I enter the ring with Empire Flippers founder Justin Cooke

Justin Cooke, Empire Flippers, Failure, Marketplace, Mixergy Fan, Outsourcing, Sell Your Business

Today’s guest is Justin Cooke, the founder of a marketplace where people go and buy and sell websites.

I spent 25 minutes talking to people in his industry to make sure that he wasn’t just a nice guy who happens to have been a long-term Mixergy listener who is going to take advantage of me. And I got some stuff. I have some things I want to talk to him about, nothing especially shocking, but I want to make sure there isn’t anything underneath that would mean he shouldn’t really be on Mixergy.

This interview is going to be about how his company, Empire Flippers, came to be. I also want to know what Justin and his cofounder were doing before, how they failed, and closed up a company.

Justin Cooke

Empire Flippers

Justin Cooke is the founder of Empire Flippers, a marketplace where people go and buy and sell websites.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner and I’m someone who hates being late. And I’m 25 minutes late to start this interview. And the reason for that is I want to make sure that my interviews aren’t just me hanging out here with the guest saying, “Hey, I don’t know anything about you. You tell me and the audience and I will learn together.” I want to do some research. I want to make sure that I’m not missing something, that on one is using my interview as a way to gain popularity for something that is underneath the surface, a scam.

So Justin Cooke, my guest, I’ll tell you as I tell the audience, I spent 25 minutes talking to people about you who are in your industry to make sure that this wasn’t like–that you’re not just a nice guy who happens to have been a long-term Mixergy listener who now is going to get to take advantage of me. I’ve got some stuff. I’ve told you before that I...

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