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How A First-Time Entrepreneur Launched Going.com And Sold It To AOL — with Roy Rodenstein

Posted on Jul 13, 2010 - 1:36 PM PST

Roy Rodenstein

Roy Rodenstein was looking online for a place to go on a date. When he couldn’t find a site that showed fun places to go, he decided to launch his own event site, which became Going.com. This is the story of how this first time entrepreneur quit a well-paying job to go into business for [...]

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How Focus Helped The Founder Of Divvyshot – with Sam Odio

Posted on Jul 12, 2010 - 3:15 PM PST

Sam Odio

Because he walked away from two previous opportunities, Sam Odio committed to sticking with Divvyshot, the photo sharing startup he launched and eventually sold to Facebook. Those experiences, he said, “really taught me a lesson about believing in myself, believing in the ideas, and giving a business at least two years of hard work before [...]

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How Shopify Became Profitable By Helping Anyone Open An Online Boutique – with Tobias Lütke

Posted on Jul 9, 2010 - 1:49 PM PST

Tobias Lütke

When Tobias Lütke opened an online snowboarding store he realized how painfully cumbersome ecommerce software was. So he decided to create Shopify, a platform that made it easy for anyone to open up an online store. In this program you’ll hear how Shopify went from an idea to a profitable company that helps 6,000 merchants [...]

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How The Upstart Shirt Company, Blank Label, Is Getting Press And Sales – with Danny Wong

Posted on Jul 8, 2010 - 9:38 AM PST

Danny Wong - Blank Label

Danny Wong got my attention when he sent me a list of the media outlets that he somehow got to cover his young, custom shirt ecommerce company, Blank Label. The New York Times, Business Week, Fast Company and over dozen other equally-well-known publications covered him in the few months since he launched.

He’s a 19-year-old entrepreneur who says he knew nothing about PR 6 months ago. So how did he pull it off? That’s what I invited him to Mixergy to talk about.

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The Buddhist Monk Who Invested In Google – with Christine Comaford

Posted on Jul 7, 2010 - 10:00 AM PST

Christine Comaford

I did this interview in 2 parts. Part 1 is about Chrisine Comaford’s biography. How she became a monk in the early part of her life and how she went on to launch a few internet companies and invest in others. Part 2 features her business advice based on her experiences with Steve Jobs, Andy Grove, Bill Gates and others.

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Thesis Theme: How A Well-Designed WordPress Theme Became Big Business – with Chris Pearson

Posted on Jul 6, 2010 - 9:39 AM PST

Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson created Thesis, the theme used by top bloggers like Matt Cutts, Danny Sullivan and Ramit Sethi. I’ve been wondering about the company behind Thesis, so I invited Chris to do an interview about the launch and growth of the business behind what’s probably the most popular premium Wordpress theme ever made.

As you’ll hear in the interview, Thesis was…

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The Story Of Groupon: From Failure To An Industry-Changing, Profit Machine – with Andrew Mason

Posted on Jul 5, 2010 - 1:14 PM PST

andrew mason

Andrew Mason dropped out of school when an investor offered to fund a business based on his idea for online collective action and fundraising. He used the money to launch The Point, which failed to get traction. So he pivoted and launched Groupon, which took his original idea for collection action and applied it to [...]

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“We will dominate any industry we choose.” – with Brant Bukowsky

Posted on Jul 2, 2010 - 10:44 AM PST

Brant Bukowsky

The quote in the headline is from the mission statement Brant Bukowsky had at his first hit company. He was a young guy who launched Show Me Tickets in his dorm room and built it to $22 million in annual sales. His confidence comes from having figured out his strength, online marketing. He used his [...]

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The Do-Gooder Who Launched Fission Strategy And Grossed $1+ Mil Her First Year – with Roz Lemieux

Posted on Jul 1, 2010 - 12:07 PM PST

Rosalyn Lemieux

I have a confession to make. I almost didn’t do this interview because I didn’t think there was real money to be made by a company as young as Fission Strategy which helps non-profits. But in the first 3 minutes of my pre-interview with Roz Lemieux, the company’s co-founder, I was so excited about the business [...]

