Jon Nastor's Hack the Entrepreneur

Apr 29/2021

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Get ONE MONTH FREE from Convertkit. Click: https://hacktheentrepreneur.com/convert Turn Your Ideas Into Pages with Thrive. Go to: https://hacktheentrepreneur.com/thrive My guest today began his career in finance -- spending a year at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Group before moving onto become Vice President at Gramercy Capital. What seemed as a career most people would dream of,[...]
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On today's episode, our sponsor Twenty20 is offering a 5-photo free trial. To start yours right now, go to Twenty20.com/hack At 22 years of age, due to pressure, uncertainty, and not knowing what else to do, my guest got a real job as a corporate civil engineer. It was during this time that he was[...]
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I wrote a book. 9,264 people bought it. You can get it free at Hack the Entrepreneur. To redeem your FREE $100 LinkedIn ad credit, go to LinkedIn.com/hack. My guest today spent the first two years out of college in investment banking and four years in private equity. During this time he launched called WallstreetOasis.com,[...]
My guest is the co-founder and CEO of CoSchedule where he leads the amazing team that is building the worlds #1 marketing calendar. CoSchedule began in 2013 as an idea on a flight between Atlanta and North Dakota. Less than a year an a half later, they had received $500k in seed funding and acquired[...]
My guest today is the founder and CEO of Smart Marketer. In the past six years, they have grown to a team of 15 and he his thought by many to be the leading eCommerce expert in the world. He is also the co-founder and CMO of Boom!, the world's first pro-age cosmetic line for[...]
My guest today spent the early part of her career as a computer programmer working -- but she felt like she never quite fit into the corporate life. In 2007, after stumbling across the idea of working as a virtual assistant, she decided to become a VA. After six months of working full-time and also[...]
Brian Scudamore of O2E Brands is anything but ordinary. He dropped out of high school and talked his way into college only to drop out again. Finally, Brian Scudamore decided to take his last $700 and start 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Â Having built this company into a multi-million dollar home services empire, he is now passionate about empowering other[...]
PJ Taei is forward-thinking and confident tech entrepreneur. After spending a couple years as a network technician before ventured out on his own and started a web hosting company. Over the next 14 years, he grew WebNet Hosting until it was acquired in 2016. Then he started Uscreen, a video platform that enables content owners[...]
If you ever felt apprehension when getting started putting your thoughts and ideas out into the world, then this conversation is for you. Today's guest was originally on the show back in 2014 when we discussed entrepreneurship as an artistic process. Since that interview, he has moved from Chicago to Medellin, Colombia, as he goes[...]
Seven months ago, Jake Jorgovan was in the unenviable position that many of us have found ourselves in at one point or another -- lots of ideas that seemed great at the start and an equal number that had to be shutdown for one reason or another. He'd had a lot of success with consulting[...]
Kristin Zhivago started her first business with her husband in 1979. Since then she hasn't rested. In fact, she spent nearly 35 years as a Revenue Coach for hundreds and hundreds of companies. During the past four years, she has co-founded Cloud Potential and Cloud Wise Academy, both of which she has now parted ways[...]
Today we are going deep with a friend of mine, Chris Ducker, and his brand new book Rise of the Youpreneur. I first met Chris four years ago in the Philippines, and a masterminding session at that time was the inception point for me starting Hack the Entrepreneur. Chris' new book Rise of the Youpreneur:[...]
Adam Witty is an author, speaker, and publishing entrepreneur. Back in 2005, from a spare bedroom in his house he started Advantage Media Group. Over the past 12 years, Advantage has grown from that bedroom to an international publishing company that has helped over 1,000 busy professionals publish their books. In 2016, Advantage launched a[...]
Mike Kafka is a quarterback in the NFL, playing last season for the Minnesota Vikings and is currently a free-agent. He is enrolled at the university of Miami School of Business and is an entrepreneur to watch out for. Not one to take it easy in the off-season, my guest founded and oversees operations, product[...]
Troy Dean is former voice over artist, marketer, and online entrepreneur. After spending nine years as a WordPress plugin developer and consultant, he noticed a gap in the WordPress market, and he aimed to fill it. In 2013, he co-founded WP Elevation, which has since become the world's largest business accelerator devoted to helping WordPress[...]
He is the founder and CEO of Triple R Marketing, where him and his team help clients become leaders in their industries, by utilizing his 20 plus years experience in sales and marketing. In this conversation we discuss understanding the true value of relationships, why windshields are larger than rear view mirrors, and why your[...]
Diana Dyer is an independent financial advisor and founder of Triumph Capital. Diana has been in the financial services industry for nearly twelve years and she have been recognized as one of the top 30 financial advisors in Canada for five consecutive years. Triumph Capital is a financial planning and advisory firm created to give[...]
