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Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Hollis Carter ~ Co-Founder of The Baby Bathwater Institute
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Hey podcast listeners, today we are hopping on the mic with Hollis Carter. Hollis is an internet marketer from back in the day when it was a Wild Wild West show. He has had quite a bit of success and one of the first people to create a video sales letter. Throughout his years as an entrepreneur, he kept going to these conferences that were all about “pitching and selling”. After many different conferences, his now partner Michael Lovich and he got to talking about creating a community of high-level entrepreneurs and high-caliber people that forbid ‘pitching and selling’ at their events. Thus, they created a community of entrepreneurs called Baby Bathwater Institute.
Each year, they have an event on an island in Croatia called Baby Bathwater Island. Last year, I attended and I was blown away by the content. A friend of mine said it was kind of like Mario Bros. the video game, and warping from Level 2 to Level 12 in a matter of a few short days. I couldn’t agree more, and as soon as I left the event last year, I knew I wanted to attend again this year. That event is coming up soon, at the end of June on an Island in Croatia. On the show today, Hollis and I chat about the experience of being on the island and what it like running a community of high-profile entrepreneurs, influencers and thought leaders. One thing that I really like about their events, is that there are no paid professional speakers. If someone is sharing their content, it is because they have proven their methods, and they are there to share and be a part of the community.
02.55: A Bit About Baby Bathwater Island & Hollis
08:10: What is it like on Baby Bathwater Island?
16:35: Having No Sales Community
18:05: Spoilers for Workshops on the Island in 2019
21:05: A Business Mastermind Like Summer Camp
23:30: Curating a Community of Influential People
Contact Info:
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Steven Kotler ~ NYTimes Best Selling Author and High-Performance Expert
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Hey, listeners welcome to the show today and I have to tell you I am incredibly excited for today’s guest. Not only is he the author of two of my top read books but he is leading researcher on cutting-edge technology and information regarding flow and flow-state, his name is Steven Kotler.
Steven is the author of numerous books including Bold and Abundance, both he co-authored with Peter Diamandis. He is also the author of West of Jesus, Tomorrowland, The Rise of Superman, and Stealing Fire. The latter two being the two books I have read of his and both I highly recommend to anyone. On the show today, we get to chat with Steven for an hour and a half about a variety of subjects that Steven specializes in, including many topics that are addressed in his new novel, Last Tango in Cyberspace.
At the beginning of the show, we get to know Steven’s backstory for a few minutes before we delve deep into Flow, Flow-States, the science behind flow, and some incredible stories of high-performers, including Steven, while they were in Flow-State and how it directly affected their performance. We then dive into the details of Last Tango in Cyberspace and some important issues that the storyline addresses throughout the novel. In the book and on the podcast, we talk about technology and where it is headed, artificial intelligence becoming conscious, psychedelics and using them to expand technology, empathy and space tourism. At the end of the podcast, we get to learn how Steven uses flow, his favorite meditation techniques, and his daily routine.
04:25: Why Steven Lives Where He Lives?
07:25: Steven’s Backstory and Working the Extreme Athletes
14:40: The Flow Lab
15:25: What is Flow Exactly?
21:45: Synchronicity and Flow State
26:05: Steven’s Favorite Way to Get Into Flow & Simple Flow Triggers
26:30: Steven’s New Book - Last Tango in Cyberspace
35:10: Future Technology is Perceived as Scary Until it’s Real Life
35:05: Artificial Intelligence Waking Up
43:20: Steven’s Biggest Concern w/ AI
47:10: Psychedelics and Expanding Technology
1:01:45: Empathy
1:10:59: Space Tourism
1:12:00:: Steven’s Routine to Create Great Content Regularly
1:19:40: Breathing and Meditation
Contact Info:
Wednesday May 29, 2019
Wednesday May 29, 2019
Nadia Masri ~ Founder of Perksy and Forbes 30 Under 30
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
There are so many different aspects to influence. It is quite eye-opening to see people in different stages of their lives use influence and understand how to use it. Today’s guest is no exception and quite a prodigy when it comes to business and influence. Although she might not call herself that. Nadia Masri is the founder of Perksy a revolutionary market research app that is helping businesses get much more effective results when conducting market research and it also gamifies the surveying with rewards for those that are replying to the research. On top of that, Nadia is a recent featuring winner of Forbes 30 Under 30.
Today on the show, we talk with Nadia about how she created Perksy from a project at college and building it into a company highly recognized by Forbes and the business world today by the age of twenty-eight. We also chat about how she sees and designs quality platforms for users, how she was a driven entrepreneur from a young age, how she uses high-performance productivity and how Nadia blends influence and leadership into one.
03:09: Who is Nadia Masri?
14:29: Being Successful Rapidly at a Young Age
19:59: Nadia on Resilience
23:29: Creating a Leading Platform for Market Research
30:09: Gamifying Market Research
33:24: Well Designed App Examples
35:34: Getting on Forbes 30 Under 30
43:39: Influence Equals Leadership
50:44: Nadia on Productivity & Open Office Space
Contact Info:
hi@getperksy.com
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Kiersten Rich ~ Forbes Top 10 Travel Influencer & Founder of The Blonde Abroad~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Kiersten Rich was named by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Travel Influencers in the world and has been featured worldwide on major publications for her photography and influence in the travel space. Kiersten's blog, The Blonde Abroad, started as an online journal where she could share her travel stories and help inspire women to travel the world, and it has now evolved into a travel-focused media company with multiple brand extensions that is set to hit her first 7-figure year in 2019. Kiersten and The Blond Abroad are a perfect example of taking online influence and turning into a legitimate multi-faceted business.
Currently, The Blonde Abroad has over 550,000+ followers on Instagram, nearly half a million monthly blog visitors, 5 million monthly Pinterest viewers, over 200,000 Facebook fans, and over 2.5 million YouTube views. On the show today, we get the backstory of how Kiersten started this project and spent the time and effort over the years to become a serious entrepreneur and build a solid, sustainable business. We chat about how she handles priorities while traveling, where her traffic comes from, being an early adapter to social media platforms, and how she creates videos while travels. We also get into some fun chat about her favorite blogging perks, best travel experiences, favorite conferences, and of course, how to manage influence in a responsible way.
08:40: The Beginning of The Blonde Abroad
20:00: Finding Synchronicity After Many Years of Travel
25:33: Prioritizing When Running a Successful Location-Independent Business/Blog
30:25: Being a Good Friend and Analyzing Friendships
33:38: Becoming a Forbes Top Travel Influencer
37:53: Where Does The Blonde Abroad Get Their Her Traffic?
41:18: Moving from Blogger to Entrepreneur and Being an Early Adapter
47:38: Blending Influence w/ Entrepreneurship
50:58: Giving the Online World Boundaries
55:28: Creating Your Own Videos While Traveling
1:04:38: Top Blogging Perks
1:08:28: Top Travel Experiences
1:12:58: Top Conferences & Groups
Contact Info:
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Clayton Morris ~ From News Anchor to Entrepreneur, Best Selling Author, and Influencer
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Would you quit a high-paying job at the #1 cable news show in the world? It would be a difficult decision to make, especially if you were quitting to go out on your own to invest in real estate and build your own business.
Clayton Morris is our guest today and is a former News Anchor for Fox. He wanted to work in media since he was a child and after having a successful career he decided to leave Fox to become a full-time entrepreneur. Many people told him he was foolish to leave the network and security of a great job, but Clayton was ready for the move because he has been investing in real estate and creating passive income for years before he made the leap.
Since, leaving Fox, Clayton has built a top-rated podcast with over 10,000,000 downloads, a successful YouTube channel with over 6.5 million views and has created the Financial Freedom Academy where he teaches others to invest and find financial freedom for themselves.
02:40: Our Favorite Book ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’
11:25: Who is Clayton Morris?
19:25: Clayton on Mentors and Teaching
26:27: Moving from Fox News to an Online Influencer
31:20: Clayton’s Thoughts on the Current & Future Real Estate Economy
36:51: Getting 10,000,000 Downloads on Clayton’s Podcast
51:45: Clayton on Influence
Contact Info:
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Ray Zinn ~ Longest Running CEO from Silicon Valley
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Building a successful business requires focus on one important thing….profit! Today’s guest is a master at focusing on profit. Ray Zinn is the longest running CEO from Silicon Valley, running a company for thirty-seven years and thirty-six of those years his company Micrel was profitable.
