401: How To Make $1.5 Million Per Month Investing In Real Estate With Brandon Turner

401: How To Make $1.5 Million Per Month Investing In Real Estate With Brandon Turner

Today, I have my long time friend Brandon Turner on the show. Brandon was the former VP of Bigger Pockets before he left to start his own real estate fund over at Open Door Capital. He has 2 successful books on investment property and the man makes $1.5 million per month with his 3 thousand plus properties. In this episode, we’re going to talk about what it takes to become a real estate entrepreneur. What You’ll Learn How Brandon pivoted from being the VP of Bigger Pockets to creating his own real estate company How Brandon became one of the […]

257: The Right Way To Outsource Your Business With Nathan Hirsch

257: The Right Way To Outsource Your Business With Nathan Hirsch

Today, I’m really happy to have Nathan Hirsch on the show. Nathan is the founder and CEO of FreeeUp, a platform that connects businesses to freelancers and virtual assistants that specialize in ecommerce and digital marketing. In his prior life, he bootstrapped 2 multi-million dollar businesses and at one point he was managing over a half a million products selling on Amazon with over 1000 suppliers. In this episode, you’ll learn the best way to scale your ecommerce business and how to outsource. What You’ll Learn How to manage your products and suppliers The best tasks to outsource The most […]

158: How Noah Kagan Grew Sumo.com To An 8 Figure Company

158: How Noah Kagan Grew Sumo.com To An 8 Figure Company

Today, I’m really happy to have Noah Kagan back on the show. Now Noah was actually one of my very first guests way back in episode 7 and he took a chance on coming on a podcast that hadn’t even launched yet. Anyway since we last spoke, Noah has gone on to create an 8 figure company in the span of 3 years in Sumo.com and today we’re going to find out exactly how he did it. Noah also started a podcast called “Noah Kagan Presents” which you can all check out by clicking here What You’ll Learn How Noah […]

140: How To Bootstrap A 7 Figure Webinar Software Company With Omar Zenhom Of Webinar Ninja

140: How To Bootstrap A 7 Figure Webinar Software Company With Omar Zenholm Of Webinar Ninja

Today, I’m really happy to have Omar Zenhom back on the show. Now Omar is someone who I met at a private mastermind meeting led by John Corcoran and he was actually a guest on the show already back in episode 88 when we talked about his award winning podcast, the $100 MBA. But along with his podcast, he’s been working on another project, Webinar Ninja, which is a software company that he founded last year which is already doing 7 figures. What’s also cool is that this project was self funded. If you follow my blog, you’re probably aware […]

138: How To Make 6 Figures And 30K Email Subs From A Virtual Summit With Navid Moazzez

How To Make 6 Figures And 30K Email Subs From A Virtual Summit With Navid Moazzez

Today I’m thrilled to have Navid Moazzez on the show. Navid is someone who randomly reached out to me to take part in one of his virtual summits. And because we have a ton of mutual friends like Natalie Sisson, Grant Baldwin, Jd Roth among others, we started chatting. That’s when I was introduced to the amazing world of virtual summits. Navid is a virtual summit expert and he makes a living putting on online conferences. If you’ve been following me online, you probably know that I had my first live event in May called the Sellers Summit which was […]

136: How To Sell An Online Business And Why Spencer Haws Sold Long Tail Pro

136: How To Sell An Online Business And Why Spencer Haws Sold Long Tail Pro

Today I’m thrilled to have Spencer Haws back on the show. If you don’t remember him from Episode 54, Spencer runs the popular blog NichePursuits.com where he teaches others how to start niche online businesses. He was one of the speakers at the Sellers Summit talking about SEO. He’s also the creator of Long Tail Pro which is one of the best keyword research tools on the market today. But recently, he decided to sell that business and being the nosy guy that I am, I wanted all the details. Enjoy the show! What You’ll Learn Why Spencer decided to […]

129: How Nathalie Lussier Created A 7 Figure Business Selling Software And Courses Online

How Nathalie Lussier Created A 7 Figure Business Selling Software And Courses Online

Today, I’m thrilled to have Nathalie Lussier on the show. I’ve actually known Nathalie for a heck of a long time now dating back since 2010. In fact, I remember the early days when we were both launching our blogs But since 2010, Nathalie has been kicking butt. She first found success with her site Raw Foods Witch where she teaches people about the benefits of raw foods. But what I love about Nathalie is that she’s a techie. With her tech, design and marketing skills, she also created NathalieLussier.com where she now helps small online businesses get off the […]

