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E8: Wes Kao On How To Take Your Career To The Next Level.... May 22, 2022

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Wes Kao is the Co-founder of Maven, the first education platform to offer Cohort-based & Community-driven courses. Maven raised $20 million in Series A funding last year. Before that Wes built the Alt-MBA course with Seth Godin. She helped grow the business to thousands of students across 550 cities. She has over 130K followers on Twitter sharing her thoughts on marketing, online courses & mental frameworks.

In this episode we talk about:

- What inspired Wes to pursue a career in Marketing

- How to push through Imposter Syndrome early in your career

- How to get promoted & get more responsibility at work

- The value of Rigorous thinking & noticing details

- How to find & develop your career superpower

E7: Bilal Zaidi Part 2: finding the right partner, how to network with high performers & the origin story of the Not Investment Advice Podcast May 15, 2022

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This is the 2nd part from our episode with Bilal Zaidi. Bilal is the Founder of Creator Lab, he is also the host of the Creator Lab podcast where he has interviewed Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Urban & Shaan Puri. He is also 1/3 of the Not Investment Advice Podcast with Trung Phan & Jack Butcher.

In the 2nd part of this episode we discuss:

- Dating & relationships: finding the right life partner

- The value he has got from having a podcast

- How he got guests like Gary Vaynerchuk & Cenk Uygur on his podcast

- How the Not Investment Advice podcast came about

E6: Bilal Zaidi: How To Live Life on Your Terms & Make Money Doing It May 09, 2022

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Bilal is the founder of Creator Lab which is a digital marketing agency. He is also the host of the Creator Lab podcast where he has interviewed the likes of Gary Vee, Tim Urban, Anthony Pompliano among others. He is also ⅓ of the Not Investment Advice podcast with Trung Phan & Jack Butcher.

This is part 1 of a two part episode. In this episode we discuss:

- How Bilal started working at Google straight out of university

- How anyone can make an instant impact at their job

- How to succeed working in a big company & take your career to the next level .

- How you can live life on your own terms

E5: Tyler Schmitt on building leverage, working with Gary Vaynerchuk, starting 137PM & the Card Talk Pod Apr 25, 2022

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Today's guest is Tyler Schmitt. Tyler was AJ & Gary Vaynerchuk's right hand man for a number of years. He is now the General Manager of 137PM & the host of the Card Talk Pod sponsored by eBay.

In this episode we discuss:

How Tyler started working for Gary at Vaynermedia
The power of punching above your weight
How he became Gary's right hand man
The importance of building leverage & stacking your chips
How you can get your dream job working with someone you admire
The best piece of feedback Tyler got from Gary Vee
How Tyler became GM of 137PM
How he started the Card Talk Pod

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E4: Nathan Baugh: Finding Your Zone of Genius Apr 10, 2022

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Today's guest is Nathan Baugh. Nathan has gone from 0 to nearly 90K followers on Twitter in less than a year. His tweets combine incredible storytelling with a focus on sports & business. He had his own newsletter called Sideline Sprint & now runs the World Builders newsletter, which focuses on making you a better storyteller. In this episode, we discuss how Nathan got into writing on Twitter, how he uses the platform to build relationships, the simple formula anyone can use to find their own "Zone of Genius". We also cover everything sports & business including how the modern athlete is taking over VC, the power of athletes owning their own narratives & the life lessons you can learn from sports

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E3: Ben Levy, Shaan Puri's Business Partner: How to go viral online & stay authentic to who you are Mar 27, 2022

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Today's guest is Ben Levy. Ben is the right-hand man to Shaan Puri, he has worked with Shaan on everything from the My First Million Podcast to Shaan's Power Writing Course to the Milk Road newsletter. Ben is a master at building a trusted audience online & he shares all his tips in this episode
Show Notes:

