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Each episode, we highlight world-class creators and solopreneurs who have created small businesses to learn how they started, along with the tools, habits, and routines they employ to grow and monetize their audience. We dive deep on strategy, hacks, and more to provide you with tactical advice you can use as a beginning creator.
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Ever wondered how a career in sales can change lives? Join us as we chat with Lydia Winn from Empowerly about her passion for hiring first-time sales professionals and the transformative conversations that follow. Lydia shares invaluable insights on what makes a successful salesperson, highlighting the importance of being goal-oriented and genuinel…
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Samantha Postman is a cross-disciplined (polymath) educator and serial entrepreneur with over 29 years of startup and corporate business expertise. From flipping burgers to mastering tax law, Samantha's story isn't just one of success—it's a testament to the transformative power of a polymathic mindset. Raised on welfare by a teenage mother, her re…
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Unlock the truth about achieving a balanced, healthy lifestyle with our insightful guest, Tim P Johansson. As a former gym addict turned holistic health advocate, Tim dismantles the myths of perfectionism in wellness, stressing the significance of marrying physical vigor with mental serenity. In a candid exchange, he shares his own nutritional stra…
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Unlock the mysteries of branding and its undeniable influence on company culture with Sebastian, our expert guide on this journey. He's not just another voice in the branding sphere; Sebastian brings a wealth of knowledge that will alter your perspective on how a business's identity can become its most valuable asset. As he breaks down the essence …
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Emelie Jochems is a CopyWriter and creator who specializes in several industries, including sports and recreation. In this episode, expect to learn: Emelie's strategies for Client acquisition. Why Emelie chose to focus on CopyWriting. How she stumbled upon her brand positioning. Her daily routines for moving the most important levers. How she tackl…
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Sean is Founder of the Real Estate firm Scholastic Capital: a firm specializing in single family homes in elite school districts. Prior to Scholastic, Sean was a Management Consultant - both Independently and as a Consultant for Boston Consulting Group. Summary: The conversation covers topics such as the transition from consulting to independent wo…
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Parker is a Janitor turned Electrician turned Story-Focused Creator with ~30k Followers on X, ~10k on LinkedIn, and 4500+ email Subscribers. His product, "The Story System", is the regarded as one of the best on the market for helping new Creators find their Niche through stories. In this wide ranging episode, learn: Parker's Backstory - from Janit…
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Hi Friends, I've been playing Calendar Bingo with bigger creators, but wanted to put out this episode to answer some questions regarding helpful Tech stacks. A few tools I discuss: Chat GPT Canva Loom Notion Convert Kit (landing pages, etc,) Google Freebies (Docs, Sheets, PPT) Keynote RECraft AI (Branding thing) Tweet Hunter (specific) Cold Email T…
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Sam Blew me away this Episode... Sam is a marketer and entrepreneur - who's generated $10 million for clients in 9 years – selling products as high as $45,000. Sam built a YouTube channel from 0 to 182k+ subs in 11 months. His goal is to run a portfolio of brands that I launch, scale, and automate by leveraging other creators. Expect to learn How S…
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IF YOU ARE UNSURE ON HOW TO GET CLIENTS OR LEADS - THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU... Mitchell is a Whiz at customized cold-outreach - and his booking rates are some of the best I've seen... In this episode, expect to learn: The best cold email clients/systems. Psychological hacks to boost open rates. Biggest misconceptions about Cold Email. Data scraping …
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Another fabulous episode with a prolific Creator... Paul is a Copywriter, whose work ranges from Sales pages too Email Sequences, Social Media copy, and more. He's worked for incredible Personal and Commercial brands, and his expertise runs broad and deep in the Copywriting space. In this episode, learn how Paul: Landed his first few clients Recomm…
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Another great conversation with an incredible Creator... Excel has grown an active following on Twitter through Narrative structure. Despite Secrets of directing Web Traffic. Most Common mistakes of newbie Creators. Why "Growth Guru's" often give bad-advice (and cheat). Why Stories are the Ultimate hack for Breaking the Algorithm. How Affiliate Mar…
