From Founder To CEO

Over 1,000,000 subscribers...for news...via email. Really? Yes! It's quite an interesting benchmark in 2019. This is what Sam Parr and his team have built...in a relatively short time period. So, the question is, how? How did Sam do this? Why? And, what other counterintuitive, ironic twists are there about this successful Founder and his business that has prompt hundreds of thousands to open his email...everyday? Listen and you will learn.

Think you can't learn anything from a Founder who has scaled a residential cleaning service? Think again. Ron shares his unique model for scaling AND what he learned about himself as a leader when his company went through what he called BLACK MONDAY. Let's just say it has something to do with his entire software system crashing.

I'll try not to be over dramatic about this...but, Marc is a BIG reason I started the "From Founder To CEO" platform. Many Founders were calling me for help. During this same time period, I read Marc's piece on Geek Wire. The title was: "Stop being a founder, and start being a CEO." I've been wanting to interview him ever since. He shares A LOT in this interview.

The barbershop experience had not been updated until Songe, his co-founder David, and their team launched Squire. It's an innovative and fast-growing startup that has taken a tremendous amount of effort, but is yielding big results. Songe shares what happened when they tried to secure a big client in the United Kingdom and what he learned from the "disastrous" experience.

It's not often you hear a Founder say all their developers are still on the team after 13 years in business. And, it's rare to hear the number 100,000 users with a Software as a Service (SaaS) company. But, both of these are true for Jason and his team at JibberJobber.com. Jason shares some of his mistakes and personal challenges on his bumpy road from Founder to CEO.

Ani Manian helps Founders and CEOs leverage the power of their subconscious mind to perform at their peak & accelerate business+personal growth. He shares his W.E.A.L.T.H. Model for Founder and CEO success.

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His Website: https://animanian.com/

It is often said that the best entrepreneurs start companies that solve a problem that they personally experienced themselves. Frederick is a great example of this. After being incarcerated, Frederick wanted to help those who are incarcerated better connect with their friends, family, and loved ones, but at a cheaper price and in an easier way. He succeeded with Pigeonly. But, along his personal journey From Founder To CEO, he also had to learn how Founder self-awareness and emotional intelligence leads to CEO growth and startup success. Listen as he describes his journey.

This is Kim's second guest appearance on the podcast. She is such a sweet, kind, and genuine person. She is also a savvy, smart Founder who is on the next leg of her entrepreneurial experiment. She has decided to open an outpost in Las Vegas. I recently caught up with her about this big decision and big move and how she handles the stress and anxiety of a growth experiment.

Cory Carlson's new book, "Win At Home, First" https://www.amazon.com/Win-Home-First-Inspirational-Work-Life/dp/173376710X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=win+at+home+first&qid=1563231425&s=gateway&sr=8-1

He explains how Founders like you can use the tension between "grace and trust" to lead better.

Sahil and his team at Gumroad have helped over 40,000 creators do more of what they love and have sent over $200,000,000 to creators and artists. This is an incredible achievement. So, when I read his February 2019 Medium Blog post entitled, "Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company (It took years for me to realize my pursuit of growth was misguided from the start)" I knew it was time to get him on the show and share more.

I really appreciate Sahil detailing this journey. He had a personal epiphany around his own motivations as a Founder & CEO. And he walks through this and much more in this very candid interview.