Billy Samoa Saleebey is an Ex-Tesla Global Leader and Cofounder/CEO of Podify, a service that produces podcasts like Language of Love with DR. Laura Berman from Oprah’s TV network. He's also a slef-proclaimed ramen addict. Billy gives great advice for entrepreneurs and podcasters on this episode. Anyone who is just getting started or wanting to learn new ways to grow, check it out. I learned a lot. Listen in.

Show notes & links:

https://parisvega.com/billy-samoa-saleebey/

Liam Corcoran is a Teacher, Rapper, and Artist. He's also the Founder of an education startup called OK. He is one of the founding teachers at Synthesis, the online program that evolved out of Elon Musk’s school at SpaceX. And he also served as an Acton Academy Guide. Liam's thoughtfulness, openness to connection, and clarity of purpose have lead him on an adventure of fulfilling opportunities. His story and philosophy are worth listening to.

Show Notes & Links:

https://parisvega.com/liam-corcoran-ok-synthesis-loki-nameless-moses-rainbow/

Andres Glusman is a legend. He helped get Meetup.com's very first customer and first $14 of revenue. Meetup later sold for $200 million. Now Andres is the cofounder and CEO of Do What Works. His experience spans across decades, from the birth of the internet in the 1990s to modern day startups. This episode is packed with extremely valuable practical advice for founders and entrepreneurs based on what actually works.

Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/andres-glusman-meeetup-dowhatworks

Liz Parker, Founder of LT Results, just released a new book called “Who’s Leading Your Business?”. Twenty-four years ago she quit her successful international sales training job at DHL in Hong Kong to start a strategic planning company from scratch. On this episode, Liz tells us the story of those first moments starting her business on the other side of the world and the tactics she's used to get customers again and again.

Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/liz-parker-lt-results/

Esteban Dalel, CTO/Co-Founder of Watermelon Tools, raised $250k before getting their first customer and now has over 4,000 users. Get insight into how a scrappy team of two programmers got their first investors, users, and how they plan to get their first paying customers.

Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/esteban-dalel-watermelon-tools/

Tyler Robertson, Founder/CEO of Diesel Laptops, quit his six figure job in the truck service business and scaled his part time gig into a $100 million business. This is a great story about slow and steady growth, taking smart risks, and obsessing over solving your customers' problems.

How did David Smooke grow HackerNoon from 0 to 4 million readers per month?

David Smooke, Founder & CEO of HackerNoon, a technology website that publishes 50 stories per day read by about 4 million people every month. He takes us on the journey from selling his skills as an agency, through the grind of building HackerNoon for years without pay, until finally landing their first advertising deal.

HackerNoon for Writers: https://app.hackernoon.com/new

HackerNoon for Brands: https://app.hackernoon.com/brand

David Smooke on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/about/David

John "Small Mountain" Hill, author of Selling from Scratch and Founder of Adapted Growth, an international sales/marketing agency coaching service. 

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Alberto Voltolina, CEO/President MGG North America, American/Italian company that went from $0 to $1.5 million in one year. They are a worldwide leading equipment manufacturer and supplier for paint brush & paint roller manufacturers like Sherwin Williams, Baer, and more. It was fascinating to learn how high ticket manufacturing equipment is sold at this level. However, the lessons I learned in this episode apply to the sales process at any established company or startup.

Show Notes, Links, & Transcript:

https://parisvega.com/alberto-voltolina-mgg-north-america/

Topics

- Cold Calling

- In Person Sales

- Sales Dinners

- Event Networking

- High Ticket Sales

- Supply Chain

- Manufacturing Industry

Ron Karr, author of the Velocity Mindset, helped his clients increase incremental revenues by over 1 billion dollars. We go deep into what the Velocity Mindset is and how it affects the sales process. From prospecting and cold calling to closing the sale, Ron has a unique effective approach for asking the right questions. I learned a lot from Ron. I know that you will too.

Show Links, Notes, & Transcript: https://parisvega.com/ron-karr-velocity-mindset/