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Inspirational stories with practical takeaways. Entrepreneur's Handbook is a publication founded in 2014 by Dave Schools with a mission to help entrepreneurs succeed. On Medium, we have grown to a 200,000 strong community of like-minded people looking to leave their mark on the business world. In this podcast, we will interview people who we know have the insights to help you grow and teach you the valuable lessons you need from real-world experience. entrepreneurshandbook.co
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This is long time host Amardeep Parmar's final episode for a while!
Learn his story, challenge, wins and lessons from nearly 100 episodes!
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Amardeep Parmar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Tim Chong, Founder and CEO at Yonder.
We’re covering HHow To Find The Ideal People For Customer Discovery.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Tim Chong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-chong/
Yonder: https://www.yondercard.com/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Pablo Srugo, a Partner at Mistral VC and the host of The Product Market Fit Show.
We’re covering How To Go From Zero to One in 5 Steps
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Pablo Srugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablosrugo/
PMF Show: https://pmfshow.buzzsprout.com/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Michael Houck, a former Series A funded founder who now runs Houck's Newsletter which has an entrepreneur community and has built a rapidly growing personal brand.
We’re covering How To Grow A Successful Newsletter As A Startup Founder
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Michael Houck: https://join.houck.news/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Pete Sena, a demand designer, co-founder of Digital Surgeons, a Venture Mentor at Yale University and an EIR at University of Connecticut.
We’re covering How To Leverage AI Effectively As A Founder.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Pete Sena: https://www.petesena.com/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Kieran Drew, an online writer with hundreds of thousands of followers who made $300k through his Digital Freedom course in two launches!
We’re covering How To Launch A Six-Figure Online Course in 2023
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Kieran Drew: https://kierandrew.com/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Scott Herman, who has millions of YouTube Subscribers and is also the co-founder and VP of Strategic Partnerships for Wagmi.
We’re covering How To Transition From YouTube Creator To Startup Co-Founder
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Scott Herman: https://twitter.com/Scott_Herman Wagmi: https://wagmigame.io/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Aaron Dinin who is a professor of entrepreneurship at Duke University.
We’re covering How To Leverage Social Media To Build A Company That Lasts.
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Aaron Dinin: https://aarondinin.com/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Wei Lien Dang, who is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures and before that was an exited cofounder at StackRox which got acquired by RedHat.
We’re covering How To Scale An Open Source Startup - And Should You?
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Unusual Ventures: https://www.unusual.vc/
Wei Lien Dang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weiliendang/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Tania Luna, who is an exited founder, the author of "Lead Together: Stop Squirreling Away Power And Build A Better Team" and founder of Scarlet Spark.
We’re covering How Sharing Power Can Lead To Build Better Teams And Greater Success.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Her book: https://www.tanialuna.com/lead-together
Tania Luna: https://www.tanialuna.com/
Scarlet Spark: https://www.scarletspark.org/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Adam Nathan, the Founder and CEO of Almanac, who have built fastest wiki and workflow tool and raised over $40m.
We’re covering How To Use The Modern Work Method.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Almanac: https://almanac.io/
Adam Nathan: https://twitter.com/adampnathan
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Lars Albright, a 3x exited founder and a General Partner at Unusual Ventures. They are an early stage fund and Lars leads investments in fintech, vertical SaaS and application software
We’re covering How Founders Should Approach M&A .
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Unusual Ventures: https://www.unusual.vc/
Lars Albright: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsalbright/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Ali Tajskandar, CEO and Founder of Wishpond. Wishpond makes it easy for marketers to create landing pages and contests, track leads, send emails and more. They have IPO'd and made 6 acquisitions along their journey so far.
We’re covering How To Use Acquisitions To Effectively Grow Faster.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Wishpond: https://www.wishpond.com/
Ali Tajskandar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-tajsekandar/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Sabrina Castiglione, COO at Pento and ex-CFO at Tessian. Pento make UK Payroll Smooth, Compliant and Error-Free.
We’re covering How To Use Automation As A Competitive Advantage.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Pento: https://www.pento.io
Sabrina Castiglione: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scastiglione/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Lloyed Lobo, author of Grassroots to Greatness and co-founder of Boast.AI and Traction. Lloyed has scaled his entrepreneur community to over 100,000 people!
We’re covering How To Scale With Community Led Growth.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
His book: https://www.lloyedlobo.com/
Lloyed Lobo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Sandhya Hegde who is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures who focus on early stage companies. Sandhya's specialism is early stage SaaS.
She was previously EVP at Amplitude and worked at both Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital.
We’re covering The Impact of Gen AI on Enterprise SaaS Today.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Unusual Ventures: https://www.unusual.vc/
Sandhya Hegde: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhyahegde/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Tyler Denk, Beehiiv CEO and Founder which is the hottest newsletter platform for creators.
Tyler was the 2nd employee at Morning Brew and helped them grow from 100,000 subscribers to 2.5 million! He took all the learnings from there to build Beehiiv which is growing rapidly and has already raised a $12.5m Series A.
We’re covering How To Grow Your Newsletter Fast On The Hottest Platform.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Beehiiv: https://www.beehiiv.com?via=dave-schools
Tyler Denk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-denk
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today we have Raz Golan, CEO and Co-Founder of Shopic, which is "Intelligent Retail with the World's Smartest Shopping Cart".
They use innovative AI computer vision to tell what a customer puts in their cart without there ever being a need to scan and much more.
They've raised over $50m and are used in supermarkets across the world.
We’re covering How To Use AI To Disrupt Traditional Markets. Everyone is obsessed with generative AI but there are so many other ways AI can be used to build companies.
Our Website: https://www.ehandbook.com
Raz Golan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/razgo/
Shopic: https://www.shopic.co/
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Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about.
Today is with Maria Colacurcio, the CEO of Syndio, the home of workplace equity who have raised over $50m.
We’re covering How To Make Your Workplace Equitable Using Data.
Our Website: https://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
Maria: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcolacurcio
Syndio: https://synd.io/
Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 4!
@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup world
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Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 4!
@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup world
Website: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
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Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-
Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 4!
@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup world
Website: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur's-handbook
Twitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbook
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Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/
Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-
Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 3!
@AmardeepSParmar and @stevomoore talk about the latest from the startup world
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur's-handbook
Twitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbook
Dave Schools (The Boss): https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveschools/
Amardeep Parmar (The Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/
Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-moore/
Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 2!
@AmardeepSParmar talks about taking vacation as an entrepreneur and setting boundaries.
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Welcome to the EH Podcast Season 2!
Amar runs through what to expect this season!
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/entrehandbook
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Stephen Moore (The Editor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-james-moore/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
We’ve reached the season finale. We will be back with a new style.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
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Keynotes:
1:29 The beginnings
5:25 The power of Entrepreneur's Handbook
6:33 Natural conversations
9:07 Starting young and the impact of this podcast
14:44 Getting help and taking a break
17:01 Going forward
19:27 Lessons learned from Entrepreneur's Handbook
25:16 We will be back with a new style
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Jason Smith. Jason is a five-time entrepreneur and the current CEO of Klue. It's a competitive enablement platform and it's raised over 80 million and has over 250 employees.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
Jason’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jasons
Jason’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/onemoresmith/
Klue website:
https://klue.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The entrepreneurial journey (1:05)
“You find entrepreneurial problems to solve.” (3:06)
Thinking big and believing in yourself (5:16)
Talking about confidence (10:37)
Success, failures and lessons (13:44)
Telling the narrative (18:49)
All about Klue (20:27)
The value of culture (24:59)
Understanding your competition (29:24)
Build a company that delights your customers (31:12)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Dave Kline, Co-Founder of MGMT Accelerator. Dave teaches leaders the codified management playbook to build great teams & level up their careers.
