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| Transforming the Water Industry with Its Advanced Purification Technology - Raz Razgaitis of FloWater | 212 | 05 Apr 2024 | 01:22:17 | |
212. FloWater | Rich Razgaitis is the CEO and Co-Founder of FloWater. Raz, as most people call him, is passionate about creating a brand new, amazing type of water that’s at the epicenter of the sustainable movement. Their vision is to inspire the world with water, eliminate single use plastic water bottles, and provide everyone access to the world’s best tasting water anywhere they work, rest, and play. Raz and his FloWater team is introducing the Refill Station technology, which transforms tap water into the world’s best-tasting, most purified water, delivered on-demand and eliminates the use of plastic bottles.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Rich Razgaitis. ***
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| The Tale of GoTab: How Tim McLaughlin Turned a Restaurant’s Challenge into a Tech-Based Opportunity | 211 | 03 Apr 2024 | 01:17:09 | |
211. GoTab | Tim McLaughlin is Co-Founder of GoTab, a leading contactless ordering and payment platform serving full-service food & beverage establishments in almost thirty states and still growing. GoTab launched in 2016 as a code on the receipt for mobile payment of restaurant tabs. In 2018 it became a QR code. The idea started in 2015 when Tim co-opened his first restaurant and brewery, Caboose Brewing Co., an upscale brewery based in Fairfax, Virginia. It had been a passion project in the works for many years and many of GoTab’s most important features were incubated at Caboose.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Tim McLaughlin. ***
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| Disrupting the Solar Industry with a Community Solar Model - Aviv Shalgi of Solar Simplified | 202 | 13 Mar 2024 | 01:14:45 | |
202. Solar Simplified | Aviv Shalgi is a serial entrepreneur, and is the CEO of an energy tech startup Solar Simplified, which is a platform that matches renters and homeowners who care about the environment and want to save money on the electricity bill with local solar farms. For more than 6 years, Aviv has been a Board Member, Mentor, and Advisor to many entrepreneurs, startups, investors, VCs, and non-profit organizations.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Aviv Shalgi Interview. ***
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| The Aluminum Trailer Company... Reinventing the Trailer Industry in the USA... | 112 | 17 Dec 2019 | 01:11:28 | |
112. ATC Trailers | Steve Brenneman is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Aluminum Trailer Company. At ATC, they pride themselves on manufacturing World Class, Precision-Built trailers. Each and every trailer they manufacture is hand-crafted to the exact specifications of their customers. Regardless of whether their customers are looking for a standard car hauler or a highly customized trailer, ATC... Please Support Our Episode Sponsors:
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| This Latin American Company is Creating Online Courses for Online Tech: Platzi | 111 | 16 Dec 2019 | 01:13:15 | |
111. Platzi | Freddy Vega is the Cofounder and CEO of Platzi. With over 700,000 students around the world, Platzi is the biggest tech school in Latin America. Platzi is helping transform developing countries into digital economies, training the next generation of professionals in programming, marketing, design and everything related to tech. Please Support Our Episode Sponsors:
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| A Midwest-based Marketing, Print, & Software Company that's providing some Fire... Firespring | 110 | 13 Dec 2019 | 01:06:52 | |
110. Firespring | Jay Wilkinson is CEO of Firespring. The company is a Midwest-based marketing, print and software company providing exceptional creative, unmatched strategy and effective nonprofit tools. Today, Firespring has more than 200 team members and thousands of clients in all 50 states and all over the world. It became Nebraska's first Certified B Corp in 2014 and was named by Inc. Magazine in 2016 as one of the "50 Best Workplaces." This Episode is Sponsored By:
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| Redefine your Game Day Tailgating with Tailgate Guys | 109 | 12 Dec 2019 | 01:04:34 | |
109. Tailgate Guys | Parker Duffey is the President and CEO of Tailgate Guys. Parker began laying the groundwork for his business venture at the age of 23. He joined forces with business partner Michael Otwell and launched Tailgate Guys in 2009. Tailgate Guys built its model as a reserved, turnkey tailgate system and quickly evolved into... Please Support Our Episode Sponsors:
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| A Family Business built through a Logistics Company - 5 Logistics | 108 | 11 Dec 2019 | 00:49:42 | |
108. 5 Logistics | Tyler Walton is the President of 5 Logistics, which provides services for B2B fulfillment, B2C E-commerce fulfillment, packaging, assembly, cross-dock, container services, local trucking, and managed transportation. The companies fulfillment specialties include... Please Support Our Episode Sponsors:
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| The All-You-Can-Fly Subscription Model created by Surf Airlines | 107 | 10 Dec 2019 | 01:20:01 | |
107. Surf Air | Wade Eyerly is the Founder and CEO of the Education Insurance Corporation, which aims to insure that a student’s investment in college education pays off with a better salary after graduation. Wade is also an inventor of the subscription aviation model, CEO, and founder of both Surf Air and Beacon. He has been a part of...