127: How Nathan Latka Created The 8 Figure Business Heyo.com By Age 24

127: How Nathan Latka Created Heyo, An 8 Figure Business By Age 24

Today, I’m thrilled to have Nathan Latka on the show. Nathan is the founder of Heyo.com which is a company that does social giveaways for Facebook and other social media platforms. Now what’s amazing about Nathan is that he started this 8 figure company at age 24 and then recently sold it to his main competitor for a nice sum. What’s also cool is that Nathan started his businesses knowing absolutely nothing at age 21 and actually made 70K worth of revenue before he ever started building his product. His story is truly inspirational. Enjoy the episode! What You’ll Learn […]

123: How To Raise 9.1 Million Dollars On KickStarter With Zach Smith Of Funded Today

123: How To Raise 9.1 Million Dollars On KickStarter With Zach Smith Of Funded Today

Today I’m thrilled to have a very special guest on the show, Zach Smith. Zach is the founder of a company called Funded Today and he’s helped hundreds of startups achieve success with their crowd funding campaigns. For example, he helped raise over 9.1 million to launch the popular travel jacket from Baubax. And chances are if you are on Facebook, you probably saw an ad for it because it was a pretty cool product. In fact, this jacket became the most funded clothing project in the history of crowdfunding and one of the top 5 most successful Kickstarters of […]

115: How Ankur Created Teachable, An Easy To Use Platform To Create And Sell Online Courses

How Ankur Created Teachable, An Easy To Use Platform To Create And Sell Online Courses

Today, I’m really happy to have Ankur Nagpal on the show. I met Ankur after being introduced to him by my buddy Jeff Rose who recently started his own online course. Anyway Ankur runs the company Teachable.com which is a platform that allows you to create your own digital courses online without any technical hassles whatsoever. If you’re into ecommerce, you can think of them like a Shopify or a Big Commerce except for digital courses. Anyway, since I make a lot of money off of selling digital courses online, I thought that I’d bring in Ankur today to talk […]

096: How To Get Unbiased Feedback On Your Project In Minutes With John Li Of PickFu.com

How To Get Unbiased Feedback About Your Project In Minutes With John Li Of PickFu.com

Today, I’m thrilled to have John Li on the show. John is someone who I met through Dave Lu, who I had on the show back in episode 19. Originally, I had only planned to have a short coffee break with John but we ended up chatting for close to 3 hours about family, business and life. One of the things I like about the Bay Area is that there seems to be an endless stream of awesome entrepreneurs to meet and John is no exception. John and his partner created PickFu.com, a site that allows you to easily get […]

095: How Nathan Barry Created ConvertKit, An Email Service Made For Bloggers

How Nathan Barry Created ConvertKit - The Best Email Marketing Provider For Bloggers

Today I’m thrilled to have Nathan Barry on the show. If you’ve never heard of Nathan, he is the owner of NathanBarry.com. And he’s well known for many different accomplishments. First off, Nathan is the author of The App Design Handbook, a book where he made $12K on his first day with an email list of under 1000 people. He’s created a bunch of iPhone apps which include OneVoice, Fluent and Commit. But the reason I have Nathan on the show is to talk about his latest project ConvertKit. ConvertKit is an email marketing platform designed specifically with bloggers in […]

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

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 […]

077: How To Create Software That Automates Your Social Media Marketing With Laura Roeder And MeetEdgar

How To Completely Automate Your Social Media Marketing With Laura Roeder

Laura Roeder is back on the show to teach us how to completely automate your social media and how to create a SAAS business in the process! If you don’t remember Laura, she was on the podcast back in episode 9 where she taught us the right way to handle social media. Since then, she’s launched an amazing tool called MeetEdgar.com which is what I now use to manage both my Facebook and Twitter accounts. Stay tuned to hear how Laura created an incredibly helpful and successful Saas Tool. Enjoy! What You’ll Learn How Laura saw a need for social […]

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

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 […]

068: How Albert And Mike Created MyFitnessPal.com And Sold It For 475 Million Dollars

MyFitnessPal

Albert and Mike are 2 of the most successful entrepreneurs that I know and what’s amazing is that they created a 475 million dollar company completely bootstrapped. Not only does MyFitnessPal.com boast over 100 million users today but it’s also an app that has helped countless people lead healthier lifestyles. In today’s interview, Albert walks us through how MyFitnessPal.com grew to a powerhouse company and ultimately got sold to Under Armour for 475 million dollars. Enjoy! What You’ll Learn How to get users to install an app without paying a dime Techniques to engage your customers and create a community […]

