The Business Method: Interviewing Billionaires, Billion Dollar Founders & the World’s Most Successful People 🎧🔥

“Entrepreneurship can be very lonely.” Stephan Jacob Have you ever thought about mixing your passion, charity, and business together?  As this is a dream for many, I would say there aren’t a lot of entrepreneurs that successfully blend these three characteristics together.  Today’s guest is Stephan Jacob who is the co-founder of Cotopaxi.com. Cotopaxi is an outdoor adventure apparel company that h...

“But by far Facebook Ads account for about 90% of the pledges that came from outside of Kickstarter” Mark Zhang Last fall in Bangkok, I was attending a conference full of entrepreneurs from around the globe. There were around 250 attendees and out of all of them just a few stood out.  There were a few guys running around in yellow t-shirts that said: "Improve Your Sleep at the DCBKK Conference." T...

On today’s episode, Bobby Casey the managing director of Global Wealth Protection, is our guest. Bobby calls in from Latvia where he has been based for the past six years and we get into a great chat about why he chose that part of the world. There are some really great benefits about living in Latvia, and Bobby shares why he loves it.   Global Wealth Protection helps people with their residencies...

“I think a strong entrepreneur can get to 7-figures with a  ‘B-team’. But in order to break past 7-figures, you need a strong entrepreneur and a lot of ‘A-players’.” Michael Erickson Today gang, we welcome PPC and retargeting expert Michael Erickson to the show. Michael is the founder of Search Scientists. Search Scientists is a company that manages AdWords for businesses providing the best servic...

“Hiring employees based on their personality is much more important than hiring based on their resume.” Nitin Chhoda Imagine immigrating to a new country with no family, no friends, only $500 in your pocket and a dream. You get a job delivering pizzas for extra money and are forced to sleep in your car. Then over the next fifteen years, you build multiple 7-figure businesses. Today’s guest is Niti...

“I’m the first one to say follow your passion, but sometimes you just can’t monetize your passion. You got to realize that!” Joe Pulizzi Thank you for joining us once again listeners and are we excited today to let you know about our guest. Today, we have the man who is known as the Godfather of Content Marketing, Joe Pulizzi on our show!  Joe started Content Marketing Institute back in 2007 and l...

“Go where you’re not comfortable.” Steven van der Peijl Today listeners, we are so incredibly happy to announce that we are recording podcast 100 of our 100 podcasts with 100 entrepreneurs that have earned $100,000+ in their annual revenue.  It has been quite the hustle, but totally worth it. We hope you guys are enjoying the content. For those of you that don’t know, our previous 99 episodes have...

“Always leave the door open, but never push someone through.” Taylor Pearson Are the people you are surrounding yourself with, the people you should be surrounding yourself with?  You might have some friends, that really don’t deserve your friendship. Today on the show, we welcome Taylor Pearson. Taylor is the author of the #1 Business Best-Seller ‘The End of Jobs’ a book that talks about what man...

On this episode, we are joined by the CEO and founder of the legendary and so incredibly viral poop stool Squatty Potty. His name is Bobby Edwards and back in 2012, Bobby’s mother was having some troubles pooping. So, Bobby did what any good hearted son would do, he got creative and designed a stool that would help her poop, and it worked! His Mom (Judy) deemed the magic stool to be called Squatty...

“I’d say Facebook now, is probably at least 5-10 times more important for us than YouTube is. Where as, for the first 5-years of my business YouTube brought in 50% of all of our traffic.” Nev Lapwood Could you imagine mixing your favorite hobby and building into a multi-million dollar business? Our guest today did just that and his name is Nev Lapwood. Nev is the founder of Snowboard Addiction. He...

“In well over 90% of the cases, it’s not about what you add, it is about what you remove.” Shane Melaugh Have you ever been curious about how to make your website convert?  Do you have too many options on your landing page?  Have you ever used quizzes to generate more traffic? Today listeners, we have Shane Melaugh the co-founder of Thrive Themes on the show. Thrive Themes is an incredibly powerfu...

“To commit to something a year in advance mentally for a lot of people is difficult…most of us are making a decision this week or maybe a couple of months down the road.” Matt Miller Ever thought about franchising?  Many of our listeners are getting to a point in their business where they are thinking about making that move.  It can be a big leap to take your business to the next level and serve m...

