The Jeff Bullas Show

Max is a serial entrepreneur who built & sold an award-winning 7 figure ad agency. Since then, he’s earned more than 200,000+ followers with his growth marketing content. Through Max’s agency, 1-on-1 consulting, & portfolio of businesses, his work has driven $100m+ in attributable revenue for brands of all shapes & sizes.

Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, USA Today, & Market Watch, Max has consulted for over 250 fast-growing brands’ on everything growth & marketing including Juicepress, Hubspot, Notion, Techday, Statefarm, and countless more.

Max hosts The @‌MarketingMax Show, and is also becoming a regular on conference stages for his easy-to-implement marketing strategies and great marketing battle-stories.

• How A/B testing your ads and landing pages can drastically improve your marketing results, especially with rising ad costs.

• Why newsletters are essential for building deeper connections with your audience, offering much higher engagement than social media.

• The secret to creating content that grabs attention by delivering a key payoff or insight at the end, boosting your visibility.

• How AI tools like ChatGPT can act as your daily assistant for brainstorming, content creation, and research, making you more productive.

• Why emotionally-driven content, whether it's how-to guides or inspirational stories, is key to cutting through the noise and engaging your audience.

Projjal Ghatak is the visionary founder and CEO of OnLoop, is at the forefront of revolutionizing team assessment and development. With an impressive background that includes leadership roles at Uber and Accenture, Projjal has established himself as a seasoned executive in strategy and operations. Armed with an MBA from Stanford, he has chosen Singapore as the base for his entrepreneurial endeavors.

As the CEO of OnLoop, Projjal leads a diverse and global team, spearheading the transformation of the future of work through the company's innovative approach. With his extensive experience and strategic vision, Projjal is reshaping the industry by leveraging cutting-edge technologies and empowering teams to reach their fullest potential. Under his guidance, OnLoop continues to disrupt traditional paradigms and deliver game-changing solutions in team assessment and development.

• How OnLoop is transforming team assessment and development with AI.
• The role GPT-3 played in shaping OnLoop’s approach to performance reviews.
• Why clear goal-setting is crucial for driving productivity in organizations.
• The importance of managing energy and motivation in the workplace.
• How modern managers can balance human empathy with technology to lead effectively.

Jeremy Hurewitz is an espionage expert and corporate intelligence agent who believes that real-life spies make the best business leaders and salespeople and business leaders, and he's exploring why that's true in a new book "Sell Like a Spy".

‌Jeremy spent the first decade of his career overseas building the media association Project Syndicate while based out of Prague and Shanghai. He spearheaded a business development strategy that saw the association grow from a few dozen member newspapers in mostly Eastern Europe, to a truly global association of over 300 newspapers in over 100 countries.

‌During Jeremy's time abroad he also worked as a freelance journalist writing on a variety of topics for dozens of publications around the world. Jeremy continues to write regularly with recent articles appearing in Bloomberg, USA Today, and The Hill.

‌Upon returning to the U.S. after his time overseas, Jeremy settled in New York City and worked for several well-known global consulting firms in the world of corporate security. These companies are staffed by former intelligence officers and Jeremy worked closely with these former spies. He came to notice how good these individuals were at connecting with clients, how quickly they were able to establish rapport and put people at ease and get them to open up.

In addition to former spies, his colleagues included former members of the FBI and the law enforcement community, the Secret Service, the military, the State Department, and other government agencies. Jeremy learned unique and impactful skills from all these former government employees, and he began utilizing the methods he picked up.

He quickly noticed the tangible difference it made in his salesmanship and his ability to connect with clients. By practicing the same methods that government officials use to develop relationships and overcome a range of challenges, Jeremy was able to achieve some of the biggest and most meaningful sales of his career.

‌Jeremy has synthesized these lessons from government service into the Sell Like a Spy program and works with clients to share these strategies to help them improve their ability to connect with targets, develop creative approaches to close deals, and overcome challenges.

• Learn how real-life espionage skills can improve your sales and leadership techniques.
• Discover why spies are considered the world’s best salespeople.
• Hear Jeremy’s unique experiences working with spies and corporate security experts.
• Understand the importance of active listening and how it can enhance both sales and relationships.
• Learn the art of vulnerability and how it helps build stronger connections.
• Explore how intelligence agencies recruit curious and adaptable people—skills that are valuable in any profession, especially sales.