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How SEOmoz’s Founder Went From Deep Debt To $4+ Mil Per Year – with Rand Fishkin

Posted on Jun 30, 2010 - 8:49 AM PST

Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz

It got so bad that a collections company actually showed up in Rand Fishkin’s office trying to collect its part of the half-million dollar debt that he somehow accumulated. He couldn’t face the agent and pretended that he wasn’t Rand Fishkin.

In this interview, you’ll see how to get out of that kind of hole by listening to how Rand did it. Today, Rand’s company, SEOMoz, is one of the most respected names in search engine optimization. Its revenue comes from subscription-based access to online software and educational products…

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The Marketing Secret Weapon Behind Fast Growing Startups – with Sean Ellis

Posted on Jun 29, 2010 - 2:50 PM PST

Sean Ellis

Learn how Sean Ellis achieved massively scalable growth at companies like Dropbox, Lookout, KISSMetrics, Grockit, LogMeIn, Xobni, Eventbrite, and others.

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How Khan Academy Is Changing Education With Videos Made In A Closet – with Salman Khan

Posted on Jun 28, 2010 - 10:06 AM PST

Salman _Sal_ Khan

Have you ever had one of those “when I retire and have enough money, I’ll change the world” plans?

Salman “Sal” Khan did. And if you look at his resume which lists work at tech & finance firms, you can see that he was on his way to making that money. But he didn’t want to wait. So he…

