Best Max Branstetter Podcasts (2024)

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#292: Dal LaMagna – Tweezerman, Raising Eyebrows 32:29

2h ago32:29

32:29

Dal LaMagna, the Founder of Tweezerman, joins the show to share his journey from starting Tweezerman with $500 to selling the iconic tweezer business for $57 million. Hear the first person you should hire, the Equilateral Triangle of Focus for your business, why you should fear success more than failure, the best lasagna Dal LaMagna’s ever had, and…

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#291: Stephen Lease – Sunglasses Spirit Animal, Co-Founder of goodr 44:45

7h ago44:45

44:45

Stephen Lease, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Octopus of goodr, joins the show to share his journey from ultradistance marathons to creating the best running sunglasses ever invented. Hear how a 100-miler works, how he comes up with goodr’s iconic designs and names, how to grow your flock of flamingos aka your team, how to create a fun place to…

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#290: Tina Sharkey – Social Media Pioneer, Brandless and iVillage 27:45

6d ago27:45

27:45

Tina Sharkey, the Advisor, Professor, and Co-Founder of Brandless and iVillage, joins the show to share her journey from working at Sesame Street to disrupting the categories that demand our attention today. Hear how she got the job with Sesame Workshop, how to manage your time as an advisor, when you are most productive, how she coined the term so…

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#289: Dr. Juan Salinas – Food Scientist Bodybuilder, Founder of P-nuff 49:40

17d ago49:40

49:40

Dr. Juan Salinas, the Founder and CEO of P-nuff, joins the show to share his journey from bodybuilder to creating the peanut protein puff and ripping off his shirt on Shark Tank. Hear what Mark Cuban is like in real life, how to find the right mix of ingredients, how to get distribution in major retailers, how sports and fitness help you as an entr…

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#288: Kordel France – Sense of Smell in Machines, Theta Diagnostics 27:21

17d ago27:21

27:21

Kordel France, the Founder and CTO of Theta Diagnostics, joins the show to share his journey from self-driving tractors to developing the sense of smell in robots and machines. Hear how smell sensors work, the top use cases for machines that can smell, how to convince potential clients your technology isn’t too futuristic, the dog breed with the be…

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#287: Sam Rosen – Coworking Space Pioneer, Co-Founder of Deskpass 46:23

29d ago46:23

46:23

Sam Rosen, the Co-Founder and CEO of Deskpass, joins the show to share his journey from starting a rollerblading delivery service growing up to making coworking spaces easier to reserve than ever. Hear how he started the first coworking space in Chicago, the most creative coworking spaces, how to manage thousands of customers, his favorite lessons …

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#286: Erika De Santi – Group Travel Adventurer, Co-Founder of WeRoad 51:09

1M ago51:09

51:09

Erika De Santi, Co-Founder of WeRoad, joins the show to share her journey from a life-changing trip to Peru to creating the group travel and adventure company used by hundreds of thousands of Millennials. Hear how to design the trip of a lifetime, build a community, embrace Plan B, the most unique trips on WeRoad, and the hardest Italian words to p…

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#285: Scott Dikkers – The Onion, How to Write Funny 45:44

1M ago45:44

45:44

Scott Dikkers, Founder of The Onion and Bestselling Author of How to Write Funny, joins the show to share his journey from cartoonist to building one of the funniest newspapers and websites in history. Hear the time he got stalked by Saul Goodman, how The Onion comes up with its headlines, how it evolved formats over the years, how to write funny j…

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#284: Greg Berry – Government Surplus Auctioneer, Founder of Municibid 40:28

2M ago40:28

40:28

Greg Berry, the Founder and CEO of Municibid and Surplus.com, joins the show to share his journey from city councilman to creating the online government surplus auction marketplace. Hear the most random items ever sold on Municibid, how to manage an online marketplace, whether to focus on buyers or sellers, how to nail a cross-country road trip in …

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#283: Katie Thomson – Baby Food Dietitian, Co-Founder of Square Baby 51:31

2M ago51:31

51:31

Katie Thomson, the Co-Founder and CEO of Square Baby, joins the show to share her journey from first-ever Nutritionist at Starbucks to creating the only organic baby food offering 100% daily nutrition. Hear how to leave your dream job, come up with fun and delicious flavors, find customers, how we develop taste preferences, and the best flavor comb…

