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Ben Congleton and his co-founders of OLark graduated from the famous Y Combinator program in Silicon Valley with the opportunity to raise millions from investors. They opted not to raise money and bootstrap their company.
Ten years later OLark is still kicking butt. Learn the windy road that led Ben to co-found OLark and how they've been able to grow the company into the top live chat software for sales and customer support on the internet.
About Ben Congleton
Ben Congleton is CEO and Co-Founder of Olark Live Chat, a software company that helps businesses accelerate growth by targeting and streamlining their customer outreach, service, and sales.
Olark went through the YCombinator incubator program in 2009, and is now bootstrapped, profitable, and proud, with more than 12,000 customers around the world.
Ben holds a BS in Business Information Technology, as well as a BS and MS in Computer Science, from Virginia Tech, and spent 3 years pursuing a PhD in the University of Michigan's School of Information.
He lives with his wife and two daughters in East Palo Alto, California.
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Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life.
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Brandon writes about what he knows...lessons from 2x exits, 20+ strike outs Venture Capital, Marketing at AOL, writing a #1 Amazon Best Seller, Podcasting, Angel Investing, Philanthropy, Public service, Fitness and Peak Performance.
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A Podcast for entrepreneurs and peak performers
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Patrick McKeown is one of the foremost experts on how to breathe correctly. His book, The Oxygen Advantage, was a life changing read for me.
He lays out several oxygen advantage exercises in this episode that you can use to improve your focus, concentration and even lose weight.
This is a must listen to episode for all entrepreneurs.
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The Oxygen Advantage Book
The Breathing Cure: Exercises to Develop New Breathing Habits for a Healthier, Happier and Longer Life Book
Atomic Focus: Harness the True Power of Your Brain, Develop Resilience Against Stress, and Get Focused with Simple Breathing Exercises to Change Your Mental and Physical State
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Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life.
Content
Brandon writes about what he knows...lessons from 2x exits, 20+ strike outs Venture Capital, Marketing at AOL, writing a #1 Amazon Best Seller, Podcasting, Angel Investing, Philanthropy, Public service, Fitness and Peak Performance.
Who it's for
People that want to achieve their full potential.
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A Podcast for entrepreneurs and peak performers
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We often look at Customer Service as a cost center, but I'd offer you that it can actually be a sales channel. And recently I had an amazing experience with Audimute that shows exactly how it's done.
The whole experience led to me buying a $1,000 worth of their product. Listen in and hear how they do it and how you can copy their method to turn your customer service into a sales channel.
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Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life.
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Brandon writes about what he knows...lessons from 2x exits, 20+ strike outs Venture Capital, Marketing at AOL, writing a #1 Amazon Best Seller, Podcasting, Angel Investing, Philanthropy, Public service, Fitness and Peak Performance.
Who it's for
People that want to achieve their full potential.
Claim your edge with others who have been getting a step ahead.
Link to sign up: https://edge.ck.page/bea5b3fda6
A Podcast for entrepreneurs and peak performers
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Dave Seymour was one of the stars from A&E's hit show Flipping Boston. But, did you know Dave started out as a Firefighter of all things? And now...
He's taking all his real estate investing experience and bringing it to the commercial real estate world with a new venture capital fund.
His story is crazy and goes to show that you can make things happen for yourself and become anything you want.
Dave's brings you a week's worth of positive energy and inspiration. You'll enjoy this episode
About Dave Seymour
As star of A&E television network's Flipping Boston and both a residential and commercial real estate investor, Dave Seymour has become one of the most recognizable experts in his field.
His unabridged passion for business and real estate put him on the radar of A&E television network well as multiple news organizations including CBS, ABC, CNBC, FOX News, and CNN. New York Times reported that Dave Seymour’s series ‘Flipping Boston’ posted the highest ratings ever for the A&E network at the time of airing.
Dave has been sought after as a ‘tell it like it is’ mentor and motivator in the real estate world with a track record of unmatched success everywhere he reaches.
He's currently the CEO of Freedom Venture Investments.
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Freedom Venture Investments
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Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life.
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Brandon writes about what he knows...lessons from 2x exits, 20+ strike outs Venture Capital, Marketing at AOL, writing a #1 Amazon Best Seller, Podcasting, Angel Investing, Philanthropy, Public service, Fitness and Peak Performance.
Who it's for
People that want to achieve their full potential.
Claim your edge with others who have been getting a step ahead.
Link to sign up: https://edge.ck.page/bea5b3fda6
A Podcast for entrepreneurs and peak performers
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Be careful what you say because you're listening. And a lot of the time we think we're giving ourselves a good pep talk, but we're really self sabotaging ourselves.
Psychologists have studied self talk and compared results in different difficult tasks. While there are a lot of different things you can say to yourself to get yourself through, they found that changing just this one word was the difference between success and not such good success.
The beauty of this high percentage tip (HPT) is that you can immediately put it into action and see results. Check out this episode, you're going to love it 👍
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Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life.
Content
Brandon writes about what he knows...lessons from 2x exits, 20+ strike outs Venture Capital, Marketing at AOL, writing a #1 Amazon Best Seller, Podcasting, Angel Investing, Philanthropy, Public service, Fitness and Peak Performance.
Who it's for
People that want to achieve their full potential.
Claim your edge with others who have been getting a step ahead.
Link to sign up: https://edge.ck.page/bea5b3fda6
A Podcast for entrepreneurs and peak performers
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Your host, Brandon White, is an entrepreneur with two exits (so far), lots of strikeouts, Amazon best selling author, former venture capitalist, angel investors, early Internet entrepreneur building one of the largest social networking and e-commerce sites of the time and working in Management at AOL.

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