more. It’s a crazy story. We’ll find out how he did it. Jon Waterman is the founder of Ad.net which enables online advertisers to reach new audiences via their private network of top quality publishers and distribution channels.

Jon Waterman is the founder of Ad.net which enables online advertisers to reach new audiences via their private network of top quality publishers and distribution channels.

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#2100 Addressing customer gifting at scale

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:00:07 +0000

Today’s guest had an idea that I freaking love. It’s one thing to buy a meaningful gift for one person that you know really well, but how do you give gifts to hundreds of people and have that same affect? It seems like a problem that can’t really be solved with technology but Sara Rodell found a way to do exactly that. Sara is the founder of Loop and Tie, customer gifting platform builds long-lasting relationships – at scale.

Sara Rodell is the founder of Loop and Tie, customer gifting platform builds long-lasting relationships – at scale.

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#2099 $7M ARR in a crowded market

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:00:38 +0000

Just when you thought there was no room for yet another recruiting company, in walks today’s guest who built not one but two solutions for the space. And he was able to do that without writing any code in the beginning. We’ll find out how in this interview. George Carollo is the founder Dover, an end-to-end recruiting tool.

George Carollo is the founder Dover, an end-to-end recruiting tool.

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#2098 He sold his company to WeWork (and bought it back)

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:00:08 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur whose story I had read about. He built his company up to $25M but something happened and revenue went down to zero. The story doesn’t end there. He built the company back up, sold it to WeWork and wait until you hear what happened next. Seth Besmertnik is the founder of Conductor, a search and content intelligence platform that helps marketers create and optimize content to improve visibility online.

Seth Besmertnik is the founder of Conductor, a search and content intelligence platform that helps marketers create and optimize content to improve visibility online.

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#2097 Helping agencies run profitable projects

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:00:06 +0000

When I talked to today’s guest before we got started, he told me about some of the difficulties that he had starting a business. There was one word he used that described how he did it: ambition. We’ll talk about what that means in this interview. Santi Bibiloni is the founder of COR, the #1 project profitability tool.

Santi Bibiloni is the founder of COR, the #1 project profitability tool.

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#2096 Marketing automation explained

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:00:58 +0000

Joining me is yet another entrepreneur who got into marketing automation software. I’m going to ask him if thinks someone getting into the space today could still have a viable business. Sean Leonard is the founder of JumpDemand, a customer acquisition automation system.

Sean Leonard is the founder of JumpDemand, a customer acquisition automation system.

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#2095 Can automated personalization really work?

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:00:39 +0000

Joining me is someone whose software you’ve probably interacted with. Maybe you were frustrated by it. Maybe you admired it. Maybe it was a combination of both. I’m about to take you behind the scenes of the business behind it. Guillaume Moubeche is the co-founder of lemlist which allows you to personalize cold emails and automate follow-ups.

Guillaume Moubeche is the co-founder of lemlist which allows you to personalize cold emails and automate follow-ups.

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#2094 Challenges of category creation

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:00:29 +0000

Andy Bilinsky is the co-founder of Lensabl, which offers vision benefit plans and online prescriptions. I want to find out how his time at HauteLook inspired him to launch an eyewear brand and leveraged the growth enabled by flash sale sites. But flash sale sites trended down right as Warby Parker came to the market. We’ll hear how he decided to copy his well-funded competitor and pivoted to DTC.

Andy Bilinsky is the co-founder of Lensabl, which offers vision benefit plans and online prescriptions.

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#2093 A founder’s relationship with debt

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:00:45 +0000

For years, I’ve used the software that today’s guest created. A lot of companies claim that they are powered by AI. This company is actually using it. Oli Gardner is the founder of Unbounce, which allows you to create landing pages without coding.

Oli Gardner is the founder of Unbounce, which allows you to create landing pages without coding.

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#2092 8 figures making wedding bands for men

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:00:12 +0000

Today I have two guests who have tried for years to solve problems they ran across but they didn’t know how to sell. Well, after going through the wedding ring shopping experience, they found a pain so obvious that they knew it would sell itself. John Ruggiero and Michelle Luchese are the founders of Manly Bands, unique wedding bands for men. I invited them on to find out how they built it with no outside funding.

John Ruggiero and Michelle Luchese are the founders of Manly Bands, unique wedding bands for men.

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#2091 SMS marketing for e-commerce

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:00:24 +0000

Today’s guest and his co-founder were all rejected from YC with earlier ideas. Eventually they got together and came up with the idea for SMS marketing for Shopify stores. That idea got them into YC and eventually $40m in funding. I want to find out how he did it. Alex Beller is the founder of Postscript, SMS marketing for growing Shopify stores.

Alex Beller is the founder of Postscript, SMS marketing for growing Shopify stores.

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#2090 Kayak founder sets sights on solving podcast discovery

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:00:20 +0000

Today’s guest sold his company for $2,000,000,000. But he didn’t stop after the exit. He went on to build several other companies including Lola and Moonbeam. I want to find out how he did it. Joining me is Paul English, the founder of Kayak, the online travel agency and metasearch engine.

Paul English is the founder of Kayak, an online travel agency and metasearch engine.

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#2089 Online coding classes for kids

Fri, 28 May 2021 13:00:29 +0000

Especially after COVID, people began taking remote learning seriously. Today I invited an entrepreneur who was ahead of this trend. Vivian Shen is the co-founder of Juni Learning, online coding classes for kids. I want to find out about not only the impact of COVID on her business but also the future of online education.

Vivian Shen is the co-founder of Juni Learning, online coding classes for kids.

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#2088 Hiring a remote sales team

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:00:35 +0000

I can’t believe that the solution today’s guest came up with didn’t already exist. You can hire a remote developer; you can hire a remote EA; so why couldn’t you hire a remote sales person? Lavie Popack is the founder of Overpass, which allows you to hire and manage a remote sales team. I invited him here to find out how he built it.

Lavie Popack is the founder of Overpass, which allows you to hire and manage a remote sales team.

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#2087 Distraction-free productivity

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:00:55 +0000

For years I’ve been wanting to write a book but I could never sit still long enough to write it. I even tried to hire somebody to sit and write with me. It was too awkward to write together. I tried to hire someone to write for me. I didn’t like their writing. Finally, over COVID, I used something called Focusmate and I freaking wrote the book! Today I invited the founder of Focusmate to find out how he built it. Taylor Jacobson is the founder of Focusmate, virtual coworking that helps you get things done.

Taylor Jacobson is the founder of Focusmate, virtual coworking that helps you get things done.

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#2086 A better way to hire

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:00:57 +0000

Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could know ahead of time if a new hire would do well in their role? Well, today’s guest is trying to solve that problem. Omer Molad is the founder of Vervoe, which predicts job performance using skills assessments that showcase the talent of every candidate.

Omer Molad is the founder of Vervoe, which predicts job performance using skills assessments that showcase the talent of every candidate.

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#2085 Competing in the world of email marketing

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:00:25 +0000

How does an email software company compete in a world of Mailchimps and Constant Contacts? Steffen Schebesta is the co-founder of Newsletter2Go which was acquired by Sendinblue. In this interview we’ll find out how he built Newsletter2Go and the interesting thing that happened after he sold it.

Steffen Schebesta is the co-founder of Newsletter2Go which was acquired by Sendinblue.

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#2084 A survival guide for near-failure

Mon, 17 May 2021 13:00:36 +0000

I invited today’s guest because he willing to talk about something that so few entrepreneurs want to talk about which is how freaking hard it is to start a company. Rory O’Connor is the founder of Scurri which provides software that connects and optimizes the eCommerce ordering, shipping and delivery process. I’m going to ask him how he built it up and how he survived after nearly running out of money so many times.

Rory O’Connor is the founder of Scurri which provides software that connects and optimizes the eCommerce ordering, shipping and delivery process.

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#2083 This founder thinks you over-invested in software

Fri, 14 May 2021 13:00:57 +0000

I wonder how much my audience is going to be interested in hearing what today’s guest has created because I know founder in my audience love new software. But today’s guest thinks you probably have too much. So he built a solution that can save companies 25% on their software spend. I want to find out how he did it. James Layfield is the co-founder of Clearfind, a software intelligence platform.

James Layfield is the co-founder of Clearfind, a software intelligence platform.

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#2082 Buying and selling businesses

Wed, 12 May 2021 13:00:02 +0000

The last time I talked to today’s guest he was buying and selling businesses on marketplaces. Since then he pivoted to direct-t0-consumer. I’m so fascinated by this idea and I’m even considering doing it myself. Dominic Wells is the founder of Onfolio which acquires and manages a diversified portfolio of online businesses across a broad range of verticals. I invited him here to find out what he’s doing right.

Dominic Wells is the founder of Onfolio which acquires and manages a diversified portfolio of online businesses across a broad range of verticals.

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#2081 Why the details of your life matter for your startup

Mon, 10 May 2021 13:00:26 +0000

Today’s guest has put so much thought into the details of the his daily life. I want to talk to him about how all the small changes he made added up to big results in both his life and his business. Moe Abbas is the founder of Acadium, a digital platform that connects aspiring digital marketers, with a vetted business owners that will teach digital marketing through one-on-one mentorship, hands-on experience, and real-world projects for their business.

Moe Abbas is the founder of Acadium, a digital platform that connects aspiring digital marketers, with a vetted business owners that will teach digital marketing through one-on-one mentorship, hands-on experience, and real-world projects for their business.

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#2080 Growing, productizing and selling a niche agency

Fri, 07 May 2021 13:00:31 +0000

Today’s guest did what so many people in my audience hope to do: He grew, productized and sold an agency. I invited him here to find out how he came up with the idea while in law school and the critical thing he learned about his early clients. Andy Cabasso is the founder of JurisPage, which provides mobile responsive law firm website design, internet marketing, and lawyer seo, custom-tailored to bring attorneys new clients.

Andy Cabasso is the founder of JurisPage, which provides mobile responsive law firm website design, internet marketing, and lawyer seo, custom-tailored to bring attorneys new clients.

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#2079 Addressing the European market of Amazon sellers

Wed, 05 May 2021 13:00:40 +0000

Joining me is somebody who realized how much of a pain it is to sell on Amazon in Europe. Stef van Boekel is the founder of Marketplace Distri, which provides seller and vendor management for Amazon and B2B E-Commerce marketplaces on a European level. We’re going to find out how you built up this company.

Stef van Boekel is the founder of Marketplace Distri, which provides seller and vendor management for Amazon and B2B E-Commerce marketplaces on a European level.

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#2078 From 0 to 2M followers by teaching online

Mon, 03 May 2021 13:00:11 +0000

Joining me is a Mixergy fan who started teaching on YouTube back in 2012. Since then he has grown his audience to over 2 million followers and a $1.8 million dollar business. Stan Prokopenko is the founder of Proko.com which teaches artists how to draw and paint. In this interview I want to find out how he improved from his first video which was so bad he didn’t even publish it to now having a team of 11 full-time employees.

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#2077 Modernizing an out-of-touch industry like insurance

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:00:32 +0000

Here’s what I love about today’s guest: He saw how insurance is just terribly outdated. Everything from talking to someone on the phone, to faxing over paperwork, to scanning all the paperwork into my computer to digitize it. But you can’t change such and entrenched, out-of-touch industry overnight. That’s why I’m excited about what today’s guest did. Christian Wiens is the founder of GetSafe, a digital insurance provider.

Christian Wiens is the founder of GetSafe, a digital insurance provider.

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#2076 Finding a big audience for a unique solution

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:00:50 +0000

When I’m not interviewing entrepreneurs, I run. I can run endlessly. But one of the problems that I have as a runner is nutrition. If I’m in the middle of the run, I have to stop and find some food because I don’t like the gel packs other marathoners use. It’s such a hassle and such an interruption to my run. Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who found a way around it. Her name is Shoba Murali and she is the founder of Ucan, a nutritional products company. I want to find out how she found a solution to an extremely unique problem for one person and patented a broader application that helps a ton of people, including me.

Shoba Murali is the founder of Ucan, a nutritional products company.

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#2075 A new spin on journaling

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:20:28 +0000

I find that journaling has been better for me than therapy and today I have a founder who noticed the same thing. Meha Agrawal is the founder of Silk + Sonder, a subscription based mental wellness journaling experience for women. My goal for this interview is to understand a little bit about journaling and how she’s making a journaling business work on a subscription basis.

Meha Agrawal is the founder of Silk + Sonder, a subscription based mental wellness journaling experience for women.

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#2074 New video tools to reach your audience

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:00:05 +0000

I do these interviews via video so I’m especially excited about today’s guest because he’s been doing video software for over a decade. Fritz Brumder is the co-founder of Brandlive, a video marketing platform which he exited in 2019. I want to ask him how the brand has iterated over 10 years and about his new business, Zipcan, which allows anyone to embed video chat on there site really quickly.

Fritz Brumder is the co-founder of Brandlive, a video marketing platform.

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#2073 This $250K ARR startup just sold for $800K

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:00:59 +0000

I rarely meet entrepreneurs who are more persistent than today’s guest. Dmitry Dragilev is the founder of JustReachOut, a platform for the DIY PR person who needs additional guidance. He’s just sold the business. I invited him to find out how he found someone to buy JustReachOut, how he structured the sale, and how much he sold it for.

Dmitry is the founder of PRThatConverts.com – a PR and SEO coaching program with 800+ students in 25+ countries. He is the founder of JustReachOut.io – a software platform which has helped 5K+ businesses build backlinks and get press without a PR firm. He owns and runs a number of blogs including Smallbiz.tools and CriminallyProlific.com.

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#2072 $100,000,000+ exit after two years

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:00:40 +0000

Joining me is someone whose own mom was disappointed in him. Swapnil Shinde’s mom was an entrepreneur herself and did not want him to quit his job to become an entrepreneur. But he did quit his job and he went on to launch and sell a few companies. We’ll talk about how he did it in this interview. Today, Swapnil is the founder of Zeni, bookkeeping and accounting service for startups.

Swapnil Shinde is the founder of Zeni, bookkeeping and accounting service for startups.

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#2071 Better task management

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:00:39 +0000

Platforms like Slack are so freaking distracting. I think if you’re running your company you need less distraction not more. Well, today’s guest created a more automated task management system and I want to find out how he did it. Max Nalsky is the founder of Pyrus, a team communication tool that helps get things done.

Max Nalsky is the founder of Pyrus, a team communication tool that helps get things done.

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#2070 Creating pop-ups users love

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:00:55 +0000

You know those pop-ups you see on websites that are awful and embarrassing to site? Well, joining me today is someone who is responsible for a different kind of pop-up–I’m talking about the ones that are pretty, the ones that make you want to type in your email address. Ben Cahen is the founder of Wisepops, an intelligent pop-up builder. I want to find out how he did it.

Ben Cahen is the founder of Wisepops, an intelligent pop-up builder.

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#2069 Building in public

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:00:57 +0000

Aleksandr Volodarsky is the founder of Lemon.io, a marketplace of vetted offshore engineers. What I love about his story is that he set a public revenue goal and he’s being completely transparent about how he’s building Lemon. We’ll talk about what he’s doing right in this interview.

Aleksandr Volodarsky is the founder of Lemon.io, a marketplace of vetted offshore engineers. You can follow him on Twitter @volodarik

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#2068 How to deal with setbacks

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:00:25 +0000

I love when entrepreneurs talk about their biggest failures. To be an entrepreneur you have to be an optimist and I love learning how optimist deal with setbacks. Today’s guest faced several setbacks and we’re going to find out how he recovered. Todd Palmer is the founder of Extraordinary Advisors which helps leaders and entrepreneurs.

Todd Palmer is the founder of Extraordinary Advisors which helps leaders and entrepreneurs.

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#2067 Tax credits your startup might be missing

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:00:46 +0000

I met Lloyd Lobo five years ago at a dinner and he seemed like a super confident guy. Everything seemed like it was going his way at that time. It wasn’t until I started reading up on him in preparation for this interview that I realized how much he was struggling with his startup. I want to find out about that period of his life and how he turned it around. Lloyed is the co-founder of Boast.ai which helps businesses recover their R&D costs from the government. We’ll talk about what that means and how it affects startups.

Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast.ai which helps businesses recover their R&D costs from the government.

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#2066 Bootstrapped in a basement; sold for $32,000,000

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:00:54 +0000

Today I have a guest who I have been talking to for over 10 years as he bootstrapped his company. Francois Arbour is the founder of PremiumBeat, a curated library of royalty-free music for creative professionals. He sold that company to Shutterstock and has gone on to do many other things. I want to know how a guy who started out in the basement became somebody so freaking good at building companies that he’s helping others do it too.

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#2065 Getting paid top dollar for podcast ads

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:00:58 +0000

Joining me is a long-time listener and I’m excited to have him on here. He’s created a solution that helps podcasters get top dollar for their ads. If you are a content creator, you’ll want to hear this interview. If you’re a company trying to figure out where to place your ad spend, you’ll want to hear this interview. David Tintner is the co-founder of ThoughtLeaders.io, a sponsored content marketplace. In this episode, we talk about the problem advertisers face and how his company is helping creators better monetize their content.

David Tintner is the co-founder of ThoughtLeaders.io, a sponsored content marketplace.

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#2064 Becoming a technical founder (without a software background)

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:54:41 +0000

Joining me is an investment banker who decided he wanted to start a software company. But instead of going online and finding a technical co-founder to do all the work, he spent two years learning how to code. Ryan Coon is the co-founder of Avail, which simplifies property management for independent landlords. In this interview we’re going to hear the entire story of how he built it up to how he sold it to Realtor.com.

Ryan Coon is the co-founder of Avail, which simplifies property management for independent landlords.

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#2063 Making Community Your Competitive Advantage

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:00:44 +0000

Joining me as someone who I had an awkward conversation with about a decade ago. I think he would say the same about that day. He was in his early twenties and didn’t have much to say. Well, 10 years later, he’s written a book and has a successful business. I want to find out how he made such a transformation. David Spinks is the co-founder of CMX Hub and author of The Business of Belonging.

David Spinks is the co-founder of CMX Hub and author of The Business of Belonging.

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#2062 Revenue options for content creators

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:00:54 +0000

Today’s guest runs a business for entrepreneurs which is really similar to my business. I invited him here because I want to find out what’s working for him and how I can improve. Ben Aston is the founder of The Digital Project Manager. It’s a place where project managers can learn about what’s going on in their industry. I want to figure out how he has monetized it through three different revenue channels.

Ben Aston is the founder of The Digital Project Manager, platforms for project management information and thought leadership.

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#2061 Keeping churn below 2%

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:00:29 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who had a simple idea, bootstrapped it, and is doing really well. Dmitri Leonov is the founder of SaneBox, software that makes sure only important email stays in your Inbox. I want to find out how he did it.

Dmitri Leonov is the founder of SaneBox, software that makes sure only important email stays in your Inbox.

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#2060 Process-driven outsourcing

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:00:10 +0000

Joining me is Barnaby Lashbrooke. He has a virtual assistant company called Time Etc. which I would have thought would be an easy businesses to start because it makes so much sense. But it turns out it took a while to get the business model to work. I want to find out why. He’s also the author of The Hard Work Myth: How To Achieve More And Work Less Hard. We’ll talk about that too.

Barnaby Lashbrooke is the founder of Time Etc and the author of The Hard Work Myth: How To Achieve More And Work Less Hard.

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#2059 Connecting with customers through personalized video

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:00:37 +0000

Joining me is a guy who failed a couple of times in entrepreneurship but he decided to continue anyway. I’m curious why he didn’t just give up. And instead of giving up, he went on to create this software called Bonjoro. It allows you to send individual videos to people at scale. We’ll find out how he built it up.

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#2058 Staying tenacious and agile (even when something’s working)

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:00:01 +0000

I don’t know how today’s guest is still standing. Chad Newell is running a company that has pivoted so many times for so many different reasons. The tenacity and the agility it must have taken to stay with it fascinates me. We’ll find out how he did it in this interview. Chad Newell co-founder and CEO of Snapwire.co which lets teams find and hire the top creative freelancers to produce visual content seamlessly.

Chad Newell co-founder and CEO of Snapwire.co which lets teams find and hire the top creative freelancers to produce visual content seamlessly.

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#2057 Buying and resuscitating a dying business

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:00:51 +0000

Today’s guest bought a business that was at death door step. He brought it back to life–back to profitability. But then he discovered an even bigger problem. We’ll talk about how he used software to solve it. Jeremy Bodenhamer is the founder of ShipHawk, smarter shipping software.

Jeremy Bodenhamer is the founder of ShipHawk, smarter shipping software.

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#2056 How an app can solve an offline problem

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:00:08 +0000

I happen to be the one of the many people who don’t have enough time to take my car in for maintenance. Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who recognized that problem and is solving it. Limvirak Chea is the founder of Fixter, which lets users book hassle-free car maintenance.

Limvirak Chea is the founder of Fixter, which lets users book hassle-free car maintenance.

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#2055 Bootstrapped and sold in 2 years

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:00:43 +0000

Joining me is a bootstrapper who built yet another email marketing company. There are so many and yet the demand was there. He built it up and sold it in just two years. I want to find out how he did it. Shawn Finder is the co-founder of Autoklose, a sales automation platform.

Shawn Finder is the co-founder of Autoklose, a sales automation platform.

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#2054 What makes you “Backable”

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:00:20 +0000

I recently read the book written by today’s guest. It’s called Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You. I thought it was incredibly helpful because he gave clear steps for how to be “backable,” the type of person that people like, that they want to put their money or careers behind. I’ve seen so many of these people here in San Francisco that have that “it quality.” We’ll talk about what that is and examples of how people use techniques to become it. Suneel Gupta is the author; he’s also the co-founder of Rise which was acquired by One Medical.

Suneel Gupta is the author of Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You. He’s also the co-founder of Rise which was acquired by One Medical.

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#2053 Running a startup with your dad

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:00:18 +0000

In this interview you’re going to hear me bust the chops of today’s guest. Sam Ovett is the co-founder of Mobile Pocket Office, a consulting company that helps clients automate sales and lead generation. He started the company with his dad. I want to find out about that and how he built it up.

Sam Ovett is the co-founder of Mobile Pocket Office, a consulting company that helps clients automate sales and lead generation.

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#2052 Ray J – Nearly broke to $116 million earbud business

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:00:14 +0000

Ray J, the musician and TV star, wanted to be a tech entrepreneur like you. He launched an electric bike, but it didn’t go as well as planned. “I wasn’t listening to anybody,” he says of that time. His finances suffered from unfruitful startup attempts. Then he teamed up with Ray Lee, whose family was in the electrics business, and opened himself up to helpful advice. Today, he makes RAYCON earbuds. Not only is the company generating real revenue, but it’s products are loved by both celebrities and YouTube tech reviewers.

Ray J and Ray Lee are the founders of Raycon, a wireless audio brand.

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#2051 How do you know if you’re failing?

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who’s been in the news quite a bit because he raised a bunch of money. But before all that, the company failed on many ways with many early customers. Today’s guest is willing to talk openly with me about that. Vivek Sharma is the founder of Movable Ink which activates any data into real-time, personalized content in any customer engagement. Over 700 of the world’s most innovative brands rely on Movable Ink to accelerate their marketing performance.

Vivek Sharma is the founder of Movable Ink which activates any data into real-time, personalized content in any customer engagement. Over 700 of the world’s most innovative brands rely on Movable Ink to accelerate their marketing performance.

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#2050 John Lee Dumas opens up about PTSD

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:00:52 +0000

Joining me is another guy who interviews entrepreneurs about how they’ve built their businesses. John Lee Dumas has done over 3000 interviews as the founder and host of the award-winning podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire, where he interviews inspiring entrepreneurs. He’s got a book now about how he built his business and what you can learn from his experience. It’s called The Common Path to Uncommon Success. I invited him here to talk about the details.

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#2049 Monetizing empty retail space?

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:00:10 +0000

Tristan Pollock is the co-founder of Storefront, which allows vendors to find and book pop-up shops, showrooms, galleries, and other event venues. It was a great freaking idea. He ended up selling. I want to ask him about that, his AngelList syndicate, and why, after founding and selling a company, he ended up working for CTO.ai.

Tristan Pollock is the co-founder of Storefront, which allows vendors to find and book pop-up shops, showrooms, galleries, and other event venues.

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#2048 Authentic branding through street art

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:00:14 +0000

I’m usually a cynical person, but sometimes I see these beautiful murals that incorporate some branding and it just looks so cool. Well, it turns out there’s a company behind those branded murals. Tricia Binder is the co-founder of Muros, an art activation agency to create impactful spaces, experiences and outdoor mural advertising campaigns.

Tricia Binder is the co-founder of Muros, an art activation agency to create impactful spaces, experiences and outdoor mural advertising campaigns.

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#2047 Fixing the e-commerce value chain

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:00:02 +0000

Joining me is Paul Palmieri. He’s someone who has done it all. He built a company, took it public, sold it to AOL, the whole thing. I want to find out how he did it and I also want to talk to him about the big, hairy, audacious challenge he’s taking on today in e-commerce. Paul Palmieri is the co-creator of Tradeswell, a real-time e-commerce value chain with the first cross-channel algorithmic trading platform built specifically to help DTC and CPG brands.

Paul Palmieri is the co-creator of Tradeswell, a real-time e-commerce value chain with the first cross-channel algorithmic trading platform built specifically to help DTC and CPG brands.

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#2046 Reducing churn starts with this

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:00:39 +0000

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Shreesha Ramdas is the founder of Strikedeck, which captures and organized customer feedback.

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#2045 A record label pivots to SaaS

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:00:48 +0000

I was a little intimidated about today’s guest because he’s in the security space. And I find that anything in the security space is hard to understand, harder to explain and wrapped in a mystery because the guests can’t tell me details. But today’s guest is different. He doesn’t come from a security background. I invited him here to talk about how he built his business despite that. Darren Gallop is the co-founder of Securicy which specializes in building and leveraging information Security and Privacy Compliance in SME’s to drive growth and speed up sales cycles.

Darren Gallop is the co-founder of Securicy which specializes in building and leveraging information Security and Privacy Compliance in SME’s to drive growth and speed up sales cycles.

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#2044 He solved contract management

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:00:05 +0000

Imagine this: Your company is getting acquired and the buyers want to know what agreements are inside all of your contracts. How do you figure it out? That’s the problem today’s guest had while working with Backupify. When he couldn’t find a simple solution, he decided to create one himself. Vishal Sunak co-founder of LinkSquares, an app for legal and finance teams to automate the search and reporting process.

Vishal Sunak co-founder of LinkSquares, an app for legal and finance teams to automate the search and reporting process.

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#2043 Printful grew to $200,000,000 in 2020

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:00:49 +0000

Today’s guest needed some inspirational posters to cover the blank walls in his startup’s office. When all he could find was cheesy, dated options he decided to create them himself. Davis Siksnans is the founder of Printful, easy print-on-demand drop shipping and fulfillment warehouse services. His company is now doing close to $200,000,000. Find out how he did it in this interview.

Davis Siksnans is the founder of Printful, easy print-on-demand drop shipping and fulfillment warehouse services.

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#2042 Fashion masks launched days after lockdown

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:00:38 +0000

I’m wondering if people who are listen to this interview will be thinking, “Enough with COVID-based interviews.” But the truth is 2020 really was a challenging year. There are some entrepreneurs who jumped and found solutions and found ways to grow despite the chaos in the world. I want to highlight them and I’m especially interested in today’s guest because her previous business suffered dramatically. Carol Chen is the founder of Maskela, which provides reusable face masks that are fashionable and functional. We’ll find out how she launched it in the first days of lockdown.

Carol Chen is the founder of Maskela, which provides reusable face masks that are fashionable and functional.

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#2041 The Hustle acquired! Here’s the founder.

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:00:36 +0000

HubSpot acquired The Hustle. So I’m republishing the interview I did with its founder, Sam Parr, about how the company was founded and grew. It’s an exciting story.

Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle and Trends.co, which picks up on trends that lead to new products that lead to new businesses.

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#2040 Motion Array sells for $65M

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:00:17 +0000

I’m so excited to have today’s guest on the show but I’m sensing that he’s incredibly nervous. Tyler Williams is the founder of Motion Array, a membership based resource for downloading premium After Effects templates, stock music, stock motion graphics, and stock video elements. We’ll find out how he built this business

Tyler Williams is the founder of Motion Array, a membership based resource for downloading premium After Effects templates, stock music, stock motion graphics, and stock video elements.

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#2039 Standing out in marketing automation

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:00:12 +0000

I want to find out how today’s guest is competing in the world of marketing automation. Shaun Clark is the founder of GoHighLevel, everything that agencies need to manage their client’s leads, websites, funnels, calendars and many other services. I’ll ask him how he grew it to over $10m in two years and why he’s so paranoid.

Shaun Clark is the founder of GoHighLevel, everything that agencies need to manage their client’s leads, websites, funnels, calendars and many other services.

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#2038 Sketching as a Service

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:00:52 +0000

Joining me is somebody who thinks of himself as a creative turned entrepreneur. Today’s guest is somebody who’d been sketching, designing, and drawing his entire life but found himself working a corporate job at Chic-fil-a. It was in endless meetings that he got a brilliant idea. I want to find out what happened in this interview. William Warren is the founder of The Sketch Effect, which delivers whiteboard videos and dry erase board sketches at conferences to make your ideas understandable, memorable and sharable stories.

William Warren is the founder of The Sketch Effect, which delivers whiteboard videos and dry erase board sketches at conferences to make your ideas understandable, memorable and sharable stories.

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#2037 Adii Pienaar on his darkest moments

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:00:46 +0000

Adii Pienaar is the founder of multiple companies. Many of us know him as the guy who created WooCommerce, an e-commerce platform that works on WordPress. It was acquired by Automatic. He then created Conversio, email marketing automation for e-commerce brands which was acquired by Campaign Monitor. His latest company is called Cogsy. But today he’s here to talk about a book he’s releasing. Life Profitably. I invited him here to argue about his ideas in the book. You’ll find out why in this interview.

Adii Pienaar is the founder of WooCommerce, Conversio, Cogsy and the author of Life Profitably.

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#2036 Bringing avatars to telemedicine

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:00:23 +0000

I am fascinated by what today’s guest has done. He essentially created the first Siri in the early days of voice interaction. Today, Adam Odessky is the founder of Sensely, a character-based Enterprise Virtual Assistant Platform. We’ll find out how he did it and how COVID helped build this business.

Adam Odessky is the founder of Sensely, a character-based Enterprise Virtual Assistant Platform.

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#2035 Getting business on LinkedIn

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:00:05 +0000

Joining me is somebody who’s been on Mixergy before. His name is Josh Turner and he was first on here to talk about LinkedIn University. That’s was where he said, “Look, there’s a way to get business from LinkedIn.” And he was one of the first people to say that. He’s back here today to talk about something new.

Josh Turner is founder of LinkedSelling which helps businesses generate leads.

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#2034 A wholesale Cannabis marketplace

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:00:06 +0000

I’ve been so excited about marketplaces as businesses that I’ve done interviews with the founders who created them for over 10 years. It started out being such a hard thing to do. Now, with no-code solutions, it’s so easy. That’s why I wanted to talk to today’s guest. Ryan Smith is the founder of Leaflink, a wholesale Cannabis marketplace. This is such a brilliant idea and at the same time, this is such a daunting space to be in. I want understand how he did it.

Ryan Smith is the founder of Leaflink, a wholesale Cannabis marketplace.

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#2033 Answering a major question for first-time founders

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:00:15 +0000

I have to be honest, I was very skeptical as I went through the site today’s guest created. But I I was impressed with it I thought, “I should have come out with this idea!” It’s so simple, so brilliant, So elegant. My guest, Bobby Peddi, realized that one of the big questions that many people have when they’re starting a business is: how should Ieven structure my business? Do I even need an LLC? Do I need to incorporate? Should it just be a partnership? He answered those questions as simply as he could with HowtoStartanLLC.com. That led to Truic, The Really Useful Information Company. I want to find out how he did it.

Nagabhushanam “Bobby” Peddi is Founder and CEO of Truic which offers free tools and guides to start a business, including How to Start an LLC.

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#2032 Going public through SPAC

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:00:04 +0000

Joining me is someone who’s become essentially famous for being one of the first Silicon Valley companies that went public through a SPAC. George Arison is the co-founder of Shift which makes it easy to buy and sell cars online. I want to find out how he built his company and about his experience going public without an IPO.

George Arison is the co-founder of Shift which makes it easy to buy and sell cars online.

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#2031 Solving the huge pain of haircuts

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:00:50 +0000

I am so freaking excited about the problem today’s guest is solving. Obi Omile is the founder of theCut, a barbershop technology platform that allows users and barbers to schedule and manage appointments. I want to find out how he grew this app to 7 figures.

Obi Omile is the founder of theCut, a barbershop technology platform that allows users and barbers to schedule and manage appointments.

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#2030 Bootstrapping after a funded failure

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:23:47 +0000

Joining me is somebody who got funded and got to Silicon Valley. But it didn’t work out for him. He had to leave the country. He ended up coming back with a bootstrap company that’s doing better than the previous business. I invited him here to talk about how he did it. His name is Carlos González de Villaumbrosia. He’s the founder of Product School, Product Management training taught by top PMs working at Google, Facebook, Netflix, Uber & Airbnb.

Carlos González de Villaumbrosia is the founder of Product School, Product Management training taught by top PMs working at Google, Facebook, Netflix, Uber & Airbnb.

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#2029 Custom prospecting at scale

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:00:07 +0000

Joining me today is the founder of BombBomb. His software lets you record a video of yourself, customize it for your prospects, email it out, and even get insights about who watched it. His name is Conor McCloskey. He built this tool because he was selling billboard space and he wanted to close more deals and renew more contracts. I invited him here to talk about how he did it and we can do it.

Conor McCluskey is the founder of BombBomb, software that lets you record and send videos directly to anyone from your computer or smartphone (iOS and Android).

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#2028 EdTech Series: LearnWorlds

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:00:30 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who created a platform that helps teachers do more than just teach. They enable testing, student success and even give teachers tools to help them sell their courses. It’s kind of like Shopify for online education. If you want to teach, you want the platform, they’ll make it easy for you. The software and company is called LearnWorlds and the founder is Panos Siozos. I want to find out how he built it.

Panos Siozos is the co-founder of LearnWorlds, online course platform for creating, selling and promoting your online courses.

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#2027 An audio documentary about my life

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:00:38 +0000

Instead of a usual interview today, I’ve got an audio documentary about my life, one that was done by Samuel Donner. What I love about this recording is the amount of research and time that Samuel was willing to commit to understand how I built my businesses, who I am, what I was trying to do in life. Samuel Donner is the host of Finding Founders, a podcast about vulnerability and entrepreneurship.

Samuel Donner is the host of Finding Founders, a podcast about vulnerability and entrepreneurship.

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#2026 Inside Nomad’s product development

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:00:18 +0000

About eight years ago, today’s guests realized that if you’re walking around with a phone and you don’t have a way to charge it you just feel vulnerable. So he started a company that builds smartphone accessories for the modern nomad.

Noah Dentzel is the co-founder of Nomad, iPhone cases & accessories made from the finest materials.

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#2025 Music streaming for b2b

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:00:30 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who was crucial in creating the Beats Music brand that was eventually sold to Apple. He then partnered up with Spotify to create a way to bring music streaming to businesses. He has recently moved away from Spotify and I’m fascinated by how he’s did it. I want to find out how he got a deal going with Spotify to spin out this very complicated product. Ola Sars is coming to us directly from Stockholm. He is the founder of Soundtrack Your Brand, a music streaming solution for businesses.

Ola Sars is the founder of Soundtrack Your Brand, which allows businesses to find the perfect music in the world’s largest commercial catalog.

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#2024 Selling from the stage

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:00:27 +0000

Joining me as a Mixergy listener whose numbers don’t exactly hit our minimum for revenue but when we heard his story we knew we had to bring it to the audience. Adrian Tobey is the creator of Groundhogg, a CRM and marketing automation WordPress plugin. We believe that Adrian Toby is going places in the way world. I consider us lucky to have him on here as a guest to talk about what he’s building.

Adrian Tobey is the founder of Groundhogg, marketing automation for WordPress.

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#2023 Is your business model broken?

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:00:24 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who is dealing with a realization that I think a lot of us need to come to. I wish I had this conversation myself years ago. In this interview we’ll talk about what today’s guest learned the hard way about what business models work. Adam Arkfeld is the founder of ParaCore, a pay-per-click lead generation agency.

Adam Arkfeld is the founder of ParaCore, a pay-per-click lead generation agency, and Prevail Legal Marketing, performance-based lead generation agency for high-growth law firms.

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#2022 Killing repetitive tasks in PR

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:00:11 +0000

Today I have a founder who just sold her company to SEMRush. She was running her own PR agency and was looking for a solution to make her team more efficient. When she couldn’t find what she was looking for, she created it. Joanna Drabent is the founder of Prowly, PR and Media Relations Software.

Joanna Drabent is the founder of Prowly, PR and Media Relations Software.

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#2021 Otter outpaces Google in voice-to-text

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:00:29 +0000

I’m so excited about the software today’s guest created. It’s so powerful and it costs pennies on the dollar compared to the competition. I invited the founder here to talk about how he built it. Sam Liang is the founder of Otter.ai, which generates rich notes for meetings, interviews, lectures, and other important voice conversations.

Sam Liang is the founder of Otter.ai, which generates rich notes for meetings, interviews, lectures, and other important voice conversations.

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#2020 $15M ARR internet marketing agency

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:00:54 +0000

Joining me is Matt Bowman, a guy who runs a results-focused internet marketing agency. The thing that I find about people who run agencies is it’s an easy way to get started, but it also has basically unlimited growth potential. I want to find out how today’s guest went from building websites for non-profits who had no money to pay him to running a $15M ARR agency at Thrive.

Matt Bowman is the founder of Thrive Agency, a full-service digital marketing agency.

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#2019 My process for deeper conversations

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:00:56 +0000

If you’ve been listening to my podcast for a while, has it ever felt a little uncomfortable to hear me get so open with people? I didn’t realize that even my friend Wil Schroter noticed it. Recently, he invited me to go onto his podcast, Startup Therapy to talk about how I get so open. He’s known me now for years and I guess he’s been curious if you’ve been curious about it too, you’ll hear him ask the kinds of questions you might’ve been wondering and hear my process.

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#2018 Virtual events as a business

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:00:58 +0000

Today’s guest is someone whose background I really admire. Allie Magyar was working at Old Navy when she got into street racing. She took it really far–even organizing her own car shows and a crew. Today she’s the founder of Hubb, a virtual events platform. I want to find out how she did it.

Allie Magyar is the founder of Hubb.me, a virtual event platform.

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#2017 Starting small on a BIG vision

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:00:51 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who has this big vision of changing the world. But he realized something. If you want to change the world, if you want to really have big impact, you have to start small. Ashray Malhotra is the founder of Rephrase.ai, which uses Generative AI to address millions of customers personally, through videos. We’ll find out about his big vision in this interview.

Ashray Malhotra is the founder of Rephrase.ai, which uses Generative AI to address millions of customers personally, through videos.

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#2016 Turn a service into a subscription

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:00:31 +0000

One of the things that I’m discovering is companies are turning services into subscription products. Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who did exactly that. Johnathan Gryzbowski is the co-founder of Penji. It’s an on-demand graphic design service. It’s a better way to outsource your graphic design because you pay one monthly fee and then you get ongoing access to designers. We’ll find out how he found the business model that made it work.

Johnathan Grzybowski is the founder of Penji, which offers on-demand graphic design.

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#2015 Edtech Series: Outschool

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:00:08 +0000

I’m so glad that today’s guest is here. As soon as COVID hit and schools closed I wasn’t sure what to do with my kid. And so I started reading up on how to teach my kid. When I saw Eric Ries mention Outschool I had to check it out. It was such a great resource I actually sent Eric a thank you note. Amir Nathoo is the founder of Outschool, which allows K-12 students to take small group classes from anywhere.

Amir Nathoo is the founder of Outschool, which allows K-12 students to take small group classes from anywhere.

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#2014 Edtech Series: Remind

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:00:36 +0000

I don’t think I will even be able to explain to people how dramatically big the business is that today’s guest created. Brett Kopf is the co-founder of Remind, a messaging platform that helps teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K–12 schools to communicate. We’ll find out how he did it.

Brett Kopf is the co-founder of Remind, a messaging platform that helps teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K–12 schools to communicate.

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#2013 A developer tool that sees you rage clicking

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:00:03 +0000

One of the things I notice some entrepreneurs do is they take their phones or laptops to coffee shops and they ask somebody to use their software. They want to watch what happens. They want to see what people get stuck, where they get confused. Well, today’s guest came up with a better solution. Matt Arbesfeld is the founder of LogRocket which lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster.

Matt Arbesfeld is the founder of LogRocket which lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster.

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#2012 How LegacyBox got big

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:00:44 +0000

Joining me is someone who discovered that there are a lot of people who have photos, VHS tapes and other legacy digital products and want to digitize them. I would’ve thought it would be a small business but I can’t believe how big the company has gotten. I invited him here to figure it out how he did it.

Nick Macco is the co-founder of LegacyBox, which digitizes tapes, audio, photos and reels.

