Top Founders

Bill Lyons, a successful real estate entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Revestor.com. Revestor is in the business of helping real estate investors find profitable properties to rent out as short and long term rentals. He also helps identify properties for quick profits. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Slash What CEO do you follow? –   Tony Robbins Favorite online tool? — Rapportive Do you ge...

Craig Ballantyne, a productivity and a success transformation coach and the author of The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life. He's been a contributor to men's health magazines since 2000 and in 2001, he created a home popular work out program, Turbulence Training. Listen as Craig tells us how he overcome his anxieties using the 5 pillars of transformation and how he mana...

Ben Nye. Ben joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2004 and leads their infrastructure software team. Listen as Ben talks about how he became Turbonomic's CEO and how they got to Series D. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Steve Jobs Book What CEO do you follow? –   Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — LinkedIn Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20-year old self know one thing, what would...

Amit Shanbhag , co-founder of RocketReach.co , a company that allows users to lookup email addresses, phones, social links, etc. for over 250 million professionals worldwide. Amit bootstrapped to RocketReach from zero to over a hundred thousand customers including Apple, Google, and Morgan Stanley to name a few. He has more than a dozen patents and started his professional life writing code for ge...

Hal Elrod , a husband, father ,and the best-selling author of 8 books including one of the best self-published book of all time, The Miracle Morning , which sold over 200,000 copies and has been translated into 21 languages. He is an entrepreneur and international keynote speaker, podcaster, and co-creator of best blueprint ever life experience. Listen as Hal talks about his life after a car crash...

Steli Efti, CEO and founder of Close.io. Listen as Steli talks about how he uses sales and communication to his company's advantage and why he won't disclose their churn rate—his answer WILL surprise you. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Paypal Wars What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Evernote Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20-year old self know one thin...

Chris Koerner, founder and CEO of LCDcycle – a company that recycles broken iPhone screens and supplies wireless repair shop with wholesale electronic parts. Aside from being a motivational speaker and winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year award, Chris is a guy who appreciates the haters. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Delivering Happiness What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool?...

Will Mayo, founder of SpokenLayer. Being dyslexic led Will to find an alternative to written text and he thought of an audio solution. Listen ad Will talks about how SpokenLayer changes mainstream reading and how it helped him personally. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The E-Myth What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Streak Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let yo...

Mike Chapman, an author, speaker and subject-matter expert for both healthcare and insurance matters. Listen as Mike talks about helping self-employed and small business owners take control of their health. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Approach What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Acuity Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20-year old self know one thing, what...

George Bandarian II, CEO and President of AMI – The Paperless Company. He has a mission of eliminating paper and a vision for simplifying work for companies such as SpaceX, Walt Disney, MBC Universal, schools and colleges. Listen as George explains their unique culture and what he and his team are working on to disrupt the document management industry. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Bold What CEO d...

Kim Garst, CEO of Boomsocial. She's also best Selling author of Will the Real You Please Stand Up, Show Up, Be Authentic and Prosper in Social Media . She's internationally recognized and regularly contributes to www. Entrepreneur.com Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Lean In What CEO do you follow? – Sheryl Sandberg Favorite online tool? — Slack, Canva and Buzzsomo Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If...

Tommy Gibbons, a former employee of both Goldman Sachs and Fundera. Listen to learn how Tommy met his Princeton bosses, and how he used those connections to get into Piper. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – N/A What CEO do you follow? – Mark Pavlyukovskyy – his boss Favorite online tool? — Zapier Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20-year-old self, know one thing, what would it be...

Ali Mirza, used to sell personal insurance door to door in Canada before getting fired and electing to venture out on his own. Listen to learn how he transformed his floundering sales career into a winner that he now sells to other companies. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – How to Win Friends and Influence People What CEO do you follow? – Henry Ford Favorite online tool? — Mixmax Do you get 8 hours...

Ariel Camus, a product builder, 500 startups alumni and the CEO and Founder of TouristEye, acquired by Lonely Planet in 2013. Today, Ariel is building a new education system called HackerPath that utilizes collaboration between peers and bots. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Founders at Work What CEO do you follow? – Favorite online tool? — Google Apps Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could l...

Sean Wycliffe, CEO of Dealflicks –   a company that helps movie theaters move tickets at discount prices. Listen as Sean breaks down how he uses affiliate-driven system to drive a $ 240,000 per month business. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Laws of Leadership What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Slack Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Definitely If you could let your 20 year old self k...

George Revutsky, CMO for Soothe – the world's largest on-demand massage service. He's also the CEO of ROIworks – a growth agency that runs growth and build growth agency teams for funded startup and Fortune 1000 companies like Headspace, TriNet and Original Stitch just to name a few. Listen as George talks about how he generated double digit revenue for Soothe in straight 11 months. Famous Five: F...

Arif Momin, CEO and co-founder of CStorePro technologies – the leading provider of mobile and cloud based operations management for retail businesses. He has an MBA from University of California. Berkley and BS in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Innovator's Dilemma What CEO do you follow? – Mark Zuckerberg Favorite online tool? — JIRA Do you g...

Jerry Wilmink, a recovering bio-engineer turned entrepreneur and CEO and founder of Wisewear.com. Listen how Jerry fuses fashion and technology to keep people safe. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Startup CEO What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Strategyzer Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – "Go for it. Don't...

Robert Leclerc, co-founder of Agfunder – an online investment market place for global agriculture industry. He is a Forbes contributor and has five degrees including a PhD from Yale. Listen as Rob talks about the global agriculture industry and how important Agfunder is for the investors. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Mini MBA What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — MailChimp Do you...

Don Breckenridge, a life-long entrepreneur and the founder of Hatchbuck. Listen as Don shares how he made Hatchbuck a successful company and the struggles he endured to bring it to life.  Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Good to Great What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Lean Canvas Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it...

Pieter Boekhoff, the 2016 Startup Canada Entrepreneur of the Year and one of Calgary's top 40 under 40. He's also Mount Royal University's Horizon Winner and one of Canada's 10 Mentor Rock Stars. Listen as Pieter talks about the company he founded, Nobal Technologies, and the success of their flagship product – iMirror. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Lean Startup What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk...

Greg Raiz, founder of Raizlabs – a technology innovation firm for design custom applications, web platforms and other cutting-edge software. Listen how Greg earned the respect of startups and Fortune500 companies through his business. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Blink What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Invision Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20 ye...

Ben Uyeda – a respected architect and creative genius. Listen to hear how Ben makes money off YouTube, earns serious subscriber numbers, and acquires some pretty sweet assets. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Accidental Billionaires What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Steller Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— About 6 and a half If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what...

Timothy Sykes – the Penny Stocks Guru. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Losing My Virginity What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Business Insider Do you get 8 hours of sleep?—"I wish. I really wish" If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – "Don't be so cocky"   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:42 – Nathan introduces Timothy to the show 02:05 – Tim trades...