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Another special episode, with another incredible mega creator... Taylin is a Marketing Agency Owner, Ghost Writer, and Creator. He is an incredible human.... Thoughtful. Endlessly Curious. Deeply Intelligent. In this episode, expect to learn: Why being a Ghostwriter is hard AF. How he'd rethink High-School curricula. Why Success if often a lagging …
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This mini episode is a shot of adrenaline... Despite significant audio and connectivity issues, Brendan BROUGHT it during our short time together. Brendon's background is fascinating. He's worked in Film & Television as an Extra, Actor, and Stuntman - before transitioning to coaching. In this episode, learn how to: Why Creating an "Alter-Ego" can c…
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Hey Friends, Solo episode today, where I break down the greatest lessons I've learned to date, including: Cold Email/DM Sales Leverage as a Mental Model Thinking in Longer Time Frames The Benefits of Insane Specificity How to Stir Emotions with Writing Upgrading Mental Models Around Money Also - Congrats to "Us" for being in the top 1% of Podcast L…
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Jon Brosio is a Creator/Coach with a combined audience over 100k. In a world where many Entrepreneurs suggest "finding your niche", Jon's knowledge runs both deep and broad. Expect to learn: How he'd create with just 10 hours/week His Newsletter format for Value + Engagement His "Favorite Writing Tool" (which still has me laughing) Why he sees his …
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Dakota is one of the world's most sought after Ghostwriters. In a few years of building publicly, Dakota has amassed massive followings on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and elsewhere. Dakota went from growing up in a motorhome, to broke college dropout, to growing one of the world's biggest social media ghostwriting businesses. Dakota helps creator…
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Lewis is a self-described "gamer nerd" who was looking to find more Career Fulfillment. After pursuing Careers in Teaching and Coaching, he took a major pivot. Now he earns his living through writing/creating online. In this episode, expect to learn Lewis approach to: Story-telling Reducing Expenses Word Choice in Brand Identity Sustaining Momentum…
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Bryant is an Austin based Sales Executive, Business Owner, and Athlete. Bryant has managed to build both a side-hustle and personal brand, while balancing a full-time sales executive role, work-out regime, and parenting schedule. Bryan Bryant has been a competitive athlete his entire life, and played Division 1 Tennis at Vanderbuilt University. Sin…
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By day, Topher is a a freelance brand marketer, specializing in helping companies claim their place in the market. By night, Topher is a blogger, podcaster, and creator. Topher advises brands on product, positioning, strategy, and more, helping them create categories of one that yield leveraged results. In this conversation, here Topher's take on: …
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Alexx Roy is a Branding expert and Twitter Growth coach, who has built three YouTube channels with over 100K Subscribers before transitioning to Twitter. On Twitter, Alexx has amassed a following His background on YouTube, and how it's helped position him as a Twitter expert. In this episode, learn: Twitter Trends to be aware of Frameworks for cont…
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Milanie Grae is a Ghostwriter who supports coaches, mental health providers, and brands of all sizes in writing great copy and transforming followers into loyal clients. In this episode, here: Why you need to dig deep into your clients pain to drive behavior Why she exclusively works with brands she deeply believes in How Autism has effected her Jo…
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Richard Milkulkij is a Dublin-based Creator with passions in: Writing Running & Resolutions Richard's content on YouTube and Twitter teaches the power of living with intentionality and the compounding effect of sustainable habit formation. In this episode, we discuss discuss: Why Resolutions > Goals What people get wrong about habit formation Why f…
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Shinjini Jain is a Business Brand Strategist, with an affinity, passion, and expertise in for helping creative businesses position themselves through brand position and psychology. In this wide-ranging episode on all things branding, Shinjini and I discuss: The story behind Bud Light's brand debacle Common mistakes of brands - big and small Why del…
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Fabio is a multi-talented polymath, with multiple publications under his belt - including "The 9-5 Multi-Millionaire: 7 Proven Steps Financial Freedom". In recent months, Fabio's Tweets on investing, wealth, and lifestyle optimization have helped him triple his Twitter following to nearly 9k. Fabio's LinkedIn Bio: Highly motivated Brand Builder and…
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Justine Leigh a full-stack software engineer and cloud architect who took an intentional step away from her full-time job with Amazon to try Entrepreneurship. Since doing so, she's been building a social Media following and In this episode, we go deep on: Building a personal brand Coaches and coursework with outsized ROI How to “professionally sabb…