MGMT Accelerator helps managers rapidly develop into trusted leaders by combining the art & science of management.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
Dave’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/dklineii
Dave’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkline/
MGMT Accelerator website:
http://MgmtAccelerator.com
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The duopreneurs (10:05)
Growing an audience (13:31)
The Maven Courses and maintaining the high ratings (18:18)
The impostor syndrome (23:24)
You can give most of it away (25:17)
Delegation (27:23)
A way of getting better conversations with customers (32:43)
The tribe (37:14)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Jason Kirby. Jason is the managing director and founding partner of Thunder vc. For his own startups in the past, he raised over 40 million.
Thunder.vc is a tech-enabled investment banking improving on the gruelling process of raising capital.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
Jason’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JasonKirby
Jason’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrkirby/
Thunder website:
https://web.thunder.vc/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Rewinding all the way from the beginning (1:21)
Lighting money on fire (8:05)
Picking yourself up (11:20)
Other opportunities on the table (14:05)
Investing in different start-ups before (16:55)
The actual baseline of vc (19:59)
The network effect (27:25)
Advise in getting funding (34:40)
The future (37:18)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Guido Meardi, the founder and CEO of V-Nova, a data compression company that has created two international standards in their field.
V-Nova is a London-based deep tech company dedicated to improving data compression by game-changing use of AI and parallel processing for data, video, imaging, and point cloud compression, with applications across several verticals.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
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http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
Guido’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GuidoMeardi
Guido’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guidomeardi/
Guido‘s website:
https://www.v-nova.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
A family of entrepreneurs (1:16)
Getting the confidence (3:21)
Constantly looking for innovation (4:51)
The pivot (7:39)
A certain degree of protection (12:59)
Talking about data (15:14)
Achieving more with less (18:23)
Getting investors on board (25:20)
Handling the pressure (29:30)
When people believe in you (31:56)
When you need to prove yourself (34:41)
Working with big tech names (39:15)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
**Today we have with us Tal Mozes. Tal is the co-founder of Mitiga, a global leader in cloud incident response. Mitiga helps its customers to recover over 90% faster from breaches in their SaaS and cloud environments.
They've raised $32m so far and Tal has previously had several other exits including to EY where he led EY UK’s Cyber Threat Management services.**
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
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http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Tal’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/talmozes/
Tal’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/talmozes?lang=en
Mitiga Website:
https://www.mitiga.io/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The beginnings (1:31)
Innovation and changes (7:51)
Not aiming to make an exit (10:19)
Nobody is fully protected (15:47)
Experience and building solutions (19:40)
The network effect (23:24)
How it works (25:09)
Future plans (32:02)
Make mistakes (35:05)
Getting customer feedback (38:22)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Sarosh Waghmar, the founder of Spotnana. They are revolutionising travel by providing travellers with a service with the most modern technology.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Sarosh’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/swaghmar/
Spotnana Website:
https://www.spotnana.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Once an entrepreneur (1:14)
Travel is fundamentally broken (3:18)
Building something from the ground up (9:47)
The first customers (13:07)
When you fight for change (16:54)
The right people (20:55)
The importance of mentors and constructive feedback (24:42)
Adjustments to think about (26:54)
Targets in the future (29:03)
The biggest pivot (30:38)
Your closest relationships are a mirror to you (34:22)
Resilience (36:28)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Niklas Goeke, the founder and CEO of Four Minute Books. It's a collection of over a thousand free summaries available online. They only take 4 minutes to read and consume.
Since 2014, Nik's writing has garnered over 50 million views across a variety of platforms. He has a following of 90,000 email subscribers, 600,000+ social media followers, and over 500,000 monthly readers.
Nik has been published in Business Insider, CNBC, Fast Company, The Next Web, and many others. He's also been featured on Medium (Top Writer in 10+ topics), Quora (Top Writer 2017 & 2018), Pocket, and more.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
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http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Nik’s Medium:
https://ngoeke.medium.com/
Nik’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngoeke/
Nik‘s website:
https://nik.art/
Four Minute Books Website:
https://fourminutebooks.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The short(ish) version of when it all started (1:41)
Monetizing initially (6:26)
The formula (8:41)
The first two years of doing everything (10:48)
Ownership (13:27)
Being a creator (17:09)
Talking about Blinkist (18:44)
Peer Groups (24:55)
YouTube (31:05)
Future plans (34:36)
Insisting on owning your work (38:40)
Focus (42:36)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Rhomaios Ram who is the CEO of Fnality International. Fnality International has been founded to create a network of decentralised Financial Market Infrastructures (dFMIs) to deliver the means of payment-on-chain in tomorrow’s wholesale banking markets. They've raised over $60m to date!
Rhom is a former Banking Executive with 22+ years of experience and is interested in developing digital businesses for finance and finance-related areas.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Rhom’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhomaios-ram/
Fnality‘s website:
https://www.fnality.org/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The accidental entrepreneur (1:11)
“II couldn’t retire” (3:41)
The role of a CEO (5:08)
Client-focus (8:08)
Looking at where the future is (10:05)
Believing in blockchain (12:41)
Who’s credible and who’s not? (14:32)
Onboarding the right people (17:34)
Growing pains, lessons learned and switching to remote work easily (20:01)
A larger scale (22:22)
Enjoying the role (25:07)
Making payments easier (28:02)
Looking forward to the future (30:27)
‘Find the problems you are interested in fixing’ (33:00)
A quick one to update you on what we've been up to this year!
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Dave Schools:
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Party Qs: https://www.partyqs.com/
Stephen Moore:
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Amardeep Parmar
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amardeepsparmar/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/amardeep.s.parmar/
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FWCC: https://www.amardeep.co/founder-writing-crash-course
**Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Dennis Kelly, the founder and CEO of Postalytics, a fast-growing software company that automates direct mail marketing, measures the results and connects it to CRM/Marketing Automation.
Dennis was also co-owner of Wireless City - a chain of 37 Verizon Wireless stores based in Florida, Massachusetts and Georgia. He's started many more startups and sold them as you'll hear in this episode.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:**
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Dennis’ LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisjohnkelly/
Dennis’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/djkelly1?lang=en
Postalytics website:
https://www.postalytics.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Growing up on a farm (00:54)
A natural (3:22)
Lessons learned (4:45)
When you are right about the next big thing (6:56)
Talking about the transition from a small to a bigger firm (8:50)
The one with the biggest impact (13:55)
Having full control (18:10)
Postalytics (19:46)
When customers knock on your door (26:00)
Keeping motivated (28:35)
A long road map for Postalytics (31:21)
Reinvesting and marketing strategies (32:51)
Adjusting the marketing message (35:16)
Talking with customers (37:20)
Dealing with imposter syndrome (39:08)
A higher return on investment (40:39)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have Jonathan Yaffe, Co-Founder and CEO of AnyRoad.
AnyRoad has raised $80M+ and attracted backers such as Marc Benioff of Salesforce. They are building a platform that makes delivering live experiences and events for enterprises and adds the crucial data layer underneath. They've made a key pivot that transformed the business after nearly shutting down several years ago.
