Joe Zappa is the founder and CEO of Sharp Pen Media. Sharp Pen Media offers C-level marketing strategy, content, and PR for adtech and martech companies. In addition, Joe earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from Cornell University. In this episode, we discuss: 00:04:41 - Transitioning from Freelancer to Entrepreneur 00:09:25 - The Complexities o…

Matheus is the Co-founder and CEO of Tint, an insurance startup on a mission to empower any company to embed insurance into its product. Tint is a Y Combinator-backed startup that provides a no-code platform, compliance services, and capital/capacity for innovative insurance solutions. Previously, Matheus held senior leadership roles at Turo, studi…

Brennan Dunn is the author of This Is Personal, The Art of Delivering the Right Email at the Right Time. For the last decade, Brennan Dunn has been building "email-first" businesses. Currently, he owns and operates two companies: RightMessage, a software company that builds personalized marketing software, and Double Your Freelancing, an online com…

Kyle Mau is the founder of HireUA and a partner in Selo Olive. HireUA helps American companies tap into Ukrainian talent. Selo Olive is a luxury Croatian Olive Oil brand, with more than 10,000 bottles sold. Originally from California, Kyle made a bold move at the age of 24 to leave corporate engineering and move to Eastern Europe as a digital entre…

Andrew Moses is the host of the "Everybody Pulls The Tarp" podcast, having interviewed over 175 top performers, spanning Olympians, pro athletes, TV stars, CEOs, and more. He also is Vice President at MorganFranklin, where he aids finance, technology, and business leaders in navigating complex transformational challenges. Additionally, he co-founde…

Andre Haykal Jr is the co-founder of Client Ascension and ListKit. At Client Ascension, the goal is to build the #1 coaching program & community for agency owners. Andre has helped countless businesses achieve their goals by improving their marketing strategies and internal operations. In this episode, we discuss: 🎯 Investing in Coaches and Acceler…

Matt McGarry, "The Newsletter Guy," is a highly successful entrepreneur. As the founder of the agency GrowLetter, Matt is a thought leader and operator in newsletter growth and customer acquisition. Additionally, Matt generated over 5 million subscribers and $15 million in sales just last year. In this episode, we discuss: 💰 Building an eight-figur…

Adam Hergenrother is the Founder & CEO of Livian, Host of The 200% Life Podcast, and the author of "The 200% Life" and "The Founder & The Force Multiplier." An entrepreneur at heart, Adam is passionate about using business to transform lives and believes that focusing on personal growth is the key to business success. In this episode, we discuss: 🌱…

Kristen Butler is the founder and CEO of Power of Positivity, a thriving community with over 50M followers from all the world dedicated to empowering individuals to live their best lives. With features in SUCCESS, Forbes, and Entrepreneur, Kristen is a respected leader in the field of personal development. She also is the author of "The Comfort Zon…

Charles Tichenor IV is a renowned media buyer and educator who has driven over $1 billion in revenue through his mastery of paid advertising. As the creator of the 3:2:2 Method, PSM, 4Pi, and the Facebook Ads MBA Program, Charles has a track record of disrupting the industry. His diverse advertising experience spans across notable clients including…

Noah Kagan is the founder and CEO of AppSumo.com. He’s also the author of The Million Dollar Weekend, The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours. Previously, Noah was employee #30 at Facebook. Outside of AppSumo, he’s launched six other million-dollar businesses (Kickflip/Gambit, KingSumo, SendFox, Sumo, TidyCal, and Mont…

Michael Girdley has spent the last 30 years building a $100M+ holding company. He's also built a 200k+ Twitter following and a newsletter with over 20k readers. He's also a major tech evangelist in San Antonio, enabling the creation of 1,000+ new tech jobs in the area through entrepreneurial and leadership roles at numerous companies and nonprofits…

At 18, Shegun moved to Birmingham Alabama to escape violence surrounding him in Nigeria. Two decades later, he sold Therapy Brands for $1.25 Billion — one of the largest exits in Alabama history. In addition, Shegun has been recognized as EY's Entrepreneur of the Year and the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellow. Shegun is now the CEO of Copysmith …

Andrew Yeung has earned the title "The Gatsby of Silicon Alley" by hosting over 25,000 guests at his exclusive tech parties across major North American cities like NYC, LA, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco. Previously, Andrew worked as a Global Product Lead at Google and a Business Planning & Ops Lead at Facebook. He also is an active angel investor …

Chuck Knabusch is a business consultant and author of Hope Is Not A Business Strategy, How To Take Control Of Your Business So It Won't Take Control Of You. In this episode we discuss: 📅 The Importance of Planning and Project Management 🎓 The Illusion of Expertise 🤔 The Value of Outsourcing Decision Making 🚹 Understanding People and Building Corpor…

