The Mixergy Media Kit
Andrew’s Bio
Andrew Warner is the founder of Mixergy, a site where proven tech founders teach entrepreneurship. Andrew has recorded over 801 interviews with founders of companies like Sun Microsystems, Pixar, Groupon & Linkedin. Mixergy has also produced over 87 tactic-driven courses which are taught by founders in their specific area of expertise.
In his twenties, Andrew used credit cards & J Crew refunds to create a $35+ million per year internet business. At one point, the site ranked #19 online in terms of total traffic. In 2003, Andrew sold the company. However, it was never about the money for Andrew. The venture left him proud & exhausted. But he was still hungry — Hungry to learn how his heroes built companies that changed the world. Out of this quest for excellence, Mixergy.com emerged.
Photographs of Andrew & Mixergy Logos
For a high quality image of the Mixergy logo — click here: https://mixergy.com/logo/
Possible Interview Topics
– Don’t be a wuss and start charging
– How Mixergy.com interviews the biggest names in tech
– How to systemize production & increase revenue
– What do you gain from giving more
– How to manage outsourcing effectively
Social Media Links
– http://www.facebook.com/AndrewWarner
The Mixergy Story
Starting Mixergy
In 2004, I began work on one of my dreams: becoming like the mentors who infected me with passion for business and taught me how to build my company. So, I started speaking at colleges and scheduling one-on-sessions with people who wanted my help. But, that just wasn’t enough.
Around that time, Howard Dean’s presidential campaign kicked into full-gear and even though he came out of nowhere — he quickly developed a massive following. Local meetups seemed to be a key part of his success. So I copied his idea with a focus on local entrepreneurs. I called my events “Mixergy,” a combination of the words “mixer” and “energy.”
Mixergy fails
From the start, the events were a hit, but I got distracted. I became obsessed with building an online invitation app to manage the events. I spent thousands of dollars trying to develop the right invitation. Then tens of thousands. Eventually, I was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of my own money on a system that wasn’t even part of the main mission.
So I admitted failure and re-focused on the events.
Mixergy is reborn
Then I discovered interviewing. Smart people were coming to my events and I wanted the rest of the world to meet and learn from them. So I did interviews and posted them online. I quickly learned that I loved learning directly from founders and asking tough questions. The flood of thankful emails confirmed that I was onto something truly valuable.
What Mixergy is today
Today Mixergy is a place where successful people teach ambitious upstarts.
The people who speak on this web site or at live Mixergy events are businesspeople who take time out of their schedules to help teach others what they learned along the way — people like Jimmy Wales, Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki & Paul Graham.