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For 12 years, Brock taught physical education, coached football and baseball for middle and high school, and later became an assistant principal. While he loved helping and coaching the kids, he soon realized that he wanted more for his family. In an effort to live his best life and provide for his loved ones, he went to real estate school and late…
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Roger Osorio is an author, reinvention expert, podcast host, and founder of The School of Reinvention, a community-based coaching platform empowering people to launch and succeed in personal and career reinvention. After graduating from Penn State University, Roger worked for a Fortune 500 company in marketing and sales. In 2008, after falling in l…
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Christian Bonnier is a Founder of KnowledgeX, a Cold Email Lead Generation Services For B2B Businesses, and Marketing & Business education company that teaches marketing agencies and b2b companies how to build client acquisition systems. Christian's knowledge and ability to write and teach cold-emailing and cold-emailing strategy is world-class - a…
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This episode provides listeners with an overview of Mike's course, "15 Days to a Better You". One thing I've learned working with high-performers from all walks of life is that, contrary to what we've been told, GOALS ARE OVERRATED. Do they have their place? Absolutely: in fact, we use/leverage them as part of the 15 Days Course. More than that, th…
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Sean Johnson is a professor, freelance writer, and partner at Manifold, which both advises enterprise organizations on growth and innovation, and invests in early stage startups. Manifold's successes include: Clients ranging from The Chicago Bulls, NBC Universal, USA Networks, KPMG, Kindred Healthcare, US Cellular and more. Twice named to the Inc 5…
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John Storrs “Josh” Hall PhD is an award-winning Futurist, Scientist, and Author. Josh founded the sci.nanotech Usenet newsgroup and and served as the founding chief scientist of Nanorex Inc. Josh also served as president of the foresight institute and was awarded the Feynman Communication prize in 2006. In his incredible work Where Is My Flying Car…
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In this "Solocast", I take share three practices I've adopted from my podcast guests and other high-performers to increase my productivity, impact, and mental well-being. Those specific practices include: Triage To Do list meets Y Combinator Time Prioritization Framework The 3 Part Journal Technique Performance "Stack Hack" (used by Athletes, CEO's…
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Eric Jorgenson is an Author, Investor, and Podcaster. His first book, "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness", has quickly became a Cult Classic - amassing over 12k Amazon reviews as of the posting. Currently, Eric splits his time between finishing his second book, "The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, an…
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Jason Schulist is a Vice President at Boldt, a forward-thinking, tech-centric construction company based in Appleton, WI, and a deeply, passionate and accomplished Community leader with deep expertise in generative community building and design. In this conversation, Jason dives deep into: How he went from a low-income community in Milwaukee to a V…
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This episode is unique in that it is essentially a "highlight reel" from one my conversation with the incredible Hari Kalsi - an upcoming polymath entrepreneur, who is one of the most inspiring young people I've met. Hari is a medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin, a Lieutenant General James Abrahamson Fellow at the International Spac…
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Jimmy is the co-founder Content Snare - a software platform that helps professionals collect content & files from clients. Once an automation engineer, his new priority is helping business owners regain their lives, be more productive, and get more done in less time. In this episode we discuss... - Jimmy's favorite hacks/work-arounds in the land of…
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I had the great pleasure of speaking with my good friend, Colin Jacobsen, CEO/Founder of Arlene - who is working to revolutionize and democratize the Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality spaces, and make the Metaverse more accessible. Colin dives deep into: - His background and introduction to Tech - The origin story for company - The (many) use c…
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I had the great pleasure of speaking with James Sampson, CEO of File Invite - an award-winning, high-growth start-up revolutionizing the document collection space. James is a highly person-centric leader, equally impressive and affable - with an impressive ability to talk shop on everything from management strategy to tech trends to daily routines …
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