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Embrace the Suck

13 Episodes

65 minutes | Sep 22, 2016
Focus on having fun, you a**hole w/ Matt Giovanisci of MoneyLab.co
One of the funniest, most entertaining interviews I've ever had. Instead of focusing on, "what can I do to increase conversions," instead ask yourself, "what can I do to have more fun?" In these conversation, we talk about why Matt hates A/B testing, why it sucks and what you should focus on instead.
45 minutes | Aug 25, 2016
Why "leaping" is suicide w/ Greg Hickman of System.ly (S2E6)
In this episode of the podcast, I interviewed Greg Hickman of System.ly and we chatted about the importance of building a bridge to where you want to be, how important it is to replace your income (or at least come close) to mitigate risk in entrepreneurship and the challenges you run into while growing a business.
43 minutes | Aug 18, 2016
On race, art and how to create stuff when you don't fit the mold w/ Ashara Ekundayo of Impact Hub Oakland (S2E5)
Ashara has always been 'painfully aware' of the doors that were closed to her, due to her race. In our interview, we talked about her journey in pushing through the criticism and how she found opportunities that enabled her to embrace her differences.
51 minutes | Aug 11, 2016
What to do when you have no options with Craig Baute of Creative Density (S2E4)
In this episode, I chatted with Craig Baute of Denver's Creative Density about how he stumbled into entrepreneurship, his initial forays into the co-working world (and why they sucked) and why he believed he was able to build something from scratch and what drove him to do that.
32 minutes | Aug 4, 2016
Niki Koubourlis of Bold Betties on The Number One Thing That Defines Successful Entrepreneurs (S2E3)
How Niki Koubourlis of Bold Betties built a life for herself (and a business) by focusing on her own needs and then finding a community and what separates successful entrepreneurs from unsuccessful ones.
29 minutes | Jul 28, 2016
How to deal with burnout while building a massive community w/ Josh Dorkin of BiggerPockets (S2E2)
What BiggerPocket's Josh Dorkin has done to fight burnout over the years, how he grew a massive online community and why he recommends NOBODY do it (the reason probably won't surprise you).
30 minutes | Jul 21, 2016
What to do when you've fired everybody w/ Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (S2E1)
Brian Scudamore shares his stories of struggling to build a business, that moment while building 1-800-GOT-JUNK? when he had to fire everyone and rebuild and one of the most difficult aspects of his business that he had to step away from.
30 minutes | Oct 31, 2015
Women in tech: What to do when you don't feel good enough (S1E6)
Exploring the current state of women in tech and female entrepreneurs, and the challenges that they still face in establishing credibility, finding their way in an often male-dominated world and some of the secret advantages, too.
40 minutes | Oct 21, 2015
What the best entrepreneurs do differently and how that's created success for these 3 businesses (S1E5)
How do the most successful entrepreneurs approach things like failure, gratitude and work-life balance? By shifting their perspectives on those things.
54 minutes | Oct 15, 2015
How a near-death accident turned one entrepreneur into an idea machine w/ Mike Stemple of Inspirer (S1E4)
Mike Stemple shares his near-death incident and how that completely changed his approach towards life and creativity and forced him into entrepreneurship.
22 minutes | Oct 10, 2015
Stop taking money from friends and family now w/ Dane Atkinson of SumAll (S1E3)
Dane Atkinson, current CEO of SumAll (and formerly CEO of Squarespace) shares his stories on how he learned to fire people by doing it a lot, why you should never take money from friends and family (and why he advises against that) and what he's learned from building many large businesses.
28 minutes | Oct 3, 2015
If you have anything nice to say, say it all w/ Andrew Horn of Tribute.co (S1E2)
Andrew Horn, founder of Tribute.co and a serial entrepreneur shares some of his earliest failures, what forced him to get away from an early life of partying and why he now focuses on things that bring him happiness, and not purely pleasure.
22 minutes | Oct 1, 2015
How gratitude can significantly improve your business relationships w/ Dave Kerpen of Likeable (S1E1)
Dave Kerpen discusses the importance of being grateful, even in the lowest moments of running a business, the simple things he does to grow his business relationships immensely and how he balances running several business with family-life.
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