Aytekin Tank is the founder of Jotform. His journey from starting Jotform in 2006 to leading a platform with 25 million users is a compelling example of innovation and perseverance. Aytekin's experience in the tech industry offers a unique perspective on integrating AI into business processes and enhancing productivity.

‌Aytekin is also a frequent contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Fast Company, sharing his insights on entrepreneurship and technology. His journey offers practical insights into scaling a tech company and leveraging AI effectively.

• How Aytekin Tank founded Jotform and grew it to 25 million users by solving a common problem.
• The power of bootstrapping a business and scaling it slowly for sustainable growth.
• The role of AI in automating mundane tasks, such as form creation, to enhance productivity.
• How AI agents can replace forms, improving customer interactions and efficiency.
• The importance of aligning technology with real-world customer needs to drive innovation.
• Strategies for managing a successful company with minimal external funding while staying focused on long-term goals.

Donna Griffit is a Corporate Storyteller who has worked globally for over 18 years with Fortune 500 companies and startups. She has consulted and trained clients in over 30 countries. Through her guidance, clients have raised over a billion dollars. In addition, Donna can magically spin raw data into compelling stories that captivate audiences and drive results.

Donna has recently released her much-anticipated book, Sticking To My Story - The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups. Launched in January 2023, this book has quickly become a must-read for startup founders, and here is a quote from Tim Draper about her book in his introduction to it: “Well finally, there are no more excuses. Sticking to My Story is the new bible for startup founders. It’s the A-Z recipe for how to create a powerful pitch deck, with all the right ingredients. It’s filled with helpful tips, fascinating stories of what worked and what failed abysmally, peppered with insightful quotes from my colleagues in Silicon Valley.”

Donna was featured on Forbes where she explained how she has helped female founders raise millions from investors. Most recent articles were published on Entrepreneur.

• How storytelling can transform raw data into compelling narratives that captivate audiences.
• The importance of structuring pitch decks effectively and how to polish them for maximum impact.
• How AI tools like ChatGPT can assist with research and streamline the storytelling process.
• The critical role of visuals in presentations, ensuring they enhance rather than distract from the message.
• Insights into scaling personal expertise through books, courses, and new opportunities like academia.

Joseph Noor is the CTO of Ownwell, a company that uses technology to revolutionize property tax appeals. Inspired by his father's entrepreneurial spirit, who fled the Lebanese Civil War and built multiple businesses in the U.S., Joseph embodies the essence of entrepreneurial innovation and resilience.

He is passionate about disrupting traditional industries with technology and creating equitable systems. Joseph and his team have raised $25 million from investors like First Round Capital, Long Journey Ventures, and Founder Collective. They currently have over 150,000 customers and are projecting $50 million in revenue this year.

Joseph always approached life as an entrepreneur: flipping golf balls, building sneaker bots, creating private MMORPGs, saving money on property taxes.

He was raised with the mentality of relentlessly chasing the hardest problems, pushing past what was initially thought possible, and leveling up in the process. In the unrelenting demand for academic excellence, he was enrolled in elementary two years early and was still pushed to skip grades.

Enamored with the iPhone, he chose to study Computer Science to build software that can scale to the whole world. It wasn’t until the PhD where he met his first real academic challenge – developing AI to self-optimize computer systems.

• The role of AI in optimizing distributed systems and how it was applied in Joseph Noor's research.
• How technology, including AI, is revolutionizing property tax appeals through Joseph's company, Ownwell.
• The challenges of scaling a tech-driven business and how to overcome them.
• The importance of explainable AI models in industries like real estate, where transparency is crucial.
• Insights into the entrepreneurial mindset, including the value of persistence, adapting to challenges, and leveraging technology to solve traditional problems.

Bob Bowdon is the founder and CEO of VidaFair, a pay-per-stream video platform re-shaping the landscape of content monetization. He is also the founder and former Executive Director of Choice Media - the leading School Choice media group. He has been a television producer, reporter and commentator for PBS, Bloomberg Television.

He also appeared as a recurring character in satirical news sketches for the Onion News Network. The Cartel, Bowdon’s documentary, reveals the nature and extent of corruption in public education. The film won a dozen film festival awards.

With VidaFair, Bob and his team are opening door for creators to reclaim their worth by setting their own fees for fair monetization.