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#2011 Surviving $100M valuation to $0 in 10 days

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:00:06 +0000

Today’s guest didn’t think of himself as an entrepreneur but he found himself building a company that actually saved lives using technology. We’ll find out how he did that in this interview. But the thing that he’s really excited about these days is his new company which he built from scratch. Eman Pahlavani is the founder of HUNGRY, a catering company that connects independent chefs with corporate clients. He got funding from some big name investors like Jay-Z and Kevin Hart just 10 days before his revenue went to $0 due to COVID. But wait until you hear what happened next.

Eman Pahlavani is the founder of HUNGRY, a catering company that connects independent chefs with corporate clients.

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#2010 How Fever Free was born from WeeCare

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:00:48 +0000

I love interviewing entrepreneurs who are actually changing the world through technology. My guest today is one of those people. Matt Reilly is the creator of the Fever Free app which enables virtual temperature checks and symptom prescreening. It’s a tool he created out of necessity for his other business, a daycare marketplace. But I can see the vision Matt has to take this way beyond that. I invited him here to find out how he did it.

Matt Reilly is the co-founder of WeeCare, creator of the Fever Free app which empowers virtual temperature checks and symptom prescreening.

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#2009 $200M exit to Stripe

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:00:54 +0000

Two weeks ago I saw the news story “Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200 million.” So I immediately contacted the founder of the company to do an interview. And he said, “Come on, man. Let’s do it, but give me a little bit of time.” And so we waited a couple of weeks and true to his word he showed up to talk about it. Joining me Shola Akinlade, the founder of Paystack. It’s a startup out of Nigeria that like Stripe provides quick ways to integrate payment services into online and offline transactions. We’re going to find out how he built this company, how he sold it, and why he’s even sitting here doing this interview with me.

Shola Akinlade is the founder of Paystack, a payments platform for Africa.

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#2008 Conversational marketing via chat

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:00:28 +0000

Today’s guest has a track record that she could have lived off of for the rest of her like, including a $360M exit. She didn’t do that though. She kept building; she kept pulling together teams and addressing problems. I want to find out how she does it and about her newest company. Anu Shukla is the co-founder of Botco.ai, a conversational marketing platform.

Anu Shukla is the co-founder of Botco.ai, a conversational marketing platform enabling meaningful and intelligent conversations between businesses and their customers.

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#2007 YC-backed stem cell banking

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:00:08 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur whose company is way different from everything else that we’ve done here at Mixergy. Usually I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their companies; there’s a beginning, middle and end to the story. We know how it turned out. But Steven Clausnitzer is running a company called Forever Labs. They will store your STEM cells so you can live healthier longer. I invited him here to talk about what that means.

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#2006 Profitable WordPress plugin

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:00:36 +0000

My guest today created a plugin that allows people to create a membership site on top of WordPress. It’s called Paid Memberships Pro. I want to find out how he came up with this product as a result of consulting. I also want to find out what event in his personal life was the breaking point that led to Paid Memberships Pro.

Jason Coleman is the founder of Paid Memberships Pro, member management and subscriptions plugin for WordPress.

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#2005 Shorty Awards Creator

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:00:44 +0000

I met today’s guest at a podcasting conference in Las Vegas 10 years ago when no one even knew what podcasting was. Since then I’ve never missed an episode of his show Venture Voice which he put on hold for a decade while building his other businesses, but just relaunched. But he’s gone on to do amazing things including creating The Oscars of social media, The Shorty Awards, and Muck Rack. I invited him on to talk about all of it.

Gregory Galant is the creator of the Short Awards and founder of Muck Rack where you can find journalists, get press for your story, monitor the news and report on the impact of your PR.

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#2004 David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:00:14 +0000

Today I have David Rubenstein, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist. But one of the things that I’m most excited to talk to him about is his book, How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEO’s, Founders and Game Changers, where he sat down with people like Oprah, Tim Cook, and past presidents.

David Rubenstein is a billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is also a co-founder The Carlyle Group, a global private equity investment company based in Washington, D.C.

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#2003 Failure led to massive success

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:00:34 +0000

One of the biggest hesitations that can keep us from starting something is how much time, work, and money goes into building something that’s likely to fail. It gets in our head. It keeps us from building. Well, joining me as an entrepreneur who failed. He created a product called tldr.io. to summarize interesting content on the internet. He put a lot of himself into it and it still closed. But because of this bad experience, he ended up learning how to create, what to create, and when to create it. Today, Charles Miglietti is the founder of Toucan Toco, a data storytelling tool that is revolutionizing enterprise analytics.

Charles Miglietti is the founder of Toucan Toco, a data storytelling tool that is revolutionizing enterprise analytics.

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#2002 Edtech Series: Eruditus

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:00:27 +0000

Joining me is a guy who went to Harvard Business School and said, “This is really helpful, but it’s available to a limited number of people.” So he decided to make online top tier education available to more people. He created a company called Eruditus which makes really high quality education more affordable and accessible. It’s backed by people who don’t just throw money at things and hope they work–including the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation. My guest today is Ashwin Damera. He previously founded TravelGuru which he sold to Travelocity. We’ll talk about that experience and why he’s taking such a different direction with his current company.

Ashwin Damera is the co-founder of Eruditus, which offers executive education programmes from world’s top Business Schools.

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#2001 She legitimized online videos

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:00:15 +0000

At the time my guest launched her company, online videos were full of crap. But she somehow managed to get huge names like Richard Branson and Elon Musk to appear in videos on her platform. I want to find out how she did that. I also want to talk about her new book which I read cover to cover, Digital Goddess: The Unfiltered Lessons of a Female Entrepreneur. My guest today is Victoria Montgomergy-Brown. She is the founder of Big Think, a collection of interviews, presentations, and roundtable discussions with experts from a wide range of fields.

Victoria Montgomergy-Brown is the founder of Big Think, a collection of interviews, presentations, and roundtable discussions with experts from a wide range of fields.

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#2000 How Levels got a 37,000-person waitlist

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:00:06 +0000

Today I’m talking to the founder of Levels, Sam Corcos. He created a device that people actually want to wear. It tracks your glucose in real time so you can maximize your diet and exercise. I want to know what he did to get people to even know that Levels exists and how he got so much freaking demand. I’ll ask about his previous company which went through Y Combinator, raised some money and sold.

Sam Corcos is the founder of Levels, which tracks your blood glucose in real time, so you can maximize your diet and exercise.

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#1999 Getting audience feedback before you build

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:00:44 +0000

Joining me is a listener who has started a company that I think is just phenomenally useful. I think when you hear how he came up with his idea, it’ll actually help you think of better products to create for your audience too. His name is John Li and he’s the founder of Pickfu, a do-it-yourself consumer research platform.

John Li is the founder of Pickfu, which allows you to get feedback from your target market in minutes.

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#1998 This founder opens up finally

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:00:10 +0000

Joining me is Martin Martinez. I know him as the founder of Alfred, which lets you market to people on LinkedIn. If I wanted to expand my network to know every founder in San Francisco, Alfred would allow me to find all those founders, add them on LinkedIn and then send them messages. And then if they do add me on LinkedIn, I could follow up with them both in InMail, which is LinkedIn’s email system or with regular email. And Martin said, “I’m going to let people decide how they’re going to communicate with people on LinkedIn.” So it got him into a little bit of trouble with LinkedIn, but he found a way out of it. I want to find out about all that in this interview.

Martin Martinez is the founder of Alfred, which automates daily tasks on LinkedIn.

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#1997 Braintrust guts the marketplace model

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:00:21 +0000

Joining me is Adam Jackson, a guy who has been building marketplaces for years–starting with one where he went door to door here in the San Francisco Bay area and signed up users. He’s developed most of his businesses here and still, he told me before this interview that he would like to challenge the Bay Area mindset. This is a guy who’s benefited from it so I want to find out what he’d like to change. We’re going to find out about how he built his businesses, including his latest company, Braintrust, a user-controlled talent network.

Adam Jackson is the founder of Braintrust, a user-controlled talent network.

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#1996 He copied Screenhero

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:00:44 +0000

Years ago there was this app that allowed developers to see each other’s screen, to interact with the screen at the same time to talk to each other. It was called Screenhero. It had a fan base that was just rabid in the developer community. But Screenhero got bought out by Slack and ultimately closed it down. The developers who loved it were upset, but here’s the beauty of that business. Instead of just being upset, today’s guest actually jumped in to do something about it. Ben Orenstein is the founder of Tuple, a remote pair programming app.

Ben Orenstein is the founder of Tuple, a remote pair programming app.

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#1995 LifterLMS: A Learning Management System for the rest of us

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:00:35 +0000

If I tell you today’s guest boostrapped a learning management system that works with WordPress, I feel like I’m not communicating why it matters or what it’s features are great for. If you’re creating a course, or have a membership site, or develop training programs for enterprise companies, you’re going to care about what today’s guest has built. Chris Badgett is the founder of LifterLMS, a WordPress LMS plugin for online learning websites. We’ll find out how he did it in this interview.

Chris Badgett is the founder of LifterLMS, a WordPress LMS plugin for online learning websites.

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#1994 A content creator I want to learn from

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:00:23 +0000

I remember a long time ago that there was this group of bloggers content creators who are making really good money. And I thought the whole movement frankly died and was replaced by Instagram and video content. Well, today’s guest is making money with content–even in the competitive personal finance space. I want to learn how he’s doing it. Deacon Hayes is the founder of Well Kept Wallet, a publication that helps people get out of debt.

Deacon Hayes is the founder of Well Kept Wallet, a publication that helps people get out of debt.

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#1993 How to deal with copycats

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:00:27 +0000

I interviewed today’s guest a while back about this brilliant idea he had. The company was called Diamond Candles and my audience of entrepreneurs was blown away with the fact that he was doing a million dollars a month in revenue from fricking candles. So many people were excited by it that some actually went off and said, “I can do that.” Justin Winter, the founder, told me it actually hurt his business. We’ll talk about that in the interview. Today, Justin is the founder of Boostopia, an all-in-one support operations platform. We’ll also talk about why he’s moved away from candles and on to SaaS.

Justin Winter is the founder of Boostopia, an all-in-one support operations platform.

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#1992 Creating Apps Without Code

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:00:34 +0000

I really underestimated the business that today’s guest built even though I’ve been told by several people that I had to interview her. Tara Reed is the founder of Apps Without Code, which teaches people how to create apps without coding. I’m shocked by her revenue and the size of her business. We’ll find out how she did it in this interview.

Tara Reed is the founder of Apps Without Code, which teaches people how to create apps without coding.

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#1991 Leveraging Upwork to launch your startup

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:00:28 +0000

Joining me is someone who essentially launched his business on Upwork and made over $1M dollars on the platform. I had to fact-check that with other sources because I couldn’t believe it. I invited him here to find out how he did it. Evan Fisher is the founder of Unicorn Business Plans, which crafts compelling presentations that showcase the potential of your business to investors.

Evan Fisher is the founder of Unicorn Business Plans, which crafts compelling presentations that showcase the potential of your business to investors.

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#1990 HeyZap cofounder launches bank for startups

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:00:59 +0000

Four years ago today’s guest sold HeyZap for $45M. It was a long journey which we’ll talk about in this interview but I also want to find out about what he’s building now. Immad Akhund is the founder of Mercury, a bank that helps startups scale. I tweeted out before this interview looking for negative stories about the company. I couldn’t find any. I want to find out how he’s grown a bank that’s for tech-savvy entrepreneurs.

Immad Akhund is the founder of Mercury, a bank that helps startups scale.

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#1989 This interview went off the rails

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:00:22 +0000

Vineet Devaiah is the founder of Teliportme, which offers virtual tour software. I invited him because I want to hear how he built the company up, had sales cut 90% by COVID, and is now building it back up even stronger.

Vineet Devaiah is the founder of Teliportme, which offers virtual tour software.

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#1988 Partner with big brands (and unlock their marketing dollars)

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000

I have not done enough interviews in the gaming space and obviously I see the gaming is huge. But I haven’t done interviews because I’m not a gamer and I feel out of my element. So I invited Chris Erb. He’s the founder of TripleClix, a video game marketing agency. I want to find out about the space and also how he landed such huge partnerships with a small team and a tiny budget.

Chris Erb is the founder of TripleClix, a video game marketing agency.

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#1987 FixMyCar got $250k in a bar

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:00:17 +0000

Joining me is a Mixergy listener who says that listening to Mixergy gave him the sense that it wasn’t as hard as he thought to create his own company. And sure enough, he did. Alright. Prashant Salla is the founder of FixMyCar, the fastest and easiest way to get your car fixed anywhere. As you’ll hear in this interview, he got customers from Craigslist. He got mechanics from Craigslist and he created a mobile auto repair business that way.

Prashant Salla is the founder of FixMyCar, a mobile auto repair service dedicated to fixing your car repair problems.

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#1986 Austen Allred of Lambda School

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:00:53 +0000

Austen Allred of Lambda School teaches first-time developers how to code…and doesn’t ask for payment until students earn a strong salary. We talked about his past failures and how he nearly didn’t recover from them. Then we shifted to how he came up with Lambda and how it could change all education.

Austen Allred is the founder of Lambda School which teaches first-time developers how to code.

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#1985 How to evolve when competitors copy

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:00:12 +0000

Today’s guest feels that entrepreneurship is about giving yourself the freedom, the freedom to live the life that you want. I’m fascinated by him because Lee LeFever co-created Common Craft, a site that makes technology easy for people to understand. Here’s are some examples: Google hired him to create a video to explain Google drive. Dropbox famously featured his video to explain the new idea of Dropbox. I thought all these new video apps would have crushed his business. But they didn’t. He kept evolving. We’re going to find out how in this interview. Lee LeFever is the co-creator of Common Craft which produces ready-made videos and visuals that help educators explain complex ideas quickly. He’s also the author of Big Enough: Building a Business that Scales with Your Lifestyle.

Lee LeFever is the co-creator of Common Craft which produces ready-made videos and visuals that help educators explain complex ideas quickly. He’s also the author of Big Enough: Building a Business that Scales with Your Lifestyle. Or you may purchase on his website.

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#1984 Inventor of the Infomercial and The Original Shark on Shark Tank

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:00:37 +0000

When I was a kid, I would watch infomercials the way other people watched sports. I loved selling. Well, today’s guest is one of the original creators of the infomercial. I have been reading his books for years and following him since the 90s. I am so freaking excited to have him on. Kevin Harrington is known as the Inventor of the Infomercial, the Original Shark on Shark Tank, and the As Seen on TV Pioneer.

Kevin Harrington is known as the Inventor of the Infomercial, the Original Shark on Shark Tank, and the As Seen on TV Pioneer.

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#1983 Psychological triggers that close sales

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:00:34 +0000

I freaking love the hustle of today’s guest. I love how she went extra mile to make everything a little bit better. Tavleen Kaur is the cofounder of BuildWooFunnels, optimized WooCommerce checkout pages, order bump and one-click upsells/downsells. I want to find out how she tested everything to land on the most clear, concise and incredibly persuasive features on a sales page.

Tavleen Kaur is the cofounder of BuildWooFunnels, optimized WooCommerce checkout pages, order bump and one-click upsells/downsells.

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#1982 What 17 yrs of blogging taught her

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:00:50 +0000

I thought content sites weren’t making any money anymore. I thought if you’re not on YouTube or Instagram, where the money is, that you were completely ignored by the world. Well, when today’s guest told me her revenue, I was shocked. Anita Campbell is the founder of Small Business Trends, a blog that covers the small business market and trends in technology. I invited her here to find out how she built such a profitable content site with such a small, remote team.

Anita Campbell is the founder of Small Business Trends, a blog that covers the small business market and trends in technology.

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#1981 Tools that generate demand

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:00:10 +0000

Ramit Sethi had this amazing sales page that me and my entire team admired. He basically said, decide how much money you want to make by plugging in how many customers you’ll have and what you’re going to charge. And he embedded a calculator readers could use to better understand his message. Joining me as an entrepreneur who realized the same thing while he was selling development services and he wanted to communicate how much it would cost to get different types of apps made. He said, More entrepreneurs, more entrepreneurs, more businesses, more marketers need this type of tool. But they shouldn’t have to get a developer in order to build it. And so he did it for them. Randy Rayess created software called Outgrow, which allows you to create sliders, calculators, quizzes, chatbots, and so many other tools that help you make your pages more interactive and close more sales.

Randy Rayess is the founder of Outgrow.co which offers no-code tools to boost your interactive content and drive more leads.

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#1980 Daily screencasts built a cult following

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:00:19 +0000

I’m an admirer entrepreneurial stories. Well, I was on IndieHackers recently and saw this guy posted that he earned over a million dollars with his online business. He’s a guy who used to work as a developer and did well but decided to start his own company. He started by saying, “I don’t know everything, but I know a little bit more than people less experienced than me–I’ll start by teaching them.” Chris Oliver is the founder of GoRails where he teaches intermediate Ruby on Rails developers how to build common features of web applications, refactor and organize their code, stay up-to-date, and learn new libraries.

Chris Oliver is the founder of GoRails where he teaches intermediate Ruby on Rails developers how to build common features of web applications, refactor and organize their code, stay up-to-date, and learn new libraries.

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#1979 Chart software coded on a morning commute

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:00:13 +0000

Today’s guest is Andrew Burnett-Thompson. He is the founder of SciChart. A lot of software has charts in it and I always assumed that the software makers created those charts. But it turns out it’s not just the chart–it’s a way of analyzing lots of data fast and making it look presentable. So, many developers, whether it’s for their own software or software that they create for customers, pay Andrew’s company to create those charts. I want to find out where he came up with the idea and how he built it up.

Andrew Burnett-Thompson is the founder of SciChart, fast, rich & interactive WPF Charts.

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#1978 $9M ARR solving enterprise-y BizTalk problems

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:47:06 +0000

Joining me as an entrepreneur who spent 10 years as a consultant, helping enterprises solve boring problems. But here’s the thing: He discovered a few problems that the clients all had in common. And so he bootstrapped software that solved those issues and turned his clients into customers. I want to find out how he did it. Saravana Kumar is the founder of Kovai, enterprise software and B2B SaaS products.

Saravana Kumar is the founder of Kovai, enterprise software and B2B SaaS products.

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#1977 Investors hated Pex until this….

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:00:09 +0000

Today’s guest came up with the idea to scrape the internet’s audio and video to find pirated content. But he had one major problem: no investor would touch it. We’ll find out how everything changed for him just days before filing bankruptcy. If you have an idea that investors are balking at, you don’t want to miss this interview. Rasty Turek is the founder of Pex, a database of all the video and audio on the internet.

Rasty Turek is the founder of Pex, a video and music search engine.

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#1976 Chris Pearson Wants Perfection

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:00:54 +0000

What I admire most about Chris Pearson is the elegance of his WordPress theme. He has a vision of clarity and perfection, and he sticks with it. But what happens when the world disagrees with his vision?

Chris Pearson is the founder of DIY Themes.

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#1975 Insanely profitable rideshare blog

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:00:12 +0000

Today’s guest created a blog called The Rideshare Guy. And it became a freaking hit at a time when I thought blogging was done. People who were driving cars for Lyft and for Uber felt like they were alone. They had all these questions like What are these extra bonus points? How do you actually make money? When should I do it? So today’s guest, Harry Campbell, created a blog for them. Then a YouTube channel where I kept coming across his videos on YouTube. I want to learn how he’s built this thing up and how the ads on his site are so good that my ad blocker doesn’t stop them.

Harry Campbell is the founder of The Rideshare Guy, where he writes about what it’s really like to be a driver for Uber, Lyft and lots of other gig services.

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#1974 Craigslist arbitrage while homeless?

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000

If you love hearing about pure hustle, you’re going to freaking love this interview. Mike Black is starting over. He’s leaving behind his business, his network, and all his belongings. He doesn’t have a place to live. Just a phone and one pair of clothes. He has 12 Months to start a new business and build it to $1 million during a global pandemic.

Mike Black is starting over. He’s leaving behind his business, his network, and all his belongings. He won’t have a place to live. Just a phone & one pair of clothes. He has 12 Months to start a new business and build it to $1 million during a global pandemic.

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#1973 $1M to $7M by adding services to software

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:00:12 +0000

My guest today is someone I interviewed years ago when he had just hit $1M in revenue. He got there with an unbelievably bootstrapped approach. He even shared a computer with someone else on his team. Well, he’s back and I want to hear how he has expanded beyond his initial product. I want to find out why he would go from selling software plugins to selling services. It makes sense in enterprise; I want to understand why it works for this business. Vipin Sahu is the founder of Webkul, which offers erp, commerce, crm and mobile app development IT services company in India.

Vipin Sahu is the founder of Webkul, which offers ERP, Commerce, CRM and mobile app development IT services company in India.

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#1972 Opening a celebrity hotel in NYC on 9-10-2001

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:00:26 +0000

I remember living in New York city and my friend Henry said, “Let’s go check out this cool hotel.” It was the kind of place where you would find celebrities. I remember seeing Steven Spielberg, just sitting there with some friends. Well, it ended up being to one of the hotels founded by today’s guest. To be honest with you, I don’t care that much about Steven Spielberg. I’m an entrepreneur person, so I’m excited to find out how today’s guest built that hotel and the company behind it. Especially considering the timing of his first major launch. We’ll find out about that in this interview. Today, Jason Pomeranc is the founder of Sixty Hotels, which offers luxury hotels in New York City and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Jason Pomeranc is the founder of Sixty Hotels, which offers luxury hotels in New York City and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

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#1971 Making voicemail sexy again

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:00:46 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who back in the very first internet boom said, “You know what? It doesn’t have to just be about computers.” What if we could take all this knowledge that’s being generated by the internet and make it available to people by phone?” I feel like he was one of the reasons people were excited about the future of technology back then. Alex Quilici is the founder of Quack, a voice portal company founded in July 1999 that was sold to AOL in August 2000. He’s also the founder of YouMail, visual voicemail and Robocall blocking software.

Alex Quilici is the founder of YouMail, visual voicemail and Robocall blocking software.

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#1970 If you’re someone who’s looking to start a business and hasn’t, this is the model for you

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:00:52 +0000

I know that some of you who are listening are probably thinking of yourselves as wantrepreneurs. Well, joining me today is an entrepreneur who maybe would’ve considered himself that as well. But one day he said, “There’s something about just listening to entrepreneurs tell their stories. Eventually you start to realize, wait, I don’t have to just listen. I could be the person doing this.” Gajan Retnasaba is the founder of Spiralyze, full-service conversion optimization and performance pricing. We’re going to talk about how he came to see himself as an entrepreneur. And if there’s someone out there who’s looking to start and hasn’t started, this is a model for you.

Gajan Retnasaba is the founder of Spiralyze, full-service conversion optimization and performance pricing.

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#1969 I talk to an American entrepreneur living in China about life in Shenzhen

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:00:04 +0000

I invited today’s guest because I’m so freaking fascinated by China. I see the future opportunity there. I see that it’s on the rise and I want to learn more about what’s going on there. My guest today is Brian Miller. Brian is the founder of Easy China Warehouse, a global fulfillment warehouse for e-commerce sellers. I invited him here to talk about how he built up his business and what life is like in China today.

Brian Miller is the founder of Easy China Warehouse, a warehouse and 3PL logistics solution for eCommerce and Amazon FBA sellers.

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#1968 How it was built: Push notification software OneSignal

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:00:20 +0000

Today’s guest founded software that you have no doubt used a bunch but you might not know about the company behind it. Well, the person behind the company is George Deglin. He is the founder of OneSignal, software for Mobile Push Notifications, Web Push, and In-App Messaging. OneSignal makes it really easy for companies of all sizes to re-engage users across all messaging channels. We’ll find out how he built this business by solving his own problem, his own pain, and then now helping so many other businesses.

George Deglin is the founder of OneSignal, software for Mobile Push Notifications, Web Push, and In-App Messaging.

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#1967 Entrepreneurship born out of the Soviet Union

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:00:57 +0000

If you’re buying ads, you might relate to what today’s guest does. Here’s a use case: Imagine you’re buying Facebook ads and Google ads, and you’ve got data coming in from Google analytics. It tells you what’s happening on your site with traffic, and maybe you want to figure out if your subscriber number growing. To know all that, you might have to go to Facebook ad manager and then your Google analytics and other places. It becomes a bit of a hassle. Well, today’s guest noticed that people were doing this and he said, “I think software should just be able to go pull in all that data, create a dashboard for people and enable marketers to have one spot that they get all the data that they need.” That’s the company he built. I invited him here to talk about how he did it and how it ended up doing well after a previous failure. Daniel Kravtsov is the co-founder of Improvado, an automated marketing data pipeline.

Daniel Kravtsov is the co-founder of Improvado, an automated marketing data pipeline.

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#1966 How Sam Parr built an eight-figure newsletter (and his audience is obsessed with it)

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:00:17 +0000

Joining me is Sam Parr. I’ve watched him build The Hustle over the years, which started out as an email newsletter with a few thousand subscribers. And it just became massively successful because he targeted an audience of entrepreneurs. But at some point last year, he said, “We need to add a new element to our business.” And he came out with a subscription service called Trends, which picks up on trends that lead to new products that could lead to new businesses. I want to find out how he built up his business, how much revenue it’s generating, and how the whole thing started with a basic email newsletter.

Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle and Trends.co, which picks up on trends that lead to new products that lead to new businesses.

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#1965 How Prevu turned home buying into an online shopping experience

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:00:51 +0000

Today’s guest looked at the offline experience of selling real estate and thought, “This should be modernized.” So he tried to bring the selling experience to the internet. But it didn’t work. We’ll find out why. He didn’t close the business though. Instead, he changed the model. We’ll talk about what he learned about his customers that allowed him to grow. Thomas Kutzman is the founder of Prevu, a modern, full-service brokerage offering 1.5% listing agent commission.

Thomas Kutzman is the founder of Prevu, a modern, full-service brokerage offering 1.5% listing agent commission.

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#1964 The $900M flip of Answers.com

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:00:41 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who bought a public company and sold it just three years later. The company he bought was Answers.com. I want to find out what he did in those three years that allowed him to sell it for over $900M. My guest today is David Karandish. He is currently the co-founder of Capacity, an enterprise artificial intelligence SaaS company focused on helping teams.

David Karandish is the co-founder of Capacity, an enterprise artificial intelligence SaaS company focused on helping teams.

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#1963 How to use acting techniques to get waaaaay inside your audience’s head

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:00:53 +0000

Today’s guest works with coaches, consultants, and service providers to help them get clients. I want to find out how he turned a 3-step system into a business. Russell Ruffino is the founder of Clients on Demand, but he spent the first 10 years of his career as an actor. We’ll find out how that background actually helped him unlock a hidden superpower.

Russell Ruffino is the founder of Clients on Demand, which helps coaches, consultants, thought-leaders and service pros attract the right clients, at the right price, anytime they want.

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#1962 Profile: The raw, unglamorized entrepreneur

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:00:44 +0000

Insecurities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and a hustler mentality. We’re going to get into all of it in this interview. My guest today is Travis Jamison. He is the founder of Smash.vc where they buy minority stakes in bootstrapped online businesses.

Travis Jamison is the founder of Smash.vc where they buy minority stakes in bootstrapped online businesses.

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#1961 How to scale a food subscription service from one person on a bike to deliveries in every state

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:00:51 +0000

I’m fascinated by meal subscription services. I thought they were going to revolutionize the way we eat. Turns out they’ve had a harder time scaling than I would have thought. Well, today’s guest figured out a way to do it profitably and I want to find out how she did it. Nicole Centeno is the founder of Splendid Spoon, a subscription meal plan service.

Nicole Centeno is the founder of Splendid Spoon, a subscription meal plan service.

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#1960 Ash Ambirge wants you to give your imposter syndrome the middle finger (and you will after this interview)

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:00:39 +0000

Joining me is a woman who I didn’t know much about even in preparation for this interview. Ash Ambirge is the author of a website and now a new book with the same title. It’s called, “The Middle Finger Project: Trash Your Imposter Syndrome and Live the Unf*ckwithable Life You Deserve” I want to find out how she built her business even though she is banned from advertising on social platforms because of the name of her business. You’re going to love this interview.

Ash Ambirge is the creator of the Middle Finger Project, which helps women figure out how to take an idea and sell it.

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#1959 How can a dev shop survive when its clients stop paying?

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:00:56 +0000

Joining me as an entrepreneur who was employed at a company that he felt was not necessarily aligned with its customers. It was a problem that nagged at him until it pushed him to quit his job and start an agency with a different approach to development. Abeer Raza is the founder of TekRevol, a development agency that scales with its client–even if that means their clients are shrinking. I want to find out how he did it and how he’s getting through this current economic situation.

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#1958 The ChargeItSpot Story: A field guide for getting (and keeping) retailers as clients

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:00:15 +0000

If you’re thinking about a manufactured product or if you’re thinking about going after retail stores as customers you have got to listen to this interview. Douglas Baldasare is the founder of ChargeItSpot, which provides secure cell phone charging stations for retail stores. I want to find out how he validated the business early on in order to grow so fast and also the really brilliant way he removed risk from the manufacturing process.

Douglas Baldasare is the founder of ChargeItSpot, which provides secure cell phone charging stations for retail stores.

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#1957 Salesflare is taking on a giant. Here’s why you should be like Salesflare

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:00:14 +0000

I’ve known for years about the software that today’s guest created. It’s beautiful. It’s elegant. It’s well-organized. But it’s automated CRM. And he’s dealing with competitors like Salesforce. Microsoft is in the space of contact relationship management apps. How could this guy survive? Jeroen Corthout is the founder of Salesflare, a simple and powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B. I want to find out how he built this business with so much competition. What makes his software different that people are signing up for it? That’s what this interview is about. And for anyone out there who sees a product and says, “I want to create something better.” I want you to hear this interview.

Jeroen Corthout is the founder of Salesflare, a simple and powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B.

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#1956 How Revry became the Netflix for the queer community

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:00:18 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who thinks big. She launched a freaking cable channel! But it’s bigger than cable because it’s being broadcasted on so many different platforms. Alia Daniels is the co-founder of Revry, a global queer digital media network. I invited her here to find out how she and her co-founders built this community, got the content, and turned into a real business.

Alia Daniels is the co-founder of Revry, a global queer digital media network.

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#1955 How a Mixergy listener went from 0 to $2M in ARR in 2 years

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:00:48 +0000

Joining me is a Mixergy listener who quit his job to start blogging. He only made €82 euros in his first month but he didn’t stop. The next month he made a little more and then a little more. Eventually he moved into SaaS which he could offer to the audience which he had grown. Aurelien Amacker is the founder of Systeme.io, an all-in-one marketing platform. I want to find out how he built this startup little by little into a $3 million dollar company and how he personally grew alongside the business.

Aurelien Amacker is the founder of Systeme.io, an all-in-one marketing platform.

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#1954 How this virtual assistant turned ONE client into a company that scales

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:00:20 +0000

Today’s guest started a virtual assistant company that I find especially interesting for a few reasons. One, she is a military spouse and she discovered an untapped resource in military spouses. They make ideal assistants and we’ll get into why in this interview. But number two, there are virtual assistant companies all over the place. How is she still growing? We’ll find out. Michelle Penczak is the co-founder of Squared Away, which helps CEOs, VCs, executives, and startup teams get their time back through virtual assistants.

Michelle Penczak is the co-founder of Squared Away, which helps CEOs, VCs, executives, and startup teams get their time back through virtual assistants.

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#1953 Case Study: Distillery turns craft hand sanitizer to meet local demand

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:00:41 +0000

Joining me is a Mixergy listener who has been distilling spirits in Huntington Beach. The distillery was doing so well that earlier this year they were hiring and starting construction on a bigger facility. Then COVID hit and everything came to a halt. But then something else happened. They started getting emails, tons and tons of emails, asking for hand sanitizer. So they pivoted to meet the local demand. Elena Kornoff is the co-founder of Surf City Still Works, a Huntington Beach distillery. I want to find out how she came up with the idea and how things changed after COVID.

Elena Kornoff is the co-founder of Surf City Still Works, a Huntington Beach distillery.

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#1952 How Microshare spunout contact tracing for b2b

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:26:24 +0000

Today’s guest created software that kept track of things like how often the janitor cleaned a bathroom in an office building. When COVID hit, his customers began cutting back. He could have really freaked out, but he realized his technology could help companies ensure their people stay far apart from each other The software pivoted to contact tracing and other features that keep people safe at work. I want to find out how he did it.

Ron Rock is the founder of Microshare, a API-based rules engines and robots to secure, control and safely share the IoT and other data.

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#1951 Snappa founder on staying optimistic through a rut (and how he’s keeping perspective)

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:00:56 +0000

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who bootstrapped a company that enables non-designers to create designs quickly. He bootstrapped it outside of the San Francisco Bay area and the software works beautifully. His story is the kind I want more of in order to encourage my audience during COVID. Christopher Gimmer is the founder of Snappa, which allows user to create graphics for social media, ads, blogs, and more. He told me before the interview started that his company is actually doing better since COVID hit. I want to hear how he built it up and what life is like now.

Christopher Gimmer is the founder of Snappa, which allows user to create graphics for social media, ads, blogs, and more.

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#1950 A new way for content creators to share their favorite products (and remain ad-free)

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:00:40 +0000

My guest today has a background in working with influencers. He’s not a developer but he built software that allows user to share and discover the products they love. Enric Gabarró is the co-founder of Picker.me, where you can share your favorite products with friends, with family, or with your followers. I want to find out how he built the first version even though he couldn’t code.

Enric Gabarró is the co-founder of Picker, which allows you to discover the products your friends and family love.

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#1949 How to survive COVID shutdown when your customers are hotels, venues, and restaurants

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:00:09 +0000

Today’s guest is a Mixergy listener who runs a company that manages sales and operations for hotels and venues. I want to find out what a business like his is doing to stay afloat when hotels and venues are closed during COVID. Bob Graham is the founder of Event Temple, venue management software for hotels, venues and restaurants.

Bob Graham is the founder of Event Temple, venue management software for hotels, venues and restaurants.

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#1948 How to teach your kids to build their own businesses

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:21:49 +0000

Joining me as somebody who I’ve been talking to via email for a while, and I’ve wanted to have on here and I’m so excited that he said yes to an interview. So many entrepreneurs that I’ve interviewed had little businesses when they were kids. They’re usually so freaking proud of then that they can’t stop telling my producers about it. But so many of the stories ended with the business getting shut down by the school, by a teacher, or by the principal. Well, today’s guest said, “What if we create a way to encourage kids to sell and create businesses? We’ll teach them how to do it and we give them everything that they need.” Scott Donnell is the founder of MyFirstSale, which gives kids the life skills and confidence to sell their products in a safe, friendly online environment. For a special listener discount, you can go to MyFirstSale.com/Andrew or hapbee.com/Andrew to see more.

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#1947 Hey.com’s founder reinvents email & battles Apple

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:00:01 +0000

This interview covers how Jason Fried’s company created Hey.com without user feedback, and why he says he’ll never give Apple a cut of its sales….even if Apple follows through on a threat to boot its iPhone app.

Jason Fried is the founder of Basecamp project management software and author of multiple business books, including Remote. His latest creation is Hey, an email account that reduces clutter and increases privacy.

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#1946 How Bizzy Coffee was born from consumer data and raised on Amazon

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:00:11 +0000

Joining me is a guy who worked for General Mills, but he wanted to start his own company. He started doing research and one of the things he did was go to Google Trends. He said, “Hey, I drink cold brew coffee and it looks like people are searching for cold brew coffee more and more. I’ll just try launching a cold brew coffee company.” He did. The company is called Bizzy Coffee and it’s been selling on Amazon. Before the interview started Alex French, the founder told me that getting customers on Amazon is easy but now he’s transitioning to getting them to the website. I want to talk about that problem in the interview. Alex French is the co-founder of Bizzy Coffee, which sells Organic Cold Brew Coffee on Amazon.

Alex French is the co-founder of Bizzy Coffee, which sells Organic Cold Brew Coffee on Amazon.

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#1945 How a horrific accident gave this founder a personal mission

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:28:39 +0000

Joining me as someone who listened and actually sent me a thank you note in 2014 that I still have. I want to talk about why he did that and what the result of gestures like that did for his business. We’ve stayed in touch over the years and I’ve watched him go from being solid to finding his own path, to suddenly like knocking it out of the park. His name is Chandler Bolt and he is the founder of Self-Publishing School. It’s an online education company that helps people write and publish books to grow their businesses.

Chandler Bolt is the founder of Self-Publishing School, an online education company that helps people write and publish books to grow their businesses.

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#1944 A conversation with David Kidder (on fear and entrepreneurship)

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:00:48 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who started several companies and did really well for himself. But he said, “These bigger companies want a piece of this startup action and innovation. So he co-founded a company called Bionic, which seeds and launches startups. I invited him here to talk about and also about the companies that he’s built leading up to this. His name is David Kidder and you might already know him as the author of The Intellectual Devotional among others.

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#1943 You’re a founder and you get COVID-19. Now what?

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:18:08 +0000

I was supposed to do this interview weeks and weeks ago. But the day of the interview, I talked to Thomas and he told me that he had COVID-19. I had never heard of anyone who had COVID-19. I got really worried for him and we stayed in touch. Eventually he recovered and he’s finally here to tell me about his business and his experience with this illness. Thomas van der Kleij is the founder of Tapfiliate, software that takes care of all your affiliate and referral marketing needs.

Thomas van der Kleij is the founder of Tapfiliate, software that takes care of all your affiliate and referral marketing needs.

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#1942 She almost gave her idea away 8 times (then she bootstrapped it herself)

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:00:32 +0000

Joining me today is someone who is taking on merchant processing, an industry that has been around for YEARS. Well, she came up with a brand new model and she nearly gave her idea away 8 times. She finally realized she had to go build it herself. If you’re an entrepreneur (especially a female entrepreneur) wait until you hear how she bootstrapped her business. Suneera Madhani is the founder of Fattmerchant, subscription-style merchant services.

Suneera Madhani is the founder of Fattmerchant, subscription-style merchant services.

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#1941 Racism and business

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:00:52 +0000

Trust me. Just listen. Not what you expect.

Wil Reynolds is the founder of SEER Interactive, a digital design agency powered by big data.

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#1940 This tool struggled for years prior COVID–then everyone started working remotely and needed it

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:00:05 +0000

How do you sketch out ideas and collaborate in this world where we’re working remotely? You’re about to meet an entrepreneur who had an idea for a solution years ago. He created it way too early and struggled for a long time. Today the world has caught up with him. Mariano Suarez-Battan is the founder of MURAL, a digital workplace for visual collaboration.

Mariano Suarez Battan is the founder of MURAL, a digital workplace for visual collaboration.

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#1939 Why you shouldn’t feel guilty about getting into the PPE space

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 13:00:57 +0000

I have to be honest, even me, someone who loves entrepreneurs, had mixed feelings when I saw founders capitalizing on COVID in the early days. For example, I saw someone pivot to start selling hand sanitizer. I thought it was a slimey move until I NEEDED hand sanitizer. It made me realize that these people who were filling in the gaps where the big companies fell short were really doing us a service. Well that’s what today’s guest did as early as February. Robby Berthume is the founder of Berthume & Co, which sells hard-to-find items to deal with the COVID-19 crisis including face masks, hand sanitizer, PPE, and social distancing decals.

Robby Berthume is the founder of Berthume & Co, which sells hard-to-find items to deal with the COVID-19 crisis including face masks, hand sanitizer, PPE, and social distancing decals.

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#1938 The REALLY big problem with being an early employee at a startup (and how to fix it)

Fri, 29 May 2020 13:00:15 +0000

I remember talking to a friend in San Francisco who told me he was running into a problem with his employees that is never really talked about. Well, today’s guest recognized this problem too and he came up with a really unique solution to deal with it. Oren Barzilai is the founder of EquityBee, which helps startup employees get the money they need to exercise their stock options before they expire.

Oren Barzilai is the founder of EquityBee, which helps startup employees get the money they need to exercise their stock options before they expire.

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#1937 How this live events company pivoted in a time of COVID (and is having its best year yet)

Wed, 27 May 2020 13:00:03 +0000

Obviously you can’t do live in person events right now. Well, the founder you’re going to hear about today managed to pivot from live, in-person events to completely virtual in a matter of weeks. The way they did it is extraordinary. The company is actually doing better post-COVID. We’ll talk about how and why in this interview. Bari Baumgardner is the founder of Sage Event Management, which helps you to manage a profitable live event or create a successful online video launch.

Bari Baumgardner is the founder of Sage Event Management, which helps you to manage a profitable live event or create a successful online video launch.

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#1936 How Aaron Marino built a multi-million online personality (Starting with a YouTube Channel)

Mon, 25 May 2020 12:10:41 +0000

I try hard. I try hard all the freaking time. But joining me today is a guy who’s not trying all that hard and the guy is killing it. His name is Aaron Marino and the whole thing started out for him with a YouTube channel. It’s called Alpha M and he covers life, style, grooming, and fitness. There’s a long list of businesses. I want to find out how he did it.

Aaron Marino is the founder of Pete and Pedro, a mens grooming line.

