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November 17, 2019#30 - Jason Harward - The One Million Dollars in One Day Challenge
Entrepreneur and investor Jason Harward shares his progress from high-school dropout and dumpster diver to multimillionaire, race car driver and social media mentor. Find out the full story on how he went from selling home-made stickers to owning several multimillion-dollar businesses in this episode of Smarter Destiny.
Show notes
00:30 - Introduction Jason Harward

03:45 - What is dumpster diving and why did you do it?

05:50 - What are you thinking at that time on your journey?

08:40 - What was the next step?

09:46 - Could you mention any important failure you had a that time?

11:15 - How did you decided to leave that business?

15:00 - What was your sticker POD business like?

23:28 - What was your next move?

26:50 - What’s your favorite data?

29:50 - What is your testing process like?

32:45 - What made you move away from selling stickers?

36:10 - Was it during this time that you won your first awards?

41:20 - What led you to your next step?

43:15 - How did you manage all those orders at once?

44:45 - How many brands you have now?

46:45 - What level are you on right now?

51:25 - What is “the challenge” for you?

53:45 - Why are you documenting this?

54:45 - Where are you documenting this?

56:20 - What kind of problems you’ve met on your path?

57:35 - Where is your traffic going to come from?

59:01 - Tell us about de Million Dollar Day 2019 Facebook group

1:00:45 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS ROUND

1:01:16 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

1:01:50 - How do you get into a state of flow?

1:03:01 - What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

1:05:22 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

1:10:22 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

1:10:55 - What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?

1:12:16 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

1:13:30 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

1:14:11 - How would you double U$S 5K in 24h?

1:14:42 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

1:15:35 - What silly thing people should do more of?

1:16:08 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

1:17:35 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but don’t want to do it?

1:17:35 - What makes you happiest?
1 hr 22 min
November 10, 2019#29 - Robert Drake - The art of storytelling
Robert Drake is an unexpected story teller who is extremely good at making compelling videos that get watches. He has worked with clients such as Visa, Microsoft and Sprite, capturing on film the true spirit of each brand.
Show notes Robert Drake
00:00 - Introduction Robert Drake

03:45 - When was the starting point in time for this path you are now on?

05:05 - How was your transition from that time on?

05:55 - What was you first job like?

09:10 - When you write a sample, how do you present it?

11:35 - Were you thinking, at that point, that you’d be employed by a company to write?

13:00 - How did you manage to get into that first job?

15:05 - What does it take to write for a travel documentary?

19:50 - Could you give us an example of one of those short films you made for the brands?

22:30 - Did you feel at the time that you had found a path?

23:35 - How did you evolve to the next step of your journey?

29:00 - Could you please tell us about the video of the car in two wheels?

38:50 - What would you say about the art of storytelling?

41:55 - Is there a specific structure necessary to make a successful story?

47:30 - What was your favourite production and why?

55:50 - What would be an estimate budget for this kind of production?

59:30 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS ROUND

59:32 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

01:01:25 - How do you get into a state of flow?

01:03:15 - What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

01:06:07 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

01:06:42 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

01:08:35 - What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?

01:10:03 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

01:11:45 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

01:14:15 - How would you double GBP 5K in 24h?

01:15:20 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

01:18:53 - What silly thing people should do more of?

01:20:23 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

01:23:50 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but don’t want to do it?

01:24:43 - What makes you happiest?

01:12:50 - What would you ask from the audience?
1 hr 29 min
November 03, 2019#28 - Kurt Elster - The secrets to Shopify (and succesful podcasting)
You may know Kurt Elster from The Unofficial Shopify Podcast, one of the most popular podcasts on the planet, with over one million downloads. What you may not know is that Kurt is a consultant for ecommerce businesses with some great clients, and today he shares all his secrets for starting and promoting your own podcast, ecommerce and Shopify.
Show notes Kurt Elster
00:30 - Introduction Kurt Elster

04:10 - When was the starting point on your path as an entrepreneur?

08:10 - Your idea was to build your own ecommerce platform?

09:45 - How did that particular business transitioned to the next?

13:50 - How did you start spreading the word about this pivot?

14:50 - What is a “point of sell”

16:15 - How did that lead on to you becoming a famous podcaster?