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#282: David Sauers – Toilet King, Co-Founder of Royal Restrooms 41:43

2M ago41:43

41:43

David Sauers, the Co-Founder of Royal Restrooms, joins the show to share his journey from porta-potty horror story to creating the luxury portable restroom franchise across the country. Hear how to differentiate your product and service, find your target customer, start a franchise, unusual fun facts about toilets, and the most notable celebrity we…

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#281: Camilla Opperman Morse – Shared Kitchen Gymnast, Founder of Nimbus 48:14

2M ago48:14

48:14

Camilla Opperman Morse, the Founder and CEO of Nimbus, joins the show to share her journey from selling late night grilled cheese and cookie dough to cooking up the innovative shared kitchen company. Hear how to run your business more efficiently, expand to multiple locations, raise funding from angel investors, the best business lessons from gymna…

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#280: Nicole Smith – Travel Photo Maestro, Founder of Flytographer 51:27

3M ago51:27

51:27

Nicole Smith, the Founder and CEO of Flytographer, joins the show to share her journey from selling her car to stay in business to creating the vacation photo marketplace that’s captured over 4 million memories in nearly 400 cities around the world. Hear how to sleep on a trampoline, turn your side hustle into a full-time business, stay easy to wor…

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#279: Peter Rojas – Founder of Gizmodo and Engadget 29:30

3M ago29:30

29:30

Peter Rojas, the Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of Gizmodo and Engadget, joins the show to share his journey from being intrigued by the early days of Wi-Fi to starting some of the most popular tech blogs on the planet. Hear how to decide what to post about, how to grow your audience quickly, the time Peter interviewed Bill Gates, his favorite gad…

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#278: Aytekin Tank – Automate Your Busywork, Founder of Jotform 56:59

3M ago56:59

56:59

Aytekin Tank, the Founder and CEO of Jotform and Bestselling Author of Automate Your Busywork, joins the show to share his journey from using the school computer on weekends to creating online forms for 20 million users. Hear his Rules on Hiring, Gross Margin, and Productivity, how to scale your business to millions of users, open more offices, and…

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#277: Andy Hunter – Bookshop Bodyguard, Founder of Bookshop.org 53:46

3M ago53:46

53:46

Andy Hunter, the Founder and CEO of Bookshop.org, joins the show to share his journey from books saving his life as a kid to raising over $30 million for local bookstores. Hear why books and bookshops take you to a magical place, how to set up a B Corp, go head-to-head with a massive competitor like Amazon, go from full-time employee to entrepreneu…

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#276: Liz Giorgi – Virtual Product Photography, Co-Founder of soona 41:16

4M ago41:16

41:16

Liz Giorgi, the Co-Founder and CEO of soona, joins the show to share her journey from producing for BTN (Big Ten Network) to making product photoshoots better than ever. Hear how to keep your pricing simple, keep your customers happy, quickly decide what to post on social media, how YouTube has changed over the years, and how Liz has changed as a b…

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#275: David Greschler and Jonah Friedl – Co-Founders of NomadGo 36:07

4M ago36:07

36:07

David Greschler and Jonah Friedl, the Co-Founders of NomadGo, join the show to share their journey from mentor-mentee to reimagining inventory management through computer vision and spatial intelligence. Hear how to stay curious, match your tech to your vision, achieve product-market fit, unboxing the Apple Vision Pro, and the story behind Kirkland…

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#274: Aleks Gosiewski – Seaweed Designer, Co-Founder of Keel Labs 34:17

4M ago34:17

34:17

Aleks Gosiewski, the Co-Founder and COO of Keel Labs, joins the show to share her journey from FIT to creating clothes out of seaweed. Hear why seaweed’s better for the environment, how Keel Labs makes Kelsun fiber, how to learn entrepreneurship and science at the same time, how to stay patient in a long-term business, and a little Bojangles. Conne…

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#273: Bryce Wuori – Construction Meteorologist, Co-Founder of Pavewise 46:43

4M ago46:43

46:43

Bryce Wuori, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pavewise, joins the show to share his journey from growing up in a construction family to using technology to make asphalt paving more efficient than ever. Hear how to introduce something new to an industry, change consumer behavior, celebrate wins, the difference between supper and dinner, and the perks of li…

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#272: Haley Moore – Sommelier Entrepreneur, Founder of Acquire 41:58