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#1935 Timing is everything–here’s how regular people can have incredible success

Fri, 22 May 2020 13:00:34 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur said, “I created a good product, but if you’re going against trends, you’re rolling a boulder up a mountain.” But if you’re capitalizing on a topic or you happen to be in a topic that people are excited by, suddenly everything seems easy. So today’s entrepreneur is someone who decided I have to make it easy for people to find these trends. I want to make it easy for myself to do it. His name is Joshua Howarth, he is the founder of Exploding Topics which makes it easy for you to surface rapidly growing topics before they take off. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with the idea, what happens when you do jump on a trend.

Josh Howarth is the founder of Trennd.co which is an app that monitors Google Trends.

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#1934 E-commerce is alive and growing. So are the tools that support it.

Wed, 20 May 2020 13:00:48 +0000

I don’t think we’re in a place where we can say, “Here’s the way to build a successful company in the new economy today.” We just don’t know what the new economy is. But I’m looking to find the spots of hope that give us an idea of what’s possible. Today’s guest is an example of that. Jesse Lakes is the founder of Geniuslink which makes localizing, tracking, and managing smart links simple. I want to find out how he’s doing better this year than last year.

Jesse Lakes is the founder of Geniuslink which makes localizing, tracking, and managing smart links simple.

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#1933 Case Study: TOMS Shoes and the One for One model

Mon, 18 May 2020 13:00:35 +0000

Today’s guest is Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS shoes. He made the slip on shoes that got everyone’s attention because every time somebody bought a pair, he donated a pair to somebody in need. The company has donated 86 million pairs of shoes over the years. They’ve added other products, also using the one for one model. They helped restore eyesight for 600,000 people. They’ve provided over 600,000 weeks of safe drinking water, and supported safe births for 25,000 mothers. He sold a portion of the company at the time when it was valued at $625 million. I want to find out how he did it.

Blake Mycoskie is the founder of TOMS Shoes, which designs shoes — as well as eyewear, coffee, apparel and handbags. Blake launched his newest venture, Madefor. Madefor is a ten-month program that applies the principles of modern neuroscience, psychology and physiology to make your brain and body better.

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#1932 Meet the entrepreneur who got the GIF keyboard on your iPhone

Fri, 15 May 2020 13:00:31 +0000

One of the things that today’s guests noticed was how people were communicating visually with the introduction of the iPhone. I’m talking about GIFs. Well, today’s guest said, “This is a new way for people to express themselves.” And he created a company whose goal is to enable us to use gifs to express ourselves on the platforms that we love. His name is David McIntosh and the company he created was Tenor. He eventually sold the GIF search engine and database to Google. I invited him here to talk about how we did it.

David McIntosh is the CEO and founder of Tenor which is an online GIF search engine and database which was sold to Google.

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#1931 A deep look inside the business of homeschooling

Wed, 13 May 2020 13:00:30 +0000

I am beyond the the guy who created mixergy. I’m now also passionate and curious about homeschooling after my kids were told that they couldn’t go to school because of COVID-19. I think that the world is changing. I think there are many people like me who are in the in the world of homeschooling who are saying, I gotta take it on. I have to take it on. I’ll figure it out. Well, today’s guest is the co-founder of Elephant Learning, a gamification of a proven curriculum. I’m curious about how the pandemic is impacting his business. So I invited him here to talk about it.

Aditya Nagrath is the co-founder of Elephant Learning, a gamification of a proven curriculum.

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#1930 Regular guy launches hand sanitizer company

Mon, 11 May 2020 13:00:19 +0000

When covid hit, Andy started Googling. Is there a way for a “regular guy” to create hand sanitizer? The big guys couldn’t keep up with demand. Maybe he could make & sell some. He had a full-time job, doing marketing for Basecamp, the project management company. But in his spare time, he found the ingredients he needed and created The Detroit Sanitizer Company. This is his story.

Andy Didorosi is the founder of Detroit Sanitizer Co., medical-grade hand sanitizer manufactured to World Health Organization standards.

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#1929 Local gym can’t open. Founder goes online

Fri, 08 May 2020 13:00:33 +0000

She’s not a techie, like you and me. When New York told its citizens to stay home, Heather Gunn Rivera had to learn fast. During this corona lockdown her Grassroots Fitness Project gym is 100% virtual. When the lockdown is over, her gym will have a new, online revenue source.

Heather Gunn Rivera is the cofounder of Grassroots Fitness Project.

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#1928 Case Study: A bedding company with a sense of humor

Wed, 06 May 2020 13:00:36 +0000

Today I have a guest who seems to enjoy the fact that he’s got this business that sells sheets in a market where people have no way of differentiating sheets and no interest in trying. Instead, he decided to go all in with personality. Colin McIntosh is the founder of Sheets and Giggles, eco-friendly eucalyptus lyocell bedding. I invited him here to talk about how he’s built it and what happened with his previous business. I also want to find out what he’s going to do now that the world is changing.

Colin McIntosh is the founder of Sheets and Giggles, eco-friendly eucalyptus lyocell bedding.

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#1927 An uplifting conversation with a founder helping businesses sell more online

Mon, 04 May 2020 13:00:27 +0000

I went on Twitter a few weeks ago and asked, “Who is doing well right now?” The response I got was surprising. In today’s interview, I want to share one of the stories that I heard. Vishal Kothari is the founder of Tyche Softwares, which provides a variety of premium plugins for WooCommerce.

Vishal Kothari is the founder of Tyche Softwares, which provides a variety of premium plugins for WooCommerce.

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#1926 Drinking on corona lockdown grew Brumate’s sales

Fri, 01 May 2020 13:00:39 +0000

Dylan Jacob tried lots of hustles over the years, selling phone parts, cars, weed, whatever. He finally found his love with Brumate, where he makes and sells insulated containers for alcohol. Then the coronavirus recession hit. At first, his revenues got clobbered, but check out what happened next.

Dylan Jacob is the founder of Brumate which designs products for beer and wine drinkers.

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#1925 Etsy bought his marketplace for $275 million

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:00:51 +0000

eBay sucked for selling guitars and other musical instruments. So Yan Pritzker created an alternative marketplace, Reverb.

Yan Pritzker is the co-founder of Reverb which allows customers to buy and sell music gear online.

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#1924 How to offer products your online customers really want

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:19:43 +0000

Joining me is someone who didn’t think of himself as an entrepreneur. He was working at a company where he saw a problem and he developed a solution. For a long time he didn’t recognize that the thing he created was actually a standalone business. It slowly evolved into that—we’ll find out how. Hans-Kristian Bjerregaard is the founder of Clerk.io, an e-commerce personalisation platform.

Hans-Kristian Bjerregaard is the founder of Clerk.io, an e-commerce personalisation platform.

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#1923 How a mom of 6 turned handmade hairbows into a $6M business

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:00:49 +0000

We might be going through a bad economic crisis but joining me is a founder who grew up in an economic crisis. Her family had financial issues since the day she was born. And then, to escape a financial difficulty, she ends up creating a company back in 2008, at a time when we thought the world was falling apart. That company is called Bailey’s Blossoms and today’s guest is Erin Hooley. She started out just making hair clips for girls. The business has expanded so much since then. Their tagline is affordable, made beautiful, which I think will resonate in today’s world. I invited her here to talk about the business that she built.

Erin Hooley is the co-founder of Bailey’s Blossoms, an ecommerce clothing and accessories business.

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#1922 Looking ahead: The woman who is humanizing technology with Emotional AI

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:08:59 +0000

I’m excited about today’s guest because I think in the future, when computers can actually understand our emotions, we’re going to be thanking today’s guest. Rana el Kaliouby is the CEO and Co-Founder of Affectiva which creates facial and vocal emotion AI platforms. I invited her here to talk about how she’s giving companies the power to understand people as well as the practical implications.

Rana el Kaliouby is the CEO and Co-Founder of Affectiva which creates facial and vocal emotion AI platforms.

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#1921 How this betting site is surviving its second economic meltdown

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:00:11 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who launched his company back in 2007. Within a year, we hit that 2008 economic meltdown and the world changed. And I asked him about it and said, you know, truthfully, I’m in betting so I think things would have been hard for us no matter what. But there’s no doubt that the combination of the two factors really made things difficult for him. In this interview he talks to me about how it influenced his business and made him into a better entrepreneur. Jason Trost is the founder of Smarkets, an online betting exchange.

Jason Trost is the founder of Smarkets, an online betting exchange.

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#1920 This crisis turned Mercato into a billion dollar company

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:00:28 +0000

Nobody cared about local grocers like Bobby’s dad, the New York pork grocer. Then the coronavirus hit the world. Bobby Brannigan created Mercato to give local grocers like his dad an easy way to sell online. It was a nice goal, he’s a good son, but Amazon was still beating him. Then covid hit. Everything changed and consumers were open to trying new food. His 25-person company is on track to do a billion dollars this year.

Bobby Brannigan is the founder of Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores.

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#1919 How Sprig lost over $50 million

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:00:01 +0000

Why is Gagan Biyani still smiling? He raised a reported $56.7 million from investors, and lost most of it. This is the story of Sprig, the startup that made and delivered food. It’s also the story of Gagan, the founder who reached the success and happiness that we all aspire to.

Gagan Biyani is the co-founder of Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace.

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#1918 Recession Proof: How Teachable got 2,000 new customers last month

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:00:36 +0000

This is part of my series of interviews to understand what’s working in business during this difficult time. Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Teachable, which allows creators to launch and sell online courses. Teachable is a fast-growing company, but you won’t believe the metrics they’ve seen in the last few weeks.

Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Teachable, which allows creators to launch and sell online courses.

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#1917 Recession Proof: How to snap back from sudden financial loss

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:00:10 +0000

Today’s guest is exactly what I was looking for when I put out a call on Twitter saying, “Is there anyone who’s doing well despite what’s going on with Coronavirus?” Well, Michael Alexis is the inspiration I think we need. Just before this whole thing hit the guy bought Museum Hack, a company that takes you and your loved ones into museums. First of all, you can’t even get into museums right now–but you also can’t get next to your loved ones or anyone else. How does someone suddenly running this business deal with the situation? He found a way to turn things around. He went online and created a business second business. It’s called Team building.com. They provide team building activities that your people will love, but it’s all done online.

Michael Alexis is the founder of TeamBuilding.com, Virtual Team Building Activities & Online Games for Remote Teams.

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#1916 KeVita Case Study: The kombucha beverage company launched in a recession (that PepsiCo bought for $230,000,000)

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:00:58 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who created a beverage company and sold it to PepsiCo. I want to find out how he sold his company but I also want to tear into this story, especially considering what’s going on in the world today. His name is Bill Moses. The company I’d like to spend a lot of time talking about is called KeVita. If you don’t recognize the name, you’d probably recognize the bottle. I want to find out how he launched it, how he grew it and why he’s coming back and doing an alcoholic beverage now.

Bill Moses is the co-founder of Flying Embers, Organic Hard Kombucha with live probiotics and botanical adaptogens.

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#1915 Recession Proof: Traffic Secrets for a Bad Economy

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:00:27 +0000

I invited Russell Brunson, the founder of ClickFunnels, to talk about how his business has been impacted the current economic situation. I also want to talk to him about his latest book, Traffic Secrets and where he sees the opportunities for business right now. Russell is also the founder of ClickFunnels, software that lets you design and create sales pages, landing pages and it lets you manage your entire sales funnel.

Russell Brunson is the founder of ClickFunnels, software that lets you design and create sales pages, landing pages and it lets you manage your entire sales funnel.

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#1914 Recession Proof: How to create a survival plan (so you can maintain confidence)

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 13:00:34 +0000

I was feeling a little bit down about what’s going on in the world today. There’s the virus, but there’s also the economy that is taking businesses down and it’s hard to separate the two. The interesting thing is that Noah is so freaking upbeat about this. He sees it as more than a situation that we need to get through. I want to get some hope from that. But the other thing that’s coming through with Noah is that he’s got this pumped up confidence that I’m also hoping we can absorb from him. Noah Kagan is the founder of AppSumo, a daily deals website for digitally distributed goods and online services.

Noah Kagan is the founder of AppSumo, a daily deals website for digitally distributed goods and online services.

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#1913 Recession Proof: Gumroad is growing

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:00:58 +0000

I assumed all businesses were leveled and I got depressed. Then I started hearing about a few companies who are doing well. I wanted to understand why and revive my optimism. In this interview you’ll hear how the sudden economic hit and the forced home isolation led would-be creators to finally start creating. They’re using Gumroad to sell their work online.

Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad which helps creators sell products online.

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#1912 Recession Proof: An open conversation about working remotely

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:00:55 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who has built a company that is doing well in this current crisis. I want to ask him about that. He is also someone who happens to run a remote company. Liam Martin is the founder of Time Doctor, time-tracking for remote teams. I want to ask him how the crisis impacted his annual conference which was set for April and how he’s helping people work remotely.

Liam Martin is the founder of Time Doctor, time-tracking for remote teams.

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#1911 Why did Hunt Club do well in March 2020?

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:00:10 +0000

When I see that some businesses are doing well despite the difficult times it gives me hope for my business. I asked on Twitter to find out what companies continued to grow in the month of March and if their founders would be willing to share their stories to give us all hope. Nick Cromydas is the founder of Hunt Club which allows customers to hire with trusted referrals from 10,000 experts

Nick Cromydas is the founder of Hunt Club which allows customers to hire with trusted referrals from 10,000 experts

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#1910 Would you take your product off store shelves to sell direct to consumer?

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:00:53 +0000

There’s a lot of talk about direct to consumer businesses, but as I walk through Target and other stores, I see what used to be direct to consumer products on the shelves. Like Harry’s, for example. They used to ship directly to you, that’s how they could give you such a low price, but now you could just walk through Target and pick it up. Well, today’s guest did the opposite. She got into stores, she got all the attention and the legitimacy that comes with being in stores, and she said, “Actually, that doesn’t make sense. I’m taking my stuff off the shelves. I’m going direct to consumer.” I invited her here to talk about how she’s doing it, why she’s doing it, and how she built her business. Paula Blankenship is Founder of Heirloom Traditions Paints which is a paint with a built in bonding primer and built in wax.

Paula Blankenship is Founder of Heirloom Traditions Paints which is a paint with a built in bonding primer and built in wax.

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#1909 How to recover from bad advice from an investor

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:00:54 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur from Turkey. He raised money in Turkey, but his investor said, “You’ve got to just go business-to-business.” And so he shifted his business model and went b2b. But it didn’t work. And the reason he says it didn’t work is because he failed to address a customer problem. Instead, he was just listening to his investors. We’ll find out how he got through that painful period and how he turned things around by solving a particular problem. Burc Tanir is the founder of Prisync, pricing software for e-commerce.

Burc Tanir is the founder of Prisync, pricing software for e-commerce.

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#1908 A digital agency story that you’ve never heard before

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:00:36 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who for years, 10 years, in fact, says that his business couldn’t break a million dollars. And then he got good at content, he got good at digital marketing, he got good at opening up and telling people what’s going on behind the business and his business took off. His name is Zachary Gregg. He is the founder of Vital Design. They are a digital marketing agency. I invited him here to talk about how their business blew up.

Zachary Gregg is the founder of Vital Design, a website and design firm.

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#1907 Is Mixergy ignoring the virus?

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:39:04 +0000

I’m going to include conversations about the coronavirus in upcoming interviews, but I’m intentionally limiting it. To explain why, I recorded this story about what happened to me as a podcast listener when I listened to a day’s worth of corona talk. I want Mixergy to be an island of relief and personal growth, in the middle of a very real crisis.

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#1906 How an executive assistant turned her job into an agency

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:00:39 +0000

Joining me is someone who was the executive assistant for people like Michael Hyatt and Amy Porterfield. I want to find out how she went from doing a job herself to relatively quickly building up this big agency. Trivinia Barber is the founder of Priority VA, an Executive VA service.

Trivinia Barber is the founder of Priority VA, an Executive VA service.

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#1905 How to exit a “sleepy” business 10 years in (with zero regrets)

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:00:01 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who, in the 1990s, felt that car auctions could be brought online. It was a rollercoaster which we’ll get into in this interview. But he sold the company 10 years in for $250M. I want to hear the whole story. Peter Kelly is the co-founder of OPENLANE (now KAR Global) which is a wholesale automotive auction site.

Peter Kelly is the co-founder of OPENLANE (now KAR Global) which is a wholesale automotive auction site.

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#1904 How to make leadership decisions based on gut-feeling

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:00:56 +0000

There comes a time when a company faces big issues that really reflect the way they want to speak to their audience. For example, are you a company that says, “Hey, guys,” or should ‘guys’ be considered a sexist term and that’s the company stance. How does the team know? It might be in a style guide somewhere but it’s not used. That’s the problem today’s guest recognized and she created a company to solve it. May Habib is the co-founder of Qordoba, an AI that helps everyone at a company write with the same style, terminology, and brand voice.

May Habib is the co-founder of Qordoba, an AI that helps everyone at a company write with the same style, terminology, and brand voice.

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#1903 How Acuity Scheduling grew 5X in 3 years (and was acquired by Squarespace)

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:00:42 +0000

Joining me is someone who was a Mixergy listener and whose software runs our entire booking process for guests. I love what he built for so many reasons but about a year ago I read that he sold it to Squarespace! He bootstrapped the company so I want to find out his motivations for exiting. I asked him to come back to the podcast to tell me how he grew since the last time we talked, how the sale went down, and how his life has changed after the sale.

Gavin Zuchlinski is the founder of Acuity Scheduling, online appointment scheduling software.

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#1902 How Riot Games founder Marc Merrill overcame massive hurdles to build League of Legends

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:00:43 +0000

Joining me is a legend himself. His name is Marc Merrill and he is the co-founder of Riot Games. Riot Games makes League of Legends, an incredibly successful multiplayer online battle arena video game. I invited him here because I’m curious about how he grew this company. And we’re going to talk about some of the challenges. We’re going to talk about how big it is, including a stat that I want to bring up in the beginning of the interview.

Marc Merrill is the co-founder of Riot Games which is the creator of the online battle game, League of Legends.

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#1901 Total failures, base hits, and big successes: a serial entrepreneur story

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:00:08 +0000

Joining me is a guy who has started more companies than I can keep track of. He had such a fire inside him while in school that he had to go out and do it. So he dropped out of school, started a company, and it didn’t work out well. But he kept going. Andrew Vasylyk is the founder of StartupSoft which helps startups scale a remote team.

Andrew Vasylyk is the founder of StartupSoft which helps startups scale a remote team.

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#1900 How this founder built a niche marketplace connecting businesses with scientists

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:00:53 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who discovered there was no easy way to hire a scientist. If you have a company and you need a specific expertise, there’s no clear path for contacting these experts. To create a solution, she launched a marketplace where anyone could hire PhD level experts and scientists. I invited her to Mixergy to tell me how she did it. Ashmita Das is the co-founder of Kolabtree, a freelance platform for scientists.

Ashmita Das is the co-founder of Kolabtree, a freelance platform for scientists.

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#1899 How this insurance agent escaped commission-based income and scaled his agency

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:00:39 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur and longtime Mixergy listener. About 10 years ago he wanted to sell insurance more efficient but the market wasn’t ready for it. He went on to sell in more traditional methods until his clients started asking him if they could go through the process online. Sa El is the founder of Simply Insurance. He is a licensed insurance agent and blogger/consultant for those in the insurance industry.

Sa El is the founder of Simply Insurance. He is a licensed insurance agent and blogger/consultant for those in the insurance industry.

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#1898 Dane Maxwell wants you to experience true freedom (even if you have zero ideas, cash, experience, or confidence)

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:00:57 +0000

Nine years ago I interviewed the entrepreneur you’re about to meet. At the time of that conversation, he was building a lifestyle business when everyone else was seeking venture funding. Dane Maxwell is the founder of Paperless Pipeline, the real estate transaction and commission management system that agents and brokers actually enjoy using. I’ve watched his business grow over the years and now it’s essentially running without him. He’s out with a new book that teaches other entrepreneurs to get the freedom he was able to create.

Dane Maxwell is the founder of Paperless Pipeline, the real estate transaction and commission management system that agents and brokers actually enjoy using.

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#1897 How to be a leader without being a jerk

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:00:20 +0000

Today’s guest made a pivot from selling shoes to selling psychological services. I want to find out how he did that. Cameron Yarbrough is the co-founder of Torch.io, a leadership development company built on principles of psychology and management best practices. I was afraid his company was too touchy-feely and not big enough. But it’s huge! We’ll find out how big in this interview.

Cameron Yarbrough is the co-founder of Torch.io, a leadership development company built on principles of psychology and management best practices.

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#1896 How Grant Baldwin turned public speaking into recurring revenue off stage

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:00:10 +0000

I’ve interviewed today’s guest in the past because I was fascinated by how he made a living traveling and speaking to audiences. He’s back today because I want to find out how he turned his onstage reputation into a profitable business offstage. Grant Baldwin is the founder of The Speaker Lab which helps clients find and book speaking engagements.

Grant Baldwin is the founder of The Speaker Lab which helps clients find and book speaking engagements.

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#1895 How Pagely was built by husband and wife

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:00:51 +0000

Today’s guest is Sally Strebel, the founder of Pagely. They’re a managed WordPress hosting company. I remember first meeting her and her husband, Joshua, at South by Southwest about a decade ago. I started talking to them and I found out what Pagely does, which is make hosting websites easier. I want to find out about the crazy hours they worked to make this business happen.

Sally Strebel is the co-founder of Pagely which offers managed WordPress hosting.

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#1894 How to build a platform tangentially to cryptocurrency

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:00:59 +0000

Joining me is a founder I might have scared off because of my suspicion of cryptocurrency. Dan Novaes is the founder of Current, an award-based streaming ecosystem. I’m going to keep an open mind. I want to find out how he built a business tangentially to crypto.

Dan Novaes is the founder of Current, an award-based streaming ecosystem.

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#1893 Case Study: Software built for Instagram (that brings in recurring revenue)

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:00:31 +0000

I was speaking at a conference about 2 years ago when I met a woman who was telling me about this software she built. She told me it was Instagram Management software that allows her customers to edit their grid and plan posts. But get this: she does all the support through Instagram DM. I had never heard of that. Christy Laurence is the founder of Plann which is an Instagram Management Suite. I want to find out how she coded this app when she’s not a developer.

Christy Laurence is founder of Plann which is an Instagram Management Suite.

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#1892 The restaurant upstart doing so well I had to interview the founder

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:00:28 +0000

Joining me is Jeff Fenster. Jeff is the founder of Everbowl, a chain of smoothie restaurants. He’s someone who started in the digital marketing space. He was a friend of Neil Patel and worked with him. I want to know how he moved from digital marketing to having physical stores.

Jeff Fenster is the founder of Everbowl which is a chain of smoothie restaurants.

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#1891 How can you make your content come alive?

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:00:40 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who wondered why websites weren’t creating content as compelling as Instagram. Why do we still have to scroll down to read text instead of being told a story through video? I want to find out how he is changing the user experience and if it’s a business that is working. Moti Cohen is the founder of Apester which allows you to blend visual stories into your content to make it come alive.

Moti Cohen is the founder of Apester which allows you to blend visual stories into your content to make it come alive.

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#1890 What should you know before buying or selling a software business?

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:00:54 +0000

A few of the founders I have interviewed have either bought or sold businesses through today’s guest. Thomas Smale is the founder of FE International, a website broker. They started with small deals but are now brokering $50M deals. I want to ask him about growing this type of company as well as his process for evaluating a company’s worth.

Thomas Smale is the founder of FE International, a website broker.

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#1889 This founder’s tweetstorm got my attention (and it’s one that every founder should read)

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:00:33 +0000

Joining me is a Mixergy listener whom I’ve known a bit about over the years. Recently, he put out this tweetstorm that really moved me and anyone who runs a company should be exposed to them. I’ll read a few excerpts in this interview and ask him about what led up to writing them. Matt Mireless is the founder of several companies but most recently he is the founder of Stealth AI, which helps people understand, communicate and be present with each other.

Matt Mireles is the founder of Stealth AI, which helps people understand, communicate and be present with each other.

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#1888 How to score an internship with one of your heroes (like Gary V)–before launching your startup

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:00:14 +0000

I love stories of success, but I’m also one of the few people who’s fascinated by stories of failure. Joining me today is an entrepreneur who’s had both. He had a company that didn’t work out so well, so he gave up everything, which turns out wasn’t that much. And then he said, “You know what? I’m just going to travel.” He ended up in India and he’s now teaching Indian developers how to code and then helping them get work. And get this, they’re not paying him to learn until he places them in a job. I want to find out how he built this company. Andrew Linfoot is co-founder of Pesto, an intensive training program to help software entrepreneurs in India break into international tech careers.

Andrew Linfoot is co-founder of Pesto, an intensive training program to help software entrepreneurs in India break into international tech careers.

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#1887 Inside Google from startup stage to IPO

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:00:49 +0000

Today’s guest was one of the first 500 hires at Google. She stayed with Google for 10 years—all the way to IPO. But while she was there she experienced a problem while selling her car. So she and her co-founder developed a company to make that process easier. Minnie Ingersoll is the co-founder of Shift Technologies, a platform that makes buying and selling cars fun, fair and accessible to all.

Minnie Ingersoll is the co-founder of Shift Technologies, a platform that makes buying and selling cars fun, fair and accessible to all.

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#1886 The unbelievable story behind California Closets

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:00:15 +0000

Today’s guest was working for a company called California Closets which was an unbelievable entrepreneurial story. It was created by a 17 years old kid who ended up on Oprah talking about how successful he was. He ultimately sold the company to Williams-Sonoma and I remember reading a bunch of articles about how it didn’t do so well for them. Well, today’s guest ended up buying it from Williams-Sonoma and turning the company around. We’ll hear that story in this interview.

Anthony Vidergauz was CEO of California Closets which provides custom closets and home storage systems.

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#1885 Software that improves user experience (and grows your email list)

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:00:39 +0000

When I first started Mixergy, digital marketers were using pop-ups on their sites. It might have created a bad user experience but it did lead to more email subscribers. Well. today’s guest says you can still get those results without using 2004 tactics. You can be proud of the way you collect email addresses and have it actually improve the user experience. Mogens Moller is the co-founder at Sleeknote, a tool to guide visitors on online stores to become leads and customers with personalized and targeted onsite messages. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with the idea and what he did when a competitor popped up in the space.

Mogens Moller is the co-founder at Sleeknote, a tool to guide visitors on online stores to become leads and customers with personalized and targeted onsite messages.

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#1884 Selling for $85M pre-launch? Here’s the story

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:00:38 +0000

I am so excited to talk to today’s guest. Brad Chisum is the founder of Lumedyne Tech, a company that built MEMS sensors that are found in cell phones and used in research for driverless cars. Sold to Google in 2015 for $85M. His new company is Launch Factory. I want to hear about the day he signed the term sheet with Google and the unique way he is launching companies today.

Brad Chisum is the founder of Lumedyne Tech, a company that built MEMS sensors that are found in cell phones and used in research for driverless cars. Sold to Google in 2015 for $85M. His new company is Launch Factory.

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#1883 The $100M enterprise tech we should be talking about

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:00:21 +0000

I’m someone who wakes up every day and reads tech news. Yet somehow I had no idea about the company my guest today has built. And it’s a unicorn! It’s not being covered in the news. They are doing phenomenally well. I want to find out how. Jaspreet Singh is founder of Druva which offers Cloud Data Protection & Information Management.

Jaspreet Singh is founder of Druva which offers Cloud Data Protection & Information Management.

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#1882 How an Amazon book flipper turned software founder

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:00:46 +0000

Today’s guest is a Mixergy listener who I invited to share his story. Caleb Roth is someone who might not think of himself as an entrepreneur—in fact, he went pretty high up the corporate ladder at Johnson & Johnson. But all along he was doing things on the side. Finally, he took the risk of going all-in on his side project and we’ll find out what happened in this interview. Caleb Roth is the founder of eFLIP Software and ScoutIQ. eFLIP helps Amazon booksellers scale their businesses in the U.S. and abroad.

Caleb Roth is the founder of eFLIP Software and ScoutIQ. eFLIP helps Amazon booksellers scale their businesses in the U.S. and abroad.

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#1881 If you’re building an industry marketplace, listen to this

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:00:15 +0000

I’ve been fascinated by marketplace sites, partially because they’re so tough to create. And partially because I wonder how they still exist in the world today. You would think that people could just go to Google, search for what they’re looking for. Well, today’s guest started a marketplace and it’s working. John Doherty is the founder of Credo which allows you to find and hire the best SEO, PPC, Facebook ads or other digital marketing providers.

John Doherty is the founder of Credo which allows you to find and hire the best SEO, PPC, Facebook ads or other digital marketing providers.

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#1880 New York City upstarts with Michael Dorf

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:00:24 +0000

I was excited to have today’s guest on because I remember being a kid in New York City and hearing about The Knitting Factory, a place where all the cool kids hung out. Well, Michael Dorf is the founder of that company. I wash surprised to learn about his second business that is doing even better. We’ll talk about that in this interview. Michael is also the founder of City Winery, New York’s first winery, restaurant, music venue and a private event space.

Michael Dorf is the founder of City Winery, New York’s first winery, restaurant, music venue and a private event space.

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#1879 How to get into an agency mindset (and learn to love the chaos)

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:00:26 +0000

Many people I talk to hate running agencies. They can’t scale them up and they can’t wait to create software that will allow them to stop the agency model. Well today’s guest found a way to make the agency model work long term. I want to find out how he did it. Johnathan Dane is the founder of KlientBoost, a creative pay-per-click and landing page/conversion rate optimization agency.

Johnathan Dane is the founder of KlientBoost, a creative pay-per-click and landing page/conversion rate optimization agency.

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#1878 Superhuman: Creating an app people can’t stop talking about

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:00:12 +0000

Today’s guest has got the app that Silicon Valley can’t freaking stop yapping about. There are few apps that people will not stop talking about. He’s got one that has been high on that list for years now. I want to find out how he built it. Rahul Vohra is the founder of Superhuman, an e-mail service for professionals and power users.

Rahul Vohra is the founder of Superhuman, an e-mail service for professionals and power users.

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#1877 How do you know an idea is worth pursuing?

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:00:11 +0000

Joining me is a listener who has been a part of the Mixergy community since 2008. He is someone who worked for Mozilla and discovered a pain point there. But when he applied to YC with a solution, he didn’t get in. We’ll talk about what happened that day in this interview. And also about what he changed in his pitch after that painful experience. Greg Koberger is the founder of ReadMe which gives teams the tools they need to create and manage beautiful documentation with ease, monitor their APIs and connect with their users in more personal ways.

Greg Koberger is the founder of ReadMe which gives teams the tools they need to create and manage beautiful documentation with ease, monitor their APIs and connect with their users in more personal ways.

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#1876 A software founder’s story of addiction and recovery

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:00:06 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who worked for several companies over the years and finally found his own hit software company which he launched. I want to talk to him about how he found it. I want to talk to him a little bit about addiction. I want to talk to him about how he’s building his software and the interesting way he went about launching it. The guy who we’re going to get to know is Dan Uyemura. He is the founder of PushPress, a gym management software.

Dan Uyemura is the founder of PushPress, a gym management software.

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#1875 Running a content creation agency (without going nuts)

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:38:18 +0000

Today’s guest is Nat Eliason, the founder of Growth Machine. Growth Machine offers a done-for-you content and SEO solution, which means that he’s getting paid by customers to create content for them Content is something people are very personal about. So Nat has to create something that’s in their voice, that represents their brand, etc. On top of that, he’s got to do SEO for them, which means he needs to drive traffic and prove that his content is converting into sales. What I’m fascinated by is how he’s making it into something that doesn’t drive him nuts and still excites him when he has other options.

Eliason is the founder of Growth Machine, which offers a done-for-you content and SEO solution.

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#1874 How Sunil Patro created SignEasy while living in hostels

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 14:00:24 +0000

Today’s guest is a guy who discovered a problem he thought he could solve. Nearly 10 years ago, someone sent him a document but because of his location, he wasn’t able to sign it. So he said, “There might be a bigger solution here.” I’m surprised to learn that his business is bootstrapped considering how successful it is. I want to find out how he did it and how he found a sweet spot in SMBs and individual proprietors. Sunil Patro is the founder of SignEasy, a cloud-based eSignature solution for smartphones, tablets and computers with 6M downloads to date and 120K active users.

Sunil Patro is the founder of SignEasy, an easy way to sign and send documents electronically from your phone, tablet or computer.

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#1873 Case Study: Leaving an impressive corporate career to launch a data startup

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:00:45 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur from Italy who wanted to start a business so bad that he was doing it even as a child. But he went on to a very safe corporate job that made his friends envious and his parents proud. And then he left. He risked it to start a company. Simone Di Somma is the founder of Askdata, a natural language data access platform that simplifies data access.

Simone Di Somma is the founder of Askdata, a natural language data access platform that simplifies data access.

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#1872 How to create not one but two software hits

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 14:00:59 +0000

There aren’t a lot of breakout hits out there–software that really takes off. Well, today’s guest says that he’s the co-founder of a company that created two of them. The first was Meerkat, a software that allowed people to broadcast on Twitter and it freaking exploded. But then there was an issue which forced him to either pivot or start from scratch. Then he created something called Houseparty. And even though it took off also, it’s not setting the world on fire. I want to know what happened, how he came up with these two brilliant ideas, how the ideas took off, and what happened internally.

Uri Haramati is the founder of Life on Air, creators of Houseparty and Meerkat.

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#1871 Marathon Series: How to surprise and delight your employees

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 14:00:23 +0000

One of my goals for my marathon series is to connect with founders that I couldn’t connect with otherwise. For South African founders, the big challenge is the time zone and internet connection. Well, today I’m here in person to talk to the founder of CWDi. Lesley Waterkeyn is the founder of CWDi, a strategic brand experience agency. I want to find out the strategies she’s using to help her clients.

Lesley Waterkeyn is the founder of CWDi, a strategic brand experience agency.

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#1870 How to grow your software company through enterprise customers

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:00:47 +0000

Today’s guest is actually not a founder, he’s a CEO. I’m very interested in how he got control of his company, Brain.fm. I want to talk about that and I want to talk about how he’s growing his business through enterprise customers. Dan Clark is CEO at Brain.fm, functional music to help people focus, relax and sleep better.

Dan Clark is CEO at Brain.fm, functional music to help people focus, relax and sleep better.

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#1869 Understanding churn and how to reduce it

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:00:40 +0000

Sometimes it feels like everybody in the entrepreneur and the SaaS space, including myself, asks “How do you get more customers? Well today’s guest noticed that and said, “Why aren’t we paying attention to how many customers are leaving?” So he came up with a software that will not only help you realize that you’re losing paying users, but also help you reduce churn and learn from it. We’re going to find out how he built his company, whether it’s profitable or just a quixotic mission. Matt Moody is the founder of Bellwethr, which helps companies reduce churn and increase revenue.

Matt Moody is the founder of Bellwethr, which helps companies reduce churn and increase revenue.

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#1868 Marathon Series: How the co-founder of WooThemes monetized a free plugin

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:00:14 +0000

Joining me is a Mixergy listener. I’ve interviewed his co-founder and I’m so excited to have the opportunity to interview him in South Africa. Mark Forrester is someone who created a plugin for WordPress. It turned a platform for blogging into an online store. For free. I want to find out how the company was built and eventually sold to the company that created WordPress.

Mark Forrester is a co-founder of WooThemes, a WordPress premium theme and plug-in provider.

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#1867 How to forge relationships with other proven founders

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:00:17 +0000

The company today’s guest started has gotten a lot of attention for its partnership with Kobe Bryant. I want to learn how he forged not only that relationship but also Brian Lee of The Honest Company. Matthias Metternich is the co-founder of Art of Sport, which offers high performance skin care products. I want to find out how he survived hemorrhaging cash while he found his customers and how he formed meaningful partnerships with other amazing entrepreneurs.

Matthias Metternich is the co-founder of Art of Sport, which offers high performance skin care products.

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#1866 Where do you find packaging for your product?

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:00:11 +0000

I’m especially excited to talk to today’s guest because he’s creating a solution for anyone I’ve interviewed who is selling a physical product. I’m talking about packaging. I ask about it in my interviews but I feel like I never get a satisfying answer. Well, Raine Mahdi is the founder of Hawk Packaging which offers flexible packaging solutions. I want to find out where the idea came from, how he got customers, and how he grew it.

Raine Mahdi is the founder of Hawk Packaging which offers flexible packaging solutions.

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#1865 The launch story behind this online course platform

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:00:35 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who started teaching creative software in person. Then he had a disaster of a teaching experience. It rocked his world but led to a breakthrough. We’ll find out what happened. Daniel Scott is the founder of InstructorHQ, a teaching platform for software like Adobe.

Daniel Scott is the founder of InstructorHQ, a teaching platform for creative software like Adobe.

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#1864 Creating a solution around the rise of video content

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:32:21 +0000

I’m noticing that more and more content is consumed through video instead of blogs. Well, today’s guest is a guy who saw this transition happening. I want to understand how he saw it coming and created a solution for it. Alex Collmer is the founder of VidMob, a creative tech platform. We’re going to find out how he built it and how he’s helping brands dramatically scale the amount video that they’re creating.

Alex Collmer is the founder of VidMob, a creative tech platform.

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#1863 Marathon Series: Entrepreneurship in South Africa after centuries of apartheid

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:00:24 +0000

I’m excited to talk to today’s guest for a lot of reasons. I’m excited about her background and about how she is inspiring other entrepreneurs. I want to find out what’s possible in entrepreneurship in South Africa and how today’s guest is making it happen. Aisha Pandor is the founder of SweepSouth, where customers can book a home cleaning online.

Aisha Pandor is the founder of SweepSouth, where customers can book a home cleaning online.

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#1862 Catching up with Sachin Duggal post pivot to Builder.ai

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:00:40 +0000

Joining me is a founder who I’ve had on the program before. He’s someone who said, “You know what? Most software apps are the same. If I create software for one company I could probably use it to build the next company and not start from scratch.” He told our producer that he’s so busy that he asked his team to schedule bathroom breaks for him. I want to find out what’s going on with his business today that has him so busy.

Sachin Duggal is the founder of Builder.ai which makes making tailor made software as easy as ordering pizza.

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#1861 Case Study: A virtual assistant company with a niche

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:00:49 +0000

Joining me is Daniel Ramsey. He is the co-founder of MyOutDesk which offers virtual assistants for real estate. Virtual assistant businesses have been around forever—I must have interviewed 100 of them. But what today’s guest did was really different. He found an incredible niche. We’ll talk about how he did it and what his revenue is in this interview.

Daniel Ramsey is the co-founder of MyOutDesk which offers virtual assistants for real estate.

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#1860 Marathon Series: The Amazon of South Africa

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:00:21 +0000

Every country needs an e-commerce giant. Today’s guest helped create one in South Africa in a very unique way.We’ll talk about how he did it in this interview. Manuel Koser is the Managing Director at Silvertree Holdings, an entrepreneur-led investment growth partner — Scaling consumer and digital brands in Africa. He is also a Co-Founder of Zando, an online shopping platform.”

Manuel Koser is the founder of Zando, an online shopping platform.

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#1859 How to use free software to sell services

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:00:41 +0000

Joining me is a listener who’s built a business I admire. Bryan Harris is the founder of GrowthTools which coaches online businesses how to grow. He’s been using software in a new way and I want to learn how he’s doing it. I thought he MUST be charging for these products somewhere…but he’s not. We’re going to find out how he’s making money in this interview.

Bryan Harris is the founder of GrowthTools which coaches online businesses how to grow. You can listen to his podcast here.

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#1858 Case Study: Building a massive online learning community

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:00:47 +0000

Joining me is someone who has a massive YouTube following. It’s a hard thing to generate; I want to find out how he did it. I want to learn about the production process that has earned him 1.77M subscribers. Aaron Nace is the founder of PHLEARN which offers the best photography and photoshop tutorials.

Aaron Nace is the founder of PHLEARN which offers the best photography and photoshop tutorials.

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#1857 How do you stand up another customer vertical without hurting your first one?

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:00:21 +0000

Joining me is someone I interviewed years ago. His story was so memorable because he was having kids while running a company. That seemed so strange to me back in 2013. Michael Fitzgerald is the founder of Submittable, the world’s leading cloud-based application and submission management platform. He started with publishers but we’re going to find out in this interview how he grew beyond that customer segment.

Michael Fitzgerald is the founder of Submittable, the world’s leading cloud-based application and submission management platform.

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#1856 Case Study: Software as a service powered by humans on the backend

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:00:36 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur whose business is a service. I’m really fascinated by these companies that instead of offering just software as a service, offer real human beings doing work as a service. But they’ve structured it in a way that’s much simpler, more organized, more clear, more transparent than service businesses used to be. Gideon Stein is CEO of Write Label which is the world’s largest on-demand marketplace for short-form content. I invited him here to talk about how he built up his company.

Gideon Stein is CEO of Write Label which is the world’s largest on-demand marketplace for short-form content.

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#1855 The entrepreneur behind Google Voice

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:00:46 +0000

Today’s guest created a company called GrandCentral which sold to Google and became Google Voice. It was his second foray into voice over IP. Before that, he had one of the pioneering companies that he led in voice over IP, called Dialpad. Their mission was to do free web-based phone calls, and they pivoted and adjusted. We’ll talk about how he helped turn that business around and sold it to Yahoo. We’ll also talk about why he founded GrandCentral next and then sold it to Google less than two years later.

