This week, Jim and Yonathan breakdown an essential read for anyone trying to improve or change their habits to create greater outcomes in their personal or professional lives. James Clear's Atomic Habits is a best selling book and a personal favorite for Jim and Yonathan. They distill the book into clear takeaways.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Atomic Habits
• Author facts
• What’s different about this book
• Takeaways
• Goal setting
• Designing your environment 
• Habit Stacking

Resources:

• Atomic Habits
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

This week, Jim and two fellow Entrepreneurs sit down to break down a once in a lifetime meeting with billionaire entrepreneur Andrew Wilkinson. They share stories and takeaways from the meeting including possibly one of the biggest missed chances of Jim's life. They round out the show by brainstorming half-baked ideas.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Shooting your shot
• How to approach successful people
• Meeting Andrew Wilkinson
• Who won the meeting
• Jim missed a golden opportunity
• Insights and takeaways
• Half baked ideas

Resources:

• Tiny 
• Andrew's Twitter
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)

Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)

How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)

Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)

How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

On today's episode, Jim and Yonathan dive into a seminal blog post by Paul Graham, Y-combinator Founder, who gives advice on how to come up with startup ideas.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

• The blog post How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
• What makes Paul Graham impressive
• Main takeaways from the blog post
• Organic vs recipe startup generation
• Best quotes from the blog post
• Some of the best points from the post
• Disagreements with the blog post
• Why this read is iconic
• Who should read this blog post and why

Resources:

• How to Get Startup Ideas
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

On this episode, Jim conducts a retrospective on the best and often under appreciated segments from 2023. He highlights the top 5 podcasts and the best gems from episodes with Ming Zhao (Proven CEO), Natalie Ellis (Bossbabe CEO), Craig Swanson (4X Founder), and Bryan Clayton (GreenPal CEO).

Resources:

• A Look Back at My 2023 (Blog Post)
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim does a year in review and reflects on the ups and downs of this past year, focusing on both business and personal highlights.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Year in Review
• Top moments 
• Efficiency: easy change to save big money
• Not having a mental breakdown!
• Buying a Company
• Speaking Across the country
• Managing Daily Mood
• Girl dad
• Marriage hacks   

Resources:

• A Look Back at My 2023 (Blog Post)
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

 Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

In this episode Jim talks with Mark Sims, founder and CEO of Fikes. Mark talks about the beauty of boring businesses, the strategy for acquisition and how to utilize your superpowers to grow a startup.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• The advantages of acquisition
• Telling and selling vs asking and understanding
• The beauty of boring businesses
• Leaning into your super power 
• Mistakes to avoid
• The essential skillset from sports
• Milestones of a growing company

 Resources:

• Fikes
• Mark Sims
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

Jim gives a long overdue update on the $3M challenge and reveals an exciting new acquisition before doing a deep dive into the strategy behind the move and tactics for growth going forward.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Update on the $3M
• Wins
• Losses
• Acquisition Update
• Neat Apparel, moats and unfair advantages
• 3 phases of acquisition
• Growth plan 

Resources:

• Neat Apparel
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)

Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)

How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)

Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)

How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

This week, Jim is joined by Krish Ramineni, CEO of Fireflies to discuss how grow a business through product led growth. Krish shares his insights about the importance of distribution and how to create proper culture within a startup before expanding on some of the best opportunities for someone starting a business in 2024.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• What is Fireflies
• Creating internal growth
• Building a remote company
• How to structure your week
• Fireflies first 100 customers
• Product led Growth
• 2024 AI product opportunities 

Resources:

• Fireflies
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)

Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)

How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)

Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)

How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

This week, Jim is joined by Bryan Smith. Bryan has a background in sports analytics, helping teams assess the potential as well as risk of players before during recruitment. With his company Leon VC, Bryan has applied this approach entrepreneurship using data analysis to find and assess the potential founders. Bryan shares his insights and what characteristics define a truly great entrepreneur.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Using data to identify potential in athletes and founders
• The KPI’s for successful founders
• What is resilience
• Different types of founder profiles
• Founder Community
• Blind spot recognition
• Disruption opportunities
• Hacks to win the day

Resources:

• Leon VC
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

This week, Jim is joined by Maja Voje, someone who literally wrote the book on Go To Market strategy. Together they get tactical about this incredibly important stage of business development and Maja shares some amazing frameworks to help make any businesses GTM strategy a success.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• What is GTM: different than product launch
• What is the beach head strategy
• The difference between Prince Charles and Ozzy Osbourne
• Common mistakes 
• The military approach
• The grunt work threshold
• Talking to customers
• Demand generation vs demand capture
• Optimizing for profit vs adoption

Resources:

• BOOK
• Maja Website
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)

Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)

How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)

Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)

How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)