Startup Stories - Mixergy

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Startup Stories - Mixergy episodes

October 25, 2019 #1846 How it’s built: a moving and storage company
Today’s guest is a guy who came to New York to be a musician and ended up falling in love with a woman. But the woman came from a family that was doing really well and he said, “What am I doing here? I’m a schlub. I’ve got to do better.”
So he decided to start a company. He started a moving company where, day and night, he was a mover, a schlepper, moving other people’s stuff in an industry where there have been movers forever.
He ended up making a name for himself and I couldn’t believe his numbers. Lior Rachmany is the founder of Dumbo Moving and Storage.
Lior Rachmany is the founder of Dumbo Moving and Storage.
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October 22, 2019 #1845 The $8 billion dollar software you’ve never heard of
A while back I saw a Q&A on CNN with today’s guest, Ryan Smith, where he was asked, “What’s the most important company we’ve never heard of?” His answer was Qualtrics.
And I’ve thought about this company several times since I saw that.
Well, I finally got an opportunity to interview that founder. Ryan Smith is the co-founder of Qualtrics. A lot of articles describe them as a survey company, but I bet he does not see himself as a survey company.
I’m going to ask him how he went from starting this company in his dad’s house back in 2002 and selling it to SAP in 2018.
Ryan Smith is the founder of Qualtrics, an experience management platform.
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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.
ClickFunnels – Anyone in my audience who goes to clickfunnels.com/mixergy will get a couple of things that I’m excited about. Number one is a free trial so you can actually try it and use it. Number two, you’ll get the funnels that we created to build our business. Use it as a template which you can improve for your business. Go to ClickFunnels.com/mixergy to get started.
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October 21, 2019 #1844 YEC Founder Series: Zen Media
Joining me is Shama Hyder. She is an entrepreneur who does social media and other earned media for her clients. They also do paid media.
I invited her here to find out how she built up her agency, how she got clients, how she’s promoting them using online media.
If you are building a business and doing online promotions you’ll want to hear this interview.
Shama Hyder is the founder of Zen Media, a new media communications firm.
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ClickFunnels – Anyone in my audience who goes to clickfunnels.com/mixergy will get a couple of things that I’m excited about. Number one is a free trial so you can actually try it and use it. Number two, you’ll get the funnels that we created to build our business. Use it as a template which you can improve for your business. Go to ClickFunnels.com/mixergy to get started.
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October 18, 2019 #1843 YEC Founder Series with Scott Gerber
Today I’m joined by Scott Gerber, the CEO of The Community Company and founder of YEC and Forbes Councils.
I want to find out how he grew beyond YEC and built a huge community out of what started as a Facebook Group.
Scott Gerber is the CEO of The Community Company and founder of YEC and Forbes Councils.
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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.
ClickFunnels – Anyone in my audience who goes to clickfunnels.com/mixergy will get a couple of things that I’m excited about. Number one is a free trial so you can actually try it and use it. Number two, you’ll get the funnels that we created to build our business. Use it as a template which you can improve for your business. Go to ClickFunnels.com/mixergy to get started.
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October 16, 2019 #1842 YEC Founder Series: Trainual
I’ve been fascinated by YEC since the beginning. I’ve known them for a long time but I admire them much more so as the years have gone on. So, I wanted to interview some entrepreneurs who are part of that organization.
Joining me is someone whose brother I interviewed already. He was the co-founder of Trainual and I was fascinated by how that business started as a service company that helped chaotic businesses organize themselves. I remember how chaotic Mixergy was when I started. We weren’t following up with guests properly. We weren’t booking guests properly. We weren’t doing anything in an organized way because there was no process.
Today’s guest and his brother co-founded an agency that actually did that for companies. Jonathan Ronzio is the cofounder of Trainual, a company and software that helps growing businesses organize the chaos of onboard and training.
Jonathan Ronzio is the cofounder of Trainual, a company and software that helps growing businesses organize the chaos of onboard and training.
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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.
ClickFunnels – Anyone in my audience who goes to clickfunnels.com/mixergy will get a couple of things that I’m excited about. Number one is a free trial so you can actually try it and use it. Number two, you’ll get the funnels that we created to build our business. Use it as a template which you can improve for your business. Go to ClickFunnels.com/mixergy to get started.
