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

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...

Sep 23, 2020

#1987 FixMyCar got $250k in a bar

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...

Sep 21, 2020

#1986 Austen Allred of Lambda School

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 rec...

Sep 18, 2020

#1985 How to evolve when competitors copy

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 th...

Sep 16, 2020

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

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...

Sep 14, 2020

#1983 Psychological triggers that close sales

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 pa...

Sep 11, 2020

#1982 What 17 yrs of blogging taught her

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 t...

Sep 09, 2020

#1981 Tools that generate demand

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 goi...

Sep 07, 2020

#1980 Daily screencasts built a cult following

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 de...

Sep 04, 2020

#1979 Chart software coded on a morning commute

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 no...

Sep 02, 2020

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

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...

Aug 31, 2020

#1977 Investors hated Pex until this….

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 fo...

Aug 28, 2020

#1976 Chris Pearson Wants Perfection

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 visi...

Aug 26, 2020

#1975 Insanely profitable rideshare blog

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 a...

Aug 24, 2020

#1974 Craigslist arbitrage while homeless?

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...

Aug 21, 2020