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#2063 Making Community Your Competitive Advantage

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...

Mar 26, 2021

#2062 Revenue options for content creators

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 fou...

Mar 24, 2021

#2061 Keeping churn below 2%

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 In...

Mar 22, 2021

#2060 Process-driven outsourcing

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 i...

Mar 19, 2021

#2059 Connecting with customers through personalized video

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 soft...

Mar 17, 2021

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

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...

Mar 15, 2021

#2057 Buying and resuscitating a dying business

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...

Mar 12, 2021

#2056 How an app can solve an offline problem

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 Che...

Mar 10, 2021

#2055 Bootstrapped and sold in 2 years

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...

Mar 08, 2021

#2054 What makes you “Backable”

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 s...

Mar 05, 2021

#2053 Running a startup with your dad

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 generat...

Mar 03, 2021

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

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. Hi...

Mar 01, 2021

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

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 wi...

Feb 26, 2021

#2050 John Lee Dumas opens up about PTSD

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, Entr...

Feb 24, 2021

#2049 Monetizing empty retail space?

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...

Feb 22, 2021