By Andrew Warner
Business tips for startups by proven entrepreneurs
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Jason Hirshman is the founder of Uncountable, which helps R&D; scientists with comprehensive data management system the whole team can work in. That might sound like a complicated solution but in this interview you’ll find out that he got traction quickly...
I remember Noah Kagan telling me that he would get on Skype to get feedback from early customers. That idea stuck with me but even then it didn’t seem scalable. Well, today’s guest agrees with that. So he created a platform...
Today I’m catching up with Jesse Pujji, the founder of Ampush. When we first talked to him in 2011, Ampush was doing $1M a month. I want to find out how big he grew it and what he’s doing now. ...
Today’s guest has built a $100M dollars in revenue company but it didn’t happen overnight. I want to find out how he he got here. Oscar Hoglund is the founder of Epidemic Sound, which provides Premium Music for content creators. Oscar...
Today’s guest noticed a problem that I’ve noticed for years. I want to find out how he was able to make the solution work when so many others have failed. Ruben Flores-Martinez is the founder of Cashdrop, which allows merchants to...
It seems like everyone is in the creator economy now. So much so that sometimes I wonder if I’m still in the right space. Well, today’s guest has a different outlook and I want to find out why. Dave Nemetz...
If you were on my site in 2015 and tried to leave it, a pop up that Tom Cruz created would have sprung up to convince you to join my email list and buy a membership. It worked beautifully, so why...
Today’s guest was trying to solve a problem that so many companies have gone after but failed. I want to find out what he did to make it work with his company, Horatio. Jose Herrera is the founder of Horatio, a...
Today’s guest found a set of customers who had a really specific problem. So he created a company to solve it for them. The idea was so good that it was funded by Andreessen Horowitz. I want to find out...
I have so much I want to get out of this interview personally. Victoria Ransom is the co-founder of Prisma, a full-time virtual educational program for kids grades 4-8 that fully replaces regular school and is a low lift for parents. I want to find...
My guest today has created a much more modern solution for podcasters. I wish his company had been around when I started Mixergy over 10 years ago. I invited him here to talk about why he chose to build a...
Today I’m talking to Sahil Lavingia about his book, The Minimalist Entrepreneur, How Great Founders Do More with Less. Sahil Lavingia is the author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur, How Great Founders Do More with Less. Sponsored by Sendinblue – Sendinblue is the...
Today’s guest told our producer he knows he’s not building anything earth-shattering. He’s making safe moves. But here’s the thing: he’s still creating value. I want to find out how he’s doing it. Kenny Schumacher is the founder of Delesign, a...
I’m talking to Ray Hein today. I want to find out how he bounced back from the failure of his first company. It was a good idea and one that he invested $1M of his own money into. I want to...
My guest today is Omair Tariq, the founder of Cart.com. He says it’s the world’s first end-to-end e-commerce platform and he’s going up against Amazon and Shopify right out of the gate. I don’t know why he’s taking them on but...
Today’s guest had an impressive career at McKinsey before becoming an entrepreneur. In this interview, I want to find out how he used what he learned at that company to build his own company. Jeremy King is the founder of...
Today’s guest is up against a daunting task. Mark Weinstein is the creator of MeWe, an alternative social network to Facebook. It’s alternative in many ways. They don’t run ads, they don’t censor, the use no algorithms. I’m curious how he’s...
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Joining me is an entrepreneur who is out to make the internet safer for kids. There are so many brands out there who want to reach a young audience but they have to do it in a safe way. That’s...
Today I have a bootstrapper who entered a crowded market but some how he’s making it work. I want to find out how he did it. Michael Martocci is the founder of SwagUp, an API-first platform to create, automate, and distribute...
I almost cancelled today’s interview with Wil Schroter because on the way to the office I was feeling all the weight of burnout. So instead of talking about Startups.com, the company will built, I’m going to talk to him about this. ...
My guest today has been in the parking industry for forty years. Instead of just doing the same thing–which was working–he decided to bring innovation and technology to what he calls a “grudge purchase.” I want to find out how he...
As someone who loves whiskey, I know that most purchase decisions come down to marketing and how the bottle looks. Well, today’s guest noticed that too–particularly in the wine industry. So she created a solution to demystify taste and help...
Testimonials are a thing that a lot of businesses are looking for. The problem is that most of them are boring, unclear, and unconvincing. Today’s guest is trying to fix that. Sam Shepler is the founder of Testimonial Hero, a B2B customer...
Today’s guest is solving a problem that I totally understand. But it’s not an easy problem to address at scale. I want to find out how he’s doing it. Omer Glass is the founder of GrowthSpace, which creates personalized...