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*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit here: Wade Eyerly Interview. *** | |||
| Growing a Wireless Store Business in the Midwest (with Wireless World) | 106 | 09 Dec 2019 | 00:41:58 | |
106. Wireless World | Vince Lubben is the Co-Owner of Wireless World. Vince began working in the wireless sector as a sales executive for CommNet Cellular, when the cell phone industry was young. He saw an opportunity to start his own business and opened his first store in Vermillion, South Dakota in 1999. Today, there are 54 Wireless World outlets and the company has 320 employees plus...
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*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit here: Vince Lubben Interview. *** | |||
| Launch your Online Business in Minutes with this All-in-One Platform: Kajabi | 105 | 06 Dec 2019 | 00:54:33 | |
105. Kajabi | Kenny Rueter is the CEO of the World’s First Knowledge Commerce Platform - Kajabi. It's a software-as-a-service platform that lets you create private membership portals and marketing pages. The company’s mission is to help people realize they possess knowledge which other people would find valuable, and that they can easily sell that knowledge online via... Please Support Our Episode Sponsors:
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| Level Up Your Business like this Roofing Company... Roof Hospital Exteriors | 104 | 05 Dec 2019 | 01:00:29 | |
104. The Roof Hospital | Eric Gilbert-Williams is the founder and CEO of The Roof Hospital, a residential roofing and exteriors organization. His entrepreneurial path began as an early troubled teenager and has led him down an adventurous path of... Please Support Our Episode Sponsors:
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit here: Eric-Gilbert Williams Interview. *** | |||
| Helping & Growing Businesses via Mergers & Acquisitions... LBA Haynes Strand | 103 | 04 Dec 2019 | 00:59:32 | |
103. LBA Haynes Strand | John Bly is the founding Member of LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC and LBA Haynes Strand Capital Advisors. His entrepreneurial leadership has propelled the CPA Firm’s growth. LBA Haynes Strand ranks as one of the Charlotte Business Journal’s Top 25 CPA Firms in the Charlotte Region and a Inc. 5000 Company. Our Sponsors for this Episode: Fundrise is the first investment platform to create a simple, low-cost way for anyone to access real estate's historically consistent, exceptional returns. Diversify into real estate today with just $500. To support the show, please visit: millionaire-interviews.com/fundrise. Square Payroll makes doing your books easy & affordable! For just $29/month it's the best payroll deal for any small business. To support the show, please visit this link to check them out: millionaire-interviews.com/square.
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| The Ficks Factor: How Ron Alvarado Crafted a Hard Seltzer that Stands Out from the Crowd | 201 | 11 Mar 2024 | 01:52:19 | |
201. Ficks Beverage | Ron Alvarado co-founded Ficks Beverage Co, the leading manufacturer of better-for-you bar products with its line of pure fruit juice hard seltzers and wellness-focused cocktail mixers. They are based in San Francisco, California, and currently expanding their two main products to national retailers such as Whole Foods, H-E-B, Target, QFC, BevMo, and Safeway. Ron and his co-founder, Mike, have been perfecting their craft since their college days, experimenting and brewing in their small studio apartment. They were obsessed with the challenge of creating the best tasting drinks solely using all-natural ingredients.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Ron Alvarado Interview. ***
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| New Age Family Furniture... with Bean Bags? The Ultimate Bean Bag Company: Yogibo. | 102 | 03 Dec 2019 | 00:48:09 | |
102. Yogibo Bean Bags | Eyal Levy was born in one of the suburbs of Tel Aviv and he was raised by a family of entrepreneurs. When he was growing up, he did military service and traveled... To keep the show free, please visit our Sponsors: Fundrise is the first investment platform to create a simple, low-cost way for anyone to access real estate's historically consistent, exceptional returns. Diversify into real estate today with just $500. To support the show, please visit: millionaire-interviews.com/fundrise. Square Payroll makes doing your books easy & affordable! For just $29/month it's the best payroll deal for any small business. To support the show, please visit this link to check them out: millionaire-interviews.com/square.
