Startup Stories - Mixergy

By Andrew Warner

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May 21, 2018 #1600 What big media taught Lin Dai about how to run a startup
Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who came from a part of the world and in a time when entrepreneurship was actually not encouraged. In fact in some ways it was an insult to say that you were entrepreneurial and capitalist minded.
Throughout the years he kind of got closer and closer to being an entrepreneur and then he hit on this idea through a co-founder. You guys are going to think the idea is absolutely brilliant.
The app that he came up with is called Hooch. You pay them ten bucks a month and they let you have one drink every single day at some high-end bars in your area. It’s doing phenomenally well. But he had a hard start, especially because it’s alcohol and investors don’t want to get close to alcohol.
I’m going to find out how he came up with this idea, how he got his first users, how he’s expanding beyond this, where his revenues are, and why he was scared of entrepreneurship.
Lin Dai is the founder of Hooch, a subscription-based app that gets you one “free” drink every day of the month.
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1h 17min
May 18, 2018 #1599 Case Study: Selling on Amazon
Today’s guest is making millions by buying from Walmart and selling on Amazon. I grilled him before this interview started to see if this was a real business and turns out that it is.
He’s selling online really well so I invited him here to find out what’s working for him.
Ryan Grant is the founder of Online Selling Experiment, where he teaches how to sell online.
Ryan Grant is the founder of Online Selling Experiment, where he teaches how to sell online.
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If you’re with one of their confusing competitors and you want something new, you owe it to your business to check out ActiveCampaign.
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1h 8min
May 16, 2018 #1598 The accidental $250B trampoline park company
When I looked at the list of upcoming guests for this month and I saw that we had someone who ran a trampoline business I said, “Trampoline?”
It turns out this is a story of a guy who created something in the real world that works like businesses have always worked, except much bigger. And that’s why my team wanted me to interview him. They said, “Wait until you see the numbers, Andrew. It’s a pretty impressive business here.”
Today’s guest is Jeff Platt. He is the founder of Sky Zone, a chain of family entertainment centers that are trampoline based.
Jeff Platt is the founder of Sky Zone, a chain of family entertainment centers.
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52min
May 14, 2018 #1597 How a former lawyer built Thinkific
I watched today’s guest from a distance as he grew his business. And I watched a revolution happening. People were starting to shift towards publishing more of their content on sites like Medium but also on sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Today’s guest saw that and said, “I’m jumping in.” I want to find out about the business behind this concept.
The founder you’re about to meet is Greg Smith. He is the founder of Thinkific, software that enables individuals and businesses to create, market, sell, and deliver online courses on their own websites. They don’t have to host it, they don’t have to manage it, they don’t have to take care of the software behind it. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with this idea.
Greg Smith is the founder of Thinkific, software that enables individuals and businesses to create, market, sell, and deliver online courses on their own websites.
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May 11, 2018 #1596 LIVE and incredibly personal
Last year, I was invited to something called Fireside Conf, a retreat with no Internet, no distractions for entrepreneurs.
While I was there I interviewed the conference founder’s cousin, Jeff Pulver.
They never sent me the recording and I thought it was because my questions were rude and way too personal.
Well, they’ve just given me a copy and I’m so proud of it that I’m publishing it now.
Jeff Pulver sold his business for tens of millions of dollars and didn’t end up as happy as he thought. We’ll get into why in this interview.
Jeff Pulver is the co-founder of Free World Dialup, Vonage, MoNage, Alchemist, and Zula.
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52min
May 08, 2018 #1595 How a Tinder Hack inspired a networking startup for women
Today’s guest started out as a reporter when a Tinder hack led to a business idea for connecting women.
She’s a pro at getting media attention and I want to learn how she does it.
Pamela Newenham is the cofounder of GirlCrew, a platform for women to make new friends.
Pamela Newenham is the cofounder of GirlCrew, a platform for women to make new friends.
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Toptal – If you’re having trouble finding developers, Toptal is a network of elite pre-vetted software developers. You tell Toptal what you’re looking for, they search their network for the best people, they test the candidates, and then they present you with only the candidates who meet your individual needs. Once you pick someone you can start work with them the next day. They offer a no-risk trial period. Go to Toptal.com. Get the best of the best right now.