This isn’t the only astounding fact about Ray. In 1994, Ray went legally blind during Micrel’s IPO on the stock market. He was torn on what to do, but ultimately decided to continue to run the company for another eighteen years. Throughout the show, we get to hear Ray’s story about building and running a company in Silicon Valley for almost four decades. We talk to Ray about his challenges being an influencer, how he prioritizes time, and what he is up to today with his newest project ZinnStarter.
02:30: Being a Polyglot?
06:10: Who is Ray Zinn?
15:30: Running a Profitable Business 36 Out of 37 Years
18:20: The Changes of Silicon Valley and Having a Significant Part of the Technological Revolution
26:30: Ray on Prioritizing Time
29:55: Going Legally Blind During an IPO
38:30: Thoughts on Being the Best in All Areas of Life
39:35: Ray on Influence
Contact Info:
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Ocean Robbins ~ Author and Founder of FoodRevolution.org
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
We have often talked about health on our podcast occasionally chatting with guests about diet and how they maintain a healthy lifestyle. On today’s show we go a step further and really learn about what you absolutely should remove from your diet and understanding the exact science behind it.
The grandson of the famous Baskin-Robbins legacy, Ocean Robbins joins us on the podcast to talk about health! Yes, health!
Ocean’s father left the family business that was paved with gold because he how bad ice cream was for people. Ocean continued down the path of his father making it his mission to help people understand health and why the “Standard American Diet” is causing so many diseases. Ocean really gets into the “nuts and bolts” of heath, food, the food industry, and what you need to have in your diet to maximize a healthy lifestyle. It was such an eye opener, that as soon as the show finished I went and downloaded his book from Amazon.
If you are interested in your health whatsoever, this episode is a must listen.
02:09: Intro
11:24: Who is Ocean Robbins?
15:55: Ocean’s Father Leaving the Baskin-Robbins Legacy
17:25: What is the 3 Most Import Things to Remove From the Your Diet?
19:40: What to Fry Food WIth?
24:59: A Recommended Standard Diet
29:50: The B12 Debate
34:53: Ocean on the CBD Industry
38:11: The Big Pharma Companies
41:28: Major Shifts For Food in the Near Future
43:03: The 31 Day Food Revolution
46:07: Superfoods, Magic Mushrooms and Soy
51:09: Ocean on Influence
Contact Info:
https://www.31dayfoodrevolution.com/
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Alexandra Jimenez ~ Founder of Travel Fashion Girl
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Those that travel abroad are almost certain to run into another traveler that has the dream of starting a blog about traveling. This is a passion for many and it is exciting when we get to meet someone who has actually done it and made it into a successful business.
Our guest today is Alexandra Jimenez and she is the founder of one of the world’s most trafficked travel blogs, Travel Fashion Girl. Alexandra started the blog out while traveling with the intention of just helping females travel the world in a carry-on suitcase. The idea took off and now she has turned it into a very successful business that has thousands of community members and 1,000,000 monthly readers.
Alexandra and I get to chat about influence today, How she build her blog and community. How she grew her Pinterest to 2.6 million monthly viewers and her blog to 1,000,000 monthly readers!
02:56: Starting Travel Fashion Girl
09:45: Alexandra on Influence
16:40; Inspiring Others w/ Influence
19:00: Being Aware of Your Communication & What You're Creating as an Influencer
20:59: Creating a Community without Internet Trolls & Negativity
28:00: Tips to Hit 1,000,000 Monthly Followers
33:50: Which Social Media Platform is the Most Effective for Travel Fashion Girl?
Contact Info:
https://www.travelfashiongirl.com/
https://compassrosetravelaccessories.com/
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Chris & Noah Talk About What They Have Learned From Interviewing Major 25 Influencers
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Tyler Jack Harris ~ Founder of My Living Legacy
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Sales and influence are the words of the day! Today we have Tyler Jack Harris joining us on the podcast who is a master at sales and influence both. Tyler has achieved some absolutely incredible feats in his career. He is a master in hustle and productivity selling over 8,000 life insurance plans face-to-face in 3.5 years. He went from unemployed to millionaire during this time. He has achieved staggering results with his personal brand having a weekly reach of 49 million people.
Today on the show we dive deep into influence, sales, legacy, personal brands and of course mastermind the hustle.
11:30: Who is Tyler Jack Harris?
18:22: Obedience to Desperation
24:40: Closing 8,000 Deals Face-to-Face in 3.5 Years
29:25: Finding Motivation to Work 16,18,20 Hours a Day
32:00: Do You Need to Believe in What You’re Selling?
37:15: Building a Personal Brand
54:30: Energy Management for Little Sleep and Hard Hustling
58:04: Tyler on Influence
Contact Info:
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Alex Nerney ~ Location Independent Blogger, Founder of Create & Go
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Creating a blog to travel the world is the dream of so many travelers. There are graveyards all around the world full of peoples blogging dreams. Many people try and many people fail….myself included. However, even though blogging can be a tough nut to crack these days, there are people that are doing it, and teaching others how to find success in the blogging world.
Today’s guest is Alex Nerney the co-founder of Avocadu.com and Create & Go. Alex, and his partner quit their jobs to start blogging just over three years ago and as luck would have it, they had nearly immediate success. Their first month earning, $170, then $900 in the second month and doubling it almost every month after until their seventh month when they hit $40,000 in one month. They had achieved the bloggers dream and now consistently produce over $100,000+ per month.
On the show, we chat with Alex on what is really working in the blogging world and what is not. We chat about how Pinterest has become their top-performing social media platform giving them around 4.4 million views per month and around 200,000 visits to their website. We also chat with Alex on the theme of this series, influence. Alex and I get into a great conversation about how people are using and abusing influence in today’s world, and how to find the “right” influencers to follow.
03:00: Alex on Austin, Texas
06:40: Starting a Blog w/ Instant Success
11:35: What are Most Bloggers Missing
16:15: Alex on Influence
23:25: What is Working for Video Marketing
26:35: 4.4 Million Monthly Views on Pinterest
27:50: The Misuse of Pinterest
33:19: Alex on Starting a New Blog
36:50: The Personal Brand Balance
41:36: Running Two Business at Once
44:10: Finding the Right Guru
Contact Info:
https://createandgo.com/pinterest-marketing/
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Adi Arezzini~ Founder of TeaMi Blends
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Hey listeners welcome to The Business Method Podcast. I am your host Chris Reynolds and we are currently interviewing 100 major influences on our show with my co-host Noah Laith to get behind the minds, the tools and the methods it takes to build major influence in business and handling it in a positive way.
Today on the show, the founder and CEO of TeaMi Blends, Adi Arezzini is joining us to talk business and influence. Adi started this company from her mother's bedroom and has grown TeaMi to a multi-million dollar brand. One of the ways she did it was influencer marketing. Currently, Adi and her team work with 1500 influencers a month and have grown their Instagram follow up to nearly 1,000,000 followers.
Throughout the interview, Adi shares with us how she grew her following using influencer marketing, how she managed the massive growth and how her and the TeaMi team manage working with so many influencers. We also chat with her about health today, and how her own challenges with gut health and digestion has inspired her to help millions around the world with their own health.
02:48: Adi on Balancing Health, Work, & Lifestyle
05:33: Staying Productive on Days w/ Less Sleep
07:23: Who is Adi Arezzini and Gut Health
13:33: Understanding Detoxing
15:58: Educating Your Followers/Potential Clients
17:33: Toxins in Your Body
21:18: Simple Communication for Marketing & Growing an Audience
24:03: Managing a Multi-Million Dollar Brand
26:33: Finding People on the Same Mission as You
28:53: Adi’s Best Practices for Connecting w/ Influencers
34:53: 1,000,000 Followers on Instagram
41:28: Being a Mentor for Her Employees
45:08: Having the Hard Conversations w/ Your Team
51:23: The Future of the Health Industry
Contact Info:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamiblends/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamiblends
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Teamiblends/
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
Michael Ventura ~ Founder of SubRosa and Author of Applied Empathy
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Hey listeners welcome back to the show. Today’s guest is Michael Ventura the CEO and founder of Sub Rosa, a strategy and design firm that has worked with some of the world's largest and most important brands—from Johnson & Johnson, Adobe, the TED Conference, Delta Airlines, and The Daily Show. Michael has served as a board member and adviser to various organizations, including the Burning Man Project, and the U.N.'s Tribal Link Foundation. He is also a visiting lecturer at Princeton University and the United States Military Academy at West Point. In addition to this Michael is the author of ‘Applied Empathy’.
