Startup Stories - Mixergy

By Andrew WarnerSociety & Culture Business Education

Startup Stories - Mixergy episodes

August 19, 2016 #1343 Can a print newsletter be profitable? – with Ben Settle
This interview I’m going to be talking to someone who I’ve been hearing so much about internally at Mixergy, especially from my mentor, who’s a huge fan and a subscriber.
Ben Settle is the creator of Email Players Newsletter, it’s a paper newsletter which teaches copywriting for emails.
You won’t believe how much he’s charging for it and how he’s getting people to pay.
Ben Settle is the creator of Email Players Newsletter, which teaches copywriting for emails.
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As a Mixergy fan, you can save up to $250 on the price of your ticket. That’s the “early bird rate” that’s no longer available anywhere else. To claim this discount, visit http://www.leadpages.net/mixergy mixergy to get your tickets.
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1 hr 3 min
August 17, 2016 #1342 How married co-founders deal with anxiety while running a business – with Brian Goulet
My hope is that as you’re building your company, you’re listening to this. Or maybe as you’re running into work, or as you’re driving into work, you’re listening to this and you use it to build a company. I hope that you’ll give me the honor of letting me interview you when you’re ready for it.
I’m especially excited about this interview, because this isn’t an interview with someone who created a virtual reality app or came up with the latest and greatest anything.
This is a guy who sells pens and geeks out on paper online in a way that you didn’t even know existed. He’s building a real business with it, a business full of passionate customers who love what he’s doing, a business full of customers who are buying what he’s selling. To me, that’s exciting. His name is Brian Goulet. He is the Founder of Goulet Pens. It’s an online retail niche store that focuses on fountain pens, ink, and paper for writing.
Brian Goulet is the Founder of Goulet Pens, an online retail niche store that focuses on fountain pens, ink, and paper for writing.
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Converted 2016 is an entire conference dedicated to increasing your leads, sales, and conversions at every stage in your sales process—from the second a new visitor arrives at your website for a very first time—to the day that new visitor joins your email list—to the moment that new lead purchases your first product—becomes your recurring customer—and even goes on to become your advocate and customer for life. We’ll show you how that’s done, step by step.
As a Mixergy fan, you can save up to $250 on the price of your ticket. That’s the “early bird rate” that’s no longer available anywhere else. To claim this discount, visit http://www.leadpages.net/mixergy mixergy to get your tickets.
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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1 hr
August 15, 2016 #1341 Growth systems used by churches that you can apply to your business – with Casey Graham
What’s interesting to me is that I keep thinking of businesses as serving the same groups of customers. And maybe that feeling inside me has been exaggerated since I moved to San Francisco where it feels like everyone is trying to create a consumer-based business for the same group of people without charging them.
Sometimes it really feels like that. But I love it when I see someone who creates a business that’s aimed at a completely different market, one that I never would have thought of and that it’s actually doing really well.
That’s what’s exciting to me about the guest that you’re about to meet. His name is Casey Graham. He founded The Rocket Company. It gives pastors everything they didn’t learn in school. I actually downloaded some of their sermon suggestions just to give you a sense of the kind of thing they do.
Pastors have to give sermons every Sunday, right? So, he gives them material to create their sermon so that it’s fresh. It’s exciting and they don’t have to keep coming up with it on their own. I say he does, but he doesn’t anymore. He sold the company and we’re going to find out how he started it, how he built it, why he sold it and what that sale was like.
Casey Graham is the founder of The Rocket Company, which gives pastors everything they didn’t learn in school.
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55 min
August 12, 2016 #1340 Find what sucks (and make it better) – with Matt Howard
Joining me today is an entrepreneur who saw something, well, that sucked.
It sucked pretty badly. He said, “I think I can do better than that. In fact, I know I can.” So, he started. He built it up and he built it and built it and it that ended up being better than the local options. Today EatStreet is in 250 cities serving 15,000 restaurants.