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| Xero Shoes... Barefoot Running with Comfort & Protection (as seen on Shark Tank) | 101 | 02 Dec 2019 | 01:04:47 | |
101. Xero Shoes | Steven Sashen is the developer and CEO of Xero Shoes. Steven and his wife, Lena Phoenix, started the "Barefoot... PLUS!" sandal business in late 2009... To keep the show free, please visit our Sponsors: Skillshare is an online learning community with over 20,000 classes in business, marketing, technology, design, and more. Get 2 months of classes for only 99¢, using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/skillshare. Fundrise is the first investment platform to create a simple, low-cost way for anyone to access real estate's historically consistent, exceptional returns. Diversify into real estate today with just $500. To support the show, please visit: millionaire-interviews.com/fundrise.
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| How To Start a Business With Your Husband (& Stay Partners After You Get Divorced) - Legion Logistics | 100 | 29 Nov 2019 | 00:59:06 | |
100. Legion Logistics | Lacy Starling is the Co-Founder of Legion Logistics. As the daughter of a truck driver and a part-time librarian, she grew up seeing first-hand how the logistics industry affects working-class Americans. It was that work ethic that drove Lacy to... To keep the show free, please visit our Sponsors: Skillshare is an online learning community with over 20,000 classes in business, marketing, technology, design, and more. Get 2 months of classes for only 99¢, using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/skillshare. Fundrise is the first investment platform to create a simple, low-cost way for anyone to access real estate's historically consistent, exceptional returns. Diversify into real estate today with just $500. To support the show, please visit: millionaire-interviews.com/fundrise.
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| Making Custom Doors for IKEA Kitchen & Bathroom Cabinets... Semihandmade | 099 | 28 Nov 2019 | 00:48:47 | |
099. Semihandmade Doors | John McDonald founded Semihandmade in 2011. The company makes doors that fit Ikea kitchens, bathrooms, closets, and media systems. As a former aspiring screenwriter, he... Please visit our Sponsors: Skillshare is an online learning community with over 20,000 classes in business, marketing, technology, design, and more. Get 2 months of classes for only 99¢, using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/skillshare. Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist.
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| The Pioneers of Performance Cycling Wheels... HED Cycling | 098 | 27 Nov 2019 | 00:59:45 | |
098. HED Cycling | Anne Hed is a lifetime resident of Minnesota. Her history as a business owner began back in the 1980’s, when she raced as a professional triathlete. She completed eight Ironman Triathlons in Hawaii, and met her late husband, Steve, through the sport. He became one of her first sponsors... To keep the show free, Please visit our Sponsors: Square Payroll makes doing your books easy & affordable! For just $29/month it's the best payroll deal for any small business. To support the show, please visit this link to check them out: millionaire-interviews.com/square. Skillshare is an online learning community with over 20,000 classes in business, marketing, technology, design, and more. Get 2 months of classes for only 99¢, using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/skillshare. Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist.
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| This Ukrainian Entrepreneur is Helping Construction Companies with his Software - Raken | 097 | 26 Nov 2019 | 00:54:21 | |
097. Raken | Sergey Sundukovskiy is currently the Co-Founder and CTO of Raken, a project software management for the construction industry. Sergey has over 20 years of experience serving in capacities of Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer and Chief Product Officer. He specializes in... To keep the show free, Please visit our Sponsors: Square Payroll makes doing your books easy & affordable! For just $29/month it's the best payroll deal for any small business. To support the show, please visit this link to check them out: millionaire-interviews.com/square. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist.