Warren Hogarth started out with a PhD in chemical engineering and moved onto receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School. Then in 2008, he became a partner at the #1 VC firm in the world, Sequoia Capital, where he spent the next eight years as lead investor and a board member for billion dollar companies.[...]
Suuchi Ramesh is a former engineer and analytics consultant turned brilliant entrepreneur building an innovative company in a traditionally slow-moving industry. Suuchi is the founder of Suuchi Inc, a design & manufacturing partner for the most innovative, forward-thinking American fashion and apparel brands and Fortune 1000 companies. In addition to this, Suuchi Inc is proudly[...]
Kevin Kelly has been writing on the Internet since 1982 and Tim Ferris calls him the Most Interesting Man in the World. He has spent the past 40+ years living project to project, accomplishing some truly impressive feats in the process without ever attending college or university. From 1984 to 1990, Kevin Kelly was the[...]
Cavan Klinsky is an entrepreneur who loves programming, sports, business, and music. When he’s not working on his business, he is dreaming up project ideas, picking up heavy things, and eating sushi. When he was 14 years old he started CJK Web Design where he spent almost seven years building sites for local businesses and[...]
Stephynie Malik is an active listener, strategist, and entrepreneur. For the past 16 years, she has been the founder of Malik Co, a management consulting firm working with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. During a 16 year tenure building her company many things have changed, including herself and her goals. So this past November,[...]
Michelle Green is a chef, cake decorator, super connector, and relentless entrepreneur. She began decorating cakes at 16 years old and spent countless years honing her skills. Then in 2004, she started her own bakery called Three Sweeties. During the next 10 years, she grew her business, began teaching and mentoring others, and eventually sold[...]
Tara Gentile is a writer, community builder, and a brilliant entrepreneur. Back in 2008, an aggravating incident at work pushed her to decide to leave the job market and start building her own vision and business. Tara got her start with founding the premier website for promoting arts & crafts in Pennsylvania before moving on[...]
Aviv Shahar is an author, former air force pilot, and an entrepreneur. He has spent the past 17 years building his consulting business by helping senior executives at some of the world’s largest companies. The most impressive thing about his business is that 98% of his new client acquisition is based on referrals from previous[...]
Dave Asprey is a biohacker, author, nutritionist, Bulletproof Executive, and entrepreneur. He had some early adventures in internet commerce going way back to 1994. But he is most known as the founder of Bulletproof Executive, as well as the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and the Bulletproof Diet. He began blogging at BulletproofExec.com in early 2010[...]
Kyle Gray is a writer and entrepreneur who helps businesses create a powerful storyline that drives sales, growth, and engagement. He has helped hundreds of startups and small businesses create scalable content marketing strategies. His book The Story Engine outlines his process for creating content that drives sales. He is currently the founder of The[...]
Syed Balkhi is one of the hardest working, smartest, and most successful entrepreneurs I have had the pleasure of speaking to. He was born in Pakistan and immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. Without a social life due to his lack of English skills, he turned to the Internet and entrepreneurship.[...]
Visit HacktheEntrepreneur.com for full show notes, links, and special offers. My guest today is a professional experimenter, speaker, and entrepreneur. After a couple years working at Zappos and some major life circumstances, my guest suffered a nasty spell of life burnout back in 2012 and decided to redesign her life from the ground up. She[...]
My guest today is a CEO, world traveler, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of CloudFactory. Back in 2008 he and his wife went to Nepal for a two-week vacation — they ended up staying for six years. From training three young Nepali developers around one iMac, he has started and grown CloudFactory into[...]
Emma Johnson is a former journalist, digital entrepreneur, and author of her brand new book — The Kick-Ass Single Mom. After 16 years of freelance writing, my she decided it was time to start blogging and voicing her thoughts and opinions. After three years of doing this on the side, she became the full-time blogger and[...]
My guest today is Bobby Klinck, a Harvard educated lawyer turned online entrepreneur. After spending more than eight years working in large law firms and nearly three years as a criminal prosecutor for the United States Attorney’s Office, he decided that he could no longer work for someone else. This led to the formation of[...]
My guest today is the former business development manager of uTest, community advocate, and serial social entrepreneur. Back in 2014, she came up with the idea to build a platform to empower Community Managers around the world. Needing help with the tech side of things, she began the quest for a tech co-founder, which she[...]
Mike Trotzke is tech investor, advisor, and entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of Cheddar, a billing platform built for developers. Since founding Cheddar in 2009, they have grown organically, and as of the summer of 2017, they’ve received their first funding round of $1.2 million. In this conversation, we discuss the power of partnerships, problem-solving[...]
My guest today has jumped out of hundreds of planes, is an Ironman triathlete, and an entrepreneur. He started his career at America Online as a Senior News Editor. He helped to found the AOL Newsroom and spearheaded coverage of the Democratic and Republican 1996 conventions. He then started a PR firm called The Geek[...]