Jonathan has had a colorful journey to where he is today including marketing at Red Bull followed by the founding of a school in Japan. You're sure to be entertained by his anecdotes and learn a lot along the way.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
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http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Jonathan LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaffe/
AnyRoad:
https://www.anyroad.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have Rohan Deuskar, Founder of Stylitics.
Stylitics have raised $100M and have 150+ huge enterprise clients which means their plugin is seen over 140M times every month. They are a fashion bundling and recommendation engine used by some of the world's biggest brands.
The actually started off down a completely different path and nearly went bust but turned things around. This is their story.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
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Rohan LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohandeuskar/
Stylitics:
http://stylitics.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have Lloyed Lobo, the cofounder of both Boast.AI and Traction.
Boast.AI have raised over $100m and Lloyed sits on the board after previously being President. Traction is a community of entrepreneurs that 100,000 strong.
To build these kinds of organizations when he grew up in a warzone where he had to drive through what the locals called death valley to get to the shops is remarkable.
Since Lloyed sold his stake, he's realized happiness isn't what he thought it was for much of his life.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Lloyed LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo/?originalSubdomain=ae
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have Ezechi Britton MBE, a founding member, principal and CTO of Impact X Capital. He's also a co-founder of Code Untapped and was a co-founder at Neybar.
He started as an employee in the banking industry before building Neybar which gained hundreds of millions of investment from non-VC sources. He's then founded other businesses including Code Untapped but his main focus to is Impact X Capital which is all about funding underrepresented founders.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Ezechi’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezechi-britton-mbe-452a893/
Ezechi’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/ezechibritton?lang=en
Impact X website:
https://www.impactxcapital.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The ambition to start something (1:40)
The confidence to keep going (8:18)
Everything is a negotiation (10:16)
Talking about burnout and challenges(15:32)
Impact X (21:55)
Overcoming the bias (23:27)
Making it easier for the next generation to step up (29:47)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we have with us Chris Volk, who's taken three companies public two of which he founded. He's managed $20 billion in assets and has now written the Value Equation.
Chris is also the Former Chairman/Co-Founder, Store Capital Corp.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Christopher’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-volk-86848b3/
The Value Equation website:
https://thevalueequation.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Embarking on the journey and the first idea (1:03)
The importance of a business model (5:27)
Hard lessons during the early days (7:25)
The process of writing the book (11:58)
Creating more value (16:11)
Chris’ passion (20:45)
Other people’s money (22:20)
Talking about Store Capital (25:28)
Managing companies effectively (32:07)
Working with students (35:06)
Behavioural Economics (40:52)
Christopher's shoutouts (43:27)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we welcome logistics expert and founder Anshu Prasad onto the podcast.
Anshu is the CEO and co-founder of Leaf Logistics. They started five and a half years ago and managed over a hundred million in transportation, and they’re just getting started.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Anshu’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/anshup
GLeaf Logistics website:
https://leaflogistics.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Seeing the problem over and over again (1:15)
Talking about investors and rejection (5:23)
‘Tell me after you’ve done it' (10:27)
Role changes (13:21)
Getting institution investors on board (17:27)
Logistics during the pandemic (20:21)
The impact of logistics (23:00)
Talking about expansion on a global scale (28:00)
Using experience to pick the landing spot (30:41)
‘You have to love the problem’ (34:05)
The 3 questions worth asking (35:33)
The headlines in a few years' time (37:36)
A few shoutouts (40:41)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we welcome serial entrepreneur and founder of gatewayx Jesse Pujji onto the podcast.
Jesse has entrepreneurship in his blood. He was a first-hand witness to his father’s journey, and cut his teeth with a shoveling business. Looking back now, with a number of multi-million dollar companies under his belt, he reflects on the specifics of his journey.
From DJing weddings to Wall Street - and back to entrepreneurship with remarkable success, Jessie’s story is filled with practical gold for aspiring entrepreneurs.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Jesse’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jspujji
Gatewayx website:
https://www.gateway.xyz/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
‘It chose me’ (1:17)
What consulting taught Jesse (3:54)
Talking about commitment and focus (5:34)
Professional friends (7:53)
The right product-market fit (9:59)
Growing the revenue and the business (12:47)
Humanizing yourself (17:49)
A great idea to reality (20:29)
Time management and relationships (24:17)
Self-awareness and being present in the moment (26:47)
“I am who you see.” - Jesse (28:07)
A good hook (31:10)
Talking about Kahani (31:51)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
In this episode, we welcome Joe Dallagio onto the podcast. Jo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rain. They are a cryptocurrency exchange based in the middle east that has raised over a hundred million.
Rain is the first-ever cryptocurrency exchange to get a license from the Bank of Bahrain.
Rain is the simplest way to trade cryptocurrency across the middle east.
Joe Dallago has had two past jobs including the Founder at Pi and Clusterfunk.
Listen in to find out why building a product that people want is one of the biggest lessons in the industry.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.
You can learn more at:
Our website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Joe’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/_jayd3e
Rain’s Website:
https://www.rain.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The deep journey to entrepreneurship (0:55)
Creating a business, building a perfect product, and discussing roles and friendships (7:58)
The classic mistake in getting feedback (14:33)
The early interest in the world of crypto (15:29)
The biggest lesson - build a product that people want (19:11)
Moving to the Middle East and the opportunities (22:30)
Convincing the government (24:20)
The biggest joys of Joe’s life (28:08)
The fundamental needs are the same but the execution is different abroad (30:27)
The rules and changes of the cryptocurrency (33:27)
Rain’s contribution to solving the problems (36:03)
Stay focused (38:31)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today we welcome Henri Pierre-Jacques, the founder of Harlem Capital.
After losing money in the stock market, Henri managed to take his own savings of $10k and transform it into the empire that is Harlem Capital.
Harlem Capital is now managing $175m across two funds and sealing 3000 investor deals per year.
Harlem capital focuses not just on securing huge returns, but doing so in a way that promotes diversity and equality in entrepreneurship.
Listen in to find out why investing in diversity is not only a moral choice, but a smart choice too.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Henri’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/hpierrejacques
Harlem Capital’s Website:
https://harlem.capital/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The beginning and starting with friends (00:56)
Pulling people and bringing them into the community (5:38)
Advice and red flags (7:40)
From angel to venture (11:32)
Raising the first fund (14:23)
Talking about diversity, bias, and confidence(18:06)
The first founders (30:19)
Growing the brand (34:04)
Common mistakes (39:44)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
In this episode, we welcome Julian Weisser onto the podcast.
Julian is the founder of On Deck. To date, On Deck has assisted in the launch of over 1000 companies with a combined worth of $8 billion.
‘The best creations resonate with something that someone needs in their life.
Julian realized that there were many people with extraordinary ideas but lacked the skills to bring that creation to life.
And in response, he created a community to help develop those skills. Listen in to hear about his extraordinary journey.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.
You can learn more at:
Our website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
On Deck:
https://www.beondeck.com/
Julian’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/julianweisser
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The revelation (1:02)
Understanding people (3:33)
On Deck (7:04)
Evolving roles (10:37)
Creating a community (14:21)
Momentum capital (16:17)
The mistakes (19:06)
Talking about investors, due diligence, and strategies (22:59)
The hardest lessons (39:00)
Aadit Sheth is the remarkable co-founder of Maker’s Mark.
