Hi all! Welcome to the 177th episode of The Solopreneur Hour. Today we're chatting about my last day in the Bay area, which was fantastic.  I also caught up with an old friend, watched a VERY exciting baseball game which sent the San Francisco Giants to the World Series, and then had lunch right across from Twitter! Now I'm staying with my brother, and on my way back home to San Diego tomorrow.

Today I give you a download of what it was like to be on Creative Live, a behind the scenes scoop.  (It's still replaying now, for free here, until the end of the weekend).  And I also talk about how to deal with haters, what's happening with IsaLab, then busted into your questions!

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Now let's get into your questions. If you want your question answered on a show (and I'll answer anything from cars to business to music to relationships) join us on Facebook at the Proudly Unemployable group, right here. Look for my post on Thursday and then post your question there; I'll answer it on the next Q&A show!

Without further adieu...

Lara Loest

If you could listen to just one band (or musician) for the rest of your life who would it be and why?

Thom Singer 

If you could be on any one podcast..... whose show would you want to be on???

Bob Nolley

If you were starting SoloHour today, what would you do differently? Approach, gear, promotion, anything...

Rey Brown 

What's up buddy, follow me on this one... Of the 10 podcast in iTunes I think only 1 of them are purely interview based (Fresh Air Podcast @ #9). Why do you think this is? To a certain extinct I think we (myself included) use interviewing as a crutch when our audience wants to hear us. It's like when your favorite artist release a new LP and over half of the songs have features "I DIDNT BUY YOUR ALBUM TO HEAR EVERYONE ELSE, I BOUGHT IT TO HEAR YOU!!!" Am I off base with this thinking? Thanks man and I can definitely vouch for you with picking up tabs, you did SoloLab right in Dallas.

Rey Brown 

I copied and pasted that ? From last week. I think I submitted it too late

Bob Nolley 

I think interviewing is an art that few have mastered...Terry Gross at Fresh Air is the only one in the Top Ten...that says something.

Lara Loest 

And I'd like to know more about your experience at Creative Live - give us the details on it.

Jessica Shaanan 

If you had to figure out a way to innovate your business quickly, is there anything specific you do to “get in the zone” of your own creativity? What resources do you tap into; new and old? Ie: books, lessons, people… Let’s say you have 7-10 days, a web/service/social media based biz like many SPH listeners, and some but not a ton of extra cash....

Dwain Scott 

On my podcast it is me and a co host Van Shumake we then bring a guest on so we do a three way call on Skype. The two on skype are getting an echo hearing themselves the way my current set up is so when recording I use my computer mic for them to hear me and record through my mixer using my mic.  Is there a better set up to prevent them from hearing themselves echo?

Christy Haussler 

Got any magic tricks for getting people to agree to be interviewed on a podcast? I cover local business and local business owners seem to shy away from any spotlight and don't answering questions about their business.

Jack W Warren 

Football time! With the proliferation of a pass-happy NFL (and the rules that now make it that way), could you foresee any situation in which a team could build an offense around the run like the Bears did with Walter Payton in the 80's?

Jace Jacobs 

Hi Dwain, I'm just a newbie but if you google mix minus set up you should see a way to set up your cables between your mixer and your computer so you can...