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Startup Stories - Mixergy episodes

August 14, 2017 #1483 How to build a company using the psychology of incentives
Imagine you are the CEO of a large Company and you have employees that need to travel everywhere. You want to make sure they get the lowest prices but you don’t want to micromanage them.
So, how do you use psychology to incentivize them to find the best price? That’s what today’s guest has figured out.
Dan Ruch is the founder of Rocketrip, which gives businesses travelers an estimate of what trips should cost and incentivizes them to get the best price.
Dan Ruch is the founder of Rocketrip, which gives businesses travelers an estimate of what trips should cost and incentivizes them to get the best price.
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August 11, 2017 #1482 How Master of Code is building chatbots for heavy-hitter clients
I’ve been really obsessed with chatbots—I think it’s the future of company-to-human interaction.
The more curious I got about the space the more I found out about the company Master of Code. At first I just thought of them as chatbot makers for heavy-hitter brands, but they do way more than that.
Dmitry Gritsenko is the founder and I invited him here to talk about chatbots and how he grew his company.
Dmitry Gritsenko is the founder of Master of Code, a software and mobile application development company, specializing in iOS and Android development, Web development and Chatbots.
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1 hr 15 min
August 09, 2017 #1481 How to bootstrap from a Tier-2 city in India – with Dinesh Agarwal
Today I have an interview with an entrepreneur whose revenues are not as high as the others I’ve interviewed. But to me this interview is more important than the others and here’s why…
Just by living in San Francisco I have access to phenomenal entrepreneurs but if I only interviewed VC-backed founders I don’t think that would satisfy the mission of Mixergy.
I want to expose you to founders who are doing things differently, founders who are doing things in other parts of the world. That’s why I’m excited to introduce you to today’s guest.
Dinesh Agarwal lives in India and has successdully bootstrapped Recurpost, a software that allows you to recycle your best updates on social media.
Dinesh Agarwal is the founder of Recurpost, a software that allows you to recycle your best updates on social media.
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August 07, 2017 #1480 How did a global company grow without systemizing?
I’ve been emailing back and forth with a Mixergy fan who said his revenues were over $10M.
But he told me in private how much pain he was in because the systems that ran his business weren’t working like they should have.
Mario Nawfal is the founder of Athena Group, a collection of companies that sells things like juicers and hover boards.
I want to find out how he got his start and how he built a collection of products to sell online.
Mario Nawfal is the founder of Athena Group, a collection of companies that sells things like juicers and hover boards.
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August 04, 2017 #1479 Sherry Walling of ZenFounder interviews me about my mental health and inner entrepreneur
I usually interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses but today I have something a little different.
If you’re an entrepreneur who wants to understand the inner entrepreneur, this will be a good interview. In this episode Sherry Walling, a clinical psychologist, interviews me for her podcast ZenFounder.
We talk about my mental health and happiness, what motivates me, how I grew up, and why I am the person I am.
ZenFounder is a podcast where Sherry talks about startup family life: how to work well, how to stay healthy, and how to be in relationships that are healthy and happy.
Sherry Walling is a clinical psychologist and creator of ZenFounder, a podcast where she talks about startup family life: how to work well, how to stay healthy, and how to be in relationships that are healthy and happy.
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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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59 min
August 02, 2017 #1478 How Nowait modernized the restaurant waitlist (and sold to Yelp for $40M)
I hate when I go to restaurants and I get one of those little plastic things that vibrates when my table is ready. I hate them because they don’t fit in my pocket, and I have to stand outside like a schmuck holding this thing in my hand.
So when I heard that someone allowed restaurant goers like me to get a text when their spot was available I installed the app and I’ve had it on my phone ever since.
Today I’m excited to get to know the guy behind the company because it is way bigger than just the app. Robb Myer is the founder of Nowait which allows restaurants to manage the way that they interact with customers who want to get a seat at their restaurant.
Nowait was actually sold to Yelp not long ago. We’ll find out how Robb came up with the idea, evolved it, and why the company was sold to Yelp.
Robb Myer is the founder of Nowait which allows restaurants to manage the way that they interact with customers who want to get a seat at their restaurant.
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50 min
July 31, 2017 #1477 Why sell a profitable company to take a risk on a new one?
David Rogenmoser finally had a profitable business. PayFunnels, which allowed businesses to offer hassle free, fast, online payments.
How did he do it? And, more strangely, why did he sell it take a risk on a new company, Proof?
Proof allows you to boost your website conversions with intelligent social proof.
David Rogenmoser is the founder of Proof which boosts your website conversions with intelligent social proof.
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1 hr 2 min
July 28, 2017 #1476 How did Adii Pienaar launch Conversio and generate $2M in revenue in 2 years?
What if you could build on your customer relationships simply by offering more attractive and functional email receipts?
Adii Pienaar is the founder of Conversio which is an all-in-one marketing dashboard for eCommerce stores.
Conversio helps eCommerce sites improve their relationships with customers through improved marketing techniques and functional email receipts.
Adii Pienaar is the founder of Conversio which is an all-in-one marketing dashboard for eCommerce stores.
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1 hr 5 min
July 26, 2017 #1475 How Influenster is on pace to hit $18M seven years after launch
How did a review site grow so fast that it will hit $18M seven years after launching?
Elizabeth Scherle and Aydin Acar are the founders of Influenster which is an app that has millions of product reviews that allow people to like learn and talk about products.
Influenster had $11M in revenue in 2016 and is on the fast-track towards $18M for 2017.
Elizabeth Scherle and Aydin Acar are the founders of Influenster which is an app that has millions of product reviews that allow people to like learn and talk about products.
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58 min
July 24, 2017 #1474 Jason Calcanis, Angel
For years, I wanted to ask Jason Calacanis a few things.
Like, how is it that after his company, Mahalo, took a ton of painful hits he still kept acting like each new idea he had was sure to be the one? Was it an act? Or something innate about the guy?
Or, if he’s an Angel who can help guide startups to huge success, then why didn’t his companies ever have that level of success?
What I love about Jason is that he digs these kinds of questions. (He waved me off before the interview when I tried to tell him the direction I planned to take.) So when I interviewed him about his book, Angel, I spent over an hour asking.
Jason Calacanis is a serial entrepreneur, podcaster and angel investor.
He recently published the book, Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups-Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
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1 hr 31 min