The My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast With Steve Chou

The MyWifeQuitHerJob podcast is a podcast about entrepreneurs who quit their jobs to start successful online businesses.

Through a series of personal interviews, Steve uncovers the exact strategies that led to their success.

Unlike other business podcasts, Steve is known for digging deep and extracting out every last detail.

He's never afraid to ask the hard questions and he leverages his extensive knowledge running his two 7 figure businesses to get to the point.

Subscribe On Apple

FEATURED GUESTS

RECENT EPISODES

085: How To Buy An Ecommerce Store And Triple The Profits With Dana Jaunzemis

By Steve Chou 2 Comments

Dana Jaunzemis is an ecommerce entrepreneur who I met through Andrew Youderian and we are both in the same private group that meets on a semi monthly basis. Dana runs HomeHealthTesting.com and blogs about ecommerce and entrepreneurship at 44Ideas.net. She’s a lifelong entrepreneur and has been starting, buying and selling businesses for over 25 years. What’s cool about Dana is she specializes in acquiring small businesses whose sales have plateaued and reignites their growth. I know a lot of you out there listening already have ecommerce businesses that may have plateaued or you might be interested in buying a business […]

084: How To Make A Million Dollars In 21 Days Selling An Online Course With Amy Porterfield

By Steve Chou 2 Comments

Amy Porterfield is one of the most successful mediapreneurs that I know. She started out by working for Harley Davidson as a cool biker girl. Then she worked for Tony Robbins as his director of content marketing. And then she branched out on her own and has built a 7 figure empire selling products and training focused on Facebook marketing. She’s the proud author of Facebook all in one for dummies. And to top it all off, she also has a top 10 business podcast on iTunes. What You’ll Learn What Amy learned from working with Tony Robbins How to […]

083: How To Create Profitable Email Autoresponders For Ecommerce Stores With Xiao Hui Wang

By Steve Chou

Today I’ve my buddy Xiao Hui Wang on the show. I met Xiao Hui at the Ecommerce Fuel live event last year and he definitely made an impression on me with his email expertise. X runs the site EssenceOfEmail.com where he specializes in email marketing specifically for ecommerce. Unlike email marketing for blogging, sending out emails for an ecommerce store selling physical products is quite different and requires an alternate approach. X is an expert when it comes to email marketing for ecommerce so I invited him on to teach us a few lessons. Enjoy the interview! What You’ll Learn […]

082: How Ed Hallen Started Klaviyo An Email Marketing Service Designed For Ecommerce

By Steve Chou 1 Comment

How Ed Hallen Started Klaviyo An Email Marketing Service Designed Specifically For Ecommerce

Today, I’m thrilled to have Ed Hallen on the show. If you’ve never heard of Ed, he is the founder and CEO of Klaviyo, a very popular email marketing provider that specifically caters to ecommerce stores. Email has been a very central part of my marketing strategy for both my blog and my ecommerce store. And just recently, I’ve been cheating on my other email provider with Klaviyo and I’m thinking about getting a divorce. I’ve been very impressed with what I’ve seen so far even though I’ve really just scratched the surface and what’s so powerful about Klaviyo is […]

080: How To Achieve Financial Freedom With 8 Different Income Streams With Nick Loper

By Steve Chou 3 Comments

Nick Loper is someone who I met just recently at The New Media Expo in Las Vegas and he runs the popular site SideHustleNation.com where he teaches others how to build a sizable side income. What’s cool about Nick is that he built up his businesses while working full time just like I did. He’s got 8 different income streams and he’s a huge proponent of using your free time more wisely to achieve financial freedom. He also runs a popular podcast called Side Hustle Nation which you should all check out. So without further ado, enjoy the episode! What […]

079: How To Take Your Talent And Turn It Into A 6 Figure Business With Grant Baldwin

