Craftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper

Lucas Carlson Interviews Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, Bestselling Authors like Andy Weir, David S Rose, Tucker Max, Espree Devora, Neil Patel, Hiten Shah, Michelle Miller and More•www.craftsmanfounder.com

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Every week we will talk to different entrepreneurs about taking the long view on startup strategy.

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#8 Tucker Max, How To Write a Bestselling Book in 4-Hours

Tucker's New Blog: http://www.tuckermax.me Tucker's New Startup: http://bookinabox.co Tucker Max has sold millions of copies of his college humor books and is known for stunts like attempting to donate $500,000 to Planned Parenthood in order to decrease his tax burden and promote his new book. In this episode of the Craftsman Founder Podcast I ask Tucker if any of his past decisions still haunt him. We also go into big ideas like the future of publishing and talk about some disruptive technologi...

Aug 28, 2014•53 min

#7 Lucas Carlson, How to Start a Company and Manage Your Founder Psychology

Are you paralyzed with fear of failure and rejection? Or do you have dreams of getting rich with startups? This week is a special episode where instead of Lucas interviewing one of his mentors, you will hear Lucas be interviewed about what it's like to start a company and how to manage yourself through the process. We talk about a little discussed topic of founder psychology and the crazy things that go on inside an entrepreneur's head while starting a business and how to break out of short-term...

Aug 20, 2014•45 min

#6 Neil Patel, How To Use Data-Driven Storytelling To Triple Your Sales

Neil Patel is an online celebrity and entrepreneur. He has been a prolific blogger on QuickSprout and the KISSmetrics blog since 2006. He has contributed to Entrepreneur Magazine, TechCrunch, Mashable, Business Insider, SEOmoz, and Geekwire. He has also mentored and advised endless numbers of entrepreneurs over the years, including myself. Neil is a true Craftsman Founder of multiple companies: ACS (SEO), Crazy Egg, KISSmetrics which all have generated many millions of dollars a year in revenue....

Aug 11, 2014•32 min

#5 Patrick Vlaskovits, What's Growth Hacking And How To Use It To Drive Attention To Your Startup

New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Entrepreneur , Patrick Vlaskovits, talks about how to apply lean startup principles to your company to find product-market fit and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls many entrepreneurs fall into. From coming up with startup ideas to evaluating them and marketing them, Patrick brings his wealth of expertise to bear in this great interview....

Jul 24, 2014•37 min

#4 Dave Hersh, How to Get Your Startup to IPO and Go Public

Many founders hope to one day take their company public on the stock market and have it be worth over $1B+ in market cap. To Dave Hersh, this dream is a reality with Jive Software, a company he founded and lead for 8 years and through 3 different business models. Dave also happens to be one of my personal mentors and friends. This week we have the honor of interviewing Dave, who runs a brilliant startup blog and often talks about founder's impatience . I ask Dave many tough and interesting quest...

Jul 14, 2014•32 min

#3 Michelle Miller, How to Raise Venture Capital for a Novel

If you got a Stanford MBA and then worked as an investment banker... what would be your next career move? Michelle Miller decided to write a novel called The Underwriting . But she didn't just write a novel and hope to get traditionally published, she treated her novel as a startup. She raised investment, secured brand sponsorships, created screen savers and playlists, made a video trailer and serialized her novel (a modern Charles Dickens). This week, I interviewed Michelle in the Craftsman Fou...

Jul 07, 2014•37 min

#2 Eliot Peper, 3 Surprising Things Founders Can Learn From Fiction Authors

Eliot Peper is an entrepreneur, an investor, an advisor… and now an author of startup fiction. His first book, Uncommon Stock (published by Brad Feld’s new publishing company FG Press) at its surface seems like an uncommon next step for most entrepreneurs. However if you treat a novel like a startup, you can understand the decision better. This week, I spend some time interviewing Eliot around a few topics: How is writing a novel like doing a startup? What can entrepreneurs learn from authors an...

Jun 11, 2014•49 min

#1 Chris Tacy, How to Get 4 Successful Exits in a Row

Chris Tacy is one of my startup mentors and close personal friends. He is not only a brilliant strategist, but he has had 4 successful start experiences in a row with 4 successful exits and no (major) failures. A rare occurrence in startups. He has some surprising advice to share, so find out his secrets.

Jun 06, 2014•26 min

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