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| How Pictionary was Invented in the 1980s... by a Young Hippie in a Seattle Apartment... | 096 | 25 Nov 2019 | 00:58:41 | |
096: Pictionary | Rob Angel was only 26 years old when he and his friends started the ground work for the phenomenally successful board game Pictionary. He was working evenings as a waiter with his future business partners. While spending days in his backyard with a paperback Webster’s Dictionary, a No. 2 pencil, and a yellow legal pad to work... To keep the show free, Please visit our Sponsors: Square Payroll makes doing your books easy & affordable! For just $29/month it's the best payroll deal for any small business. To support the show, please visit this link to check them out: millionaire-interviews.com/square. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist. | |||
| Bringing Artificial Intelligence to the Travel Industry - SnapTravel | 095 | 22 Nov 2019 | 00:58:26 | |
095: SnapTravel | Hussein Fazal is the CEO & founder of SnapTravel. The company allows you to find and book the best hotel deals over Facebook Messenger and SMS. SnapTravel advisors include the former CEO of Hotels.com and the CTO of Expedia. To keep the show free, Please visit Our Sponsors: Square Payroll makes doing your books easy & affordable! For just $29/month it's the best payroll deal for any small business. To support the show, please visit this link to check them out: millionaire-interviews.com/square. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist. | |||
| Comfortable Headphones for Sleeping... How AcousticSheep was Born via a Bedtime Problem... | 094 | 21 Nov 2019 | 00:40:32 | |
094. AcousticSheep SleepPhones | Wei-Shin Lai struggled to get back to sleep after late night patient phone calls as a family doctor. She needed a natural, non-drug solution to sleep. Relaxing music worked great, but she had no comfortable way to listening to it without disturbing her husband. This Podcast is Brought to You By: Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/gusto.
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| How to Maximize Your Time & Gratitude with the CEO of Sports 1 Marketing | 093 | 20 Nov 2019 | 00:53:59 | |
093. Sports 1 Marketing | Dave Meltzer is the CEO of Sports 1 Marketing, one of the world’s leading sports & entertainment marketing agencies, which he co-founded with Hall of Fame Quarterback Warren Moon.
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| Launching a No-Code Website Platform with David Chen, CEO of Strikingly | 200 | 08 Mar 2024 | 00:52:32 | |
200. Strikingly | David Chen dropped out from the University of Chicago to start Strikingly along with his two co founders, Teng Bao and Dafeng Guo. They moved to Silicon Valley with $100 in their pocket and were accepted into Y Combinator after eating ramen noodle in their 1-bedroom apartment for 5 months. Strikingly is a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows anyone to create a gorgeous, mobile optimized website in minutes, without any coding or design work. It has raised $1.5MM seed funding from top Silicon Valley investors.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: David Chen Interview. ***
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| Streamline Your Proposal Business with this SaSS Business: PandaDoc | 092 | 19 Nov 2019 | 00:53:34 | |
092. PandaDoc | Mikita Mikado is an entrepreneur, executive, and former engineer. He is currently the CEO of PandaDoc, a Series-A funded SaaS business in San Francisco. His main interests are SaaS, sales automation, documents, metrics, startups, surfing, programming, and new technologies. This podcast is brought to you By: Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/gusto.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Mikita Mikado Interview. ***
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| Improve your Posture & Your Life with this Back Product... Backjoy | 091 | 18 Nov 2019 | 00:51:25 | |
091. Backjoy | Bing Howenstein began his career making movies in Los Angeles, where he made feature films for the studios, TV movies for the networks, short films for the festivals, and even wrote some stuff too. All of that experience in creating stories was perfectly suited to telling the story of a brand, so he licensed and brought to the market a product called Backjoy, which grew into a company that makes multiple products that fix the way you sit. This podcast is brought to you By: Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: millionaire-interviews.com/blinkist. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/gusto.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Bing Howenstein Interview. *** | |||
| Author, Speaker, Crypto Evangelist, & More... The Wild Wild World of Joel Comm | 090 | 15 Nov 2019 | 01:02:42 | |
