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Jon Nastor's Hack the Entrepreneur

Unlike other business podcasts. No filler and no fluff. HTE is a show for people looking to take charge of their lives and build a successful online business. People who are looking for their next business idea, getting started online, and how to start a business. We understand that starting a business and doing work that matters is not always easy, but it is worth it. Learn more at https://hacktheentrepreneur.com/podcasts/
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522: Working Towards Life Profitability | Adii Pienaar

I don't just recommend Nexcess, I trust them with my website. My entire business depends on fast, secure hosting. Use Offer Code HACK60 to Get 60% Off For Your First 2 Months Visit: https://hacktheentrepreneur.com/go/hack60 My guest today is an impulsive writer, family man, and founder of three companies with two successful exits under his belt. Back in 2007, and while still in college, he founded what would become Woocommerce. After six years growing the company, we exited to start something ne...

Jan 27, 202145 minEp. 522

521: Create Wealth Without Creating a Job | Justin Donald

To help you get started, as a special offer for our HTE listeners, visit https://Teachable.com/hack and enter your email for a free 7 step guide, walking you through the exact steps you can take to create your own online school and start making money My guest today is a master of low-risk cash flow investing, structuring deals, and disciplined investment systems to consistently produce profitable results. His ethos is to create wealth without creating a job. In the span of 21 months, and before ...

Jan 13, 202141 minEp. 521

520: Optimistic With a Sense of Reality | Matthew Januszek

To help you get started, as a special offer for our listeners, visit Teachable.com/hack and enter code HACK for 50% off your first 3 months on Teachable today! My guest today has been an entrepreneur for 25 years and has no plans to stop anytime soon. During his career, he has built multiple businesses in the UK, Germany, Poland, and the United States, and currently sits on the board as a director of three companies. His most successful venture has been Escape Fitness, which he cofounded in 1998...

Dec 23, 202037 minEp. 520

519: Are You Inspired or Intimidated? | Allan McKay

To help you get started, as a special offer for our listeners, visit Teachable.com/hack and enter code HACK for 50% off your first 3 months on Teachable today! Learn more at Checkout.com/hack . You can download their free White Paper Report and learn how you can generate more growth through their payment platform. Back in the late 90s, my guest left his home in Australia to pursue his dream of working in Hollywood. He had no real plan, and up until that point, he had never left the country. But ...

Dec 18, 202045 minEp. 519

518: How This Landscaper Built the Uber of Lawn Care | Bryan Clayton

To help you get started, as a special offer for our listeners, visit Teachable.com/hack and enter code HACK for 50% off your first 3 months on Teachable today! Learn more at Checkout.com/hack. You can download their free White Paper Report and learn how you can generate more growth through their payment platform. Bryan Clayton is a former lawn mower turned landscaping entrepreneur. Back in 1998, when Bryan was still in v college, he started mowing lawns on the side to make a little money. Not on...

Dec 11, 202046 minEp. 518

517: School Teacher Turned Full-Time Food Blogger | Lindsay Ostrom

Start building your better portfolio today! Get started at Fundrise.com/hack to have your first 90 days of advisory fees waived. My guest today is blogger, food enthusiast, and entrepreneur. Along with her husband and business partner, they have created the Pinch of Yum and Food Blogger Pro. My guest spent the last five years teaching elementary school by day and blogging about food by night. She always went back and forth about becoming a full-time blogger, but in June 2014, she officially made...

Dec 04, 202029 minEp. 517

516: How to Remove Yourself From Your Business | Stephen Christopher

Get 3 months of payroll, benefits admin, and more totally free at gusto.com/hack Start building your better portfolio today! Get started at Fundrise.com/hack to have your first 90 days of advisory fees waived. One of the most popular pathways to entrepreneurship is taking a skill you possess and selling your services as a freelancer. Then if you do it right, you can sell enough work to hire other people to help you now you've got an agency! My guest today has successfully started, scaled, and so...

Nov 13, 202048 minEp. 516

515: 30 Years, 4 Exits, and Mastering the Media | Mike Koenigs

Start building your better portfolio today! Get started at Fundrise.com/hack to have your first 90 days of advisory fees waived. Get 3 months of payroll, benefits admin, and more totally free at gusto.com/hack My guest today is a Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and 13x Bestselling Author. He's spent the past 30 years building businesses and has had four business exits, two to publicly-traded companies. His first company, Digital Cafe, he started in 1990, was one of the first digital marketi...

Oct 29, 202047 minEp. 515

514: Why You Need to Be Obsessed (or Be Average) | Grant Cardone

Get 3 months of payroll, benefits admin, and more totally free at gusto.com/hack Grant Cordone is a New York Times bestselling author, international speaker, and obsessive entrepreneur. He's also one of my more confrontational guests it seems people either love him or they hate him. It also seems that he's completely fine with this. He currently owns five hugely successful companies, including a real estate company with over $400 million in property. He is also the founder of Cardone Acquisition...

