Tom McMurray is a retired venture capitalist from Sequoia Capital, angel investor and philanthropist.
 
 In episode #76 we talk about how venture capital works, Tom gives entrepreneurs who are looking to raise money from VC's some things to think about, and shares some great Silicon Valley stories from when he and his partners from Sequoia funded some of the largest companies in the world like Apple, Cisco, Yahoo and Google. Most every one of them started in spare room or garage.
 
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Amer is CEO of Celential AI an artificial intelligence platform for recruiting located in Silicon Valley. He formerly was in management at Yahoo and a venture capitalist.

In episode #79 Amer and I talk about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, what he calls reluctant entrepreneurs and we talk about the debate of are you born an entrepreneur or can you learn to be an entrepreneur.
 
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Hall Martin is CEO of TEN Capital and joined us in episode #94 where we had a great conversation about how to raise money from angel investors.

If you enjoy these three tips, you'll love the full episode #94.

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Steven Dimmitt is an elite level rock climber, entrepreneur, and the host of The Nugget Climbing podcast.

Steven had a pivotal moment in his life one day when he felt he was wasting away in his cubicle at work.  He couldn't imagine a lifetime living the way he was...
 
 In this episode he gives his three high percentage tips and in the full episode #121 he shares his whole story, joining us from the van one evening. You'll love his tips and the full epsidoe if you missed it.
 
 

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Brian Hahn Co-founded Nomad with his business partner Noah Dentzel nine years ago. They've bootstrapped the company since it's inception.

In episode #130 Brian and I talked about how he and Noah have been able to do it and sustain their growth. 

In this episode Brian gives his high percentage tips for fellow founders. Check the full episode for a packed discussion about how to bootstrap a business.

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John Lee Dumas is an Entrepreneur, Founder and host of the award winning podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire.
 
 In a rare sixty minute interview in episode #73 John shares his journey from joining the army, leading a team of tanks in the Iraq war, working in commercial real estate, to starting and turning his podcast into a full time business. 
 
 In this episode he shares his tip high percentage tips. Be sure to go back episode #73 to hear our whole conversation, you'll love it.

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Steve Brown is an author and entrepreneur and in episode 40 explains why Entrepreneurs should write a book, how it has helped him grow his sales and how to do it.
 
In this short episode he drops his 3 HPT's (high percentage tips) for fellow entrepreneurs.

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Helen Sewart is owner of Coastal Wood Designs in Half Moon Bay, California.
 
 In episode #43 Helen tells her inspiring story of how entrepreneurship found her right out of high school because she didn't having enough money to buy gifts for friends and family.

In this episode she gives fellow business owners some advice from her lessons learned starting a business.
 
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 Alan Payne says becoming an Entrepreneur found him when he was working for a grocery store chain that spun off a video rental business in 1985.  

As an operator he cracked the code on the business model that allowed them to effectively print cash with 30% plus net margins running the video store rental business.

Alan took that business plan, applied it, and starting buying Blockbuster franchises. 

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Becca Jordan Wright is the Founder of Piedmont Pennies, North Carolina's #1 handcrafted cheese snack.
 
 With a background in management consulting and technology, Becca's love for hospitality and food was finally realized when she launched Piedmont Pennies in September 2020 during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
 
 In this episode she shares her top tips for startup founders.
 
 Check out episode #133 for our full conversation and how she turned down an offer from Facebook to start her company and hasn't looked back since.
 

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