With more than 200k followers on Twitter, he’s an expert in leveraging your personal brand to create a successful business.
And at just 20 years old, the clarity of his writing and his ability to build businesses has taken the internet by storm.
In this episode, Aadit takes a stand: in a world that demands ‘likes’ and attention, he explains why you should go against the tide to build a meaningful community.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
Our website: http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
Maker’s Mark: https://maven.com/brandonaadit/makersmark
Aadits Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaditsh
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
**Today's guest is Anne-Laure La Cunff, the founder of Ness Labs which has over 40,000 subscribers.
Anne-Laure burnt out while trying to build a Silicon Valley start-up. She then went back to school to study neuroscience and started sharing her thoughts online. She now has a huge audience and provides cutting edge insights into how the mind works for people who are ambitious just like you.
If you want to understand how an entrepreneur's brain works, this is the episode for you.**
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Take your writing to the next level through the Founder Writing Crash Course: https://www.amardeep.co/a/2147521024/ZpCPcNpW
Anne-Laure's Twitter: https://twitter.com/anthilemoon Ness Labs: https://nesslabs.com/newsletter
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Doctor turned founder Charles Armitage built company Florence from the ground - raising $50 million in funding and serving over 90,000 care professionals and 2,000 organizations.
In this episode, Charles breaks down how he rapidly scaled Florence - without having ANY prior tech or entrepreneurial experience.
Covering fundraising, principles of success, and upskilling, this podcast is for anybody interested in succeeding in the game of entrepreneurship.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.
You can learn more at:
Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co
Charles’ LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-charles-armitage/
Florence Website:
https://www.florence.co.uk/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
To journey to becoming an entrepreneur (1:35)
A deep understanding of the problem (2:59)
Jump in with both feet (4:48)
Building the marketplace (6:00)
Talking about trust and reliability (7:26)
The first funding (9:46)
The network (13:44)
Connecting during the pandemic (15:07)
The barriers of growth and growing a lot (22:03)
Picking the right market (27:19)
Marketing-Lead activity and campaigns (31:14)
Mistakes and lessons (33:30)
**Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Wes Kao, the Co-Founder of Maven. It's a platform that hosts cohort-based courses from some of the world's greatest business experts including Anthony Pompliano, Shaan Puri, and Li Jin. Wes co-founded Maven with Gagan Biyani who also founded Udemy and they've already raised $25m in just a year.
Wes previously co-founded the AltMBA with Seth Godin and helped other huge creators such as Tiago Forte, David Perrell, and Scott Galloway. She's one of the world's foremost experts on how to build a compelling cohort-based course and why it's the future of the knowledge economy.**
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Website: https://maven.com/ Wes's Website: https://www.weskao.com/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Starting as early as high school (1:47)
A phenomenal experience (5:23)
Taking the initiative (10:08)
Making every line count (14:14)
Talking about distribution and kicking it off with a bang (17:00)
How do you derisk? (22:08)
Credibility and experience (25:14)
The relaunch (29:33)
The discovery piece (31:31)
Talking about an audience (33:53)
Big ambitions (36:41)
The aliveness of working with Maven (39:48)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
With combined revenues of over $100 million, serial entrepreneur Michael Girdley leaks his secrets in creating multiple multi-million dollar companies.
“You don’t learn much about being entrepreneurial from being an employee”. After leaving a large tech firm and learning substantially more from running his family’s business. Michael details the common misconceptions that you must avoid in order to become a successful entrepreneur. Tune in to find out why over 100k people are following his every move.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Michael's website: https://girdley.com/Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/girdley
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Founder and CEO Gautam Tambay reveals how Springboard has created $300 million worth of new job offers and is beating grad school in job success rate.
“What we first put out there was a terrible idea”. After turning a 5% course completion rate into 50%. Gautam highlights the essential practices to diagnose problems in order to level up your business. He explains how execution and action outweigh planning and preparation due to learning from experience.
**We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.
You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co. Springboard Website: https://www.springboard.com/ Gautam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautambay/**
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Connecting the dots (2:01)
An itch to scratch (5:15)
Taking an insane bet (8:54)
Working at a start-up (11:17)
Lessons that stand out (13:36)
The product-market fit (14:38)
Motivation and inspiration (20:43)
When people invest in you (22:32)
Going direct to the consumer (25:44)
Feel good Springboard (29:04)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Start-up expert and Ori CEO Jason Foster tells the story of how he went from a $19k a year job to becoming CEO of a company helping patients get access to life-saving cancer treatment.
‘You learn from your failures as much as your successes, maybe more’. With his first start-up collapsing after 10 months, Jason here explains how crucial his initial experience of failure was in equipping to succeed moving forwards. Now on 4 executive boards as well as heading up Ori, Jason touches on the key strategies involved in building and leveraging his network.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:
- http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
- linkedin.com/in/jasoncfoster
- oribiotech.com
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Start-ups and building businesses (1:32)
Impacting people’s lives (4:56)
Starting out at the bottom and proving yourself (5:58)
Learning the hard way (7:39)
Who’s bringing in the most value? (11:51)
Critical aspects of success (13:00)
Key changes (19:10)
What is the story of Ori BioTech? (22:50)
Meeting people and getting involved (25:44)
Other companies Jason is involved with (31:53)
Time and value issues (36:35)
Work and Life (39:44)
What’s next? (43:03)
The business model (45:32)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Kara Godin, the founder of Hint Water. They are a beverage company that makes good-tasting drinks, without all of the bad stuff. Kara's got a really interesting story to tell you about why she founded the company in the first place. The company raised over $50 million and they've been stocked in major distributors across America. Kara's also written a bestselling book, called Undaunted, which shows her struggles and how she overcame them being a founder from a nontraditional background. Kara also now hosts The Kara Godin Show, where talks to different entrepreneurs about the successes they've had and how they got there in the first place, much like this show. And with that, let's start the show.
You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Website: https://karagoldin.com/
Kara’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karagoldin/
Kara’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/karagoldin
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
An accidental entrepreneur (1:47)
A tiny change is made (5:55)
All about the execution (12:17)
Scaling her company (18:50)
Undaunted (24:39)
When everybody says ‘you can’t’ (29:28)
You need to keep innovating (35:46)
Help people and other entrepreneurs (39:04)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Stubblebine, the brand new CEO of Medium. Tony's had a long career in the tech world, having worked for multiple companies and also built multiple of his own start-ups, too. He calls himself a late bloomer, so if any of you listening who haven't quite started an entrepreneurial career, Tony's proved that you can do that, build your own companies, and rise to the top of a global brand and global company. Let's go into the show.
You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Website: https://coachtony.medium.com/Tony’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonystubblebine/Tony’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/tonystubblebine
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
A late bloomer (1:23)
Starting multiple companies (5:11)
Collaboration (8:35)
A place to find great ideas and great information (11:52)
The source of the person’s expertise (22:35)
Talking about credibility and risks (26:35)
Raising the bar (38:14)
The urge to create and fulfill (42:47)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Sid Menon, who's the founder and CEO of Tegro. It's a company that's aiming to fix economics, market quants, and liquidity in web-free gaming. Before Tegro, Sid co-founded Wazir X, which is India's biggest crypto exchange with tens of millions of users and they were eventually bought out by Binance. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others.