Today on the show, we get behind the mind of Michael and creating Sub Rosa, and how they implement design practice and strategies for companies around the world. Part of the culture in Sub Rosa and all of Michael’s companies is the idea of Applied Empathy. Throughout the show we get to chat with Michael on how using ‘applied empathy’ can make a massive change in your business.
02:20: Who is Michael Ventura?
05:48: The Importance of Design
08:50: Succeeding in Many Different Businesses at Once
12:30: Empathy vs. Being Nice
16:38: Applied Empathy vs. Cognitive Empathy vs. Effective Empathy vs. Somatic Empathy
20:03: The Process of Applied Empathy
24:38: Training the Younger Generation on Empathy
28:53: How to Train Yourself or Others on Empathy
37:28: When Empathy Becomes Second Nature
39:48: Michael on Influence
Contact Info:
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Janice Bryant Howroyd ~ Founder of ActOne Group
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
I love incredibly successful people that still have the down-to-earth human touch. It is incredibly enjoyable to talk with them and understand why they are who they are. Today’s guest is one of those people and yet so much more. Janice Bryant Howroyd is the founder The ActOne Group and she is the very first African-American female to found a billion dollar company, and yes you heard me right, a billion dollar company.
What is even more impressive about Janice is that speaking with her was like talking with an old friend. She is incredibly relatable and really a caring and authentic human being.
During the interview I noticed this and really wanted to get behind her story and what made her the amazing individual and entrepreneur she is today. We chat about her upbringing as an African-American in a extremely racial environment with a family with 11 children. We chat about he life philosophy, her habits and what she vales. We chat about how she maintains personal relationships while running a billion dollar company, the challenges of being a female entrepreneur, how us humans like to operate in tribes and some of her favorite books she recommends even though she has a 6000+ book library.
At the end of the podcast, we ask Janice about her philosophy on influence in today’s world and how she handles it responsibility.
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal!” JBH
04:11: Who is Janice Bryant Howroyd?
08:22: Growing Up in a Harsh Environment w/ a Rich Family Culture
16:02: Janice’s Definition of Success
16:55: Maintaining Personal Relationships While Running a Business
25:55: Janice’s Advice for Entrepreneurs and the Sexes
29:05: Equality Opportunity Progress
33:30: Humans Operating in Tribes
35:55: Janice’s Recommended Books
43:45: Janice on Influence and the ‘If’ poem
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man/Woman, my son/daughter!
Contact Info:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbryanthowroyd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janicebryanthowroyd/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaniceBryantHowroyd/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbryanthowroyd
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Casey Fenton ~ Founder of CouchSurfing and Upstock
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Imagine being a young man hacking the University of Iceland’s directory to meet new people and trying to find a couch to crash on for a free place to stay. Then turning that concept into a 20 million person platform that changed the way people travel. Casey Fenton is that young man and the platform he built is called Couch Surfing.
Casey joins us on the podcast today for a really exciting chat. These days Casey has built a new business called Upstock that is modernizing an antiquated stock option system that allows team members and employees to earn equity instantly without an undue cash burden on the company. He got this idea from his days at CouchSurfing when he didn’t have the ability to give his team and employees a shared part of the company. This frustrated him and it created a passion that started Upstock and the drive to help businesses help themselves.
We dive into Casey’s passion about Upstock today but also chat about the book on human egos that Casey is writing. He has another mission to help people understand their egos better and how we can use them for good. Of course, we also discuss about the Couch Surfing story and how it led Casey on a wild ride of world travel, startups, venture capitalists, challenges with the US taxation system, helping business grow and changing the way people travel all around the world.
04:19: Climbing the Great Pyramids
08:46: Casey on His New Business Upstock
17:50: Examples of Sharing Equity w/ Team Members
23:16: Casey on Gamifying Business
26:06: Ideas on Gamifying for Entrepreneurs Today
31:46: Ego Hacking
45:01: The First Couch That Casey Surfed On
48:47: Number One Lesson from CouchSurfing
51:32: Other Lessons from CouchSurfing
55:31: Casey on Influence
Contact Info:
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Jim Rogers ~ Founder and chairman of Rogers Holdings, and the Co-founder of the famous Quantum Fund and Soros Fund Management
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the podcast today. On the mic we have a very special guest. He is known as one of the world’s go-to people for investing advice amassing a net-worth of somewhere near $300,000,000. He is the founder and chairman of Rogers Holdings, and the co-founder of the famous Quantum Fund and Soros Fund Management that he built with George Soros in the 80’s. He is an author of many top-selling books and has been someone that offers sound and legitimate advice about business, investing and living a good well-balanced life, and his name is Jim Rogers.
We were very excited when we found out that Jim accepted our invitation to come on the show because he is a personal hero to both Noah Laith who joins us co-hosting today and myself. I started following Jim back in 2008 when I began investing in gold and silver. He was a proponent of always having gold and silver, and I enjoyed listening to Jim on interviews and learning from someone who seemed to have an incredible amount of insight and experience. Chatting with Jim was a blast, because he is a very down-to-earth person who seems to value the important things in life, like spending time with his family, going to the beach, travel, riding motorcycles, giving back, teaching others, and doing good in the world over amassing more and more wealth. We had some creative questions to ask Jim about life philosophy, influence and what he would tell his 20-year old self, but also dig into those questions about investing today, where the markets are headed, his long-term view of economies and we threw in a few questions that you guys sent in to us.
03:22: Jim Leaving the Backwoods of Alabama for the Ivy League and Wall Street
04:56: How Jim Defines Focus
06:50: Training Yourself to be Persistent
07:40: The Influence of Jim’s Peers at Yale
08:53: Jim’s Advice for Today’s Youth
10:12: Tipping Points for Jim’s Life
12:30: New Emerging Markets for the Next 10 Years
16:21: Jim on Agriculture and Pharma
19:01: What Jim Would Do if He Were 20 Years Old?
19:33: Jim on Machine Learning and it Impacting Investing
20:25: What Was Jim’s Worst Investment?
21:40: Hedging Against the Effects of Climate Change
22:48: The Next Crisis
26:29: Jim on Using Intuition
27:28: Jim on Influence
29:00: Changing America’s School System
30:17: What Does Jim Wish People Asked Him More Often?
Contact Info:
http://www.jimrogers.com/
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Ross Buhrdorf~ Founding CTO of HomeAway.com & Founder of ZenBusiness.com
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Many of us entrepreneurs in the internet/tech world are younger. Most of us are in our 20’s and 30’s because we grew up with computers. Every now and then we get a guest that has been involved with tech and internet companies since before the Dot Com Boom and it is exciting to hear their stories because it seems like they have seen it all.
Today’s guest is Ross Buhrdorf and he is the founding CTO that worked with the global giant HomeAway.com for eleven years until they sold to Expedia for $3.9 billion. Ross was also involved with one of the first major search engines Excite.com that was once bigger than Google. Today, Ross and I chat about his time with Excite and HomeAway and what it was like building these companies up to become tech giants. Later in the episode, Ross shares with us about how he sets goals and how he uses neuro-linguistic programming to help create the success that he has had. Lastly, Ross shares about his newest venture Zen Business, that is helping entrepreneurs incorporate easily for a very low cost in any state of their choosing.
02:54: Why Ross Lives in Austin, Texas?
07:29: Ross’s Early Career at Excite.com and HomeAway.com
11:49: Working with One of the World’s Largest Search Engines During the Tech Boom
16:49: Tipping Point When Google Took Dominance
19:44: Working as a Founding CTO with HomeAway.com
23:09: Picking Great Companies to Work With
30:44: Selling HomeAway for $3.9 Billion
33:09: The Vacuum of TIme After Exiting a Business
40:44: Goal Setting from the CTO of a Billion Dollar Company
44:19: Zen Business Incorporating Business for Free
47:49: Helping 1,000,000 Entrepreneurs in Five Years
51:48: Ross on Influence
Contact Info:
ross@zenbusiness.com
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Brad Birkenfeld~ Exposing the Largest Tax Fraud Scheme in the History of the World w/ the Author of 'Lucifer’s Banker'
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
The Swiss banking system is one of the most powerful and secretive banking systems we have in the world. They have been known for years as the go-to place for wealthy from all countries to store their money and according to Swiss law they absolutely cannot share their clients information with any person, government or entity around the world.