090. InfoMedia Group | Joel Comm is an internet pioneer, New York Times best-selling author of 12 books, professional speaker, futurist and influencer. With more than 20 years of doing business online, Comm has found success in online marketing, blogging, podcasting, video creation, social media, software development and mobile applications. This podcast is brought to you by: Blinkist gives you key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Learn something new everyday with unlimited access to over 2,500 of the world’s best titles in 19 top categories. Get 7% off & your first week free with this link: blinkist.com/millionaire. StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: gusto.com/millionaire.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Joel Comm Interview. ***
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| Publishing a Book in 9 Weeks...That'll help Promote your Business... The Author Incubator | 089 | 14 Nov 2019 | 01:17:57 | |
089. The Author Incubator | Dr. Angela Lauria helps life coaches and entrepreneurs to write, publish, and promote their books via the Author Incubator. Their authors earn an average of $10-30K per month per book within 30 days of publishing. Our Sponsors for this EP: StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: gusto.com/millionaire.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Angela Lauria Interview. ***
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| The Largest SaSS Platform for the Water Industry - FATHOM Water | 088 | 13 Nov 2019 | 00:55:21 | |
088. FATHOM Water | Trevor Hill is Chairman & CEO of FATHOM Water. Prior to that, he co-founded Algonquin Water Resources of America in 2003, a division of the Algonquin Power Income Fund, of which he served as Director of Operations from 2000 to 2003. In 1994, Mr. Hill co-founded Hill, Murray & Associates, a design-build firm specializing in the construction and operation of water reclamation facilities in British Columbia and the Canadian Arctic. To keep the show free, please visit our sponsors... StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/gusto. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Trevor Hill Interview. ***
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| How Winning a Free Super Bowl Ad helped this company Skyrocket to New Heights... Death Wish Coffee | 087 | 12 Nov 2019 | 01:02:30 | |
087. Death Wish Coffee | Mike Brown saw a need for coffee that was both strong and delicious to serve his groggy morning customers. After creating the perfect blend of beans and combining it with his unique roasting technique, the 'World's Strongest Coffee' was born. Today, over a million people have trusted Death Wish Coffee to wake them up and keep them going every day. This Podcast is Brought to YOU By: StartEngine is the largest equity crowdfunding site in the USA. Over 170+ companies have raised $60 million using the platform. And 87% of companies successfully reached their minimum funding goal of $10k. Get 20% off your campaign using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/start. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/gusto.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Mike Brown Interview. ***
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| Tim Sykes on How to Make Money Selling Penny Stocks... Interact & Learn with The Best Traders Online at Profit.ly | 086 | 11 Nov 2019 | 00:54:28 | |
086. Profit.ly | Timothy Sykes is a day trader by day & co-founder of Profit.ly by night. After an elbow injury eliminated his aspirations as a pro tennis player, Tim set his sights on the stock market. In high school, he used the $12,415 he’d saved from his bar mitzvah money to invest on the stock market. Before he graduated, he’d turned that $12K into $125K. Today, he’s earned close to $5 million in profits, all from trading.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions (special preview below) on this episode visit our website: Timothy Sykes Interview. ***
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| How to Grow a Cybersecurity Business from $0 to $20M/year - Thycotic & LogicBoost Labs | 085 | 08 Nov 2019 | 00:56:40 | |
085. Thycotic | Jonathan Cogley is the Founder of Thycotic & a Startup Mentor (👀 his blog at Good Rain Shade). He grew up in South Africa and began his software engineering career in London where he founded Thycotic in 1996, moving Thycotic headquarters to the United States several years later. Under Jonathan’s direction, Thycotic has rapidly grown into an innovation leader in privileged account management software, used by more than 180,000 IT administrators worldwide.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Jonathan Cogley Interview. ***
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| A Virtual Assistant Company Helping You Climb Higher... Belay Solutions - a leader in Virtual Staffing | 084 | 07 Nov 2019 | 00:58:52 | |
084. BELAY Solutions | Bryan Miles is the CEO & Co-Founder of BELAY Solutions, a company whose mission is to provide solutions that equip their clients with the confidence to climb higher. In 2010, Bryan and his wife Shannon formed Miles Advisory Group (MAG) to provide virtual support to busy leaders. They eventually expanded their virtual assistant model to include bookkeeping, copywriting, and web support services...