5M ago41:58

41:58

Haley Moore, the Founder of Acquire, joins the show to share her journey from sommelier at top San Francisco restaurants to bringing people together through food and wine across the globe. Hear how to pronounce sommelier, how to keep your business organized, how much to work on vacation, Haley’s favorite hangover cure, and where to find unicorn win…

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#271: Cyrus Claffey – Intercom Iterator, Founder of ButterflyMX 52:57

5M ago52:57

52:57

Cyrus Claffey, the Founder and Executive Chairman of ButterflyMX, joins the show to share his journey from Hawker at the Ren Faire to revolutionizing the intercom for apartment buildings. Hear how to iterate your product, declunkify your industry, find the right customers to pitch to, decide which ideas are worth pursuing, and some Show and Tell. C…

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#270: Shannah Game – Everyone’s Talkin’ Money 50:40

5M ago50:40

50:40

Shannah Game, the Award-Winning Host of Everyone’s Talkin’ Money, joins the show to share her journey from starting a film festival in college to launching the top-ranked podcast with over 24 million downloads. Hear how to approach money as an entrepreneur, manage stress related to money, how much to spend on travel, how to start a successful podca…

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#269: Joe Schaeppi – Video Game Brain Tester, Co-Founder of Solsten 46:43

5M ago46:43

46:43

Joe Schaeppi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Solsten, joins the show to share his journey from performing adventure-based psychotherapy to pioneering cognitive assessments using video games. Hear the most interesting things we can learn about humans through video games, the science behind the flow state, how American cities were designed, the power of p…

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#268: Clement Mok – First-Mover Advantage, Dynamic Designer 32:07

6M ago32:07

32:07

Clement Mok, the Legendary Designer and Serial Entrepreneur, joins the show to share his journey from the early days of Apple to disrupting image libraries, web design, and restaurants. Hear his top lessons from Apple, how to attack complex problems, why you should ask why, what SUGARFISH and other top restaurants do best, and the most unique food …

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#292: Dal LaMagna – Tweezerman, Raising Eyebrows 32:29

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#291: Stephen Lease – Sunglasses Spirit Animal, Co-Founder of goodr 44:45

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#290: Tina Sharkey – Social Media Pioneer, Brandless and iVillage 27:45

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#289: Dr. Juan Salinas – Food Scientist Bodybuilder, Founder of P-nuff 49:40

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#288: Kordel France – Sense of Smell in Machines, Theta Diagnostics 27:21

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#287: Sam Rosen – Coworking Space Pioneer, Co-Founder of Deskpass 46:23

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#286: Erika De Santi – Group Travel Adventurer, Co-Founder of WeRoad 51:09

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#285: Scott Dikkers – The Onion, How to Write Funny 45:44

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#284: Greg Berry – Government Surplus Auctioneer, Founder of Municibid 40:28

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#283: Katie Thomson – Baby Food Dietitian, Co-Founder of Square Baby 51:31

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#282: David Sauers – Toilet King, Co-Founder of Royal Restrooms 41:43

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#281: Camilla Opperman Morse – Shared Kitchen Gymnast, Founder of Nimbus 48:14

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#280: Nicole Smith – Travel Photo Maestro, Founder of Flytographer 51:27

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#279: Peter Rojas – Founder of Gizmodo and Engadget 29:30

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#278: Aytekin Tank – Automate Your Busywork, Founder of Jotform 56:59

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#277: Andy Hunter – Bookshop Bodyguard, Founder of Bookshop.org 53:46

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#276: Liz Giorgi – Virtual Product Photography, Co-Founder of soona 41:16

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#275: David Greschler and Jonah Friedl – Co-Founders of NomadGo 36:07

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#274: Aleks Gosiewski – Seaweed Designer, Co-Founder of Keel Labs 34:17

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#273: Bryce Wuori – Construction Meteorologist, Co-Founder of Pavewise 46:43

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#272: Haley Moore – Sommelier Entrepreneur, Founder of Acquire 41:58

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#271: Cyrus Claffey – Intercom Iterator, Founder of ButterflyMX 52:57

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#270: Shannah Game – Everyone’s Talkin’ Money 50:40

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#269: Joe Schaeppi – Video Game Brain Tester, Co-Founder of Solsten 46:43

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#268: Clement Mok – First-Mover Advantage, Dynamic Designer 32:07

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