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, [...]
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 [...]
The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download here. A few lessons from this program (You can also see this video on YouTube.) Ever notice how dot-com CEOs keep getting excited about cool features, but hardly ever mention sales? You can learn a lot about the power of persistence and salesmanship from [...]
When I built Bradford & Reed with my brother Michael, we didn’t have outside funding and we had no prospect of getting it. So we hustled our asses off. As you can see from this video, even the company’s name was designed to give us an edge. We knew that calling the company Bradford & [...]
Watch me edit, step-by-step: See the finished video: Other tools I use: I do almost all my work in ScreenFlow. That’s the program you see me using in the video above. It’s made for video and screen capture, but I swear by it as an editing program too. (Thank you Janet and Jeneane of Telestream [...]
Imagine having a mix of experienced businesspeople mentoring you. That's my mission with Mixergy.com. I'm Andrew Warner. In my 20s, with no outside funding, I co-founded a business that reached $30+ mil in annual sales. This is the site I wish I had. Read More....