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1h 1min
May 07, 2018 #1594 Brandon Evans is heart-led. Andrew Warner is heartless.
I invited Brandon Evans back on Mixergy to talk about how losing his company & his wife led him down what he might call a “heart-led path.” In the process I think we all realized a few things about me.
Brandon Evans Brandon Evans is the co-founder of 1heart whose mission is to foster a new generation of companies and leaders who create from their heart, aligned to their purpose, collectively elevating the consciousness of the planet as one tribe.
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Toptal – If you’re having trouble finding developers, Toptal is a network of elite pre-vetted software developers. You tell Toptal what you’re looking for, they search their network for the best people, they test the candidates, and then they present you with only the candidates who meet your individual needs. Once you pick someone you can start work with them the next day. They offer a no-risk trial period. Go to Toptal.com. Get the best of the best right now.
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1h 1min
May 04, 2018 #1593 Case Study: Building to sell
A few years ago I interviewed today’s guest about his martial arts business Science of Skill.
And I’m going to be honest with you, I thought the site just looked OK. But Dan Faggella, the founder, told me privately how I didn’t understand marketing automation at all. He actually came back to Mixergy to teach a course on it.
He opened my eyes to how much marketing automation can transform a business. What I didn’t know at the time was that he wanted to sell Science of Skill as he was building it. He tried and he failed.
But he tried again and he had success. I want to find out how he did it.
Dan Faggella founded the Science of Skill eCommerce company, and sold it for over $1MM to fund TechEmergence (Emerj), an artificial intelligence research platform.
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Toptal – If you’re having trouble finding developers, Toptal is a network of elite pre-vetted software developers. You tell Toptal what you’re looking for, they search their network for the best people, they test the candidates, and then they present you with only the candidates who meet your individual needs. Once you pick someone you can start work with them the next day. They offer a no-risk trial period. Go to Toptal.com. Get the best of the best right now.
ActiveCampaign – Improve your marketing & sales processes by upgrading to an automated platform. Start sending follow-up that adapts to your customers’ behavior so you are sending the perfect message at the perfect time. You’ll have happier customers and higher conversions. See why over 150,000 marketers use ActiveCampaign to create intelligent marketing that gets better results.
If you’re with one of their confusing competitors and you want something new, you owe it to your business to check out ActiveCampaign.
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1h 8min
May 02, 2018 #1592 How opportunity works and where to find it.
Today’s guest started out as a long-haired musician. He then became a real estate guy and then moved on to where he really got his reputation, the dating-advice space. I feel like he conquered it, became one of the biggest names in the space. His name is Eben Pagan and he now teaches people about entrepreneurship.
His latest book, “Opportunity”, is about what opportunity is, how it works, and where to find it. I invited him here to tell the story of how he got a start in business. I want to find out how he came from a really tough background to building up a business using the ideas in this book to do it.
Eben Pagan is an entrepreneur, author and investor, best known for teaching dating advice.
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Toptal – If you’re having trouble finding developers, Toptal is a network of elite pre-vetted software developers. You tell Toptal what you’re looking for, they search their network for the best people, they test the candidates, and then they present you with only the candidates who meet your individual needs. Once you pick someone you can start work with them the next day. They offer a no-risk trial period. Go to Toptal.com. Get the best of the best right now.
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1h 10min
April 30, 2018 #1591 How does a guy who has no attachment to money make so much money?
Today’s guest is someone who said, “I have no attachment to money.” And still, when I look at his revenue online, he’s doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, and he did it by bootstrapping his company.
So how does a guy who says he has no attachment to money make so much money? Robert Gryn is the founder of Codewise, which specializes in advertising technology. They have two big software brands. The first is called Voluum. It’s an ad performance tracker. And the second is called Zeropark. It’s an ad buying network.
I’m going to find out how he built up this business and I almost feel like almost rip him apart.
Robert Gryn is the founder of Codewise, which specializes in advertising technology.
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Toptal – If you’re having trouble finding developers, Toptal is a network of elite pre-vetted software developers. You tell Toptal what you’re looking for, they search their network for the best people, they test the candidates, and then they present you with only the candidates who meet your individual needs. Once you pick someone you can start work with them the next day. They offer a no-risk trial period. Go to Toptal.com. Get the best of the best right now.
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