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How did Dropbox go from idea to 50 million users? Why did Steve Jobs want to buy it? And why did the founders turn him down? Grab this interview and hear how it all went down.
Drew Houston is the cofounder of Dropbox, which offers free cloud-based file-syncing from almost any mobile device or computer. In this interview, you’ll hear…
How does an entrepreneur use Mind Frame Persuasion to close sales?
Ross Jeffries is known for helping men use psychology to attract women. He’s the creator of “Speed Seduction,” a set of personal development that draws on Neuro-linguistic Programming and hypnotic techniques. He recently…
How does an employee with little money go on to build a business that generates $13 million in sales? Matt Curry runs Curry’s Auto Service, a full-service car repair shop with 8 locations in the Washington, DC area.
I don’t usually interview non-tech companies, but I met Matt when I took out some Mixergy fans for drinks here in DC. I thought his story was so interesting that I asked him to come on tell us how he built his company.
How did MixRank turn a profit on its first day and grow to 3,500 users within 3 months?
Ilya Lichtenstein is the cofounder of the YCombinator-backed MixRank, which reveals your competitors’ ad campaigns, showing you exactly what’s working for them.
How far has Ilya Lichtenstein moved on from the business you’ll hear him talk about in this interview? Well, yesterday’s big tech news was that his new company, MixRank, raised $1.5 million from Mark Cuban and other savvy tech investors.
But as a favor to me, I asked Ilya to open up about how he…
How does an entrepreneur discover his profitable business model?
Paul Berberian launched Raindance Communications in 1997. The company went public in 2000 and sold for $160 million in 2006. Along the way…
How does a founder build a million business — and NOT get to keep any of it? You’re about to find out, and if you internalize what you learn, you’ll avoid a similar fate.
Jon Pospischil built an online sporting goods company and grew its sales into the 7 figures. I invited him to tell the story of how he did it and why he doesn’t own the company today. I also want to find out about his new company, Custora, which…
How does a founder build a company with nearly a quarter-million dollars in revenue each month?
Louis Rix is the founder of Netcars, a used car classified website with the unique pay-per-click billing model. This is the story of how he overcame several setbacks on the road to building a hit company.
How does a Harry Potter fan build a profitable network of web sites that get 140 million page views per month?
Emerson Spartz is the founder of Spartz Media, a network of web sites making it easy to create and share content so others can learn, laugh, and feel inspired. The network started when he launched…
What you’ll get in this interview are Steven Le Vine steps for getting PR.
When I realized that Steven was just an intern when he built grapevine pr in his spare time, I figured he’d be the perfect person to teach someone as busy as you how to get some publicity for your company.
How does a single founder go up against Google in search and actually get traction?
Joining me is Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo, a search engine that has had about 10 million direct queries per month, and recently…
This is the story of a woman who launched multiple successful tech companies and a venture capital firm.
In 1997, Maria Cirino co-founded i-Cube, which (2 years later) sold to Razorfish for $677 million. She followed that up in 2000 with Guardent, which (3 years after that) sold to VeriSign for $135 million.
In 2006, she…
Imagine having a mix of experienced businesspeople mentoring you. That's my mission with Mixergy.com. I'm Andrew Warner. In my 20s, with no outside funding, I co-founded a business that reached $30+ mil in annual sales. This is the site I wish I had. Read More....