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Past interviews

  1. "Party Charlie" Scola
  2. 10e20 – Chris Winfield
  3. 37 Signals – Jason Fried (2008)
  4. 37signals – Jason Fried (2010)
  5. 99designs – Matt Mickiewicz
  6. @Ventures – Jerry Colonna
  7. ACS SEO – Hiten Shah
  8. Affiliate Media – Warren Jolly
  9. Affordit.com – Wil Schroter
  10. Airbnb – Brian Chesky & Joe Gebbia
  11. Ali International – Ali Brown
  12. AllTop – Guy Kawasaki
  13. Anandtech – Anand Shimpi
  14. Aptimize – Ed Robinson
  15. ArtistForce – Jonathan Romley
  16. Ask-A-Ninja – Damien Somerset
  17. aweber – Justin Premick
  18. Balsamiq - Peldi Guilizzoni
  19. Barack, Inc. – Barry Libert
  20. BecomeABlogger – Gideon Shalwick
  21. BeerMenus – Eric Stephens
  22. beModel – Andrew Thompson
  23. BigDoor Media – Keith Smith
  24. BillShrink – Peter Pham
  25. Bingo Card Creator - Patrick McKenzie
  26. BizCloud – Vahid Razavi
  27. Blogger Reps – Marjorie Kase
  28. BlogWorld-RickCalvert
  29. Bradford & Reed – Andrew Warner
  30. Bradford & Reed – Christel Hyden
  31. BrandGlue – Jeff Widman
  32. BuddyTV – Andy Liu
  33. Building43 – Robert Scoble
  34. BuildOnline – Mark Suster
  35. BuySellAds - Todd Garland
  36. BzzAgent – Dave Balter
  37. CauseCast – Sloane Berrent
  38. CD Baby – Derek Sivers
  39. ChallengePost – Brandon Kessler
  40. Cheezburger Network – Ben Huh
  41. Clearstone - Sumant Mandal
  42. Clearstone – William Quigley
  43. ClickBank – Bob Dunlap
  44. Cloud Contacts – Allen Stern
  45. CNET – Michelle Thatcher
  46. Code Collaborator – Jason Cohen
  47. ColinIsMy.Name – Colin Wright
  48. CollegeHumor – Josh Abramson
  49. Common Craft – Lee LeFever
  50. Connected Ventures – Josh Abramson
  51. Copyblogger – Brian Clark
  52. Coupons – Steven Boal
  53. Crazy Egg – Neil Patel
  54. Creative Good – Mark Hurst
  55. Crispin Cider – Joe Heron
  56. CrowdGather – Sanjay Sabnani
  57. Culting of Brands – Douglas Atkin
  58. CustomEuropeanPlates – Sean Percival
  59. DFJ Frontier – David Cremin
  60. Digg – Owen Byrne
  61. Digital Family Reunion – Kurt Daradics
  62. Digital Nomad – Jeanne D’Arc
  63. digital-telepathy – Alex Funk
  64. digital-telepathy – Chuck Longanecker
  65. DocStoc – Jason Nazar
  66. DodgeBall – Dennis Crowley
  67. Dogster – Ted Rheingold
  68. DomainSponsor – Susan Smith
  69. Donor Tools – Chris Dumas
  70. Dot Com Archive – David Kirsch
  71. DreamIt Ventures – Steven Welch
  72. eduFire – Jon Bischke
  73. eduFire – Kareem Mayan
  74. eduFire – Koichi
  75. Emergencity – Tyler Suchman
  76. Epsilon Concepts – Robby Berthume
  77. Etacts – Howie Liu
  78. eteamz – Brian Johnson
  79. Eventbrite – Kevin Hartz
  80. EventVue – Josh Fraser
  81. Everyday Survival – Laurence Gonzales
  82. Evite – Harry Lin
  83. Facebook – Karel Baloun
  84. FaceDouble – Alex Shah
  85. Fatbrain, Smugmug – Chris MacAskill
  86. Fenwick & West – Bill Schreiber
  87. Ferrazzi Greenlight – Keith Ferrazzi
  88. Fifteen Minutes – Howard Bragman
  89. FIM – Dan Gould
  90. Fit Fuel – Luke Burgis
  91. Flatiron – Jerry Colonna
  92. FlexJobs – Sara Sutten Fell
  93. FOUND Magazine – Davy Rothbart
  94. Founders at work - Jessica Livingston
  95. Foundery Group - Brad Feld
  96. Four Hour Work Week – Tim Ferriss
  97. FourSquare – Dennis Crowley
  98. FreshBooks – Mike McDerment
  99. Frontier Trainings – Clinton Swaine
  100. Gainesville Health & Fitness – Joe Cirulli
  101. Gambit – Noah Kagan
  102. gapingvoid – Hugh MacLeod
  103. Garage – Bill Reichert
  104. Gazelles – Verne Harnish