You realize Sid is a serious entrepreneur who loves solving problems. While he's not an expert in the web-free space, he is actually an expert in company-building in general, and he's built many companies before that, such as Crowd Fire. This is a fascinating conversation and so much to learn from him. Let's go into the show.
You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Website: https://www.tegro.com/
Siddharth’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthmenon
Siddharth’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/BuddhaSource
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The decision to become an entrepreneur and early businesses (1:39)
From passion to business (4:19)
Going to the next stage and making a big change (5:36)
The acquisition process (15:17)
Investing in games (19:38)
The toughest decision to make (24:12)
Mistakes and lessons (26:17)
Tegra’s ambition (29:45)
Global opportunities (32:11)
Finding the right people (34:35)
Believing the team and timing (36:02)
Opportunities to pursue (39:07)
The big launch (42:16)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is the CEO and founder of Gravity Sketch. It's an intuitive 3D design platform designed to help teams review, collaborate and create in an innovative way. They've raised over 40 million so far. After completing their series A. They count Reebok, Ford, and HP as clients and are building this every day.
I recommend you check out the product because it's really cool what they're doing and there are even ways that you can get a sample of it for free. Seyi's company is already incredibly successful and he is really honest about the different hardships faced along the way, what burden he overcame, and what skills he learned as well. I really love chatting with him and I'm sure I'm going to talk to him more because there's just so much more I can learn from him and there's so much you can learn too. Let's get into the show.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Website: https://www.gravitysketch.com/
Oluwaseyi’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwaseyi-sosanya/
Oluwaseyi’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/sosa_fresh/
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The beginnings (1:34)
The future of design (4:03)
The lumps (6:05)
Learning a lot and understanding the usages (7:42)
The sales pitch (12:42)
Experimentation and trial & error (15:42)
Ignorance and scarcity if used properly can be really useful tools (21:23)
Attracting the first customers and the community they have now (24:32)
Working with the right type of people (28:27)
The greatest lessons (32:49)
The next mission (35:20)
Turning tough things into things you love doing (38:39)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
**Today's guest is Maria, a General Partner at Kindred Capital. They are venture capitalists who focus on the European tech scene. Maria has a varied background herself having worked in both small startups and huge corporates. She has worked in India, UK, Australia, Brazil and New York.
Maria is particularly passionate about helping entrepreneurs who are right at the start of the journey. She's conscious of how culture and background affects how people perceive founders and she works hard to overcome these biases and help those from a diverse background to succeed.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co**.
Website: https://kindredcapital.vc/ Email: hello@kindredcapital.vc Maria's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariabrw
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Anton, a co-founder, and the CEO of Sweatcoin. Sweatcoin is an app that pays you to do exercise. It might sound too good to be true, as many people have tried in the past, but during this episode, you can learn why Sweatcoin has been successful where many other startups have failed.
They already have nearly a hundred million users signed up, and they're still yet to launch in many of their major markets that they expect to do well. This is a really insightful episode, so let's get on to the show.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Website: https://sweatco.in/
Anton’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonderlyatka/
Sweat Economy’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/SweatEconomy
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Anton’s first technology start-up (1:50)
The momentum (3:38)
The mistakes (5:21)
The motivation (7:33)
Talking about competition and value (9:53)
The business model and the next phase (13:05)
It’s never too late to learn (17:35)
A currency that is built by a billion people (20:15)
Growing very fast and giving value (23:03)
Influencers (28:48)
Learning as you go (30:47)
Talent is everything (32:57)
Putting culture as one of your top priorities (37:38)
Executing crypto-vision (49:10)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Dave Kerpen. He's founded companies such as Likable, Apprentice, and Remembering Life. His latest book is called The Art of the People and it's only recently released. On top of this, he’s built a huge audience on social media, and it's got nearly 700,000 followers on LinkedIn.
You'll be able to tell from his interview that David is also a speaker at global events across the world, and I'm sure you'll be entertained by what he has to say today.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Website: https://davekerpen.com/
Dave's LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davekerpen/
Dave’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/davekerpen
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
When it all started (1:39)
Putting yourself out there and persistence (4:34)
Working in sales (8:00)
Managing the dynamic (11:02)
Lifestyle and flexibility (13:50)
What are your overall goals and needs? (16:27)
Apprentice (18:13)
The model that works for you (22:26)
The love for mentorship (24:04)
One of the early social media books (26:54)
Likeability (30:26)
The marketing value of TikTok (34:00)
How to build an audience (35:50)
Fear and distrust in delegation (37:33)
Cognitive dissonance (39:50)
What excites (44:10)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
**Today's guest is Dru Riley, the founder of Trends.vc. Now, a few years ago, Dru did what many of us would love to do, he quit his nine to five and just traveled and took a sabbatical for years. He learned about himself. He learned about what made him tick, and eventually, he decided it was time to get back to work.
He tried a few different startups and Trends.vc is one that's now thriving. They're a newsletter business model with about 50,000 subscribers, which provides reports on all different areas that are interesting to entrepreneurs and they can use to grow and accelerate their learning. Dru has a very structured way of thinking and he is all about being concise and you'll see that in this interview as he gives off value bomb after value bomb.**
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Trends Website: https://join.trends.vc/
Dru’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drurly/
Dru’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/drurly
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
What could I stick with? (2:08)
“Path dependent” (6:48)
People appreciate concise content (10:34)
The idea of opportunity cost and competing with people (13:57)
Predictions (16:42)
Tools that Dru believes in (20:46)
Setting a target and setting up systems (21:55)
Short and long-term solutions (23:20)
Bringing more focus and delegating (26:08)
Design thinking (28:00)
Means of self-improvement (29:35)
Visionaries and Integrators (31:17)
The A.E.D.O. process (34:47)
The target (39:41)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today’s guest is Nihal Mehta, the founder of Eniac Ventures. They invest in bold leaders who use code to create transformational companies. They especially focus on seed rounds and early-stage companies.
Before becoming a venture capitalist, Nihal created 5 companies himself. Some of these went bankrupt and others were acquired for millions of dollars. So he’s seen the full range of what can happen at start-up and used these experiences to help many other founders.
He is a strong believer in helping founders from underrepresented backgrounds and he does this through the initiatives such as ‘The 100k Pledge’ and through his wife’s initiatives such as ‘Girls Who Code’ and ‘Marshall Plan for Moms’.
It was a real pleasure to chat with Nihal today. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Eniac Ventures website: https://eniac.vc/
Nihal’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nihalmehta/
Nabil's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/nihalmehta
Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)
The first company and staring failure in the face (1:47)
Bouncing back (7:20)
Inspiring moments and mentors (11:21)
People are attracted to cooler things (15:15)
The switch (18:25)
Creating structure and getting better every day (24:03)
Resilience and creativity (28:55)
“Convince me that you are the only team to pull this off.” (31:07)
Fail fast first (33:30)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guests are Mark Tilbury and Curtis Tilbury who run multiple businesses and make millions of dollars per year. They built the Mark Tilbury brand which has 7 million TikTok subscribers, over 1 million on YouTube and hundreds of thousands elsewhere. They want to help their audience to strike it big and become wealthy because they believe too many people are set up to fail. You can learn their stories and their best advice throughout this episode.