19:15 - What advice would you give to someone that is starting a podcast?

20:45 - How did you manage to get a big start with your podcast?

21:30 - How did you get on shows to talk about your own podcast at first?

23:45 - Why do you think getting on different shows, as a guest, is important?

26:03 - What kind of growing pains did you have?

28:02 - Do you still have to reach out for your guests?

32:24 - Any horror stories or fun anecdotes while making your podcast?

34:25 - Why should people listen to your podcast?

37:55 - Did you inform the guests those times you had to discard the episodes where you interviewed them?

39:25 - What makes a good episode?

40:30 - Name the most common failures you see on Shopify stores

45:50 - How do you spend your time currently?

47:55 - Could you describe your ideal client?

50:20 - How can people find you?

51:02 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS ROUND

51:28 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

53:25 - How do you get into a state of flow?

54:39 - What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

56:15 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

59:55 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

1:04:02 - What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?

1:04:51 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

1:05:01 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

1:06:10 - How would you double GBP 5K in 24h?

1:06:49 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

1:08:00 - What silly thing people should do more of?

1:09:35 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

1:11:10 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but don’t want to do it?

1:11:50 - What makes you happiest?
01:12:50 - What would you ask from the audience?
1 hr 15 min
October 27, 2019#27 - Dan Bowyer - The ex-pop icon business consultant
Dan Bowyer is a tech entrepreneur, operator and investor with 20 years’ experience building businesses. Now, as the Co-Founder of SuperSeed, he invests in tech startups and helps them get out of startup mode using scalable, repeatable and profitable sales models. From joining a Boy Band in the 90s to falling in love with tech and creating a business around it, you can find his full story and the secrets to his success in this episode of Smarter Destiny.
Show notes Dan Bowyer
00:30 - Introduction Dan Bowyer

02:20 - How you began your entrepreneurial journey?

10:25 - How do someone with no musical talent get into the pop industry?

13:25 - What was the next step on your journey?

19:25 - What were your most important learning points?

22:00 - At this point did you know what did you want to do next?

25:30 - How was this new beginning?

28:37 - After this time finding yourself, you went back on the business life, what was it like?

34:47 - When did you transition from the life in South Africa to the next point of your path?

41:30 - How did you manage to have such a big client list?

45:22 - Tell us about SuperSeed

47:12 - What is “a little bit of revenue”?

51:40 - When does your job end?

55:12 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS ROUND

55:35 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

55:47 - How do you get into a state of flow?

56:28 - What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

57:10 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

58:02 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

58:32 - What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?

59:28 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

59:52 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

1:01:16 - How would you double GBP 5K in 24h?

1:01:31 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

1:01:54 - What silly thing people should do more of?

1:03:40 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

1:04:22 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but don’t want to do it?

1:04:47 - What makes you happiest?
1 hr 10 min
October 20, 2019#26 - Gretta van Riel - Turning audiences into brands and trends into markets
Gretta van Riel is one of Australia’s top young serial entrepreneurs and influencers, with a massive Instagram following and her own ecommerce course.. Having 5 multi-million dollar startups under her belt, she truly knows how to turn audiences into brands and trends into markets With her deep understanding of the influencer marketing scene both as a brand and an influencer, Gretta created her own marketing platform, Hey Influencers, to help connect brands and social media influencers. Find out how she went from launching her first startup at the age of 22 with $24 in the bank to becoming a global success in today’s episode of Smarter Destiny.
Show notes Gretta Van Riel
00:30 - Introduction Greta Van Riel

02:35 - What were your beginnings as an entrepreneur like?

05:40 - How did you manage your 9 to 5 job at the same time you were starting your own business?

08:38 - Where or when did the name of your brand came up?

10:20 - How was SkinnyMeTea’s growth? And how did you transitioned to your next business?

16:40 - Tell us about the watches and how did they became such a great thing.

22:50 - What was the next thing you aimed for?

31:15 - The start of this new journey was the end of your e-commerce or not?

35:20 - How are you feeling about the event we are having in Thailand?

41:15 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS ROUND

41:32 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

44:19 - How do you get into a state of flow?

48:11 - What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

50:41 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

52:12 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

56:29 - What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?

59:28 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

1:01:37 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

1:05:16 - How would you double US$ 5K in 24h?

