If I Was Starting Today
By Jim Huffman
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Episodes: 170
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What would you do if you were starting today? To help, here are half-baked startup ideas, growth marketing tactics, and stories from founders and creators - including my own journey as a bootstrapped business owner. All of the content is centered around helping founders, creators, and investors starting today.
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How to Grow & Sell an E-commerce Business. Plus, Spending big $$$ to Buy couch.com with Alex Back (#170)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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How to Grow Your Startup (MY KEYNOTE) (#169)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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17 Controversial Things I Believe in Business by Jesse Pujji #IconicReads (#168)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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How Fat Boy Turned an Inside Joke Into a 6-Figure DTC Brand (#167)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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From Idea to $250k/Month Selling BBQ Ribs on Shopify (#166)
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Sam Altman's 17 Business Hacks & Taking on Techstars Seattle (#165)
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Our 2024 DTC Strategy for Neat Apparel (Don't tell anyone!) (#164)
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Iconic Reads: Buy Then Build (#163)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Atomic Habits by James Clear - Iconic Reads (#162)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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My Meeting with Billionaire Andrew Wilkinson (and How I Might Have Blown It) (#161)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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"How to Get Startup Ideas" by Paul Graham (#160)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Best of 2023 (#159)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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A Look Back at My 2023 (#158)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Buying 10 Companies, Making 8-Figures with Boring Businesses, & More with Fikes CEO, Mark Sims (#157)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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We Bought a Company! (Plus, an update on the $3M Challenge)(#156)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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How Product-Led Growth Got this AI Startup to $19M in Funding: Krish Ramineni (#155)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Like Moneyball for Startups, Your "Founder Potential Score" and Why Grit is Everything with Bryan Smith (#154)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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How to Craft a Go-To-Market Strategy in 2023 with Maja Voje (#153)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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How to Win Black Friday & Cyber Monday in 2023 (#152)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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How to Build the Ultimate Lifestyle Business with Josh Nielsen (#151)
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Startup Predictions, Elon's X Strategy, Meta's Flop, and More with Angel Investor Nataraj Sindam (#150)
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The #1 Thing Holding You Back is Your Lack of Systems with David Jenyns (#149)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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How to Use B2B Tactics to Grow a D2C Company with Kendra Kawala (#148)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Launching 10 Startups in 6 Weeks with 3-Time Founder, Craig Swanson (#147)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Building a "Bootstrapped Giant" in DTC, Productized Services, & More with Jesse Pujji (#146)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Bootstrapping from Idea to $10M with Community Marketing: Lloyed Lobo (#145)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Bill Gurley on How to Be the Best at Your Craft #IconicReads (#144)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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My First Million, Buying a Company & The Growth Calendar Framework (#143)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Selling a Company, Scaling to 8-Figures, & How to Be a New CEO with Nick Harris (#142)
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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How This YC Startup Went from Idea to $600M in 4 Years with Tejas Manohar (#141)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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7 Startups You Should Keep an Eye On (#140)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Iconic Read: How to do Great Work by Paul Graham (#139)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Becoming the King of SEO with Damon Burton (#138)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Lazy Leadership by Andrew Wilkinson (Iconic Reads)[RERUN] (#137)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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How to Grow a Side Hustle to a Multi-Million Dollar Company with Bryan Clayton (#136)
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Building a Next Level Marketing Team with Nathan Yeung (#135)
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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A Personal Update on My Business & 7 Growth Frameworks I Use in 2023 (#134)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Demystifying Product Market Fit with John Doherty (#133)
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Start Your Own Startup or Jump on a Rocket Ship with Timor Tsentsiper (#132)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#131)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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The Business of Ryan Reynolds, "Fast-vertising" and 10+ Creators Making Millions (#130)
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May 29, 2023 |
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How to Pick the Right Startup Idea & Hitting $26M in 3 Years(#129)
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May 22, 2023 |
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The Trader Joe's Episode: From Idea to $13B by Being the Opposite of Competitors (#128)
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May 15, 2023 |
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How to Acquire Your Next Business with the Foundy CEO (#127)
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May 08, 2023 |
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The Journey of a Rock Star with Steve Selvidge of The Hold Steady (#126)
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May 01, 2023 |
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How this Growth Agency Went from 0 to 75 People & What Makes a Great DTC Brand (#125)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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From idea to $24M in 2 Years with this Skincare CEO, Ming Zhao (#124)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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How to Build a Community in 2023 with Natalie Ellis of Bossbabe (#123)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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The $3M Challenge, 5 Startup Ideas, & the "Unreasonable Management" Philosophy(#122)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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From Making $5.5M in the MLB to Founder & Financial Planner with Jacob Turner (#121)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Liquid Mind: Scaling to $100M with Frameworks for Innovative Thinking by Will Hughes (#120)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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How to Make Millions with Newsletters from the "Newsletter Growth Guy" | Matt McGarry (#119)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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How to Get Your First 1000 Customers with the KickOff Labs CEO, Josh Ledgard (#118)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Making $2.3M With 4 Employees and (Only) 1 Meeting a Week | Tommy Griffith Pt 2 (#117)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Tommy Griffith Pt 1: Why Founders Should Get Out of the Way (#116)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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A Fan Interviews Jim about Growth, Startups, Failing, & Launching a Fake Brand (#115)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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15 Startup Ideas Around Death, SMS, Ecommerce, & Disrupting Financial Advisors (#114)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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How 1 Failure Uncovered a SaaS Success Story with Cory McKane (#113)