Craig Walker is the founder of Google Voice, Dialpad and GrandCentral Communications.

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#1854 How do you create company culture in an international business?

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:00:25 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who tried so many different things. And a lot of them failed. I think most people would just have said, “All right. This isn’t for me.” I don’t know what kept him going. I don’t know why he persisted, but he did persist and he eventually ended up coming up with this company called PhraseApp. Frederik Vollert is the co-founder of Phrase, a translation software.

Frederik Vollert is the co-founder of Phrase App which is a translation software.

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#1853 Shark Tank Case Study: The online course that’s grown to a $20M Prep Expert

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:39:42 +0000

Shaan Patel is the founder of Prep Expert, an ed-tech company that specializes in online SAT & ACT preparation. I’m going to ask him what it was like to shake hands with Mark Cuban for the first time on national television. I also want to find out what being on Shark Tank meant for his business and how it has exploded since.

Shaan Patel is the founder of Prep Expert, an ed-tech company that specializes in online SAT & ACT preparation.

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#1852 Systems that help small businesses scale

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:00:05 +0000

Joining me today is a Mixergy listener who has built a company so big that I’m lucky to have him on here. Matt Symes is the founder of Simplicity, a service business that helps organizations get out of their own way and scale. If you’re listening to me and you’re running a company, we’re going to talk about a lot of tactics you can use for your business.

Matt Symes is the founder of Simplicity, a service business that helps organizations get out of their own way and scale.

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#1851 What does it mean to be a lonely entrepreneur?

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 14:00:36 +0000

Joining me is someone who teaches entrepreneurs how to build their businesses. And I have to be honest with you, I was skeptical. And then I started to read up on his background and I talked to our producer about his background. He had this company that had a mission of helping people stay healthy. And it seems like one of these altruistic missions that actually won’t go anywhere, and it actually did go somewhere. But that’s not the end of the story. We’ll find out what happened in this interview. Michael Dermer is the founder of LonelyEntrepreneur.com, an extensive online learning platform that provides a framework for entrepreneurs to learn what they need to know.

Michael Dermer is the founder of LonelyEntrepreneur.com, an extensive online learning platform that provides a framework for entrepreneurs to learn what they need to know.

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#1850 How a former sales rep turned some $5 Starbucks gift cards into a powerful direct mail solution for salespeople

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:00:27 +0000

We get a lot of email. We get a lot of online communication. So whenever you get something physical in the mail, it stands out and the person who sent it feels a little bit more real to you. Well, today’s guest realized this a while back and said, “You know what? I’m going to start a company around this.” And it started with just coffee and it moved on to almost anything you can imagine. Kris Rudeegraap is co-founder of Sendoso, a fully integrated direct mail and gifting solution which enables companies to acquire target prospects and retain customers.

Kris Rudeegraap is co-founder of Sendoso, a fully integrated direct mail and gifting solution which enables companies to acquire target prospects and retain customers.

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#1849 Would you take on Google? This founder is doing it (Here’s how)

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:00:22 +0000

Joining me is someone who is taking on Google by offering an alternative. If your interested in how entrepreneurs survive in a world of these giants, I think you’ll find his story valuable. I also like that he’s a product person but not a hardcore developer. He’s not a geek; he actually used to be a drummer. Dominic Joseph is the founder of Captify, which offers a search retargeting service that enables advertisers to focus on users to match their desired audience with inventory. I want to find out how he built this company up to such an impressive business.

Dominic Joseph is the founder of Captify, which offers a search retargeting service that enables advertisers to focus on users to match their desired audience with inventory.

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#1848 How Compare.com competes as the Kayak for auto insurance

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:00:30 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who created a company called Compare. I feel like he should be really boastful the fact that he got one of the toughest domains out there. Andrew Rose is the founder of Compare.com, a place to compare auto insurance prices. We’re going to find out how he came up with this idea, how he raised money for it, how he got customers, how he actually stood out in a world where Geico spent $1.7 billion in marketing last year.

Andrew Rose is the founder of Compare.com, a place to compare auto insurance prices.

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#1847 An entrepreneur who is actually changing people’s lives (with a physical product)

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:00:20 +0000

In preparation for this interview, I went into a YouTube rabbit hole, learning about people who struggle with obsessive-compulsive behaviors. What I learned is that some people are really struggling with this stuff. We’ll go into what kinds of problems that I’m talking about but today’s guest created a bracelet that goes on their wrists and actually helps them avoid it. That’s what we’re finding out about today, how she created it, how she turned it into a business, how it’s helping people’s lives, and more importantly, if we’re creating physical products what we can learn from her. Aneela Idnani is the founder of HabitAware, a smart bracelet that uses custom gesture detection and awareness training to help people with unwanted habits. I want to find out how she turned this into a real business.

HabitAware is a smart bracelet that uses custom gesture detection and awareness training to help people with unwanted habits.

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#1846 How it’s built: a moving and storage company

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:00:48 +0000

Today’s guest is a guy who came to New York to be a musician and ended up falling in love with a woman. But the woman came from a family that was doing really well and he said, “What am I doing here? I’m a schlub. I’ve got to do better.” So he decided to start a company. He started a moving company where, day and night, he was a mover, a schlepper, moving other people’s stuff in an industry where there have been movers forever. He ended up making a name for himself and I couldn’t believe his numbers. Lior Rachmany is the founder of Dumbo Moving and Storage.

Lior Rachmany is the founder of Dumbo Moving and Storage.

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#1845 The $8 billion dollar software you’ve never heard of

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:00:07 +0000

A while back I saw a Q&A on CNN with today’s guest, Ryan Smith, where he was asked, “What’s the most important company we’ve never heard of?” His answer was Qualtrics. And I’ve thought about this company several times since I saw that. Well, I finally got an opportunity to interview that founder. Ryan Smith is the co-founder of Qualtrics. A lot of articles describe them as a survey company, but I bet he does not see himself as a survey company. I’m going to ask him how he went from starting this company in his dad’s house back in 2002 and selling it to SAP in 2018.

Ryan Smith is the founder of Qualtrics, an experience management platform.

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#1844 YEC Founder Series: Zen Media

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:41:38 +0000

Joining me is Shama Hyder. She is an entrepreneur who does social media and other earned media for her clients. They also do paid media. I invited her here to find out how she built up her agency, how she got clients, how she’s promoting them using online media. If you are building a business and doing online promotions you’ll want to hear this interview.

Shama Hyder is the founder of Zen Media, a new media communications firm.

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#1843 YEC Founder Series with Scott Gerber

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:00:57 +0000

Today I’m joined by Scott Gerber, the CEO of The Community Company and founder of YEC and Forbes Councils. I want to find out how he grew beyond YEC and built a huge community out of what started as a Facebook Group.

Scott Gerber is the CEO of The Community Company and founder of YEC and Forbes Councils.

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#1842 YEC Founder Series: Trainual

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:00:42 +0000

I’ve been fascinated by YEC since the beginning. I’ve known them for a long time but I admire them much more so as the years have gone on. So, I wanted to interview some entrepreneurs who are part of that organization. Joining me is someone whose brother I interviewed already. He was the co-founder of Trainual and I was fascinated by how that business started as a service company that helped chaotic businesses organize themselves. I remember how chaotic Mixergy was when I started. We weren’t following up with guests properly. We weren’t booking guests properly. We weren’t doing anything in an organized way because there was no process. Today’s guest and his brother co-founded an agency that actually did that for companies. Jonathan Ronzio is the cofounder of Trainual, a company and software that helps growing businesses organize the chaos of onboard and training.

Jonathan Ronzio is the cofounder of Trainual, a company and software that helps growing businesses organize the chaos of onboard and training.

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#1841 YEC Founder Series: Kvantum

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:00:38 +0000

I’ve been fascinated by this organization called YEC and I want to get to know the entrepreneurs who are part of it. YEC does a big screening process and then they work with those entrepreneurs to help them grow their companies. So joining me today is one of those entrepreneurs. Shilpi Sharma recognized the problem that I recognize as someone who does ads in my podcast. A lot of people are listening to my ads, love the products that I’m talking about but they forget to go to the “/mixergy” URL and so when they sign up I don’t get credit for it. The bigger problem is for bigger brands where there’s a lot of conversation happening online, a lot of ads that get seen by their customers that influence the purchase decision, and then they don’t know which of these ads actually led to a sale. Big brands don’t know what’s working and what’s not. Well, Shilpi said, “I think we can solve it.” The company that she created to solve that is called Kvantum. We’ll find out about it in this interview.

Shilpi Sharma is the founder of Kvantum, which builds technology that changes the way that brands measure the marketing impact on sales.

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#1840 A founder who’s bringing the technology of cooking into the future

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:33:29 +0000

Today I have a founder whose business model I’m really excited about. I’m not into cooking and I don’t understand people who really are, but this solution he came up with is something I can get excited about. John Pleasants is the founder of Brava, a next generation cooking solution company.

John Pleasants is the founder of Brava, a next generation cooking solution company.

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#1839 Shazam: How it was built and sold to Apple in 2018

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:00:42 +0000

I remember when I first got my iPhone, one of the coolest apps to try was called Shazam. With Shazam, if there was music playing somewhere and you wanted to know what song it was, the app would tell you. Back then, I think it would even link you over to buy the song and it was like magic. It showed you the power of the iPhone. Joining me is one of the co-founders of the company Shazam. I wanted to have him here to understand how they came up with the idea, how they built it up, and what it was like when it was sold to Apple.

Philip Inghelbrecht is Founder of Shazam which is one of the most-used apps in the world that was sold to Apple in 2018.

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#1838 Building an eHarmony for the manufacturing industry

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:00:41 +0000

One thing I’ve noticed over recent years is more and more entrepreneurs selling physical products. And if you’ve heard any of my interviews with those founders, you know that it’s really tough to find a manufacturer for your products. Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who thought he could come up with a better way. He looked around and said, “What if there was an eHarmony for the manufacturing industry? Someone who would take a creative with an idea and match them up with the qualified manufacturer.” So that’s what he created. Michael Lizanich is the founder of Manufacturefy. They use artificial intelligence to connect manufacturers with products across all industries around the world. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with this idea, how the idea is doing, how he’s getting manufacturing companies, how he’s vetting them, all that stuff.

Michael Lizanich is the founder of Manufacturefy, a platform that intelligently connects manufacturers directly with products.

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#1837 How JustCall founder built a cloud-based phone system for your CRM

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:00:39 +0000

Joining me is a Mixergy listener who built a company and sold it. He is now running a company that’s super intriguing to me. I want to ask him how he came up with this idea because he was kicking around a bunch of ideas. Gaurav Sharma is the founder of JustCall, a Cloud phone system that works with your CRM and Helpdesk. We’re going to find out how he built it

Gaurav Sharma is the founder of JustCall, a Cloud phone system that works with your CRM and Helpdesk.

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#1836 Building big business off of an existing platform like WordPress

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:00:44 +0000

The idea of plugins for WordPress being a business has been around for a while now. Joining me is an entrepreneur who’s been in this space. He’s got plugins that had been downloaded millions of times, that has generated solid revenue. But he said, “You know, the future is not just letting people have all the ingredients in building a website. I want to give everyone the whole package. I will host a website for them. I will make sure that WordPress works well for them. And I will give them the plugins that they need. And he did it by creating a nice drag-and-drop builder that actually competes with some of the more modern drag-and-drop experiences that have come after WordPress for publishing websites. That is the business model that he created. I invited him here to talk about how he did it.

Armen Saghatelian is the co-Founder of 10Web.io which is an all-in-one WordPress Website Builder.

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#1835 How to build agencies that scale

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:00:43 +0000

Joining me today is Chris Martinez. He is the founder of DUDE. They work with digital agencies to give them the people and processes that will help them make take on more projects and scale profitably. If you’ve got an agency and you want somebody to actually do the work for you because you can scale up yourself, you pay a monthly fee or you hire one of his people and they will do the work for you. Just keep sending the tasks over and they will keep knocking them out for you. I want to find out how he built it up.

Chris Martinez is the co-founder of DUDEAgency.io which works with digital agencies to give them the people and process to help them scale profitably.

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#1834 Marathon Series: The co-founder of Skype joins me in Estonia

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:00:45 +0000

Joining me is one of the co-founders of Skype, formerly known as Skyper. Ahti Heinla is, among other things, the co-founder of Kazaa, which I remember as one of the first ways of getting music and movies. I’m excited to have him here but the thing that he’s probably more excited to talk about is the cool little robot that I saw outside the office here at LIFT99. It’s part of his latest company, Starship Technologies. we’ll talk about that and more in this interview.

Ahti Heinla is the cofounder of Skype, which specializes in providing video chat and voice calls.

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#1833 Exclusive interview with the founder of a $1.9 billion dollar cyber security company

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:00:09 +0000

Joining me direct from Israel is the CEO and founder of Israel’s largest publicly traded company, a billionaire who’s self-made. He did it by helping companies protect themselves. Gil Shwed is the co-founder and CEO of Check Point. They are the world’s largest pure play cyber security company. I invited him here to talk about how he built his business.

Gil Shwed is the co-founder of Check Point, a pure-play cybersecurity company.

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#1832 SupportNinja founder opens up about mental health

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:00:08 +0000

We’re going to find out about an entrepreneur who has done so well for so long but has gotten screwed a little bit. Cody McLain is the founder of SupportNinja which offers support as a service. You know how much of a pain in the butt it is for you to manage your customer support email? And as your company grows, it becomes even harder and harder. Well, Cody said, “You know what? What if I just do it? I know it’s one of the hardest parts of business. I think I could do it.” SupportNinja is an omnichannel provider of customer care, back office support solutions. We’re going to find out about this business. We’re also going to find out a little bit about his life before foster care and what happened to his parents.

Cody McLain is the founder of SupportNinja which offers support as a service.

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#1831 Entrepreneurship in a highly regulated industry

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:00:06 +0000

Joining me today is a woman who sold wines in Manhattan. Then she decided to import wine herself. But she ran into a problem. Instead of closing down she figured out how to make things easier for people who wanted to do what she was trying to do. Alexi Cashen is co-founder of Elenteny Imports which provides logistical and administrative back office services for international importing, national compliance and direct-to-trade distribution sales.

Alexi Cashen is co-founder of Elenteny Imports which provides logistical and administrative back office services for international importing, national compliance and direct-to-trade distribution sales.

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#1830 Marathon Series: Bolt and the Estonian founder with a billion dollar valuation at age 25

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:00:10 +0000

When I arrived in Estonia it was clear to me that I was in Bolt country. The logo was on cars everywhere and even on taxis! Joining me today is the founder of that company. Markus Villig is the founder of Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, an Estonian transportation network. I want to find out how he did it.

Markus Villig is the founder of Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, an Estonian transportation network.

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#1829 You asked, I listened; Here’s my interview with a founder in the cryptocurrency space

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:12 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who’s in the cryptocurrency space. It is a space that’s been full of potential and opportunity, and I wonder if there are profits and real businesses being built there. Well, today’s guest created what has been called the QuickBooks of cryptocurrency. His name is Alon Muroch. He is the founder of Blox. Blox allows professionals to do crypto accounting, tracking, and management. I invited him here to talk about how well the business is doing today but also how we got here, and what the vision is for the future.

Alon Muroc is the founder of Blox, which allows professionals to do crypto accounting, tracking, and management.

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#1828 How Meredith Hill brought the travel agency back to relevancy

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:00:14 +0000

I thought that once online travel booking became a thing that needing to hire a travel advisor or travel agent would just be a thing of the past, but it’s not. Today’s guest discovered that not only are people still doing this but that they’re often independent contractors. And they were struggling with a problem. Well, today’s guest realized what that problem was, and she created a company that solved it. Meredith Hill is the founder whose company we’re going to find out about today. The company is called Gifted Travel Network. They are a travel host agency created to support travel advisors and their brands. So why would travel advisors need someone like her? We’ll find out.

Meredith Hill is the founder of Gifted Travel Network, a travel host agency created to support travel advisors and their brands.

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#1827 Building a sophisticated Internet of Things company (that can change the world)

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:00:45 +0000

Today’s guest is somebody who was actually trying to create a much simpler business and then ended up with one that was a much bigger vision than he expected. Eric Simone is the founder of ClearBlade, an edge computing software company that enables enterprise to engineer and run secure, real-time scalable Internet of Things applications. Eric is actually working on real problems that in many ways are going to seem less exciting to people but have a bigger impact on the world. I want to talk about how he did it.

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#1826 Marathon Series: The Estonian unicorn company Veriff

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 13:00:57 +0000

I’m here in Estonia because I feel like we’ve gotten too comfortable in America. Everyone seems to just be focused on the four or five companies that seem to control everything. I want to learn from a place that supports entrepreneurship and technology at such a critical level. Kaarel Kotkas is the founder of Veriff which helps banks, marketplaces, and other online businesses start trusting relationships with customers.

Kaarel Kotkas is the founder of Veriff which helps banks, marketplaces, and other online businesses start trusting relationships with customers.

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#1825 Case Study: Niche subscription box service Plate Crate

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:00:28 +0000

Josh Band is an entrepreneur who is a professional baseball player. He said, “I need to make some money on the side, so you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to create a box of baseball products to send to people but only if they commit to getting it every month and pay me for a subscription to it.” I want to find out why are people subscribing to something like this and why Josh has to curate these things for customers. Josh Band is the founder of Plate Crate, a subscription service that delivers a box of baseball gear monthly.

Josh Band is the founder of Plate Crate, a subscription service that delivers a box of baseball gear monthly.

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#1824 The first social media influencer, crashes & rises

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:00:12 +0000

Over 10 years ago, I interviewed Jason Zook about how brands paid him to wear their shirts on social media. Every day of the week, without a break, he’d broadcast himself live, post YouTube videos, take photos, Tweet, etc. He showed followers his life, and promoted brands the paid him. How much money did he make? What happened when he crashed? How did he rediscover himself? Listen. It’s worth it.

Jason Zook is the founder of Wandering Aimfully which is a membership community for client-based business owners who want to transition into selling digital products.

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#1823 Flywheel Hosting: An agency to acquisition roadmap

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:21:01 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who was running a development shop, saw problems that his clients had and said, “I think I’m going to pursue this idea that has nothing to do with that problem.” So he built that other idea, he started to understand what it’s like to build a software as a service. And he said, “You know, let me come back to this problem that I saw before.” And the problem was how hard it was for businesses to build websites. Dusty Davidson is the co-founder of Flywheel Hosting, a premium WordPress hosting company built specifically for design firms.

Dusty Davidson is the co-founder of Flywheel Hosting, a premium WordPress hosting company built specifically for design firms.

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#1822 Marathon Series: The Estonian bike sharing startup

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 13:00:33 +0000

I’m embarrassed to admit that I was surprised to learn that Estonia is one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world. Kids start programming in first grade. There’s more startups here than anywhere else. Joining me here is Teet Praks. Teet is the founder of coModule, a bike and scooter sharing service. I want to find out how he built it up.

Teet Praks is the founder of coModule, a bike sharing service.

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#1821 How pivoting to subscription model grew this insights platform

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:00:51 +0000

Joining me is a woman who came up with a company that allows businesses to ask questions of their potential customers to understand them better. I want to understand why they would need a company to do that instead of doing it themselves. Nadia Masri is the founder of Perksy, a next-gen consumer insights platform.

Nadia Masri is the founder of Perksy, a next-gen consumer insights platform.

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#1820 How to get clients to use your SaaS themselves (so you don’t have to sell your services)

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:00:47 +0000

Today’s guest is a guy who had a company that didn’t actually pan out the way he wanted it to. It was called Site2Mobile and the goal was to take your website and make it mobile-friendly. And it didn’t really scale. It didn’t grow. It didn’t become what he wanted it to. We’ll talk about why not. But as he was building it up, he recognized two needs that led to the creation of a tool that would scale. Robert Kreuzer is the co-founder of Channable, a data feed management tool for webshops and marketing agencies.

Robert Kreuzer is the co-founder of Channable, a data feed management tool for webshops and marketing agencies.

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#1819 Shufflr Case Study: Turning a consultancy into a SaaS

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:00:52 +0000

Joining me today is someone whose path to software creation is very similar to many of the other entrepreneurs that I’ve interviewed here. She started out by doing consulting services, helping businesspeople with their presentations. Then she recognized that they had a problem with consistency across presentations. She said, “You know, I can solve it.” And she created a software company to solve that. So AlexAnndra Ontra is the co-founder of Shufflrr, a presentation management software tool.

AlexAnndra Ontra is the co-founder of Shufflrr, a presentation management software tool.

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#1818 The Facebook Live interview with Brett Linkletter (that everyone keeps asking me about)

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:00:24 +0000

When I asked people about who was doing chat well today, the name that kept coming up was Brett Linkletter. Brett is the founder of Misfit Media, which helps restaurants target & acquire local customers. I invited him here to talk about how he built up his agency and where he’s getting his clients.

Brett Linkletter is the founder of Misfit Media, which helps restaurants target & acquire local customers on automation with ease.

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#1817 Building a $200k/mo digital marketing agency from the ground (using Messenger Marketing)

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:00:04 +0000

One of the people who is way ahead of the pack when it comes to growing an audience through chat bots is Manuel Suarez. Manuel is the founder of Attention Grabbing Media, a modern digital marketing agency. He’s started managing chat bots for huge online personalities. I invited him here to talk about how he built up his agency.

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#1816 How do you get users to try software with a learning curve?

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:00:19 +0000

Today’s guest has a company that basically fights against the idea of explainer videos. The idea that you have to make somebody watch a three-minute video is a quixotic pursuit at best. And even if you get them to watch it, you’ve failed because they are watching something instead of using your software. So today’s guest created in-product tours. Pulkit Agrawal is the founder of Chameleon which offers product tours that blend seamlessly into your product experience.

Pulkit Agrawal is the founder of Chameleon which offers product tours that blend seamlessly into your product experience.

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#1815 Marathon Series: The Y Combinator Alum who returned to Singapore to build Saleswhale

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 13:00:10 +0000

Joining me is Gabriel Lim. He is an entrepreneur who went to Silicon Valley, who got funded by Y Combinator, and who of his own choice decided to come back to Singapore. Gabriel Lim is the founder of Saleswhale, which uses AI to engage every lead over email, qualify them, and identify leads that are ready to buy. I want to find out how he built up his business and why he decided to do it in Singapore instead of Silicon Valley.

Gabriel Lim is the founder of Saleswhale, which uses AI to engage every lead over email, qualify them, and identify leads that are ready to buy.

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#1814 LIVE with the chatbot creators behind the $3M bot experience

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:00:41 +0000

If we are using chat to communicate with the people we love then why are we only using email to talk to our customers? There are two people who created a chatbot that got a lot of buzz because it generated $3M in revenue in one hour. I invited them hear to talk about how they did it but I don’t want to focus on these outlier results. I want to talk about other successes with chatbots like a loyalty program they created for smaller businesses. Philippe LeCoutre and David Sambor create messenger marketing experiences for their clients.

Philippe LeCoutre and David Sambor are the co-founders of Messenger Marketing Experts where they create messenger marketing experiences for their clients.

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#1813 Toptal CEO responds to criticism

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:00:59 +0000

Toptal’s CEO was accused of not giving options to employees who felt they were entitled to it, even though their legal agreements stated they were conditional. I asked him to do an interview, expecting him to say no way, but instead he said, glad to. My summary of his response. Regarding investors: I’m not going to raise unnecessary funds just so their debt could convert to equity. Be patient. Regarding employees: I keep telling people not to work here if they’re doing it for a stock windfall. Regarding his cofounder: Legally, I can’t say anything.

Taso Du Val is the founder of Toptal, which enables start-ups, businesses, and organizations to hire freelancers from a growing network of top talent in the world.

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#1812 How to pivot a marketplace into a different business model

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:00:11 +0000

A few years ago I noticed there was a handful of companies whose goal was to help founders raise money. This angel crowdfunding idea was growing in popularity and it felt like it was going to be the future, and for some reason, it wasn’t. Joining me today is an entrepreneur who went down that path. He found that wasn’t actually the right approach. I invited him here to find out why. My guest is Brock Blake. He is the founder of Lendio. Lendio is a marketplace for business owners to comparison shop and get loans that they need. So they’re no longer matching entrepreneurs like you with angel investors, they are now helping you get the loan that you need. We’ll find out why he made the change in this interview.

Brock Blake is founder of Lendio a marketplace for businesses owners to comparison shop and get the loan they need.

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#1811 The story behind E-Junkie

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who, in the early internet days, figured out a simple solution in a world of really difficult online sales. I’ve been wondering what happened to him. Robin Singh is the founder of E-Junkie which offers copy-paste buy-now and cart buttons for selling downloads, codes and tangible products on any website, blog, social media and messenger.

Robin Singh is the founder of E-Junkie which offers copy-paste buy-now and cart buttons for selling downloads, codes and tangible products on any website, blog, social media and messenger.

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#1810 The step by step process of launching an apparel company (with $4k and zero experience)

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:00:29 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who wanted to get into clothing—specifically undergarments. I wonder how she can build a real business while competing with all the brands that feel intimidatingly large. But she’s growing and recently expanded to activewear which means she’s now competing with Lululemon and NIKE and other giants. Megan Grassell is the founder of Yellowberry which specializes in undergarments and apparel for tween girls.

Megan Grassell is the founder of Yellowberry which specializes in undergarments and apparel for tween girls.

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#1809 The startup with a social mission of solving the payday loan problem

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:00:01 +0000

Today’s guest looked around at the payday loans space, saw how many people are going to get payday loans at exorbitant rates, and he said, “There should be a solution.” So he came out of retirement to start a new business and solve the predatory payday loan problem. I wonder how his solution conflicts with people who have an interest in seeing the problem continue. We’re going to find out all that and how he built up his business. Safwan Shah is the founder of Payactiv which is a financial wellness platform that enables employers to provide their workers instant relief from their between-paychecks financial headaches.

Safwan Shah is the founder of Payactiv which is a financial wellness platform that enables employers to provide their workers instant relief from their between-paychecks financial headaches.

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#1808 Marathon Series: The Singapore telco company with the heart of a SaaS startup

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 13:00:53 +0000

Today for my marathon series has brought me to Singapore. Abhishek Gupta is the co-founder of Circles Life, which provides a modern mobile experience. The reason I’m excited about this interview is that it isn’t just a SaaS that could be created by one person on a computer. Abhishek had to come up with the idea, find partnerships with established companies and convince customers to switch carriers. None of those things are easy. I want to find out how he did it.

Abhishek Gupta is the co-founder of Circles Life, which provides a modern mobile experience.

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#1807 Turning tech that’s ahead of its time into a company with a long tail

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:00:48 +0000

Joining me is entrepreneur who started his company back in 1999. It was a period of raising money, changing the world, and being changed by the world. There was a lot of evolution and a lot of obstacles in Germany at the time. I want to understand how today’s guest built a company in that environment. Eckhard Ortwein is the founder of several companies, but the company we’re focusing on today is a company called Paybox Solutions. They set out to make money a mobile experience at the same time PayPal was launching. They decided people should be able to pass money to each other, to businesses using mobile phones. That world exists today but back then it was ahead of its time. They raised money and we’ll find out in this interview what happened.

Eckhard Ortwein was a co-Founder of Paybox Solutions which helps people send and receive payments via mobile.

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#1806 Content creation in the world of influencers on Instagram

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:00:16 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who demystified content marketing for me. I see these companies on Instagram that have beautiful photos and I’m amazed. I think, “They must have a full-time creative directors and photographers.” Well, today’s guest showed me how it really works. And how companies like his make brands look REALLY good. Corbett Drummey is the co-founder of PopularPays, a marketplace that connects brands and creators.

Corbett Drummey is the co-founder of PopularPays, a marketplace that connects brands and creators.

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#1805 How to modernize an old technology like outdoor billboard advertising

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:00:09 +0000

Today’s guest saw an old technology and said, “What if I modernize it?” Instead of forcing people to remember the company name on a billboard, their phone number, write it down, and go buy it. “What if I create a web page where anyone can go and buy like they buy anything else?” I care about his story. But I’m also thinking in my head, “What else is outdated that we can modernize using some of the things that we already know?” And as you’ll see, he started out very basic the way that you can when you come up with something that you want to modernize. Matt O’Connor is the founder of AdQuick, a marketplace to buy and sell outdoor advertising.

Matt O’Connor is the founder of AdQuick, a marketplace to buy and sell outdoor advertising.

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#1804 Marathon Series: Singapore’s $10M restaurant app

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:00:32 +0000

My marathon series has brought me here to Singapore and I’ve got an interview with an entrepreneur I’ve really been looking forward to meeting. His name is Arrif Ziaudeen. He is the founder of Chope. Chope lets you book a reservation at a restaurant, but you also have the backend stuff that we’ll talk about in this interview.

Arrif Ziaudeen is the founder of Chope, a real time restaurant-reservation booking platform that connects diners with its partner restaurants.

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#1803 How Stash is creating the Netflix of financial services

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:00:07 +0000

Stash is a mobile first investment platform that helps people simplify their investing and banking through education and user experience. I don’t think even that description does it justice. Users are really happy that they invested $200 or $300. Most finance companies don’t get excited about their users who have $200 or $300. Stash seems to be drawing them in. I want to know if you can actually build a business that way. We’re going to find out how he is changing investing and changing banking in this interview.

Brandon Krieg is the co-founder of Stash, a mobile-first investment platform that helps people simplify investing and banking through education and user experience.

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#1802 A founder gets open about entrepreneurship and Adderall addiction

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:00:02 +0000

When I was a kid, aspiring to be an entrepreneur, I remember hearing that Howard Hughes was addicted to something that let him work through the night. Frankly, it was a handful of entrepreneurs who had that and in my head, I said to myself, “I’d be willing to make that trade-off. If I could take a drug that would make me work harder through the night, I’d be absolutely willing to do it. Yeah, my health would suffer, but you know what? Life makes your health suffer. I’d be willing to do it.” My biology doesn’t allow me to get into drugs. But it turns out that it’s not some kind of superpower, at least according to Michael Dash’s experience. He is an entrepreneur who built an HR company called Parallel HR Solutions, grew it. We’ll find out how big he got it. And along the way was addicted to Adderall. Most entrepreneurs will not talk to me about it here. They will talk to me about it in private. Michael Dash is willing to do it, so we’re going to talk to him about that.

Michael Dash is the author of Chasing the High which chronicles his journey through addiction and lawsuits.

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#1801 Solving the problem of form abandonment (with a more modern experience)

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:00:25 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur I’m especially excited to talk about for a few different reasons. Number one, he’s a Mixergy listener. He’s somebody who’s listened just like you and has had these stories embedded in his head. Number two, he is outside the United States. He is in India where I’m seeing more and more entrepreneurs are doing killer stuff. The problem he saw is people don’t like forms. People like people. And so you’re going to get a lot of drop off when leads don’t want to fill in your form and give you their email address. That means you are losing people that you paid money for or you worked hard to create a site to cater to. Ish Jindal is the founder of TARS which helps businesses boost their PPC conversion rates through Conversational Landing Pages.

Ish Jindal is the founder of TARS which helps businesses boost their PPC conversion rates through Conversational Landing Pages.

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#1800 Marathon Series: The Southeast Asia recruitment company Glints

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 13:00:09 +0000

Oswald Yeo is the founder of Glints, a tech-enabled recruitment platform. I want to find out in this interview how he started with a niche and grew the company out.

Oswald Yeo is the founder of Glints, a tech-enabled recruitment platform.

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#1799 Niching down in the crowded space of email marketing

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:00:42 +0000

How many freaking email marketing companies are there out there? And how could so many of them be doing well? Joining me today is an entrepreneur who said, “I see that there are people sending out email. I see that there’s software to do it. I’m going to jumping in and do it too.” And the reason that he was able to do it, he says, is because he saw a problem that nobody else addressed. He was dealing with a market that other people weren’t familiar with. Rytis Lauris is the founder of Omnisend, an omnichannel marketing automation tool for e-commerce. He’s doing well and I want to find out how.

Rytis Lauris is the co-founder of Omnisend, omni-channel marketing automation tools for e-commerce.

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#1798 Chili Piper founder Nicholas Vandenberghe on partnering with John Sculley and navigating acquisitions

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:00:01 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who, while in school, had Steve Jobs come into his class and rock his world. He ended up doing business with someone who worked with Steve Jobs, as you’ll hear in this interview. Nicholas Vandenberghe is the founder of Chili Piper, which helps qualified leads automatically book a meeting or start a phone call right after they fill out a form on your site.

Nicholas Vandenberghe is the founder of Chili Piper, which helps qualified leads automatically book a meeting or start a phone call right after they fill out a form on your site.

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#1797 Case Study: Bootstrapping a web builder from Moscow

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:00:33 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur coming at us straight from Moscow in Russia. Nikita Obukhov is a guy who realized it’s really hard to build websites. We need to make it easier. And so he created a company called Tilda. It’s a website builder that doesn’t require you to use any code. I want to find out how he bootstrapped it.

Nikita Obukhov is the founder of Tilda, a website builder that doesn’t use any code.

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#1796 Marathon Series: The Singapore-based software you should know about

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:00:21 +0000

Today I’m in Singapore and there’s so much that has blown my mind while I’ve been here. I want to talk to today’s guest about that and so much more. Oliver Tan is the founder of ViSenze, which does visual search recognition. I want to understand how he came up with this technology and how he got his first customers to trust him. Sometimes I feel I’m missing out on software by being limited to the U.S. This company is a perfect example of that. We’ll find out more about it in this interview.

Oliver Tan is the founder of ViSenze, which does visual search recognition.

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#1795 How Insticator founder is solving engagement for advertisers

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:00:31 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who recognized the problem that advertising kind of sucks online. People have ad blockers because ads are distracting and aren’t usually helpful. Publishers aren’t in love with ads because they just pollute the site and they don’t add much value. Today’s guest stepped in and said, “You know what? What if we don’t just run banner ads? What if we offer a quiz or a poll that gets people more engaged?” That’s the idea that worked for him. And after failing with a previous idea, this business is actually taking off really fast. I invited him here to talk about how he did it. Zack Dugow is the founder of Insticator, which increases revenue and engagement for publishers.

Zack Dugow is the founder of Insticator, which increases revenue and engagement for publishers.

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#1794 When should you transition from SaaS to Service as a Service?

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:00:45 +0000

Joining me is a repeat guest. Bryan Kreuzberger came on a few years ago to talk about how he was helping salespeople send out email and get responses. And his approach was so good. His simple approach for getting an email to the CEO, and then having him forward it down to the right person has been phenomenal for me. He’s made a transition though. He went from teaching people how to do this to both teaching and doing it as a service. I’m fascinated by that transition because I’m noticing that more and more companies are making the switch. I want to learn from it and I want to feature that here on Mixergy.

Bryan Kreuzberger is the founder of Breakthrough Email, an outbound agency.

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#1793 How to bounce back after losing $100M (through leveraging relationships)

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 13:00:34 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who says he went from rags to riches. Unfortunately, he went right back to rags in a really bad situation that helped him lose what he says is over $100 million. But through hard work, through patience, and through the belief of people around him the guy was able to get right back up to the top. David Meltzer is co-founder of Sports1Marketing, a global sports and entertainment marketing agency. We’ll talk about what that means and what his connection is to events like the Super Bowl. He is also the author of multiple books, including the latest which is called “Game-Time Decision Making: High-Scoring Decision Making Strategies from the Biggest Names in Sports.”

David Meltzer is co-founder of Sports1Marketing, a global sports and entertainment marketing agency.

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#1792 Marathon Series: Can Australian founders have success without guilt?

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 13:00:35 +0000

Today I have an Australian founder which is usually a challenge because they are in a whole other time zone from my office in SF. But as part of my marathon series, I’m making these interviews happen. Dylan Baskind is the founder of Qwilr, which allows people to create beautiful proposals, sales and marketing documentation as web pages. We’re going to find out how well this business is doing and find out a little bit about Australian culture in this interview.

Dylan Baskind is the founder of Qwilr, which allows people to create beautiful proposals, sales and marketing documentation as web pages.

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#1791 Samuel Morhaim’s Vantage IO: Giving entrepreneurs the development tools they need

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:00:33 +0000

As an entrepreneur launching a company, getting a website or mobile app developed can be painful and out of reach. How do you get things done on a limited budget? Samuel Morhaim is Founder and CEO of Vantage IO which creates web/mobile applications, IoT solutions, voice skills and data analytics solutions in addition to consulting and advisory services. Samuel Morhaim saw the pain point of entrepreneurs needing development tools and launched Vantage IO to help deliver the software that entrepreneurs need.

Samuel Morhaim is Founder and CEO of Vantage IO which creates web/mobile applications, IoT solutions, voice skills and data analytics solutions in addition to consulting and advisory services.

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#1790 How Animoto found the customer segment that paid

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:00:28 +0000

Before I was doing interviews, I was doing live events. I thought the best way for entrepreneurs to learn from each other is to come out to a live event to meet other entrepreneurs. The problem was that I had was really interesting people come and I wouldn’t know how to show people this. I took a bunch of pictures, but looking at a bunch of strangers wasn’t captivating enough. And somehow I discovered Animoto. Jason Hsiao is the founder of Animoto, an online video maker that makes it easy for small businesses to create professional quality video.

Jason Hsiao is the founder of Animoto, an online video maker that makes it easy for small businesses to create professional quality video.

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#1789 Inside the $100M dollar scooter sharing startup Spin

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:00:33 +0000

Today’s guest runs one of many companies that I think are not just changing my life, but changing the lives of many people. I remember when I first started to see electric scooters show up in San Francisco. It made so much more sense than waiting for a car to come pick you up. We’re living in a city with hardly any rain, hardly any terrible weather. And suddenly these electric scooters showed up all over the city. Today’s guest is the creator of one of the first scooters that I ever saw here in San Francisco. Euwyn Poon is the co-founder of Spin, a stationless electric scooter sharing company.

Euwyn Poon is the co-founder of Spin, a stationless electric scooter sharing company.

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#1788 Marathon Series: The Australian product that’s solving most new parents’ biggest problem

Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:00:27 +0000

As part of my marathon series I want to get to know entrepreneurs and talk about entrepreneurship in different parts of the world. Today I’m in Sydney, Australia with Hana-Lia Krawchuk. Hana-Lia is the founder of Love To Dream, which makes swaddles & baby sleeping bags for any season. It’s a phenomenal business that has spawned other products like SleepSack, which I’m a big believer in. We’re going to find out about how she built up this business.

Hana-Lia Krawchuk is the founder of Love To Dream, which makes swaddles & baby sleeping bags for any season.

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#1787 Case Study: Making a cofounder relationship work

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:00:17 +0000

A few weeks ago, I interviewed Joel Hooks who created a site called Egghead which offered developer video training. And he grew it $250,000 a month in revenue, which is substantial. One of the things he told me during the interview was that he learned how to do it by joining this course called Stacking the Bricks. Today I have the founder of that program. Alex Hillman is founder of Stacking the Bricks which helps people make the shift from service businesses into products that they can sell over and over.

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#1786 Marketing that enhances product reputation (and doesn’t overwhelm)

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 13:00:29 +0000

My goal with this interview is to understand how today’s guest has grown his business through his phenomenal marketing. He’s very understated about it, which is good because I want this type of approach for my business. I want to grow through good marketing that I could feel proud of and that doesn’t overwhelm the product. I want marketing that actually enhances the reputation of the product. My guest today is Dave Rogenmoser, the co-founder of Proof, a SaaS that helps build social proof and increase conversion rates by displaying recent customer activity on your website.

Dave Rogenmoser is the co-founder of Proof, a SaaS that helps build social proof and increase conversion rates by displaying recent customer activity on your website.

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#1785 A VC’s inside look at doing business in Latin America

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:00:32 +0000

Nathan Lustig is the co-founder of Magma Partners, an early-stage investment firm that supports the best Latin American entrepreneurs to launch and scale in the US. Nathan literally wrote the book on what it’s like to do business in different parts of Latin America. It’s called “Crossing Borders: A Venture Capitalist’s Guide to Doing Business in Latin America.” I wish I had read it before I flew to Mexico City to do my first set of interviews because he really explains how the world south of the American border operates when it comes to startups and business.

Nathan Lustig is the co-founder of Magma Partners, an early-stage investment firm that supports the best Latin American entrepreneurs to launch and scale in the US.

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#1784 Marathon Series: Jane Lu’s Showpo at $60M/yr in revenue with no outside funding

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 13:00:27 +0000

How do you put systems in place when you are used to doing everything yourself? Jane Lu is the Founder of Showpo which is an online fashion company based in Sydney Australia. Jane Lu started Showpo doing everything herself back in 2010. Nine years later she now has a team of 150 people and is making $60M a year in revenue.

Jane Lu is the Founder of Showpo which is an online fashion company based in Sydney Australia.

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#1783 Dan Franks Podcast Movement: Grassroots origins to 7 figures

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:00:27 +0000

Today’s guest has come full circle from having me on his podcast to now running the annual Podcast Movement conference. Dan Franks is Co-Founder and President of Podcast Movement which is the worlds’ largest and longest running podcast conference. I find out from Dan how the conference’s growth has exploded over the years and what we can expect from this year’s conference.

