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We interview hard to reach entrepreneurs. (Mark Cuban, Tim Ferriss, Sophia Amoruso, Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, Gary Vaynerchuk, & many more). Unlike most podcast interview series Nathan Chan literally started from knowing nothing. He was just an average guy working in a 9-5 job he utterly hated. He knew nothing about entrepreneurship, nothing about startups, nothing about marketing, and nothing about online or how to build a business. So from launching Foundr Magazine he's gone out and ...
How to find your big idea w/ Spanx's Sara Blakely
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To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A billion-dollar company & women's wardrobes transformed. With cameos by National Geographic Explorer Andrés Ruzo, former director of the US Patent & Trademark Office Michelle Lee, and Endeavor CEO Linda Rottenberg.
LINKS:
Learn more about The Boiling River Project: http://www.boilingriver.org
Read "The Boiling River" by Andrés Ruzo: https://amzn.to/36iHHNF
Learn more about the US patent system: https://www.uspto.gov/
Meet Andre, who dresses Oprah Winfrey: https://andrewalkerhair.com
Listen to Linda Rottenberg on Masters of Scale: https://mastersofscale.com/linda-rottenberg-the-next-silicon-valley-is/
Get the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dlirtX
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