The full program A few lessons from this program The first time I interviewed Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker was at Blog World, and I could only talk to him for a couple of minutes because there was a constant swarm of people around asking him for advice. This time I called Shoemoney at his office and [...]

The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here: A few lessons from this program Have you ever gone to hire a web developer and realized that you don’t even know what the programming languages mean, let alone how to pick the right one? In the interview I recorded with Obie [...]

The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download here. A few lessons from this program Am I the only one who thinks that startups spend too much time geeking out about code and development, but not enough time getting passionate about marketing? If you want to get passionate about the power of [...]

The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download here. A few lessons from this program How can a startup sell to companies that are infinitely bigger? That’s one of the lessons I asked Josh Hartwell to teach. Josh bootstrapped GOSUB60, which created Mobile Deluxe, a top 10 mobile game publishing company. He [...]

Summary: I first met Brad Greenspan, the CEO of the company that created MySpace, when he called me up to tell me that he knew how much money my greeting card company made and that he wanted into the business. That’s the way his company, eUniverse, worked. Whenever they saw a business with potential, they [...]

The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here: A few lessons from this program I asked Brian Johnson to teach what he learned from launching 3 startups because he has both the experience of an entrepreneur and the introspection of a philosopher. Brian is the founder of eteamz (a web [...]

What if there was a tool that let you hear when people were so upset at your competition that they wanted your startup to rescue them? Well there are, but are you using them? Listen to conversations about: Your name & company’s name – It’s about more than vanity. It’s about protecting your brand and [...]

The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here: A few lessons from this program Don’t you think that most internet entrepreneurs care more about design and features than sales? Help me show them how much fun sales can be by writing about one of your sales stories in the comments. [...]

The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here: A few lessons from this program Have you been listening to Mixergy programs long enough to see the damage incessant stealth mode can cause a company? Ari Mir, co-founder of content analytics and monetization company GumGum, gave a great example of the [...]

Paul Graham, founder Y Combinator which funds startups, said entrepreneurs need to be “relentlessly resourceful,” which made me think of the story of how I got the money to launch my first company. When I graduated from college I was hell bent on starting a business right away, but I was dirt poor. One day, [...]

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The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here: A few lessons from this program Apple may not love it, but Alex Shah is willing to talk about what it’s really like to get an app through Apple’s bureaucracy and onto people’s iPhones. He’s the founder of FaceDouble, an app that [...]