What is a life disrupter? One of those moments in your life that absolutely changes everything. Our guest today is someone that has used Life Disrupters throughout his life and thirty years of experience as an entrepreneur to build business and change the way his future will look. Ray Matz is a seasoned entrepreneur and a three-time Team USA World Champion who joins us today to chat about gaining...

“There is some statistic that says highly practical content is 34% more likely to go viral, than content that is not helpful.” Candice Galek Her business went from a living room table to a warehouse with forty employees in twenty short months. That’s Candice Galek the founder of Bikini Luxe and today’s guest on our podcast. Candice is quite the entrepreneur and joins us today to share about the ra...

“Seventy-percent plus of Americans have thought about writing a book, or believe they have a book in them…and less than one-percent ever do.” Jesse Krieger Many entrepreneurs think about writing a book, many end up writing one, two, three or multiple books.  After thousands of hours of practical experience building business, they use their books to teach others, some use it as a marketing channel,...

“The things that people are generally insecure about go out the window once you’re on the internet.” Jason Wong Could you imagine being 19 and making $200,000 in 3 weeks from social media? That is exactly what Jason Wong did. Jason is not your typical 19-year old. He started exploring ways to make money online at the age of twelve. When the lesser known social media platform Tumblr was released, J...

“When you’re small if the customer says ‘We aren’t happy.” you tear up the invoice, and you eat it, and you learn a lesson from the pain.” Tim Sanders on what he learned while working for Mark Cuban  On today’s episode we welcome the great Tim Sanders, and for those of you who don’t know him, I couldn’t recommend more than to listen to this show because Tim is an incredibly vibrant lifestyle entre...

Travis Beck asked a friend to wrap a phone cable with Paracord so his cat wouldn’t chew the cord again. This was the moment that sparked the idea of Paracable, a business that has set two childhood best friends free and launched them into the entrepreneurial world. Today on the show we chat with Travis Beck and David Fisher the founders of Paracable and we get the inside on how they anonymous tipp...

Hard work, consistency, and focusing on the long-term is what it takes to build a sustainable, successful business. This is what our guest was taught from her parents that immigrated to the U.S. and had a dream of being entrepreneurs. Dafina Smith is the CEO of Sunny’s Hair. Sunny’s Hair started out as a wig and extension store in Minnesota. Today, they have three locations across the U.S. and hav...

On the episode today we are joined by the gentleman who created Monetize My Expertise. His name is Grant Weherley and Monetize My Expertise is a done-for-you online course and training creation service. The world of online courses is huge, many businesses use courses for selling products, services and training members of their team. The type of business that can use an online course is nearly limi...

Hi listeners, today Vincent Nguyen the founder of Growth Ninja joins our show. Growth Ninja is a company that brings your business leads and sales from Facebook ads. The difference between Growth Ninja and every other Facebook ad company is that they are paid based on performance. So if they don’t deliver results, they don’t get paid. On the show today we have a great conversation with Vincent. Wh...

Today podcast listeners we are joined by the founder of Musical-U, Christopher Sutton. Christopher runs Musical-U an online community and website that helps people become more musical. Over the past few years, Christopher has helped over one million people with their music goals. On this episode, we chat in depth about how Christopher has created an online community of over seven hundred musicians...

“I made a commitment to myself that I was going to create an idea for a business before I got off the flight.” Jack Haldrup Hello, entrepreneurs! Today we welcome Jack Haldrup to the show. Jack is the creator and founder of Dr. Squatch, a soap company for men. Jack got the idea to create a soap company while traveling between cities in the US. He was on a flight and frustrated with is position in...

Today listeners, we have a good friend of the show and YouTube master Gabby Wallace joining us. Gabby is the founder of Go Natural English and has used YouTube to market and catapult her business in the past few years. Currently, Go Natural English has 300,000+ subscribers and has grown by nearly 10,000 from the time we recorded this, to the time we published the episode. Gabby shares some really...

“A podcast is that intimate nature where you can listen in on somebody. Get to know, like and trust them. Really, the true nature of somebody can shine through. Tom Schwab On today’s episode, we are joined by the podcast host and founder of Interview Valet, Tom Schwab. Tom loves podcasting and views podcast marketing as the next online gold rush. Interview Valet is working hard to make sure it is...