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on Jan 30, 2012 - 8:00 AM PST
How does a bootstrapper who creates online repair manuals generate over $4 million in annual sales?
Kyle Wiens is the cofounder of iFixit, a collaborative wiki with the goal of crowdsourcing gadget-repair manuals for every type of device imaginable. I want to find out how he did that and…
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on Jan 26, 2012 - 9:00 AM PST
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on Jan 26, 2012 - 9:00 AM PST
This is an interview I’ve been waiting to do a long time. When I first talked to this guest, I urged him not to do an interview and we both agreed. Now I think it’s time to do it…
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on Jan 25, 2012 - 9:00 AM PST
A few months ago, I noticed that a well-known tech entrepreneur was quickly removing a doc off his computer screen. I guess I have sharp eyes because I saw what it was and quickly asked him, “Why do you have Ramit Sethi’s sales letter on your computer?” He flashed me a smile and said…
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on Jan 24, 2012 - 12:00 PM PST
What does a founder learn from launching and shutting down an unsuccessful startup?
Chad Etzel is the founder of Notifo, a simple and affordable way to add notifications to a web app or project. I invited him here to talk about what happened with that business…
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on Jan 23, 2012 - 6:20 AM PST
You know all those impolitic things you’re dying to say but hold back because they might hurt someone’s feelings or prevent you from making some business deal?
Timothy Sykes says them…loudly…with a sly grin.
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on Jan 20, 2012 - 3:00 PM PST
Today Jim Williams is known as the founder of MustHaveMenus, a menu management system for print and digital menus, but in the late 90′s Jim built a company that he sold for $15 million.
This is the story of how he did it.
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on Jan 19, 2012 - 9:00 AM PST
How does a business generate over $80 million in revenue by helping other businesses buy online advertising? Court Cunningham is the CEO of Yodle, which specializes in local online advertising. I invited him here to find out how…
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on Jan 17, 2012 - 9:00 AM PST
How does an entrepreneur generate over $400,000 in revenue within his first year by helping businesses with their Facebook strategy?
Nathan Latka is founder of Lujure.com, which helps businesses create custom fan pages in under 30 seconds. I’ve talked to Nathan via email over the past few months and I realized he was on to something. I didn’t realize how big it was until…
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on Jan 13, 2012 - 10:00 AM PST
How does a founder whose app got rejected by Apple build a multimillion dollar mobile app business?
When I saw that Apple rejected Patrick Hankinson’s app after letting it into the app store for just a few hours, I sent him a note and asked him to do an interview.
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on Jan 12, 2012 - 10:09 AM PST
Imagine creating your next product and KNOWING it will sell because your customers TOLD YOU they’d buy it before you poured your time into making it. In fact, let’s go a step further. Imagine your customers actually gave you money for this product before you built it and now they’re cheering you on and helping you create it, because they feel like they’re on a mission WITH YOU.
Now stop imaging and listen to this program, because…
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on Jan 10, 2012 - 10:00 AM PST
How do you use social media as a business tool, instead of a forum for empty chatter?
Mari Smith was called one of the Top 10 Social Media Influencers by Forbes Magazine. She’s the author of The New Relationship Marketing: How to…
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