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October 14, 2019 #1841 YEC Founder Series: Kvantum
I’ve been fascinated by this organization called YEC and I want to get to know the entrepreneurs who are part of it. YEC does a big screening process and then they work with those entrepreneurs to help them grow their companies. So joining me today is one of those entrepreneurs.
Shilpi Sharma recognized the problem that I recognize as someone who does ads in my podcast. A lot of people are listening to my ads, love the products that I’m talking about but they forget to go to the “/mixergy” URL and so when they sign up I don’t get credit for it.
The bigger problem is for bigger brands where there’s a lot of conversation happening online, a lot of ads that get seen by their customers that influence the purchase decision, and then they don’t know which of these ads actually led to a sale. Big brands don’t know what’s working and what’s not.
Well, Shilpi said, “I think we can solve it.” The company that she created to solve that is called Kvantum. We’ll find out about it in this interview.
Shilpi Sharma is the founder of Kvantum, which builds technology that changes the way that brands measure the marketing impact on sales.
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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.
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October 11, 2019 #1840 A founder who’s bringing the technology of cooking into the future
Today I have a founder whose business model I’m really excited about.
I’m not into cooking and I don’t understand people who really are, but this solution he came up with is something I can get excited about.
John Pleasants is the founder of Brava, a next generation cooking solution company.
John Pleasants is the founder of Brava, a next generation cooking solution company.
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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.
ClickFunnels – Anyone in my audience who goes to clickfunnels.com/mixergy will get a couple of things that I’m excited about. Number one is a free trial so you can actually try it and use it. Number two, you’ll get the funnels that we created to build our business. Use it as a template which you can improve for your business. Go to ClickFunnels.com/mixergy to get started.
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October 09, 2019 #1839 Shazam: How it was built and sold to Apple in 2018
I remember when I first got my iPhone, one of the coolest apps to try was called Shazam. With Shazam, if there was music playing somewhere and you wanted to know what song it was, the app would tell you. Back then, I think it would even link you over to buy the song and it was like magic. It showed you the power of the iPhone.
Joining me is one of the co-founders of the company Shazam. I wanted to have him here to understand how they came up with the idea, how they built it up, and what it was like when it was sold to Apple.
Philip Inghelbrecht is Founder of Shazam which is one of the most-used apps in the world that was sold to Apple in 2018.
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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.
ClickFunnels – Anyone in my audience who goes to clickfunnels.com/mixergy will get a couple of things that I’m excited about. Number one is a free trial so you can actually try it and use it. Number two, you’ll get the funnels that we created to build our business. Use it as a template which you can improve for your business. Go to ClickFunnels.com/mixergy to get started.
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October 07, 2019 #1838 Building an eHarmony for the manufacturing industry
One thing I’ve noticed over recent years is more and more entrepreneurs selling physical products. And if you’ve heard any of my interviews with those founders, you know that it’s really tough to find a manufacturer for your products.
Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who thought he could come up with a better way. He looked around and said, “What if there was an eHarmony for the manufacturing industry? Someone who would take a creative with an idea and match them up with the qualified manufacturer.” So that’s what he created.
Michael Lizanich is the founder of Manufacturefy. They use artificial intelligence to connect manufacturers with products across all industries around the world. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with this idea, how the idea is doing, how he’s getting manufacturing companies, how he’s vetting them, all that stuff.
Michael Lizanich is the founder of Manufacturefy, a platform that intelligently connects manufacturers directly with products.
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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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October 04, 2019 #1837 How JustCall founder built a cloud-based phone system for your CRM
Joining me is a Mixergy listener who built a company and sold it. He is now running a company that’s super intriguing to me. I want to ask him how he came up with this idea because he was kicking around a bunch of ideas.
Gaurav Sharma is the founder of JustCall, a Cloud phone system that works with your CRM and Helpdesk. We’re going to find out how he built it
Gaurav Sharma is the founder of JustCall, a Cloud phone system that works with your CRM and Helpdesk.
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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.
ClickFunnels – Anyone in my audience who goes to clickfunnels.com/mixergy will get a couple of things that I’m excited about. Number one is a free trial so you can actually try it and use it. Number two, you’ll get the funnels that we created to build our business. Use it as a template which you can improve for your business. Go to ClickFunnels.com/mixergy to get started.
More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint
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