Joining me is someone who told me this idea they had about buying, building, and selling multiple underdeveloped content side. At the time, I wasn’t sure it was a good idea because it felt like spreading spreading oneself too thin....
Today’s guest is doing $6M ARR selling freaking air fresheners. Seriously, just a better replacement for those little trees that hang from the rearview mirror. He says selling a fragrance over the internet is the world’s worse elevator pitch but I...
Rahul Aggarwal is the founder of Desighill, a creative marketplace for businesses and individuals. He built it and is running it from India even through only a small percentage of their customer base is represented there. I want to find out...
I haven’t talked about this much but I have a new book coming out in October. The book is full of conversation techniques I’ve learned after 14 years and 2,000 interviews. The book is called Stop Asking Questions. I was interviewed...
Alice Default is the co-founder of Double, which connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants and delegation tools. I want to find out why she went from building software to building a service company. Alice Default is the co-founder of...
Joining me today is an entrepreneur who had a business that suffered of COVID closures in the restaurant space. So he rebounded with an idea that I think most people expected to fail. I want to find out why he hasn’t. Vitaly...
Joining me as an entrepreneur who took on the cloud at a time when people were not as enthused about it as I would have expected them to be. And so he looked around and realized that there’s a world of...
I can’t believe that today’s founder created a company that’s in my world, in my space, and I didn’t know it existed. It’s a fantastically successful company with a model that just makes sense. How did I not know that it...
Today’s guest figured out that distributing streaming video is becoming more complicate, not less complicated. So he created a way to make it easier for developers. Jon Dahl is the founder of Mux, an API that enables developers to build unique...
One of the things that new entrepreneurs keep looking for is how to get a technical co-founder. They have an idea but they need somebody to partner with to actually build it. Well, joining me is someone who essentially is...
My guest today is someone who came up with a counter-intuitive product that I think a lot of people in my audience can probably really relate to. There comes a point in your life when you’ve got kids, you’re running...
I know so many founders who have had tax compliance issues that drove them crazy. Well, today’s guest has a solution for that. We’ll talk about that and the other insanely companies he’s built. Scott McFarlane is the founder Avalara,...
Joining me is someone I’ve known for years and watched as he struggled with challenges with his business. But I also saw how committed he was. He’s here to talk about what that was like and how he pulled himself out...
Today I’m talking to two co-founders about this unbelievable service they have created. It’s a fascinating model solving a very specific pain point for a very specific group of people. I’ll ask them about it all in this interview. Erik Rico and...
Today’s guest is solving such a pain for anyone who has ever tried to make a transaction using cryptocurrency. I would have guessed that he was backed by huge VCs based on the product he’s built but it turns out...
Nobody thought the old game of chess could turn into a real business in a world with internet. Frankly, there was a time when Erik Allebest, Chess.com’s founder, didn’t think it would and even tried turning his attention to a...
Today I’m talking to Kara Goldin, the founder of Hint, a flavored water I see all over San Francisco. I invited her here to talk about how she built up the business and a large part of this interview is based...
If you’re an entrepreneur who had an idea for a physical product but is overwhelmed by the idea of bringing it to life, you need this interview. John McEleney is the founder of Onshape, a Software-as-a-Service product development platform. John McEleney...
My guest today is someone who comes off humble but I’m here to challenge him on that. I think it’s an act. We’ll find out in this interview. Andrew Gazdecki is the founder of MicroAcquire which lists startups with $500,000 ARR...
Today’s guest was not the type of person who was selling candy as a kid because he was so entrepreneurial. But he did really care about health–particularly mental health. So Steve Lee and his brother built a mindfulness app called...
Today’s guest created a car wash company that I am so freaking fascinated by. He took an old business model and was able to incorporate a membership component to it. Well, that business led to an experiment that gave him...
My guest today couldn’t understand why the research industry wasn’t catching up to the technology of, say, the advertising industry. So he decided to do something about it. Patrick Comer is the founder of Luc.id, which helps companies make data-driven...
Today’s guest is someone who got $250K in credit card debt while trying to build his first business. In this interview, you’ll hear how his stubbornness got him out of that situation and into back-to-back multi-million dollar e-commerce businesses. Today, Jeff Sawyer...
Today’s guest is someone who was new the US but had a great job and was making good money. So imagine how surprised and embarrassed he was when he was turned down for a Costco credit card when shopping with...
It’s been said that the best businesses ideas are just replacements for spreadsheets. Well, that’s what today’s guest figured out after the failure of his first business. Raj Sheth is the founder of Recruiterbox, applicant tracking software. I’ll find out how he...