Our guest today, Bradley Birkenfeld is a former top employee of the Union Bank of Switzerland, known as UBS. He ran the United States division of the company in Geneva for years. While working for UBS, he found some documents that were written to protect the bank from illegal activity that the bank was condoning in the United States. These documents were worded in a way that they could throw their employees “under the bus” if they needed to direct the blame elsewhere. When Brad approached the company about it, they ignored him. This was a huge red flag for Brad, and after numerous attempts, he eventually resigned from the company.
This inspired a series of events which led Brad to approach the Department of Justice in the United States government, about the problem and illegal activity the bank had been conducting on US soil. To his surprise, the Department of Justice didn’t welcome him with open arms. In fact, they even turned the case against him. Eventually, Brad had to turn to the US Senate and IRS to expose what turned into the largest case of tax fraud the US government has ever seen, and Brad became largest whistleblower the US Government and the Swiss banking system has ever come across. On today’s show Brad tells his story and outlines what he has written in his book Lucifer’s Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy.
Now, because of Brad’s participation with the bank, he was actually sentenced to 30 months in prison by the United States. What is shocking, is the out of the 19,000 names Brad exposed to the US government not a single sole went to jail, except him. That’s right, the only person that went to jail is the man that exposed billions of dollars of tax fraud against the United States. So far, the US government has collected somewhere near $16 billion in unpaid taxes from Brad’s case. Now there is some good new at the end of this tale! Because the government collected so much from Brad’s case, the IRS rewarded him $104 million...yes, you heard me right. The US government put the man in jail that blew the whistle on the largest tax fraud scheme in the history of the world with the Swiss banks, they then gave him 30 months in jail, and then rewarded him with $104 million….and yes, it is all a very true story!
05:05: Lucifer’s Banker the Book
07:41: The Swiss Banking Background
17:11: Brad Starts Working for the Swiss Banks
19:56: Seeing Red Flags While Working for a Swiss Bank
27:59: The Whistleblowing Law
29:36: Brad Brings 19,000 Names of People Committing Tax Fraud to the Department of Justice
36:31: Exposing a Partner to Saddam Hussein
41:06: Taking the Case to the Senate, the IRS and the SEC
47:06: Brad Goes to Jail and is Rewarded $104 Million
57:11: What Has Gotten Better Due to Brad’s Whistleblowing?
1:01:11: Are the Banks Really Too Big to Fail?
1:05:11: What is the Solution for the Future of Banking?
1:08:11: How Can the Average Person Support Whistleblowers and Stopping Corrupt Banking?
1:12:16: Brad’s Experience in Jail
1:14:51: Brad’s Investment Advice
1:16:51: Brad on Influence
Contact Info:
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Matt Artisan ~ Dating Coach, Founder of The Attractive Man & YouTube Influencer
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Imagine having over 500,000 YouTube subscribers and 80% of those were we the past 11-months. Today’s guest is a good friend, founder of The Attractive Man and world-renowned dating coach Matt Artisan. In the past year, Matt’s YouTube channel and influence has skyrocketed! Matt has a been a dating coach since 2006 teaching men how to communicate and date women. He started out by helping a couple clients one-on-one. Over the years, he has turned this service into a business that helps thousands and thousands of people and they consistently run events all over the world.
Today, Matt and I chat about the influence he has acquired over the years. We talk about how he grew this simple service into a business and he shares his secrets to his massive YouTube growth in 2018!
- 05:06: Matt Getting His Start Helping Guys Talk to Girls in College
- 15:32: Results from Coaching Men About Dating
- 17:59: 420,000 YouTube Subscribers in the Past 12 Months
- 23:08: Experiencing Rapid Growth
- 24:09: What is Working on YouTube?
- 26:49: Time and Effort Matt Puts Intro a YouTube Video
- 28:59: What is a YouTube Subscriber Worth vs Other Platforms?
- 31:34: Matt’s Habits That Keep Him Going
- 33:09: Recommended Books & Podcasts
- 36:04: Handling Major Influence in a Constructive Manner
- 38:19: Challenges Maintaining Influence
- 41:18: Tips on Growing Influence
Contact Info:
Website: https://www.theattractiveman.com/
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Rock Thomas ~ World's Top 50 Realtor Selling 5000 Homes in a Year, Serial Entrepreneur and Investor
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Influence is an interesting aspect of being an entrepreneur. As each person climbs the ladder of success, their influence is bound to grow. How we manage that influence will say a lot about our character and help or hinder our continued growth. Today, on the podcast we are joined by Rock Thomas. Rock a person that has built a considerable amount of influence over the years from becoming one of the top 50 realtors in the world selling over 5000 houses in a year. He has spoken and worked with some of the most famous entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the world, had his speeches and videos viewed over 55 million times and built 34 streams of income.
Throughout the show, Rock and I chat about the influence he has achieved and how he maintains it in the good times and not-so-good times. Rock’s underlying message is, “Influence begins with influencing self”.
02:58: Managing Energy Levels and Daily Routine
05:32: Transferring Past Pain to Create the Result you Desire
08:52: Who is Rock Thomas?
14:10: Ways to Increase the Constructive Challenges in Your Life
15:52: Major Takeaways from Being on the World’s Top 50 Realtors
19:32: Creating 35 Streams of Revenue
26:42: Reverse Engineering
28:51: Creating an A-Team
32:12: Rock on Influence
37:32: Biggest Challenge as an Influencer
Contact Info:
Instagram: @rockthomas
Facebook: @RockThomasOfficial
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Johan Ernst Nilson ~ Adventure Activist
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Could you imagine trekking eighteen months from the North Pole to the South Pole? Or what about spending three-thousand nights in a tent? Or Kayaking from Sweden to Africa? Walking the Serengeti? Dog Sledding the Arctic? Riding a bike across the Americas? Or Kitesurfing across Greenland? Well, today’s guest can and he has done it all! Not only has he completed those adventures he has completed nearly fifty more treks throughout 168 countries setting world records and making it on TIME magazine. Johan Ernst Nilson joins us on the podcast today to chat about his life and mission as one of the world's top adventure activists.
Johan and I, chat for an hour and a half about his life and the journeys he has been on. He has some great tips about finding the motivation to achieve impossible challenges. We chat about having a champion's mindset, never giving up and about the most inspiring and scary moments he has had trekking the earth. We wrap up our interview listening to Johan talk about what he has experienced with climate change, and how he is using the influence he has gained to make a positive impact in the world.
04:03: The Placebo Effect and Branding
09:42: Who is Johan Ernst Nilson?
28:28: Johan on the Importance of Having a Why
33:31: The Scariest Situation Out of All Johan’s Adventures
37:11: Johan’s Most Cathartic Experience
42:54: What Johan’s Thinks About on Long Solo Treks
46:29: Johan’s Most Impactful Reads
48:09: Climate Change Today
58:04: Using Influence to Create a Positive Impact
1:06:04: Financing Non-Stop Adventures
1:16:54: Johan’s Future Treks
Contact Info:
Instagram: @johanernst
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Emma Jakobi ~ Founder of mmmEnglish
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
One point six million YouTube subscribers in three years, going from a teaching job to having a massive platform to build a business and help people along the way. This is exactly what happened to today’s guest. Emma Jakobi is the founder of mmmEnglish. mmmEnglish started out as a YouTube channel created by Emma to help her students learn English when she wasn’t teaching in class. The channel took off pretty rapidly and after a year and a half, Emma saw the opportunity to build a business helping people learn English online using her channel as the main platform.
Today on the show, Emma and I talk about the growth of her YouTube channel. Emma shares about all the methods she had used to make this a success. Towards the end of the show, we chat about how Emma has handled her new influence in a responsible way creating a positive impact with her content and her business.
05:10: Who is the YouTube Sensation Emma Jakobi?
09:15: mmmEnglish YouTube Channel
16:33: Hitting 100,000 Subscribers on YouTube
20:38:: Getting 1,000,000 Subscribers in the Past Year
27:28: Hooking People on YouTube with Authentic Videos
36:33: Emma on Handling Haters
38:38: What is a YouTube Subscriber Worth?