Alex McShane is a writer, speaker, and talented operator in the Bitcoin industry. His range of experiences includes serving as the Director of Programming at the Bitcoin Conference, Unconference Director for Nostr, General Partner at Lightning Ventures, editor of The Bitcoin Standard, The Fiat Standard, and Principles of Economics by Saifedean Ammo…

Mike O'Connor is the founder of NexusPoint, a US based BPO focused on connecting small and medium sized businesses with world class, outsourced talent. Mike is also a talented real estate investor with additional business interests in home services companies and the manufacturing industry. In this episode we cover… 🤖 How to think about AI-assisted …

Adriel Lubarsky is a trailblazer in corporate sustainability and the acclaimed author of Attainable Sustainability: Building Your Corporate Climate Strategy. As the Director of Sales at GreenPlaces, Adriel is at the forefront of assisting companies of all sizes in measuring and mitigating their environmental impact. In this episode, we cover: 📚 Adr…

Nick Hutchison is the founder and CEO of BookThinkers, a marketing agency for authors that Nick launched based on his success growing a massive Instagram audience of nonfiction enthusiasts. This conversation focuses on lessons from Nick’s new book, Rise of the Reader: Strategies For Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn. We cove…

Eric Jorgenson is a writer, builder, and investor. In 2020, Eric released the "Almanack of Naval Ravikant," a bestseller with over a million copies sold. This conversation discusses the "The Anthology of Balaji", Eric’s long awaited followup book (released today). The Anthology distills the best ideas from futurist Balaji Srinivasan into three main…

Tim Calise is a business coach, investor, and advisor to over 15 privately held businesses with annual revenues from $250,000 to $10,000,000. In addition, Tim: * Worked closely with Alex Hormozi to scale GymLaunch, Prestige Labs, and ALAN * Raised $325mm before the age of 25 * Founded or grew 6(!) companies to 7 or 8 figures In this episode, we dis…

In this episode, we sit down with Adam Nathan, founder and CEO of Almanac, to talk about his ambitions to reshape the future of remote work. Drawing from insights gained from over 5,000 interviews with experts at companies like Apple, Stripe, and Netflix, Adam has pioneered the Modern Work Method. This method seeks to redefine how we work on the in…

Arthur Petropoulos spent nearly a decade on Wall Street, with involvement in investment banking, private equity, and serving as the head of corporate development, strategy, and M&A for a diversified B2B services company. Now, Arthur provides M&A, Business Exit, and Capital Advisory Services for Middle Market companies (up to $10 million in EBITDA) …

Nick Huber is a self storage operator with 1.9 million square feet and 50 employees. He also sold a service company for 7 figures and sends a weekly email to 200K+ people. His 300,000+ follower twitter account, @SweatyStartup, has become extremely popular with business owners. This conversation discusses small businesses versus real estate, tips fo…

Matthew Jaeh co-founded ProctorU, an EdTech company that grew to over $1 Billion. Now, Matt is the Managing Director of Techstars in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition, Matt is an avid triathlete and musician. This conversation covers lessons from building ProctorU, the Alabama startup ecosystem, the power of short form video, Matt's favorite restaur…

Gray MacKenzie is the Co-Founder of ZenPilot, a training and consulting business that leads digital agencies through project management implementation using ClickUp. Altogether, ZenPilot has helped over 2,700 agencies improve their operations. Previously, Gray founded GuavaBox, a marketing agency for B2B SaaS. This conversation covers how to avoid …

Will Bryant is the Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at Quantalytix. Quantalytix is a fintech company created by bankers and for bankers with an emphasis on visualizing Loan Data. This conversation covers Quantalytix's origin story, how they find customers, how they validated their business model, how they determined their product roadmap…

Elan Sherod Carr is an American attorney and politician who served as the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism under President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2021. Before that appointment, Carr was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. Additionally, Elan served as the international president…

Benjamin Redfield is the managing partner at bread, a product firm to help companies design and deploy software systems. Bread helps their clients take "ideas to market through strategy, brand, design, and engineering." Previously, Ben co-founded Density (Density.io) which was recently valued over $1B. This conversation covers why Ben left Density …

Tyson Smith is a 7-Figure Wholesaler & Coach based in Scottsdale, Arizona. This conversation covers Tyson's personal journey and path to happiness, success and fulfillment. We discuss sobriety, religion, stoicism, tradition, coaching, grit, silencing your inner critic, the role of accountability, managing overthinking, the value of long-form podcas…

Nicholas Verge (Nick Verge) is a highly sought after copywriter having written high performing sales pages and scripts for figures like Alex Jones and Jordan Belfort. His work has generated more than $30,000,000 for his clients. In this episode we discuss Nick's personal experiments with Islam, his stories acquiring famous copywriting clients, how …

Lisa Song Sutton returns for a part 2 interview to explain The Veteran Fund, opening an Engel & Völkers office in Las Vegas, her profitable pack-and-ship stores, Real Rich Women, investing in Real Estate, and much more. The Veteran Fund is a next-gen venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology startups led by exceptional founders fr…

