Jon Nastor's Hack the Entrepreneur

Today’s guest is an artist, musician and entrepreneur who made his first record when he was 12, began playing in clubs when he was 14 and started his own music publishing company at 18.

My guests passion for music and technology led him to found music licensing firm Rumblefish in his college dorm room. The company quickly achieved the industry’s first podcast license, fully automated online music licensing store and inked a ground-breaking micro-licensing deal with YouTube.

Rumblefish became the largest music licensing company for independent music in the world and was acquired in 2014 by a private equity. My guest was kept on as it’s President and CEO to lead it into its next phase of growth.

He is a devoted member of the entrepreneurial & creative communities in the pacific northwest as the co-founder of popular guitar pedal company Spaceman, start-up accelerator Starve Ups, and TEDxPortland.

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Paul Anthony Troiano.

In this 32-minute episode Paul Anthony Troiano and I discuss:

My guest today is a brilliant technology entrepreneur with incredibly lofty goals for himself and his business.

He is the founder and C.E.O. of Freelancer.com, a global online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace, but this is in no way his first entrepreneurial venture. To date, Freelancer.com has acquired 18 outside companies to add to its arsenal — with Escrow.com being the most recent.

My guest has received countless awards for technology, social influence, as well as entrepreneurship.

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Matt Barrie.

In this 45-minute episode Matt Barrie and I discuss:

y guest today is a speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur — as well as a self-proclaimed deviant hippie that is attempting to maximize his ‘god’ years.

He is the founder of nGen Works, a digital strategy firm that uses research, technology and creativity to help their clients stand out online. They’ve recently transitioned from a traditional agency model to a fully-distributed team.

He is also the co-host of the Friendly Fire podcast.

Now, let’s hack… Carl Smith.

In this 32-minute episode Carl Smith and I discuss:

My guest today is blogger, food enthusiast, and entrepreneur. Along with her husband and business partner, they have created the Pinch of Yum and Food Blogger Pro.

My guest spent the last five years teaching elementary school by day and blogging about food by night. She always went back and forth about becoming a full-time blogger, but in June 2014, she officially made the jump to living this crazy full-time-food-blogging dream.

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Lindsay Ostrom.

In this 28-minute episode Lindsay Ostrom and I discuss:

My guest today is a serial entrepreneur, author, and well-known digital marketing expert.

In 1998, my guest undertook his first entrepreneurial venture: a $900 marketing course for cosmetic surgeons.By the time he was 26, he was making $10,000 to $15,000 a month teaching physicians how to improve their sales.

According to Forbes, he's produced more than half a dozen seven figure online businesses since then. My guest is a self-described "adventure junkie," he founded Maverick Business Adventure & Maverick 1000 in 2008.

MBA mixes adventure and intimate entrepreneurial networking. MBA is also a philanthropic organization and he has a goal by 2020 of getting 10,000 young entrepreneurs to start their own companies. He has written several must-read books fro entrepreneurs including Maverick Startup, 34 Rules for Maverick Entrepreneurs, and the soon to be released Evolved Enterprise.

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Yanik Silver.

In this 32-minute episode Yanik Silver and I discuss:

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My guest today is a poet turned tech junkie and entrepreneur. After receiving a graduate degree in literature in 2000, my guest headed for Europe, where he sang rhymes to crowds for 5 years before moving to Arabia to teach Shakespeare to American troops.

His interest in tech was sparked while working for a VC firm in Utah. His due diligence work there taught him one thing: he wanted to be the startup, not the investor. He got that chance in 2011 when he launched Post Planner. From there my guest and his co-founder grew Post Planner from a simple scheduler into a powerhouse content curation and social publishing platform.

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Josh Parkinson.

In this 36-minute episode Josh Parkinsonand I discuss:

My guest today is a self-proclaimed maker — but I would call him an entrepreneur, writer, designer, developer and master marketer.

My guest has been developing and shipping products online for over 10 years now and has seen his share of successes and not-so-successful ventures.

He is currently the founder of Baremetrics, software analytics and reporting for Stripe. Baremetrics seemingly came out of nowhere with an awesome content marketing strategy lead by my guest on the Baremetrics blog — one of the best software business blogs on the internet today.

Now, let’s hack… Josh Pigford.

In this 26-minute episode Josh Pigford and I discuss:

My guest for today is the founder and Client Success Officer of Dream Local Digital, a startup helping small-medium sized businesses market themselves online.

She has over 15 years of experience in internet marketing, sales and products. She has worked with media companies focusing on internet product development and digital revenue growth.

She is considered an expert in the field of online marketing and social media. My guest is a sought-after speaker and speaks across the country about social media and online marketing.

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Shannon Kinney

In this 28-minute episode Shannon Kinney and I discuss:

My guest today is an entrepreneur who enjoys creating something from nothing. In fact, he has been creating products both digital and physical for the past 10 years.

He is currently the Director of Product + Strategy for Movable, a company focused on improving personal well-being by inspiring movement in groups.

My guest was the Co-Founder of eFuneral.com, a funeral planning resource that was acquired in 2014.

He is a featured speaker and author on building products, statups and funding. His latest book Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us is now available on Amazon.

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Mike Belsito

In this 34-minute episode Mike Belsito and I discuss:

My guest for today is a software developer that worked hard to slowly become an entrepreneur.

He spent several years working as a manager for a billion dollar payroll company. And in his spare time he played around with some ideas.

Early 2009 he creates his first online product that fails to garner any attention or traffic. so back to the drawing board he went two more times before hitting onto something good.

He is now the founder of Bidsketch, which is online proposal software for web designers. He bootstrapped Bidsketch while working full-time and was able to grow it into a stable and profitable business. In fact, he has grown it to the point where he was able to quit his job, surpass his previous income, and enjoy the freedom of being an internet entrepreneur.

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Ruben Gamez.

In this 35-minute episode Ruben Gamez and I discuss: