Collin Slattery was a nerd. He started out playing card games like magic the gathering. Until someone approached about playing some poker. He was underage, and gambling was illegal.

But he wanted to make money.

Today we talk about his crazy journey from amateur to mayoral candidate to successful entrepreneur.

Colin's story is fascinating.

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Joy Mangano was a divorced mother of two kids when she had the idea that would make her a billion dollars.

She invented a mop.

The Miracle Mop changed her life.

She's successfully started multiple businesses, had a movie made about her starring Jennifer Lawrence, and worked with countless celebrities.

Now she's doing it again with a famous rapper. Selling, of all things, a cleaning spray.

In this episode we get into what you don't know about the products you clean your house with, Joy's incredible story, and how she got involved with Mr. Worldwide.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:25 What's wrong with the way I clean?

19:00 My Mom: The Best Female Inventor Of Our Time

39:43 The Woman Behind Serena Williams, Keith Urban, Paula Abdul, and Pitbull

50:30 What's Next

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Ashwinn Kirashwammy KNOWS how to go viral on TikTok and Instagram. He's a content creator who makes a full time income and supports his business with his videos. But 18 months ago he had zero followers. Let's talk about how he goes viral on command.

Today he has nearly 500k followers making content about branding and packaging (super niche).

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Intro

00:57 My school struggles

03:00 My parents and money

05:30 Banking vs startups

12:45 Starting a social media app

24:45 How I started an agency

27:40 BS advice to our younger selves

33:57 How I got into making videos

37:40 Consistency doesn't matter

39:50 The viral video framework

43:31 One hack for more views

47:49 Rebranding Apple - "The anti-device device"

53:00 Doritos x Carrot Top collab

54:00 Red Bull x Tom Cruise collab

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Today I'm talking to Dan Trepanier, the Founder of Articles of Style.

Dan started out blogging about fashion and flipping clothing on eBay. He grew that into a legit business. I sat down with him to talk about how he did it and why the way we dress is so important.

Chapters

0:00 - F*@& Everybody

0:32 - The Clothes Make the Man

8:45 - Early Life & Inspirations

21:41 - College Life as an Athlete

27:15 - Beginning a Career in Fashion by eBay Hustling

35:13 - Blogging as a Tailor via a Wall Street Recommendation

38:32 - Leveraging a Personal Brand to a Successful Ecom Business

46:32 - Scaling the Business

52:21 - You are NOT Steve Jobs, Don’t Dress Like Him

54:03 - Current Business Strategy

57:07 - Final Thoughts

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Today's guest is Jackson Blackledge. If you want to make money online - you will want to watch this. This man is living proof that anyone can do it. 

Things will take 3-4 times longer than you think. 

Jackson got ZERO customers in his business for 20 months. 

Today's guest started out as an electrician, with very little money. But he wanted money.

He wanted to start his own business. 

He learned a skill and started an agency.

And he got no customers. In fact, it took him nearly two years to get ONE PERSON to pay him for his services. 

Today he does $300k/month. 

With quite a bit of profit. 

He's built a twitter following of nearly 60,000 people and he has people banging down his door to work with him. 

Shit takes time. 

This is his story. 

Chapters: 

00:00 Reading Guest Tweets

01:00 Stop Watching Gurus

08:19 Failing, Nearly Quitting, Childhood, and Being an Electrician

22:10 Getting Traction

28:21 From $0 to $10k to $100k to $1M per month

40:25 What I Do With Money

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Cardinal Mason is back and we're doing a problem solver episode. 

Today we're digging into my personal brand. We're talking about building a business around a personal brand. Building the right audience. And some of the lesser-known tactics like buying engagement to increase your reach on social media.

Chapters

00:00 "I Buy Shoutouts" 

00:20 The Problem Solver Format

01:15 Our Problems

15:44 How Can I Create a Business With My Content

30:00 Buying Engagement

32:24 The Offer

46:20 Mason Builds My Business For Me

53:35 Getting Sales People to Work Harder

1:03:15 Buh Bye Now

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Another problem solver episode comin' at ya.

Youtube strategy for business is hard.

Do you want to have a big YouTube channel with millions of subscribers that and gets hundreds of millions of views?

Have you ever wondered how to use YouTube to make money for a niche business? 

That's exactly what we're talking about on today's episode of the pod.

Bryan is the founder of a successful agency. 

He wants to know how to use YouTube to drive business while still making videos that will get views.

Chapters

00:00 Who is Bryan

00:39 Explaining This Video

01:25 The Problems

15:15 Bryan's Content Strategy

18:30 Content Circles

29:54 Video Ideas

32:20 Formats

37:25 Managing Time

40:50 The Twitter & Short Form Hack

42:27 Using YT to Get Leads

44:45 Views vs Cash

51:54 Where to Find Bryan

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Triple Whale presents Whale Informed. This week, John and Ethan discuss:

🧟 Liquid Death Raises Money

📊 Ecommerce Advertising Trends

🏴‍☠️ Temu Treasures

+ more.

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The Whalies

Get Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/triplewhale/1107201

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:59 Liquid Death Raises Money

06:04 DUDE Wipes’ Scoop

09:11 “Trends” by Triple Whale

12:46 Is TikTok Facing a Ban in the U.S.?

18:14 Bonobos Does a Golf No-No

22:05 Temu Treasures: Intro

23:03 Temu Treasures: Ethan’s Pick

25:28 Temu Treasures: John’s Pick

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At 15 Years Old Jason Wong was a Cook in his mother's Chinese restaurant.

He went from meme pages to millions of followers to an ecommerce product drop to a successful exit to the fastest growing brand on TikTok.

Then he went silent - too burnt out to continue.

Today we're doing a problem solver episode, where we lay out some of the problems we're having then solve them together.

Along the way Jason tells me his incredible story.

Chapters:

00:00 Who is Jason Wong

00:30 Explaining This Video

00:50 Jason's Problems

02:20 John's Problems

03:17 Solving John's Problem

31:05 Founder Burnout

35:33 32 Million Follower Blog Empire

38:56 T-shirts, Memes and Coloring Books

46:00 $500 to $10+ Million

51:30 Getting Burned Out

55:45 Coming Back

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Triple Whale presents Whale Informed, the show about ecommerce where puns go to die.

This week, John and Ethan discuss:

📧 Klaviyo Professional Services

📱 Is Meta broken?

👟 Footlocker: Harbinger of death

+more.

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The Whalies🎟️: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/triplewhale/1107201

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:52 Is Meta Broken?

04:38 Foot Locker’s Disappointing Earnings

09:51 TB12 Sports

12:57 Chamberlain Coffee

17:19 Talentless

19:55 Seek Discomfort

22:46 Full Send

25:11 Crunch Labs

26:50 The Johnologue: Klaviyo Professional Services

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