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions (favorite books, business tools, Amazon purchases, & more) on this episode visit our website: Bryan Miles Interview. ***
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| WeWork is Burning $... How Slow Growth is helping Alley Coworking in the Long Run... | 083 | 06 Nov 2019 | 00:50:20 | |
083. Alley Coworking | Jason Saltzman is the CEO and Founder of Alley, a post business incubator and shared workspace for entrepreneurs. He also co-founded the tech company, SeamlessDocs. Jason advises and invests in a variety of early stage companies and is a mentor for the Techstars accelerator program. Jason has worked with the US State Department, traveling the world to assist the growth of startup communities. On his latest trip the Middle East, he produced and starred in a documentary about the Kuwaiti startup ecosystem.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Jason Saltzman Interview. ***
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| The Future of Video Chat: Fritz Brumder on His Adventure from Brandlive to Zipcan | 199 | 06 Mar 2024 | 01:05:55 | |
199. Zipcan | Fritz Brumder is an entrepreneur, video strategist, avid skier, proud dad & husband. In 2010 Fritz Brumder co-founded Brandlive, the leading SaaS live video events platform for brands and retailers. In 2020 he co-founded Zipcan.com - the fastest way to enable video chat inside your website or application. Zipcan's vision is to bring video chat to every corner of the web, by making it easy to embed.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Fritz Brumder Interview. ***
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| Using Automation to Help make your Life Easier, with the Automation Agency... | 082 | 05 Nov 2019 | 00:56:31 | |
082. The Automation Agency | Carl Taylor is CEO of Automation Agency. He is a highly regarded and engaging speaker who speaks at events across Australia and the United States on the topics of Entrepreneurship, Online Marketing, and Personal Growth. Starting his first business at age 15, Carl has gone on to start, buy and sell businesses in varying industries from Gift Baskets to Marketing. He continues to run businesses and Mentor entrepreneurs, young and old, helping them grow their businesses. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Carl Taylor Interview. ***
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| How One of Forbes Small Giants used Open-Book Finance to help Fix Company Culture - ImageOne | 081 | 04 Nov 2019 | 00:46:36 | |
081. ImageOne Print Solutions | Rob Dube is co-founder of ImageOne & author of donothing: the most rewarding leadership challenge you’ll ever take. He started selling Blow Pops out of his locker in high school now his company, ImageOne, is ranked on the 2017 list of Forbes Small Giants: America’s Best Small Companies...
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Robe Dube Interview. ***
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| Taking a Kickball Game & Growing it to a League Nationwide - Kickball.com (aka ClubWAKA) | 080 | 01 Nov 2019 | 00:55:57 | |
080. ClubWaka | Johnny LeHane is the Co-Founder of ClubWAKA - Kickball & Social Sports, which has made the Inc 5000 for 3 consecutive years. He is also the managing member and lead investor in the Hudson Valley Startup Fund, a $1 million member managed seed capital (angel investment) fund for high growth startups in the Hudson Valley, launched in 2015. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Johnny LeHane Interview. ***
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| Marketing & Business Automation Services to help you Free Up Your Time with SixthDivision | 079 | 31 Oct 2019 | 00:49:50 | |
079. SixthDivison | Brad Martineau is the Cofounder of SixthDivision & PlusThis. Companies that help businesses plan out and thrive on marketing automation via Infusionsoft. Brad started his business career as Infusionsoft’s sixth employee and got a front row seat in watching the company grow from just six to 150 people, and from $500,000 to over $15 million in revenue...
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Brad Martineau Interview. *** | |||
| Haircuts for Kids, Parties, & Fun with Snip-its! How this Brand grew Nationally via Franchising... | 078 | 30 Oct 2019 | 00:54:41 | |
078. Snip-its Haircuts | Joanna Meiseles saw the need for a hair salon focusing on children and launched Snip-its in Boston, MA in 1995. As Founder and CEO of Snip-its, Ms. Meiseles ran five company locations, then franchised the concept in 2004 and grew the brand over a ten-year period. Under Ms. Meiseles’ leadership, Snip-its received numerous awards including the Franchise Times’ fastest 55 growth brands, and the Entrepreneur Top 500. Ms. Meiseles was twice a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. Today, Snip-its franchise owners operate 65 locations in 22 states.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Joanna Meiseles Interview. ***
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| Crowdfunding in the Sex Toy Business with Very Intelligent Ecommerce Inc. (aka VIECI) | 077 | 29 Oct 2019 | 00:54:42 | |
