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The Original Gourmet Beef Jerky Subscription... Stick-in-a-Box | 022 Aug 13, 2019

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022. Stick-in-a-Box | Dana Severson is Founder of StickinaBox.co, Co-founder of StartupsAnonymous.com, and Director of Marketing at Promoter.io. He is an AngelPad alum, a weekly contributor to Inc.com, and the former CEO of Wahooly. On top of all this, Dana was born with a large forehead and natural ability to develop absurd ideas. He was immediately drawn to the advertising industry at a very early age. Growing up, he’d often get caught sipping a three-finger apple juice (disguised as cognac), smoking candy cigarettes, dressed like his favorite superhero, David Ogilvy. Dana has found therapy by writing on a regular basis for Fastcompany.com, Adage.com, MN Business, and TCBmag.com.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Dana Severson, visit here. ***

Using Rich Dad, Poor Dad to motivate you to Build a Successful Business - Griffin Funding | 021 Aug 12, 2019

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021. Griffin Funding | Bill Lyons is the Founder & CEO of three companies in the real estate industry: Griffin Funding, Revestor, and Lyons Realty. Griffin Funding was named the 83rd fastest growing company in the nation by Inc 500 in 2017 as well as the #1 fastest growing mortgage company. Bill is focused on carving out a large segment of the $11 Billion online real estate advertising market and the residential investors that make of 25% of the real estate market. He built his former company, from zero to $20 Million per year in revenue with $3+ Billion in transactions inside of 36 months. As President & CEO, Mr. Lyons managed a $6 million per year online marketing budget offering opportunity to well over 250 employees.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Bill Lyons, visit here. ***

How to Make Money in the Music World (thanks to Music X-Ray) | 020 Aug 09, 2019

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020. Music X-Ray | Mike McCready has experienced success as a musician, and separately as an entrepreneur, but has found his true passion by combining music with business. As a signed musician, he achieved two hit singles. As an entrepreneur, his companies have been featured in Success Magazine, The New Yorker, and other media.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Mike McCready, visit here. ***

The World's Financial Services on the Blockchain via Lendroid (a blockchain lending service) | 019 Aug 08, 2019

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019: Lendroid Lending | Vignesh Sundaresan is a blockchain entrepreneur and an open protocol architect and Y Combinator Alumni. He designed and leads the project that implements the open protocol - Lendroid. A professional programmer with expertise in blockchain technologies, back-end programming, software product management, marketing performance mechanisms, knowledge organization, and data-mining.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode with Vignesh Sundaresan, visit here. ***

Turning a Kayak Passion into a Real Time Business in Houston, Texas... We Gone Fishin w/ YakGear | 018 Aug 07, 2019

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018. YakGear | Bill Bragman began YakGear with a little innovation and open water. He was an avid fisherman and curious inventor, often tinkered with ways to improve the kayak experience. When he happened across two seemingly simple designs - leashes for paddles and fishing poles - friends took notice, and he knew he was on to something. Bill refined his idea and, in 2006, made the products available to the public under the name Reel Deels. Word got out and, as the company grew, so did its offerings. In November 2007, with 20 items to its name, YakGear made its official debut as the original ‘yak accessory company.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode with Bill Bragman, visit here. ***

How this Personal Finance Budgeting Software Gained a Loyal Following - You Need a Budget (YNAB) | 017 Aug 06, 2019

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017. You Need a Budget (YNAB) | Jesse Mecham is a recovering CPA that started a company called, "You Need A Budget" (aka YNAB) while in college. His company teaches people their unique Four-Rule Method that completely transforms how they view and manage their money. When people follow the YNAB Method, they break the paycheck to paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode with Jesse Mecham, visit here. ***

Your Data Can Do More... Find out how with Okera Data... The Story of Big Data doing Big Things | 016 Aug 05, 2019

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016: Okera Data Management | Amandeep Khurana is CEO & Co-Founder of Cerebro Data. His company works with cloud native data management and governance software for enterprises. Before this he was the Principal Solutions Architect at Cloudera Inc, where he worked with Cloudera’s customers to help them with their adoption and usage of the Hadoop ecosystem.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Amandeep Khurana Interview. ***

Real Estate Crowdfunding for the 21st Century (& growing to $300MM+) with Realty Mogul | 015 Aug 02, 2019

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015. Realty Mogul | Jilliene Hellman is CEO and Co-Founder of RealtyMogul. She's responsible for the company’s strategic direction and operations. Jilliene, who sits on RealtyMogul.com’s board, has underwritten over $5 billion of real estate and was previously a Vice President at Union Bank, where she spent time in Wealth Management, Finance and Risk Management. Jilliene is a Certified Wealth Strategist, holds Series 7, Series 63, and Series 24 licenses and has a degree in Business from Georgetown University.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode with Jilliene Helman, visit here. ***

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How to Buy Apartments & the Lessons Learned from this Harvard MBA Real Estate Investor | 014 Aug 01, 2019

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014. John T. Reed Publishing | John Reed was born and raised in Southern New Jersey. He was a West Point ’68 paratrooper ranger, radio officer, Vietnam, real estate agent, property manager, Harvard MBA ’77 married in 1975 wife Harvard MBA ’78 started buying residential rental property in 1969 and continued for 23 years.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode with John Reed, visit here. ***

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Creating an Online Subscription Service that Succeeds... the BlackSocks Origin Story | 013 Jul 31, 2019

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013. Blacksocks.com | Samy Liechti was asked by his then boss to attend a last-minute meeting with Japanese customers, he would not have imagined that this day would change his life. Tradition dictates that you take your shoes off for such occasions. It was then that it happened: a mistake so blatant it could not go unnoticed.

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Samy Liechti Interview. ***

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