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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My Talk at Techstars - How to Grow a Startup in 2023 (#112)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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2023 Predictions and Startups to Watch (#111)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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How this CMO Scaled from $30M to $2B (#110)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Revisiting How To Be Successful By Sam Altman (#109)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Crafting a Professional Identity with Tucker Max (#108)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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My 2023 Goals and Our Themes for the Year (#107)
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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2022 Business Review: 10 Highs & Lows from this Year (#106)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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DIY Branding for Founders with Wenting Zhang (#105)
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Why You Should Build a Community and How April MacLean Scaled The Trends Community (#104)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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How I Started GrowthHit, How We're Building Startups, & My Interview on Rising Tide (#103)
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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How We Got 1M TikTok Views, Top Marketing Stunts & The $3M Challenge Update (#102)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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A Startup That's Disrupting the $16B Funeral Industry: Micah Truman (#101)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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100th Episode: Best of IIWST (#100)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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How to Get on Shark Tank and Scale a DTC Brand (#24)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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How to Make an Irresistible Offer & The $3M Challenge Update for October (#98)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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VC Secrets with Jenny Fielding (#97)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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From Free Work to Global Productized Service & Making the Perfect Video Ad: Nick Lange (#96)
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Adam Weiler on Building a 100+ Person Agency and "F* You" Money vs. "No thank you" money (#95)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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A Productized Service Roundtable with 5 CEOs (#94)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Startup Growing Pains, The Perfect Ad, and Half-Baked Startup Ideas (#93)
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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How We Run Multiple Companies at Once (#92)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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How this Fashion Brand Made Millions by Going All-In on DTC (#91)
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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10+ Startup Ideas, Hitting $30k with One Day Design & The $3M Challenge Update (#90)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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How Tim Stoddart Owns 15+ Companies that Run on Autopilot (#89)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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How Privy launched, pivoted, and sold for millions with Ben Jabbawy (#88)
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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How to Build a 100 Person Agency From Scratch with Ross Hudgens (#87)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Running Two Businesses While Working 4 Days a Week with John Doherty (#86)
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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$40M in 4 Years Building the Apple Store of Cannabis with Meg Sanders (#85)
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Bill Gurley on Running Down Your Dream #IconicReads (#84)
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Validating Startup Ideas, Startup Studios, & Building in Public (#83)
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Building BeardBrand From Scratch with Eric Bandholz (#82)
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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How this Private Equity Analyst Acquired Dr. Snip with $0: Shrikesh Majithia (#81)
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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What is Blitzscaling and When to Do It with Chris Yeh (#80)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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My Ice Bath Experience and We Share the May Numbers on the $3M Challenge (#79)
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Starting a Launchpad Business with Sam Shepler (#78)
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May 30, 2022 |
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How We're Preparing for a Recession with Our Business (#77)
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May 23, 2022 |
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Building a Productized Service with Karl Hughes (#76)
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May 16, 2022 |
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Business Lessons From The Sex-Toy King (#75)
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May 09, 2022 |
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Your Startup is a Movement by David Sacks: Iconic Read (#74)
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May 02, 2022 |
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Hitting $1M in 6 Months and an Update on the $3M Challenge (#73)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Build a Business that Can Run Without You: Corey Wright (#72)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Growing Your Business with Smart Advertising: Jordan Summers (#71)
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Hustling from Homelessness to Startup Success with Bash Jones (#70)
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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A Real-Estate Startup That's Changing How You Buy Homes w/ Jordan Allen & Nick McLain of Doorsey(#69)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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My Interview on the Tropical MBA Podcast (Crossover Episode #68)
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Our Startup Studio is Live, $3M Challenge Update & An NYC VC (MetaProp) Shares Their Secrets (#67)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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How a Nike Alumni Took His Shoe Brand from Idea to $4M+ (#66)
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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How to Build an Audience from 0 to 87,000+ with Blake Emal (#65)
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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A Celebrity Chef Goes from the TODAY Show to 7-Figure Founder (#64)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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We Share Our Feb 2022 Financials and Consulting Tips with Michael Zipursky (#63)
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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How To Be Successful By Sam Altman #IconicReads (#62)