Oct 23, 202042 minEp. 514

513: How to Solve Real Problems For People | Tibor Laczay

Get 3 months of payroll, benefits admin, and more totally free at gusto.com/hack LinkedIn : Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK . Tibor Laczay of Zenni Optical, is truly disrupting and transforming an industry fighting to retain its hold on the market -- and losing the battle. In 2013 with his wife and co-founder, they started in their garage with no outside funding of any sort and created what is ...

Oct 16, 202032 minEp. 513

512: Try Harder to Be Softer | Victoria Montgomery-Brown

Get 3 months of payroll, benefits admin, and more totally free at gusto.com/hack Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK . Victoria Montgomery-Brown is the author of a brand new book called Digital Goddess, and CEO, and an entrepreneur who uses her anxiety to her advantage. Since 2007, Victoria has been the cofounder and CEO of Big Think, a media and education company focused on short-form, digital, an...

Sep 25, 202038 minEp. 512

511: Build Your Business by Competing With Yourself | Ross Kimbarovsky

Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK . My guest today is a driven and strategic leader, creator, and mentor. Ross Kimbarovsky immigrated to the United States from the Ukraine in 1979. Following a 13 year career as a successful trial attorney, and then about 14 years ago Ross founded Crowdspring. He began his career as a trial attorney, where he successfully spent 13 years representing clients in int...

Sep 18, 202039 minEp. 511

510: From Successful Restaurant Owner to Non-Profit Founder | Michael Lennox

Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK . Want to learn more about competitive analysis? Check out the Ahrefs blog or YouTube channel for step-by-step SEO tutorials. Plus, they have a 7-day trial for only $7. Head over to https://ahrefs.com to sign up now. Michael Lennox is the Founder and CEO of Electric Hospitality and ATLFAMILYMEAL. Electric Hospitality consists of three successful restaurant brands...

Sep 03, 202042 minEp. 510

509: Trusting Yourself and Staying Focused | Tim Chatfield

Get 3 months of payroll, benefits admin, and more totally free at gusto.com/hack You can either download the blueprint for free or sign up for the mass traffic blueprint course which at the moment is a huge 94% off! Go to masstrafficsecrets.com/specialoffer Tim Chatfield is an advocate for the sharing economy, savvy executive, and an entrepreneur. He was born in Australia, spent several years starting his career, before spending almost five years in Singapore as CEO of Viocorp. In mid-2016, with...

Aug 26, 202037 minEp. 509

508: Build a Consulting Business in Just 4 hours a Day | Danielle Welch

Want to learn more about competitive analysis? Check out the Ahrefs blog or YouTube channel for step-by-step SEO tutorials. Plus, they have a 7-day trial for only $7. Head over to https://ahrefs.com to sign up now. A couple of years ago, my guest decided that she was through with working for digital agencies that didn't have their clients best interests in mind. But she had developed some serious marketing skills and loved helping clients succeed, so she decided to go out on her own. For the pas...

Aug 20, 202042 minEp. 508

507: How to Use Shiny Object Syndrome to Your Advantage | Chris Chasteen

Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK . About three years ago, my guest was working in his family-run ecommerce business, when a thought struck him, why isn't there a simple service to hire writers to write articles? Using what he likes to call "decision velocity", he jumped on the idea and took action. Today he is a co-founder and head of marketing at Content Cucumber, where they simplify content cr...

Aug 12, 202033 minEp. 507

506: Closing the Education Gap with Free College Courses | OnlineDegree.com

Want to learn more about competitive analysis? Check out the Ahrefs blog or YouTube channel for step-by-step SEO tutorials. Plus, they have a 7-day trial for only $7. Head over to https://ahrefs.com to sign up now. My guest today is an advisor, board member to nonprofits, and a purpose-driven entrepreneur. Grant is CEO and Founder of OnlineDegree.com . He founded the company in 2016 with a purpose-driven mission to make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone, and six years ...

Jul 30, 202044 minEp. 506

505: A Company Built on Passion, Education, and Innovation | Caroline MacDougall

Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK . My guest today is a serial entrepreneur and innovator, who has followed her passion and her heart while building several successful businesses. She began her journey in the herbs and herbal tea industry in the early 1970s and has designed award-winning herbal beverages for top tea companies including The Republic of Tea, Yogi Tea Company, Uncle Lee’s Tea, and...

Jul 22, 202048 minEp. 505

504: Stay Calm and Work on The Problem | Travis Steffen

Want to learn more about competitive analysis? Check out the Ahrefs blog or YouTube channel for step-by-step SEO tutorials. Plus, they have a 7-day trial for only $7. Head over to https://ahrefs.com to sign up now. My guest today is a growth engineer, investor, advisor, author, and serial entrepreneur who has had seven successful exits. Travis currently serves as the CEO of GrowFlow – an industry-leading, venture-backed suite of software products for companies in the cannabis industry. As CEO,...