066: How Tom Kulzer Started AWeber, A Top Email Marketing Provider With Over 150k Users

Tom Kulzer AWeber

I am a huge fan of AWeber, one of the best email marketing providers around. And I can say with a straight face that AWeber is responsible for probably 90% of the income for my blog. No joke. If you aren’t doing email today, then you have to get your butt in gear. That’s why I’m thrilled to have AWeber’s founder and CEO, Tom Kulzer, on the podcast today. You’ll learn how he founded his company and the best practices for email marketing in this day and age. Enjoy! What You’ll Learn How Tom came up with the idea of […]

062: How Nellie Akalp Started CorpNet.com To Help Entrepreneurs Launch Their Businesses

Nellie Akalp

Nellie Akalp was the founder of MyCorporation.com which she later sold to Intuit for 20 million dollars. And today, she runs CorpNet.com which specializes in helping small business owners create their businesses. She’s an expert when it comes to the legal and logistical aspects of setting up a business including the formation of corporations, legal permits, LLCs, you name it. In this podcast interview, Nellie teaches us how she got started and how she managed to create 2 multi million dollar businesses from scratch. In addition, Nellie was kind enough to offer MyWifeQuitHerJob.com readers 10% off any service. To redeem […]

054: How Spencer Haws Created Long Tail Pro – My Favorite Tool For Keyword Research

Spencer Haws

I’ve been following Spencer’s blog, NichePursuits.com, for quite some time now and I’ve always been a huge fan. Not only does Spencer have a ton of experience with building out niche sites and keyword research but he has also created the best keyword research tool on the market with Long Tail Pro In this interview, you’ll learn about what’s working with SEO and how Spencer created a leading software product with no technical experience at all! What You’ll Learn How and why Spencer diversified his business Why Spencer moved away from using private blog networks What’s working with SEO today […]

053: How Chris Guthrie Makes 6 Figures Selling WordPress Plugins Online

Chris Guthrie

I met Chris Guthrie at the Fincon Expo and I’m really glad that we had a chance to hang out. Chris is well known for making 6 figures with the Amazon Associates program and he also runs a 6 figure business selling WordPress plugins called BoostWP.com. A lot of people believe that you have to know how to code in order to succeed in selling software. But not only is Chris not a technical guy, but he has found a way to get tens of thousands of websites to use his plugins. If you are interested in creating and selling […]

040: How Keith Walker Disrupted The Movie Theater Industry With an iPad And Raspberry Pi

Keith Walker Matt Sconce

As a big movie buff, I’ve always wondered how the movie industry works and how movie theaters manage stay in business. As it turns out, movie theaters have been on the decline for the past several years thanks to DVDs and services like Netflix. That is why Keith Walker and his partner Matt Sconce decided to completely disrupt the entire industry with their site MovieHeroes.com. Their technology allows movie theaters to instantly adopt an all you can eat Netflix type of business model to maximize profit. And their results have been staggering. The theaters that have adopted MovieHeroes.com technology generate […]

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

Phil Taylor FinCon

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 […]

018: How Adam Gilbert Created A Profitable Personal Fitness Coaching Business Over The Internet

Adam Gilbert

Fitness and staying in shape is a large part of my life which is why I’m thrilled to have Adam Gilbert on the show today. Adam started the popular online fitness site MyBodyTutor.com where he provides personalized fitness training to clients over the Internet. What I like about his business in particular is that he has transformed an inherently unscalable industry into an extremely profitable business. And as you’ll soon see, he exudes passion for his coaching service. Like my other guests on the show, Adam is not a technical person yet he has managed to create an incredible business […]

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

harold lee

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 […]

007: How Noah Kagan Started AppSumo A 7 Figure Business Selling Digital Goods Online

AppSumo

In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Noah Kagan, a well known entrepreneur that has started many successful businesses. He’s also known for being employee number 30 at Facebook and a very early employee at Mint.com as well. Recently, he has shifted his focus towards starting lifestyle businesses and that is why I wanted to have him on the show so badly. Right now, he runs AppSumo.com, a daily deals site selling digital goods for entrepreneurs. And the nature of his business allows him to work wherever he wants and whenever he wants. You’re going to love this […]