Dan Franks is Co-Founder and President of Podcast Movement which is the worlds’ largest and longest running podcast conference.

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#1782 Sean Byrnes sold Flurry to Yahoo and launched Outlier AI

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:00:05 +0000

What do you do when you’ve sold the company that you’ve poured your blood, sweat and tears into? Launch another company, of course. Sean Byrnes is the CEO & Co-Founder of Outlier.ai which delivers automated business analysis for some of the largest consumer businesses in the world. Sean built Flurry into a successful analytics platform for mobile apps and sold it to Yahoo in 2014. He then launched Outlier.ai.

Sean Byrnes is the CEO & Co-Founder of Outlier which delivers automated business analysis for some of the largest consumer businesses in the world.

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#1781 Neil Patel: services businesses are better than software companies

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:00:14 +0000

After launching Carzy Egg, KISSMetrics & other software companies, Neil Patel now says it’s too easy to create software. That means software makers can’t charge much. Listen to why his new service business, Neil Patel Digital, is doing so well. You’ll also hear if he really loves his wife, why KISSMetrics closed, why he’s copying paid software and giving it for free, why he had a roommate, and more.

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#1780 Marathon Series: Matt Barrie’s Freelancer a global marketplace with $53M in revenue

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 13:00:32 +0000

Where do you find inspiration for launching a company? Sometimes that inspiration can come from the most unlikely of places. Matt Barrie is Founder and CEO of Freelancer which is a global online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace. When Matt was unable to enlist friends and family to help with a simple task when he was building his mom’s website, his simple job posting on a website looking for help netted immediate results and provided his “ah-ha” moment for launching Freelancer.

Matt Barrie is Founder and CEO of Freelancer which is a global online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace.

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#1779 Nicole Grinnell and Liz Goddard take CC: My Admin to over $1M/yr in two years

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:00:11 +0000

What if your business doesn’t need to have full-time workers in the office? Not every business needs to have internal employees. Nicole Grinnell and Liz Goddard are the Founders of CC: My Admin which lets you hire more than just virtual assistants. Nicole and Liz recognized that not every business needed a full-time staff and that some tasks could be handled remotely on a part-time basis and thus the collaborated to create CC: My Admin.

Nicole Grinnell and Liz Goddard are the Founders of CC: My Admin which lets you hire more than just virtual assistants.

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#1778 Reboot: Jerry Colonna and the pursuit of lemon drops

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:00:40 +0000

What do you do when you come to that realization in your life that your pursuits are leaving you with a sense of emptiness? Jerry Colonna is one of the founders of Reboot which offers coaching services for individuals, teams and entire organizations. Jerry’s ah-ha moment was when he realized he was always pursuing the feeling of having enough and that he never was reaching that goal. Now, he helps other founders and entrepreneurs find their fullest potential.

Jerry Colonna is one of the founders of Reboot which offers coaching services for individuals, teams and entire organizations.

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#1777 Garrett Mehrguth bootstrapped Directive to $10M/yr in revenue

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:00:51 +0000

When the biggest consulting firms in the business won’t even let you get your foot in the door, how do you get experience to launch your own firm? Garrett Mehrguth is the founder of Directive which is a lead generation-based search marketing company for B2B enterprise with a focus on SaaS. Garrett lived on a food budget of $12 a day, cleaned toilets and bid jobs on Fiverr all the while learning about search and lead generation so he could launch Directive.

Garrett Mehrguth is the founder of Directive which is a lead generation-based search marketing company for B2B enterprise with a focus on SaaS.

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#1776 Marathon Series: Rod Bishop’s Jayride is the e-commerce marketplace for traveler transportation

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:00:09 +0000

Every traveler is different and every trip is different. There’s no one ground transportation solution to fit everyone. Where do you go to find the best solution for you? Rod Bishop is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Jayride which provides seamless transport experiences for travelers by allowing them to compare and book ground transfers around the world. Jayride reimagines ground transportation by offering an e-commerce marketplace solution for travelers where they can comparison shop just like they do for flights and hotels.

Rod Bishop is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Jayride which provides seamless transport experiences for travelers by allowing them to compare and book ground transfers around the world.

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#1775 Jason Macek’s Dollar Fulfillment disrupts the product fulfillment industry

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:00:29 +0000

Companies looking for product fulfillment services can find themselves mired down by all of the fees involved from shipping to service fees. Does it have to be that complicated? Jason Macek is the Founder of Dollar Fulfillment which offers product fulfillment services for a dollar per order. Jason has bootstrapped Dollar Fulfillment to almost $10 million a year in revenue.

Jason Macek is the Founder of Dollar Fulfillment which offers product fulfillment services for a dollar per order.

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#1774 How Julian Shapiro’s Bell Curve does marketing for some of the best tech companies in San Francisco

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:00:55 +0000

How does a marketing agency stand out in the crowd and rise above the noise to work with some of the top names in the tech industry? Julian Shapiro is the Founder of Bell Curve which is a marketing agency and training program. Julian uses reverse engineering to determine the patterns that work for specific types of companies in order to develop a growth strategy quickly for the client.

Julian Shapiro is the Founder of Bell Curve which is a marketing agency and training program.

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#1773 Trent Dyrsmid’s Flowster brings sexy to the SOP

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:00:04 +0000

A lot of us have a love-hate relationship with Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents. Who wants to take the time to document every procedure in your company? Trent Dyrsmid is the Founder of Flowster which automates workflow for companies as a SOP Management Tool. Trent Dyrsmid created SOPs for his own business and when people started asking for their own, that’s when he knew he needed to create his own software and Flowster was born.

Trent Dyrsmid is the Founder of Flowster which automates workflow for companies as a SOP Management Tool.

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#1772 Marathon series: Tim Fung’s Airtasker is the TaskRabbit of Australia making $110M in revenue

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 13:00:05 +0000

Finding someone to help you with tasks and errands whether big or small can be challenging. How do you find someone who is reliable? Tim Fung is Co-Founder and CEO of Airtasker which is a services marketplace allowing people to outsource chores and errands to people in their local community. After asking a friend to help him move, Tim was inspired to create Airtasker to create a marketplace for people to connect to have tasks done.

Tim Fung is Co-Founder and CEO of Airtasker which is a services marketplace allowing people to outsource chores and errands to people in their local community.

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#1771 How Legion Beats doubled revenue by selling beats to “middle class” musicians

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:00:01 +0000

What if your dream of “making it big” doesn’t pan out? Do you fold your cards and call it quits? Gabe Schillinger is the CEO, Producer and Engineer behind Legion Beats which offers quality beats and hooks, mixing and mastering and promo. Out of desperation when his musical aspirations seemed to hit the skids, Gabe started selling beats online and discovered a whole new breed of “middle class musicians”.

Gabe Schillinger is the CEO, Producer and Engineer behind Legion Beats which offers quality beats and hooks, mixing and mastering and promo.

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#1770 How Amy Porterfield does marketing without communicating like a marketer

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:00:30 +0000

Developing a marketing strategy that is successful can be a painful and intimidating process. What’s the secret of successful marketing? Amy Porterfield teaches business owners, educators and entrepreneurs the profitable action steps for building a highly-engaged email list, creating online training courses, and using online marketing strategies to sell with ease. Amy is making $5M a year in revenue with her Digital Course Academy.

Amy Porterfield teaches business owners, educators and entrepreneurs the profitable action steps for building a highly-engaged email list, creating online training courses, and using online marketing strategies to sell with ease.

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#1769 Max Makeev is fixing video conferencing for the remote employee with Owl Labs

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 13:00:07 +0000

We all know that the video conferencing tools that are out there make video conferencing a painful experience. How do you make video conferencing a helpful, inclusive experience? Max Makeev is a Co-Founder of Owl Labs which offers a 360-degree smart video conferencing camera. Max Makeev and his Co-Founder, Mark Schnittman created a 360-degree all-in-one vieo conferencing device that centers virtual conferencing around remote participants.

Max Makeev is a Co-Founder of Owl Labs which offers a 360-degree smart video conferencing camera.

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#1768 How ToutApp went from near-death to being acquired by Marketo

Fri, 31 May 2019 13:00:02 +0000

Long before TK Kader sold ToutApp, the company almost died. What sent the company on the downward spiral and how did they recover? TK Kader is the Founder of the ToutApp which is a sales engagement software platform. After a board meeting where the members told TK to cut the company down to 15 people, TK refused to accept that ultimatum and ended up with the largest quarter in company history.

TK Kader is the Founder of the ToutApp which is a sales engagement software platform.

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#1767 How Krish Subramanian’s Chargebee cures the headaches of subscription billing

Wed, 29 May 2019 13:00:56 +0000

Figuring out the intricacies of allowing special offers with subscription billing is the stuff nightmares are made of. What do you do if you don’t have the time or the coding ability to figure that out? Krish Subramanian is a Co-Founder and CEO of Chargebee which is a subscription management and billing solutions system. Krish Subramanian and his three Co-Founders realized the need for simplifying subscription billing and set about solving it with the creation of Chargebee.

Krish Subramanian is a Co-Founder and CEO of Chargebee which is a subscription management and billing solutions system.

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#1766 Chris Ronzio streamlines the onboarding and training process with Trainual

Mon, 27 May 2019 13:00:39 +0000

When a new employee joins your company, do you find the onboarding process to be cumbersome and time-consuming? Chris Ronzio is the CEO and Founder of Trainual, which is a modern training platform for fast growing businesses. Trainual takes the headache out of the onboarding process and puts it into a modern training platform and grew the company from $10k/month to $100k/month in just 7 months time.

Chris Ronzio is the CEO and Founder of Trainual, which is a modern training platform for fast growing businesses.

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#1765 How to kill the pitchfest (and still run a profitable event)

Fri, 24 May 2019 13:00:30 +0000

A while back I flew to DC for a Mastermind Conference with Joe Soto. And what was interesting to me was that the event was profitable for him. It took a lot of strategizing to make sure the event wasn’t a loss. Well, today’s guest helped him with that. I want to find out how he does it. Andrew is the co-creator of The SAM Event which is is a 2 day event with speakers and entertainers talking about Sales, Advertising and Marketing.

Andrew is the co-creator of The SAM Event which is is a 2 day event with speakers and entertainers talking about Sales, Advertising and Marketing.

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#1764 Rand Fishkin on how to amplify authentic promotion

Wed, 22 May 2019 13:00:32 +0000

I’ve interviewed Rand Fishkin several times and I’ve been beating myself up about a question I asked. I’ve got to bring it up in this interview. Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro which allows you to discover all the sources that influence your audience. I invited him here to talk about marketing because he’s so good at it.

Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro which allows you to discover all the sources that influence your audience.

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#1763 How Ryan Deiss turned Traffic and Conversion Summit (and digital marketing) into a real business

Mon, 20 May 2019 13:00:06 +0000

Ryan Deiss is the founder of a Traffic & Conversion, a conference for digital marketers. He is also the founder of DigitalMarketer which offers tools and training for digital marketers. A few years ago I went to the Traffic & Conversion Summit for the first time. I bought a ticket not expecting to go to any of the sessions, but I bought a ticket wanting to meet people there. But I underestimated the size of the business and the legitimacy of digital marketing at the time. I want to undo that assumption today and learn how Ryan became one of the best marketers out there.

Ryan Deiss is the founder of a Traffic & Conversion, a conference for digital marketers. He is also the founder of DigitalMarketer which offers tools and training for digital marketers.

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#1762 Marathon Series: Cuponatic sets out to be the Groupon of Chile

Sat, 18 May 2019 13:00:55 +0000

Entrepreneurship requires a driving passion but what happens when your company is taken to the brink of bankruptcy? Christian Real Bernouin is a Co-Founder of Cuponatic which is an e-commerce marketplace that offers different daily deals on products, services, and getaways. In 2012, Cuponatic was faced with the prospect of bankruptcy. Now, in 2019, it is hitting $5M in revenue annually.

Christian Real Bernouin is a Co-Founder of Cuponatic which is an e-commerce marketplace that offers different daily deals on products, services, and getaways.

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#1761 Whispli: Born from Sylvain Mansotte’s experience of blowing the whistle on $20M fraud

Fri, 17 May 2019 13:00:04 +0000

How do you provide a way for employees to anonymously report misconduct or wrongdoing without fear of retribution? Sylvain Mansotte is a Co-Founder of Whispli which is a secure, anonymous, cost-effective whistleblowing platform. In 2012, Sylvain uncovered $20M in fraud within the company that he had recently joined. His experience led to the creation of Whispli.

Sylvain Mansotte is a Co-Founder of Whispli which is a secure, anonymous, cost-effective whistleblowing platform.

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#1760 How John Akhoian relied on grassroots marketing techniques to bring Rooter Hero to $50M in revenue

Wed, 15 May 2019 13:00:46 +0000

How do you build a brick and mortar business like plumbing into a $50M a year business? John Akhoian is the Founder of Rooter Hero which is a plumbing and rooter service company. John Akhoian built Rooter Hero from the ground up relying heavily on old-fashion marketing techniques and now has 12 locations across California and Arizona.

John Akhoian is the Founder of Rooter Hero which is a plumbing and rooter service company.

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#1759 Why did David Hauser sell Grasshopper for $170M?

Mon, 13 May 2019 13:00:09 +0000

How did David Hauser manage to sell Grasshopper for such an enormous sum without any hoopla and turn his focus to nut butter? David Hauser is the Founder of Grasshopper, which is a virtual phone company and author of Unstoppable. David sold Grasshopper back in 2015 for $170 and decided to completely switch direction from running an SaaS company to creating nut butter with his company SuperFat.

David Hauser is the Founder of Grasshopper, which is a virtual phone company and author of Unstoppable.

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#1758 Marathon Series: Maria Paz Gillet’s Jooycar is the sexy new version of car insurance in Chile

Sat, 11 May 2019 13:00:40 +0000

How do you get customers on board for a revolutionary product before you have even created the product? Maria Paz Gillet is the Founder of Jooycar which gives clients the ability to get real-time data from vehicles. Maria saw the need for “pay for usage” car insurance in Chile and sold the idea to customers before creating Jooycar.

Maria Paz Gillet is the Founder of Jooycar which gives clients the ability to get real-time data from vehicles.

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#1757 Why Dan Reich fired himself so he could launch Troops.ai

Fri, 10 May 2019 13:00:43 +0000

What do you do when you realize you’re not the best fit for the company that you helped to launch? Dan Reich is CEO and Co-Founder of Troops.ai which is software that makes sales a team sport by empowering people, automating workflows and supercharging sales performance. After realizing he wasn’t the best person for running the daily business of TULA, Dan found someone else for the job so he could launch Troops.ai.

Dan Reich is CEO and Co-Founder of Troops.ai which is software that makes sales a team sport by empowering people, automating workflows and supercharging sales performance.

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#1756 Copywriter Ray Edwards trades in a 100 hour workweek to run a million dollar company

Wed, 08 May 2019 13:00:54 +0000

How does a copywriter who was spending 100 hours a week writing copy for clients transition to running a successful copywriting company? Ray Edwards is a copywriter and communication strategist for some of the top names in business and the author of the book, How to Write Copy That Sells. Author and copywriter, Ray Edwards’ copywriting course and certification program is bringing in over a million dollars a year.

Ray Edwards is a copywriter and communication strategist for some of the top names in business and the author of the book, How to Write Copy That Sells.

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#1755 How Peter Rex’s vision for helping the world brought forth Trustwork

Mon, 06 May 2019 13:00:45 +0000

How do you go from losing everything you’ve built up and sleeping on the floor to using that experience to creating a company that has a global-wide impact? Peter Rex is the founder of Trustwork, which allows you to find jobs, hire professionals, buy and sell goods, network and collaborate. Trustwork launched two years ago and already has over 400 employees.

Peter Rex is the founder of Trustwork, which allows you to find jobs, hire professionals, buy and sell goods, network and collaborate.

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#1754 Marathon Series: GroupRaise making $1M/month and donating a percentage to charity

Sat, 04 May 2019 13:00:08 +0000

Is it possible to have a business model that is not only profitable but donates a percentage of revenue to charity? Devin Baptiste is a Co-Founder of GroupRaise which is a company that allows groups to book events in restaurants across the US. GroupRaise helps companies find restaurants to hold events and allows the companies to donate a percentage of the profits to the charity of their choice.

Devin Baptiste is a Co-Founder of GroupRaise which is a company that allows groups to book events in restaurants across the US.

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#1753 How a major mistake almost cost Ryan Fyfe his company

Fri, 03 May 2019 13:00:36 +0000

How do you recover from a huge mistake that has the potential of sinking your company? Ryan Fyfe is the Founder of Humanity, which is an easy-to-use online employee scheduling and workforce management software. Ryan Fyfe was about to close a big funding round for Humanity when he discovered unethical practices that were going on that affected the company’s sales metrics.

Ryan Fyfe is the Founder of Humanity, which is an easy-to-use online employee scheduling and workforce management software.

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#1752 Ryan Levesque changed lead-gen. Wants to change entrepreneurship

Wed, 01 May 2019 13:00:30 +0000

I didn’t know whether to trust Ryan Levesque last time he was on. He claimed to have a set of sites that turned email subscribers into customers using registration forms that asked questions which helped him segment subscribers. Then I met (and interviewed) founders who used what he called the Ask Method and I realized how effective his approach was. I even started copying it. Now he has a book about entrepreneurship, called Choose. I interviewed him about it. And I was still skeptical. But a bit less than last time. Enjoy.

Ryan Levesque is the CEO of The ASK Method Company and the author of the best-selling book, ASK and has just launched his new book, Choose.

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#1751 Tomas Gorny started from scratch to build Nextiva to $170M in revenue

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:00:50 +0000

How do you go from experiencing phenomenal success to huge loss and have enough confidence to start from scratch? Tomas Gorny is the Founder and CEO of Nextiva which is a business VoIP service solution. Nextiva was entirely bootstrapped and in 2019 is set to hit $170 million in revenue.

Tomas Gorny is the Founder and CEO of Nextiva which is a business VoIP service solution.

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#1750 Marathon Series: The Intern Group went from zero funding to hitting $15M in revenue in 8 years

Sat, 27 Apr 2019 13:00:16 +0000

How did The Intern Group grow from a horrible looking WordPress site to a company set to hit over 15 million in revenue this year? David Lloyd is Co-Founder and CEO of The Intern Group which is an international education company that specializes in internship programs. The Intern Group was born from David’s desire to connect interns with businesses.

David Lloyd is Co-Founder and CEO of The Intern Group which is an international education company that specializes in internship programs.

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#1749 Chris Ducker: Youpreneur

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:00:45 +0000

Why is Chris Ducker teaching entrepreneurship at Youpreneur? He has 2 companies that are doing well. Why get distracted? And, speaking of his companies, how did he create 2 successful companies? That’s what this interview is about.

Chris Ducker is the Founder of Youpreneur which is an online academy that has experts that share their expertise on how to build your business and become the go-to consultant in your industry.

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#1748 Acuity Scheduling was JUST acquired by Squarespace and here’s their origin story

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:00:59 +0000

Acuity Scheduling was in the news because they were acquired by Squarespace. We’re reposting this older interview to show you how Gavin Zuchlinski grew his company with spectacular customer support. Gavin Zuchlinski is the founder of Acuity Scheduling, a 13-year-old calendar scheduling service.

Gavin Zuchlinski is the founder of Acuity Scheduling, a calendar scheduling service.

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#1747 A pain point for Etsy sellers inspired Isaac Oates to create Justworks

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:00:47 +0000

Do you dread the process of hiring people because managing the payment process is such a huge headache? Isaac Oates recognized that paint point and as a result he created Justworks to help entrepreneurs and businesses by giving them access to big-company benefits, automated payroll, HR tools and compliance support in an easy-to-use platform. Six years later, Justworks is one of the fastest growing HR technology platforms with revenue in the tens of millions.

Isaac Oates is the Founder of Justworks, which helps entrepreneurs and businesses by giving them access to big-company benefits, automated payroll, HR tools and compliance support in an easy-to-use platform.

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#1746 How innovation is the ‘Secret Sauce’ behind the success of Sylvain Labs

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:00:34 +0000

How does a company overcome innovation stagnation to bring a new product to the marketplace? Alain Sylvain is the Founder of Sylvain Labs which is an innovation and brand design consultancy. Companies are able to outsource their innovation issues to Sylvain Labs where they help businesses to identify unmet consumer needs and in turn, create new products to meet those needs.

Alain Sylvain is the Founder of Sylvain Labs which is an innovation and brand design consultancy.

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#1745 How did SixthContinent experience massive revenue growth from $7M to $60M in one year?

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:00:03 +0000

How do you react when you are told you can’t do something? Do you rise to the occasion and prove the haters wrong or pack up your toys and go home? Francesca Roveda is Co-Founder of SixthContinent which is an e-commerce platform. Francesca was told she couldn’t break into the male-dominated finance industry so she set out to prove she could and SixthContinent was born to give people more purchasing power.

Francesca Roveda is Co-Founder of SixthContinent which is an e-commerce platform.

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#1744 How Erik Bergman’s passion for online gambling turned into a public company

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:00:46 +0000

How does an entrepreneur overcome insecurities and complete failure to refocus and launch a successful company? Erik Bergman is the founder of the online marketing companies Catena Media and Great.com If February 2016, Catena Media went public on the Swedish stock exchange and is valued at $400M USD. Today he is running his new venture Great.com, a similar business as Catena Media but where 100% of the profits will be donated to charity.

Erik Bergman is the founder of the online marketing companies Catena Media and Great.com

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#1743 How loss of focus and a lawsuit brought about the slow growth and loss of momentum of KISSmetrics

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:00:35 +0000

How did a loss of focus and a lawsuit ultimately bring about the demise of KISSmetrics? Hiten Shah is the co-founder of numerous successful SaaS companies, including FYI, CrazyEgg, Product Habits and KISSmetrics. Hiten opens up about how the perfect storm of screwing up product direction and loss of focus along with a lawsuit resulted in the inevitable loss of market share for KISSmetrics.

Hiten Shah is the co-founder of numerous successful SaaS companies, including FYI, CrazyEgg, Product Habits and KISSmetrics.

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#1742 How to build a hosting company that stands apart from the competition

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:00:23 +0000

Joining me is a guy who doesn’t really think of themselves as an entrepreneur. He’s more of a techie, but nevertheless, while working a full-time job, he decided I’m going to start this thing on the side. What he started on the side has grown really big. From what I can see, they are doing well over $20 million a year, profitable, and growing. Chris Wells is the founder of Nexcess, a cloud hosting platform. There are tons of hosting companies out there so I want to find out how he’s stood out from all the competition.

Chris Wells is the founder of Nexcess, a cloud hosting platform.

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#1741 Why becoming a first-time entrepreneur after age 50 can be a big advantage

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:00:21 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who was on a path to being an accountant, which is a respectable plan for life. You’re not likely to go hungry if you’ve got a good accounting job. And still there was an entrepreneurial yearning inside of him. Even though he’s not a developer, he found a way to develop an app that’s unlike anything before it. And I thought it was interesting how he interviewed developers to figure out who he could make it work. Allan Sutherland is the founder of In-telligent, a platform that issues emergency messages that are delivered immediately regardless of cell phone settings. We’re going to go into a story of how he built his company.

Allan Sutherland is the founder of In-telligent, a platform that issues emergency messages that are delivered immediately regardless of cell phone settings.

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#1740 How a Mixergy listener built SocialBee

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:00:44 +0000

I’m not going to pretend that I’m impartial in this interview. I really love today’s guest and I’ve known him for a long time because he’s a part of the Mixergy community. I even remember when he was thinking through the idea for today’s startup. Wait until you hear how simply and effectively he built this thing. I love how much he’s grown his company up. And I just like him as a person. I got to know him here when we flew him out to San Francisco and the two of us spent the day in Napa just talking through stuff. Ovi Negrean is a co-founder of SocialBee.io which offers social media management tools, training and teams. I’ve watched SocialBee grow and I’m looking forward to finding out the details behind the scenes of how he did it. If you’re at all a bootstrapper or a hustler or somebody who wants to build a company while you’re working somewhere else, this is the interview for you.

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#1739 X.ai Case Study: Artificial intelligence that actually improves your life and business

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 13:00:47 +0000

I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses for an audience of real entrepreneurs. In fact, as proof of it, one of our listeners is joining me here today. His name is Dennis Mortensen and he created x.ai. Any time people say automation doesn’t work, one exception seems to be the software Dennis created. Here’s an example of what it does: You want to book a meeting with somebody so you end up going back and forth to find a time that works. When you settle on a time, you realize you’re in different time zones so you have to start the whole process over again. Your business isn’t going down because of this pain point, but your focus is definitely being split by it, your professionalism with your contacts, with your clients, with the people you do business with is suffering because of it. Well, Dennis had this bright idea to say, “You know, I think this is where artificial intelligence can actually help. I want to find out how he did it.

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#1738 Case Study: NatureBox and the viability of the subscription model

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:00:13 +0000

One of the big milestones for me was actually able to charge a subscription service for Mixergy. Before that point, I was doing these interviews for free and I was breaking my back doing it. All because there’s an idea out there that information wants to be free. But I saw that newspapers like The New York Times were charging. That’s why I’m excited about today’s interview. I think it will validate what I’ve always believed, which is everything should be on a subscription basis. But as you’ll hear in this interview, it doesn’t always work as well as I thought. Gautam Gupta is the co-founder of NatureBox, a subscription service for high quality, delicious snacks. I want to find out what happened to the business, how he started, how he’s growing it, how he’s got sales that really are amazing before and after he made this change from subscription.

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#1737 The company making Amazon arbitrage sexy

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:00:56 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who created a company called Zinc, which builds tools for entrepreneurs–especially those who are competing against the big guys. In his words, he says, “Look, we’re here creating software for anyone who wants to level the playing field against Amazon.” We’ll get into exactly what that means and how you can apply it to your business. Max Kolysh is the founder of Zinc.io, a software that builds list creation, inventory management, repricing and fulfillment.

Max Kolysh is the founder of Zinc.io, a software that builds list creation, inventory management, repricing and fulfillment.

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#1736 I interview EasyBroker founder as we walk around and explore Mexico City

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:00:05 +0000

I usually interview founders from my office in San Francisco but this year I want to interview entrepreneurs all over the world in their own countries. So here’s what I did: I flew to Texas, ran 26.2 miles over the border into Mexico and I’m here interviewing entrepreneurs including Eric Northam who I know from when we were both living in Argentina. He’s got a company called EasyBroker which is a management and collaboration platform for real estate agents.

Eric Northam is the founder of EasyBroker, a management and collaboration platform that enables you to easily create market studies and share your listings with your clients.

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#1735 Jason Davis sold his company to Etsy. Here’s how working there gave him the next big idea

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:00:56 +0000

Joining me today is someone I remember reading about on TechCrunch when he sold his company to Etsy. Well he had another idea which partially came from his time at Etsy and seeing how much data they had to manage. He came up with a new company that would help companies like Etsy make use of all their data and better serve customers. I invited him here to talk about how he did it. Jason Davis is the co-founder of Simon Data, which builds data tools for modern marketing.

Jason Davis is the co-founder of Simon Data, which builds data tools for modern marketing.

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#1734 A marketing company designed for local businesses

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:00:21 +0000

Today’s guest is so non-technical that he had issues plugging in the mic we sent him. He discovered online marketing a few years back and gave it a shot but it didn’t work out. But instead of quitting he paid attention to what his customers were saying and adjusted his approach. Matt Buchanan is the co-founder of Service Direct, which offers online advertising, local lead generation and call tracking.

Matt Buchanan is the co-founder of Service Direct, which offers online advertising, local lead generation and call tracking.

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#1733 How do you resuscitate a solid business when it becomes obsolete overnight?

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:00:09 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur from Pakistan. I want more international founders so I’m excited to talk to him. He recognized that companies needed more developers. Well, he had access to talented developers in Pakistan so he created a company focused on Social zoos. But all at once, social went away and the company took a big hit. I want to find out how he turned the business around when it dried up seemingly overnight. Salman Lakhani is the co-founder of Cubix, a digital products and mobile app development company.

Salman Lakhani is the co-founder of Cubix, a digital products and mobile app development company.

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#1732 Marathon Series: What happens after a mission-driven company closes?

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 13:00:14 +0000

I came to Mexico because I want to understand entrepreneurship in this country. And for some freaking reason, even though I’ve been doing interviews for over 10 years now, I don’t think I’ve interviewed a single entrepreneur from Mexico. So if they’re not coming to me, I’m coming to them. And the person sitting at the table with me he is Santiago Cepeda. He is a founder of a company that was called Lokald. They did online retail, a range of products, clothes, furniture, jewelry, that kind of thing. And unfortunately, the company is no longer. I came here to understand what happened, how he built it up, why it closed down, what we could understand about entrepreneurship in general from this experience, and maybe a little bit of color about what entrepreneurship is like in Mexico City.

Santiago Cepeda was the founder of a company called Lokald, which sold a range of products online, including clothes, furniture, and jewelry.

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#1731 How to organize your company’s processes so you can go on vacation

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:00:55 +0000

Today we are turning things around. My guest is going to interview me. You guys know I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of landing pages. I’ve interviewed founders about how they built companies that optimize them. I’ve created courses around building better landing pages. The problem is that everyone out there is doing landing pages. It’s become hard to stand out. Well Brian Augsburger said he has something that’s brand new. It’s called Scroll, a company that creates longform content as a replacement for landing pages. Today he’s asking me about how I organized Mixergy so I could finally take a vacation. He’s going to turn what we talked about into a longform story.

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#1730 How does a founder balance new projects without distracting from the company

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:00:44 +0000

Joining me is a repeat guest. Josh Pigford is the founder of Baremetrics which provides subscription analytics and insights. I want to find out why he keeps launching other companies. Is it a huge distraction or does it add to his main company?

Josh Pigford is the founder of Baremetrics which provides subscription analytics and insights.

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#1729 The Gmail plugin that’s bringing in $140K/month

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:00:19 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur whose post went viral on Indie Hackers. Ajay Goel is founder of Gmass.co which allows you to send mass customized emails within Gmail. I invited him here to talk about how he turned it into a business. I also want to know why this was the right followup business to his previous company.

Ajay Goel is founder of Gmass.co which allows you to send mass email campaigns within Gmail.

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#1728 Marathon Series: A conversation 500 Startups VC Santiago Zavala

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:00:11 +0000

I don’t typically interview VCs because I’m not that interested in the financing of companies. But even people who today’s guest hasn’t funded have told me that he’s the guy who is helping to grow companies in the Latin America. I want to understand how he’s doing it and also how he built two companies himself from scratch. Today’s guest is Santiago Zavala and he is the founder of 500 Startups in Latin America.

Santiago Zavala is the founder of 500 Startups in Latin America, which invests in entrepreneurs.

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#1727 How Bubble is keeping software startups relevant in an age of Instagram stars

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:00:16 +0000

When I first started Mixergy, the entrepreneurial dream was to start a software company. Today people care more about being the next Instagram star because it’s just easier than learning how to code. That’s why I’m interested in what today’s returning guest is doing. Emmanuel Strasch is a founder of Bubble, which is a visual programming language for web and mobile applications whose goal is to make code obsolete. It’s a breed of new companies that say: You can still build a tech company even though you don’t know how to code.

Emmanuel Strasch is a Co-Founder of Bubble.is, which is a visual programming language for web and mobile applications whose goal is to make code obsolete.

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#1726 How an Indie Hacker bootstrapped egghead.io to $250K/mo revenue

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:00:31 +0000

Joel Hooks is an Indie Hacker who decided he wanted to put coding lessons online for other developers to learn from. He started with videos and opened the platform up for other developers to record and teach. He started charging a membership and sharing the revenue with the contributors. I want to find out how he took it to the next level. Anyone in the audience who teaches online and is wanting to sell memberships should check out this interview. Joel Hooks is the founder of egghead.io which offers free & paid video tutorials for web developers.

Joel Hooks is the founder of egghead.io which offers free & paid video tutorials for web developers.

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#1725 From hustling on Coney Island at age 10 to building a $45M memorabilia business

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:00:20 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur I met at a conference. He was speaking about his book, You Gotta Have Balls. I heard he was in memorabilia which I thought was interesting. He talked about how he came from nothing and built a phenomenal business that sold things like dirt to collectors. I invited him on to talk about how he built his business.

Brandon Steiner is a sports marketer and the founder of Steiner Sports Marketing.

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#1724 How Craigslist helped Eden get early traction

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 14:00:44 +0000

Joining me is Joe Du Bey, a founder who pivoted his way to finding success. He started out doing tech support and ended up doing something completely different. Today he runs a company called Eden. Imagine you have a big office for your company and now you need a custodian service. It’s up to you to manage the building now. Well Eden helps with that and many other office services.

Joe Du Bey is a founder of Eden which provides office cleaning, IT support, handymen, and more to make it easy to run your workplace.

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#1723 How Nathan Latka Turned a Spreadsheet MVP into $20k/mo in 100 Days

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:00:34 +0000

Nathan Latka came out with a book that I’m so fascinated by that I’m interviewing him twice. Nathan is known for starting Heyo, a software company that he sold. If you want to find out more about that sale you can hear about it our other interview. He followed up that acquisition with a podcast where he interviews other entrepreneurs. He turned that podcast into a database which is creating revenue for him. In his book, How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital, he talks about how he took failing software companies and turned them into revenue producing assets.

Nathan Latka is the founder of Heyo, which creates Sweepstakes, Contests, and Campaign apps that publish to Mobile, Facebook, and anywhere on the web.

Currently, he’s the founder of Get Latka, an online database that other companies pay to access.

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#1722 Are we pushing ourselves too hard?

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:00:17 +0000

My guests today believe we’re pushing ourselves too hard. I don’t agree that we’re trying to achieve too much. Chad Mureta and Arman Assadi are the co-founders of Project EVO, a personalized journal that will help you unlock your focus and flow. I invited them here to find out how they’re selling a physical product.

Chad Murata and Arman Assadi are the co-founders of Project EVO, a personalized journal that will help you unlock your focus and flow.

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#1721 Marathon Series: I interview one of Mexico City’s top entrepreneurs (in-person)

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 14:00:41 +0000

Today I’ve got one of the top entrepreneurs in Mexico City, somebody who is so highly talked about that I have to admit I was intimidated from the moment I heard that we were going to do an interview with him. And the more research I did on him, the more I understood why people talked about him. His name is Hector Cardenas. He is the founder of Conekta, a service that allows users to send and receive money easily. I invited Hector to talk about how he built this business. I also want to find out why he moved back to Mexico after being in Canada. We’ll also find out about Mexico’s local economy and how it’s growing.

Hector Cardenas is the founder of Conekta, a service that allows users to send and receive money easily.

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#1720 How Suuchi is turning small batch manufacturing into big revenue

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Today I have a founder who not only is in physical products, she manufactures physical products. Suuchi Ramesh is founder of Suuchi, a technology company that designs and manufactures clothing for fortune 1000 brands and emerging labels. I want to find out how she bootstrapped and pivoted it to find where the revenue was for this business.

Suuchi Ramesh is founder of Suuchi, a technology company that designs and manufactures clothing for fortune 1000 brands and emerging labels.

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#1719 Why a failed fighter pilot made a better founder (and took a company public)

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:00:11 +0000

Joining me is a founder who has been in the security space for years. He launched and sold one company. He launched and took another company public. Now he wants people to learn from his experiences and he’s investing in other entrepreneurs. I want to find out specifically how he tool a company public. Ron Gula is the founder of Tenable, tech vulnerability management company.

Ron Gula is the founder of Tenable, tech vulnerability management company.

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#1718 How to manage a team of engineers (even if you’re a founder who doesn’t know code)

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:00:51 +0000

Today’s guest is Natalie Nagele. EIGHT years ago, her husband was on Mixergy to talk about this little company called Wildbit. At the time, they had just launched Postmark and it was doing over $1M in sales. I want to see where they are now after nearly 10 years of bootstrapping. Natalie Nagele is the co-Founder of Wildbit, a software company that builds web apps to help software developers collaborate better.

Natalie Nagele is the co-Founder of Wildbit, a software company that builds web apps to help software developers collaborate better.

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#1717 From being diluted out of first company, to passing out in the street, to waking up to $10M+ deposit after eBay acquisition

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:00:50 +0000

Most people still don’t know what affiliate marketing is. Well today’s guest understood it so well that he created a business that would allow anyone to start an affiliate program. Greg Shepard is the founder of AffiliateTraction (renamed Pepperjam) which is a multinational affiliate marketing agency and was acquired by eBay. I want to find out why he thought of himself as a failure and why he actually might have been one for a while.

Greg Shepard is the founder of AffiliateTraction (renamed Pepperjam) which is a multinational affiliate marketing agency and was acquired by eBay.

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#1716 Greatist was JUST acquired but here’s how the digital publisher got its first 1M visitors

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:00:05 +0000

Greatist was in the news because it was just sold to Healthline. You can read about the acquisition here. And here’s what Derek said about the sale on Facebook. We’re reposting this older interview to show you how Derek grew a WordPress site to 1M visitors in this origin story. Derek Flanzraich is the founder of Greatist which is a health and media startup dedicated to inspiring and informing the world to make one healthier choice per week.

Derek Flanzraich is the founder of Greatist which is a health and media startup dedicated to inspiring and informing the world to make one healthier choice per week.

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#1715 The mockup software that’s improving the chat bot experience for users

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:00:55 +0000

If you’ve been listening to me for a while, you know that I’m fascinated by chat bots. When you’re creating chat bots, you want to see the flow of messages—which is hard to do without actually creating a chat bot and testing it. Well today’s guest created a company that allows someone to create a mockup of the chat experience before users see it. Obaid Ahmed is the founder of Botmock which lets you create conversation flows and interactive prototypes from a simple drag and drop editor.

Obaid Ahmed is the founder of Botmock which lets you create conversation flows and interactive prototypes from a simple drag and drop editor.

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#1714 How a ClickFunnels superfan turned funnel creation into his own consultancy

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:00:47 +0000

Today I’m interviewing Jeff Banek about how he built a consulting company based on what he learned from Russell Brunson. Jeff is so into ClickFunnels that he has TWO tattoos about it. In this interview you’ll hear about the rough situation he was able to pull himself out of by creating funnels for other people. Jeff Banek is a clickfunnel guru and founder of FunnelDoc, a consulting company that builds funnels, bots and emails that lead to sales.

Jeff Banek is a clickfunnel guru and founder of FunnelDoc, a consulting company that builds funnels, bots and emails that lead to sales.

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#1713 How Gumroad rebounded after burning $350K a month (Mixergy’s first in-person interview)

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:00:31 +0000

Today I’m bringing you for the first time EVER a LIVE Mixergy interview. Sahil Lavingia, who I’ve interviewed in the past, posted on Twitter recently about his revenue for Gumroad. I thought his business was dead! Turned out it wasn’t dead. Gumroad is doing well but I want to understand what happened when he had to lay off his entire team and turn things around. Sahil is the Founder of Gumroad which is a simple ecommerce and audience-building software.

Sahil Lavingia is the Founder of Gumroad which is a simple ecommerce and audience-building software.

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#1712 How Nathan Latka Went from Podcast Nobody to $1m in Sponsorships, 10m Downloads

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:00:24 +0000

Nathan Latka is the founder of Heyo, which creates Sweepstakes, Contests, and Campaign apps that publish to Mobile, Facebook, and anywhere on the web. He sold that company and we’ll find out for how much. He went on to start a podcast but that’s not all. He’s taken all the data from his business podcast and created a database. I want to find out how he’s turned a podcast into a business.

Nathan Latka is the founder of Heyo, which creates Sweepstakes, Contests, and Campaign apps that publish to Mobile, Facebook, and anywhere on the web.

Currently, he’s the founder of Get Latka, an online database that other companies pay to access.

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#1711 Be like the founder of Nomorobo. Don’t overthink entrepreneurship

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:00:41 +0000

Today’s guest made a lot of mistakes with a lot of different companies he started. But he learned A LOT. And luckily for me and my audience, he’s willing to be open about all of it. Aaron Foss is the creator of Nomorobo which stops annoying robocalls from telemarketers.

Aaron Foss is the creator of Nomorobo which stops annoying robocalls from telemarketers.

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#1710 Behind the co-founder breakup at Kajabi

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:00:23 +0000

I had today’s guest on the podcast back in 2011. He appeared with his cofounder and they both appeared so happy. I was skeptical about the business but in the last 7 years it has really taken off. Well, today Travis Rosser is back but without his cofounder. I want to find out why. Travis is the co-founder of Kajabi which is an all-in-one online membership and course platform.

Travis Rosser is the co-founder of Kajabi which is an all-in-one online membership and course platform.

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#1709 How Rachel Kersten helped me grow Mixergy

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:00:45 +0000

From time to time I want to bring someone on who’s been working in the Mixergy inner circle. I want to show the audience how I built my company. Rachel Kersten is someone I met at an event and since then she’s been helping me launch products, charge people and really grow. One of the things she taught me is how to run a company-wide meeting. Her consulting company is Quantifying, where she helps entrepreneurs launch products and scale their businesses.