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Lessons From Starting 10 Startups with Craig Swanson (#61)
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Personal Finance as a Founder (# 60)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Our 2022 Predictions and 5 Startups to Launch this Year (#59)
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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How We Launched a DTC Brand (and Website) in Under 4 Weeks with Angela Brugioni (#58)
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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My Goals for 2022 (and the system for managing them) (#57)
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Mike Michalowicz: Being a Solopreneur, Making Millions as an Author, & a 'Get Different' Approach to Marketing (#56)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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We Unveil the Problem We’re Solving with Our D2C Brand (#55)
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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2021 Reflections: Our Highlights (and Lowlights) from the Year (#54)
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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How to Go From Idea to 9 Figure D2C Brand by Owning a Niche with Bear Handlon (#53)
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Richard White: Getting into Y-Combinator, Starting 2 Startups, and the Cold Email that Changed His Career (#52)
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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What We Learned Walking Away from a $300k Deal with Yonathan Ayenew (#50)
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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How a US Navy SEAL Runs His Startup with Patrick Dossett (#49)
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Announcement: The $3M Challenge by GrowthHit (and Mike Sroka of Dealpath) #48
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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From Idea to $11M Raised with Copy.ai Co-Founder, Chris Lu (#47)
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Mark Sandeno: The Founder's Dilemma and His Launch Pad Business Model (#46)
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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How to Take Over the World with Ben Wilson (#43)
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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The Ladders of Wealth Creation: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Building Wealth (#42)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Miguel Fernandez: What It's Like to Have $280M in Your Bank Account (#40)
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Charles Myslinsky: What It's Like Selling a Company to Wal-Mart for $3.3B (#39)
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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David C. Baker: The Consultant's Consultant on How to Be An Expert (#38)
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Lazy Leadership by Andrew Wilkinson (Iconic Reads) (#37)
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Eric Jorgenson: Writing the Almanack of Naval and 4 Types of Leverage Founders Need to Know About (#36)
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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The Hack I Use to Manage My Week (and Get Sh*t Done)(#35)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Aman Advani: How this MIT Grad Launched an 8 Figure Brand (#34)
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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How to Grow a D2C Brand (22 Lessons Learned from 150 Startups) (#33)
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Charlie Givens: Launching a Fitness Startup & Half-Baked Startup Ideas in Sports (#32)
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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How to Make a Growth Plan by Spying on Competitors with These Free Tools (#31)
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Yonathan Ayenew: Frameworks & Tactics to Make You Insanely Productive as a Founder (#30)
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Why I'm Investing $80k in These 4 Things to Accelerate My Career (#29)
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Josh Little: A Framework for Coming Up with Startup Ideas (#28)
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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A Personal Update on My Company in 2021 (#27)
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Brian Lockard: Making $1.5M in 7 Days Launching His Shoe Brand (#26)
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Louis Nicholls: Growing SparkLoop and A Startup Idea Brainstorm (#25)
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Yve-Car Momperousse: How Shark Tank Catapulted this Brand to Millions (#24)
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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How to Build Culture With Small Tweaks to Your Day-to-Day (#23)
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Yonathan Ayenew: 9 Innovative Startups and Why We Think They'll Work (#22)
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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What's Your By-Product and How to Monetize It (#21)
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Isaac Kato on How to Decide What To Work On, Selling Startups, & Raising $200M (#20)
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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How to Hire "A Players" (or a Co-Founder) With One Strategy (#19)
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Billy Bateman on When to Go All-In on Your Startup Idea (#18)
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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What's Your "Money Number" as a Founder or Startup Employee (#17)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Rob Sobers on How to Pick a Startup that Plays on "Easy Mode" (#16)
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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How to Grow a Million Dollar Agency (A Step by Step Guide) (#15)
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May 27, 2021 |
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How to Fire Yourself from Your Company and Hire a CEO (#14)
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May 24, 2021 |
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A Non-Visionary CEO on How to Steal Ideas (#13)
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May 20, 2021 |
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Andrew Gazdeki on Buying Startups with MicroAcquire and Selling his Business for Life-Changing Money (#12)
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May 17, 2021 |
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A Mental Model for Founders called "Playing Offense" (#11)
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May 13, 2021 |
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Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
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May 10, 2021 |
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The 20 Tools I Use to Power a 7 Figure Business (#9)
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May 06, 2021 |
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Advice from My Executive Coach (A Former Naval Officer and Microsoft Exec) (#8)
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May 03, 2021 |
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Why I'm Investing $25,000 in this Startup (#7)
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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A "Startup Idea" Brainstorm with a Growth Agency Partner (#6)
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Mentor Hacking, How to Get Advice Without Needing a Mentor (#5)
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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A VC's Advice for First Time Angel Investors (that Have No Money) (#4)
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Why Your 1st Company Should NOT be a Tech Startup (and it should be this instead) (#3)
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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How an Ex-Airbnb Hire Makes 6 Figures Working 1 Day Per Week (#2)
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Introducing the "If I Was Starting Today" Podcast (#1)
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Apr 09, 2021 |