They make it easy for anyone to get food when they’re hungry.
Today’s guest is Matt Howard. He is the founder of EatStreet. It’s an ordering service that connects people with local restaurants for delivery and pickup.
Matt Howard is the founder of EatStreet, an ordering service that connects people with local restaurants for delivery and pickup.
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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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59 min
August 10, 2016 #1339 How to use community to grow a physical product (even in a crowded market) – with Jennifer Chong
Because I do these interviews I get invited to speak at conferences. Well, a few months ago I was at a speaker dinner for a conference and the organizer said to me, “Andrew, you’ve got to come meet this woman. She just launched this bag company.”
Bag company? What’s so exciting about that? I wanted to meet tech people here. But the organizer said, “You don’t understand. You should see the way she’s using tech to promote her company.” She’s done over $1 million in sales and you’ve got to see how.
So, today we have Jennifer Chong with us. She is the cofounder of Linjer which makes luxury leather goods at affordable prices.
Jennifer Chong is the cofounder of Linjer which makes luxury leather goods at affordable prices.
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HostGator offers unlimited disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, one click WordPress installs and more.
Acuity Scheduling – Acuity Scheduling helps businesses offer and manage their appointments online. With this tool, you’ll be able to automate your client bookings, cancellations, reminders & even payments without sacrificing you soul. Plus, automated reminders and follow-ups eliminate your no-shows, and incentivize repeat bookings. Get an exclusive 45-day trial at AcuityScheduling.com/mixergy
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51 min
August 08, 2016 #1338 How flipping one house led to a multi-million dollar company building luxury homes
Today I’ve got a non-tech interview for you. I heard about a woman who started flipping homes.
She flipped one home–I don’t even know if it was intentional–but she sold it and that got her started on a career that led to her running a company that builds custom homes. Her name is Marnie Oursler. She is the founder of Marnie Custom Homes. They build luxurious custom homes on Delaware beaches.
She is also about to have a new TV show on the DIY network called, “Big Beach Builds.” I’m really looking forward to seeing it. It’s starting in the fall of 2017. We’re going to get to see her beach renovations on that show. I’m excited to have her on here.
Marnie Oursler is the founder of Marnie Custom Homes, which buils luxurious custom homes on Delaware beaches.
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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.
More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint
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45 min
August 05, 2016 #1337 Three companies, three successes. Here’s how… – with Travis Schneider
Starting a company is really hard. Succeeding at a company is really hard. So when I find someone who’s done it three times, built three successful companies, I want to understand how he did it.
That’s exactly what Travis Schneider did. Travis is the guy who first founded StarBrand Media, which enabled viewers to buy the clothes they saw on major TV shows, and he sold it to POPSUGAR.
Then, he started ShopNation, which normalized product data from fashion retailers to help shoppers find the fashion products at their favorite stores. He sold that to Meredith Corp.
Now, he’s working on PatientPop, which gives doctors an all-in-one solution for acquiring patients, managing their reputations, doing retention marketing, and getting insights into their businesses. It’s a lot in here, and I want to talk about all of it.
Travis Schneider is the founder ShopNation, which normalized product data from fashion retailers to help shoppers find the fashion products at their favorite stores. He sold that to Meredith Corp.
Now, he’s working on PatientPop, which gives doctors an all-in-one solution for acquiring patients, managing their reputations, doing retention marketing, and getting insights into their businesses.
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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.
Acuity Scheduling – Acuity Scheduling helps businesses offer and manage their appointments online. With this tool, you’ll be able to automate your client bookings, cancellations, reminders & even payments without sacrificing you soul. Plus, automated reminders and follow-ups eliminate your no-shows, and incentivize repeat bookings. Get an exclusive 45-day trial at AcuityScheduling.com/mixergy
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58 min
August 03, 2016 #1336 Neil Patel on building (and leaving) Kissmetrics
When you hear that a founder left the company, don’t you internally wonder what happened? What happened to the company that made the founder leave? Well, joining me right now is Neil Patel. He is the founder of Kissmetrics, a company that he’s no longer with day to day.
