Jon Nastor's Hack the Entrepreneur

Jon Nastor's Hack the Entrepreneur

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Jon Nastor's Hack the Entrepreneur episodes

  • The Easiest Way to Know if Your Project Failed with Danny Iny

    My guest today is a speaker, advisor, best-selling author of multiple books, such as Engagement from Scratch and The Audience Revolution, and an entrepreneur.

    He is the founder of Firepole Marketing and Productive Inbox, and the host of the Business Reimagined podcast.

    He is also the creator of training programs, such as Audience Business Master Class and Course Builders Laboratory, which have collectively trained over 3,000 online entrepreneurs.

    In just a few years, Firepole Marketing hit revenues of seven figures and my guest has created a worldwide team of 20 people, who support a community of over 40,000 entrepreneurs.

    Now, let's hack...

    Danny Iny.

    In this 32-minute episode Danny Iny and I discuss:

      • The importance of having a "what's next" mindset 
      • How to expand your bandwidth as an entrepreneur
      • What buying furniture can teach you about hiring employees
      • The Show Notes
        • Firepole Marketing
        • Business Reimagined podcast
        • Danny Iny's books
        • Danny on Twitter
        • Firepole Marketing on Twitter
        • Jon on Twitter
        • Show Sponsor: Digital Marketing Institute
        • Show Sponsor: Schoolhouse
        • 33 min
        • In Spite of Everything: The Entrepreneur’s Path to Building a Business

          My guest today is a marketing expert, entrepreneur, and bass player. He is the Creative Director of Kinectiv, a marketing firm that focuses on developing business identities and providing customers with a great experience via websites, graphic design and social media.

          My guest is described as the "brains" behind this operation as he develops strategies and marketing campaigns to ensure the success of Kinectiv.
          Now, let's hack...

          Mark Reinmiller.

          In this 34-minute episode Mark Reinmiller and I discuss:

          • Why ignorance is bliss when building a business
          • The importance of connecting with people
          • You're always building a community with people, no matter what you're doing
          • Decide to do something and don't give up
          • The Show Notes
            • Kinectiv
            • Sandler Training
            • Commonweath on Queen Cafe
            • Mark on Twitter
            • Jon on Twitter
            • Show Sponsor: Grab your $99 Starter Pack at99designs
            • 35 min
            • HTE 131: How to Market Anything Online: An Efficient Conversation with Neil Patel

              My guest today is the co-founder of the analytics companies KISSmetrics, Crazy Egg, and Quick Sprout. He is a frequent contributor to publications, such as Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine. He also helps companies such as Amazon and Viacom grow their revenue.

              President Obama recognized my guest as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 and he has also been awarded Congressional Recognition from the United States House of Representatives.

              Although he loves being an entrepreneur, he sees his future in the non-profit world helping to drive traffic to their websites and helping to change lives.

              Now, let's hack...

              Neil Patel.

              In this 24-minute episode Neil Patel and I discuss:

              • Learning from previous mistakes (and not making them again)
              • Planning and executing fast (the good and the bad)
              • Partner with someone who compliments you
              • The Show Notes
                • NeilPatel.com
                • Quicksprout/a>
                • Neil on Twitter
                • Jon on Twitter
                • Show Sponsor: Edible Arrangements
                • Show Sponsor: Schoolhouse
                • 25 min
                • How to Overcome 'Shiny Object Syndrome'

                  My guest today is an entrepreneur and businesswoman, speaker, business adviser and the author of the Amazon bestseller, EXIT! 12 Steps to Sell Your Business for the Price You Deserve.

                  My guest is founder and CEO of The WELL. Through her company my guest helps entrepreneurs who want to grow and eventually sell their business for a million or more.

                  She has 25 years experience in the business world and has worked with hundreds of business owners over the last 10 years.

                  Now, let's hack...

                  Julie Gordon White.

