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Reset SearchGarry Tan: Y Combinator Startups Growing 5X Faster – Here’s What Changed
AI changed everything. During their time at Y Combinator, startups typically grew revenue weekly by 2-4%. Now? 10-20%! PER WEEK. YC President Garry Tan told me the reason is simple: AI transformed software from a “nice to have” into an urgent necessity.
“Before it was like,...
Printful grew to $200,000,000 in 2020
Today’s guest needed some inspirational posters to cover the blank walls in his startup’s office. When all he could find was cheesy, dated options he decided to create them himself.
Davis Siksnans is the founder of Printful, easy print-on-demand drop shipping and fulfillment...
Standing out in marketing automation
I want to find out how today’s guest is competing in the world of marketing automation.
Shaun Clark is the founder of GoHighLevel, everything that agencies need to manage their client’s leads, websites, funnels, calendars and many other services.
I’ll ask him how he grew it to...
Solving the huge pain of haircuts
I am so freaking excited about the problem today’s guest is solving.
Obi Omile is the founder of The Cut, a barbershop technology platform that allows users and barbers to schedule and manage appointments.
I want to find out how he grew this app to 7 figures.
$15M ARR internet marketing agency
Joining me is Matt Bowman, a guy who runs a results-focused internet marketing agency. The thing that I find about people who run agencies is it’s an easy way to get started, but it also has basically unlimited growth potential.
I want to find out how today’s guest went from...
Starting small on a BIG vision
Today’s guest is someone who has this big vision of changing the world. But he realized something. If you want to change the world, if you want to really have big impact, you have to start small.
Ashray Malhotra is the founder of Rephrase.ai, which uses Generative AI to address millions of...
How LegacyBox got big
Joining me is someone who discovered that there are a lot of people who have photos, VHS tapes and other legacy digital products and want to digitize them.
I would’ve thought it would be a small business but I can’t believe how big the company has gotten.
I invited him here to...
HeyZap cofounder launches bank for startups
Four years ago today’s guest sold HeyZap for $45M. It was a long journey which we’ll talk about in this interview but I also want to find out about what he’s building now.
Immad Akhund is the founder of Mercury, a bank that helps startups scale. I tweeted out before this...
How to evolve when competitors copy
Today’s guest feels that entrepreneurship is about giving yourself the freedom, the freedom to live the life that you want.
I’m fascinated by him because Lee LeFever co-created Common Craft, a site that makes technology easy for people to understand. Here’s are some examples:...
$1M to $7M by adding services to software
My guest today is someone I interviewed years ago when he had just hit $1M in revenue. He got there with an unbelievably bootstrapped approach. He even shared a computer with someone else on his team. Well, he’s back and I want to hear how he has expanded beyond his initial product.
I want...
How to scale a food subscription service from one person on a bike to deliveries in every state
I’m fascinated by meal subscription services. I thought they were going to revolutionize the way we eat. Turns out they’ve had a harder time scaling than I would have thought.
Well, today’s guest figured out a way to do it profitably and I want to find out how she did...
Racism and business
Don’t worry, you’ll get some amazing business tips too.
Meet the entrepreneur who got the GIF keyboard on your iPhone
One of the things that today’s guests noticed was how people were communicating visually with the introduction of the iPhone. I’m talking about GIFs.
Well, today’s guest said, “This is a new way for people to express themselves.” And he created a company whose goal...
How Acuity Scheduling grew 5X in 3 years (and was acquired by Squarespace)
Joining me is someone who was a Mixergy listener and whose software runs our entire booking process for guests.
I love what he built for so many reasons but about a year ago I read that he sold it to Squarespace! He bootstrapped the company so I want to find out his motivations for exiting.
I...
How Riot Games founder Marc Merrill overcame massive hurdles to build League of Legends
Joining me is a legend himself. His name is Marc Merrill and he is the co-founder of Riot Games. Riot Games makes League of Legends, an incredibly successful multiplayer online battle arena video game.
I invited him here because I’m curious about how he grew this company. And we’re...
Total failures, base hits, and big successes: a serial entrepreneur story
Joining me is a guy who has started more companies than I can keep track of.
He had such a fire inside him while in school that he had to go out and do it. So he dropped out of school, started a company, and it didn’t work out well. But he kept going.
Andrew Vasylyk is the founder of...
How this insurance agent escaped commission-based income and scaled his agency
Joining me is an entrepreneur and longtime Mixergy listener. About 10 years ago he wanted to sell insurance more efficient but the market wasn’t ready for it.
He went on to sell in more traditional methods until his clients started asking him if they could go through the process online.
Sa El...
How to use free software to sell services
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How do you stand up another customer vertical without hurting your first one?
Joining me is someone I interviewed years ago. His story was so memorable because he was having kids while running a company. That seemed so strange to me back in 2013.
Michael Fitzgerald is the founder of Submittable, the world’s leading cloud-based application and submission management...
Systems that help small businesses scale
Joining me today is a Mixergy listener who has built a company so big that I’m lucky to have him on here.
Matt Symes is the founder of Simplicity, a service business that helps organizations get out of their own way and scale.
If you’re listening to me and you’re running a...