Top Founders

Nathan speaks with Daniel Brusilovsky and Jason Stein, the co-founders of i-Moji. Daniel Brusilovsky and Jason Stein are two of the co­founders at i­moji, the largest sticker library in the world. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:08 – Nathan’s introduction 01:33 – Welcoming Daniel and Jason to the show 01:45 – Six founders of i-Moji 02:48 – Do what you’re passionate about 03:30 – Jason originally opera...

Ben Fisher, the co-founder of Lean Startup Machine, and Alchemy. Listen in as Ben talks about his growth process with both Lean Startup Machine and Alchemy, what he learned, and what lessons can be applied universally. Ben, a New York City­based designer + hacker, co­founded Lean Startup Machine and Alchemy (acquired by Red Rover in 2013). Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:08 – Nathan’s introduction 01:...

Jon Gillon, 7x startup founder, 4x failer, general Silicon Valley Hustler, and free-style rapper. Listen in as Jon shares his story of early failure, how he remained persistent, and how his latest startup Roost came to be. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:08 – Nathan’s introduction 01:30 – Welcoming Jon to the show 01:53 – The 4 failures were Jon’s most important lessons 02:40 – Did the friends and fam...

Matthew Bernman of Sonar, a business that makes is super convenient for customers to chat with the companies they buy from. Listen as Nathan asks Matthew about his journey into the startup game, Sonar’s financial backing, and their long-term development goals. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:09 – Nathan’s introduction 01:39 – Welcoming Matthew to the show 01:52 – Why he left 500 Startups 02:08 – Matth...

Olivier Pailhes, the CEO of Aircall.io, an app that lets you buy one or several phone numbers across the world, add teammates to your dashboard, and place & receive calls on existing devices. Listen as Nathan and Olivier discuss the importance of clearly outlining equity splits, and the importance of starting a business at young rather than old age. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:01 – Nathan’s introd...

Mohit Aron, CEO of Cohesity, a company that caters exclusively to the secondary data storage market. Listen as Nathan ask Mohit about his journey up and through Google (including his decision to leave), his trial and error experiment in entrepreneurship, and how he came to create Cohesity. Cohesity was founded in June 2013 by CEO Mohit Aron, who is regarded as the pioneer of hyper­convergence, the...

Nicholas Tart, one of the founders of AwesomeWeb, a freelance marketplace for people who do and need awesome work. Listen as Nathan and Nick talk about the journey to a viable product, the challenge freelancers face, and why AwesomeWeb is so different compared to Elance or Upwork. Nicholas Tart is the co­founder and product manager for AwesomeWeb, a professional freelance marketplace for people wh...

Ep 197 Jay Baer, the world's most retweeted person among digital marketers. Jay is a renowned business strategist, keynote speaker and the New York Times best­selling author of five books. Listen as Nathan and Jay talk about the difference between a workshop and keynote speaker, the importance of having a “bad cop” on your team, and why being patient is grossly undervalued. Jay Baer is the world's...

Brian Adams, CEO of Rumber Materials Inc, a company that manufactures composite material boards, sheets and molded products from 100% recycled tire rubber and plastics. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:57 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:39 – Brian defines what Rumber does 04:35 – How Brian came into Rumber 04:49 – Know what you love to do and do it 05:09 – Bought Rumber in 2012 for $5 millio...

Ep 195 Margaret Brown, the owner and publisher of Shelf Media a company that holds and manages a variety of free digital publications. Listen as Nathan and Margaret talk about the art of driving revenue from publishing, what it takes to turn a profit, and how digital publishing works. Famous 5 Favorite Book? – The Four Hour Work Week What CEO do you follow?— Alex Blumberg What is your favorite onl...

Ep 194 Engelo Rumora a property developer who also owns Ohio Cash Flow a multi-million dollar Turnkey Real Estate Investment company based in Toledo, Ohio that specializes in providing turnkey properties in the Toledo, Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio markets. Listen as Nathan and Engelo talk about establishing a secure property portfolio, the art of the hustle, and why you need to keep throw...

Ep 193 Jared Fuller (Recovering) CEO of PandaDoc, a company that’s focused on making the digitization of documents a simply smooth process. Listen as Nathan and Jared talk about venture debt, the hidden value of recurring revenue, and Jared’s famous title of “Recovering CEO”. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:05 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:28 – Living as a “Recovering CEO” 01:55 – Recurri...

Ep 192 Nathan speaks with Cathryn and Allen, the founders of The Best Self Co., a business dedicated to helping entrepreneurs think big, stay focused, and get more done. Listen as Nathan and the duo talk about using Shopify to grow their business and promoting on Kickstarter. The BestSelf Co. started as a project between two entrepreneurs, Cathryn and Allen, who were on a journey to creating a lif...

EP 191 Tony Stubblebine, the CEO and co-founder at Coach.me. Listen as Nathan and Tony talk about different branches of coaching and the latter’s claim to fame as Jack Dorsey’s last boss. Bio Tony Stubblebine co-founded Coach. Me (formerly knows as Lift) on the idea that positive reinforcement and community support could be deployed universally to help people achieve their goals. Prior to Coach. M...

Ep 190 Matt Smith, the founder of Latergramme and Thinkific. Listen as Nathan and Matt talk about how the latter left a 10K MRR business to work on a marketing platform for Instagram. Bio Matt previously started 2 profitable self-funded startups. Most recently he co-founded Latergramme, a visual content marketing platform that makes visual marketing a snap. The app one to aggregate, curate, schedu...

Ep 189 Nathan Rothstein, the co-founder at Project Repat, a custom quilt blanket design shop. Listen as Nathan and Nathan talk about not only the latter’s business numbers but also how they’re affecting American manufacturing. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do...

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind an...

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind an...

EP 186 Josh Reeves CEO of Gusto Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)...

Ep 184 Heyo gets acquired, Nathan continues to tell-all about the selling of Heyo. In this part, he focuses on ‘due diligence’ and the business post-acquisition. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan’s talks with Jim Risner, a co-CEO of Votigo. 01:30 – Nathan signed the LOI offered by Votigo. 01:53 – Jim talks about Votigo, a social marketing promotions platform. 03:22 – Nathan kept leverage and...

Ep 185 Shaan Puri, a co-founder of Blab, a media platform that lets you listen in on conversations between experts in just about any field. Listen as Nathan and Shaan talk about how the latter plans to monetize his growing business. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the sho...

Ep 183 Jules Hill, the analytics manager of the startup Windsor Circle . Listen as Nathan and Jules talk about the latter’s previous experiences as the COO of Cellbreaker. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to jo...

Ep 182 Lila Zimmerman, the founder of Fresh Fit, and Fearless, dedicated to the promotion of healthy lifestyles. Listen as Nathan and Lila talk about Bio Lila Zimmerman is a 19 year old college student from Boston, MA and is currently a sophomore at the University of Maryland. Her passion for health and fitness moved her to create an Instagram account to share her lifestyle.  Time Stamped Show Not...

Ep 181 Kristi Zulkhe, the CEO and co-founder of KnowledgeHound. Listen as Nathan and Kristi talk about how the latter’s company turns a profit curing corporate amnesia. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join...

Ep 180 Sheevaun Moran, the founder and creator of the Energetic Solutions, Inc ® Success Systems. Listen as Nathan and Sheevaun talk about her conference Epic Life and building a reliable list. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and d...