42:13: Emma on Influence
Contact Info:
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Sebastian Marshall ~ Ultraworking Founder & Expert
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
I think most listeners on the show know about my love and mild obsession with being productive. When I get around other productivity lovers it is always fun to jump down the rabbit hole of productivity hacks. Today’s show is just that! Sebastian Marshall, the founder of Ultraworking.com joins us on the podcast and we chat about productivity on both business and personal levels. Sebastian shares in detail on how he sets and achieves goals, how he keeps motivated, and his daily ritual. We also chat about how Sebastian structures his life and business to ensure the most optimal productive result.
02:45: Why to Always Have a Spare Bedroom
04:02: Sebastian Becoming a Productivity Expert
10:37: Sebastian’s Rule of Spending Time with People
14:07: Biggest Challenge in the Work Place Today and Recording Your Time
17:52: UltraWorking’s Best Practices
24:08: Achieving 10% Growth per Week
32:23: Flow-State and 400% Productivity
40:57: Measuring Neurochemicals in Your Body to Increase Productivity
45:03: Sebastian’s Daily Routine
Contact Info:
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Rob Walling ~ Co-Founder of MicroConf
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Many influencers use a conference as an incredible opportunity to build camaraderie with their community. A lot of times, it is this event that can really take a person’s influence to the next level. People need this type of event to build a tribe and to create personal one-on-one connections. Today’s guest is no different. Rob Walling is the founder of MicroConf, the first conference for software and SaaS entrepreneurs and enthusiasts.
Today, MircoConf is known world-wide and it has two major events in the US and one in Europe. Rob hops on the mic to chat about building MicroConf to what it is today, the tools and methods he used to start his first event and building it to where it literally sells out in three minutes! On top of running MicroConf, Rob is a successful serial entrepreneur, blogger, the founder of Drip, Tiny Seed, Zen Founder Podcast and Startups for the Rest of Us Podcast
03:14: Who is Rob Walling?
06:42: The Importance of the Backend of an Online Business
15:36: Starting MicroConf
19:02: Selling the First Tickets
23:04: The Tipping Point for the MicroConf Brand
26:20: Starting Your Own Conference
29:39: How Blogging Played a Role to Gain Influence
37:17: To Create a Personal Brand vs Not
42:15: Using the Podcast and Conference to Grow Relationships
Contact Info:
Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Andrew Henderson ~ Founder & CEO of Nomad Capitalist
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Today listeners, my good friend, and co-host Noah Laith and I get to interview the Founder and CEO of Nomad Capitalist, Andrew Henderson. Andrew joins us on the mic to chat about how he legally reduced his global tax rate from 43% to 1%...no joke! Andrew has had quite a bit of success as an entrepreneur from a very young age and when his businesses hit 8-figures he realized that the tax checks he was writing to the government were getting pretty large. Andrew then started out on a journey to save those taxes legally to maximize his wealth. Throughout the show, we also get to ask Andrew about some of the best overseas investments, second residencies and citizenships, banking around the world, how to maximize on the nomadic lifestyle, and how to build influence along the way!
02:52: Who is Andrew Henderson?
10:48: Strategies to Legally Reduce Your Global Tax Rate
13:38: Go Where You Are Treated Best
16:07: Countries Abroad to Incorporate
22:33: Getting Second Residencies and Citizenships
33:09: Living Abroad and Second Residencies w/ a Family
37:52: Growing a Business By Giving Content Away for Free
42:16: Tips on Growing Influence
50:34: Andrew’s Recommended Books
Contact Info:
Friday Nov 23, 2018
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Barney Waters ~ CEO of K-Swiss Shoe Company
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
We are five podcasts into our new ‘100 Major Influencer’ series and I have to tell you I am really inspired by our guest today! Recently, I was introduced to the CEO of K-Swiss shoe and apparel company Barney Waters. Barney agreed to come on the show and I am very glad he did. Barney and K-Swiss are taking their marketing strategy to a completely different level that I have never seen before. They are focusing on making ‘the shoe’ for CEOs and entrepreneurs.
I have to be honest, at first, I was a bit taken back by the strategy, but after talking to Barney and learning more about their purpose and focus I am completely on board with what they are doing. In fact, during the show, I thought to myself a few times...I have to get me a pair of those shoes!. K-Swiss is using influencer marketing for new and young hip CEO’s and entrepreneurs to promote and they have even created a very unique partnership with the legendary Gary Vaynerchuk and Barney share exactly how that partnership and partnerships with other influencers were created and handled.
06:43: How did Barney Wind Up at K-Swiss
09:01: A Behind the Scenes Snapshot of the Sneaker World
12:43: The Peaks and Troughs of K-Swiss
15:59: Making K-Swiss the Show for the CEO and Entrepreneurial World
19:41: Picking Fights You Can Win in Business
21:31: Recognizing if You're in a Market You Can’t Win
24:55: K-Swiss’s Influencer Marketing and Establishing a Partnership w/ Gary Vaynerchuk
28:17: Sending a Freezing Cold Email to Gary V and Having Success
29:29: Creating Partnerships w/ High-Profile Partnerships
36:29: Barney on Authenticity & Transparency
Contact Info:
Social Media: @barneywaters
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Silvia Christmann ~ Founder of SilviaChristmann.com & Long-Term Location Independent Entrepreneur
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Hey listeners, welcome to The Business Method Podcast, I am your host Chris Reynolds and we have another amazing episode coming to your earbuds right now. Silvia Christmann is a good friend, fellow podcaster and one of the most impressive location independent entrepreneurs that I know. Silvia started out traveling the world solo back in 1999 and has been location independent for nearly two decades. On top of that, she has worked in and with the tech scene with some major players and high-level executives for many years. As she continued to live out her dreams of traveling and building business she noticed people wanted to learn more about her, and follow her.
Over the years, Silvia has built up a pretty impressive amount of influence rubbing shoulders with some of the most well-known entrepreneurs in the world and now hosting the DNX Podcast which is one of the top English speaking podcasts in Germany, and also very popular all around the world. Today we chat with Silvia about handling influence, her struggles as a solo female traveler and entrepreneur, the change in business environments and importance of a stronger female presence in the business world, and we dive into the importance of podcasting and how it has helped both of our careers.
03:13: Sewing Buttons and Productivity Hacks
10:55: Traveling the World for 17 Years and Becoming an Entrepreneur
18:52: Becoming an Influencer
21:32: Challenges as a Female Traveling Entrepreneur
25:47: Significant Moments in a 17 Year Location Independent Career
30:05: Using Influence to Grow Business and Have a Positive Impact in the World
30:57: Seeing Major Political Leaders That Ignore the Progress of Women in Business
35:56: Helping Leaders Grow and Scale Rapidly
40:51: Using a Podcast for Influence
44:03: Relating to Podcast Guests
46:02: Suggestions for Being a Good Podcast Guest
Contact Info:
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Tyrone Shum ~ Founder and Host of Property Investory
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
From toilet deodorizing to having a top ranking real estate podcast on iTunes. Tyrone Shum the founder of Property Investory and Property Investory podcast is joining us today. Tyrone started his podcast a little over a year ago when realizing there was a need in Austrailia for some better and more frequent real estate podcasts. He launched his show, and over 12 months grew it to where he is getting 40,000 downloads per month.
Today we dive into the nitty-gritty of podcasting. Tyrone shares the specific details on how he grew his podcast rapidly, the importance of iTunes stats and iTunes reviews, and a few little hacks that he uses to publish daily and get ranked faster.
02:34: Strang and Random Elon Musk Bashing Email
05:22: Starting Out w/ a Toilet Deoderizing Business
08:13: Who is Tyron Shum?
11:05: Using a Podcast to Learn a Trade and Grow Wealth
13:55: Tyrone’s Real Estate Golden Nugget
16:25: Growing Property Investory Podcast to One of The Top Real Estate Podcast on iTunes
21:42: The Amount of Man Hours and Cost to Run a Podcast
24:20: Finding Interns to Help Grow Your Podcast
25:50: Making Sure Your Interns Know Working for You is a Good Internship
29:26: Difference Between a Download vs. a Listen vs. a Play on Podcasts
31:01: Where do Tyrone’s Listeners Come From?