077. Very Intelligent Ecommerce Inc. | Brian Sloan is CEO of Very Intelligent Ecommerce Inc. (aka VIECI). Mr. Sloan quit his job as a lawyer to start a sex toy business that generates over $1 million a year, and he did it without office space or full-time employees. The company's most recent product, a sex toy for men (NSFW), launched as an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. It turned heads and raised over $260,000 — far more than its $45,000 goal— in the process.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Brian Sloan Interview. ***
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| Helping Churches, Nonprofits, Family Offices, & Christian Businesses build thru Innovative Staffing - Vanderbloemen Search | 076 | 28 Oct 2019 | 00:39:14 | |
076. Vanderbloemen Search Group | William Vanderbloemen is the President and Founder at The Vanderbloemen Search Group. William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of professional executive search. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: William Vanderbloemen Interview. *** | |||
| Get Custom Stickers Fast... How StickerGiant became a Giant in the Sticker Industry... | 075 | 25 Oct 2019 | 00:47:13 | |
075. StickerGiant | John Fischer, CEO of StickerGiant, started the company in 2000 with a single sticker design and an online store to sell it on. From there he created StickerGiant.com with goal of becoming the "Amazon of stickers." Over the years, the company has transitioned and evolved from that original idea into one of the top printers of custom stickers and labels. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: John Fischer Interview. *** | |||
| Growing a SaaS Business? The Founder of Toofr (aka: FindEmails.com) says this Helped him Grow his Businesses... | 074 | 24 Oct 2019 | 00:41:49 | |
074. FindEmails.com | Ryan Buckley is the Founder at Toofr.com, a cold emailing tool open to the sales community. Ryan is also author of The Parallel Entrepreneur which is about how he built and runs Toofr and his other businesses. He is the Co-founder & COO at Scripted.com, a premium ghostwriting platform. Ryan is living in Walnut Creek, California with his wife and two daughters. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Ryan Buckley Interview. *** | |||
| How this Shark Tank Business almost got paddled by on Shark Tank - Tower Paddle Boards | 073 | 23 Oct 2019 | 00:43:34 | |
073. Tower Paddle Boards | Stephan Aarstol is the CEO and founder of Tower Paddle Boards, a direct to consumer brand that focuses on the beach lifestyle niche. Tower was named the "Fastest Growing Company in San Diego" by the San Diego Business Journal in 2014, and ranked #239 on the 2015 INC 500 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Stephan Aarstol Interview. *** | |||
| From Philly Frenetic to KeyMark: Jim Wanner’s Journey from Team Mascot to Artificial Intelligence Expert | 198 | 04 Mar 2024 | 01:17:56 | |
198. KeyMark | Jim Wanner is the founder and Chief Expectations Officer at KeyMark, an intelligent automation systems integrator headquartered in Liberty, SC. KeyMark delivers capture (OCR), workflow (ECM), case management, virtual collaboration and robotic process automation (RPA) solutions to businesses and government organizations. KeyMark helps clients leverage technology, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, to maximize productivity and increase efficiency.
Listen to Part II, right now: The Burning Desire to Be Successful (a Continuation of EP 198).
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Jim Wanner Interview. ***
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| On-Demand Car Cleaning Technology & Services Company that's Redefining the Car Washing Experience - Spiffy Car Care | 072 | 22 Oct 2019 | 00:39:57 | |
072. Spiffy Car Care | Scot Wingo is the CEO of Spiffy and the Executive Chairman of ChannelAdvisor. Spiffy is an on-demand car wash and detailing business currently in Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Dallas. ChannelAdvisor is a leading software/service business for Fortune 2k selling on eBay as a new channel.
*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Scot Wingo Interview. *** | |||
| Boost Your Ecommerce Sales with a One-Page Checkout & Post-Purchase Upsell! How CartHook helps you Sell More... | 071 | 21 Oct 2019 | 00:54:16 | |
071. Carthook | Jordan Gal is the Founder of Carthook, which is a cart abandonment software solution that recovers lost revenue by following up with potential customers who don’t complete the checkout process. Their flagship product is a customizable checkout with post-purchase upsells for Shopify stores. Jordan currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and three daughters. He is also currently co-hosting the Bootstrapped Web Podcast, which is a podcast about bootstrapping an online business. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Jordan Gal Interview. *** | |||
| Testing Top-Selling Vitamins & Supplements to deliver Real Results with Labdoor | 070 | 18 Oct 2019 | 00:45:18 | |
070. LabDoor Testing | Neil Thanedar is the CEO of LabDoor. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010. Worked as Executive Director of The Detroit Partnership. Co-founded Avomeen Analytical Services, an FDA-registered product safety laboratory. Named by CNNMoney as one its top ‘Generation Next’ Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2011. Won the Startup America Super Bowl Pitch Contest in 2012. Currently CEO & Founder at LabDoor, a digital health startup that uses science to tell you what’s really in consumer products. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Neil Thanedar Interview. *** | |||