The HUSTLR Podcast

Hey hustlers, today I have a husband and wife team - Kaitlin and Travis from Fool & Scholar Productions. Both of them are serial podcasters and have 4 million downloads across all of their shows. Podcasts they produce are very different from this podcast. The couple focuses on producing creative podcasts that to be honest sounds like TV shows. Two of their shows even won awards, specifically The White Vault and VAST Horizon. Super Impressive!

Quick backstory on the both of them. Kaitlin has worked in the podcast industry since when she was a student at the University of Oxford in 2015. Lucky for her, she found her passion in podcasting and formed the company with Travis right after graduating. She’s also an established fiction writer and creates some of the best podcasts in the realm of indie fiction.

Travis, on the other hand - is a storyteller and producer who has experience in audio editing since 2010. He started off arranging, producing and editing studio albums for other musicians but has shifted focus to tell audio stories via podcasts. He’s an established sound designer, writer, performer and music producer under the name Careless Juja. Another interesting fact is that he’s also a voice actor in video games.

Hustlers, if you’re a creative at heart have you imagined living your life like Kaitlin and Travis? Let’s dive deeper into their story, stay tuned.

Welcome back onto the HUSTLR podcast. Today I have a superstar hustler on the show. HIs name is Matt Diggity and we’ve met through a Facebook mastermind group about SEO started by the guys at Authority Hacker.
 
 If you’re an SEO - you’ll definitely know this guy. For those of you who doesn’t know Matt, he is one of the biggest authorities in SEO - check out his blog at diggitymarketing.com (i’ll put that in the show notes below), an established affiliate marketer who has made millions of dollars online across many different industries, he runs a very high-level SEO agency called The Search Initiative.

I consider him one of the best SEOs in business now and I’m sure you and I both can learn something from this episode. Stay tuned!

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Today's guest is Naresh Vissa from Krish Media & Marketing. He's a student-employee turned entrepreneur, featured author in many magazines.  He starting hustling at a very young age, making more money than most 30-year-olds when he was still in college.

His consultancy business has been his primary source of income for four years now. Immediately making 20% more than what I was paid with my employer. He is a prolific author, podcaster and has published 5 different books about marketing, podcasting. His bestsellers are Fifty Shades Of Marketing and Podcastnomics - which are one of the best books in the field of marketing and podcasting.
 
Interested to know more about Naresh’s story? Stay tuned to the end of this episode.

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What is up hustlers, on today’s episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Ladan Davia, she is the CEO and founder of Beeya. 

Beeya is a jmachine learning-powered ob seeking platform connecting job seekers to over 11 million jobs that suits them best, all for free. Prior to founding Beeya, she worked in the entertainment industry pursuing her career as an on-camera host and was also the Founder and President of Excelerate Test Prep. 

She is a superwoman. Aside from Beeya, she currently sits on the board of The American Heart Association and has been nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year, Innovator of the Year and top Women in business.

This is a really exciting episode for me because Peter is the founder of a service that I use - it’s called HARO or Help A Reporter Out.
 
But before we go deeper, a little bit of an introduction. Peter was always a bit strange in his younger days. He finally discovered why when he was diagnosed with ADHD, and has made it his bitch. 

Throughout his career, he’s best known for creating Help a Reporter Out ("HARO”), which he sold sometime in 2010 for a good sum of money I’m pretty sure. Peter is also an advisor for NASA, an angel investor and a keynote speaker and he’s given talks at the biggest events in the world. 

He has written four books on marketing and customer service. His latest book, Faster Than Normal is the best yet - where he talks about how people diagnosed with ADHD can harness it to their advantage as he did. He also hosts a podcast that goes by the same name, check it out at fasterthannormal.com.

Hello hustlers, today I have Juan Castillo joining me. Juan is the founder and CEO of GuruWalk, which is the world’s leading platform for tip-based tours. Coming from Spain and having lived in Berlin and the US for a few years - Juan was very interested in the opportunities in the travel sector. The tipping point was when he discovered his home country Spain, was named the number one travel destination for tourists in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.