It was a delight to record with them and we're sure you'll love this episode. Make sure to subscribe and share! Follow us at https://entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/LikeFatherLikeSonPodcast/featured
Mark Tilbury
Website: https://marktilbury.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marktilbury
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkTilbury
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marktilbury/
Curtis:
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@curtistilbury?lang=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/curtistilbury
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curtistilbury/?hl=en
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Jason Yanowitz. The founder and CEO of Blockworks. It’s a financial media company that has grown rapidly since its inception in 2018. They have over 50 employees and run an editorial site, a newsletter, and multiple podcasts - which now have the biggest podcast network in the cryptocurrency space. He also hosts massive live events such as Permissionless which had over 7,000 attendees.
Jason is a massive expert in the Blockchain space so I’m really excited to share this podcast with you and to share his thoughts on the future of crypto-currency and how he built his business and the risks he took.
Blockworks website: https://blockworks.co/ Jason’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanowitzjason/ Jason’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The entrepreneurial journey (1:41)
Creating something out of nothing (3:59)
Failure is not an option (6:49)
Ride the industry down with it or be successful (8:54)
The “us versus them” mentality (12:32)
Problems and opportunities (16:25)
The gateway to the more complicated side (19:37)
All about Permisionless (23:24)
People don’t follow companies, they follow people (26:23)
The next growing stage and changing something (28:28)
Social media following (31:26)
The team (37:43)
Being more candid with feedback (44:14)
Improvements (46:47)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today’s guest is Nabil Borhanu who is the founder of Graphene Ventures. They invested in both Snap and Lyft before their IPO. He’s got a very interesting background, growing up in Saudi Arabia. He worked his way up through starting multiple companies while running multiple divisions of massive companies like Saudi Telecom. worth over $100 million dollars.
One day, circumstances changed and he then left Saudi to go all the way to America to start afresh. For a time, he wasn’t sure if that move was right or not but today, he’s investing in companies all across the world. Especially focusing on how they can penetrate the middle eastern market.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Graphene website: https://www.graphenevc.com/
Nabil’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabilalnoor/
Nabil's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/NabilAlnoor
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The early years as an investor and his biggest lesson (1:51)
You only know what you know (11:14)
The hard reset (26:12)
Taking a chance (32:56)
Building the momentum (39:12)
Breaking into the middle east market (47:10)
The ups and downs of entrepreneurs (48:38)
Common mistakes (50:51)
**Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Justin Welsh. He’s got massive audiences on both LinkedIn and Twitter. He started by working on start-ups where he helped build two companies to 50 million in annual recurring revenue. He also helped businesses raise over 300 million in venture capital but along this path, he burnt out and that’s where the flip to becoming a creator.**
He is now making millions per year with a high-profit margin and his goal is to build a portfolio of one-person businesses to five million in revenue.
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Justin’s website: https://www.justinwelsh.me/ Justin’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwelsh/ Justin's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/thejustinwelsh
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Talking about lack of control and the switch (1:18)
“I didn’t know what it was like to run my own business.” (6:19)
Spending time on what gives you energy (9:04)
Eliminate. Automate. Delegate. (11:03)
New and unique channels (15:32)
Derisking your situation as an entrepreneur (20:12)
Talking about failures, mistakes, and trying out new things (22:08)
Hybrid work and relationships (27:19)
An indicator of success (34:23)
Starting from the bottom and working all the way to the top (36:12)"Become known for something.” - Justin (39:56)
**Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Vasu Prathipati, the founder of MaestroQA. Vasu didn’t have an easy journey to where he is today. He struggled to get a job after University and then build a business that for many years didn’t quite seem that it was ever going to take off. Now they’ve got over 31 million in funding. Their clients are Monday.com and Class Pass where they are changing the face of customer service for these businesses which makes them more effective in their industries.**
We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
MaestroQA website: https://www.maestroqa.com/ Vasu’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasuprathipati/ Vasu's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/vasu_prathipati
Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
Choosing this life and lessons learned (1:34)
Handling feedback (7:44)
The pivotal moment and the right path (10:49)
The founding team (17:52)
Moments of failure and success (23:23)
Having different roles of people in your life (25:48)
Growth projection (31:51)
Reinventing and reimagining (35:24)
Biggest learning opportunities (39:37)
Better than the competition (41:28)
The company, the people product, and the culture (43:03)
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Greg Jackson, the founder and CEO of Octopus Energy. He's one of our favorite guests ever! He's a serial entrepreneur who has run multiple successful businesses while believing strongly in doing the right thing.
His current company Octopus Energy was founded in 2016 and is already worth $5bn with $6bn in revenue and 3100 employees. They grew so fast by carving out technological advantages over their competitors. Remarkably they don't have an HR department and have pledged £50m to help households struggling during the energy crisis.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Follow Greg on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/g__j?lang=en
Follow Octopus Energy on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/octopusenergy
Follow Octopus Energy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/octopusenergy/
Listen to the Octopus Energy podcast: https://octopus.energy/blog/podcast/
Octopus Energy: https://octopus.energy/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Sam King a.k.a Sam King FTW. He started a YouTube channel aged just 16 which blew up and supported his lifestyle for several years with 160k followers. He realized he loved the marketing side of his channel the most so then started up his own marketing agency. Now he's a Co-Founder of Flick.Tech, a SaaS product for creators and businesses to help them grow faster on social media. They currently have $3M+ ARR.
All this and he's only 25!
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/samkingftw
Flick.tech: https://www.flick.tech/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Dickie Bush who you might know from Twitter where he has amassed 200k followers in just over 2 years. He started writing online as he realized his corporate career with Blackrock isn't where he wanted his life to go. After 9 months of struggle, he finally had a breakthrough, and ever since he's been helping others through Ship30for30 with Nicolas Cole. He's also released TypeShare, a SaaS product to make it easier for online bloggers to publish on multiple platforms. He only went full-time 6 weeks ago so we've caught him at a turning point in his already successful career.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find out more about Dickie: https://www.dickiebush.com/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dickiebush
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dickiebush/
Start Writing Online: https://startwritingonline.com/
Ship30for30: https://www.ship30for30.com/
TypeShare: https://typeshare.co/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Corey Haines who is a serial entrepreneur. He's the founder of both SwipeFiles and SwipeWell and other stealth startups. He's currently the Marketing Lead at SavvyCal, a disruptive calendar SaaS company. Corey is an expert in B2B SaaS marketing and has consulted for many other projects. Corey has two of his own podcasts, Default Alive and Everything is Marketing.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Use Corey's discount code "ENTREPRENEURSHANDBOOK" on https://swipefiles.com for 50% off.
Find out more about Corey: https://www.coreyhaines.co/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coreyhainesco
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-haines/
SwipeFiles: https://www.swipefiles.com/
SwipeWell: https://www.swipewell.app/
SavvyCal: https://savvycal.com/onboarding
Default Alive: https://www.defaultalive.fm/
Today is a special announcement!
Entrepreneur's Handbook is bringing you the Crypto Handbook where we share content from the blockchain world. We maintain our high editorial standard and publish only people with credibility in the space. We make sure all articles are understandable to people who are interested in the but not yet experts.
Our founder, Dave Schools spills all the details in this episode.
Check out https://chandbook.com for more!
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Jereshia Hawk, the founder, and CEO of Leverage which is a coaching experience. After just a few short years in business, she's already earning over $1 million per year in profit with a 60-80% profit margin. She's also the host of the JereshiaSaid podcast.
