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Reset SearchThe risk and reward of chat as a platform
I’ve been noticing that there’s a new platform and the new platform is chat. And today’s guest is a guy who said, “This is the perfect platform for what I have in mind,” which is a way for two people to connect with each other based on their interest or...
What is it like to become a first-time software founder?
We read a lot about entrepreneurs who are building SaaS companies and Ethan is someone who said, “I’m going to jump in and try it out.”
Ethan Sigmon is the founder of SocialInsight.io, a software that helps you manage your Instagram marketing.
I want to talk to him about what...
The bleeding edge of content creation and promotion
You are about to hear from an entrepreneur who is creating the next generation of monsters. Jack Davis is the founder of Crypt TV, which creates monster stories that change culture and bring the world closer together.
They’re creating the next generation of monsters. They just happen to be...
How 50 Cent, KISS, and Aerosmith are using Messenger marketing
I am so frickin’ fascinated by chatbots and it’s because I recognized that reaching my audience via email was a losing proposition. No matter how much effort we were putting into better headlines, better copy, whatever, people just don’t love email.
The benefit of Messenger is...
How a digital agency found its niche in crowdfunding
One thing I’ve noticed is that when there’s a shift in the world of technology, new players come in and really grow fast. One shift I’ve seen in online sales is crowdfunding.
People aren’t creating products, putting them in stores and hoping that the products sell. They are getting...
The parts of entrepreneurship no one wants to talk about
Before we started, I was talking today’s guest about how so many entrepreneurs, even close friends of mine, will just hide whenever something goes wrong and not talk about it. As a result, we get this impression that everyone is doing well because when they’re not doing well we...
How to create a brand (Not just a product)
It used to be really hard to create a brand. But I’m seeing now with Instagram and other social media platforms businesses are able to do it.
That’s what today’s guest has done. Rachael McCrary is the founder of Jewel Toned, a lingerie and shapeware company.
I want to know how she...
How to increase conversions with quizzes
Today’s guest is Jeremy Ellens. He is the founder of LeadQuizzes, which helps you generate leads and sales using quizzes. He found a product that he wanted to build and a lot of services companies that try to build products fail, but he succeeded. He actually made it work. This product is...
SunFrog, the $100M dollar, bootstrapped t-shirt platform
I’m involved in the tech world and I have never heard of today’s guest or his company. I was a little doubtful when I saw my team’s research. I said, “How can a company this big exist and I haven’t heard about them?”
He’s had no outside funding as far...
How to bootstrap from a Tier-2 city in India
Today I have an interview with an entrepreneur whose revenues are not as high as the others I’ve interviewed. But to me this interview is more important than the others and here’s why…
Just by living in San Francisco I have access to phenomenal entrepreneurs but if I only...
How Influenster is on pace to hit $18M seven years after launch
How did a review site grow so fast that it will hit $18M seven years after launching?
Elizabeth Scherle and Aydin Acar are the founders of Influenster which is an app that has millions of product reviews that allow people to like learn and talk about products.
Influenster had $11M in revenue in...
How Tim Fargo created the ultimate lifestyle business with Social Jukebox
How did Tim Fargo create the ultimate lifestyle business with Social Jukebox?
Tim Fargo is the Founder of Social Jukebox which is an automated social network management tool.
Tim Fargo launched Social Jukebox coming off the heels of his previous company being acquired and has already hit 6...
How this Mixergy listener launched a company that made over $1M the first year
How did a Mixergy listener launch his company and generate over $1M in revenue the first year?
Justin Hartzman is the the founder of Needls, a robo social media advertising agency that creates 50 – 500 ads in real time and posts the ads for your business.
Needls was launched in April 2016...
The future of chat (and interacting with your customers)
About a year ago I realized that no matter how much effort we’ve put into my email list, I could never double the response rate. We kept growing it, but people were not using email much.
So I started looking around for solutions and I started looking at bots. Bots are basically software...
Case Study: Chat bot grows sales
Wait till you see how Ezra Firestone uses chat bots to get real sales for his cosmetics company, Boom by Cindy Joseph.
How a direct-to-customer brand competes with Amazon
Ecommerce and direct to customer opportunities have made it possible for companies to build things and sell things we couldn’t have done before the earliest days of the Internet. That’s why I’m excited to bring on today’s guest.
Josh Meyer founded a men’s brand, a...
The story behind the company that built TechCrunch’s bot
I am obsessed with chatbots so the last time I had today’s guest on I asked him about chatbots instead of about his company.
We even disagreed about the future of chatbots.
But today I want to get into how he built his platform, Chatfuel. It’s the most popular platform for creating...
A conversation with Noah Kagan
Today I have my friend here whose company I really admire and whose company has become ubiquitous.
I remember when Noah Kagan first created a tool for Sumo I was excited and put it on my site. But I didn’t like it and I didn’t tell him why.
But he continued to build the business and I want...
Why you don’t need a million dollar idea to leave corporate life
Today we’re talking to an entrepreneur who built a business helping bloggers get more readers.
Dino Dogan is the co-founder of Triberr, which enables content creators to get more shares.
More recently he bought MadeInNYC.com, a science lab to run business projects. It’s a virtual incubator...
The model for building a business on social media
I don’t think in 1000+ interviews I’ve seen someone use social media as well as today’s guests.
These guys built up their business using influencers. That’s what they’re good at and it’s how they bootstrapped their business.
I invited them here to talk about how they did it. Nik...