He wanted to build a business that would further enrich Spain’s travel industry and help everyday people conduct their own walking tours. That’s how GuruWalk started in 2017.

Fast forward 2 years, GuruWalk has managed to establish these tours in 88 countries around the world. The monthly number of walkers (GuruWalk’s version of  tour guides) has grown to over 70,000 and continues to rise. I think this is just the beginning of a new form of tourism and I’m really excited to speak to Juan in this episode.

To listen to the story on how he started GuruWalk, stay tuned to the end of this episode.

Books mentioned
Zero To One - Peter Thiel
Drive - Daniel Pink
Man Searching For Meaning - Viktor Frankl
The Stoics - Epictetus
Management 3.0 - Appelo Jurgen

What is up hustler nation, today I have Bobby Casey who’s a digital nomad for the last 20 years. His company specializes in helping digital nomads structure their business and residency for tax minimization and asset protection. As the world becomes more and more globalized, navigating these areas can become increasingly complex.

I would like to just illustrate this in an example. I was speaking to a friend yesterday who’s a Dutch national, but have incorporated his company in Hong Kong, and has been living in Kuala Lumpur for the past few years. Does he have to pay tax to the European Union? Does he have to pay tax to HK or Malaysia?
 
Hustlers, this is a very interesting topic for me because I am considered a location independent entrepreneur myself. Most of my income comes from the internet and outside of my home country. 
 
Bobby has started/bought and sold more than a dozen businesses. He also has a private pilot’s license and a motorcycle racer, lived long term in 6 different countries and currently runs 5 businesses in 4 different countries.

Stay tuned to the end of this episode if you’d like to learn more about this. I hope you find this as interesting as I do.

If you're interested in Bobby's services, check out his website on https://globalwealthprotection.com/.

In today's episode, I have Matilda and Kelly from Adventurist Backpack Company - a company specializing in producing highly rugged and long-lasting adventure backpacks. for under $100 dollars.

They have been featured on Forbes, Fast Company, Disney Channel and ABC - just to name a few. They have partnered with brands like Google and Urban Outfitters to co-produce backpacks.
 
 Also, they’re not all about making the company a success and lining their pockets with profits. The company has provided 90,000 meals to families in need across the United States. They also have been partnering up with several universities to help feed college students that don’t have a secure source of food.
 
 They’ve been featured in Success Magazine’s 30 under 30 list for 2019 and was nominated for Forbes’ list in 2020. No surprise there as Kelly and Matilda’s journey with their company sounds super interesting and inspiring. If you want to know more about them and their business, stay tuned to the end of this episode.

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Today I have Christopher Franks, a serial startup founder joining us. Currently, his main role is the co-founder and COO of AutoDeal.com.ph - the number 1 online automotive marketplace in the Philippines. Chris is a British expat who moved out to SEA a decade ago. In 2013, he exited his first company (PinoyAutoTrader) to Sulit.com.ph - the biggest digital classified company in the Philippines that is backed by the South Africa giants NASPERS. His first business started off as a side hustle, but after exiting his first company, he hasn’t looked back.

Chris’ current business (AutoDeal.com.ph) business is wildly successful, having raised over $3m use in funding, they’ve reached break-even in just five years, a really uncommon trait among similar platforms in the startup industry. Fast forward today, they’re a profitable business with more than 70 employees. They’ve also beaten out the competition with way bigger war chests like Rocket Internet.

Hustlers, want to listen to Chris’ story? Stay tuned to the end of this episode.

Hello HUSTLERS, on today’s episode I have Jeff Rizzo - the co-founder and CEO from Know Ventures LLC joining me. You may know him as the guy behind RIZKNOWS and The Slumber Yard. The company is a widely successful company that produces amazing and honest review content of popular consumer products, monetizing them with affiliate marketing. 
 
A bit of background on Jeff and his co-founder, they were both investment bankers before they started this business. In 2016, they’ve received a growth investment and since then, their annual revenue in 2018 shot up to $5m USD. And this year, they are on pace to double up that revenue, which is insane!

Once again, I’m super excited to have Jeff on the show as I love how affiliate marketing works. I’m going to try to pick his brain as much as possible. So stay tuned to find out more.