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If you’ve been a long-time listener you might have heard me complain about my education. So much so that a guest at one time told me to stop. But I still think there should be a better way. Another person who feels that way is Elon Musk. He hired someone to create a whole new curriculum...

I was really reluctant to have today’s guest on Mixergy because at first it seemed outside of our scope. Nick Bolton is the founder of Animas, a school for life coaches. What I discovered after looking deeper into his story is that he encountered many challenges that we all face in our...

Anyone who has tried to manage their own social media marketing calendar knows what a pain in the neck it is. Today’s guest felt that problem personally and set out to solve it. Thibaud Clement is the founder of Loomly, a brand success platform.

Joining me is a former NFL star. He’s here because he realized something that I realized years ago: it is so hard to sell content online to an your audience. Well, instead of patching together different solutions like I’ve done for a decade, he created a solution. Drew Storjny is the...

Today’s guests became minted on the internet in a time before Google. Beyond that he survived several crashes, sold and bought back his company and so much more. It’s a crazy story. We’ll find out how he did it. Jon Waterman is the founder of Ad.net which enables online...

Today’s guest had an idea that I freaking love. It’s one thing to buy a meaningful gift for one person that you know really well, but how do you give gifts to hundreds of people and have that same affect? It seems like a problem that can’t really be solved with technology but...

Just when you thought there was no room for yet another recruiting company, in walks today’s guest who built not one but two solutions for the space. And he was able to do that without writing any code in the beginning. We’ll find out how in this interview. George Carollo is the...

Joining me is an entrepreneur whose story I had read about. He built his company up to $25M but something happened and revenue went down to zero. The story doesn’t end there. He built the company back up, sold it to WeWork and wait until you hear what happened next. Seth Besmertnik is...

When I talked to today’s guest before we got started, he told me about some of the difficulties that he had starting a business. There was one word he used that described how he did it: ambition. We’ll talk about what that means in this interview. Santi Bibiloni is the founder of...

Joining me is yet another entrepreneur who got into marketing automation software. I’m going to ask him if thinks someone getting into the space today could still have a viable business. Sean Leonard is the founder of JumpDemand, a customer acquisition automation system.

Joining me is someone whose software you’ve probably interacted with. Maybe you were frustrated by it. Maybe you admired it. Maybe it was a combination of both. I’m about to take you behind the scenes of the business behind it. Guillaume Moubeche is the co-founder of Lemlist which...

Andy Bilinsky is the co-founder of Lensabl, which offers vision benefit plans and online prescriptions. I want to find out how his time at HauteLook inspired him to launch an eyewear brand and leveraged the growth enabled by flash sale sites. But flash sale sites trended down right as Warby...

For years, I’ve used the software that today’s guest created. A lot of companies claim that they are powered by AI. This company is actually using it. Oli Gardner is the founder of Unbounce, which allows you to create landing pages without coding.

Today I have two guests who have tried for years to solve problems they ran across but they didn’t know how to sell. Well, after going through the wedding ring shopping experience, they found a pain so obvious that they knew it would sell itself. John Ruggiero and Michelle Luchese are...

Today’s guest and his co-founder were all rejected from YC with earlier ideas. Eventually they got together and came up with the idea for SMS marketing for Shopify stores. That idea got them into YC and eventually $40m in funding. I want to find out how he did it. Alex Beller is the...

Today’s guest sold his company for $2,000,000,000. But he didn’t stop after the exit. He went on to build several other companies including Lola and Moonbeam. I want to find out how he did it. Joining me is Paul English, the founder of Kayak, the online travel agency and metasearch...

Especially after COVID, people began taking remote learning seriously. Today I invited an entrepreneur who was ahead of this trend. Vivian Shen is the co-founder of Juni Learning, online coding classes for kids. I want to find out about not only the impact of COVID on her business but also the...

I can’t believe that the solution today’s guest came up with didn’t already exist. You can hire a remote developer; you can hire a remote EA; so why couldn’t you hire a remote sales person? Lavie Popack is the founder of Overpass, which allows you to hire and manage a...

For years I’ve been wanting to write a book but I could never sit still long enough to write it. I even tried to hire somebody to sit and write with me. It was too awkward to write together. I tried to hire someone to write for me. I didn’t like their writing. Finally, over COVID, I...

Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could know ahead of time if a new hire would do well in their role? Well, today’s guest is trying to solve that problem. Omer Molad is the founder of Vervoe, which predicts job performance using skills assessments that showcase the talent of every...