  105. Gerber Entertainment – Scott Gerber
  106. GetYourVideoOnline – Gideon Shalwick
  107. GIG.FM – Chance Barnett
  108. goBIGnetwork – Wil Schroter
  109. Goldstar – Jim McCarthy
  110. Goodreads – Otis Chandler
  111. GotCast – Wil Schroter
  112. Grasshopper – Siamak Taghaddos
  113. GRP Partners – Mark Suster
  114. GSD&M Idea City – Roy M Spence, Jr.
  115. GumGum – Ari Mir
  116. gWallets, BlueLithium, Click Agents – Gurbaksh Chahal
  117. HARO – Peter Shankman
  118. Hashrocket – Obie Fernandez
  119. Heavybag Media – Jackie Peters
  120. Heyzap – Immad Akhund
  121. Hookit - Scott Tilton
  122. HotOrNot – James Hong
  123. How’s The WiFi – Kareem Mayan
  124. HubSpot – Dharmesh Shah
  125. Hunch - Chris Dixon
  126. I Will Teach You To Be Rich – Ramit Sethi
  127. i.tv – Jesse Stay
  128. iContact – Ryan Allis
  129. IMe (Kiesel Media Group) – Jason Kiesel
  130. IMSafer – Brandon Watson
  131. IMVU – Eric Ries
  132. In Pursuit of Elegance – Matthew May
  133. Inside Rupert's Brain – Paul R. La Monica
  134. Inspire! – Jim Champy
  135. Invoke Media – Ryan Holmes
  136. Involver – Rahim Fazal
  137. iPressroom – Chris Bechtel
  138. IWearYourShirt – Jason Sadler
  139. IZEA – Ted Murphy
  140. JamLegend – Andrew Lee
  141. JibJab – Gregg Spiridellis
  142. John Chow
  143. JooJoo – Chandra Rathakrishnan
  144. KCAL news – Rich DeMuro
  145. Keith and the Girl – Keith Malley & Chemda Khalili
  146. Kinetiva – Lea Woodward
  147. KISSmetrics - Hiten Shah
  148. KISSmetrics – Neil Patel
  149. Kiva – Premal Shah
  150. Kontagent – Albert Lai
  151. Koral – Mark Suster
  152. Lalawag – Sean Percival
  153. LessAccounting – Allan Branch
  154. Launch Box Digital – Matthew Jacobson
  155. LewisPR – Andy Oliver
  156. Linqia – Maria Sipka
  157. Lynda.com – Lynda Weinman
  158. MacGathering – Deborah Shadovitz
  159. Magento – Roy Rubin
  160. Magento – Roy Rubin & Yoav Kutner
  161. Magnify360 – Olivier Chaine
  162. Mahalo – Jason Calacanis
  163. MailFinch - Paul Singh
  164. Maponics – Darrin Clement
  165. Marketing Consultant – Brent Csutoras
  166. Marketing Consultant – Lisa Riolo
  167. Marketing Pilgrim – Andy Beal
  168. Media Temple – Jason McVearry
  169. MetroLyrics – Milun Tesovic
  170. MindShare – Douglas Campbell
  171. Mingle2 – Matthew Inman
  172. Miramar Venture Partners – Maneesh Goyal
  173. Mixergy – Andrew Warner
  174. Mobile Deluxe – Josh Hartwell
  175. Mobius Venture Capital – Heidi Roizen
  176. Monitor110 – Roger Ehrenberg
  177. .Music – Constantine Roussos
  178. MXit – Herman Heunis
  179. My Sister’s Closet – Ann Siner
  180. MyLifeBrand – Danny Scalisi
  181. MySpaceSupport – Andrew Thompson
  182. NetConversions – Andy Liu
  183. NetCreations – Rosalind Resnick
  184. Netcreations – Ryan Scott
  185. Noah's Bagels – Noah Alper
  186. Nutrisoda – Joe Heron
  187. Oasis Casino & Sportsbook – Curt Dalton
  188. Obsidian Launch – Mike Michalowicz
  189. Offerpal – Anu Shukla
  190. Ogilvy – Rohit Bhargava
  191. Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good – Sarah Lacy
  192. Oneforty – Laura Fitton
  193. Oodle – Craig Donato
  194. OpenX – Scott Switzer
  195. Organic India – Bharat Mitra
  196. Philosopher's Notes – Brian Johnson
  197. PhoneTag – James Siminoff
  198. PhotoJoJo – Amit Gupta
  199. PlanetC1 – Chiropractor Michael Dorausch
  200. Plastered T-shirts – Dominic Johnson-Hill
  201. PleaseDressMe – AJ Vaynerchuk
  202. Posterous – Sachin Agarwal
  203. PostSecret – Frank Warren
  204. Pownce – Leah Culver
  205. ProBlogger – Darren Rowse