My guest today is a CEO, he’s insanely focused, and is a brilliant entrepreneur. He started his career working for some fast-growing startups — in a few years he went from BrickHouse Security, BabyAge, and onto Bonobos. Almost five years ago, he co-founded BounceX and has scaled at an incredible pace to now running a[...]
My guest today is a serial entrepreneur, product evangelist, and combat-decorated Air Force pilot. He started his career in the Air Force before moving into software and entrepreneurship back in the ‘90s, when he co-founded Trio Development, which was acquired by Apple. He is now the co-founder and CEO of Smartling, a translation software and[...]
My guest today is Mike Faith of Headsets.com, which has over 943,722 customers. My guest started Headsets.com in 1997 when he couldn't find a supplier with a good selection of headsets, fast shipping, or good product support. My guest says he is fanatic about giving customer love; so much so that every package the company[...]
Today’s guest left Australia 25 years ago to become a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. Today, he lives in Canada and is the founder and senior partner at Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less good work and more great work. What started 15 years ago as a one-person show, has grown[...]
My guest today is a speaker, a bestselling and award-winning writer, brand consultant, and an entrepreneur. She became an answer to a Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy question after being fired from her job as a web designer for blogging stories involving her colleagues. My guest is now the Founder of and professional blogger at Dooce.[...]
After spending the first 15 years as a graphic designer and growing her own agency, today’s guest decided it was time for a challenge — and a change. Twenty years after falling in love with rum during a trip to India, she and her husband decided to see if they could turn that love of[...]
Garrett Gunderson is an author, entrepreneur, and continuous debunker of financial myths. Garrett is the founder and Chief Wealth Architect at The Wealth Factory, which empowers its members to build sustainable wealth through financial efficiency and organization leading to clarity, peace of mind and financial confidence. In this conversation, we talk about Killing Sacred Cows,[...]
My guest today is a former national journalist turned PR guy and a story obsessive entrepreneur. Back in 2010, along with his wife, they started Arc Seven Communications, a PR agency focused on the health care industry. With their agency running smoothly, he wanted to help entrepreneurs and startups tell their story. So they created[...]
My guest today started his current business while still in college, and after struggling for three years with hardly any growth his determination is finally paying off. He is the co-founder of Interact quiz builder. This year alone, it looks like the sacrifices required to build a business are paying off, as they have seen[...]
In 2009, my guest co-founded and was Director of Analytics at Loudpixel, a successful social analytics company. After many successful years, she realized it wasn’t quite what she wanted to be doing, so she made a change. Today my guest is an independent wedding and lifestyle photographer. In a market that most people struggle[...]
https://hacktheentrepreneur.com/convert My guest today is an author, teacher, and the founder of Convertkit. In 2013, he launched Convertkit, email marketing to professional bloggers. He spent a couple years trying to get traction and dealing with friends telling him to give up and try another product. Convert kit now has serious traction with a team of[...]
My guest today is an author, speaker, and coach with one goal: Help your business be better off than it was before you found him. He is working to accomplish this goal in several ways: One, he sends a daily marketing tip to his newsletter. Two, he has written three books. And One, he sends[...]
My guest today has gone from a sales position in the concrete industry to running a successful eCommerce business from his home office. Back in 2009, while still working in the construction industry, my guest decided to start a website called ConcreteHelper.com. His plan was to help the industry, and in turn, help his career.[...]
My guest today is the founder of School Spirit Vending. But he wasn’t always an entrepreneur. He spent the first nine years of his career as an Air Force pilot before entering the corporate world. Despite being a top performer, he had a long-term desire to start his own business and be his own boss.[...]
Today’s guest is a podcaster, coach, and currently the founder of two successful companies. Back in 2010, he brought Pure Bookkeeping to life in Canada, and they have recently grown and expanded into the US. Pure Bookkeeping is a system for helping bookkeepers manage, grow, and scale their businesses. He is also the co-founder of[...]
My guest today is the founder, host, and executive producer of The Pitch podcast. Earlier this year, The Pitch podcast was acquired by Gimlet Media and is currently publishing its second season. Back in 2011, when my guest was still in college, he started an online iPad and iPhone repair company called iHeart Repair. After[...]
My guest today sold his first business at just 15 years old, and spent the past 41 years building, growing, and selling countless others — both his own and for clients. He is currently the founder and CEO of Zero Limits Ventures, a small and middle market Mergers and Acquisitions Firm. In this conversation, we[...]
Landon Ray of OntraPort is a serial entrepreneur. He has unparalleled perseverance and has failed more times than most. At the age of 25, with money he got from his father, my guest made the transformation from a street vendor of flowers, into a top securities day trader, in only 12 months. This alone is[...]