                  In this 36-minute episode Julie Gordon White and I discuss:

                  • Being self-aware and "accepting the invitation"
                  • The need to make time to replenish, renew, and relax
                  • How to establish a Weekly Profitability Planner
                  • The trick to using your Friday afternoons to be distracted
                  • The Show Notes
                    • The WELL
                    • 21DayBP.com
                    • Julie on Twitter
                    • Jonny Nastor on Twitter
                    • Show Notes: Start your journey to sweet success as an Edible Arrangements franchise owner.  Edible Arrangements
                    • Show Sponsor: Amazing.com offers proven online courses that can help just about anyone start their own business. Go to Amazing.com
                    • 37 min
                    • How to Maintain Well-Being While Building a Business w/ Aimee Prasek

                      My guest today is a creative and somewhat reluctant entrepreneur.

                      She is the founder of The Sherman Project, an effective, and empowering program that ignites meaningful and measurable well being transformations.

                      She is the founder of BeStrongPeaceful.com, where she offers holistic wellbeing programs and has created a vibrant community. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, she studied under healers and scholars from all around the world, and has completed her PhD at the University of Minnesota with a research focus in healing therapies for wellbeing promotion. Now, let's hack... Aimee Prasek. In this 50-minute episode Aimee Prasek and I discuss:

                      • The importance of a well-defined working space
                      • Work/life balance (and why it's nonsense)
                      • The benefits of managed stress
                      • Why you don't have to sacrifice your well-being to be successful
                      • The Show Notes
                        • Sherman Project
                        • BeStrongPeaceful.com
                        • Aimee on Twitter
                        • Jon on Twitter
                        • Show Sponsor: Find out more about becoming anEdible Arrangements franchisee 
                        • Show Sponsor: Grab your free starter report atBiz Filings
                        • 51 min
                        • How Content is King (and Why Promotion is Key) w/ Matt Kepnes

                          My guest today is a nomadic entrepreneur, bestselling author, travel blogger and adviser.

                          He has been traveling since 2006 and has created a site, which offers tested travel tips and advises visitors on how to see more of the world for less.

                          He's helped 16 million people realize their travel dreams and helped those dreams become a reality.

                          His books include The Ultimate Guide for Travel Hacking – a step-by-step guide on getting free travel in six months, and How to Travel the World on $50 a Day, which was called 'The Bible for Budget Travelers' by BBC Travel.

                          Now, let's hack...

                          Matt Kepnes.

                          In this 29-minute episode Matt Kepnes and I discuss:

                          • The need to relentlessly promote your business
                          • Why writing first thing in the morning is a great habit
                          • An entrepreneur's life is a couple of failures with few successes
                          • How to use surveys to get feedback from your audience
                          • The Show Notes
                            • NomadicMatt.com
                            • Matt Kepnes Books
                            • Matt on Twitter
                            • Jon on Twitter
                            • Show Sponsor:  Get information on becoming an Edible Arrangements franchisee
                            • Show Sponsor: Join the Schoolhouse Weekly!
                            • 30 min
                            • Mentorships, Delegation, and the Difference Between Managing and Leading

                              My guest today is a virtual CEO, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, host of The New Business Podcast, blogger and four-times bestselling author. His businesses include Virtual Staff Finder, Live2Sell, and now his latest, YouPreneur.

                              His book, Virtual Freedom, has sold more than 30,000 copies on Amazon. Virtual Freedom is the essential guide to running and growing a business with the help of virtual staff.

                              In fact, if it wasn’t for this guy and his Tropical Think Tank conference, Hack the Entrepreneur would not exist.

                              Now, let's hack...

                              Chris Ducker.