Jul 08, 202040 minEp. 504

503: Why Bigger Doesn't Mean More Successful | Sharon Vinderine

To start your 14-day Trends trial for just $1, go to Trends.co/hack My guest today had a dream to change the way consumers shop. A dream to build a brand that would help people make buying decisions based on peer endorsements, not just advertising. In 2007, that dream became Parent Tested Parent Approved, a seal of approval used by thousands of brands across North America and one of the most respected in the industry. Sharon has used the power of network television to grow her business, and has ...

Jun 24, 202035 minEp. 503

502: Preselling, Delegation, and Imposter Syndrome | Natalie Sisson

Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK . My guest today is an investor, triathlete, lover of handstands and and an entrepreneur who truly believes you can get paid to be yourself – and she's living proof that this is true. In 2009, she left her corporate job and started a blog called The Suitcase Entrepreneur, that became a full-time business and enabled her to travel the world for 7 years. She was ...

Jun 12, 202033 minEp. 502

501: Building and Selling Six Figure Information Products | Mark Webster

Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 FREE ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit https://linkedin.com/hack Get your free shipping consultation and Shippo Pro Plan free for 6 months! Go to https://GoShippo.com/hack My guest today is product creator, affiliate marketer, and an entrepreneur. Back in 2014, him and his business partner were running a digital marketing agency when they realized something -- they didn't like working with clients. So taking what they'd le...

May 28, 202044 minEp. 501

500: Building One of the World's Largest Marketplaces | David Ciccarelli

Get $100 FREE advertising with LinkedIn Marketing. Go to https://linkedin.com/hack Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. David Ciccarelli is a Canadian entrepreneur who began his career an audio engineer running his own small recording studio. In 2005, he decided to help local businesses connect with local voice actors and actresses. What started as a small humb...

May 14, 202046 minEp. 500

499: Just in Time Planning | Matt Hunckler

Get your free shipping consultation and Shippo Pro Plan free for 6 months! Go to https://GoShippo.com/hack Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. Matt Hunckler is an international speaker, relationship builder, entrepreneur, and firm believer that you do not need to live in silicon valley to work and succeed in tech. He was raised in a family of entrepreneurs, an...

May 01, 202042 minEp. 499

498: How to Rehumanize Your Marketing | Ethan Beute

Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. My guest today has been practicing, learning, and teaching the art and process of increasing sales and improving customer experience with simple, personal videos for more than a decade. He has personally sent more than 10,000 videos himself. After a career in local television marketing, he joined the BombBomb, a software com...

Apr 04, 202040 minEp. 498

497: Becoming World-Class with Jon Morrow

Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. Over the years, I've had the pleasure of interviewing people growing businesses in almost every market imaginable from trampoline parks to peanut butter. And from the farthest reaches of the world from Ukraine to South Africa. Despite all of those differences, they've all shared a commonality that today's guest does not shar...

Mar 21, 202057 minEp. 497

496: From Corporate Branding to $16+ Million in Amazon Sales | Kirsty Verity

Get $100 FREE advertising with LinkedIn Marketing. Go to https://linkedin.com/hack Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. After nearly two decades in the corporate world of strategic branding and marketing, Kirsty found herself without a job and one year's salary to keep her afloat. So like any burgeoning entrepreneur would do, she set out on a path to figuring o...

Mar 14, 202042 minEp. 496

495: How to Build a Billion Dollar Company | Jim McKelvey of Square

Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. My guest today is Jim McKelvey, a business person turned glassblower turned entrepreneur turned billionaire -- who has become a philanthropist, investor, and now an author. He's started a handful of companies, many that are still in business decades later. As he will tell you, every company he has started has also removed hi...

Mar 06, 202049 minEp. 495

494: Building a Beautiful Disaster | Christina DuVarney

Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. My guest today is grateful, blessed, and excited about her business and life. She is one of three co-founders of Beautiful Disaster, a clothing company with a mission to empower the beautifully broken and the perfectly imperfect with the clothing that we wear. Today in 2020, Beautiful Disaster is selling over $400k a month i...

Feb 29, 202039 minEp. 494

493: How to Build a Niche Business Nested Within Another Niche

Get a free 30-day trial of FreshBooks right now, no credit card required. Go to Freshbooks.com/HACK and enter HACK THE ENTREPRENEUR in the how did you hear about us section. Should You Niche Down? Yes, then down and down again. At least that's what today's guest did back in 2016 when he created BarBend, a website dedicated to strength training sports. David is a veteran of the health & fitness industry, with nearly a decade of experience building and running editorial teams in the space. Thi...

Feb 21, 202043 minEp. 493
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