32:01: iTunes Competition
33:31: iTunes and Podcasting Hacks
39:44: Importance of Rates and Reviews on iTunes
41:31: Publishing Daily vs. Publishing Weekly
43:05: The Future of Podcasting
Contact Info:
Monday Nov 12, 2018
Monday Nov 12, 2018
Jason Dent ~ Professional Rodeo Man
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Hello listeners, today we have a special treat for you. I got someone on the podcast I have wanted to join the show for quite a while now, a good friend/partner/client Jason Dent. Jason is his real name, but his stage name is Whistle-Nut the rodeo clown! True story, Jason is a professional athlete, stuntman, comedian, jokester, and former semi-pro bull rider in the rodeo world. On top of that, he is a farmer, family man, auctioneer, celebrity, and reality show contestant. This man is a rare breed of entrepreneur and influencer.
I have known Jason for nearly twenty years and worked one-on-one with him over the past four years to ride along as he went from a small town rodeo entertainer with 2500 Facebook followers, to a national celebrity in the rodeo world and in the reality TV world with somewhere around 300,000 followers on social media. It has been a wild ride to see my friend grow and incredibly fun to be a part of that journey and today Jason and I talk about the past four years and what it takes to be a major influencer in the rodeo world!
03:00: Who is Jason Dent?
05:07: The Professional Rodeo Life
09:50: The Whistle-Nut & Ole Rodeo Team Business Growth Over the Past 4 years
13:19: Going From Money Focus to Value Focus
17:56: What Does a Rodeo Entertainer Do?
27:59: Important Mental Shifts for Jason and Brand Growth
40:47: The Four C’s to Grow Towards Success
50:52: Most Important Lessons Being an Influencer
Contact Info:
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Ajit Nawalkha ~ Co-Founder of Mindvalley & Founder of Evercoach
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Hello listeners and welcome back to the show. I love spending time with like-minded entrepreneurs that have mindsets that almost seem like they are light years beyond most business mentalities. I am happy to say we have another one of those people on the show today. Ajit Nawalkha hops on the mic with us to share about how he went from a house of twenty-three people to becoming the co-founder of Mindvalley, the founder of Evercoach, an author and an entrepreneur on the forefront of business thought today!
Throughout the show, Ajit shares about his life starting in a small village in India living with twenty-three family members to becoming a co-founder and CEO of Mindvalley. Later in the episode, Ajit and I discuss concepts like The Matrix of Practicality, tapping into Flowstate, and the importance of Intuitive Intelligence. His story is incredible, and the lessons that he learned throughout this process is a goldmine of knowledge.
04:47: Starting Life Living w/ 23 People in One House
20:47: Building Mindvalley
24:27: Measuring the Value of a Product
25:32: Killing Products That No Longer Add Value
26:37: Enjoyable and Ethical Marketing
31:07: Evercoach
32:32: What to Look for When Hiring a Coach?
34:42: Tips for People Looking to Start a Coaching Business
36:56: The Matrix of Practicality
41:29: Flow-State
43:57: Intuitive Intelligence
Contact Info:
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Jason Campbell ~ Leaving the World of Entrepreneurship to Work for Mindvalley
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Many of you know of the company Mindvalley. They are without a doubt one of the most popular and fastest growing personal development companies in the world today. Today is a special show because we got the chance to sit down with ‘The Wildcard of Mindvalley’, Jason Campbell...and that is really his title. Jason and I start our chat talking about his process leaving the world of entrepreneurship because he had such a strong desire to work with Mindvalley. Most people are shocked at this reaction, but once you start to understand the inner workings of Mindvalley you quickly begin to realize that for many, this a really smart move. Mindvalley catapults its employee's careers and lives to a completely different level. They are incredibly passionate about helping their employees accomplish their dreams, even if their dreams take them away from their time with the company. This creates very passionate promoters and employees at the company and thus makes Mindvalley grow faster and better.
Today we will chat with Jason about how Mindvalley creates and launches products, about their team building and company culture. Their very interesting and successful hiring and firing process, and what Jason would implement if he were building a remote team.
02:38: FreedomXFest
04:33: The Future of Education
09:36: Who is Jason Campbell?
16:08: Creating the 4-Hour Work Week and Finding Mindvalley
19:23: Leaving the Entrepreneur Life to Work at Mindvalley
26:05: Mindvalley’s Incredible Hiring & Firing Process
30:38: Jason’s Biggest Takeaway from Working With Mindvalley
32:35: Love Week
44:46: Creating Systems and SOP’s at Mindvalley
47:33: Building a Remote Team
54:38: Jason’s Productivity Tips
Contact Info:
Social Media: jascampbell17
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Ron Lynch ~ GoPro Marketing Genius & Founder of Big Baby Agency
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Listeners welcome back to the show and we are launching our first episode of the 100 Major Influencer series and do we have a special treat for you! Ron Lynch is the marketing genius that helped take GoPro from $600,000 to over $600,000,000 by using video techniques to engage, enroll and sell. Ron chats with us and shares some of his favorite video marketing tips, how Hollywood played a role helping Ron get his start, some fundamental points successful marketing videos need and how to manage business and life as a major influencer.
02:25: Why Ron Loves Austin?
05:00: Who is Ron Lynch?
11:25: Big Baby Agency
13:00: Creating Successful Video Marketing
16:28: Where to Find Ideas for Successful Video Marketing
19:10: Formula for Creative Process to Create Video Marketing
24:28: Taking GoPro from $600k to $650 Million
30:00: Applying What Ron Learned Working w/ GoPro
35:13: Mixing Business Tactics with Values and Ethical Philosophy
41:30: The Way Media & Marketing Effects Reality
46:29: Balancing Influence
48:12: Ron’s Mentors
Contact Info:
ron@bigbabyagency.com
Friday Nov 02, 2018
Friday Nov 02, 2018
Get Shit Done Live 2018 Follow up
03:27: Who is Ben Dziwulski?
06:50: Taking a Year to Build an Audience Before Selling to Them
10:52: Why Ben Came to Get Shit Done Live?
15:34: The Accountability and Value From It At Get Shit Done Live
17:29: The Attendees of Get Shit Done Live
18:42: Ben’s Productivity Levels at Get Shit Done LIve
Contact Info:
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Two life-changing hacks I have recently been learning and applying:
1. How to hack jet lag.
2. How to hack the time you spend on your phone.
Monday Oct 29, 2018
Monday Oct 29, 2018
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
That's a wrap! It has been about 15 months of interviewing 100 7-figure location independent entrepreneurs and on this episode, I will highlight some of the lessons throughout the process and of course we address the difference between the 5-figure, 6-figure, and 7-figure mentalities!
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
John Lee Dumas ~ Founder of Entrepreneur on Fire Podcast
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
Hey listeners, I am very excited about this podcast and this podcast guest for a few reasons. The first reason is that this is podcast #100 of the ‘100 7-Figure Location Independent Entrepreneurs’ series. It has been over a year that we have been hopping on the mic with 7-figure entrepreneurs from all over the world that have built location independent businesses. It has been an incredible ride and we are finishing this chapter of podcasts and getting ready to start a new series that we will announce at the end of this show. Another reason I am excited about this podcast is because we invited the great John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneur on Fire podcast to join us. John was the original podcaster to publish short daily episodes interviewing entrepreneurs and he really helped the podcasting world grow, especially for entrepreneurs. John has done a fantastic job creating a 7-figure location independent podcast model. He has won iTunes podcast of the year in 2013, now he is still podcasting and has published over 2000 episodes with over 1,000,000 listens per month!
John hops on the mic with us today to chat about what it takes to be a podcaster in today's world. He shares about some of the things that are important when building a podcast and he recommends many things that podcasters should not be doing. We talk about some of the best tactics to theme your podcast and how to maximize your rankings and subscribers.