Rachel Kersten is the founder of Quantifying, which helps entrepreneurs launch products and scale their businesses.

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#1708 Sachin Rekhi of Notejoy

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:00:25 +0000

From the outside it looks like today’s guest has had a string of successes. I want to find out if that’s true from the inside. Sachin Rekhi is the founder of Notejoy, a collaborative notes app for teams. We’re going to hear about the CRM he built which was acquired by LinkedIn and his new company, Notejoy. I want to know why he got into the same space as Evernote.

Sachin Rekhi is the founder of Notejoy, a collaborative notes app for teams.

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#1704 How StyleKick co-founder had the confidence to switch from fashion to insurtech startup Cover

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:00:36 +0000

Joining me today is a guest who said before we started the interview: “Push my buttons.” He doesn’t want a weak interview. Karn Saroya is the co-Founder of Cover, a nationally licensed insurance brokerage that offers coverage for just about anything you can capture on camera. You’ll hear us get right into it in this interview.

Karn Saroya is the co-Founder of Cover, a nationally licensed insurance brokerage that offers coverage for just about anything you can capture on camera.

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#1703 How do you know if a side hustle is worth going all in on?

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:00:22 +0000

Joining me today is a guy who had ambitions of getting into Finance. But he couldn’t do it because he couldn’t get hired. He applied at hedge funds and went to interviews in New York but couldn’t compete with the other Ivy League resumes. So he went back home and what did he do? He started buying and selling on Ebay. Today Brian Burke is the founder of SellYourMac which repurposes and recycles used Apple products. We’ll find out if there’s any money in this business and if the people who turned him down in New York were right.

Brian Burke is the founder of SellYourMac which repurposes and recycles used Apple products.

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#1702 What happens when a founder prioritizes his life over work?

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:00:51 +0000

Joining my today is an entrepreneur who comes up with ideas just to have a business that supports the vision he has for his life. He’s joining today’s interview from Mexico. I want to find out what happens when a founder prioritizes his or her life and schedule over other business interests. Kean Graham is the founder of MonetizeMore which increases ad revenue for large publishers by implementing an auction where many ad networks bid to run ads on their sites.

Kean Graham is the founder of MonetizeMore which increases ad revenue for large publishers by implementing an auction where many ad networks bid to run ads on their sites.

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#1701 Case Study: Building and selling niche sites for affiliate marketing

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:00:59 +0000

I’ve been building websites forever and it seems fairly easy to do. Today’s guest disagrees. He realized there is a niche out there who want to get into affiliates and need a website fast. He came up with the business idea to create sites that are beautiful, perform well, and rank highly. Dominic Wells is the founder of Human Proof Designs which creates niche websites for people who want to get started in Affiliate Marketing.

Dominic Wells is the founder of Human Proof Designs which creates niche websites for people who want to get started in Affiliate Marketing.

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#1700 Is consulting just a distraction from the software you really want to build?

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:00:16 +0000

Today’s guest had a goal for growing his company to $50M in revenue. In the beginning no investor believed in him enough to back him. So he earned the money he needed by doing consulting work. Did he hit his goal? We’ll find out. Larry Kim is the founder of WordStream is software for search engine and social media advertising.

Larry Kim is the founder of WordStream, a software for search engine and social media advertising.

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#1699 Dmitry Dragilev explains how he became such a good marketer that he got on Mixergy TWICE

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:00:48 +0000

Today’s guest is someone you might have heard me interview before. Dmitry Dragilev is the founder of Justreachout.io, a software platform that helps entrepreneurs find the right people to pitch by searching keywords, competitors, niches, publications and more. He’s such a good marketer that he made many pitches to get back on the podcast. And it worked! He made it impossible for me to say ‘no’. I want to talk about how he does it.

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#1698 How a freemium form builder is hitting $5M in revenue

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:00:31 +0000

Today’s guest is Florin Cornianu. He is the founder of 123FormBuilder which allows users to create any type of online forms and manage workflows. I’ve interviewed 100 founders who have created similar software tools. I want to find out how the heck this company is doing so well.

Florin Cornianu is the founder of 123FormBuilder which allows users to create any type of online forms and manage workflows.

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#1697 Former HomeAway CTO on fear of failure as a first-time CEO and founder

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:00:12 +0000

Joining me is the former CTO of HomeAway. He left that company and was going to take a year off but he could barely make it 10 months before jumping back to work. Ross Buhrdorf is now the founder of ZenBusiness, a corporate entity creation and management company. I invited him here to talk about that business, but also HomeAway.

Ross Buhrdorf is the founder of ZenBusiness, a corporate entity creation and management company.

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#1696 The unglamorous but profitable way to sell on Amazon

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:00:15 +0000

When someone first suggested today’s guest to me I said no way. But then I realized the person I was talking to owned a payment processing company and he knew how much money this guy was making. He has a big following on YouTube and Instagram teaching people how to sell on Amazon but that’s just a side project for him. He has actually created a real business selling on Amazon. Larry Lubarsky makes six figures selling on Amazon and has a YouTube channel that teaches others how to sell on Amazon.

Larry Lubarsky makes six figures selling on Amazon and has a YouTube channel that teaches others how to sell on Amazon.

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#1695 Can you make every possible mistake and still grow a successful business?

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:00:57 +0000

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who had an idea for a gaming business. She and her now husband created it and it didn’t work out. If you’re building a business and you listen to my interviews, you know this is always a possibility. But what she did was pivot from B2C to B2B. And it worked! Jessica Rovello is the co-founder of Arkadium, which provides interactive content to the world’s best known brands and publishers.

Jessica Rovello is the co-founder of Arkadium, which provides interactive content to the world’s best known brands and publishers.

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#1694 Lose it! creator on turning an app into a business

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:00:34 +0000

I’ve noticed a trend in among tech entrepreneurs who are obsessed with tracking. They track what they eat. Well, today I have the founder of an app that many of them are using to do it. Frankly, when I heard about LoseIt, I thought it was like Weight Watchers. It’s not. Charles Teague is the founder of Lose It, a weight loss app. I invited him here to find out how he built it and how it became a success in such a crowded space.

Charles Teague is the founder of Lose It, a weight loss app.

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#1693 How to be successful when your technology is early

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 14:00:06 +0000

Joining me today is a founder who saw mobile happening back when most people didn’t see how far it could go. But it was painful for him to see into the future. Arish Ali is the co-founder of Skava, a versatile e-commerce platform for retailers. He launched it, built it up into a success, sold it and we’ll find out what happened next in this interview.

Arish Ali is the co-founder of Skava, a versatile e-commerce platform for retailers.

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#1692 The $60M marketing channel you’re probably ignoring

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:00:51 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who has a marketing hack that many today wouldn’t even consider. She sends out postcards. Joy Gendusa is the founder of PostcardMania, a lead generation company that focuses on postcard marketing for SMB’s. I’m fascinated by this company and wait until you see how big it is.

Joy Gendusa is the Founder of PostcardMania, a lead generation company that focuses on postcard marketing for SMB’s.

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#1691 How to use influencers to build your company

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:00:19 +0000

Today’s guest has had such a turbulent life I can’t understand how he’s still smiling. He did well with real estate then BOOM—he lost it all. He started over again and got into weed. He got into legal trouble. Had to start from scratch again. Then he got into makeup of all things and he’s back on top. Dhar Mann is the founder of Liveglam which is a subscription makeup club.

Dhar Mann is the founder of Liveglam which is a subscription makeup club.

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#1690 Can startup methodologies find life in the corporate world?

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:00:57 +0000

I’m fascinated by the company today’s guest started. You know how you see these amazing startup ideas and then you have to go back to your corporate job and there’s no way to execute those ideas in such a legacy environment? Well that’s the problem his company wants to solve. Steve Glaveski is the co-founder of CollectiveCampus which helps companies adopt the mindset, methodologies and tools to successfully explore new business models and disruptive innovation.

Steve Glaveski is the co-founder of CollectiveCampus which helps companies adopt the mindset, methodologies and tools to successfully explore new business models and disruptive innovation.

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#1689 The app builder who is killing robo calls

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:00:57 +0000

Today’s guest had an experience like many people and thought, “Man, these automated phone calls are frustrating!” They had to be stopped. So he entered a competition to come up with a solution. He won that competition. He built it into a product but then he did something that I cannot understand. We’ll talk about what he did in this interview. Ethan Garr is the co-inventor of the RoboKiller app which stops robocalls forever for all landline and mobile phones.

Ethan Garr is the co-inventor of the RoboKiller app which stops robocalls forever for all landline and mobile phones.

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#1688 How third generation entrepreneur Godard Abel builds a company

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:00:31 +0000

Joining me today is a guy who has built three phenomenal companies. Two of them have sold. This guest is so big I don’t even know why he’s on Mixergy to be honest. Godard Abel is the co-founder & CEO of G2 Crowd and prior founder/CEO BigMachines (now Oracle) and CEO SteelBrick (now Salesforce). His latest company is one I use personally to check up on interviewees. I invited him here to find out how he built these companies, two of which led to a combined $700M in acquisitions.

Godard Abel is the co-founder & CEO of G2 Crowd and prior founder/CEO BigMachines (now Oracle) and CEO SteelBrick (now Salesforce).

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#1687 An insider look at Mixergy’s pre-interview process

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:00:04 +0000

Today I have one of the key members of the Mixergy team, Arie Desormeaux the Mixergy Producer. I invited her here to talk about how Mixergy operates and our iterative process. It takes a lot of work and it took us a long time to change the way we worked internally. We’re going to talk about how we did it.

Arie Desormeaux is the Mixergy Producer.

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#1686 How to scale gut-feelings with media buying

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:00:41 +0000

Today’s guest has been running his company for five years. It’s huge but still under the radar. I’m wondering why, so I’ve invited the founder here to talk about it. Patrick McKenna is the founder of Strike Social which is a global social media advertising company.

Patrick McKenna is the founder of Strike Social which is a global social media advertising company.

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#1685 How to turn your blog into a real business

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:00:19 +0000

One of my big challenges is that I have a San Francisco mindset. So when I see a small blog that isn’t in the league of, say, TechCrunch, I really don’t think much of them. And that was true of Social Media Examiner. I figured it was started by someone young who was trying to figure out blogging. I was wrong. Michael Stelzner is the founder of Social Media Examiner which helps businesses discover how to best use social media, blogs and podcasts to connect with customers, drive traffic, generate awareness and increase sales.

Michael Stelzner is the founder of Social Media Examiner which helps businesses discover how to best use social media, blogs and podcasts to connect with customers, drive traffic, generate awareness and increase sales.

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#1684 A former stand-up comic builds a hair care company for children

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:00:16 +0000

You guys know I have two kids. Well, it seems like every six months I get a letter from their school telling me their is a lice outbreak. It’s a total pain for a parent. Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who said she didn’t want parents to just live with that pain. She was going to do something about it. Risa Barash is the co-founder of Fairy Tales Hair Care, a professional line of hair care for children.

Risa Barash is the co-founder of Fairy Tales Hair Care, a professional line of hair care for children.

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#1683 Founder of Google Docs takes on a big problem

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:00:13 +0000

You may not know Steve Newman, but you probably regularly use the software he created. In 2005 he launched Writely, a pioneer online word processor which sold to Google and became the basis for Google Docs. At Google he noticed a massive problem. Catch this interview to see what it was and how it led him to found Scalyr, which does log analysis to help DevOps teams solve problems faster.

Steve Newman is the founder of Scalyr which is a blazing fast log management platform for the DevOps front line.

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#1682 How to work through leadership growth pains (through writing)

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:00:33 +0000

Today’s guest is Dave Hanley. Dave Hanley is the founder of Tomorrow.me, an app that allows people to create a trust with a free will, and then back it up with just the right amount of insurance. Prior to Tomorrow, he helped build Shelfari which was acquired by Amazon. He followed that up with success after success. I invited him here to talk about how a guy who didn’t even want to get into entrepreneurship built this track record of success.

Dave Hanley is the founder of Tomorrow.me, an app that allows people to create a trust with a free will and a free trust, and then back it up with just the right amount of insurance.

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#1681 How a founder must change as the company grows from startup to IPO

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:00:01 +0000

Joining me today is an entrepreneur who was working on a startup during the dot com boom and he was shaped by the foolishness of that era. Bob Tinker was the founding CEO of MobileIron which helps companies enable their employees to choose the best devices and best apps they want to do their work and he took the company public.

Bob Tinker was the co-founder of MobileIron which helps companies enable their employees to choose the best devices and best apps they want to do their work.

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#1680 How SalesHacker founder pulled off profitable conferences

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:00:57 +0000

Joining me today is a founder who had a job at Udemy when he heard Gagan Biyani do a Mixergy interview. Max Altschuler is is today’s guest and I’m freaking fascinated by the business he went on to build after Udemy. He was able to make money off of meet ups. Then he got into running conferences around sales. Then something happened that totally changed his business. He could have closed the company but that’s not what he did. He found a way to continue to grow it. We’ll hear the entire story in this interview.

Max Altschuler is the founder of SalesHacker, an online publication for all things sales automation which was acquired.

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#1679 Case Study: Building a video platform startup

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:00:16 +0000

Today’s guest recognized that remote teams need video to communicate effectively. He built a company to help others communicate better via video. Sean Higgins is the co-founder of VidGrid, video communication for sales, training, education and support. I want to find out where he came up with the idea and how he got his first customers.

Sean Higgins is the co-founder of VidGrid, video communication for sales, training, education and support.

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#1678 How to scale your startup from 10 to 10,000 people

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:00:17 +0000

Today I have one of my longterm listener whose business I have admire for years. Elad Gil has founded several companies. He’s written a book called High Growth Handbook. I invited him here to talk about his career and how he built so many phenomenal companies.

Elad Gil has worked with high growth tech companies like Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Instacart, Coinbase, Stripe, and Square as they’ve grown from small companies into global brands.

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#1677 Skully founder opens up about failure (and tells me what he learned)

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:00:40 +0000

How many times have you seen a motorcyclist with his phone strapped to his bike? Well today’s guest thought that was too distracting and knew there had to be a better way. Marcus Weller is the founder of Skully Technologies, an Augmented Reality motorcycle helmet. He raised a bunch of money on IndieGoGo and he was really good at marketing. But he got into some trouble and we’re going to get into all of that in this interview.

Marcus Weller is the founder of Skully Technologies, an Augmented Reality motorcycle helmet.

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#1676 What Seth Godin wants you to know about marketing

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:00:23 +0000

One of my first interviewees was Seth Godin who I interviewed about his book Tribes. Today, every time I see someone like Elon Musk motivate his tribe with a single Tweet, I know that Seth Godin was right when he talked about tribes. I invited him back to talk about his new book This is Marketing. I want to find out how people like me and people like you can apply the principles from the book. Seth Godin is the author of This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See

Seth Godin is the author of This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See

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#1675 This founder built a profitable bot company from Siberia

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 14:00:46 +0000

Today I have a guest for you who has managed to build a chat bot company from Siberia! Alex Kistenev is the co-founder of Standuply which is a bot that runs meetings for you within Slack. I want to find out how he’s built this company without any funding and the clever way he’s getting users to sign up for it.

Alex Kistenev is the co-founder of Standuply which is a bot that runs meetings for you within Slack.

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#1674 How to manufacture virality for your brand (without gimmicks)

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:00:22 +0000

I usually focus on revenue in these interviews but I do care about other indicators of size. So when I heard that Michael Krivicka from Thinkmodo was available to do an interview I wanted to get him on here. What Michael does is create viral videos. A lot of people use that term for videos that are popular but he had created truly viral content. I want to talk to him about how he does it. Michael Krivicka is the co-Founder of Thinkmodo which has created some of the most watched and shared viral videos in the world.

Michael Krivicka is the co-Founder of Thinkmodo which has created some of the most watched and shared viral videos in the world.

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#1673 How to build your business through relationships and social sales

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:00:05 +0000

When you’re building a business it’s easier to grow faster if you connect with larger businesses that already exist. Today’s guest did that. Jon Ferrara is the founder of Nimble which is a social sales, and marketing CRM for individuals and teams. He connected to LinkedIn and he connected with Facebook. Life was good. And then what happened to him was the danger of building your business on top of others. He got shut off. He had to rebuild and the way he did it was through relationships. I want to find out how he did it.

Jon Ferrara is the founder of Nimble which is a social sales, and marketing CRM for individuals and teams.

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#1672 How to make your content site addictive

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:00:16 +0000

There was a while where content sites were becoming less successful than SaaS and other platforms. Well, today’s guest created an addictive experience with a content site and turned it into a real business. Evan Varsamis is the founder of The Gadget Flow which is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. I want to find out it’s profitable and how he did it.

Evan Varsamis is the founder of The Gadget Flow which is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products.

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#1671 Case Study: How to launch a successful music startup

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:43:41 +0000

Joining me today is a former music industry executive who said, “The world is changing. Artists are starting to record in their bedrooms and find their audiences on YouTube and Spotify.” He knew the music industry had to understand how to work with them in a new way and he came up with that way. Conrad Withey is the founder of Instrumental, an online talent discover specialist which focuses on the music industry. Frankly, I feel there are so many music startups and I want to find out how he’s made Instrumental so successful.

Conrad Withey is the founder of Instrumental, an online talent discover specialist which focuses on the music industry.

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#1670 The e-commerce method that can give you an edge of Amazon

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:00:07 +0000

One of the things I love about entrepreneurs is that they are not afraid to take on big competition. Today’s guest is someone I’ve admired for not only taking on a behemoth but also doing it well. Jerry Hum is the co-founder of Touch of Modern which is focused on discovery of unique and noteworthy products. I invited him here to find out how he’s continued to grow and how he’s getting all these sales.

Jerry Hum is the co-founder of Touch of Modern which is focused on discovery of unique and noteworthy products.

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#1669 Authentication as a service: the company behind the companies you use

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:00:48 +0000

Most of us are in tech so it’s not a surprise that when we go to websites to create an account often times the login process and account management is outsourced to someone else. And many times that outsourced company is Auth0. They are the company behind the companies you use. Eugenio Pace is the co-founder of Auth0 which is a universal authentication and authorization platform for developers, web, mobile and legacy applications. I invited him here to find out where he came up with the idea, how he got customers, and how he’s grown the business.

Eugenio Pace is the co-founder of Auth0 which is a universal authentication and authorization platform for developers, web, mobile and legacy applications.

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#1668 How this founder funded his startup by making millions through online poker

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:00:45 +0000

Today’s guest is Michael Jackness. He’s a guy who gave up online poker and got into e-commerce. He did it despite the existence of Amazon. Michael Jackness is the founder of Terran.com which owns and builds amazing brands and content sites.

Michael Jackness is the founder of Terran.com which owns and builds amazing brands and content sites.

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#1667 How to get predictable revenue and a long-term relationship with your customers

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:00:58 +0000

Today’s guest took e-commerce and added a subscription model to it. I’ve always been a fan of subscription because it gives you predictable revenue and a long-term relationship with your customers. Matthew Gallagher is the founder of Watch Gang, a monthly watch club. I’m going to ask him how he built this company, about his revenue, and so much more in this interview.

Matthew Gallagher is the founder of Watch Gang, a watch club.

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#1666 The founder who is solving the problem other founders are embarrassed about

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:00:53 +0000

A thing that many entrepreneurs are embarrassed by is the fact that their bookkeeping sucks and they blame themselves. Well, if you’re not organized, you’re not the only one. It’s an issue I’ve talked about for years. Today’s guest saw the same pain point. But instead of just talking about it, he actually set out to solve it. Waseem Daher is the founder of Pilot which is an online bookkeeping service.

Waseem Daher is the founder of Pilot which is an online bookkeeping service.

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#1665 Pat Flynn interviews me about my process for interviewing founders

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:00:37 +0000

This is not an interview where I ask someone else questions. Instead, Pat Flynn, the founder of Smart Passive Income interviewed me for his podcast. I thought the questions he asked me about my interview process were interesting so I asked him if I could publish our conversation. So that’s what I have for you today.

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#1664 One of my most open guests ever returns for another candid conversation

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:00:14 +0000

You all know I get personal in my interviews. Well, today’s guest is someone who really opened up with me in private and when I invited him on to talk about his company a few months ago he got really personal about alcoholism, depression and suicide. We never got around to talking about his company! He’s back today to do that. John Saddington is the co-Founder of The Iron Yard a coding School and bootcamp which he sold.

John Saddington is the co-Founder of The Iron Yard a coding School and bootcamp which he sold.

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#1663 Why you shouldn’t ignore text messaging for lead conversion

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:00:24 +0000

If you’ve ever gotten a sales call in the middle of your day from an insurance company, for example, you know that is not an experience you want for your own customers. It’s very disruptive. Well, today’s guest is an entrepreneur who came up with a solution for that. Aaron C. Evans is the founder of Drips which uses conversational text messaging to help their clients contact users when it’s convenient for the users.

A.C. Evans is the founder of Drips which uses conversational text messaging to help their clients contact users when it’s convenient for the users.

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#1662 How to be a CEO that scales from idea to a $100M exit

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:00:01 +0000

The people you trust to find out what’s going on with products in the tech industry go to iSuppli for their market research. I’m proud to have the founder on today. I want to find out how they’ve become such a staple for publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. I want to find out how they established such credibility with the media. Derek Lidow is the Founder of iSuppli which was a market research firm which was sold in 2010 for $100M to IHS.

Derek Lidow is the Founder of iSuppli which was a market research firm which was sold in 2010 for $100M to IHS.

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#1661 This founder combined influencer marketing and subscription boxes into one really cool startup

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:00:41 +0000

Sherri Langburt is founder of Babbleboxx which places your products in the hands of heavyweight influencers by delivering customized experiential and contextual marketing campaigns. I invited her here to talk about how she has built this company. I want to find out how someone who considers herself to be very shy has reached out and built relationships with so many people and brands.

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#1660 How does a founder driven by creativity build a profitable company?

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:00:06 +0000

Today’s guest is on a mission to bring people together through games all while accepting the fact that we are all connected to our devices. Alex Fleetwood is the founder of Sensible Object which builds inclusive social games augmented by software. I invited him here to talk about his ideas and how he turned them into a REAL business.

Alex Fleetwood is the founder of Sensible Object which builds inclusive social games augmented by software.

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#1659 How can a platform modernize an industry like insurance?

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:00:23 +0000

My guest, Jennifer Fitzgerald, saw how ancient the insurance space was and knew it didn’t have to be this way. She had a background in insurance and felt she could modernize this enormous industry. Well, she’s done it. I want to find out how. Jennifer Fitzgerald is the co-Founder of Policygenius, a consumer marketplace for insurance.

Jennifer Fitzgerald is the co-Founder of Policygenius, a consumer marketplace for insurance.

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#1658 How Infusionsoft was built

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:00:37 +0000

Infusionsoft started out as a company that was doing just okay. But then I noticed how they started dominating the market and now it feels like they’ve always been there. In this interview I want to find out how Infusionsoft has gotten as big as it has. I also want to find out how they almost went out of business. Clate Mask is founder and CEO of Infusionsoft which helps businesses automate their workflow.

Clate Mask is founder and CEO of Infusionsoft which helps businesses automate their workflow.

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#1657 The $200M company behind device trade-in programs

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:00:22 +0000

I used to think if I went to the store to buy a new phone and traded in my old phone that my phone was going back to the manufacturer to be refurbished and resold. It turns out that is not at all true. Turns out whoever you got your phone from is actually using another company to handle all that. The man behind that business has created something really amazing that I want to ask him about. Stephen Wakeling is the founder of Phobio which provides mobile trade-in services for retailers.

Stephen Wakeling is the founder of Phobio which provides mobile trade-in services for retailers.

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#1656 How to overcome skepticism around your physical product

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:00:31 +0000

Today’s guest is the founder of a company that makes sunglasses for kids. My first thought was, “What babies are wearing sunglasses?!” Turns out a lot of them. Molly Fienning is a co-founder of Babiators, which makes sunglasses for kids and babies. I invited her here to find out how big her company is and how she did it. If you’re in the business of creating physical products, you’ll want to listen to this interview. If you’re creating something that’s different and you expect skepticism, this is the interview for you.

Molly Fienning is a co-founder of Babiators, sunglasses for kids.

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#1655 This founder revealed so much that I had to make his interview members-only

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:00:44 +0000

After I got my drivers’ license, I remember having to go to the bank to get a roll of quarters every month. I’d keep it under the arm rest so I could pay the meter when I drove to school. I just accepted this crazy, inconvenient system because who was going to modernize city government? Today’s guest is the founder of Passport which provides an enterprise software platform for cities, transit agencies, universities and private operators in the parking and transportation industries.

Charlie Youakim was the Founder and Co-CEO of Passport which provides an enterprise software platform for cities, transit agencies, universities and private operators in the parking and transportation industries

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#1654 How to avoid running out of money in the first year

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:00:17 +0000

Today’s guest is Andrew Rogoff. He noticed people were managing employees using spreadsheets and thought, “There has to be a better way.” But coming up with a software alternative just wasn’t enough to keep the company from running out of money in the beginning. We’ll find out in this interview what he did to make it work. Andrew Rogoff is the co-founder of Resource Guru, a cloud-based team calendar.

Andrew Rogoff is the co-founder of Resource Guru, a cloud-based team calendar.

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#1653 Case Study: How to build a profitable content platform (with the founder of Carbonmade and Podia)

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:00:12 +0000

Today’s guest is all about selling content online. Spencer Fry is the founder of Podia which allows content creators to sell online courses, memberships and digital downloads. I know him from Carbonmade. I want to ask him about that and some other questions I know he doesn’t want to answer.

Spencer Fry is the founder of Podia which allows content creators to sell online courses, memberships and digital downloads.

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#1652 Mixergy listener hits big milestone with his company WhatConverts

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:00:11 +0000

Today’s guest has been listening for a long time. He wanted to be on Mixergy but not until he hit a certain milestone. Well, he’s hit that milestone and he’s here to tell us how he did it. Michael Cooney is the founder of WhatConverts, which gives you one place to track, manage, and report on leads.

Michael Cooney is the founder of WhatConverts, which gives you one place to track, manage, and report on leads.

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#1651 How to start a business during the most stressful period of your life

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:00:49 +0000

Today’s guest understood that health records are important to not just the doctor but also the patient. The problem she noticed is that the entire system is disorganized. Lauren Cascio is the co-founder of Abartys Health, a centralized data hub allowing medical record portability and universal patient identification. I want to find out how she started this business in the midst of so many personal issues and how she did it all from Puerto Rico.

Lauren Cascio is the co-founder of Abartys Health, a centralized data hub allowing medical record portability and universal patient identification.

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#1650 How a corporate soldier left behind a sexy job title to create a content platform

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:00:13 +0000

Joining me today is someone who’s built a successful company but how he got there is a little atypical. He was a corporate soldier at MTV and was really proud of his job and the title that came with it. But a mid-life crisis at age 37 caused him to cross over into entrepreneurship. Shaul Olmert is the co-founder of Playbuzz, a storytelling platform used by publishers. The old idea of publishing plain text on a website is old news. Quizzes are what turns traffic into engagement and engagement into something viral. I’ll ask him how he did and what happened when he was 37 that changed everything.

Shaul Olmert is the co-founder of Playbuzz, a storytelling platform used by publishers.

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#1649 The founder of the $20 camera that’s making a profit

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:00:21 +0000

Besides loving entrepreneurship, I also love tech. But when I saw the product created by today’s guest I was skeptical. Yun Zhang is the co-founder of Wyze Labs which is the creator of the Wyze Cam, wireless smart home camera. It sells for $20. I couldn’t believe they were able to pull it off. Where’s the profit? I’m going to ask him about that in this interview.

Yun Zhang is the co-founder of Wyze Labs which is the creator of the Wyze Cam, wireless smart home camera.

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#1648 The story behind the $500M sale of Diapers.com

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:00:30 +0000

In 2004 Vinit Bharara and his childhood friend created an e-commerce company that was best known for selling baby products on Diapers.com. Amazon felt threatened. They retaliated. And eventually bought them out. Today he’s back with a new startup called Some Spider Studios. I’ll ask him about that, the acquisition, and so much more in this interview. Vinit Bharara is the co-founder of Diapers.com which sells everything baby related and was sold to Amazon for $500M.

Vinit Bharara is the co-founder of Diapers.com which sells everything baby related and was sold to Amazon for $500M.

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#1647 He’s been selling online since ’93. Now he’s taking on Shopify

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:00:32 +0000

Today’s guest is a guy who came in with software that allows e-commerce sites to sell online. The elephant in the room is Shopify. So why would this guy come in and compete with such a success in the e-commerce space as Shopify? I’m going to ask about that and how he’s turned it into a success. John James is the founder of Engine, an e-commerce platform focused on conversion and content.

John James is the founder of Engine, an e-commerce platform focused on conversion and content.

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#1646 How Unbounce has grown to $25M annual recurring revenue

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:00:16 +0000

I remember when I started selling on Mixergy I created these simple sales pages that were just OK. It wasn’t a longterm solution. I wished that the business was producing enough revenue that I could hire a designer. Somehow I discovered Unbounce and it allowed me to create something I was actually proud of. Well, today I have the cofounder of that company. Oli Gardner is a co-founder of Unbounce, a conversion platform that allows companies to build and test custom landing pages.

Oli Gardner is a co-founder of Unbounce, a conversion platform that allows companies to build and test custom landing pages.

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#1645 How to stop trading hours for dollars and build a sellable agency

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 13:00:32 +0000

A while back I got an email from someone in the audience who said they were running an agency. He told me it was hellacious and I wanted to know why so I could use his experience to help teach other listeners who many be feeling the same pain. Well, today’s guest is Jason Swenk. He had a marketing agency and he found a way to systemize the business and he was able to sell it. I invited him here to talk about how he did it.

Jason Swenk is an Digital Marketing Agency Advisor and Coach.

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#1644 How to build software with tons of features without confusing your users

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:00:43 +0000

I’ve been looking to hire a COO and as a result I was looking at hiring software to manage the process. There are tons of different apps out there. When I heard today’s guest had software that did this exact thing I wondered what set him apart. Turns out it’s quite a lot of features. I want to find out how he built a software that can do so much without confusing his users. Adam Robinson is the cofounder of Hireology which gives a businesses the technology, tools and process that they need to be great at the people side of business.

Adam Robinson is the cofounder of Hireology which gives a businesses the technology, tools and process that they need to be great at the people side of business.

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#1643 What’s new in crowdfunding for startups

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:00:37 +0000

Joining me is an entrepreneur who says today’s startups have new options for raising money. He’s helping startups raise money through crowdfunding where anyone can invest. His goal is to get 80% of the population to start investing. Kendrick Nguyen is cofounder of Republic, an investment crowdfunding platform for startups.

Kendrick Nguyen is cofounder of Republic, an investment crowdfunding platform for startups.

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#1642 You should pay attention to this bootstrapped enterprise startup

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:00:52 +0000

Whenever I interview someone who’s built an enterprise company I’m afraid people just tune out. Well, you should not be tuning out for this episode and here’s why: Today’s guest escaped from Iran, ended up in Australia and somehow started a company. He bootstrapped it and I’ll see if he’ll tell us how much he sold it for. Carlo Minassian is the founder of LMNTRIX, a company that specializes in detecting & responding to advanced cyber threats

Carlo is the founder of LMNTRIX, a company that specialises in detecting & responding to advanced cyber threats.

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#1641 How do you recover from being booted out of your own company?

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:00:31 +0000

Today’s entrepreneur started a business and I’m impressed by what they built. But he was booted out. I don’t know how he dealt with it but he picked himself up and started a new business. That’s what we’re here to talk about. Matt Cyrankiewicz is the Founder of HooKooeKoo which is a branding, UX and UI design consultancy company.

Matt Cyrankiewicz is the Founder of HooKooeKoo which is a branding, UX and UI design consultancy company.

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#1640 Is there room for parking tech in a future with autonomous vehicles?

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:00:13 +0000

Today’s guest is a Mixergy listener who moved to San Francisco and is the founder of multiple companies. His latest is NOSON, a technology company that makes it easy for travelers to park at the nearest airport. I have questions about the future of this company considering things like autonomous vehicles, UBER and other alternatives. Still, he’s built this company incredibly quickly and built the revenue up. I want to talk about how he did it.

Patrick Murray is the founder of NoSon, a company whose products include on-airport parking, off-airport parking, and transportation.

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#1639 How to win hard-to-get clients (like pharmaceutical companies)

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:00:49 +0000

Today’s guest was in medical school when he noticed something was very broken in how patients were receiving information about their health. It was a big enough problem that he left his passion to create a company to solve the pain. Dr. Rami Cohen is the founder of Telesofia which makes medical information clear for patients. I want to find out how the business is doing and how he’s getting medical clients in board. They are not the easiest clients to get; I want to find out how he’s doing it.

Dr. Rami Cohen is the founder of Telesofia which makes medical information clear for patients.

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#1638 How to reinvent an old fashioned shopping experience like wedding dress shopping

Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:00:31 +0000

Today’s guest recognized that the wedding dress shopping experience could use a refresh. But what makes her different is that she had the guts to create a brand new way of doing something old fashioned. Straight from the factory to the bride. Leslie Voorhees Means is the co-founder of Anomalie which brings customized wedding dresses straight to the consumer. I want to find out how she built this business.

Leslie Voorhees Means is the co-founder of Anomalie which brings customized wedding dresses straight to the consumer.

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#1637 The startup that launched the horse race of online mattress companies

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:00:03 +0000

Today’s guest is a Mixergy listener and I’m excited to have him on to talk about his business. JT Marino is the founder of Tuft and Needle, an e-commerce mattress company. If you are starting to see online ads for mattresses and on podcasts, I believe today’s guest started all that. I invited him here to learn how he knew there was a problem with buying mattresses, how he started this business and where it is today.

JT Marino is the founder of Tuft and Needle, an e-commerce mattress company.

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#1636 Is heart-led entrepreneurship good for business?

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:00:59 +0000

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who figured out email marketing for businesses back when people were just using email to connect with their friends and co-workers. He understood that email marketing can be highly personalized for relationship building that is timely, relevant and valuable. He started with a consulting company and it took off and he sold it for millions pre-IPO and exit to Oracle for $1.6 billion. Then he burned out. We’ll hear the story in this interview. Barry Stamos is a co-founder of INBOX Marketing which was acquired by Responsys. Barry is now the the co-founder of 1heart.com, a startup studio birthing conscious companies.

Barry Stamos is a co-founder of INBOX Marketing which specializes in the strategic optimization of email marketing programs and has also recently launched 1heart.com which is a startup studio birthing conscious companies.

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#1635 How running a truck accessory company with an e-commerce culture led to $100M ARR

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:00:46 +0000

I’ve never been in a pickup truck my entire life. But that’s no excuse to not know about the company today’s guest built and sold. Scott Bintz is the founder of RealTruck, an e-commerce pickup truck accessory company. He sold it to TruckHero. In the e-commerce space, we can learn a lot from a company who is selling large, unwieldy, physical things like truck accessories. I invited him here to talk about how he did it.

Scott Bintz is the founder of RealTruck, an e-commerce pickup truck accessory company.

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#1634 How Sachit Gupta helps podcasters like me grow profitable platforms

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:00:21 +0000

This interview is a little different. Today’s guest is with the guy who has been selling ads here at Mixergy. He took this thing that never worked, that I never cared about, and turned it into something that really matters. As an experiment I wanted to show you who we are here at Mixergy and how we operate so I invited him here to talk about selling ads and how we’ve evolved as a podcast. Sachit Gupta helps entrepreneurs like me grow profitable platforms.

Sachit Gupta helps entrepreneurs, podcasters, and authors build and grow profitable platforms.

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#1633 The making of a $5 Billion dollar company

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:00:53 +0000

I always thought that once you build a successful company that everything just ends up working out for you. I thought the world would beat a path to your door to give you money, work for you, and buy your product. Well, it turns out that’s not the way that always works. Today’s guest came up with an idea, brought it to life and took it public. It recently sold for $5 billion dollars. And yet when he sought funding for his next business idea, his past actually worked against him. Gaurav Dhillon is the founder of SnapLogic which is the leader in self-service application & data integration.

Gaurav Dhillon is the founder of SnapLogic which is the leader in self-service application & data integration.

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#1632 Why smart entrepreneurs are paying attention to “boring” infrastructure companies

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:00:08 +0000

Today’s guest is the founder of Easyship, which gives e-commerce sellers the ability to ship worldwide. His name is Tommaso Tamburnotti and his business is the invisible part that keeps other businesses going. I find that infrastructure companies like Easyship often outlast the businesses that are built on them. We have to study the companies that are invisible to most people and that’s what today’s interview is about.

Tommaso Tamburnotti is the founder of Easyship, which gives e-commerce sellers the ability to ship worldwide. Use this link to create an Easyship account and receive a $20 shipping credit.

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#1631 Can selling domains and logos be a million dollar business?

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:00:32 +0000

I don’t understand how today’s guest has generated so much revenue with his business. Michael Rader is a Mixergy listener and his company is Brandroot. Brandroot helps entrepreneurs name their company, service or product. I invited Michael here to find out how he did it.

Michael Rader is the founder of Brandroot, which helps entrepreneurs name their company, service or product.

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#1630 Are users wincing at your site? There’s a way to know

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:00:29 +0000

I can’t tell when a user is wincing while looking over my website. I can’t tell because I’m not in the room with that person. Today’s guest created a set of tools that allows websites to understand how a user is experiencing a page. He encountered a few failures before finally getting it right with his current business. We’ll find out about that and so much more in this interview. David Darmanin is the founder of Hotjar, analytics and feedback tools that allow you to see how your site is being used.

David Darmanin is the founder of Hotjar analytics and feedback tools that allow you to see how your site is being used.

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#1629 The woman behind the soap you’re probably using

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:00:10 +0000

The beauty industrial complex has never spoken to me but I found a shampoo that I freaking love. I’ve been told when I interview founders I really admire, my questions can lose their edge and I don’t push as hard. I don’t want to do that today. Today’s guest is Susan Griffin-Black, the co-founder and Co-CEO of EO Products which is a collection of body and hair products made with active botanicals and pure essential oils.

Susan Griffin-Black is the co-founder and Co-CEO of EO Products which is a collection of body and hair products made with active botanicals and pure essential oils.

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#1628 Do the worst employees make the best founders?

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:00:36 +0000

Today’s guest was fired and he told our producer he was actually proud of it. He said he deserved it. As a result he went on to start his own company. His business has a lot of competitors, many of whom I’ve interviewed before. I want to understand how he’s doing as well as he is with all the competition he has. Fred Stevens-Smith is a Co-Founder and CEO of RainforestQA which offers modern testing for web and mobile apps.

Fred Stevens-Smith is a Co-Founder and CEO of RainforestQA which offers modern testing for web and mobile apps.

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#1627 PopSockets Case Study: Creating a product people freaking love

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:00:37 +0000

A while back I got the iPhone 7 Plus because I wanted the big screen. The problem was it was so big it was difficult to use. I started doing research to see what cases I could get to make it easier to use. And then I found the Popsocket. Well, today I have the founder of the company that created a product I freaking love. David Barnett is the founder of Popsockets, which makes expanding device grips and mounts. I want to find out how he did it and how he got what seems like every celebrity to use his product.

David Barnett is the founder of Popsockets, which makes expanding device grips and mounts.

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#1626 Respect-based marketing explained

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:00:55 +0000

Today’s guest is someone I originally turned down for an interview. Well, he emailed me back and told me how he was building respect-based sales funnels. I like respect. I like funnels. So I invited him here to tell me how he’s doing it. Bastian Ernst is the founder of Wild Audience, which offers respect-based funnels.

Bastian Ernst is the founder of Wild Audience, which offers respect-based funnels.

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#1625 Is there room for a competitor in the home-sharing industry?

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:00:26 +0000

The entrepreneur you about to meet is Parker Stanberry. He is the founder of Oasis which is a competitor to Airbnb in the home-sharing industry. Instead of looking for the cheapest place or the nicest place on one of these cheap sites for home sharing, he has a highly curated marketplace for short-term rentals. They actually will do excursion booking for you; they will fully stock your fridge; They will find your local restaurant. Companies are using it and high net worth individuals are using it. I invited the founder here to find out how the company is growing.

Parker Stanberry is the founder of Oasis, an innovative hospitality company where Hotel meets Home.

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#1624 The new way of raising capital: equity crowdfunding

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:00:09 +0000

A while back we had a sponsor called StartEngine and I was really excited about it. The reason was because it was a new way to raise money. But what really got my attention was the bio section of the founder. His background was fascinating. I invited him here to talk about the revolutionary way his company is enabling entrepreneurs to raise money as well as his previous companies. Howard Marks is the CEO and Co-Founder of StartEngine which is an equity crowdfunding platform, connecting investors with startups.

Howard Marks is the CEO and Co-Founder of StartEngine which is an equity crowdfunding platform, connecting investors with startups.

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#1623 iFart creator Joel Comm tells me I need to chill out and have more fun

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:00:19 +0000

Today’s guest created an app that got my attention years ago. It was called iFart. I’m not really into fart humor but the reason I downloaded it is because everyone else was freaking downloading it and I wanted to see what it was. I tried it a couple of times and it felt inauthentic to me but I admired how this little app got to the top of the charts. I took a look at the founder and his name was Joel Comm and this wasn’t his first success. He’s a guy who had an online game site that he sold to Yahoo. He then went on to build a bunch of different things. He was in affiliate marketing. He was in AdSense. He actually wrote a book on AdSense that was incredibly successful.