Sean Smith of Simple Tiger is a marketer, writer, strategist, and an entrepreneur. His career began in SEO by consulting for multiple Fortune 500 companies and 17 years old. Just two years later, he joined his first agency, Gravity Free, where he and spent two and a half years running SEO campaigns for leading brands[...]
My guest today has led a fascinating journey as a musicologist, professional DJ, and an entrepreneur. At just 16 years old, he got started as a professional DJ with a goal of working in the epicenter of electronic music — Ibiza, Spain — which he accomplished when he became resident DJ for six years at[...]
My guest today is an Iranian immigrant inspired by the freedom and power at our fingertips through the power of entrepreneurship — a freedom we sometimes take for granted. My guest is the creator of Finish Line Thinking, where he is a mindset coach to high performers in sport and business. He is also the[...]
My guest today is an outdoors enthusiast, marketer, and an entrepreneur. Back in 2015, he was approached by another entrepreneur with an idea to design, manufacture, and sell a powerful yet simple daily planner and journal. This idea became the Self Journal. When their initial Kickstarter campaign raised $322,000 in just 34 days, they knew[...]
My guest today has built his life around the things he loves building things, music and entrepreneurship. He is a label owner, artist manager, writer, consultant, and an entrepreneur. He is the Co-founder of Heroic Recordings, a record label and full-service agency. He has also launched Villain Recordings for the release of darker and heavier[...]
My guest today is the founder, CEO, and serial entrepreneur behind three companies within the real estate and mortgage industries. My guest has been building and growing Lyons Realty for the past 10 years. During this time, my guest has also started Revestor, the only residential real estate search engine that can run investment calculations[...]
My guest today is an App Store Optimization specialist, hustler, entrepreneur, idea machine, and a very good friend of mine. When I met my today’s guest, he had a team developing over 30 apps per month — but he will tell you that he is not an app developer. In fact, he couldn't care less[...]
My guest today is the founder of Saddleback. Saddleback is the result of several years he journeying across North America with his dog to create bags and other products made to outlast their owners. Their slogan is: They’ll fight over it when you’re dead. His founding story is one of legend. He spent three years[...]
My guest today is an author, web developer, SEO grunt, and an entrepreneur. During the past nearly 20 years, my guest has enjoyed a busy and successful career path. From starting a software company in Asia, raising over $1 million in venture capital, and exiting three years later. To helping dozens of US startups and[...]
My guest today is a father, author, marketer, speaker, and an entrepreneur. I met my guest over dinner with about 10 other entrepreneurs here in Toronto, and when we got to talking about his business, I quickly became fascinated by it. He has been an entrepreneur for over 17 years. For the past nearly nine[...]
Today’s guest has more than two decades of experience as a technology executive, internal M&A lawyer, management consultant, and an entrepreneur. He was co-founder and CEO of a healthcare tech company called Health Access Solutions, which he and his team scaled and then sold in 2016. He is currently the founder of Ironheart Corporate Advisory,[...]
My guest today is a dedicated entrepreneur and an advocate for the poor. From 2013 to 2016, my guest lived with the world’s poorest people in Africa, where he built more than 100 houses for the homeless, and famously crowdfunded $100,000 to build a girls’ school in rural Malawi. He is now the Founder of[...]
My guest today is an author, fan of the color orange, and an entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of Content Marketing Institute, and the largest in-person content marketing event in the world, Content Marketing World. He founded the company back in 2007 and spent nine years growing and scaling the business until[...]
My guest today is the self-proclaimed ‘coolest guy in SEO’, am Australian ex-pat living in Cambodia, and an entrepreneur. Over nine years ago, and after spending a few short years as a software engineer, my guest took the entrepreneurial leap and started Ardor SEO. Nearly a decade later, they have offices and teams in Australia,[...]
My guest today is a marketer, designer, and entrepreneur. In 2008, while employed as eCommerce Marketing Manager at Camping World, my guest began building websites and tools for graphic designers. What began as a side hustle with Brusheezy.com, my guest has spent the past 11 years building and growing the Eezy brand, which now includes[...]
My guest today is a music lover, Blue Jays fan, and an entrepreneur. While still in university, my guest cofounded a company that seemingly failed. So after graduation, he went to LA to work for EMI Music, with the plan to permanently relocate for a long-term position. During the slight delay as he prepared to[...]
Sign up to receive the special offer for Hack the Entrepreneur listeners at ActiveCampaign.com/hack. My guest today is a Facebook Ads Strategist, writer, a qualified lawyer, and an entrepreneur. In 2010, my guest started a website called WritingHappiness.com. For the next five years, she honed here content writing skills, launched three online programs, and wrote for[...]
My guest today is an author, runner, and entrepreneur. Back in 1996, my guest cofounded Omega Insurance Services, an insurance fraud investigation company. They went from a company of three to a company of 300 and were acquired for $20 million in 2003. After enjoying a mini-retirement of sorts, my guest launched a software company[...]

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