You can learn all about how she built her empire by focusing on one offer and why she left corporate America. She has fantastic advice for those looking to build sustainable and profitable businesses.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find out more about Jereshia: https://www.jereshiahawk.com/
Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jereshiahawk/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Avishai Sam Bitton, the current VP of Marketing and Growth at 8fig. They recently closed a Series A for $50m. It's a company that helps eCommerce sellers to scale up to 8 figures.
Avishai himself is a serial founder having created both Oribi and Brainye. Oribi was sold to LinkedIn and Brainye remains independent and bootstrapped. Brainye reaches an audience of over 100 million people a month.
Despite his success, Avishai is committed to improving as an entrepreneur to build even bigger companies in the future that have a long-lasting impact.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Avishai on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmkWvMyGuo247T7V0vWW76Q
Avishai on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avishaib/?originalSubdomain=il
Avishai on Twitter: https://twitter.com/avishai_bitton
8fig website: https://www.8fig.co/
8fig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/8fig/
8fig on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/8fig.co/
8fig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eightfig
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Sandhya Hegde, a General Partner at Unusual Ventures who leads investment in enterprise SaaS companies.
She's built deep expertise in this area through working for multiple venture capital firms (including Khosla Ventures and Sequoia) as well as founding her own companies and being an early hire at other startups.
In particular, she was an early employee and executive at Amplitude. She became the EVP of Marketing & Growth where she helped to establish Amplitude as a category leader in product analytics and digital optimization. She oversaw a 50x increase in ARR.
It was a pleasure to chat with her and listen out for her great insights on how to hire the right people for your startup at different stages.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Sandhya Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandhya
Sandhya LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhyahegde/
Unusual Ventures: https://www.unusual.vc/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Ev Williams, the founder and CEO of Medium.com. He's been a titan of silicon valley for around two decades!
His first major company was Blogger which was where the term "blog" was first popularized. He later went on to found Twitter and served as the platform's CEO. His latest and current venture is Medium, the massive online writing platform which is the top place online to find user-generated high-quality articles and also hosts the Entrepreneur Handbook publication! This is one of Ev's first podcast appearances in years so I'm delighted to share with you his wisdom!
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Medium website: https://medium.com/
Ev's Medium Account: https://ev.medium.com/
Ev's Twitter Accont: https://twitter.com/ev?lang=en
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Aaron Dinin who is a professor of Entrepreneurship at Duke University. He has an unconventional background with a Ph.D. in English and a published fiction book. He then went on to create venture-backed tech businesses before a health scare forced him to re-evaluate. This made him move full-time into teaching entrepreneurship and innovation rather than continue to build his own companies. Aaron is also the host of the Web Masters podcast where he has interviewed many of the most important innovators in the early web.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Aaron:
Website: https://aarondinin.com/
Medium: https://aarondinin.medium.com/
Substack: https://www.entrepreneurofficehours.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondinin
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondinin/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Alexis Grant, the founder of TheyGotAcquired.com. Her website focuses on small startups that got acquired for between $100k and $50m which are often overlooked by the mainstream media. Alexis has a background in journalism herself before founding two companies that got acquired. The first was an agency bought by The Penny Hoarder and the second was The Write Life, one of the leading authorities online for writers. Alexis has fantastic advice for people looking to build their companies and eventually sell them.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about TheyGotAcquired.com:
Website: https://theygotacquired.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheyGotAcquired
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/they-got-acquired/
Find more about Alexis:
Website: https://alexisgrant.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexisgrant
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexisgrant/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Kartik Hosanagar, the founder and CEO of Jumpcut Media. After studying for his Ph.D., he became a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It was here that he founded Yodle with two of his students which went on to be acquired for $340 million. Kartik continued to teach and manage other projects on the side but has now gone full-time with Jumpcut Media. They are working to democratize storytelling and filmmaking through Web3 and are working with companies such as Disney. We cover a wide range of topics in this must-listen interview.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Jumpcut Media:
Website: https://www.jumpcutmedia.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisisjumpcut
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jumpcut-media/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisjumpcut/
Find more about Kartik:
Website: https://www.hosanagar.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KHosanagar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kartik-hosanagar-22272115/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Tim Denning, a massively successful content creator with 388k followers on LinkedIn and 240k followers on Medium. He's an expert in how to grow on these platforms which is a vital skill for any startup founder looking to gain attention and customers. He's used his huge following to power online courses with spectacular financial results.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Tim:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcdenning
Medium: https://timdenning.medium.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tim_Denning
Website: https://timdenning.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Noam Schwartz, the founder of ActiveFence. They've raised $100M for their software which helps to keep the internet safe. They've got an A-list of client base with some of the biggest technology companies in the world. He previously led TapDog who were acquired by SimilarWeb where he worked as the VP of Business and Corporate Development.
ActiveFence's growth since being founded in 2018 is remarkable and Noam has an interesting approach to competition. In his market, if his competitors win then he wins too.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Noam:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noamsp/
ActiveFence: https://www.activefence.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Nathan Barry, the founder of the email marketing platform ConvertKit. He started off as a freelance web designer and design book author. ConvertKit now powers the audience for over 20,000 creators including Tim Ferriss and Gretchin Rubin.
The company is 100% bootstrapped and Nathan has revealed every bit of his companies finances publicly since it was founded in 2013. ConvertKit's MRR is currently exactly $2,464,976 dollars as I can see publicly on their Baremetrics page. Nathan is refreshingly open about his journey and there's so much you can learn from him.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Nathan:
His website: https://nathanbarry.com/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanbarry
Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/nathanpatrickbarry
ConvertKit: https://convertkit.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Marc Randolph, the Co-Founder of Netflix who has had an entrepreneurship career that spans four decades. He’s been a founder of more than half a dozen other successful start-ups, a mentor to scores of early-stage entrepreneurs, and an investor in numerous successful tech ventures (and an even larger number of unsuccessful ones).
He is the author of the internationally best-selling memoir, That Will Never Work – the birth of Netflix and the amazing life of an idea, host of the top-10 That Will Never Work podcast, and a star of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Elevator Pitch web series.
Most recently, Marc co-founded analytics software company Looker Data and currently serves as an advisor to multiple other startups, serving variously as a mentor, CEO coach, and/or board member.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Marc:
His website: https://marcrandolph.com/
His podcast: https://marcrandolph.com/podcasts/
His book: https://marcrandolph.com/the-book/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbrandolph
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcrandolph/
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatwillneverwork/
Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGvn4Lkghbuw6DVOIKS5q_w
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Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is David Salinas, a Co-Founder of Digital Surgeons and the current Chief Growth Officer. He previously served as the company's CEO where they serviced clients such as Lady Gaga and the US Open. He's also built a $25 million tech and innovation startup ecosystem called District.
David started from nothing and worked his way up the hard way learning many key lessons along the way. Today he shares that wisdom.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about David:
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/igrowbrands?lang=en
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsalinas/
Follow him on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@igrowbrands
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/igrowbrands/?hl=en
His companies:
Digital Surgeons: https://www.digitalsurgeons.com/
District: https://www.districtnhv.com/
Huue: https://www.huue.co/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Adam Erhart, he's built a million-dollar business on his own terms from his YouTube channel. He has over 100k subscribers and nearly 5 million views. He's an expert in marketing and shares his views on his channel with an emphasis on being ethical. In this episode, he shares his journey and tips for how you can use YouTube as the lead generator for your business as well as his strategies for the future.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Adam:
Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/adamerhartvideo
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamerhart
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamerhart/
His business: https://www.adamerhart.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Ryan Duffy, who is currently Head of Operations + Creator Partnerships for Audio at Medium. He co-founded the audio education platform, Knowable, which was acquired by Medium and features lessons from people such as NBA All-Star Chris Paul and Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian. Before this, he founded Digital Objects one of the first-ever NFT platforms but was too early to the now-booming market. He also helped grow Vidme which was later acquired by GIPHY.