Joel Comm is the Founder and CEO of InfoMedia, a social media consulting company.

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#1622 Can the headache of outsourcing be solved?

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:00:44 +0000

Today’s guest runs a company called The Virtual Hub, outsourcing simplified. Here’s why outsourcing needs to be simplified. Like many of the people who I’ve interviewed, I read “The 4-hour Workweek” where Tim Ferriss talks about how to hire outsourcers. And he makes it sound like such a revolutionary concept that I had to go and use one of the companies he mentioned. And, man, it was frustrating. It was so frustrating. They didn’t get anything done. Well, today’s guest had the same problem and said, “I’m going to make it really easy for the person who’s hiring an outsourcer to get a virtual assistant who knows their work.” I invited her here to talk about how she did it. If you’re in the people business, you’re going to want to learn how she did it. If you’re selling entrepreneurs and you’re going to want to know how she did it.

Barbara Turley is the founder of The Virtual Hub, a virtual assistant company based in the Philippines

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#1621 The business behind online reputations

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:00:37 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who had an experience with a client and it changed his life. I’ll let him tell you what happened in this interview that led him to create a company. Jason Dolle is the founder of Testimonial Tree, which helps businesses get positive online reviews and collect customer satisfaction surveys. I invited him here to talk about how he did it and how he got clients. I know working with businesses can be challenging so I want to understand how he did it.

Jason Dolle is the founder of Testimonial Tree, which helps businesses get positive online reviews and collect customer satisfaction surveys.

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#1620 How a bootstrapper pivots against obsolescence

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 13:00:23 +0000

I’ve got Macs all over my office and they all come with Keynote for creating presentations FOR FREE! And still, today’s guest decided he wanted to get into the space even though he’s be competing with one of the best software creators in the world. Payman Taei is the founder of Visme, a visual design tool that allows users to create presentations, infographics and other visual content. His business is going strong so I invited him here to find out how he’s competing so well with the big guys.

Payman Taei is the founder of Visme, a visual design tool that allows users to create presentations, infographics and other visual content.

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#1619 How Open Listings is becoming the Instagram for real estate

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:00:42 +0000

Today’s guest was looking to buy a house. And when he did, he looked at his broker and thought, “What the hell do I need him for?” That realization gave him an idea for a new business. He built it and it’s now changing the way people buy homes. Within three years, he’s done over $10M in sales. Judd Schoenholtz is the founder of Open Listings, an online real estate brokerage, focused exclusively on representing buyers.

Judd Schoenholtz is the founder of Open Listings, an online real estate brokerage, focused exclusively on representing buyers.

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#1618 The story of how Typeform was built

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 13:00:32 +0000

I noticed something happening online a few years ago. Instead of people using the old forms that were out there, instead of embedding a form on their sites, people just went to Typeform. I started noticing it more and more and I thought it was interesting. The forms were one line, one question at a time, very conversational and very simple. It didn’t even feel like a form. I thought it was a really interesting company. David Okuniev is the founder of Typeform, a tool to build conversational forms, surveys, quizzes, landing pages, and more. I’m going to ask him how he did it.

David Okuniev is the founder of Typeform, a tool to build conversational forms, surveys, quizzes, landing pages, and more.

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#1617 How Skybell founder defeated his counter mind.

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:00:56 +0000

I am especially excited about today’s guest. The reason is that he’s a guy who admits to having depression, admits to having what I’ve called a counter mind. But he has accomplished so much by breaking free of those limitations. I want to talk about how he did it. Andrew Thomas is the co-founder of SkyBell. SkyBell is a smart Wi-Fi enabled doorbell that allows you to answer your door from a smartphone and allows you to see who’s at your door. There are several huge competitors in the space. I want to find out about how he did it.

Andrew Thomas is the co-founder of SkyBell, a smart Wi-Fi enabled doorbell that allows you to answer your door from a smartphone and allows you to see who’s at your door.

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#1616 Scott Gerber of YEC returns to Mixergy

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:00:48 +0000

I’m constantly worried about my own reputation, and here’s what scared me about today’s guesy. Scott Gerber sent me this sizzle reel that made him look so good. I go, “This is a guy who’s really good at being on the news, but I don’t even fricking know his company.” I had him on for an interview. And then he contacted me at some point afterwards, and he said, “I started this new thing that’s called Young Entrepreneurs Council.” Here’s why I invited him back. Community building is a pain in the ass. We all try to do it, and then we embarrass ourselves if we don’t get it right. And so this guy Scott says, “I got it right. I think I could turn it into like a service.” And so he did, and he built it up. Scott Gerber is the founder of The Community Company. They build communities for media companies and global brands.

Scott Gerber is the founder of The Community Company. They build communities for media companies and global brands.

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#1615 The company you’ve never heard of whose software you’re probably using

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:00:33 +0000

You won’t recognize the company we’re talking about in today’s interview but you will recognize many of the apps that use their software to get more insight on their users. Today’s guest is Gil Dudkiewicz. Gil is the founder of StartApp which builds solutions for app developers to help them monetize their apps.

Gil Dudkiewicz is the founder of StartApp which builds solutions for app developers to help them monetize their apps.

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#1614 Case Study: A business idea that could only exist in the chat space

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:00:23 +0000

I’ve been looking for a big success in the chat space to bring on Mixergy. I asked Nir Eyal about it and he said, “What about Swelly?” Nir introduced me to the founder and he agreed to do an interview. Today’s guest came up with an idea that couldn’t exist outside of chat. Peter Buchroithner is the founder of Swelly, which allows users to get the opinions of their friends. I want to find out how he did it, what’s working in chat, and what’s not.

Peter Buchroithner is the founder of Swelly, which allows users to get the opinions of their friends.

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#1613 The completely scrappy way to build a two-sided marketplace

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:00:42 +0000

Today’s guest caught a Mixergy interview, sent the transcript to a friend, and that’s what informed them how to start the business we’re going to talk about today. That’s the circle of Mixergy. Mark Hughes is the cofounder of Tutorful, a marketplace where users can find and book tutors. I want to find out how he he built a notoriously difficult two-sided marketplace.

Mark Hughes is the cofounder of Tutorful, a marketplace where users can find and book tutors.

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#1612 Rand Fishkin’s Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:00:48 +0000

Today I’ve got Rand Fishkin, the co-founder of Moz. He’s also the author of a book that I’ve really been enjoying “Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World.” Rand is known for giving people really actionable, useful, effective advice on marketing. He’s known for creating software that helps people market online. He’s also known for being the guy who’s talked about depression. I’m going to ask him about all of it in this interview.

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#1611 Opening up about cofounder issues

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:00:18 +0000

Today we’re going to talk about something that I’ve never been able to get another founder to talk about. Cofounder issues. We’ve seen it break up so many companies. We’re going to talk about it in this interview. Ben Fox is the cofounder of Site5, a hosting company built for designers and developers.

Ben Fox is the cofounder of Site5, a hosting company built for designers and developers.

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#1610 How to be ballsy to create opportunity (even if you have no experience)

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:51:45 +0000

I am not about to build a shoe company; I am not about to do anything like today’s guest has done but I’m still in awe of what he’s been able to do. He’s created dress shoes that are as comfortable as sneakers and a business that he’s built from scratch. Justin Schneider is the founder of Wolf and Shepherd, makers of dress shoes as comfortable as sneakers.

Justin Schneider is the founder of Wolf and Shepherd, makers of dress shoes as comfortable as sneakers.

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#1609 How Codementor is connecting developers with mentors

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:00:41 +0000

I remember when today’s guest posted on Hacker News that he has launched this new thing. It’s called Codementor, instant one-on-one mentoring. If you’re a developer or someone learning to code, you want a pro to just look over your shoulder and give you feedback. And so, I thought, “This guy’s brilliant, whoever came up with this. No wonder it’s doing so well.” But it turns out it wasn’t a big business at the time, it was just some dude, some guy who had a lot of entrepreneurial experience who said, “I’m not going to do it the same way anymore. I just want to start this thing easy and build it up.” Weiting Liu is the founder of Codementor, a community which gives developers live mentorship.

Weiting Liu is the founder of Codementor, a community which gives developers live mentorship.

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#1608 Using software to improve an antiquated business process

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:00:30 +0000

One thing that I haven’t really explored in these interviews is that it’s not just finding a pain but often finding new technology to address the pain. There’s a reason why the pain hadn’t been addressed in the past, and often it’s the technology wasn’t there to make it better. Today’s guest is an example of that. He is a guy who saw the way that hiring was done and he said, “This is antiquated. It goes back to thousands of years” And he said, “There’s got to be a better way,” and he built it. He built software that enables a sure match to be made between a candidate and the company. Today’s guest is Barend Raaff. His company is Harver. Harver offers matching technology that allows companies of all sizes to hire better.

Barend Raaff is the founder of Harver, which offers matching technology that allows companies of all sizes to hire better.

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#1607 Two New Zealand founders bootstrap a software for boarding schools

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:33:49 +0000

Today’s guests started a business based on an understanding they had about boarding schools. They thought boarding schools had a problem that was big enough for them to solve with software. They are here to talk about how they did it. Kurt Meyer and Paul Organ are the founders of Boardingware which helps schools run more safely.

Kurt Meyer and Paul Organ are the founders of Boardingware, software which helps schools run more safely.

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#1606 How a property manager looking to save time launched Rentec Direct

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:00:10 +0000

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who owned some property, managed that property by himself, and used Excel to do it all manually. Then he said, “There’s got to be a better way. I can’t keep dealing with this is, especially if I start buying more properties.” So he create a better way. He coded up software that enabled him to manage his own properties and now enables many other landlords and property managers to manage their properties. His name is Nathan Miller. He is the founder of Rentec Direct. It’s like QuickBooks for landlords or property managers. We’re going to get into how it does it and how he built up this company.

Nathan Miller is the founder of Rentec Direct. It’s like QuickBooks for landlords or property managers.

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#1605 How software is helping smaller e-commerce players grow their businesses

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:00:13 +0000

I’ve got to be honest with you that before this interview started, I thought, “I’m about to present my audience with yet another Amazon e-commerce business.” And then I said, “It’s okay. It’s actually imperative that I interview more entrepreneurs in e-commerce because if more entrepreneurs are building business either by selling things online or selling software to the people who sell things online then we have to cover it right here on Mixergy. And so to help us understand more about e-commerce and how software is helping smaller e-commerce players grow their businesses, I’ve got Casey Gauss here. Casey is the founder of Viral Launch which helps sellers grow their businesses within the Amazon marketplace.

Casey Gauss is the founder of Viral Launch which helps sellers grow their businesses within the Amazon marketplace.

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#1604 How a bot solved the pain of scheduling

Wed, 30 May 2018 13:00:05 +0000

Today’s guest started a company with the understanding that it’s hard for people to schedule meetings with each other. So he did what many people did before, which is he created an app, together with two friends. And like many people before them, the app that they created didn’t do so well. Then they turned it into a bot, and boom, the thing took off! Until it didn’t. That’s when they sold it. This interview is about how the idea came up , how they figured out what would work, why it didn’t go huge, and how they sold it at the last minute and made it into a success. Today’s interview is with Matty Mariansky. He is the co-founder of Meekan. Meekan is a scheduling application that makes it easy for people to book meetings with each other.

Matty Mariansky is the co-founder of Meekan, a scheduling application that makes it easy for people to book meetings with each other.

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#1603 Case Study: Building your business on someone else’s platform

Mon, 28 May 2018 13:00:45 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who built his business on someone else’s platform. A lot of people are hesitant to build businesses like that. But it’s working for today’s guest and I want to understand his model. Devin Zander is the founder of SMAR7 Apps, which makes tools that help Shopify store owners boost their sales and automate their stores.

Devin Zander is the founder of SMAR7 Apps, which makes tools that help Shopify store owners boost their sales and automate their stores.

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#1602 The modern fast food founder

Fri, 25 May 2018 13:00:27 +0000

When I was a kid, one of the first industries that got me excited was restaurants. I remember driving down the highway and seeing all these fast food restaurants and at some point, I realized there was an entrepreneur behind them. There was somebody who put all those fast food restaurants everywhere. But by the time I got to college, there was a sense that all these restaurants that could be made have been made. At that point the belief was, if you are going to start a restaurant chain, it might be like a five-restaurant chain. That was it. Especially in pizza, it was all done. Right? And then we discovered that it wasn’t. Today’s guest is the founder of, among other things, MOD Pizza. His name is Scott Svenson. I invited him here to talk about his background, how he came up with the idea for MOD Pizza and how he grew it so lightning fast.

Scott Svenson is a co-founder of MOD Pizza which offers made-to-order pizza in self-service settings.

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#1601 You should pay attention to the schlep like this founder

Wed, 23 May 2018 13:00:46 +0000

And when you find out about today’s guest company, you probably are going to say, “Oh, why do I need to even know about this? This doesn’t seem that interesting.” And you won’t be the first. But here’s the thing: Anyone who sells online should find out about his company. Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator said, “We have schlep blindness.” The idea that when things are really tough, we don’t pay attention to them because we believe that’s the way it has to be. But the schlep is where the opportunity lies. Where there isn’t competition but there is a deep need for somebody to come in and solve that schlep problem.” Today’s guest did it and we’re going to find out how he did it. Nicholas Daniel-Richards is the founder of ShipHero, a cloud-based warehouse and order management system.

Nicholas Daniel-Richards is the founder of ShipHero, a cloud-based warehouse and order management system.

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#1600 What big media taught Lin Dai about running a startup

Mon, 21 May 2018 13:00:24 +0000

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who came from a part of the world and in a time when entrepreneurship was actually not encouraged. In fact in some ways it was an insult to say that you were entrepreneurial and capitalist minded. Throughout the years he kind of got closer and closer to being an entrepreneur and then he hit on this idea through a co-founder. You guys are going to think the idea is absolutely brilliant. The app that he came up with is called Hooch. You pay them ten bucks a month and they let you have one drink every single day at some high-end bars in your area. It’s doing phenomenally well. But he had a hard start, especially because it’s alcohol and investors don’t want to get close to alcohol. I’m going to find out how he came up with this idea, how he got his first users, how he’s expanding beyond this, where his revenues are, and why he was scared of entrepreneurship.

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#1599 Case Study: Selling on Amazon

Fri, 18 May 2018 13:00:22 +0000

Today’s guest is making millions by buying from Walmart and selling on Amazon. I grilled him before this interview started to see if this was a real business and turns out that it is. He’s selling online really well so I invited him here to find out what’s working for him. Ryan Grant is the founder of Online Selling Experiment, where he teaches how to sell online.

Ryan Grant is the founder of Online Selling Experiment, where he teaches how to sell online.

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#1598 The accidental $250B trampoline park company

Wed, 16 May 2018 13:00:22 +0000

When I looked at the list of upcoming guests for this month and I saw that we had someone who ran a trampoline business I said, “Trampoline?” It turns out this is a story of a guy who created something in the real world that works like businesses have always worked, except much bigger. And that’s why my team wanted me to interview him. They said, “Wait until you see the numbers, Andrew. It’s a pretty impressive business here.” Today’s guest is Jeff Platt. He is the founder of Sky Zone, a chain of family entertainment centers that are trampoline based.

Jeff Platt is the founder of Sky Zone, a chain of family entertainment centers.

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#1597 How a former lawyer built Thinkific

Mon, 14 May 2018 13:00:13 +0000

I watched today’s guest from a distance as he grew his business. And I watched a revolution happening. People were starting to shift towards publishing more of their content on sites like Medium but also on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Today’s guest saw that and said, “I’m jumping in.” I want to find out about the business behind this concept. The founder you’re about to meet is Greg Smith. He is the founder of Thinkific, software that enables individuals and businesses to create, market, sell, and deliver online courses on their own websites. They don’t have to host it, they don’t have to manage it, they don’t have to take care of the software behind it. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with this idea.

Greg Smith is the founder of Thinkific, software that enables individuals and businesses to create, market, sell, and deliver online courses on their own websites.

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#1596 LIVE and incredibly personal

Fri, 11 May 2018 13:00:37 +0000

Last year, I was invited to something called Fireside Conf, a retreat with no Internet, no distractions for entrepreneurs. While I was there I interviewed the conference founder’s cousin, Jeff Pulver. They never sent me the recording and I thought it was because my questions were rude and way too personal. Well, they’ve just given me a copy and I’m so proud of it that I’m publishing it now. Jeff Pulver sold his business for tens of millions of dollars and didn’t end up as happy as he thought. We’ll get into why in this interview.

Jeff Pulver is the co-founder of Free World Dialup, Vonage, MoNage, Alchemist, and Zula.

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#1595 How a Tinder Hack inspired a networking startup for women

Tue, 08 May 2018 13:00:59 +0000

Today’s guest started out as a reporter when a Tinder hack led to a business idea for connecting women. She’s a pro at getting media attention and I want to learn how she does it. Pamela Newenham is the cofounder of GirlCrew, a platform for women to make new friends.

Pamela Newenham is the cofounder of GirlCrew, a platform for women to make new friends.

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#1594 Brandon Evans is heart-led. Andrew Warner is heartless.

Mon, 07 May 2018 13:00:36 +0000

I invited Brandon Evans back on Mixergy to talk about how losing his company & his wife led him down what he might call a “heart-led path.” In the process I think we all realized a few things about me.

Brandon Evans Brandon Evans is the co-founder of 1heart whose mission is to foster a new generation of companies and leaders who create from their heart, aligned to their purpose, collectively elevating the consciousness of the planet as one tribe.

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#1593 Case Study: Building to sell

Fri, 04 May 2018 13:00:45 +0000

A few years ago I interviewed today’s guest about his martial arts business Science of Skill. And I’m going to be honest with you, I thought the site just looked OK. But Dan Faggella, the founder, told me privately how I didn’t understand marketing automation at all. He actually came back to Mixergy to teach a course on it. He opened my eyes to how much marketing automation can transform a business. What I didn’t know at the time was that he wanted to sell Science of Skill as he was building it. He tried and he failed. But he tried again and he had success. I want to find out how he did it.

Dan Faggella founded the Science of Skill eCommerce company, and sold it for over $1MM to fund TechEmergence (Emerj), an artificial intelligence research platform.

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#1592 How opportunity works and where to find it.

Wed, 02 May 2018 13:00:26 +0000

Today’s guest started out as a long-haired musician. He then became a real estate guy and then moved on to where he really got his reputation, the dating-advice space. I feel like he conquered it, became one of the biggest names in the space. His name is Eben Pagan and he now teaches people about entrepreneurship. His latest book, “Opportunity”, is about what opportunity is, how it works, and where to find it. I invited him here to tell the story of how he got a start in business. I want to find out how he came from a really tough background to building up a business using the ideas in this book to do it.

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#1591 How does a guy who has no attachment to money make so much money?

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:00:12 +0000

Today’s guest is someone who said, “I have no attachment to money.” And still, when I look at his revenue online, he’s doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, and he did it by bootstrapping his company. So how does a guy who says he has no attachment to money make so much money? Robert Gryn is the founder of Codewise, which specializes in advertising technology. They have two big software brands. The first is called Voluum. It’s an ad performance tracker. And the second is called Zeropark. It’s an ad buying network. I’m going to find out how he built up this business and I almost feel like almost rip him apart.

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#1590 NetGenesis, Yesware, JumpCloud founder on what makes a business worth starting

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:00:21 +0000

When a PR agency contacted me and said, “Hey, Andrew, do you want to interview the author of a new startup book?” I said, “No.” To be honest, I didn’t even look at. And they said, “Wait, this is the startup playbook by two authors. One of them is Rajat Bhargava.” I said, “Wait a minute, that’s the guy behind Yesware. This is not just a guy who has one idea for a business. This is guy who has started multiple businesses.” And even though today’s guest is super successful, when he tried to raise money for his current business, he kept getting turned down for a reason we’ll talk about later. I’m going to find out how he built up this business and so much more. Rajat Bhargava is currently the founder of JumpCloud, which securely connects people to their IT resources.

Rajat Bhargava is the founder of JumpCloud, which securely connects people to their IT resources.

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#1589 If you had a successful business, would you take on another one?

Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:00:49 +0000

(To see how Brennan’s software customizes a site, check out this link.) When I hear an entrepreneur whose business is doing well is shifting his focus, I get curious. I think, what the hell are you doing? You finally hit it, things are working, people respect you for it, why would you shift it? That’s what today’s guest has done. It’s courageous and I want to understand why he did it. Brennan Dunn is the Founder of RightMessage, software that changes the messaging on your website based on who’s on your site. In this interview he’s going to talk to me about what I’m doing wrong at Mixergy. I’ll also ask him about what’s going on with his previous company.

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#1588 How BenchPrep brought technology to standardized test prep

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:00:42 +0000

Before Mixergy, I was a student like many of you. And in my car on the way to school, I would listen to SAT word recordings. I loved it. The problem is those books are such a pain in the butt to carry around. And I hate to sound like somebody who’d care about this stuff. But you look a little bit lame carrying a bunch of standardized test prep books. Today’s guest had a similar view of the world. He said, “Why are all these books being lugged around? They’re so antiquated. There’s a better way. There’s technology. It’s been invented. Come on, get with it.” And he created a company. Ujjwal Gupta is the founder of BenchPrep, a comprehensive learner success platform. He’s the guy responsible for creating a lot of the software that the ACT and other organizations are using. They’re white labeling it and using it for their students. I want to find out how he did it.

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#1587 The risk and reward of chat as a platform

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:00:26 +0000

I’ve been noticing that there’s a new platform and the new platform is chat (see more practical use cases here). And today’s guest is a guy who said, “This is the perfect platform for what I have in mind,” which is a way for two people to connect with each other based on their interest or proximity. I’ll him tell us how many people he has using his software. I’m also going to embarrass him by asking him to tell me about what his revenue is and spoiler alert, I think he’s going to be resistant. Prashant Pitti is the Founder of NearGroup as a chatbot that connects people on the basis of their interest or location. We’re going to talk about how he built up this business whether chat as a platform has any legs.

Prashant Pitti is the Founder of NearGroup as a chatbot that connects people on the basis of their interest or location.

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#1586 Terracycle founder on why purpose isn’t enough for social entrepreneurship

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:00:44 +0000

You might recognize today’s guest because he was on Mixergy back in the early days of Mixergy Interviews. I learned so much from that interview. One of the best lessons was when he said, “Everybody says to work your way up to the big guys. Screw that. I want to go after Walmart, because once you get the big guy, everyone else wants to work with you.” I’m looking forward to learning even more from him. Tom Szaky is the founder of TerraCycle, a company whose a mission is to eliminate even the idea of waste by recycling the non-recyclable.

Tom Szaky is the founder of TerraCycle, a company whose a mission is to eliminate even the idea of waste by recycling the non-recyclable.

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#1585 How smart brands are using better data to personalize their message

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:00:53 +0000

Today’s guest is a hustler. I could find research online to show it, but instead I’m going to tell you a story that he doesn’t know that I know about. He’s a guy who recognized that there’s a lot noise in the ad world. He came up with a great solution for it. Eric Frankel asked the question: What if all ads weren’t the same to all people? What if they were so personalized that they understood that I like V-neck t-shirts or button-down t-shirts? What if they took it a step further and said, “Andrew, I know you like V-necks. Here’s a really good deal on a V-neck T-shirt.” That’s the level of personalization that he is championing with his company AdGreetz. I invited him here to talk about how he did it.

Eric Frankel is the founder of AdGreetz, a cloud-based SaaS platform that empowers brands to dynamically deploy millions of “smart”, hyper-relevant, data-driven, personalized video and display ads and messages on 18 channels.

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#1584 How a certified Infusionsoft consultant bootstrapped his own membership software

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:00:48 +0000

I’m excited to have today’s guest on because I kept hearing about the membership software he created. As someone who has a membership site myself, I should have had him on a long time ago. Micah Mitchell is the founder of Memberium which allows anyone to build powerful, automated membership sites with WordPress and Infusionsoft. I’m going to ask him how he came up with the idea, how he bootstrapped it by doing work for other people as a consultant.

Micah Mitchell is the founder of Memberium which allows anyone to build powerful, automated membership sites with WordPress and Infusionsoft.

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#1583 How VinSolutions was built and sold to Autotrader for $150,000,000

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:00:23 +0000

Matt Watson is the founder of Stackify which helps developers improve their applications. The company he started before that was called VinSolutions. They offered a collection of software for auto resellers. He sold it to Autotrader and there were a bunch of different rumors about what the price of the sale was. Biz Journal said he sold that company for nearly $135 million. It ended up being $150 million. I want to find out how he did it.

Matt Watson is the founder of Stackify which helps developers improve their applications.

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#1582 David took over PaleoHacks

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:00:03 +0000

He’s not the founder. He’s not super-comfortable being the front guy. So how did David Sinick take over PaleoHacks? (And why was he so anxious about this interview?)

David Sinick runs PaleoHacks, a place that allows you to connect with others who are on the journey to learn how to live, eat, and move better.

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#1581 How to bootstrap a company while fully employed

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:00:32 +0000

I’m excited to have today’s guest because he’s the kind of person who’s been on all those forums that I’ve been on forever, building his company quietly and making it into something really big. He did it without ever having that big TechCrunch moment where they say, “Look at me, I raised so much money.” In fact, for a long time, I’m going to say that TechCrunch would not want to cover you because if you did say, “Look at me,” it would be, “Look at me. I’m working at a company while building my company on the side and look at me, I continue to work for five years at my full-time job.” No one gets excited about that. That’s not a sexy story, but it’s definitely a Mixergy story. Aytekin Tank is the founder of JotForm which enables you to create online forms easily. It’s super simple and very functional. We’ll talk about that in the interview.

Aytekin Tank is the founder of JotForm which enables you to create online forms easily.

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#1580 Mark Cummins couldn’t get a job at Google…so he built a search engine so good that they acquired it

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:00:46 +0000

Today we’ve got an entrepreneur who created a search engine and sold it to Google about 18 months later. He took some time off and in his off time he invested in some companies, learned the other side of the entrepreneurial journey, and now he is back with a brand new business. The previous company he created was called Plink. Imagine being able to take a picture of something with your phone and then finding out more about it. That’s the technology that Google acquired and merged it with the rest of their business. His current company is called Pointy. What they do is they plug into a company’s barcode scanner, and as a result they know what’s in the store, what’s being sold, and they allow people who are interested in buying things locally to see available around them locally. The founder who started about those companies is Mark Cummins. I’m happy to have him here to talk about how he did it and what he learned from building it.

Mark Cummins is the founder of Pointy which? lets ?local? ?retailers put their stock online so that they can be discovered via search engines.

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#1579 How stress affects a founder’s performance

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:00:52 +0000

Today’s guest hit on an interesting issue. You’ve probably felt it but most of us don’t know what to do about it. Stress. Jane Smorodnikova is the founder of Welltory, an app that lets you measure your stress and be more aware of what’s going on in your body so you can understand what your body is ready for each day to feel better tomorrow. I had no idea how well the app was doing. I invited her here to find out how she got so many users and how she got them to pay so much.

Jane Smorodnikova is the founder of Welltory, an app that lets you measure your stress and be more aware of what’s going on in your body so you can understand what your body is ready for each day to feel better tomorrow.

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#1578 How to spinoff a technology from an agency (successfully)

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:00:49 +0000

Wait until you hear the story my guest today has to tell. I can’t believe that I didn’t know about this. Brandon Evans is a guy who started a company and sold it. Frankly, that alone would make for an interesting interview. But then started another company and was fired from it. That too could make its own interview. Now he’s running something else where he’s taking entrepreneurs on Ayahuasca journeys. Brandon Evans is the founder of CrowdTap, influencer marketing that actually works and iheart, a conscious business collective.

Brandon Evans is the founder of CrowdTap, influencer marketing that actually works. He’s currently the founder of 1heart, the first startup studio focused exclusively on building conscious businesses and backing heart-centered leaders positively impacting the world.

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#1577 AppDynamics from idea to a $3.7 billion company

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:00:53 +0000

It all started with a realization. Two, actually. Jyoti Bansal noticed that more of the software that controls our lives will be in the cloud, and that it would all eventually break. So he decided to create a company to help the people who make software understand what was going wrong so they could fix it. This is the story of how he turned this vision into AppDynamics and why he sold the company to Cisco.

Jyoti Bansal is the founder of AppDynamics which gives users real-time insight from your apps using Application Performance Monitoring & Management—how they’re being used, how they’re performing, where they need help.

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#1576 How does a proven founder find a second business?

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:00:33 +0000

Today’s guest noticed a problem. If you’re a web designer or app creator, you can’t see the look on users faces when they’re using your product. You can’t see if they encountered a button they don’t understand, for example. He thought companies should be able to create a great product without having to code analytics to find out how people are using it. So he built a company to solve that problem. I want to find out how he did it in today’s interview. Todd Olson is the founder of Pendo.io which helps product teams understand and guide users to create product experiences that customers love.

Todd Olson is the founder of Pendo.io which helps product teams understand and guide users to create product experiences that customers love.

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#1575 How Bubble founders are making coding obsolete

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:00:39 +0000

Today’s guest says that his company is going to make coding obsolete. If anything, they’re going to probably be building or teaching people how to build using his creation. Emmanuel Straschnov is the cofounder of Bubble, a visual programming language for web and mobile applications. We’re going to find out how he did it. Frankly, this isn’t just a vision for the future. It’s a real sustainable business today. It’s bootstrapped. It’s doing well. I invited him to talk about how well and how he got here.

Emmanuel Straschnov is the cofounder of Bubble, a visual programming language for web and mobile applications.

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#1574 Building a digital marketing agency from nothing

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:09:47 +0000

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur I have known for 8 years. His name is Ross Hudgens and he’s the founder of Siege Media, a content marketing agency with a focus on SEO. Here’s the thing that blew my mind about his story: I thought agencies could only grow so big and Siege Media has grown way beyond what I thought was possible. We’ll find out how big in this interview.

Ross Hudgens is the founder of Siege Media, a digital marketing agency with a focus on SEO.

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#1573 What is it like to become a first-time software founder?

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:00:41 +0000

We read a lot about entrepreneurs who are building SaaS companies and Ethan is someone who said, “I’m going to jump in and try it out.” Ethan Sigmon is the founder of SocialInsight.io, a software that helps you manage your Instagram marketing. I want to talk to him about what it was like to become a first-time software entrepreneur. It wasn’t as easy as it seemed and it wasn’t a disaster either. It was a story that’s a lot more common and I want to learn from it.

Ethan Sigmon is the founder of SocialInsight.io, a software that helps you manage your Instagram marketing.

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#1572 Keeping your shit together as a founder

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:00:43 +0000

Usually, I have entrepreneurs on to talk about how they built their businesses. Today’s guest is not going to be doing that. Sherry Walling is the founder of ZenFounder, which helps founders handle the mental side of their work. Her new book is The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Shit Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting It Run You.

Sherry Walling is the founder of ZenFounder, which helps founders handle the mental side of their work.

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#1571 Jordan Harbinger tells me how he booked guests like Shaq and other podcasting techniques

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:00:35 +0000

There are specific things that Jordan Harbinger did relentlessly that resulted in topping the charts of the podcasting world. I wanted to bring him on here to talk about how he did it with his previous podcast, Art of Charm. He’s now growing a second podcast called The Jordan Harbinger Show. His goal with The Jordan Harbinger Show is for every episode to solve a problem for you or make you better in some way. I listened to it. I didn’t want to just come here and say, “It’s a good show. Go download it,” because he’s a friend. I wanted to make sure it was actually good and it was. It will help you solve a problem, make you better in some way.

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#1570 How car-sharing GoGet was bootstrapped to $30M

Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:00:15 +0000

You guys are going to recognize the business model today’s guest created. It’s not laughable the way it was when he started out. People in the U.S. raised millions for that idea, he did not. It had to be bootstrapped. He built it from scratch and kept growing and growing and growing it. Bruce Jeffreys is the founder of GoGet, Australia’s first car-sharing service. I’m so fascinated by this scrappy way that he and his cofounder built up the business.

Bruce Jeffreys is the founder of GoGet, Australia’s first car-sharing service.

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#1569 La Biblia Reina Valera case study: How to build and sell a profitable app

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:00:04 +0000

One of the things that I noticed living in San Francisco is every app seems to be built for the same group of people in Silicon Valley who all seem to be the same. But I also believe that there are fortunes to be made outside of the Silicon Valley mindset that the rest of the world might benefit from. Today’s guest is a great example of that. Trevor McKendrick is the founder of La Biblia Reina Valera, a Spanish language Bible app. He did really well with it and then sold the business to do other things. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with the idea, how he got people to download his app, where he got revenue and why he sold.

Trevor McKendrick is the founder of La Biblia Reina Valera, a Spanish language Bible app.

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#1568 How to nurture brand loyalty through Amazon

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:00:12 +0000

I usually interview tech entrepreneurs about how they built their software companies. Today’s guest tried that and it didn’t work. Now he’s selling the opposite of technology. He’s selling hand grinders. Raj Jana is the founder of JavaPresse, a coffee company dedicated to helping consumers enjoy the perfect cup of coffee. We’ll find out how successful this business is, how he got where he is today, and what’s working and what’s not. I think it’s especially useful for anyone who is in ecommerce.

Raj Jana is the founder of JavaPresse, a coffee company dedicated to helping consumers enjoy the perfect cup of coffee.

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#1567 Ryan Carson of Treehouse: from startup founder to seasoned CEO

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:00:48 +0000

Ryan Carson was so good at telling the world why his unconventional way of doing business was right & others were wrong. Other companies worked 5 days a week. Treehouse worked 4. Others had managers. Treehouse had a more self-directed team. Others…well, I could go on, but you get the picture, right? Last time he was on Mixergy he talked about how that style took his startup to $140k in monthly sales. But to do much better, he had to mature as a leader. This is how he went from a startup founder to the CEO of a professional, growing company by doing some of the things he used to fight against.

Ryan Carson is the founder of Treehouse, a place where you can learn how to design and develop code online.

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#1566 Meet the founder who’s taking on Shopify

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:00:24 +0000

Today’s guest is a guy who has software that allows people to create online stores. The minute I heard about this idea, I said, “Whoa, he’s going to get crushed.” There are competitors already in the space who are really, really big. I’m talking about Amazon and Shopify. And into this space he waltzes in and he says, “I’m going to build something better.” I want to find out how far he’s come. Gal Ratner is the founder of ShopSnap, which allows customers to create an online store in a snap. The fact that he’s here shows you that he’s come pretty far. But I want to understand how.

Gal Ratner is the founder of ShopSnap, which allows customers to create an online store in a snap.

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#1565 How to build a remote recruitment agency

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:00:01 +0000

This interview is about how to build an online recruitment agency, which enables businesses to find remote IT employees. What I’m trying to figure out is how today’s guest is competing in a world with so many recruitment companies that are so deeply venture backed. How is he getting customers? How is he finding the candidates? And then, what happened in the past when things didn’t exactly work out for him and he felt like he lost your soul running a previous company? Sharon Koifman is the founder of DistantJob, a boutique recruitment agency specializing in remote IT employees.

Sharon Koifman is the founder of DistantJob, a boutique recruitment agency specializing in remote IT employees.

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#1564 Enterprise sales done right

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:00:29 +0000

Today’s guest helps executives and CEOs drive more predictable execution at their company. I want talk to him about that. I also want to talk to him about also NetQoS, which is the company that he founded. It was a developer of network and application performance management software which he sold to CA Technologies. Joel Trammell is currently the CEO of Black Box, a leading digital solutions provider dedicated to helping customers design, build, manage, and secure their IT infrastructure. My focus for this interview is going to be how he built NetQoS.

Joel Trammell is currently the CEO of Black Box, a leading digital solutions provider dedicated to helping customers design, build, manage, and secure their IT infrastructure.

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#1563 Trevor Chapman talks money, family, religion

Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:00:32 +0000

Trevor Chapman is the founder of Summit Bourne Limited which owned a collection of websites, including e-commerce sites and online education sites. I’m really curious about how this guy who came out of nowhere ended up creating a bunch of successful sites that sell, sell, sell? I want to understand that. And why didn’t I know more about him before? Was he keeping a low profile intentionally?

Trevor Chapman is the founder of Summit Bourne Limited which owned a collection of websites, including e-commerce sites and online education sites.

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#1562 A conversation with Liquor.com founder Steve Olsher

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:00:49 +0000

Today’s guest is the founder of Liquor.com. And when I first heard about that, I said, “Could he really have been the founder of Liquor.com? Could this story really be true?” Steve Olsher, in addition to being a guy who created Liquor.com, is also the founder of New Media Summit. It’s a place where you could go if you want to be on podcasts.

Steve Olsher is the founder of Liquor.com.

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#1561 The bleeding edge of content creation and promotion

Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:00:06 +0000

You are about to hear from an entrepreneur who is creating the next generation of monsters. Jack Davis is the founder of Crypt TV, which creates monster stories that change culture and bring the world closer together. They’re creating the next generation of monsters. They just happen to be using social sites like YouTube and Facebook to create and promote them. I feel like this is the future. I invited him here to talk about how he’s doing this, why he’s doing this, and can he really take on Hollywood?

Jack Davis is the founder of Crypt TV, which creates monster stories that change culture and bring the world closer together.

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#1560 How to build a translation company

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:00:46 +0000

Today’s guest created a translation service that he built into a really incredible company. Because of it, he got lots of other opportunities. He’s doing Startup Grind in Europe; he is even investing in other startups. Sergiu Matei is the founder of TRAVOD, an online or professional translation service. Basically, he’s got one of these really successful companies that’s giving him a lot of freedom to do a lot of things including travel to San Francisco where I met him. I invited him here to talk about how he did it. You can check out the article Matei wrote on Startup Grind here.

Sergiu Matei is the founder of TRAVOD, an online or professional translation service.

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#1559 Cameron Herold coaches me on hiring (so I don’t collapse at my desk)

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:03 +0000

Hiring has been a huge issue for me. And in a past interview with Cameron Herold, I brought it up because he’s the founder of the COO Alliance, the world’s leading network for the second in command. I don’t get embarrassed by a lot of stuff. If you heard my interviews, you hear me get pretty frank about my flaws, my mistakes. But this issue is something I was embarrassed about. I think if I don’t hire somebody to be the second in command at Mixergy, I am probably going to collapse. So, that’s what today is about. It’s not so much an interview as it is a coaching call with the guy who knows hiring better than anyone else. You’ll get to hear what I learned and my hope is that you benefit from it too.

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#1558 How Mark Goldenson brought therapy online

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:00:49 +0000

The guy you’re about to meet in today’s interview started an online therapy business, which years ago I would have said, “Who wants to do that? That seems a little bit impersonal.” But over the years I realized that therapy stinks. Every therapist that I’ve been to in person was either crappy or good, but I don’t have the time to see them because they’re so good that I can’t get on their calendar. I’ve tried online therapy and I’ve had bad experiences with bad companies. I’m especially interested in Mark’s business and how he build it. He’ll tell me about the challenges trying to get therapy online and trying to get people, like me, to understand it. And how he was able to sell it. Mark Goldenson is the founder of Breakthrough.com, an online therapy service. It has since been acquired by MDLIVE.

Mark Goldenson is the founder of Breakthrough.com, an online therapy service.

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#1557 How 50 Cent, KISS, and Aerosmith are using Messenger marketing

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:00:47 +0000

I am so frickin’ fascinated by chatbots and it’s because I recognized that reaching my audience via email was a losing proposition. No matter how much effort we were putting into better headlines, better copy, whatever, people just don’t love email. The benefit of Messenger is we don’t write long messages, we write short messages that will reach them and they actually check it. Well, today’s guest is the founder of a Messenger marketing platform that helps e-commerce companies connect with customers and drive sales. Matt Schlicht, of Octane AI, showed me what he does and blew my frickin’ mind. I invited him here because I think anyone who’s interested in Messenger as a way of communicating with customers has to see what they have done.

Matt Schlicht is the founder of Octane.ai, a messenger marketing platform that helps ecommerce companies connect with customers and drive sales.

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#1556 Bots for Business (and my big announcement)

Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:00:53 +0000

This interview is completely different from any other interview on Mixergy. Here’s why–A couple years ago, I invested in a company called Assist that went through a bunch of different iterations, but eventually, it became one of the first Facebook Messenger chatbot makers. I loved the whole idea of chatbots as a platform, but I felt that a lot of people didn’t get it. Well, Scott Oldford and Katya Sarmiento are here to tell you how they started a business called Bots for Business. And I’ve got a big announcement you’ll hear about in this interview.

Scott Oldford and Katya Sarmiento are the founders of Bots for Business, which helps customers generate more leads and sales using Messenger bots.

Katya also runs Reach and Make Millions where she helps 6-figure entrepreneurs scale up to 7-figures.

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#1555 Roger Ver is here to talk about BitCoin

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:00:49 +0000

In the early days of Bitcoin when most people didn’t understand it or believe in its future, today’s guest decided that he was going to accept it as a real way for people to pay. As a result he got into Bitcoin before most people even knew about it. He has built up a reputation and businesses in the Bitcoin world. Roger Ver is the founder of Bitcoin.com, where you can go to learn about Bitcoin and get a free wallet.

