The Daniel DiPiazza Show

Welcome Back!

About a year and a half ago around the time my book, Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want launched, I signed off from the Rich20Something Podcast. The book launch was a professional turning point for me. When you put your heart and soul into something and then it hits #11 on the New York Times bestseller list and it receives amazing reviews on Amazon, it can be a bit overwhelming. I was personally drained and needed a break. So, I took a little time off to start some new ventures, to create new programs, clarify my vision, and replenish my energy.

The guiding principles of this new podcast, The Daniel DiPiazza Show, will follow the core goals of my Alpha Mentorship program and the five pillars of personal evolution from my upcoming book, Wielding Power. I will be using this platform as a one-on-one conversation with you. I'll be sharing insights to help all Millennial Entrepreneurs reach their highest mission.

• 2017 to now — Reflecting on the past is the best way to gain your vision for the future. [1:27]

• Visions: Alpha Mentorship Program, Ascent Mastermind, and Vanguard. [5:34]

• Every learning opportunity is a successful venture. [11:00]

• Unstoppable: Inner Power for Entrepreneurs on Creative Live and the Profit Paradigm Accelerator. [15:19]

• I'm going on tour — Wielding Power: Psychedelic Talks for Leaders of the New Generation. [20:39]

• An excerpt from my new book, Wielding Power: The Five Pillars of Accelerated Personal Evolution. [23:57]

Resources:

Alpha Mentorship Website

@DanielDiPiazza on Instagram — DM me for tickets to the Wielding Power Tour in your town

Daniel DiPiazza TV on Youtube

Unstoppable: Inner Power for Entrepreneurs

Matt Colvin was an early adopter of online sales and entrepreneurship. He was one of my first Freelance Domination students and he has taken the message of empowerment to heart. He uses online apps to analyze the profit margins of retail clearance items, buys the items in bulk to receive the lowest price possible and uses Amazon Fulfillment Services to sell the products online at a significant profit. He says the most important aspect of getting your business started is to find a group of like-minded people to learn the secrets of success from.

Key Takeaways:

[1:32] How Matt created a successful online sales business.

[8:57] The tools of the trade are apps that analyze profit and sales rank.

[12:30] Retail Arbitrage takes advantage of a retailer's clearance sales.

[22:13] Online retail versus brick-and-mortar stores, who is winning?

[28:15] The basics of using Amazon Fulfillment Services.

[41:43] The importance of finding like-minded people.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Matt Colvin

FBA Master Blog

Profit Bandit

Keepa

Inventory Lab

Daniel and Abbey Woodcock both applied for a copywriting job with Ramit Sethi's organization. Daniel was hired first with Abbey at a close second. Both have become successful entrepreneurs in their own right. Abbey now leads a team of professionals at Business of Copy, an organization that teaches what existing and aspiring copywriters need to know to be successful.

Key Takeaways:

[1:22] Abby is dreadfully competitive.

[3:18] Two ways to approach copywriting.

[11:42] Live events are a great way to make cool friends who work in copy.

[21:56] Show me the money.

[23:48] Is copywriting fun?

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Business of Copy

@lifeandwriting on Twitter

Tero Isokauppila, President of Four Sigmatic and Author of Healing Mushrooms, joins Daniel to discuss his passion for fungi, the importance of team and business basics. Tero is known by many as the face of Four Sigmatic but all of the people on his team are essential to the success of the business. What started in Finland as a small group of men running the business has turned into an international organization where a majority of the employees are North American females. If you would like to know how a business model based on foraging in nature for food turned into a health food craze, you will enjoy this episode.

Key Takeaways:

[3:56] When Vogue wanted to do a story before the U.S. launch, Tero knew he was on to something.

[8:13] Entrepreneurs are the asset, not their products.

[12:11] The importance of team.

[14:31] Making amazing relationships online is a powerful experience.

[17:59] Don't become attached to results, instead enjoy the process.

[24:43] If you get the basics of your business right you can figure out the rest as you grow.

[32:27] Four Sigmatic adds mushrooms to coffee and chocolate to cover up their bitterness.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Four Sigmatic

Funky Business Forever, by Jonas Ridderstråle and Kjell A. Nordström

This episode, with Layla Martin, addresses the sad state of affairs that is people's sex lives in the U.S. A majority of people only have access to porn or the repugnant sex education classes offered by a sexually-repressed, puritanical government-run education system. Layla studied tantric sex in Asia and believes relationships, creative endeavors, and everyday life can be improved by engaging in erotic, satisfying and empowering sex. She has dedicated her life to liberating those who want to integrate a better sex life into their overall well-being.

Key Takeaways:

[2:29] Stanford's Sexuality classes offered no hands-on learning so Layla went to Asia.