Kissmetrics is an analytics startup that raised over $10 million in venture funding and has some of the most respected advisors in Silicon Valley. Their mission is to be a revolutionary person-based analytics platform for your whole team. They had some extraordinary wins, like generating over 10,000 leads per month from content marketing. They also had some setbacks. Most notably, they were sued in federal court for allegedly violating federal privacy laws.
I want to talk about what happened to Kissmetrics, where they are now, what he learned from it.
Neil is also the author of “Hustle: The Power to Change Your Life with Money, Meaning and Momentum.” This book is kind of his response to a woman who he met who told him that creating a successful company can’t be done unless you’ve already had some kind of advantage beforehand. In it, he talks about how to hustle as an entrepreneur, how to know yourself, and how to build your business.
Neil Patel is the founder of Kissmetrics and the author of “Hustle: The Power to Change Your Life with Money, Meaning and Momentum.”
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Converted 2016 is an entire conference dedicated to increasing your leads, sales, and conversions at every stage in your sales process—from the second a new visitor arrives at your website for a very first time—to the day that new visitor joins your email list—to the moment that new lead purchases your first product—becomes your recurring customer—and even goes on to become your advocate and customer for life. We’ll show you how that’s done, step by step.
As a Mixergy fan, you can save up to $250 on the price of your ticket. That’s the “early bird rate” that’s no longer available anywhere else. To claim this discount, visit http://www.leadpages.net/mixergy mixergy to get your tickets.
Acuity Scheduling – Acuity Scheduling helps businesses offer and manage their appointments online. With this tool, you’ll be able to automate your client bookings, cancellations, reminders & even payments without sacrificing you soul. Plus, automated reminders and follow-ups eliminate your no-shows, and incentivize repeat bookings. Get an exclusive 45-day trial at AcuityScheduling.com/mixergy
More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint
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59 min
August 01, 2016 #1335 The Tim Sykes interview
Pretty much since I got started here at Mixergy, I’ve done interviews with this guy who you’re about to see today.
And every time I talk to him, it feels like his business is growing.
He’s largely growing it using social media, which is where I first found out about him. He was a blogger and then he became a guy who you saw on Facebook taunting people with how well he was doing and showing his Lamborghini. Then he became an Instagram celebrity, I see him on Twitter, and now Snapchat. He says he’s building up his business using it.
Tim Sykes is the founder of Profit.ly, a community of traders who share their performance and trades openly to help each other learn and improve.
Tim Sykes is the founder of Profit.ly, a community of traders who share their performance and trades openly to help each other learn and improve.
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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.
Acuity Scheduling – Acuity Scheduling helps businesses offer and manage their appointments online. With this tool, you’ll be able to automate your client bookings, cancellations, reminders & even payments without sacrificing you soul. Plus, automated reminders and follow-ups eliminate your no-shows, and incentivize repeat bookings. Get an exclusive 45-day trial at AcuityScheduling.com/mixergy
More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint
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1 hr 3 min
July 29, 2016 #1334 How Sprinklr became a billion dollar unicorn – with Ragy Thomas
What you’ll notice when you look out into the entrepreneurial landscape is that most people don’t even see changes as they happen. It’s not until years later that they realize there’s been a big shift in the market.
Well, today’s guest saw the big shift. One that went from email marketing to social media. He saw it as it was happening and he started a business around it. Last I hear the business was worth $1.2 billion dollars which makes it a unicorn.
Ragy Thomas is the founder of Sprinklr, which offers social media management system that enables global scale of social customer experience management.
Ragy Thomas is the founder of Sprinklr, which offers social media management system that enables global scale of social customer experience management (CEM) for the social enterprise.
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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.
More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint
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52 min