Landon Campbell, a Chicago based General Manager at Drive Capital and host of the popular business podcast "InTheir20s", shares his journey in this episode. We cover breaking into the world of venture capital, the concept of specialized generalists, lessons from Landon's biggest interviews (people like Steve Wozniak, Ev Williams, Jason Calacanis, B…

Zlatko "Z" Bijelic is a serial entrepreneur known for several innovative businesses, including Sparetoolz, an app for sharing and renting tools; Thymeline, a timeline-based client communication tool; and Tako Agency, a 7-figure full-service Shopify agency. Currently, Zlatko is focusing on his new venture, 920Four, a product agency that transforms c…

Chris Heivly is co-founder of MapQuest and a prominent figure in the research triangle entrepreneurial ecosystem. Recently Chris published his new book, Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder's Field Guide. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Spreading Entrepreneurship to Non-Hub Locations 00:02:41 - Building Entrepreneurial Communities 00:05:37 - Overcomi…

Liam Patterson, the CEO and Co-founder of Bidnamic, joins us in this episode to shed light on the dynamic world of Google Shopping and its significance for e-commerce businesses. He shares his journey of transforming Bidnamic from an internal tool to a full-fledged Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. One of the key highlights of our conversation…

Coach Reed Maltbie, joins us for captivating conversation on the power of words and language in coaching. In this episode, we explore the profound impact of language on performance and life, from space travel to internal dialogue. We discuss the lasting effects of negative feedback, the importance of emotional control in coaching, and the transform…

Greg Writer, dubbed "The Entrepreneur’s Best Friend," is a business coach, digital marketer, and CEO of Launch Cart, a cloud-based eCommerce platform. With a notable record in corporate finance, he became the youngest owner of a full-service investment bank in U.S. history at 21 and has participated in the success of many startups, demonstrating hi…

Neil Soni is a dynamic entrepreneur who has built and grown businesses for startups, large companies, and even himself. He is also the author of The Startup Gold Mine, a practical guide that helps founders to sell to and work with corporates. Alongside this, he co-hosts the podcast, Made You Think, which is available across all podcast platforms. 0…

Dan Koe is a prolific content creator who rose to popularity by publishing stunning graphics, powerful animations, and insightful essays about the future of work, modern day philosophy, internet entrepreneurship, self-improvement and more. In this conversation, we discuss the responsibility of having a large audience, Dan's soon to be released book…

Jimmy Soni is an award-winning author, whose book "The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley" vividly narrates PayPal's rise from its challenging early days to revolutionizing financial systems. Soni also brings insights from his previous award-winning book, "A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the In…

Vash Tomanec is a resilient entrepreneur who owns three successful companies. His first venture, BullAds, has been instrumental in helping e-commerce brands achieve 7-figure growth through effective paid advertising strategies. As the founder of Mindtrepreneur, Vash has empowered over 500 entrepreneurs from more than 30 countries to lead happier an…

Jay Azeltine is a men's fitness and life coach who leads groups of men on ayahuasca retreats in the jungles of Costa Rica. He’s also an Ironman Triathlete. In today’s episode, they discuss the benefits of these retreats, Jay's personal experiences with ayahuasca ceremonies, his recipe for bone broth, his love of triathlons, and his journey to self-…

Dr. Jeff Dugas is a renowned orthopedic surgeon and managing partner of Andrew Sports Medicine. He also serves as a medical director for the WWE, is the team doctor for Troy University Football, and owns a distillery in Birmingham, Alabama. In today’s episode, we discuss work ethic, holding yourself accountable, learning from mistakes, honoring com…

Matt Ranta is a Global Ecommerce, Marketing, and User Experience Executive with 22+ years of digital experience spanning DTC, Bricks and Mortar, Electronics, AdTech and other industries. In this episode of The Louis and Kyle Show, Matt shares his insights on transitioning to independent consulting, the advantages of joining a data-driven company, m…

Jeremiah Prummer is the founder of KnoCommerce, a platform that helps eCommerce brands understand their customer data through post purchase surveys. In this conversation, we cover Jeremiah's journey to KnoCommerce, the power of chatbots, the importance of understanding your customers in a digital context, consumer behavior and generational differen…

Rob discusses the challenges of bootstrapping a marketplace as a solo founder, no code startup success, and the importance of solving a problem. He also shares his insights on solving problems with simple tools and SaaS company success patterns, finding and solving infinite amounts of small problems, and building a tool to combat customer churn. Th…

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Scott McKeon is the Co-Founder of Espresso, an Australian consumer-electronics startup that designs productivity tools for work, education, and creativity. In this episode, we discuss the journey of the Espresso Display™, an award-winning touchscreen monitor that gives you the superpower of working with two screens anywhere you go. We start by expl…