• How to amplify your business income and market reach through effective video monetization strategies.
• How to identify and overcome the drawbacks of traditional business subscription models.
• The new era of entrepreneurial content consumption and how to break free from subscription fatigue.
• Innovative approaches to content monetization that empower creators to set their own fees.
• The future of content creation and consumption in a world moving away from traditional subscription-based models.

Neil Emeigh is the CEO and Founder of Rayobyte, a ~45 person proxy and data collection company with over 4000 customers and 50 employees. In a nutshell, he helps companies gather data online at scale.

‌Rayobyte is an award-winning proxy provider committed to reliability and ethics. They are the largest US-based proxy provider and offer a wide range of services from data center proxies to boutique data scraping.

‌The first 3 months of business during his college life the company made:

$100k in revenue in year 1

$1.1m in Year 2

$2.9m in year 3

‌Fast forward to today, the revenue is growing rapidly on one of their most important product lines. Neil has grown his company by himself, entirely bootstrapped, and recently turned down an offer to sell it for $25m.

What you will learn

Learn how proxies enable companies to gather large amounts of online data through web scraping while maintaining privacy and avoiding detection.

Understand how using proxies and VPNs can help protect your online privacy by preventing tracking and manipulation of search results, such as flight prices.

Discover the role of web scraping in helping businesses collect valuable data like competitor pricing, product availability, and customer reviews for better decision-making.

Understand the potential of AI in enhancing data scraping by making it easier to analyze and interpret large datasets, although the technology is still evolving.

Learn the importance of staying authentic, focused, and aligned with your passion when building an online business, as illustrated by Neil’s entrepreneurial journey.

Luis Garcia is a seasoned international executive with over 25 years of experience in technology, digital media, and education. He specializes in driving new ventures and products to rapid growth by building effective teams that harness innovation, technology, and creativity to solve complex problems.

He is the president of PETE, an Orlando-based tech startup that offers a suite of cost-effective and customizable solutions that enable organizations to deliver personalized workforce learning at scale.

The PETE team is dedicated to harnessing the power of AI to help organizations of all sizes optimize their training initiatives, spanning from onboarding to regulatory compliance, product knowledge, technical skills, and more, without hiring additional training resources.

Before joining PETE, Luis made substantial contributions to Full Sail University over nearly twenty years. His tenure as VP of Full Sail Online marked a transformative era for the institution, where he helped establish it as a pioneer in online education and significantly expanded the reach of its programs.

Later, as VP of Emerging Technologies, Luis facilitated a strategic shift from students using technology as a creative tool to becoming architects and originators of new technology, ensuring the university stayed ahead of rapidly evolving industry trends.

• Learn how generative AI can revolutionize workforce learning by automating course creation and tailoring training materials to individual needs.
• Understand the potential of generative AI in enhancing productivity, allowing businesses to scale their training efforts without expanding their resources.
• Discover the future of generative AI, focusing on narrow use cases that address specific business problems, leading to more effective implementations.
• Explore how to integrate generative AI into your business to optimize training initiatives, from onboarding to skill development, ensuring employees receive personalized and engaging learning experiences.
• Gain insights into the benefits of combining human expertise with generative AI to create high-quality, relevant training content that maintains the unique perspective of industry experts.

David Pollet is the CEO of Incremental and a repeat entrepreneur with over 20 years of startup experience.

He has extensive history across startup environments and the lessons he has learned come from what he calls "a mix of big wins and big fails."

David is a “Go to Market Growth Leader” with experience scaling Saas startups and public company divisions ranging from $5M-$100M+ in ARR. 25-years of experience in Sales, Marketing and Strategy leadership roles.

He is a team-builder with experience translating long-term strategic growth initiatives into operating plans that can be executed, measured, and improved continuously.

He has a proven track record of accelerating growth during times of transition. Deep knowledge and experience transitioning transactional businesses such as media arbitrage and data sales into Saas businesses with complex, multi-year committed engagements.

He is well-versed in Identity Management, Measurement & Attribution, Machine Learning, Data Sales, and all Media types (incl. Linear TV, CTV, Digital and Social Video).

Known for partnering closely with product, engineering and finance, he easily identifies opportunities for innovation and profitable growth.

• Learn how to leverage data for maximizing e-commerce revenue.
• Understand the role of AI in automating the collection and interpretation of e-commerce sales data.
• Discover the process of using machine learning to predict daily sales and align disparate data sources.
• Understand the impact of retail media networks on advertising performance.
• Discover the journey from traditional online advertising to advanced machine learning techniques.