1:05:31 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

1:06:28 - What silly thing people should do more of?

1:10:21 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

1:11:06 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but don’t want to do it?

1:12:25 - What makes you happiest?

1:13:50 - What would you say to someone that is thinking about coming to Thailand to the Cartels Mastermind event?

1:15:44 - Do you have any asks or requests from the audience?
1 hr 18 min
October 13, 2019#25 - Ashwin Sokke - From local store to global success
Indian entrepreneur Ashwin Sokke is the Co-Founder of Fit & Glow and its beauty and personal care brand WOW Skin Science, which is one of the fastest-growing ecommerce stores in the world. With his focus on holistic wellness and personal care products, the company has become one of the four front runners of a very competitive industry, now selling their products world-wide.
Show notes Ashwin Sokke
00:30 - Introducing Ashwin Sokke

02:35 - Tell us about the starting point on your entrepreneurial journey.

08:30 - Was this first step in the US?

16:20 - AS: “We started hearing that the customers used our products for their hair…”

24:50 - Do you still manufacture all your products in India?

28:40 - How do you deal with the multiple languages in India?

34:40 - Is there a difference prize set for India and the US with your products?

39:25 - How do you track the success the success of COD?

42:30 - How did you work on the packaging when you are aiming towards being eco-friendly?

44:00 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS ROUND

44:25 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

46:03 - How do you get into a state of flow?

47:11 - What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

48:12 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

49:52 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

51:05 - What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like?

52:17 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

52:56 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

55:35 - How would you double US$ 5K in 24h?

56:31 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

57:05 - What silly thing people should do more of?

57:40 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

58:44 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but don’t want to do it?

59:25 - What makes you happiest?

1:00:20 - Do you have any asks or requests from the audience?
1 hr 3 min
October 06, 2019#24 - Ben Angel - The #1 biohacker
Ben Angel is an international best-selling author, professional speaker and personal branding marketing specialist. Ben has always been interested in health and personal growth, which lead him to solve a problem that is not very often talked about. Now his focus is on helping others achieve their maximum potential by biohacking their way to success.
Show notes Ben Angel
00:30 - Who is Ben Angel?

03:10 - Is there a point in the past when you started your biohacking path?

06:36 - What is biohacking?

09:10 - When did you do your first biohacking?

17:40 - What happened after that first breakpoint?

21:10 - What was the process at this first point?

24:34 - What sort of things can the reader of “Unstoppble” expect?

31:15 - Could you provide three advices for people?

35:20 - Give us some examples about things you see as usual problems

40:01 - Could you share some success stories about the people you’ve helped?

45:40 - Where can people go to learn more about biohacking and your services?

46:41 - RAPID FIRE QUESTION ROUND

47:00 - What are your favorite biohacks?

49:05 - What can people do to easily biohack themselves?

49:41 - One thing that people that are struggling with mental health issues should know?

50:15 - What is your position on alcohol consumption?

52:15 - Any unusual food or drink you usually consume?

54:35 - How do you do to get into a state of flow?

57:18 - What habbit or opinion you have that people disagree with?

58:30 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

01:01:40 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

01:02:57 - What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like?

01:07:35 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

01:08:25 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

01:09:25 - How would you double US$ 5K in 24h?

01:11:09 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

01:11:50 - What silly thing people should do more of?

01:13:08 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

01:13:35 - How would you convince someone to do something good that they didn’t want to do?

01:14:25 - What makes you happiest?

01:15:28 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
1 hr 18 min
September 29, 2019#23 - Eric Toz - (Just) Do the hard thing
Eric Toz is a tech entrepreneur and the Founder of ShineOn. Eric decided to get himself purposely fired from his first job in order to start his own company, which led him to master ecommerce and digital marketing. Now as the President of ShineOn, an ecommerce platform that allows people to create and sell custom jewelry, he’s an expert on all things custom-made. Find out his journey and tips for success in today’s episode of Smarter Destiny.
Show notes Eric Toz
00:30 - Introduction Eric Toz

03:15 - How was the beginning of your path as an entrepreneur?

13:05 - What were the most important learnings from that period?

15:00 - When did you decide to do it on your own?

16:17 - How did you approach this new startup?

