In this episode, we interview Chris Cobb of Armstrong Transport. His story is very different from many we’ve told on Freelance to Founder.

Our guest built his business with a dwindling cash reserve and with no knowledge of the business he was getting into. Only trust in his own work ethic, $15,000, and the expertise of his partner.

There’s no sexy email marketing software startup story here, no seven-figure online course on ‘course-building’, no niche community he developed and grew, no book, no agency – none of these things.

Chris Cobb found success starting a freight brokerage, which evolved into a financial services firm, which he very recently cashed out to the tune of tens of millions. 

Here’s why you’re going to want to listen to this episode, even if transportation isn’t your thing. Get to learn about the creative, forward-thinking business that Chris exited in order to fund his freight startupHow and why Chris pivoted from freight brokerage to financial services firm How Chris broke through the mental barriers of hitting an intellectual wall with the business and survived a terrible decision which cost the company $300,000 as well as credibility with his business partnerHow Chris views risk tolerance and manages his perceived deficiencies as a CEO and manager

We’ve never had a CEO of a company this size nor a founder story involving an exit.

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This is our interview with Eric Cacciatore, founder of Restaurant Unstoppable - a restaurant business podcast that enjoys a loyal audience and generates over six-figures in revenue.

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After working towards a career as a commercial pilot for 8 years, he cast it off and felt his heart taking him back to the restaurant industry, where he grew up. But a professor challenged his thinking about how people will learn in the future and that changed everything -- leading to the creation of Restaurant Unstoppable, a podcast, a directory of service providers, and (soon) an online course library for independent restaurateurs and managers.

Eric shares what this transition was like, the origin of his successful podcast, and what he learned about serving a niche market in the early days when he was first starting out.

His podcast has gotten him access to award-winning chefs, well-known restaurant operators, and is earning him well into the 6 figures as he travels the US to interview them all face to face. Podcasting may seem like a big deal now, but not when he got started. All the more reason his story is a powerful one about serving a community with patience, with sincerity, and with the trust that you'll attract good people and good karma.

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This is the story of Will Hatton, founder of TheBrokeBackpacker.com and a jack-of-all-trades turned blogger/entrepreneur who converted his passion into a 9-business empire making 7 figures in revenue.

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Will’s multiple ventures have not only allowed him to give back to causes important to him but it's also helped him to produce an incredible amount of monthly revenue. And he's accomplished this over an incredibly short amount of time.

This episode is actually a grueling story of how one man — and a friend he found along the way — came to building a highly successful business empire. The revenue sources pile up here:TheBrokeBackpacker.comEpic Backpacker ToursThe Active Roots brand on AmazonDitch Your DeskThese are just four of them. He's been everywhere — and he's making serious money passing along his travel wisdom as a result.

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Adam Preiser was enjoying an early retirement in his 30's. That was until he started experimenting with YouTube—showing non-developers how to rapidly build sophisticated websites with WordPress.

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It all started with one video. A throwaway, almost, with a few affiliate links in the description. When he casually checked in on that video's stats numerous days later, what he saw astounded him in terms of views and sales.

That turned into the master persuader churning out video after video after video. Five years later, WPCrafter is a 100,000+ subscription force on YouTube. Half of this episode is dedicated to helping you learn about Adam and what he did to grow that channel.

And in the second half — you're also going to hear how his YouTube channel and his awareness of so many WordPress-related products led him to Sujay Pawar, founder of Brainstorm Force and the WordPress theme called Astra. They eventually joined forces to launch a funnel-making product for WordPress called Cartflows and it is verifiably on-pace for over a million in sales after launching just over 6 months ago in 2019.

It almost didn't happen. Launch day was a disaster. But you'll hear how they recovered, and what's in store for the future.

Without further adieu, here's our interview with Adam Preiser.

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Today, we talk to Whitney Hansen, who is a personal finance coach and host of The Money Nerds, a Plutus award-winning podcast. As an adjunct professor in personal finance, she teaches overwhelmed millennials how to accelerate paying off debt and be financially independent. Some of her accomplishments include paying off $30,000 in 10 months, buying her first home at 19, and paying $472 for her master's degree.

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Whitney has developed a great personal brand (WhitneyHansen.com) and her story is phenomenal. In this episode, you’ll hear where she’s at with her business, why she’s in the business, how she started from ground zero and worked her way out of it to become completely debt-free within 10 months.

You’re going to find out what she did to build a following, how she built her first online course, how she expanded from there — from in-person mentoring and teaching people of financial principles to digital business mastery. Her full-time business is now generating over $150,000 in annual revenue.

This is a complete blueprint for how to turn your expertise into a business that you can scale beyond yourself.