[7:00] Replacing guilt and shame with ecstasy and joy.

[16:02] Business leaders can benefit from having more meaningful sex.

[23:14] Men get conflicting messages about sexuality.

[34:44] Tools Layla uses to help people integrate with their sexual selves.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Layla Martin

Layla Martin on YouTube

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life, by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

Some people were just born to be entrepreneurs. Daniel's guest, Shama Hyder, is one of those people. Shama is a sought-after Keynote Speaker, Founder, and CEO of Marketing Zen Group, Co-Founder of MADE, and author of the best-selling books, Momentum and Zen Marketing, and has articles published by Forbes and Inc. magazines. The woman who has been called the "Millennial Master of the Universe" by Fastcompany.com shares her insight, wisdom, and plans for the future.

Key Takeaways:

[1:08] The long-ago time before social media was integrated into our lives.

[5:29] How Shama became a Thought Leader and an Influencer.

[16:18] MADE is designed for the modern consumer.

[24:48] Retail isn't dead; it's just getting started.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Shama Hyder

Marketing Zen

MADE

Shama Hyder on LinkedIn

If you think Digital Nomads are a special breed of people who somehow fell into their lifestyle you are wrong. Daniel's guest, Lena Elkins can work from anywhere there is wifi, travel from exotic locale to exotic locale and keep her bank account in the black. How does she do it? She started with believing in herself enough to leave the 8-5. During the show, she shares some of the hurdles she had to jump, some of her biggest successes and how anyone can get over being stuck by going all in.

Key Takeaways:

[1:35] Who is Lena and how did she become a coach of millennial entrepreneurs?

[5:10] The new definition of wealth includes freedom and travel.

[13:36] How do I know if I am ready to be a Digital Nomad?

[16:34] The anxiety and fear associated with risk.

[22:18] Lena describes what makes her an awesome coach.

[34:28] Mindset work is an investment worth making.

[39:24] Getting over getting stuck.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something Scholarship Sign-up

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Lena Elkins

Go-Getter Millennial Group on Facebook

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, by Jen Sincero

You Are a Badass At Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth, by Jen Sincero

Why would anybody want to live to the age of 180? Daniel's guest, Dave Asprey does and he explains why in this persuasive conversation. Dave is the Founder of Bulletproof Coffee, Bulletproof Labs, and Author of Head Strong, a book that helps humans maximize their potential. Dave is a well-known biohacker, business disruption artist, and cool cucumber when faced with trolls.

Key Takeaways:

[2:42] Bulletproof Labs sets out to hack human biology.

[7:51] Dave's had his share of financial ups and downs throughout his career.

[10:00] Why would anyone want to live to 180?

[14:38] The pitfalls of copying and techniques of disruption.

[20:16] Work with people who know more than you do.

[27:25] Dave reset his mind with 40 years of Zen.

[29:03] Being wrong and the fear of death.

[37:56] Feed, Fear, F*ck, Friend.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something Scholarship Sign-up

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Bulletproof

Bulletproof Radio

Head Strong, by Dave Asprey

In this solo episode, Daniel introduces an opportunity to earn a scholarship to his new Mega-Bundle. The Mega-Bundle is an amalgam of his top four business courses, Freelance Domination 2.0, Startup From the Bottom, Front Page Formula, and Automatic Funnel Formula. Be one of the 50-100 entrants to earn a scholarship and uplevel your business.

Key Takeaways:

[:45] The Rich20Something Summer Scholarship is now available

[3:17] Offering the Mega-Bundle to students is just Sales 101.

[5:33] How to sign up for the scholarship.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something Scholarship Sign-up

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Writer Margo Aaron joins Daniel to share her story of turning her hustler guilt into the process of getting clear about her business goals. Margo admits that putting her work out there before it was perfect, taking on too many random projects, and making a few mistakes at the beginning of her career gave her a concentrated strategy for scaling her business.

Entrepreneurs will face bumps in the road but if they find people who have gone through or are going through similar things, it can feel like a warm hug on a cold night.

Key Takeaways:

[:49] Top performers need new benchmarks for defining success.

[9:25] Some books just stand out even if they are old ideas.

[18:04] Being a beginner sucks but you have to do the work to make it.

[23:53] Changing people's lives with your work changes your life.

[29:20] Money can be a force for good.

[37:54] Connecting Solo-Founders in a virtual co-working space.

[43:04] Reverse engineering your revenue goals based on the minimum you need to make to live.

[47:03] When you try to be everything to everyone you can't scale your business properly.

[51:40] Why you should be irrational and get your stuff out there.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Rich20Something

[email protected]

Rich20Something on YouTube

Under 30 CEO

Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want, by Daniel DiPiazza

Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, by Austin Kleon

War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, by Steven Pressfield

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