04:00: John Starts a Podcast for Profit
06:06: Starting a Podcast Off Right
07:25: How to Get 1,000,000 Podcast Listens in a Year
08:50: Finding a Niche for Podcasting
09:51: Mistakes Most Podcasters Make w/ Trying to Grow
11:02: John on Getting the Best of iTunes
12:35: Strategy for Getting Ranked on iTunes
14:25: Podcasts That John Likes
16:01: Opportunities for Location-Independent Entrepreneurs
Contact Info:
Wednesday Oct 24, 2018
Wednesday Oct 24, 2018
Jesse Elder ~ Mindset Coach and Founder of JesseElder.com
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
I recently met today’s guest on an island in Croatia at the most impressive business conference I had ever been to. It was called Baby Bathwater Institute and on the island were many of the world's top entrepreneurs/inventors/investors and thought leaders. A few of them include Jamie Wheal the co-founder of Flow Genome Project and author of Stealing Fire, Trevor Chapman who hosts a top-five business podcast on iTunes. Jack Charles Alloca, one of the worlds top neuroscientist. The men that spend the most amount of money on YouTube and Google Ads totaling in hundreds of millions of dollars a month and the marketing genius that took GoPro from $16 million to $600 million. There was also one individual that wasn’t as well known but just as impressive. His name is Jesse Elder and he is the guest on our show today.
Jesse is an entrepreneur, international speaker and black belt in Taekwondo. He started out building multiple martial arts schools in Texas as a young man eventually selling them to follow another vision he had to build his personal brand and become a mindset coach. I have seen A LOT of mindset coaches out there, and I can honestly say, I think he is one of the best I have ever encountered. Jesse has a way to him that can captivate those that are around him, and after I attended one of his talks, I remember how much in awe the audience of incredibly successful entrepreneurs was afterwards. Fortunate for us, Jesse was kind enough to come on the show! And by the way, this is without a doubt one of my favorite interviews.
On the show, Jesse talks about mindset in a much different way than I had ever heard. He shares tips on enhancing creativity and the importance of using that creativity in our businesses. He shares about his years teaching martial arts, the importance of understanding what is useful vs. what is truth, a powerful four-phase meditation and he also tells us about his experience fighting in underground fight clubs and being in waking delta state-of-mind.
07:00: Increasing and Enhancing Creativity
10:30: Having Too Many Awesome Creative Ideas to Implement
12:05: Losing Inspiration on an Idea or Goal
14:50: Who is Jesse Elder?
22:30: Finding Integrity Through Underground Fight Clubs
28:15: Applying Concepts That Are Based on Results
32:40: Know When You Need to Follow a New Path in Life
37:20: Jesse’s Daily Routine
40:10: The Four Phase Meditation
49:10: Waking Delta Brainwaves
55:05: Gamma State of Mind
1:01:20: Jesse on Implementing Goals
Contact Info:
Monday Oct 22, 2018
Monday Oct 22, 2018
Alex Brown ~ Co-Founder of The Beard Club
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
Recurring revenue for a business is a hot topic these days. Everyone wants to learn optimal ways to have the extra monthly revenue coming in to help their business grow and also be able to provide more value to their customers. Alex Brown is an expert in this space and joins us to chat about how businesses can find ways to create recurring revenue and how entrepreneurs can grow their businesses.
Alex is the co-founder of The Beard Club and together with his partner, they have grown their business from $0 to $10 million in revenue in year 1! Their business absolutely exploded over the past few years and Alex joins us to chat about creating subscription models, handling rapid growth and of course living the location independent lifestyle!
03:53: The Importance of Location Independence
05:53: Keeping Balance While Traveling
08:56: Starting as an Entrepreneur
14:45: Screwing Up On a Regular Basis
23:36: Alex on Creating Recurring Revenue for Your Business
29:49: Maintaining a Community to Keep Authenticity, Trust, and Loyalty
33:59: Recommendations to Find New Ways to Create a Subscription Product
35:39: Staying on Top of Business Growth
41:56: The Difference Between 5-Figure, 6-Figure, 7-Figure & 8-Figure Mindsets
Contact Info:
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Tiffany Julie ~ Founder of TiffanyJulie.com
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
I want to start today’s introduction off like this, I love today’s podcast and I love today’s guest. It was the first time we had ever talked and I found that our guest's story is so incredibly inspiring that it blew me away and I think it will blow you away today. Tiffany Julie is our guest today, and she is a super nomadic, world traveling, 7-figure location independent entrepreneur. She started out by sailing the open seas as a yacht captain for several years before starting her own business fixing and repairing yachts. She quickly grew that to a 7-figure business with a team of twelve and she had a dream life but knew something bigger was calling her. So she sold all of her things camped across the country and then bought a one-way ticket to Thailand.
After arriving, she and her partner traveled around living in different countries and testing new online businesses. Finally, they decided to start an eComm store and put all of their time into this business, when she woke up on her 32nd birthday at 4:00 am completely blind. Yes, you heard me right completely blind. This, as you can imagine, absolutely changed her life. She then flew back to the US and met with some of the best eye doctors in the world looking for solutions. The only problem was that the doctors were stumped. They had never seen a case like Tiffany’s before and they didn’t know how to fix it.
This is when Tiffany reached deep inside herself and threw herself into meditation, personal development podcasts, and positive thinking. The deeper she went into her meditations the more she had the feeling that everything was going to be okay. She held onto positive thoughts and positive emotions knowing that she would be healed. And, she even kept working on growing her newly launched eComm business. It took her six long months and finally one day she woke up and she could see light again. She wasn’t completely healed, but it was the first step. She got so excited that she and her partner bought tickets to move back to Thailand! She has continued the healing process and now, she can see much better. Another incredible aspect of this story is that in year-1 with her eComm business, while she was blind and partially blind Tiffany pulled in $1.4 million in sales. Year-2 has just passed and the business did over $2 million. Now Tiffany is branching off into coaching female entrepreneurs to help them be the best that they can be. It’s an absolutely amazing story!
04:47: Why Tiffany Has Based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
10:05: Who is Tiffany Julie?
16:55: Growing Your Money Thermometer and Getting to the Next Level of Income
21:55: Traveling the World and Starting to Work Online
25:10: Hitting $2 Million in 2 Years and $1.4 Million in 1 Year
27:53: Finding Traffic Sources
31:27: Tiffany Loses Her Eyesight
38:10: The Experience of Being Blind
42:10: Tiffany’s Meditation Process to Help Heal Eyesight
45:00: Tiffany’s Vision Starts to Come Back
46:55: Overcoming Self Doubt
51:09: Starting Coaching High-Performing Female Entrepreneurs
53:47: Helping People Become More Productive
57:47: Tiffany’s Favorite Productivity Tips
Contact Info:
Social Media: IamTiffanyJulie
FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FemaleEntreprenuersonPurposewithPurpose/
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Lior Gantz ~ Founder of Wealth Research Group
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
I love insightful entrepreneurs and investors. Some people just understand markets and economics very well even without a traditional education. Today’s guest is one of those people. Lior Gantz the founder and CEO of Wealth Research Group joins us today. Wealth Research Group allows readers into the minds of the few that beat the markets consistently. Lior started investing at 16 years old, he started his first business shortly after and now has built numerous successful businesses.
Today on the show we get into the mind of Lior and how he thinks like an entrepreneur and investor. Lior also talks about Cryptocurrency, how he was featuring Ethereum before it’s value skyrocketed and of course, we chat a bit on optimizing the location independence lifestyle.
02:41: Lior Gets His Start as an Entrepreneur/Investor
20:33: Lior’s Businesses
30:37: Lior Predicts Ethereum Before it Boomed and Where Crypto is Headed
Contact Info:
https://www.wealthresearchgroup.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC01vpJsPMseEtuNiiWHRtug/featured
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Nate Broughton ~ Co-Founder of Opt Out Life
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
Many people in the world were sold the lives that they are living, by people and systems that don’t necessarily serve them. They wander day-in and day-out through life wondering why they aren’t happy. This is the core concept of lifestyle design. You designing a life that fits your needs and dreams. Today’s guest is a fellow lifestyle designer and someone that is working hard to help others opt-out of the traditional life. His name is Nate Broughton and he is the co-founder of the Opt Out Life movement and Opt Out Podcast.
Nate grew up in Missouri and hit a gold mine as a young college student working for a company that sold tickets online. A few years later that company was worth $22,000,000! Taking what he learned from that company and partnering with some others Nate and the team then grew a mortgage company that still runs today and two other businesses that he could exit from for over 7-figures. He then opted-out of his own life and moved to Southern California and still based there but continues to travel the world. Throughout the show, Nate and I discuss lifestyle design and creating side-hustles to help people escape 9-5’s and free them up from monthly expenses. We also talk about steps one can take building a side-hustle, how to travel with a family, and what it is like being a digital nomad.
