Startup Stories - Mixergy

By Andrew Warner

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January 24, 2018 #1550 How to do your own PR right
I’ve noticed a problem, as today’s guest will tell you from his own experience, that most entrepreneurs are really crappy at getting PR.
I’m shocked to hear him say it because I’ve known him for years and years and years. He’s got such a good touch and still he says at one point, he was crap, but he got better and better at it.
Then he started creating software and services that help entrepreneurs and small businesses now with their PR.
Dmitry Dragilev is the founder of JustReachOut.io. It’s a place where you can find relevant journalists and pitch them all on your own.
Dmitry Dragilev is the founder of JustReachOut.io, a place where you can find relevant journalists and pitch them all on your own.
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With Bench, you get a professional bookkeeping team to do your books for you and our simple, elegant software to review your finances. It’s everything you need to forget about your bookkeeping, without actually forgetting about your bookkeeping.
Sign up at Bench and get 20% off for your first 6 months.
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 4min
January 22, 2018 #1549 How a serial dabbler launched The Baby Bathwater Institute
If you guys have been listening to me, you know that I’ve been jazzed about this event coming up called Baby Bathwater.
Well, I was talking to the founder and I asked him what he was doing before and he told me he used to have a supplements company. I’ve always been intrigued by supplement companies.
Turns out there’s good money in it. I invited him here to tell us how the business works.
Michael Lovitch is the co-founder of RealDose Nutrition, a line of doctor formulated products supporting weight loss and anti-aging.
Michael Lovitch is the co-founder of RealDose Nutrition, a line of doctor formulated products supporting weight loss and anti-aging.
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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.
With Bench, you get a professional bookkeeping team to do your books for you and our simple, elegant software to review your finances. It’s everything you need to forget about your bookkeeping, without actually forgetting about your bookkeeping.
Sign up at Bench and get 20% off for your first 6 months.
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1h 20min
January 19, 2018 #1548 How an insurance adjuster got out of the cubicle and modernized an industry
Today’s guest is unusual. He worked at AAA for nearly a decade.
How does a guy who worked in insurance go on to be an entrepreneur. He’s bootstrapped a profitable business. I want to find out how.
Ernie Bray is the founder of AutocClaims Direct, delivers a virtual claims workflow technology that flexes to an auto insurer’s specific business needs.
I’ll explain what that means in the interview.
Ernie Bray is the founder of AutocClaims Direct, delivers a virtual claims workflow technology that flexes to an auto insurer’s specific business needs.
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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.
HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way. Thanks to their 24/7 – 365 days a year live support – which you can get via chat, phone and email – any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all.
HostGator offers unlimited disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, one click WordPress installs and more.
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1h 3min
January 17, 2018 #1547 Minibar Delivery’s insane advantage of entering a highly regulated space
I’m shocked when I hear an entrepreneur is getting into a space with a lot of regulation. But there’s a lot of value in doing it.
Not only is there a fortune to be made, you can also have a real impact on the world by going into a space many other people are afraid to enter.
That’s what today’s guest did. Lindsey Andrews is the cofounder of Minibar Delivery, a marketplace for beer, wine and spirits.
Lindsey Andrews is the cofounder of Minibar Delivery, a marketplace for beer, wine and spirits.
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The Baby Bathwater Institute – Baby Bathwater shatters the mold of traditional networking and provides a platform for experience, inspiration, and growth that is unique to each person or team that gets involved. Not all entrepreneurs are “cutthroat winners.” Some want to connect with other genuine, helpful, fun folks in a way where everyone wins. Join an expansive, talented, and diverse group that can actually help you reach measurable growth.
If you need anything designed–a new web page, a new landing page, a new logo, DesignCrowd will do it for you. They ask you what you’re looking for, who you are, what your company is like. They will give you lots of options, you pick the one you like, pay for it, and they guarantee results. It’s that simple. Find out how DesignCrowd is different than the other companies and go to designcrowd.com/mixergy.
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January 15, 2018 #1546 How a chain of gyms inspired a software company
Today’s guest had a job and came across a problem that was so painful he decided to solve it.
As a result, Mike Brown is the founder of FISION which is sales enablement and marketing asset management tool.
It gives salespeople all the digital assets they need to close more sales. He went all in financially, with his reputation, and with his time. I want to find out how he did it.
Mike Brown is the founder of FISION which is sales enablement and marketing asset management tool.
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If you need anything designed–a new web page, a new landing page, a new logo, DesignCrowd will do it for you. They ask you what you’re looking for, who you are, what your company is like. They will give you lots of options, you pick the one you like, pay for it, and they guarantee results. It’s that simple. Find out how DesignCrowd is different than the other companies and go to designcrowd.com/mixergy.
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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54min
January 12, 2018 #1545 Solving the problem of lifecycle engagement
It’s not that hard to get downloads for your app. What is hard is to get people to remember to keep coming back and using your it.
The retention is so hard. Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who understood that pain long before other app makers and digital brands understood it.
He created a company to help solve that problem. Bill Magnuson is the founder of Braze, a lifecycle engagement platform empowers brands to humanize connections with customers, resulting in better experiences and retention.
I invited him here to find out how he understood the problem and built a company to solve it.
Bill Magnuson is the founder of Braze, a lifecycle engagement platform empowers brands to humanize connections with customers, resulting in better experiences and retention.
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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.
HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way. Thanks to their 24/7 – 365 days a year live support – which you can get via chat, phone and email – any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all.
HostGator offers unlimited disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, one click WordPress installs and more.
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56min
January 10, 2018 #1544 Losing it all, suicide, depression, comeback
We didn’t talk about anything I expected to talk about in this interview. Instead we talked about suicide, alcoholism, and the illusory nature of startup goals.
I’ll interview today’s guest again about how he built his business but this interview is about the inner struggles of entrepreneurship. If you don’t want to hear me get personal with a guest, skip this interview. Go to the next one.
If you are someone who wants to know what goes on in a founder’s head, I don’t know anyone who opens up more than today’s interviewee.
John Saddington is the founder of The Iron Yard, a coding school.
John Saddington is the founder of The Iron Yard, a coding school.
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The Baby Bathwater Institute – Baby Bathwater shatters the mold of traditional networking and provides a platform for experience, inspiration, and growth that is unique to each person or team that gets involved. Not all entrepreneurs are “cutthroat winners.” Some want to connect with other genuine, helpful, fun folks in a way where everyone wins. Join an expansive, talented, and diverse group that can actually help you reach measurable growth.
HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way. Thanks to their 24/7 – 365 days a year live support – which you can get via chat, phone and email – any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all.
HostGator offers unlimited disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, one click WordPress installs and more.
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1h 8min
January 08, 2018 #1543 A food delivery lifestyle business pivots to solve a bigger problem for grocery stores
About six years ago I interviewed the entrepreneur you’re about to meet. He started a snack delivery service called Madtown Munchies and he built it up from one guy with a bicycle to a $380k business.
We stayed in touch after that interview but recently I’ve been wondering what happened to him and his business. I invited him here to catch up.
Jeremy Neren is now the founder of GrocerKey which allows you to shop your favorite grocery store online. GrocerKey was a pivot from Madtown Munchies and I want to find out how he transformed his business.
Jeremy Neren is the founder of GrocerKey, which creates e-commerce software for grocery stores to sell products online at their in-store prices.
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HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way. Thanks to their 24/7 – 365 days a year live support – which you can get via chat, phone and email – any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all.
HostGator offers unlimited disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, one click WordPress installs and more.
If you need anything designed–a new web page, a new landing page, a new logo, DesignCrowd will do it for you. They ask you what you’re looking for, who you are, what your company is like. They will give you lots of options, you pick the one you like, pay for it, and they guarantee results. It’s that simple. Find out how DesignCrowd is different than the other companies and go to designcrowd.com/mixergy.
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1h 11min
January 05, 2018 #1542 The business behind hosting companies
Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who had a hosting company. They had a challenge with hosting videos on their site and they thought, “Let’s create a product that solves it.”
And they did. And then it failed. But then they kept talking to their customers and understanding the real pain, understanding the bigger issue.
They now have a video hosting and monetization platform that is doing phenomenally well. I invited the founder, PJ Taei, to talk about how he launched Uscreen.tv. He’s made it into a business that just keeps growing revenue and I want to learn how this process works of understanding customers.
He told our producer he’s so freaking obsessed with talking to customers he spent two years doing it. I want to know how he gets them on the phone, how you can understand what your customers are going through and I want to know how we can build better businesses that actually address people’s needs, their deep, deep needs.
PJ Taei is the founder of Uscreen, a video hosting and monetization platform.
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HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way. Thanks to their 24/7 – 365 days a year live support – which you can get via chat, phone and email – any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all.
HostGator offers unlimited disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, one click WordPress installs and more.
Pipedrive is a sales management tool for small teams with big ambitions. It visualizes one’s sales pipeline and helps to make sure important activities and conversations won’t get dropped. Salespeople really like it because it’s easy to use and intuitive. Managers like it because they don’t need to nag their team to use their CRM. It also sports built-in forecasting, integrations with other software such as Google Apps, MailChimp and Zapier and a powerful API.
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1h 3min
January 03, 2018 #1541 How is Hack Reactor still standing when other coding schools are in the dead pool?
Since the interview I did with Hack Reactor, they have been on a roll buying companies.
Well, today we’re going to meet one of the founders of a company they bought.
Harsh Patel is the founder of MakersSquare, a network of coding schools which is now part of Hack Reactor.
Something interesting happened in the world of coding schools that I want to talk about in this interview. The industry was quickly profitable and allowed a couple of companies to grow really big. But then people started losing money. Some of the businesses closed.
I want to find out how Hack Reactor fared through that period.
Harsh Patel is the founder of MakersSquare, a network of coding schools which is now part of Hack Reactor.
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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.
The Baby Bathwater Institute – Baby Bathwater shatters the mold of traditional networking and provides a platform for experience, inspiration, and growth that is unique to each person or team that gets involved. Not all entrepreneurs are “cutthroat winners.” Some want to connect with other genuine, helpful, fun folks in a way where everyone wins. Join an expansive, talented, and diverse group that can actually help you reach measurable growth.
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1h 19min

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