By Steve Chou 1 Comment

How To Turn Your Talents Into A Scalable 6 Figure Business With Grant Baldwin

Grant Baldwin is someone who I’ve known for a while but we didn’t actually meet face to face until recently at NMX. In fact, I was featured on his podcast “How’d You Get Into That” several months ago where he interviews unique business owners. Not only does he run a popular podcast but he’s also a professional motivational speaker for students. And the man is very prolific. I think last year he spoke at 60 events throughout the year travelling all across the country. So here’s what’s cool about Grant. Giving incredible speeches all across the country is lucrative but […]

075: Making 7 Figures Selling Digital Courses Online With David Siteman Garland

By Steve Chou

I’ve known David Siteman Garland since December of 2008 back when he ran a tiny local television show in St Louis. Fast forward to today and he owns the popular media blog, TheRiseToTheTop.com, where he teaches other people how to make money creating digital courses online. If you’re interested in starting your own digital course, make sure you click here to check out his training class. Also most recently, he launched his own software designed to help people create their own membership sites without any technical knowledge required. David is one of the most successful mediapreneurs that I know and […]

074: How To Create Amazon Listings That Sell Like Crazy With Karon Thackston

By Steve Chou 2 Comments

Karon Thackston is the owner of MarketingWords.com where she teaches others how to write high converting copy for ecommerce stores. She’s been a professional copywriter for 25 years. She’s the author of over 10 books which include popular titles such as Ecommerce Copywriting – Proven Strategies For Boosting Sales And Search Rankings Use Coupon Code: steve25 to get 25% off Writing With Keywords – Easy Keyword Optimization Strategies For Search Engine Success Use Coupon Code: steve25 to get 25% off Amazon Advantage: Product Listing Strategies To Boost Your Sales Use Coupon Code: steveamz20 to get 20% off She also consults […]

073: Student Story: Creating A Profitable Business Selling Your Art With Arree Chung

By Steve Chou 3 Comments

Student Story Arree Chung On How To Transition From Artist To Entrepreneur

Arree Chung is one of the students in my Create A Profitable Online Store Course. And what I like about Arree is that he’s a professional artist who writes and illustrates his own children’s picture books. Now most artists try to make money by selling prints and copies of their work but Arree realized early on that that path would not generate enough income to make a living. So Arree and a group of his friends got together and decided to launch Live In A Story, a site that sells high quality children’s wall decals designed by artists. Today his […]

072: How To Create An Online Business That Suits Your Lifestyle With Scott Fox

By Steve Chou 2 Comments

Scott Fox On How To Create A Business That Suits Your Lifestyle

Scott Fox is someone who randomly reached out to me over 3 years ago and we’ve loosely kept in touch ever since. If you’ve never heard of Scott, he has built or advised hundreds of websites that have generated billions of dollars in sales including sites like LiveNation.com and Billoreilly.com. He’s the best-selling Author of 3 books, including his most recent one Click Millionaires: Work Less, Live More with an Internet Business You Love. Today, Scott is an internet startup coach and runs a portfolio of niche websites including the popular free entrepreneur coaching forum at ClickMillionaires.com. Enjoy the interview! […]

071: How To Create A Successful iPhone App Without Any Experience With Erin Matzkin

By Steve Chou 3 Comments

How To Create A Successful iPhone App With Erin Matzkin

Erin Matzkin is the founder of Cluck Cluck App, which is an app that helps busy parents book, pay and message their children’s caregivers. What I like about Erin is that she doesn’t have a technical background, but she still managed to create an awesome app for parents. And it just goes to show that you don’t really need to know how to code in order to create a successful app. You just need to create the right team to do so. Enjoy the episode! What You’ll Learn How to create an iPhone app without a technical background How to […]

070: Crazy Simple Business Ideas That Actually Make A Lot Of Money With Lars Hundley

By Steve Chou 22 Comments

Simple And Crazy Business Ideas That Actually Make Money

When it comes to starting a business, there’s a general misconception that you need to create something grand and invest lots of money in order to be successful. In fact, many would-be entrepreneurs never get started because they think that they need to create the next Facebook, the next Google or the next Amazon.com. But in reality, it’s very easy to make money online if you start small and simply go for a base hit. In today’s podcast, Lars and I talk about some of the many ways that we’ve made money in the past that do not require any […]