He has varied experience in the startup world and emphasizes how important timing is. It's something all founders should keep in mind!
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Ryan:
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanpatrickduffy/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/duffycommaryan
His company:
Knowable: https://knowable.fyi/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Erik Huberman, the founder and CEO of Hawke Media and author of The Hawke Method. His company is valued at over $150 million and is the fastest growing marketing agency in the United States. Erik has worked with over 3500 brands including Red Bull and Verizon. As a serial entrepreneur, Erik has received many accolades including Forbes' 30 under 30 and Inc Magazine's Top 25 Marketing Influencers. Listen today to learn marketing from one of the best.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Erik:
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikhuberman/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErikHuberman
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikhuberman/?hl=en
His book:
The Hawke Method: https://www.hawkemethod.com/
His company:
Hawke Media: https://hawkemedia.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Yoav Vilner, the CEO and Founder of Walnut. Yoav led a major marketing agency for several years but realized conversion rates for the leads were often low. This led him to create Walnut which aims to empower sales leaders to own their demos and to be outstanding storytellers without relying on back-end teams. It can dramatically increase conversion rates with codeless and failure-free environments.
They've already raised $21m but even more crucially, they generated a huge waiting list of over 600 companies including those in the Fortune 500 who wanted their product before they had launched. Listen to Yoav explain how they did it and the lessons you can apply to your own business.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Yoav:
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoav-vilner/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YoavVilner
His company:
Walnut: https://www.walnut.io/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
In this end-of-year special, we pick some of the best advice from all our guests in 2021. We've had the pleasure of talking to some incredible entrepreneurs this year and here you get the digestible snippets that will make a real difference to your own journey.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Zeev Farbman. He's the CEO and Co-Founder of Lightricks. What started as a bootstrapped company between 5 Ph.D. friends has turned into a $1.8bn goliath in the app creation industry. They've created massively popular apps such as FaceTune, FaceTune 2, Videoleap, MotionLeap, and Boosted. Their most recent app is Link In Bio, which aims to expand their role within the creator economy.
In this interview, you'll hear from someone at the very forefront of the industry to understand the opportunities available. You'll also notice Zeev has a refreshing outlook on life and truly loves what he does. This is a lesson all entrepreneurs listening can benefit from.
We hope enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Find more about Zeev:
Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeev-farbman-b5926b37/
His company:
Lightricks: https://www.lightricks.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Prukalpa Sankar who was named The Economic Times Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, a Forbes 30 under 30, and a Fortune 40 under 40. She's the founder of two major organizations. First, SocialCops helped revolutionize the use of data at organizations focused on good causes. This spawned Atlan which is a tool to make data teams more effective and used by global brands such as Unilever and Postman. They completed their Series A round in 2021 and have staff in ten countries.
She’s an inspiration to many, I hope you enjoy our conversation.
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Find more about Prukalpa:
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Follow her on Substack: https://substack.com/profile/59499872-prukalpa
Her companies:
Atlan: https://atlan.com/
Social Cops: https://socialcops.com/
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Pete Sena, a brand experience expert. He founded Digital Surgeons in 2004 with only $5000 and it's now an 8-figure organization with over 50 employees. He's helped craft the story of people from Lady Gaga to United Technologies to the US Open. He continues to work with all different types of companies from startups to Fortune 500 and has helped many companies in their fundraising efforts (over $100m). He shares fascinating insights from a personal perspective.
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Find more about Pete: http://petesena.com
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Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Regina Joseph. She was a pioneer of digital publication with the first-ever digital magazine, Blender, at a time when no one believed anyone would ever read online. She also created prototypes for the early forms of digital ads. She then went on to start one of the first-ever digital marketing agencies Engine.RDA. Her entire career she's been one step ahead of everyone else and forecasted where the market will go to abnormal accuracy. IARPA has declared her one of the world's only Superforecasters after an intense selection process. She continues to innovate today and also coaches others on how to make better strategic forecasts through her companies Pytho and Sibylink.
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Find out more about Regina at http://www.superrj.com**
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
**For our Cyber Monday special, marketing expert Liz Willits joins the Entrepreneur's Handbook's founder, Dave schools.
Liz is one of the best marketers Dave has ever met. She has over 42k followers on LinkedIn and has her own marketing consultancy at LizWillits.com. She specializes in conversion copywriting for SaaS companies and wider tech companies. Liz is also an angel investor.**
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Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Hasan Kubba, he's the author of the bestselling business book, The Unfair Advantage. It won The Business Book of the year at The Business Book Awards 2021 and is co-authored by former JustEat Marketing Director, Ash Ali. Hasan's first startup was a digital marketing agency which allowed him to earn a passive income whilst traveling the world. Yet he still had the itch to do more and returned back to the UK to share his entrepreneurship lessons. He now coaches several prominent massive online creators and startup founders.
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Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Dave Schools! He's the founder of Entrepreneur's Handbook and hosted the previous episodes of this podcast. Interviewed by his editor, Amardeep, Dave talks about his experience as a multi-project entrepreneur and how it led him to becoming part of the founding team at Hopin. Very few people have ever been in a company as it's gone from 0 to $8bn let alone in 2 years.
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Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Sarah A. Downey is an operating partner at Accomplice VC, an angel investor, and the founder of an upcoming lifestyle app (currently in stealth).
She is also one of Dave's new favorite human beings. She has magnetic energy, a sharp wit, and a deep wealth of knowledge about investing and startups.
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1:15 Thoughts on Medium
3:10 Writing process
5:00 The “stealth lifestyle company” Sarah’s building
17:53 Self-censorship: How to balance speaking your mind without causing trouble
21:06 How Sarah made the jump from Director of Community to VC partner
22:09 How VCs get paid
24:23 Angel investing vs VC
27:00 Balancing 3 jobs
29:22 What video games she’s playing
31:51 Best way to turn an idea into an income
37:44 What’s more important for startups: data or storytelling?
41:27 Most common mistakes when raising money
47:39 What’s served you more — discipline or passion?
48:43: What contributes to success more — obsession or balance?
49:58 Closing remarks
Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.
Today's guest is Geoff Cook, the founder of the Meet Group which was acquired by ProSieben for $500m. They created the popular apps of MeetMe, Tagged, Skout, LOVOO, and Tagged. He's now the Co-Ceo of the Parship Meet Group. He didn't go from 0 to $500m though and built up several companies beforehand, each one progressively larger.
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1:08 Ev Williams mention
1:27 Geoff Cook’s story of starting and selling a $10m, $50m, and $500m company
9:00 What’s more important for startups: data or storytelling?
13:22 The future of the dating industry
18:43 Live streaming video as a strategy for brands
27:50 How to turn an idea into income
31:50 How to know when to pull the plug and walk away
35:22 Myth you find yourself dispelling often
38:02 Most recommended book
42:17 What’s served you more — discipline or passion?
42:50: What contributes to success more — obsession or balance?
44:21: What makes you feel most alive?
46:18 Closing remarks