Welcome to the 180th edition of The Solopreneur Hour! Today is our usual Friday Q&A; you drop the Q's and I come back with the A's. If you want to be part of the fun and have your question answered on a show then 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 episode.

In addition to your questions, today we talk about my birthday celebrations (which is this Sunday), an update on my Porsche project and some recent reviews on iTunes. Listen in to hear if I give you a shout out!

Speaking of the show, let's get to it...

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Brandee Sweesy

How did you become so stylish?

Van Shumake Jr.

If you could have 1 superpower.....that's only allowed to be used once, what would it be

Alex Kiziah 

Which of the Avengers would you rather be?

Damian Taafemcmenamy 

I am heading off to my first conference, the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum in Chicago and I could use some pointers. What are your top ways to get an interview at a conference? Feel free to share any other conference tips! Thanks, love the show and Sololab!

Michael Young 

What do you consider to be harder? Making use of 373 items on stage including all kinds of exotic percussion instruments with long, intricate passages in odd time signatures a la Neil Peart or beating the crap out 5 pieces and making it sound like a monster kit e.g. Bill Ward in the early days of Black Sabbath.

 

Brent Danis

How much equity do you give the tech partner who you brought on after the idea was created?

Timothy Dwight Moser

Response for Damian: Connect with some people BEFORE getting to the conference, and hang out with them throughout. Paradoxically, you'll meet more people outside your group if you do. Going to NMX with FireNation Elite and going to Podcast Movement with SoloLab completely changed the experience for me. It's good to have a group.

Demetrio Flores 

I developed a product that only targets the Off Road community and have setup a website and a Facebook page. I've been marketing and increase my friends as much as possible but I won't be ready to sell until December/January.

Do you think that by marketing now I will lose interest of the ppl who are asking to buy it now? I lead them to my website where when they click the "buy now" button it will ask for their contact info so that I at least have a list of contacts that are interested in buying my product.

Claudio Quezada 

So I've started a couple podcasts for fun, but I'm ready to take the next step and put all my effort into one with awesome quality. I've been using the ATR 2100 (USB/XLR) using the USB, but I want to start using the XLR. Would a zoom be enough or should I get a mixer too? I'm confused as to how exactly it all works. Can I just get a mixer?

Also will the ATR 2100 be good enough for bomb ass quality? I don't really want a Heil PR40 type mic because of the universatility. I'm trying to do some #Planecasts and such.

And of course thanks so much. Love the show!! Keep it up, these q and a's are awesome.

Mikel Billstrom

How do you decide between being 100% authentic and being professional enough to attract sponsors etc.. This is something I keep going back and forth with...In real like when my guard is down Im a smart ass who swears here and there.. nothing crazy but I like to have relaxed conversations... BUT I keep restraining myself fearing I might ruin sponsor opportunities...

 

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