We’re really excited to bring you the story of Whitney Hansen.

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Today, you'll hear the story of Krista Stryker, founder of 12 Minute Athlete. Krista is living a comfortable life. She's married, lives in Los Angeles, California. She’s got her own fitness app, an incredible YouTube channel. Blogs for days on healthy living and activities featuring High Intensity Interval Training (HTIT). Life is good.

Her business is doing well into the six figures and she's recently added numerous contributors to 12 Minute Athlete in a variety of capacities. But it wasn't always this way.

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After college she got married, she moved overseas, where Krista dabbled in writing and took a lot at teaching English to the Dutch...who, unfortunately, she discovered and you may already know...already speak English quite well, thank you very much. Things just weren't panning out. Meanwhile, she wasn't particularly happy with her health either.

In this episode, you're going to hear about the Aha moment that turned things around and transformed her into a founder. You're going to hear how she went from personal trainer to app developer, to online course builder. You're going to hear how she struggles with what content to give away vs. what content she should charge for. And you're going to hear her future vision for 12 Minute Athlete, and how what you see on the home page and in other content will change.

Tools/Resources in this episode:

- Chris Guillebeau’s “The $100 Startup”

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In today’s episode of Freelance to Founder, you'll hear the story of Baird Hall, founder of Wavve.co. If you've seen these cool social videos floating around that feature short excerpts of podcast episodes, with a neat audiowave bouncing to the beat of the voices in that excerpt, there's a pretty good chance it was a Wavve video.

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Baird started the company in January 2017 after running what he *thinks* was a failed startup for about 2 years, called uTalk Sports, a sort of app-based radio offering that featured individual channels on specific sports talks, like Kansas City Chiefs football for instance, that were run by regular people like you and me. It was podcasting that didn't feel like podcasting, because listeners to those channels could leave their own replies to whatever the hosts of the channels talked about. It was pretty cool.

Though it didn't work out, uTalk wasn't a failure at all. It was the first step and Wavve wouldn't have happened without it. uTalk pivoted to become Wavve when Baird finally realized that creating short audio snippets from these individual channels to promote the app and its contributors was the REAL product he should be focused on.

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In today’s episode of Freelance to Founder, you’ll hear the story of Sonia Simone, co-founder and Chief Content Officer of Copyblogger.

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Copyblogger is a massive business that’s gone through quite an evolution over the years. If you’re into content marketing, you’ve run across Sonia’s and Brian Clark’s content at some point.

In this episode, you'll hear about how Sonia came to join forces with Brian in the earliest days, why she never felt comfortable in the corporate world, how learning how to start a blog and make money from it has challenged her skillsets and priorities, and how she balances her Copyblogger work while continuing to do freelance work on the side.

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Today, you'll hear the story of Chris Ronzio, founder of Trainual. We're talking to someone who was at the `15-month mark when we interviewed them. And he's built his business to the $2 Million level in annual revenue. But when you learn about his why, and his how, it feels much more doable and understandable.

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Chris got his start owning a video production business that he started back when he was in his MID-TEENS. He later ran a consulting business that required him to stay on top of processes with his clients as he helped them solve their business problems. And here's where you find his first smart decision: He built that software from the get-go as a service that could eventually be kicked out on its own as a platform he could sell to others as a subscription.

And in this episode, you'll hear the lessons that have stuck with him from his parents, you'll hear how his then-girlfriend's ultimatum for a better relationship led to him pivoting, and you'll hear how an Arabian Horse Farm was instrumental in Trainual becoming what it is today. Yes, an Arabian Horse Farm. You'll get that fun part somewhere around the 35-minute mark.

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This is episode number 50 of freelancetofounder and today you’re going to hear about Allie Smith, solopreneur, expert copywriter and founder of Creative Gangsters. 

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Allie helps multiple 6 and 7 figure entrepreneurs connect with their ideal client, motivate them to take action, and sell more of their products and services. She has built multiple influential Instagram accounts in a wide variety of niches - and have consulted with entrepreneurs on their copywriting, messaging, and visuals for the last 5 years. 

You will love this episode if you can relate to any of the following situations:You were once in a corporate role and felt stifled.You were once in a corporate role and felt like you had numerous additional talents that weren't being put to use.You've got multiple interests; not just 'one thing,' even if you HAVE jumped out on your own already.You wonder if gaining more confidence in who you are and what you can do could turn things around within as short a time as one year. You're going to hear how Allie Smith turned those 4 things into a creative lifestyle that brings her well into the 6 figures but also includes multiple revenue streams.

We caught up with her in the middle of her typical busy routine at a co-working facility in Boise, Idaho.

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