Roger Ver is the founder of Bitcoin.com, where you can go to learn about Bitcoin and get a free wallet.

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#1554 The story behind Formspring and Formstack

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:00:22 +0000

I’ve been looking to understand today’s guest for years. He created one of the first form software on the Internet, the kind of form that you could put into your website. He created it, he built it up, he monetized it, and it went really well. And then, he comes up with this thing called Formspring. It was a site where anyone could ask questions and get answers, and it just became this huge social network. And it went away, almost as fast as it started. I’ve gotten in trouble with entrepreneurs by saying that one of their businesses failed but I want to know what happened. I’m going to ask him about that in this interview. Today’s guest is Ade Olonoh, the founder of form software Formstack.

Ade Olonoh is the founder of form software Formstack.

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#1553 ActiveCampaign founder on keeping a SaaS relevant

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:00:36 +0000

I’m fascinated by companies that leave a legacy. The truth though is that most software companies don’t really end up enduring. Which is why I was fascinated when I found out that ActiveCampaign was not just still around but growing and getting better and better. And so I’ve been trying for months and months and months to get the founder on here to do an interview. Jason VandeBoom is the founder of ActiveCampaign which lets you send out smart email and automate your interaction with customers.

Jason VandeBoom is the founder of ActiveCampaign which lets you send out smart email and automate your interaction with customers.

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#1552 Is wine app Vivino going to be a unicorn?

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:00:36 +0000

Today’s guest had an experience with wine that left him feeling stupid. Instead of feeling defeated by the experience he decided it was something he wanted to fix. And he did fix it. He created a solution called Vivino. It’s what many analysts are now calling a unicorn. Heini Zachariassen is the founder of Vivino, the most popular wine community and marketplace.

Heini Zachariassen is the founder of Vivino, the most popular wine community and marketplace.

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#1551 How deodorant sold at Farmer’s Markets grew into a company sold to Unilever

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:00:49 +0000

Today’s guest has had some big news since we booked this interview. She’s sold her company! Jaime Schmidt is the founder of Schmidt’s Natural, plant-powered odor protection with ingredients like charcoal, rose, and jasmine. I want to find out how she built it from a product only available in Farmer’s Market’s to selling the company to Unilever.

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#1550 How to do your own PR right

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:00:48 +0000

I’ve noticed a problem, as today’s guest will tell you from his own experience, that most entrepreneurs are really crappy at getting PR. I’m shocked to hear him say it because I’ve known him for years and years and years. He’s got such a good touch and still he says at one point, he was crap, but he got better and better at it. Then he started creating software and services that help entrepreneurs and small businesses now with their PR. Dmitry Dragilev is the founder of JustReachOut.io. It’s a place where you can find relevant journalists and pitch them all on your own.

Dmitry Dragilev is the founder of JustReachOut.io, a place where you can find relevant journalists and pitch them all on your own.

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#1549 How a serial dabbler launched The Baby Bathwater Institute

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:00:49 +0000

If you guys have been listening to me, you know that I’ve been jazzed about this event coming up called Baby Bathwater. Well, I was talking to the founder and I asked him what he was doing before and he told me he used to have a supplements company. I’ve always been intrigued by supplement companies. Turns out there’s good money in it. I invited him here to tell us how the business works. Michael Lovitch is the co-founder of RealDose Nutrition, a line of doctor formulated products supporting weight loss and anti-aging.

Michael Lovitch is the co-founder of RealDose Nutrition, a line of doctor formulated products supporting weight loss and anti-aging.

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#1548 How an insurance adjuster got out of the cubicle and modernized an industry

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:00:03 +0000

Today’s guest is unusual. He worked at AAA for nearly a decade. How does a guy who worked in insurance go on to be an entrepreneur. He’s bootstrapped a profitable business. I want to find out how. Ernie Bray is the founder of AutocClaims Direct, delivers a virtual claims workflow technology that flexes to an auto insurer’s specific business needs. I’ll explain what that means in the interview.

Ernie Bray is the founder of AutocClaims Direct, delivers a virtual claims workflow technology that flexes to an auto insurer’s specific business needs.

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#1547 Minibar Delivery’s insane advantage of entering a highly regulated space

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:00:50 +0000

I’m shocked when I hear an entrepreneur is getting into a space with a lot of regulation. But there’s a lot of value in doing it. Not only is there a fortune to be made, you can also have a real impact on the world by going into a space many other people are afraid to enter. That’s what today’s guest did. Lindsey Andrews is the cofounder of Minibar Delivery, a marketplace for beer, wine and spirits.

Lindsey Andrews is the cofounder of Minibar Delivery, a marketplace for beer, wine and spirits.

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#1546 How a chain of gyms inspired a software company

Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:53:22 +0000

Today’s guest had a job and came across a problem that was so painful he decided to solve it. As a result, Mike Brown is the founder of FISION which is sales enablement and marketing asset management tool. It gives salespeople all the digital assets they need to close more sales. He went all in financially, with his reputation, and with his time. I want to find out how he did it.

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#1545 Solving the problem of lifecycle engagement

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:00:06 +0000

It’s not that hard to get downloads for your app. What is hard is to get people to remember to keep coming back and using your it. The retention is so hard. Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who understood that pain long before other app makers and digital brands understood it. He created a company to help solve that problem. Bill Magnuson is the founder of Braze, a lifecycle engagement platform empowers brands to humanize connections with customers, resulting in better experiences and retention. I invited him here to find out how he understood the problem and built a company to solve it.

Bill Magnuson is the founder of Braze, a lifecycle engagement platform empowers brands to humanize connections with customers, resulting in better experiences and retention.

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#1544 Losing it all, suicide, depression, comeback

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:00:58 +0000

We didn’t talk about anything I expected to talk about in this interview. Instead we talked about suicide, alcoholism, and the illusory nature of startup goals. I’ll interview today’s guest again about how he built his business but this interview is about the inner struggles of entrepreneurship. If you don’t want to hear me get personal with a guest, skip this interview. Go to the next one. If you are someone who wants to know what goes on in a founder’s head, I don’t know anyone who opens up more than today’s interviewee. John Saddington is the founder of The Iron Yard, a coding school.

John Saddington is the founder of The Iron Yard, a coding school.

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#1543 A food delivery lifestyle business pivots to solve a bigger problem for grocery stores

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:00:08 +0000

About six years ago I interviewed the entrepreneur you’re about to meet. He started a snack delivery service called Madtown Munchies and he built it up from one guy with a bicycle to a $380k business. We stayed in touch after that interview but recently I’ve been wondering what happened to him and his business. I invited him here to catch up. Jeremy Neren is now the founder of GrocerKey which allows you to shop your favorite grocery store online. GrocerKey was a pivot from Madtown Munchies and I want to find out how he transformed his business.

Jeremy Neren is the founder of GrocerKey, which creates e-commerce software for grocery stores to sell products online at their in-store prices.

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#1542 The business behind hosting companies

Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:00:38 +0000

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who had a hosting company. They had a challenge with hosting videos on their site and they thought, “Let’s create a product that solves it.” And they did. And then it failed. But then they kept talking to their customers and understanding the real pain, understanding the bigger issue. They now have a video hosting and monetization platform that is doing phenomenally well. I invited the founder, PJ Taei, to talk about how he launched Uscreen.tv. He’s made it into a business that just keeps growing revenue and I want to learn how this process works of understanding customers. He told our producer he’s so freaking obsessed with talking to customers he spent two years doing it. I want to know how he gets them on the phone, how you can understand what your customers are going through and I want to know how we can build better businesses that actually address people’s needs, their deep, deep needs.

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#1541 How is Hack Reactor still standing when other coding schools are in the dead pool?

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:00:45 +0000

Since the interview I did with Hack Reactor, they have been on a roll buying companies. Well, today we’re going to meet one of the founders of a company they bought. Harsh Patel is the founder of MakersSquare, a network of coding schools which is now part of Hack Reactor. Something interesting happened in the world of coding schools that I want to talk about in this interview. The industry was quickly profitable and allowed a couple of companies to grow really big. But then people started losing money. Some of the businesses closed. I want to find out how Hack Reactor fared through that period.

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#1540 Building a company for legacy instead of exit

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 14:00:50 +0000

Personally I think the importance on how fast a company can exit is the wrong way to think about business. More valuable than the exit is the legacy you leave behind and the impact your company has on the world. That’s why I’m so proud to have today’s guest on. He started back in the days of CD ROMs. That’s when his business started and he’s still running it. He had a few challenges along the way which we’ll talk about. Pete Jordan is the founder of Knowledge Matters, a cloud-based provider of educational simulation for business.

Pete Jordan is the founder of Knowledge Matters, a cloud-based provider of educational simulation for business.

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#1539 Solving the problem of community organization

Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:00:01 +0000

Today’s guest is a San Francisco entrepreneur who discovered a problem that maybe you have. I know when I go to conferences, sometimes they want to do add me to a Slack group for everyone at the conference. It’s fun for the first day, and then it becomes a distraction from the other stuff I do in Slack. It doesn’t really work for me. Other times, they create their own app and I forget to go check their app or it’s not written very well. They’re trying to connect with the people at the event, send updates, last-minute issues or changes, and also allow attendees to get to know each other. Slack doesn’t really work for that. Facebook doesn’t really work for that. There hasn’t really been a product that works. Today’s guest said, “How about if we create something better?” And she did. Sharon Savariego is the founder of Mobilize, a software that allows communities to get organized. It allows you to reach your community members via email, if that’s how they prefer, text if that’s how they prefer. The whole idea is to make it easy for community managers to grow their communities and community members to participate without a big distraction to their day.

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#1538 How to systemize idea validation

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:00:57 +0000

If you want to launch a new product but you want to figure out if it will even work before you launch it, today’s guest has found a way to help. Thor Ernstsson is the founder of Alpha which helps teams make better decisions based on users, products, and new markets. Here’s what that means, before you invest time in coding, before you invest time in marketing an idea, Alpha helps you understand what people will really think of your idea.

Thor Ernstsson is the founder of Alpha which helps teams make better decisions based on users, products, and new markets.

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#1537 Case Study: How to get customer insights

Fri, 22 Dec 2017 14:00:53 +0000

When I heard that the founders of LessAccounting sold their company I was completely surprised. They sold to another accounting software company that I’d never even heard of. Well, today I have founder of that company. Uday Koorella is the founder of Qount, which provides accounting software, bookkeeping, payroll and tax services. We’re going to get into detail about how they got so many paying customers and I want to understand why they just acquired a company in a similar space.

Uday Koorella is the founder of Qount, which provides accounting software, bookkeeping, payroll and tax services.

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#1536 How a digital agency found its niche in crowdfunding

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:00:36 +0000

One thing I’ve noticed is that when there’s a shift in the world of technology, new players come in and really grow fast. One shift I’ve seen in online sales is crowdfunding. People aren’t creating products, putting them in stores and hoping that the products sell. They are getting customers first and then creating the products. During this shift, one entrepreneur went from a standard digital agency to focusing on crowdfunding. He’s here to talk about it. Roy Morejon created Enventys Partners, which combines product development with crowdfunding on platforms like Kickstarter to raise money and awareness

Roy Morejon created Enventys Partners, which combines product development with crowdfunding on platforms like Kickstarter to raise money and awareness

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#1535 Podcasting for your business

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:00:55 +0000

I’m about to interview someone who emailed me years ago and said, “Hey, Andrew. I’m having audio problems with my podcast. And how do I make sure that the recording comes out right?” And we went back and forth a couple of times. Well, I didn’t know what he did with his podcast until my team sent me a note and said, “Hey, look. We’re considering having Toby on for an interview. And here’s what he’s done.” It’s a really interesting approach to podcasting. He does a podcast as a way of connecting with real estate agents and brokers. Toby Salgado is the host of a podcast is called “Super Agents Live.” Some of the people he interviews end up becoming customers of his business, Real Estate Radio Experts, which helps agents and brokers buy TV and radio ads.

Toby Salgado is the host of a podcast is called “Super Agents Live” and founder of Real Estate Radio Experts, which helps agents and brokers buy TV and radio ads.

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#1534 How to turn your consultancy into a SaaS

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 14:00:31 +0000

You know from these interviews that founders who address a deep pain for their customers are the ones who create the most dependable successes. Today’s guest was doing consulting work when he and his team uncovered an issue that his clients had. Well, that issue lead him to create a software company that addressed the need. Wait until you see how big the company has become. Charles Manning is the founder of Kochava, a leading mobile attribution analytics platform. It helps app creators understand how people are using their apps.

Charles Manning is the founder of Kochava, a leading mobile attribution analytics platform.

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#1533 The pivot that saved Skillshare

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:00:28 +0000

I love learning from business and learning from how they grow. One of the companies I’ve watched over the years is Skillshare. They started with in-person events which I thought would give them an advantage over all the similar businesses teaching online. But then they pivoted, which told me there may have been a challenge they faced by going offline. Since pivoting they’ve grown and grown and grown and I want to find out how they did it. Michael Karnjanaprakorn is the founder of Skillshare, an online learning community for creators.

Michael Karnjanaprakorn is the founder of Skillshare, an online learning community for creators.

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#1532 Three startup myths debunked by a founder selling meat online

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:00:23 +0000

We’re going to shatter some myths in this interview. The first myth is if you’re going to be a startup entrepreneur, you need to be a software entrepreneur. Today’s guest sells meat online. Meat! A product that’s existed and that people have consumed about as long as humans have been around. Wait until you find out how well he’s doing with it. The second myth is that you have to raise money. He did it with a previous company and has some pretty strong opinions about what happens when you raise money and why you probably don’t want to do it. The third myth is about the inner part of the entrepreneur. Today’s guest went through a period where he needed to build up his inner strength in order to start his company. He did it and I want to find out how. Michael Salguero is the founder of ButcherBox which delivers grass-fed, antibiotic and hormone-free meat to your door.

Michael Salguero is the founder of ButcherBox which delivers grass-fed, antibiotic and hormone-free meat to your door.

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#1531 How Flux Chargers got traction

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:00:08 +0000

When I work remotely I don’t like bringing my laptop; I prefer to work on my phone. But my biggest problem with using my phone is that it would kill my battery so fast. I was constantly upgrading to the latest phone and I STILL couldn’t do more than 4-5 hours of work with it. Well, last year I started doing research into batteries. I needed one I could take with me that would allow me to work 10 hours without the bulk of a laptop. I finally came across a product called Flux Charger and today I have the founder of the company that creates it. Today’s guest is Alejandro Rioja, the founder of Flux, which creates a portable charger.

Alejandro Rioja is the founder of Flux, which creates Flux Charger, a portable charger.

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#1530 GroupMe founder on his $80M exit (and why he’s building his new company differently)

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:00:05 +0000

I’m so excited about today’s guest. Years ago he created a software that allowed a group of people to talk to one another over text. It was called GroupMe and it felt like as soon as I even heard about the company it was sold in a life-changing exit. I always admired how they did it. Well, today we have the founder of GroupMe, Jared Hecht. He has a new company now and the thing I love about it is how he started it. He understood a pain point and started doing research. But he researched it in a way that I think most founders would be too afraid to do. He started going door to door and asking business owners about their freaking financial situation. And they told him! That’s how he built his business. He’s here to tell us how he did it. Jared Hecht is the founder of Fundera which helps business owners understand their creditworthiness and get loans and other financial solutions.

Jared Hecht is the founder of Fundera which helps business owners understand their creditworthiness and get loans and other financial solutions.

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#1529 How to look at the data behind your startup

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:00:47 +0000

My hesitation for you about this interview is once you find out what today’s guest does, you’re kind of going to feel a little bit like my mom did the first time I took her to an Apple Store. She was completely intimidated by the technology. Sometimes the things we’re a little scared of, like my mom was scared of smartphones, are the things that need to be presented to us and open our eyes. Today’s guest is Guy Greenberg. He is the cofounder of a company called Cooladata. Here’s the part that’s going to scare you: Cooladata is a big data behavioral analytics platform. I promise, as we go through this interview, you’re going to understand how he built it and you’re going to be able to apply to your business.

Guy Greenberg is the founder of Cooladata, a big data behavioral analytics platform.

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#1528 What we can learn from the world of infomercials and MLM

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:00:45 +0000

I have to admit that I have a passion for infomercials. I love how they find a way to capture me and convert me to buy products I otherwise have no interest in. I’m telling you this because today’s guest markets things like dietary supplements, testosterone, and other products and he does it through infomercials. I’m fascinated by them and I want to learn how he does it in this interview. Today’s guest is Michael Alden, the founder of Blue Vase which is a marketing service provider.

Michael Alden is the founder of Blue Vase, a marketing service provider.

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#1527 Case Study: Bringing a bootstrapped European software to the U.S. market

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:00:12 +0000

Accounting software is just a pain in the butt. As much as they modernize it, it still feels centuries old much more complicated than it needs to be. Well, today’s guest said, “I’m a simplifier. I’m going to jump in and create new software that will actually make it easier for freelancers, start-ups, and people who don’t have big accounting teams looking at their books every day.” So he created a software that makes it easy for those people to do their books. I invited him here to talk about how he did it and to see if he’s making any money considering there’s some real heavy weights in this space. Toke Kruse is the founder of BillyApp, easy-to-use accounting software for freelancers.

Toke Kruse is the founder of BillyApp, easy-to-use accounting software for freelancers.

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#1526 Your Chinese manufacturing questions answered

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:00:52 +0000

If you’ve heard me do interviews, you know I ask my guests personal questions. And people open up about them, no issues. But there’s one question that makes founders squirm or put up resistance because they don’t want me to know. It’s when I ask them where they had their products manufactured. Because it’s hard! If you want to get something manufactured, it’s hard to find the right place to get it done. Today’s guest has a business that aims to help make the difficulty of having your physical product created. He wants to make that whole process easier. His name is Jacob Rothman. He’s the founder of Platform88, which offers an all-in-one manufacturing services solution in China.

Jacob Rothman is the founder of Platform88, which offers an all-in-one manufacturing services solution in China.

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#1525 How a salesperson turned founder (by solving a pain for other salespeople)

Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:00:31 +0000

Today’s guest was a salesperson who was working in the field–he was driving around, talking to customers. And he noticed a pain. He was having trouble finding out where people were, how to get to the right people at the right time, and said, “You know what? There ought to be a solution.” Steven Benson is the founder of Badger Maps, which makes it easy for you to find your prospects on a map.

So he created the solution. Steven Benson is the founder of Badger Maps, which makes it easy for you to find your prospects on a map.

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#1524 When does a startup founder need a COO?

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:00:27 +0000

A topic we don’t talk about on Mixergy is how to actually manage a company. I remember when I was in NYU as an undergrad I loved all my business classes, but management just didn’t feel like me. I always thought of the guys in Dilbert but entrepreneurs were the ones who were creating, the ones who were doing. Mixergy’s grown and I’ve been running it, but I have to be honest, I’m not doing a great job of running it. So earlier in the year, the Mixergy team said, “Andrew, go get a COO.” They kept challenging me. One of things that they told me to do was to talk to Cameron Herold. Cameron Herold was Chief Operating Officer at 1-800-GOT-JUNK? He is also the founder of the COO Alliance, the world’s only organization for those who are second in command.

Cameron Herold was Chief Operating Officer at 1-800-GOT-JUNK? He is also the founder of the COO Alliance, the world’s only organization for those who are second in command.

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#1523 How Steve Sims built a business on being likeable

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:00:47 +0000

Today’s guest is a little bit different. He’s not a tech entrepreneur. He didn’t build his company in his dorm room. He had kind of a winding road to get here, and the reason that I’m having him on is I think this story is going to be useful for you, but also I’m just freaking fascinated by the guy. He has a kind of personality that makes you just like him. I know that seems kind of like wishy washy and dorky, but we shared a cab on the way back to a hotel and I just said, “I dig this guy. I really just like him.” And I said, “I want to know how he’s so freaking likable,” and so that’s what this interview is about. Steve Sims is the founder of Bluefish, is a concierge service for VIPs and executives who want luxury and adventure.

Steve Sims is the founder of Bluefish, is a concierge service for VIPs and executives who want luxury and adventure.

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#1522 A founder faces pivoting or failure (8 separate times)

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:00:49 +0000

I was invited to do an interview on stage of Podcast Movement, and soon after I got off the stage, this guy who looked like a rockstar came over to talked to me. He started telling me about his company, Proven, and how it’s hiring software for small businesses. I thought, “Does the world needs another piece of software to like hire?” I thought this was a solved problem. That was until he told me how much revenue he’s doing, and what he’s doing to grow the business. Pablo Fuentes is the founder of Proven. We’re going to find out how he came up with a bunch of really bad ideas that were close to the idea for Proven and they all seemed to fail.

Pablo Fuentes is the founder of Proven, a job post site for small businesses.

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#1521 The parts of entrepreneurship no one wants to talk about

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:00:53 +0000

Before we started, I was talking today’s guest about how so many entrepreneurs, even close friends of mine, will just hide whenever something goes wrong and not talk about it. As a result, we get this impression that everyone is doing well because when they’re not doing well we don’t know about it. With that said, I’ll tell you that today’s guest will talk about it. She had a period where she was in the fetal position, with $50 in the bank, and I want to know how she got to that point and what happened that allowed her to grow past it. Melinda Wittstock is the founder of Verifeed which identifies and engages relevant word of mouth influencers as your viral virtual sales force.

Melinda Wittstock. She is the founder of Verifeed which identifies and engages relevant word of mouth influencers as your viral virtual sales force.

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#1520 How to use infoproduct marketing tactics to sell physical products

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:00:54 +0000

A lot of the first-time entrepreneurs that I interview here are often just out of school, sometimes even have built their businesses in dorm rooms, but today’s guest is not like that. He started his company in his late forties. Steven Sashen is the founder of Xero Shoes, which creates minimalist shoes and sandals that will help you run and walk the way nature intended. I want to talk about how he’s built this company by not getting crushed by the giants. And I want to find out the marketing techniques that he’s using. I think anyone in the audience, whether they have an info-product or physical product can learn from his story.

Steven Sashen is the founder of Xero Shoes, which creates minimalist shoes and sandals that will help you run and walk the way nature intended.

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#1519 I dig deep into DropshipLifestyle

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:00:31 +0000

A part of me is skeptical that today’s guest is just ANOTHER guy with a website teaching people how to drop ship and get rich quick. But the other part of me knows there’s something I can learn from him. Whether it’s how he’s getting customers, how he communicates his product and his sales process. Anton Kraly is the founder of DropshipLifestyle, a step-by-step coaching program that enables you to build an online business.

Anton Kraly is the founder of DropshipLifestyle, a step-by-step coaching program that enables you to build an online business.

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#1518 How do you scale company culture?

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:00:16 +0000

Today I have Jeff Epstein, the founder of Ambassador, who I interviewed about four years ago. Since I last had him on Ambassador has grown 5x. I want to find out how he’s grown and scaled his team. I want to spend a lot of time talking about company culture for a business that has grown so fast. Jeff Epstein is the founder of Ambassador, an all-in-one referral software.

Jeff Epstein is the founder of Ambassador, an all-in-one referral software.

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#1517 Magento founder Yoav Kutner on open-source products

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:00:20 +0000

Today’s guest and his team created Mageneto, a commerce software so many of my guests say they used to build their sites. They sold to eBay and Yoav, who’s here today, wrote a nasty post about eBay which he later removed. I want to find out about that. I also want to find out how he went from a guy who basically started out in a closet, creating a software that was used by so many, to coming up with new products. Yoav Kutner is the founder of Oro Commerce, a b2b e-commerce platform.

Yoav Kutner is the founder of Oro Commerce, a b2b eCommerce platform.

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#1516 How to create a brand (Not just a product)

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:00:10 +0000

It used to be really hard to create a brand. But I’m seeing now with Instagram and other social media platforms businesses are able to do it. That’s what today’s guest has done. Rachael McCrary is the founder of Jewel Toned, a lingerie and shapewear company. I want to know how she created a brand and how she is getting people to think about her products.

Rachael McCrary is the founder of Jewel Toned, a lingerie and shapewear company.

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#1515 How childhood homelessness and the military made Jake Hare a better founder

Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:00:16 +0000

There are a few things that make today’s guest unique. He’s an entrepreneur building a consulting agency catering to unfunded startups. He was also homeless at one point and I want to find out how that influenced how he thinks about money and business. Lastly, I want to know how he systemizes his business. Jake Hare is the founder of Launchpeer, which helps entrepreneurs around the world build, launch and scale tech startups.

Jake Hare is the founder of Launchpeer, which helps entrepreneurs around the world build, launch and scale tech startups.

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#1514 How William Moore built a company so good Ross Perot wanted to buy it

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:00:54 +0000

Today’s guest created a company and sold it to Ross Perot—Ross Perot! It’s called Rothwell International. It’s a contract programming company focused on object technology and, of course, we’re going to talk a little bit about the company that he’s got now. William Moore is the founder of AlphaDog Fast Trading, an online educational game that teaches you to be a better trader by enabling you to practice by using real historical data.

William Moore is the founder of AlphaDog Fast Trading, an online educational game that teaches you to be a better trader.

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#1513 How Snappa founder is so organized he has time for brunch…brunch!

Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:00:53 +0000

I’ve been told that I ask too many personal questions in my interviews. As much as I want to accommodate the audience and give them what they want, I’m never going to cut back on the personal questions. Personal questions aren’t just prying, they lead to a better understanding of the business. Well, today’s guest came over for Scotch Night and I noticed he was so freaking relaxed. If you’re in SF, in tech, you’re not typically such a calm person. That led to some personal question I had for him. You’ll hear the answers in this interview. Christopher Gimmer is a Co-Founder of Snappa which is the fastest way for marketers and entrepreneurs to create graphics.

Christopher Gimmer is a Co-Founder of Snappa which is the fastest way for marketers and entrepreneurs to create graphics.

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#1512 How do you explain a hard-to-explain business?

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:00:53 +0000

I pride myself on researching my guests—but I couldn’t research today’s guest enough. Every time I dug down to understand what he does I still felt I didn’t understand. Apparently if you pay him enough, he and his team of geniuses can solve just about any problem. Walter O’Brien is the founder of Scorpion Computer Services which provides consulting and product development to companies, government and military. I invited him here to find out about his background and how he explains a business that does so many different things.

Walter O’Brien is the founder of Scorpion Computer Services which provides consulting and product development to companies, government and military worldwide.

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#1511 Born in Belarus, now building software in San Francisco

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:00:23 +0000

Today’s guest used to sell berries and now he sells software. Mikita Mikado is the founder of Pandadoc, an all-in-one solution to automate your contracts, proposals, quotes and more. I invited him here to talk about how he started and grew his business.

Mikita Mikado is the founder of Pandadoc, an all-in-one solution to automate your contracts, proposals, quotes and more.

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#1510 How Bonus.ly is helping companies show recognition to employees

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:00:27 +0000

Today’s guest helps entrepreneurs like me stop being ungrateful. Raphael Crawford-Marks is the cofounder of Bonusly, a platform for employee recognition via a peer-to-peer microbonuses and rewards. I invited him here to talk about how I can improve in recognizing my team and how he built up this company from what he says was a “crappy” product.

Raphael Crawford-Marks is the cofounder of Bonusly, a platform for employee recognition via a peer-to-peer microbonuses and rewards.

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#1507 How Method created a product so good it changed people’s buying habits

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:00:27 +0000

Today I’ve got the cofounder of Method. I have been fascinated by how he’s created a soap that people love so much that they’re buying it and putting on their counters. This is what I always wanted for my company–to create something that people freaking love. Eric Ryan is the cofounder of Method, naturally-derived, biodegradable, non-toxic household cleaners, laundry supplies, personal care + soap. I want to find out why he decided to get into soap and how he changed our buying habits.

Eric Ryan is the cofounder of Method, naturally-derived, biodegradable, non-toxic household cleaners, laundry supplies, personal care + soap.

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#1506 Joe De Sena’s Spartan Race is soooooo much bigger than I thought

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000

When I first heard I could have Joe De Sena, founder of Spartan Race as a guest I almost passed. I thought it was a small, novelty obstacle race, not a real business. I may never have been more wrong in the history of Mixergy. The Spartan business generates over $100 million per year. And the race is so much tougher than the 10k footraces that most people think are challenging. You have to hear this interview.

Joe De Sena is the founder of Spartan Race, innovating obstacle course races on a global scale.

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#1505 How Zumper founder created software to solve the pain of apartment hunting

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:49:33 +0000

The process of renting apartments hasn’t changed since Craigslist was introduced. And frankly, the process is a pain in the ass. Well, today’s guest noticed that experience and wanted to improve it. He created a marketplace—which is tough—and he has to deal with landlords who aren’t eager to try new software, but found a way to do it. I invited him here to find out how he did it. Anthemos Georgiades is the cofounder of Zumper, a house and apartment rental platform.

Anthemos Georgiades is the cofounder of Zumper, a house and apartment rental platform.

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#1504 Litecoin’s Founder: How He Created The Hit Cryptocurrency

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:00:37 +0000

One of my listeners emailed me and said, “Andrew, you’re completely ignoring cryptocurrency.” I said, “Yeah, I guess I am. I don’t fully understand it and I also don’t want to be part of the hype cycle.” And he said, “No, Andrew, it’s more than hype.” Well, today I have the creator of Litecoin, Charlie Lee. Litecoin is one of those cryptocurrencies that because of the way it started became a major currency. Charlie left his previous job to focus on the Litecoin Foundation that he created. I invited him here to talk about Litecoin, how he created it, why he created it, and also cryptocurrencies in general.

Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin, a cryptocurrency that enables instant payments to anyone in the world and that can be efficiently mined with consumer-grade hardware.

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#1503 How to increase conversions with quizzes

Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:00:54 +0000

Today’s guest found a product that he wanted to build and he actually made it work. Imagine you go to a website and they bring up a modal pop-up that says, “Enter your email address and I’ll send you a guide.” That will get good email addresses and good conversions. But it turns out if you ask people questions that are relevant to why you want their email address you’ll increases conversions. You’d think adding more steps would reduce your conversions. It turns out adding the right number of steps increases conversions. We’re going to find out how he built up this business and a little bit about conversions along the way. Jeremy Ellens is the founder of LeadQuizzes, which helps you generate leads and sales using quizzes.

Jeremy Ellens is the founder of LeadQuizzes, which helps you generate leads and sales using quizzes.

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#1502 Awkward conversation with the founder of Princeton Review

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:00:49 +0000

The awkwardness you’ll hear at the end of this interview is completely my fault, but I stand by the questions I asked. I do wish, however, that I wasn’t so abrasive.

Adam Robinson is the co-founder of The Princeton Review which offers test preparation for standardized tests.

He currently runs Robinson Global Strategies, a global macro advisor to hedge funds and family offices.

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#1501 SunFrog, the $100M dollar, bootstrapped t-shirt platform

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:00:58 +0000

I’m involved in the tech world and I have never heard of today’s guest or his company. I was a little doubtful when I saw my team’s research. I said, “How can a company this big exist and I haven’t heard about them?” He’s had no outside funding as far as I can tell. We’ll get into those details too. Today’s guest is Josh Kent, the founder of SunFrog, an online t-shirt platform.

Josh Kent is the founder of SunFrog, an online t-shirt platform.

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#1500 How Testlio brought the power of a marketplace to the product testing space

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:00:41 +0000

You’d think after 1,500 interviews I’d understand where all the interesting businesses are, where all the revenue is, but I still don’t. I’m still surprised by pockets of opportunity. Today’s guest is a perfect example. Joining me is Kristel Kruustuk. She’s the founder of Testlio, which tests your products to uncover issues before your customers do. The part that surprises me is there’s a marketplace of testers. I’m surprised the demand for testers is so big it’s one of the hottest, fastest growing areas of IT. So we’re going to find out how she discovered this business, where she’s getting customers, how she’s managing a marketplace of testers and more importantly what you can learn from her experience to grow your own business.

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#1499 Does the world need another freelancer marketplace? Freeeup founder says “Yes”

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:00:01 +0000

If you’re an entrepreneur listening, chances are you’ve checked out some of the freelance sites looking for help with your website or app. In my case, I was looking for a researcher to get more info on my guests. You might have had the same experience that I did—the results I got back were crap. Today’s guest recognized that problem and came up with a brand new freelancer marketplace, one where he and his team pre-screens so users don’t have a crappy experience. Nathan Hirsch is the founder of Freeeup, which connects businesses with the top 1% of freelancers in eCommerce, digital marketing, virtual assistance, and web development.

Nathan Hirsch is the founder of Freeeup, which connects businesses with the top 1% of freelancers in eCommerce, digital marketing, virtual assistance, and web development.

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#1498 How to bring an old tech (like journals) online

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:00:43 +0000

Today’s guests have had a runaway success with a journal, a freaking journal! Technology that has existed forever. Cathryn Lavery and Allen Brouwer are the cofounders of BestSelf, which develops physical products for high achievers and entrepreneurs. I’ll let them tell you how much revenue they’ve made. They’ve expanded and expanded, and today they even have software, a Chrome extension that’s coming out. It’s called Win the Day. When you open up a new tab on your Chrome browser, imagine seeing a clear goal you have for the day and the three things you need to do to achieve that goal.

Cathryn Lavery and Allen Brouwer are the cofounders of BestSelf, which develops physical products for high achievers and entrepreneurs.

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#1453 The future of chat (and interacting with your customers)

Fri, 26 May 2017 13:00:58 +0000

About a year ago I realized that no matter how much effort we’ve put into my email list, I could never double the response rate. We kept growing it, but people were not using email much. So I started looking around for solutions and I started looking at bots. Bots are basically software that communicates with humans via a chat app. I came across one company that looked too good to be true. It’s called ManyChat. And I said, “I’ve got to find out who the founder is.” And today, Mikael Yang is the founder of ManyChat. Not only does the software work, but the intelligence behind the scenes of dripping out content, tagging people, interacting with people is brilliant. This whole space is still pretty young but it’s important to have this conversation because he’s gotten very far and because I want you to see the future of chat as a way of interacting with your customers.

Mikael Yang is the founder of ManyChat, a visual bot builder for Facebook Messenger with broadcasts, analytics, scheduled posting and many other features.

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#1417 How Sam Ovens is helping everyday people start their own consulting businesses

Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:00:15 +0000

I’ll be honest with you. I felt guilt about an interview that I did years ago with today’s guest. This was back in, let me see here, 2013. I interviewed Sam Ovens about how he built up this consulting business and was teaching people how to do consulting. I thought maybe I got taken for a ride. It was too good to be true. Then I started hearing people who were in his program talk about how big the program is. Then I started hearing more and more people say they were in the program. I realized, “Actually maybe I underestimated the guy.” And the more research I did into it, the more I realized that was true. Then I went hat in hand and said, “Hey, Sam, can I interview you again on Mixergy?” Sam Ovens is the founder of Consulting.com, it offers online training programs to help everyday people start their own consulting businesses.

Sam Ovens is the founder of Consulting.com, it offers online training programs to help everyday people start their own consulting businesses. Sam’s hosting a free webinar which shows you in detail how to start your own consulting business, click here to register for the free training.

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#1050 How a former lawyer built a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills – with Jordan Harbinger

Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:00:43 +0000

How does a former lawyer build a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills. Jordan Harbinger is the co-founder of The Art of Charm, a company that teaches confidence and emotional intelligence.

Jordan Harbinger is the co-founder of The Art of Charm, a company that teaches confidence and emotional intelligence, and the host of The Jordan Harbinger Show, which interviews top performers, from legendary musicians to intelligence operatives.

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#1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:00:08 +0000

On August 4, 2008, I posted a video up on Mixergy where I looked up into the web cam on my computer and I said “I failed.” And I said that I was going to shut down my invitation business and start doing interviews with entrepreneurs and people in general who I admire so I can learn from them and take back what I’ve learned from them to build a more successful company in the future. And I said that along the way you’d get to watch and learn as I learned directly from my heroes. We did it. A thousand interviews later here I am today bringing back some of the most memorable and most influential interviewees. People who helped me both on camera here with you and off. I invited them on to a Google Hangout to talk about the old days, to ask them some new questions and to do short interviews with them all for you. That’s what this is all about. My goal when I started out was to build a successful company. I think Mixergy is that company. But I wanted to be even more successful. My goal is that I started to talk in interviews afterwards evolved into saying that I would like someone who is watching these interviews to learn from them, to use what they’ve learned and then build a successful company so they can come back and do an interview themselves.

I am the founder of Mixergy, home of the ambitious upstart. And this is my 1,000th interview.

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#990 Andrew’s process for overcoming entrepreneurial stagnation – with Samantha Alford

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:00:35 +0000

A few weeks ago, Andrew was interviewed about his inner doubt by Samantha Alford of WomeninBusinesspodcast.com. I (Arie Saint) thought it was too good not to share with our audience, so I’m publishing it on Mixergy. Check it out and let’s talk about it in the comments.

Samantha Alford, the founder of the Women in Business Podcast.

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#715 HearAndPlay.com: Turning $70 Into A Multimillion Dollar Instruction Web Site – with Jermaine Griggs

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:00:43 +0000

Update: based on the comments we’re getting, Jermaine sent this PDF about Automation. How does a high school senior from the inner city turn $70 into a multimillion dollar instruction web site? Jermaine Griggs is the founder of HearAndPlay.com, which trains musicians to play by ear, trains them to play by ear with online music lessons and piano video tutorials.

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#710 iContact Founder Returns To Mixergy After $169M Sale – with Ryan Allis

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:15 +0000

How does a wristband help a founder build a $169 million company? Ryan Allis is the founder of iContact, a provider of email marketing tools for small businesses. And a company that was recently sold for $169 million to Vocus. Here’s a quote from the last time I interviewed him, “we incorporated in July ’03, lived in the office, slept on futons, cooked on a George Foreman grill, did whatever we had to do to keep expenses low, while we built up revenue and customers, and improved the product.” Those are the challenges for a startup and it was inspiring to hear his story from those days. This time, I want to ask him about the challenges of going from a successful startup to a company that generates tens of millions a year.

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#400 Reddit Founder: “I Wish I Still Owned Reddit Now” – with Steve Huffman

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:50:56 +0000

Many founders I interviewed on Mixergy told me about how their companies virtually disappeared after they sold them. But 4 years after selling Reddit to Conde Nast, Steve Huffman is so proud of how much its grown that he’d be happy to still own it. I asked him to teach me how he grew his community, why some Y Combinator-backed founders, like him, succeed while others don’t get any traction and why he never resented his co-founder for getting so much attention. I also asked Steve about Hipmunk, the travel site he launched which replaces the spreadsheet-like search results that most travel sites use with a more useful design.

Steve Huffman graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Computer Science in 2005. Immediately after leaving Virginia, he founded reddit.com with his college roommate, Alexis Ohanian.

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#216 How Clever Entrepreneurs Turned 3 Air Mattresses Into Airbnb, The Site That Makes Any Home A Bed And Breakfast – with Brian and Joe

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:35:50 +0000

The founders of Airbnb are guys who couldn’t make rent a few years ago, but they kept turning desperation into creative solutions. In October 2007, eager to make extra money, they noticed that local hotels were booked up because of a conference. So they pumped up some inflatable mattresses and listed their place online as an “air bed and breakfast.” It was quirky and it worked. That little act of creativity became Airbnb, the (profitable) site that allows anyone to list their extra space for rent. This interview is full of examples of that kind of hustle, like how they created and sold cereal called “Obama O’s.” That idea brought in a much-needed $30,000, but more importantly, it impressed investor Paul Graham of Y Combinator, who backed them. They jumped on that opportunity too, seizing every chance they could find to get Graham’s advice. His mentorship helped their company become profitable. Along the way, they got impressive media hits by crafting interesting stories, improved their design by sleeping in their users’ homes and kept changing their product based on feedback. In this interview, they teach you how they did it.

Brian Chesky & Joe Gebbia are two of the co-founders of Airbnb. (The third co-founder is Nathan Blecharczyk.) Airbnb is a marketplace for renting space. Their open platform accommodates a ‘couch to a castle’, including vacation rentals, bed and breakfast, private rooms, and entire apartments. Travelers typically save money and get a local experience, while hosts have an easy way to earn extra cash and meet new people.

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#214 How To Produce Like A Linchpin By Understanding Your Lizard Brain – with Seth Godin

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:39:00 +0000

You listen to my programs because I don’t do the cute “let’s get to know the author” interviews that others are known for. I hunt down information that you can use because I’m passionate about helping you build a business that your great-great-grandkids would admire you for. That’s why I kept digging in this interview. I want you (and me too, frankly) to be able to produce the kind of hits that Seth Godin keeps cranking out, seemingly without breaking a sweat. Not only has Seth created 2 big hit businesses, but he’s a writer who keeps introducing ideas that shape the way people think. In his new book, Linchpin, Seth talks about how to be this prolific. As you’ll hear in my interview, much of it is based on opening up your creativity and learning how to confront your fears, which he says come from your “lizard brain.” Imagine what you could accomplish if you were able to do that. Listen to the full program to find out how.

Seth Godin’s latest book is Linchpin. You can buy it here or see what others say about it on this Squidoo lens. He also writes the world’s most popular marketing blog. And is the founder of Squidoo.

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