26:30 - How did you raise your first million?

31:35 - What were your most important learnings on that period?

38:35 - What legal aspects of the business are important to have in mind when you are starting?

45:15 - What was your biggest selling product this year?

46:21 - RAPID FIRE QUESTION ROUND

46:33 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

49:43 - What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

50:55 - What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

52:51 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

54:35 - How do the first 30 minutes of your day look like?

57:28 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

59:33 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

1:00:20 - How would you double US$ 5K in 24h?

1:01:45 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

1:02:44 - What silly thing people should do more of?

1:03:46 - Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

1:04:40 - How would you convince someone to do something good that they didn’t want to do?

1:06:40 - What makes you happiest?

1:07:45 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
1 hr 11 min
September 22, 2019#22 - Meaghan & AJ Yager - Turning data into growth
Meaghan and AJ Connell are business and life partners. Together they co-founded Praxis Metrics, a company committed to helping businesses grow by making better decisions from their data. The power couple shares with us how they scaled their business and their lives by being data-driven in every aspect of their lives, all while running their business remotely and traveling the world.
Show notes Meaghan & AJ Yager

00:30 - Introduction Meaghan and AJ Yager.

02:15 - How was your background and how you got together as a power couple?

13:05 - Meaghan, what do you think is a great technique for selling encyclopedias in the modern age?

16:48 - How did you meet?

21:40 - When did you become a couple in business?

23:15 - Tell us about these brain scans you had to understand how you think?

30:05 - What are your top three advice for other couple entrepreneurs?

32:45 - Are you a 24/7 business couple or do you take breaks?

40:08 - Besides bioscans, what other unusual experiences did you have?

47:20 - What does Praxis do for the clients you have?

52:25 - Could you share some anecdote about a specific problem that you dealt with and found especially interesting?

58:05 - What do the first few weeks of a customer with Praxis look like?

01:03:00 - What are the three recurrent metrics that should be prioritized and they aren’t?

01:10:23 - Where can people go to learn more about Praxis?

01:10:55 - QUICK FIRE QUESTION ROUND

Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

How do you get yourself into a state of flow?

What habit or opinion you have that people tend to disagree with?

What nontraditional lesson would you teach at school?

What books had the biggest impact on your life?

How do the first 30 minutes of your day look like?

Any advice for your previous boss?

What do you do to get inspired?

How would you double US$ 5K in 24h?

What’s the best advice ever given to you?

What silly thing people should do more of?

Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or one hundred duck sized horses?

How would you convince someone to do something good that they didn’t want to do?

What makes you happiest?
1 hr 40 min
September 15, 2019#21 - Aaron Krall - Converting free trials into paying users
Aaron Krall is a successful entrepreneur who helps Saas (software as a service) owners attract and keep more customers. As a Free Trial Conversion Specialist, Aaron helps SaaS businesses who offer a free trial get more trials and convert them into paying users. He also runs the very active SaaS Growth Hacks Facebook group and does one-on-one coaching for clients.
Bullet points

00:30 - Introduction

02:00 - The start of the journey

05:18 - Being unemployed

07:20 - Moving away and starting over

11:05 - Dealing with failure

13:25 - Starting a new business

19:45 - Expanding

20:42 - The first mistake

23:15 - The problem with having too many clients

25:50 - Going back to basics

29:45 - The next thing: SaaS

31:20 - The revelation

33:41 - “If I don’t deliver, you don’t pay me”

39:20 - How to know if your help is needed

40:45 - What works for scaling quickly

44:08 - Today’s business

46:35 - The three biggest usual mistakes

48:57 - Getting and converting traffic

53:30 - Where can people get into your funnel?

54:30 - Rapid fire question round

54:35 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

56:35 - How do you get into a state of flow?

57:33 - What habit or opinion do you have that people tend to disagree with?

58:33 - What non-traditional lesson would you teach at school?

59:50 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

01:01:08 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?

01:02:09 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

01:03:12 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

01:03:58 - What silly thing should people do more of?

01:06:00 - How would you double USD 5K in 24h?

01:09:29 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

01:10:09 - Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred-duck sized horses?

01:11:37 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but that they don’t want to do?

01:12:27 - What makes you happiest?

01:13:50 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
1 hr 17 min

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