  206. Pyramid Digital Solutions – Dharmesh Shah
  207. Qtask – Baron Reichart Von Wolfsheild
  208. RedBalloon – Naomi Simson
  209. Reddit – Alexis Ohanian
  210. Revenue Enhancement Group – David Shteif
  211. Revere Strategy Group – Randy Skoglund & Curt Mercadante
  212. Richman Chemicals – Ed Richman
  213. Robert Scoble
  214. Robot Genius – Stephen Hsu
  215. RotoHog – Kelly Perdew
  216. Rubicon Project – Kara Weber
  217. Rubicon Project – Nicole Jordan
  218. SafeWeb – Stephen Hsu
  219. Schaaf Consulting – Brook Schaaf
  220. Scrabulous – Jayant Agarwalla
  221. Sean Percival
  222. SearchForecast – Marc Phillips
  223. Secret Language of Leadership – Stephen Denning
  224. Seesmic – Loic Le Meur
  225. SEObook – Aaron Wall
  226. Shoemoney – Jeremy Schoemaker
  227. Shufflebrain – Amy Jo Kim
  228. SID LEE – Bertrand Cesvet
  229. SitePoint – Matt Mickiewicz
  230. SitterCity – Genevieve Thiers
  231. skinnyCorp – Jeffrey Kalmikoff
  232. SkinnySongs – Heidi Roizen
  233. Smart Bear Software – Jason Cohen
  234. So What? – Mark Magnacca
  235. Solid Cactus – Scott Sanfilippo
  236. Spreadsong – Colin Plamondon
  237. Squidoo – Seth Godin (how to ask)
  238. Squidoo – Seth Godin (how to produce)
  239. Stack Exchange – Joel Spolsky
  240. Start with NO – Jim Champ
  241. Start with Why – Simon Sinek
  242. Stealing MySpace – Julia Angwin
  243. StockTwits – Howard Lindzon
  244. StockTwits – Howard Lindzon v.2.
  245. StubHub – Jeffrey Fluhr
  246. Sunshine Suites – Cheni Yerushalmi
  247. SuperSig – Mark Jeffrey
  248. Sway – Ori Brafman
  249. Talk Like a Pirate Day – John Baur & Mark Summers
  250. TechStars incubator – David Cohen
  251. Teens in Tech Networks – Daniel Brusilovsky
  252. TerraCycle – Tom Szaky
  253. Tetris – Henk Rogers
  254. The Funded – Adeo Ressi
  255. The survivor – Yossi Ghinsberg
  256. The Whuffie Factor – Tara Hunt
  257. ThisNext – Mateo Gutierrez
  258. Threadless – Jeffrey Kalmikoff
  259. Thrillist – Ben Lerer
  260. TicketMaster - Sean Moriarty
  261. Timothy Sykes
  262. TNS Sorensen – Herb Sorensen
  263. ToolsToLife – Devlyn Steele
  264. TraderInterviews – Tim Bourquin
  265. Tribal Leadership – John King
  266. Tsavo – Mike Jones
  267. Turan Corporation – Robert P Smith
  268. TWiT – Leo Laporte
  269. Twitpic – Noah Everett
  270. Union Square Ventures – Fred Wilson
  271. Unique Blog Designs – Josh Mullineaux
  272. University of the People – Shai Reshef
  273. userplane – Michael Jones
  274. UserVoice – Marcus Nelson
  275. VaynerMedia – AJ Vaynerchuk
  276. VendrTv – Daniel Delaney
  277. Venrock Venture – David Pakman
  278. Venture Voice – Gregory Galant
  279. Viajar – Juan Dominguez
  280. Viralogy – Jun Loayza
  281. VoodooPC – Rahul Sood
  282. W Media Ventures – Boris Wertz
  283. WebCentral – Lloyd Ernst
  284. Webmail.us – Pat Matthews
  285. WeGame – Jared Kim
  286. WhitePages – Alex Algard
  287. Who's Got Your Back – Max Alexander
  288. Wikipedia – Jimmy Wales
  289. William Fernandez
  290. Wine Library TV – Gary Vaynerchuk
  291. WonderHowTo – Stephen Chao
  292. WooThemes – Adriaan "Adii" Pienaar
  293. WordPress – Matt Mullenweg
  294. Wufoo – Kevin Hale
  295. Xero – Rod Drury
  296. Y Combinator – Paul Graham
  297. Y Combinator - Jessica Livingston
  298. Yahoo! TV WHAT’S SO FUNNY – Shira Lazar
  299. Yahoo’s SEO – Tony Adam
  300. YSN (Your Success Network) - Jennifer Kushell
  301. YourVersion – Dan Olsen
  302. Zango – Keith Smith
  303. Zappos – Tony Hsieh
  304. Zoho – Sridhar Vembu

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