03:27: A Tijuana Taxi Ride
07:29: Nate on San Diego, California
10:45: Who is Nate Broughton and Building 7-Figure Businesses w/ College Kids
17:00: Leaving a Successful Network for to Find Other Successful Networks
20:45: Hacks Traveling w/ Small Children
25:39: The Opt Out Life and Inspiring Opt Out Stories
31:54: Building The Opt Out Life Community
36:24: How to Pick a Good Side Hustle
Contact Info:
nate@optoutlife.com
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Andy Fossett ~ Founder of GMB Fitness
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
I love remote companies. I love the idea of them, I love the freedom they give the founders and the employees. I love that more and more companies around the world are getting to the point to where they can work, with their teams anywhere in the world as long as they have a decent internet connection. Today’s guest is Andy Fossett and he is the founder of GMB Fitness. GMB is a company that is dedicated to helping people expand their movement, mobility, range, and strength. And, they are a remote company with twenty-three workers over nineteen timezones!
Today on the show, Andy and I chat about how he manages so many time zones and maintains the communication and culture throughout the company. We also chat about how living abroad has made Andy a better entrepreneur, why he loves Japan and how he overcomes scarcity beliefs from childhood.
03:07: On Being Based in Japan
07:37: Who is Andy Fossett
12:17: Overcoming Scarcity Beliefs From Childhood
18:19: Andy’s Daily Ritual and Balancing Priorities
27:37: Twenty-Three Employees Spread Out Amongst 19 Timezones
32:27: Maintaining the Company Culture w/ So Many Remote Employees
35:07: Company Meetups Around the World for Remote Companies
38:15: How Living Abroad Made Andy a Better Entrepreneur
Contact Info:
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
Daniel Ameduri ~ Founder of Future Money Trends
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
I love hearing stories of entrepreneurs hitting rock bottom and building their way back up to the top. They are stories of persistence and the bare-knuckle drive to never accept something less than what they feel they deserve. Today’s guest is in that category of incredible people and the founder of Future Money Trends, Daniel Ameduri.
Daniel and I talk today about how he built a real estate portfolio up to millions as a young man and then lost it all in the 2008 crash. He then rebuilt himself back to millions in a short five years. We dive deep as Daniel shares about recovering from being broke, how he now teaches his children about entrepreneurship, his prediction on the global economy for the next ten years and his insight on location independence!
03:15: Daniel and Chris Talk Incorporating in Texas and the Great City of Austin
07:45: Who is Daniel Ameduri?
14:14: Daniel’s Business Investing Strategy and Making a Business From His Hobby
16:30: Daniel Goes Broke and Starts Work in a Grocery Store
23:25: Recovering From Being Broke
26:22: Teaching Children About Entrepreneurship
29:05: Prediction On the Global Economy For the Next Decade
34:30: Starting Over with an Online Business
39:45: Daniel on Location Independence
Contact Info:
https://www.futuremoneytrends.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/FutureMoneyTrends
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Ray Blakney ~ Founder of Live Lingua
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
Back in 2011, I was a lonely world-traveling digital entrepreneur living in Costa Rica. I wanted to learn Spanish as quickly as possible so I bought an online course for $30 teaching me power verbs. Honestly, it was one of the most useful products I had purchased to learn Spanish and to help me understand languages I still use that same method. Fast forward to today, and I have the creator of that online course on our podcast to chat about how he has grown his language business into a 7-figure remote company.
His name is Ray Blakney and he is the co-founder of Live Lingua. Ray is an American that grew up in Turkey and now is based in Mexico with his wife and family. They started a full-fledged brick and mortar language school in Queretaro, Mexico and quickly expanded to a learning platform online. Today, Live Lingua has served over 15,000 students, they offer classes in eleven different languages and they are helping people learn all over the world!
03:07: Basing in Queretaro, Mexico
06:00: Who is Ray Blakney
08:05: Starting a Language School and Building it Into an Online Business
11:18: The Power of SEO to Launch a Business
14:10: Take a Language School to a Multi-Language School
15:15: Tips to Grow Your Online Teaching Business
16:55: LiveLingua a 7-Figure Language Business
18:35: Pros and Cons About Leaving a Brick and Mortar Business
20:45: Keeping Company Culture w/ 200 Contractors
23:43: Ray on Having Passion for Your Product
28:20: The Difference Between a 5-Figure, 6-Figure & 7-Figure Educational Business
Contact Info:
Ray Blakney Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raymond.blakney
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Josh Lange ~ Founder of Just Squeezed Juice
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
Have you ever had a dream to start a business that would allow you to have six to eight months per year so you can do whatever you want? I know I did, and still do! Josh Lange is our guest today and he had that same dream. Josh started his first lemonade stand when he was twenty-two years old. He was so motivated to work the summers and ski during the winters that he hustled at events around the country for four months working as hard as he could to take the rest of the time off. Fast forward a few years and now he regularly makes over six figures at one event and has built this into a seven-figure business and still taking at least six months off a year.
On the show today, Josh shares how he started out with just $100 and a dream. He then shares tons of his secrets including, the importance of persistence, creating impeccable systems to run a business, the difference between and five, six, and seven figure mentality, and how to grow your mentality as an entrepreneur. Josh also trains entrepreneurs to grow their own businesses and of course we ask him how to make the best lemonade in the world.
03:32: Who is Josh Lange?
08:12: The Just Squeezed Juice Business Model
18:12: The Importance of Making Short-Term Money Goals
22:27: Standing Out in the Early Days of the Business
31:42: Josh’s Crazy Festival Story
37:42: The Importance of Building a Solid System
42:27: Living Life to the Fullest
47:57: Difference Between a 5-Figure, 6-Figure, and 7-Figure Mentality
50:32: How to Make the Best Lemonade in the World?
Contact Info:
https://www.justsqueezedjuice.com/
Instagram: @just.squeezed and @josh.lange
https://www.justbrewedcoffee.com/
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
Peter Friis ~ Co-Founder of PRVolt & Essio Shower
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
Hey listeners, on today’s show we welcome Peter Friis the co-founder Essio Shower. I was really excited to chat with Peter today because he was referred to us from a highly-reputable friend of the show. Peter, with his family his built Essio Shower into a 7-figure eComm company with a fully remote team. What is really exciting is that Peter was having so much success getting press coverage and using social media advertising to make that coverage skyrocket sales, that Peter decided to create another business called PRVolt to help other entrepreneurs do this as well!
During the episode, Peter chats with us about specifically how he and his teams hack PR to get a ton of media coverage and then use social media to maximize that press coverage. The content was so good during the interview, I was literally taking notes.
03:18: Choosing Santa Monica, California as a Base
05:48: Fireside Conf and Taking Remote Teams to Conferences
12:08: Peter’s Experience Working for Amazon
18:00: Hacking PR and Using Social Media to Maximize Press Coverage
28:33: Creating Effective Landing Pages
32:48: PRVolt
38:12: Running Two Businesses at Once
40:58: Benefits of Having Fully Remote Teams
Contact Info:
clarity.fm/peter-friis
Twitter: @spiritfriis
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Dave Williams ~ Founder of NomadX
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent
Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
Bootstrapping is quite common in today’s world. More and more we see entrepreneurs starting out with little money, just an idea, and a few years later they take that business to $1,000,000+. Today’s guest is Dave Williams and he is the founder of NomadX, a simple and easy solution for remote workers and entrepreneurs to find places to stay while traveling with like-minded people.
Dave has started and sold several multiple 7-figure companies over his entrepreneurial career. Today on the show, we get to chat with Dave about his experience, bootstrapping through the dot-com wave, how to navigate through economic cycles, focusing on a niche and the importance of speed in business.
04:25: Why Dave Has a Base in the South of Portugal?
07:25: Dave on The Camino de Santiago
10:25: Who is Dave Williams the Entrepreneur and What is NomadX?
19:05: The Value of Bootstrapping
23:30: The Importance of Picking a Niche and Speed in a Business
26:09: Recognizing When Your Focus is Too Broad
29:04: Tips for Entrepreneurs Spending Too Much Time ‘In’ the Business
31:55: Navigating Through Economic Cycles
38:15: 5-Figure vs. 6-Figure vs. 7-Figure Mentalities
Contact Info:
dave@nomadx.com
Friday Sep 28, 2018
Friday Sep 28, 2018
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