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#102 - From Door-to-door Perfume Sales To a $1.5M ARR SaaS Business - JK Molina Oct 26, 2022

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Today we have JK Molina on the pod to discuss all things Twitter growth, SaaS, cohorts, and courses! JK has grown a very successful coaching business and previously built Tweet Hunter, an AI powered Twitter growth tool, to $1.5M ARR. We kick things off at the beginning as JK shares how he got started selling perfume door-to-door in Guatemala and how, over time, he progressed to AI and SaaS, before going on to launch his ‘likesaintcash.com’ Twitter leads course.

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#101 - Self-made with MaidThis, Quitting Private Equity To Launch A Remote Multi-Million Dollar Rental Cleaning Franchise - Neel Parekh Oct 24, 2022

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Neel Parekh is the founder of MaidThis Franchise, which helps homeowners and short-term rental hosts with their cleanings. We get into why he quit his high paying Private Equity job to start his own business and some of the biggest challenges he’s faced. Neel launched his business as a way to travel and work remotely, fast-forward to today, he has generated millions in revenue while having a fully remote team and wants to help other people achieve the same. MaidThis now covers all of Greater Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and at the end of 2020, they launched their first branch location in Denver, Colorado. Neel is now focused on growing the franchise model out and getting branch owners to provide the same high-level quality he has been doing in California.

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@NeelBParekh

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#100 - Special Episode: Past Guest Superlatives, Podcast Lessons & Mistakes, Future Plans Oct 20, 2022

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For our 100th episode we wanted to do something special, today we’re looking back at what launching the pod has taught us and how we plan to propel it into the future. Plus, we reflect on some of our favourite guests and place our wagers on which guests we think are set to achieve Billionaire status!

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@c_gro

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#99 - How Buying Old Businesses Can Make $30M/yr - Reg Zeller Oct 12, 2022

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On today’s episode we have Reg Zeller, Founder and CEO of CaneKast, a company revolutionizing the foundry industry through a coast-to-coast network of non-ferrous casting facilities that provide quality products, on time. Before purchasing the first foundry, Reg worked at four Fortune 500 companies in everything from engineering to M&A to general management. Here we jump into Reg’s background, his business, and the tactics he’d use to get ahead if he was starting out today.

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#98 - From Corporate America To Exploring The World On Real Estate Income - Brian Luebben Oct 05, 2022

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On today’s episode we sit down with Brian Luebben, a successful Real Estate Investor, Podcast host of The Action Academy, and Entrepreneur out of Atlanta, Georgia.

We discuss Brian’s early start building a company, going on to climb the corporate ladder, and why he left. This one is a real gem for those looking for inspiration to get started and need actionable insights to take the leap.

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@theactionpod

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#97 - Why Buying A Franchise Is Better Than An MBA - Brian Beers Sep 28, 2022

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In today’s episode we have Brian Beers! Brian is an entrepreneur and investor, with years of experience growing multiple revenue streams. Brian got started by growing his small family franchised auto repair business with 6 locations into a $36,000,000 enterprise with ~30 locations.

Here we discuss Format franchise business models and unit economics, how to get started, ghost kitchens, and much, much more!

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#96 - The Business & Tactics Of Building A Personal Newsletter Company - Jack Raines Sep 23, 2022

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In today’s episode we have Jack Raines! Jack is a writer for Litquidity, and well known for his finance blog ‘Young Money’, think Tim Urban’s ‘Wait But Why’ and Packy McCormick’s ‘Not Boring’ rolled into one…

Here we dive into Jack’s background, making $400,000+ in the markets before 24 years old, how he got started as a writer, and where he plans to take the blog and it’s 18,000+ readers from here!

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#95 - Should You Start A Shopify Brand or App? - Dennis Hegstad Sep 14, 2022

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In today’s episode we sit down with Dennis Hegstad, Co-Founder of LiveRecover, an SMS marketing company that focused on Shopify merchants, scaling from 1,000s of merchants with no outside capital while driving over $100million in additional revenue to merchants. Dennis is also Founder of OrderBump, a pre-and-post-purchase upsell App for merchants using Shopify, where Dennis made a multi-figure exit within 100 days.

Dennis is a real DTC polymath, with a wealth of experience across e-comm and Shopify Apps. Here Dennis breaks down e-comm vs. Apps, brand building vs software development to uncover where the best opportunities are today.

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#94 - $50M In Sleep DTC, Party Buses, And Juice Stores - Aaron Spivak | RE-GEN Aug 10, 2022

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Introducing The RE-GEN Series, where we take a look back at our earlier conversations with The Next Generation guests.

Today that’s with Aaron Spivak from episode 11! Aaron is the Co-Founder of Hush Blankets. At the time of recording Hush were on track to hit $50 million in revenue, selling weighted blankets and sleep accessories. Before hush blankets, Aaron ran one of the most popular party bus companies in Canada, and also launched a successful retail fruit juice business that is still doing well with multiples locations.

We dive into a lot of awesome topics. So stick around and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review if you liked today’s episode.

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#93 - Building A $2.5M/yr Cashflowing Machine - David Riggs Aug 03, 2022

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In today’s episode Connor sits down with David Riggs, the founder and CEO of web development agency Pneuma Media. David breaks down how to spend money scale your business, how to delegate, why a good website is one of your greatest assets, and the story of how his business came to work with billionaire Mark Cuban. If you own, or are looking to launch, an agency this one is for you!

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@dwilliamriggs

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