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Ray J, the musician and TV star, wanted to be a tech entrepreneur like you.

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...

I’m wondering if people who are listen to this interview will be thinking, “Enough with COVID-based interviews.” But the truth is 2020 really was a challenging year. There are some entrepreneurs who jumped and found solutions and found ways to grow despite the chaos in the...

I’ve been so excited about marketplaces as businesses that I’ve done interviews with the founders who created them for over 10 years. It started out being such a hard thing to do. Now, with no-code solutions, it’s so easy. That’s why I wanted to talk to today’s...

About eight years ago, today’s guests realized that if you’re walking around with a phone and you don’t have a way to charge it you just feel vulnerable. So he started a company that builds smartphone accessories for the modern nomad.

I interviewed today’s guest a while back about this brilliant idea he had. The company was called Diamond Candles and my audience of entrepreneurs was blown away with the fact that he was doing a million dollars a month in revenue from fricking candles. So many people were excited by it...

If you’re thinking about a manufactured product or if you’re thinking about going after retail stores as customers you have got to listen to this interview. Douglas Baldasare is the founder of ChargeItSpot, which provides secure cell phone charging stations for retail stores. I want...

Joining me is a Mixergy listener who has been distilling spirits in Huntington Beach. The distillery was doing so well that earlier this year they were hiring and starting construction on a bigger facility. Then COVID hit and everything came to a halt. But then something else happened. They...

Joining me is a guy who worked for General Mills, but he wanted to start his own company. He started doing research and one of the things he did was go to Google Trends. He said, “Hey, I drink cold brew coffee and it looks like people are searching for cold brew coffee more and more....

I have to be honest, even me, someone who loves entrepreneurs, had mixed feelings when I saw founders capitalizing on COVID in the early days. For example, I saw someone pivot to start selling hand sanitizer. I thought it was a slimey move until I NEEDED hand sanitizer. It made me realize that...

I try hard. I try hard all the freaking time. But joining me today is a guy who’s not trying all that hard and the guy is killing it. His name is Aaron Marino and the whole thing started out for him with a YouTube channel. It’s called Alpha M and he covers life, style, grooming, and...

Today’s guest is Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS shoes. He made the slip on shoes that got everyone’s attention because every time somebody bought a pair of shoes, he donated a pair of shoes to somebody in need. The company has donated 86 million pairs of shoes over the years....

When covid hit, Andy started Googling. Is there a way for a “regular guy” to create hand sanitizer? The big guys couldn’t keep up with demand. Maybe he could make & sell some. He had a full-time job, doing marketing for Basecamp, the project management company. But in his spare time,...

Today I have a guest who seems to enjoy the fact that he’s got this business that sells sheets in a market where people have no way of differentiating sheets and no interest in trying. Instead, he decided to go all in with personality. Colin McIntosh is the founder of Sheets and Giggles,...

Dylan Jacob tried lots of hustles over the years, selling phone parts, cars, weed, whatever. He finally found his love with Brumate, where he makes and sells insulated containers for alcohol. Then the coronavirus recession hit. At first, his revenues got clobbered, but check out what happened next.

There’s a lot of talk about direct to consumer businesses, but as I walk through Target and other stores, I see what used to be direct to consumer products on the shelves. Like Harry’s, for example. They used to ship directly to you, that’s how they could give you such a low...

The company today’s guest started has gotten a lot of attention for its partnership with Kobe Bryant. I want to learn how he forged not only that relationship but also Brian Lee of The Honest Company. Matthias Metternich is the co-founder of Art of Sport, which offers high performance...

I’m especially excited to talk to today’s guest because he’s creating a solution for anyone I’ve interviewed who is selling a physical product. I’m talking about packaging. I ask about it in my interviews but I feel like I never get a satisfying answer. Well, Raine Mahdi is the founder...

Every country needs an e-commerce giant. Today’s guest helped create one in South Africa in a very unique way. We’ll talk about how he did it in this interview. Manuel Koser is the co-founder of Zando, an online shopping platform.

In preparation for this interview, I went into a YouTube rabbit hole, learning about people who struggle with obsessive-compulsive behaviors. What I learned is that some people are really struggling with this stuff. We’ll go into what kinds of problems that I’m talking about but...