                              In this 45-minute episode Chris Ducker and I discuss:

                              • Learning how to delegate like a champion (and why you need to master this skill)
                              • To grow as a business owner you need to learn the art of letting go
                              • The importance of working your ass off (and why this is essential to your success)
                              • The Show Notes
                                • ChrisDucker.com
                                • Youpreneur.com
                                • Gary Vaynerchuk's Self-Awareness video
                                • Chris on Periscope
                                • Chris on Twitter
                                • Jon on Twitter
                                • Show Sponsor: Grab your $99 Starter Pack at99designs
                                • 46 min
                                • How to Take Action Consistently (and Allow a Business to Emerge)

                                  My guest today started building websites for real estate companies at 22. He initially started doing this from his parents toy closet, after he was scammed out of $12,000 for a sham online business.

                                  Starting over again with almost nothing, he asked countless questions and passionately learned about the real estate companies problems and, as a result, my guests business grew rapidly.

                                  Now he wants to help people like you and me. He describes himself as the 'Head Honcho' of The Foundation, a 6-month online mentoring program through which entrepreneurs learn about starting and scaling software companies.

                                  Now, let's hack...

                                  Dane Maxwell.

                                  In this 50-minute episode Dane Maxwell and I discuss:

                                  • You cannot be anyone you want to be
                                  • Taking consistent action and allowing a business to emerge
                                  • Your business is never about you, it's what service you can provide to others
                                  • The power of consistent, committed, daily action
                                  • How to work and focus on your state of being
                                  • The Show Notes
                                    • The Foundation Website
                                    • Dane on Twitter
                                    • Jon on Twitter
                                    • Show Sponsor:Sign up for the SchoolHouse Weekly today!
                                    • 51 min
                                    • How a ‘Scatterbrain Creative’ Became a Full-Time Blogger

                                      My guest today is a former English teacher, lover of all things creative, blogger at Just a Girl and Her Blog, and an author of three eBooks, including Building a Framework: The Ultimate Blogging Handbook.

                                      Although she started and runs a great business, she says her favourite job is being a wife to her husband and a mother to her two boys.

                                      She started Just a Girl and her Blog as a hobby in January 2013 and made a six-figure income in just two years.

                                      My guest blogs about organization, home decor, creative ideas and random happy thoughts.

                                      Now, let's hack...

                                      Abby Lawson.

                                      In this 29-minute episode Abby Lawson and I discuss:

                                      • The origin story of Just a Girl and Her Blog
                                      • Having complimentary skill sets with her husband
                                      • The importance of being willing to share, help out, and paying it forward
                                      • How to plan out your year with goals
                                      • The Show Notes
                                        • Just a Girl and Her Blog
                                        • Ebooks written by Abby 
                                        • Lindsay Ostrom HTE Interview
                                        • Abby on Twitter
                                        • Jon on Twitter
                                        • Show Sponsor: Get Started with incorporating today at BizFilings.com/start
                                        • 30 min
                                        • How to Take Extraordinary Action (on Ordinary Things)

                                          My guest today is the author of the Brain Audit, a cartoonist, marketing strategist, and brilliant entrepreneur.

                                          He has a degree in accountancy and started working with one of the best advertising agencies in the world, which guided him into the world of copywriting, writing TV commercials, graphic design, cartoons and web design.

                                          He is now the owner of PsychoTactics, where he writes about marketing strategies, offers business and marketing strategy workshops, as well as personally advising at 5000BC, his highly sought after membership community.

                                          In his spare time, he is the host of The Three Month Vacation podcast.

                                          Now, let's hack...

                                          Sean D'Souza.

                                          In this 46-minute episode Sean D'Souza and I discuss:

                                          • How clients should be treated
                                          • Care, protection and guidance -- it makes us who we are
                                          • Talk about ordinary things in an extraordinary way
                                          • Learning the ways of cartoonists
                                          • Your ability to do something is based on the number of good examples that you get
                                          • The Show Notes
                                            • Psychotactics
                                            • 3 Months Vacation Podcast
                                            • The Brain Audit by Sean D'Souza
                                            • Sean on Twitter
                                            • Jon on Twitter
                                            • Show Sponsor:Grab your free $99 bonus at 99 Designs
                                            • 47 min

                                            About Jon Nastor's Hack the Entrepreneur

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