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#1823 Flywheel Hosting: An agency to acquisition roadmap

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 b...

Sep 09, 2019

#1822 Marathon Series: The Estonian bike sharing startup

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 he...

Sep 07, 2019

#1821 How pivoting to subscription model grew this insights platform

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...

Sep 06, 2019

#1820 How to get clients to use your SaaS themselves (so you don’t have to sell your services)

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’...

Sep 04, 2019

#1819 Shufflr Case Study: Turning a consultancy into a SaaS

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 busine...

Sep 02, 2019

#1818 The Facebook Live interview with Brett Linkletter (that everyone keeps asking me about)

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 cus...

Aug 30, 2019

#1817 Building a $200k/mo digital marketing agency from the ground (using Messenger Marketing)

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 ag...

Aug 28, 2019

#1559 Cameron Herold coaches me on hiring (so I don’t collapse at my desk)

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...

Feb 14, 2018

#1524 When does a startup founder need a COO?

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 al...

Nov 22, 2017

#1453 The future of chat (and interacting with your customers)

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...

May 26, 2017

#1417 How Sam Ovens is helping everyday people start their own consulting businesses

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...

Mar 03, 2017

#1050 How a former lawyer built a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills – with Jordan Harbinger

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 intell...

Aug 13, 2014

#1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

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 doi...

Apr 09, 2014

#990 Andrew’s process for overcoming entrepreneurial stagnation – with Samantha Alford

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...

Mar 10, 2014

#715 HearAndPlay.com: Turning $70 Into A Multimillion Dollar Instruction Web Site – with Jermaine Griggs

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? Jermai...

Apr 23, 2012