In this episode we cover who is Ben Levy & what is he working on (2:20), what is great content & whats Ben's process to producing content (5:08), How to go viral online (8:04), how Shaan writes his viral tweet threads (8:56), the importance of authenticity (12:21), how to build a loyal audience (13:37), how Ben would build an audience today if he was starting from scratch (17:23), the importance of storytelling & how the sports industry does a great job of storytelling (19:46), how to actually get good at making content (23:56), the importance of getting a lot of repetitions (27:18), what makes the My First Million Podcast so good (29:18), whats the biggest L that Ben has taken in his career & how did he bounce back (31:45), the importance of getting feedback (33:35), making content is a grind, how does Ben handle that (37:22), successful people outsource everything (39:51), how Ben finds new trends early on (43:00), How Ben curated his twitter feed (46:05), the simple method anyone can use to get a job opportunity with their favorite business person (51:22)
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E2: Chris Hladczuk: Building a World Class Network Through Online Content Mar 13, 2022

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Today's guest is Chris Hladczuk. Chris is a recent college graduate & he is absolutely killing it. He has a built an audience of over 160K followers on Twitter, tweeting about interesting business stories & frameworks. He was also the host of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society Podcast, where he interviewed the likes of Emmett Shear (Co-founder & CEO of Twitch), Michael Seibel (CEO of Y-Combinator) & Kevin Ryan ("Godfather of NYC Tech"). Today he is an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Show Notes:

In this episode we cover what Chris' mindset was heading into college (2:15), running the Yale Entrepreneurs Society like a startup (5:34), Starting a podcast & getting great guests like Michael Seibel (6:54), the cold email playbook (10:55), the importance of following up (16:21), How he prepared for podcast interviews (17:25), Research process for podcast interview (21:10), How he stayed in contact with podcast guests after the episode (23:48), The importance of providing value (26:31), How he started producing content on Twitter (28:27), The story of his 1st viral tweet thread (31:37), His sporting background & how it helps him today (33:49), How does he stay consistent on his goals (36:08), Chris' process for writing tweet threads - must listen (38:17), Imposter syndrome on Twitter - can anyone build a following? (41:04), How he networks on Twitter (43:02), Chris' formula for sending DMs to influential people (46:30), The CNBC anchor who replied to his tweet (48:22), Being Shaan Puri's apprentice & what he learnt from it (49:56), Where you can follow Chris (50:58)
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E1: Blake Burge: How to Build a Huge Audience (The Right Way) Feb 28, 2022

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Today's guest is Blake Burge. Blake runs the manufacturing arm of a business in Oklahoma. He has also built a huge Twitter following in the past year, going from 0 to over 150K followers in 10 months. He tweets out life advice, business stories & productivity hacks.

Show Notes:

In this episode we cover what topics Blake finds interesting (4:18), how people can get started working on their goals (7:44), how Blake grew his following so quick (14:15), the first tweet that Blake posted which went viral (15:53), How does Blake find interesting topics to write about (18:17), How people can find their unique voice/ style on Twitter (23:22), More on Blake's writing process after he has an idea (31:36), The power authenticity (36:47), The story of Blake meeting Sam Parr, host of MFM (39:52), The importance of positive momentum (44:22), How Blake grew such a massive following (45:15), The importance of going all in (49:32) & How does Blake stay motivated when things don't go well (55:36)

E0: Ruben Harris: How To Win in Today's Job Market Feb 08, 2022

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Today's guest is Ruben Harris, CEO & Founder of Career Karma. Career Karma gives you the information, tools, and support you need to quickly get into a tech career. In this episode we discuss Career Karma's recent $40 million funding round, how anyone can find their purpose & why its so important. Finally how Ruben finds emerging trends early & the value of an incredible network.

Show notes:

Career Karma's recent $40 million dollar funding round, why Ruben started the importance of finding your purpose (3:47), What inspired Ruben to publish content online (5:55), where does Ruben get his confidence from (8:54), why entrepreneurship media can be toxic (14:07), How Ruben turns losses into Ws (17:35), How Ruben broke into investment banking (20:07), Why succeeding in today's current job market is mostly psychological (22:10), How employees can win in today's job market (25:42), Why timing is everything (27:49), Why now is the right time for a company like Career Karma (29:09), How think clearly & predict trends (33:53), What pushback did Ruben get while fundraising (36:55), Who inspires Ruben (41:49), How to build a world-class network (44:43)

Ruben Harris:

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https://www.instagram.com/rubenharris/

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