7) Is This Startup Worth My Life? | Dan Martell
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10) How to Generate Ideas and Execute Quickly | James Altucher
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This interview was originally published on December 22, 2014, as From teaching you specifically how to make a living in six months, a great living within two years, and how to be rich within three years, James Altucher joined me for my most unconventional interview to-date. James Altucher has built more successful businesses than most of us will ever start — not to mention the giant list of failed companies. He has lost more money than most of us will ever earn. And he brings us it all, in genuine Altucher fashion, during this interview. --- Today’s guest is one of my all-time favourite...
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9) How to Find (and Follow) Your Inner Voice | Jessica Rea
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This interview was originally published on March 11, 2015, as The popularity of this interview has been truly impressive. Not that Jessica isn’t a smart entrepreneur, she definitely is. But the fact that she is not a ‘big name’ in the space and how she struggles simply with the title of entrepreneur, makes this conversation more interesting Jessica is in the same position you may be in, and I believe that is why this conversation has resonated so well with listeners like you. This is a deep dive into the inner voices (and struggles) of becoming an entrepreneur. --- Today’s guest is...
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8) Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable | Benji Rogers
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This interview was originally published on August 10, 2015, as Between the conversation about the merging of art and commerce, and Benji’s mindset of learning to become comfortable being uncomfortable. This conversation dives into the essential required for gaining the perseverance necessary to push through the hard times. --- My guest today is the President and Founder of PledgeMusic, a direct-to-fan company that offers musicians a unique way to engage with their fans during the music-making process. He is an independent musician who received the A&R Worldwide Digital Executive of the...
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7) Is This Startup Worth My Life? | Dan Martell
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This interview was originally published on October 23, 2014, as During this conversation, I ask Dan Martell what the criteria is for knowing whether or not your idea needs VC funding — his response leaves me speechless, but clarifies the murky waters. As a Canadian entrepreneur, Dan has taken two businesses from idea to exit and he shares with us what he has learned. — Today’s guest has been an entrepreneur most of his life – having started at 18 – and failing twice – before finally figuring it out. Now he is an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Clarity, a...
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6) How to Develop Partnerships | Brian Clark
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This interview was originally published on February 11, 2015, as This conversation revolved around three essential elements of entrepreneurship: creativity, partnerships, and becoming the CEO of your company (even if you are a one person company). --- When I originally sat down to outline the idea for Hack The Entrepreneur, I immediately wrote out a short list of people that I wanted to interview. I used this list as one of my metrics for success and I am happy to say that today’s guest is number two on that list. To me, the idea that one person could start a blog, not sell...
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5) Refusing to Scale | Sunni Brown
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This interview was originally published on February 09, 2015, as During this conversation, you will begin to understand entrepreneurship as a creative venture. Sunni Brown is smart, funny, and her energy is contagious. This all makes for an insightful and exciting conversation that moves from the Pet Rock, to calculus, and onto Sunni’s refusal to scale her business — and what you can learn from her decision. --- Today’s guest is an amazing entrepreneur, artist, and awesome human. She is the founder of SB Ink, a creative consultancy and an agent of social change. She is the author and...
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4) We All Start As Employees | Brian Tracy
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This interview was originally published on July 27, 2015, as Sometimes I interview people don't know before researching, a few I've heard a lot about, and other times I have been following their work for many, many years -- this episode is part of the latter. Brian Tracy is the author of more than 70 books, many of them bestsellers. There are six of his books, with notes and highlighter marks throughout, on my office shelf. Brian Tracy is a very smart entrepreneur and the insights he shares in this interview will change the way you look at business and employment. --- My guest today is one of...
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3) Understanding the Math of Success | Guy Kawasaki
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This interview was originally published on July 27, 2015, as This episode almost didn't get published. Jon Nastor and Guy Kawasaki get a little bit antagonistic with each other at one point in the conversation, so it was a bit off-putting at first. But this takes the conversation into a new, unexpected, and deeper place. --- My guest today popularized secular evangelism in 1983 when he worked with the Macintosh Division of Apple. He is currently the chief evangelist of Canva, an online and easy to use graphic design platform. He is also the author of thirteen books including. and . His...
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2) Find a Multiplier Effect For Your Income | Stephen Key
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This interview was originally published on November 24, 2014, as The popularity of this episode is rooted in Stephen Key's unique perspective on passive income. Not that Stephen encourages laziness, but he does push us all to find our multiplier effects and to create income streams beyond our hours worked. --- Today’s guest on Hack The Entrepreneur is an entrepreneur and an inventor, that consistently earns millions of dollars licensing his ideas to companies like Disney, Nestle, and Coca-Cola. He is not high-tech, but he knows how to take an idea and very quickly make it a global...
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1) How to Know if You Are an Entrepreneur | Seth Godin
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This interview was originally published on April 6, 2015, as Seth Godin's concise definition of what makes someone an entrepreneur rather than a freelancer is an excellent starting point for coaches, freelancers, and new entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship, as described by Seth Godin, is about more than simply the creation of a job for yourself -- it is about mindset, scale, and growth. --- Today’s guest is one of the most well-respected and prolific marketing minds alive today. After his first job out of college working at a software company, my guest started a book packaging...
info_outlineThis interview was originally published on October 23, 2014, as HTE 019: Is This Startup Worth My Life? | Dan Martell
During this conversation, I ask Dan Martell what the criteria is for knowing whether or not your idea needs VC funding — his response leaves me speechless, but clarifies the murky waters.
As a Canadian entrepreneur, Dan has taken two businesses from idea to exit and he shares with us what he has learned.
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Today’s guest has been an entrepreneur most of his life – having started at 18 – and failing twice – before finally figuring it out.
Now he is an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Clarity, a venture-backed startup that makes it easy to connect with top business minds over the phone.
He previously co-founded Flowtown, a San Francisco-based social marketing product which raised funding, grew to over 50,000 small business customers and was eventually acquired in 2011.
A year later he was named Canada’s top angel investor having completed over 33 investments in companies like Udemy, Intercom, and Unbounce.
Now, let’s hack...
Dan Martell.
What you will learn in this episode:
- How and why people overvalue funding for their startups
- Finding your magic zone to make the world a better place
- Specifically, when your company is ready for venture funding
- Making people and relationships your number one asset