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.

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030: How My Student Brandon Created A Profitable Online Store Selling Backyard Games

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It always makes me really happy when I see one of my students successfully making money online. Today, I have Brandon Reinders on the show. What’s interesting about Brandon is that he asked me a few questions early on in the class and then I didn’t hear from him again until he had launched his store. And what’s even cooler is that Brandon did all of this without any prior knowledge or experience on how to start an online store. Enjoy the interview! What You’ll Learn How much money Brandon spent to start his online store Why he chose an […]

029: How Lars Hundley Created A 7 Figure Online Store Selling Gardening Supplies

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I’ve known Lars Hundley for quite some time and what I like about the guy is that he has a tremendous amount of experience with every aspect of running an ecommerce store. He’s been running his own business, CleanAirGardening.com for over a decade and he’s extremely open about all of his experiences including both his successes and his failures. In this podcast, he reveals the ecommerce strategies that have worked the best for his store so be sure to check it out! Also, make sure you check out his post on How I Made A Million Dollars By Reading An […]

028: How Viet Do Created A 6 Figure Business Selling Coupons And Online Deals

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Today I’m thrilled to have my buddy Viet Do on the show. Viet runs DealZon.com which is a daily deals and coupon site that caters to the gaming industry. Running a coupon site is a business model that we haven’t yet covered on the podcast so I’m very anxious to learn how the business model works and how Viet makes his money. Enjoy the show! What You’ll Learn How Viet obtains deals to list on his site Why he chose to focus on gaming for his coupon site Learn the economics of selling coupons online How merchants transmit their daily […]

026: How Autumn Wyda Quit Her Job To Sell Wedding Invitations And Thrives In A Competitive Niche

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Autumn Wyda quit her job cold turkey in order to start Shine Wedding Invitations, a beautiful website that sells wedding invitations online. Now quitting her job took a lot of guts because she gave up her salary even though her business wasn’t making any money. But she had tremendous confidence in her abilities and today she runs a very successful online stationery shop that makes enough money that her husband quit his job too to join her. Autumn is a true entrepreneur she shares a lot of the strategies that she used to promote her shop in a very competitive […]

025: How Jeff Rose Created A 6 Figure Blog To Drive Clients To His Offline Business

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Jeff Rose is a good friend of mine who I met a long time ago randomly via the social networks. And the reason I asked him to be on the show is because he is easily one of the most charismatic bloggers that I know. Plus he’s a genuinely nice guy. He makes 6 figures with his blog, Good Financial Cents, and owns various web properties that all generate a healthy income. But what’s unique about Jeff is that even though he makes a healthy income online, he primarily uses his web properties to drive new clients to his financial […]

024: How Dan Faggella Leveraged Email Marketing To Create A 6 Figure Jiu Jitsu Training Site

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I learned so much from this interview that afterwards, I went and revamped my entire email marketing autoreponder sequence. The information from this interview with Dan Faggella is that good and I guarantee you’ll learn something from it. Dan runs the popular site ScienceOfSkill.com, where he sells Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training videos online. He also runs 2 other online businesses at TechEmergence LLC and CLVboost where he helps other businesses improve their email marketing. Click Here To Win A Free 1-On-1 Business Consulting Session What You’ll Learn How Dan has created such a large mindshare among Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fanatics […]

023: How Joe Cochran Started A 25 Million Dollar Company Selling Outdoor Products Online

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My buddy Joe Cochran tells us how he started a 25 million dollar company selling outdoor products online. Joe really knows his stuff especially when it comes to pay per click services. What’s crazy is that his store stocks well over 15000 products and is capable of processing over 1000 orders per day. Compared to my puny shop, Joe’s store runs on a much larger scale. Stay tuned and check out his story. Click Here To Win A Free 1-On-1 Business Consulting Session What You’ll Learn Why Joe started out selling rubber duckies online How he grew Northline Express to […]

022: How Phil Taylor Started FinCon And The Financials Behind Running A Popular Conference

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My buddy Phil Taylor of PTMoney.com joins me on the show today to talk about how he started one of my favorite conferences in the world, FinCon. Seriously. I look forward to attending FinCon every single year and PT has done an excellent job of bringing together an incredible community of like minded people. I’ll definitely be there this year and I’m proud to say that I’m giving another talk. In case you missed it, you can check out my speech last year by clicking here. Anyway, if you are considering putting on your own conference or event, then this […]

021: Nemo Chu On How To Create A 7 Figure Ecommerce Business In Just A Year

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I met Nemo Chu randomly at one of Noah Kagan’s entrepreneurship events and I’m happy that I did. Turns out that Nemo is a genius when it comes to analytics and he has a pretty cool strategy with which he uses to find products to sell online. In just a single year, Nemo has managed to create a 7 figure ecommerce business which is pretty darn amazing. This episode is chock full of information so be sure you check it out. Also, you can sign up for Nemo’s newsletter here. Click Here To Win A Free 1-On-1 Business Consulting Session […]

020: How My Student Sean Aquino Created A 6 Figure Online Store Selling Leather Working Supplies

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Sean Aquino is a student in my Create A Profitable Online Store Course and I’m really happy to have him on the show today. Sean runs FineLeatherworking.com where he sells very specialized leather working supplies online. What’s cool about Sean is that he has managed to create a 6 figure business in a little over a year and a half and he has done so in a niche that he is very passionate about. Similar to the last student interview that I conducted, this podcast provides a very realistic, in the trenches account of someone who just started their online […]

019: How Dave Lu Started FanPop.com A 7 Figure Business That Profits From Crowdsourced Content

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Today’s guest on the show has created what I call the “Holy Grail” of online business. Why? It’s because the content for his business, FanPop.com, is based entirely off of crowdsourced content. This means that the founders, Dave Lu and Dave Papandrew, do not have to worry about generating quality content for their site. Instead, they have created an environment that incites passion among their users and as a result, the users do all of the heavy lifting. How did they accomplish this amazing feat? Listen to the interview as there are a lot of details that Dave shares that […]

017: How Jessica Larrew Created A 6 Figure Ecommerce Business Using Fulfilled By Amazon

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Today I’m excited to have Jessica Larrew on the show. Now what’s unique about Jessica is that she got laid off from her job where her husband was actually her boss. But instead of wallowing in pity, she decided to start a business selling goods on Amazon and now manages to make a nice 6 figure income in doing so. Today, her husband quit his job as well and they both run their business together. A very inspiring story that you all should check out! What You’ll Learn How Fulfilled By Amazon works How Jessica makes 6 figures a year […]

016: How Harold Lee Designed An App To Teach Guitar Without Any Technical Experience

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Today I’m happy to have my cousin-in-law Harold Lee on the show today. Harold is the co-founder of RockProdigy.com, a company that sells an app which teaches others how to play the guitar. Here’s what’s cool about Harold. He’s not technical at all and never wrote a line of code in his life before he started this company. But he taught himself how to code and then later drafted a world class team to help him create his app. The is the best app on the Internet if you want to learn how to play the guitar. Check it out […]

015: How Ed Han Bootstrapped His Way To A 100 Million Dollar Company Selling Stationery Online

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Today I’m happy to have my friend Ed Han on the show today. Ed is the co-founder of Tiny Prints, a stationery company that he bootstrapped and later sold for over 100 million dollars. Ed is probably one of the most successful entrepreneurs that I know personally and I’m extremely ecstatic to have him on my podcast. The business model for Tiny Prints was ingenious and Ed’s story is truly an inspiration to us all. What You’ll Learn How Ed got the idea for Tiny Prints How to bootstrap your business early on and leverage your relationships to gather business […]