Growth Everywhere | Entrepreneurial Stories | Business Lessons

Hey everyone, today we're talking with Steli Efti, founder of Close.io - a sales software platform that has communication at its core. He's got an inspiring story that started out with buying a one-way plane ticket from Europe to Silicon Valley, and his insights on sheer hustle and fighting to make things happen are definitely worth listening to. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello everyone, today we're talking with Josh Pigford, founder of Baremetrics. Josh had an interesting entrepreneurial journey that led him to the discovery of Baremetrics, which is a data analytics product startups love - it integrates with Stripe to track things like recurring revenue, churn, and average revenue per user. He's got some interesting insights on what's made his company successful and the pros and cons of running a fully transparent business. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're talking with Shane Snow, CEO & Founder of Contently, a platform that works with big brands to reach their goals of publishing high-quality content. They're growing quickly with about 100 enterprise clients and 50,000 registered journalists. Shane reveals how he grew the company step by step, some of the struggles he faced, and some key things you can do to improve your own content marketing strategy. Stay tuned to the end because he reveals a very interesting productivity hack that I can't wait to use myself. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're talking to Russell Glass, CEO and co-founder of Bizo, a company that reached $50 million in revenue before it sold to LinkedIn for $175 million. Russell's got some great insights on what it takes to hire the right people to build a stellar company, and what the process of selling your startup is like. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're chatting with Nick Robinson, Chief Marketing Officer of Quest Nutrition. Nick's got a lot to share about his background in online community building, marketing, what it's like to promote amazing products, and how to keep your company 'fit' as an employee by being selfish. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm talking to Max Altschuler, CEO of Sales Hacker and author of the new book Hacking Sales. Max's sales career began at the early days of Udemy, where he had to figure out how to grow the company by 20% each month without spending much money or using a lot of resources. Since then, he's become a master of using technology to hack sales, and he tells us how he's used this knowledge to build a successful business based on helping sales professionals do their jobs. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce Maddock, CEO and co-founder of TaskUs, has lots of interesting stories to share from his entrepreneurial journey with his best friend over the last ten years. From selling designer belts in high school to setting up night clubs for high school students, to struggling for three years to get TaskUs up and running successfully, Bryce has definitely gotten his hands dirty as an entrepreneur and has a lot of great advice. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Serial entrepreneur Murray Hidary was a co-founder of one of the very first internet-based companies to go public, and has founded four other companies since then. Because he's done so many different startups, his perspective on entrepreneurship is totally unique - he shares some of his deep insights on how everything in life works together: from work to travel to photography and music. He also reveals how he keeps his passion alive to continue working so hard to achieve different things. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You probably wouldn't have guessed that a co-founder of Dogecoin works as a full-time marketing product manager at Adobe, but today we're talking to him. Jackson Palmer gives us all the details behind how digital currency works in an easy-to-understand way, and tells us how Dogecoin started as a Twitter joke but ballooned into a currency worth $30 million with an incredible community behind it. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even though he started his educational journey as a physicist, Jon Miller has become one of the biggest heroes of internet marketing automation and helping businesses create and employ sophisticated marketing campaigns that match today's customer expectations. He co-founded Marketo, one of the industry leaders in marketing automation software, and there's a lot to learn from what he has to say about small businesses moving to marketing automation software and creating effective marketing funnels. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm talking to Neil Patel, one of my mentors who's ran many successful companies and is a rock star of the internet marketing world. We tried to avoid the typical questions he gets asked during interviews, and instead delve deeper into topics like mentoring, business partnerships, and what it was like to be in the trenches of a startup no one wanted to fund, but turned into a huge success. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey guys, today's interview is with Joe Fairless, who runs a really popular real estate investing podcast. In this episode, we're going to talk about real estate investing, investing in general, and how you can get started with real estate investing. There's a lot to learn here: both about investing and creating a successful business. Joe also shares an exclusive discount for Growth Everywhere listeners on his Create a No Fail Biz Model Course, so stay tuned. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone, today we’re talking to CEO of Lua, Michael DeFranco - a 26-year-old entrepreneur who grew up with two entrepreneurial parents. He has a really interesting story to share. He’s worked with the Brooklyn Nets and the Super Bowl by providing an enterprise mobile messaging app, and he’ll explain its differences from WeChat and WhatsApp. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s interview we’re talking to Ian White who is the CTO and Co-Founder of Sailthru, an online personalization technology he and his team had to bootstrap for two years while no one believed in it. Now they’re doing low seven-figure business deals and seeing much more success. Today, Ian will talk about the importance of hiring technical talent, adjusting to changes, and what you should do when a member of your team is no longer a good fit. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I have the pleasure of working with Michael Michalowicz, author of Profit First. Michael grew several companies while an EO member, sold one private equity and sold yet another to a Fortune 500. But he credits the most interesting part of the entrepreneurial journey with losing money and struggling with failure. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiuc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're speaking with StumbleUpon CEO, Mark Bartels. Mark was born in South Africa and worked as an accountant before moving to the Bay Area. After working in mergers and acquisitions with companies like Deloitte & Touche, he joined StumbleUpon in 2008. While working as their CFO, StumbleUpon spun themselves off from eBay before taking the reigns as CEO. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiuc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Growth Everywhere. Today I’m talking with Craftsy Founder & CEO John Levisay. Craftsy teaches you creative skills on an online platform that recreates the benefits of a live classroom with the convenience of learning on your device at your own pace. John comes from a background in finance and accounting, but his time at eBay helped shape his perception of the power of niche communities. Today Craftsy earns over $24 million in revenue and continues to grow. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Growth Everywhere, today I’m talking with Yesware CEO Matthew Bellows. Matthew is a self-described professional startup person who has worked on them in some capacity his entire career. He’s worked in sales, marketing, and on the product side. Today he runs Yesware, which helps sales people and their companies reach their full potential and become more successful, grow faster, make more money, and close more deals. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: Who should I interview next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I have the great pleasure of speaking with Ron Klein who is also known as the grandfather of possibilities. You probably already know Ron’s work and use it every day. He invented magnetic credit card strip and other things effecting millions if not billions of people in the world. Today Ron continues to work on new innovations for the blind and consults budding entrepreneurs. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: Who should I interview next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm talking with TruEffect CEO Finnegan Faldi. With over 20 years of senior management experience in startups and public technology, Finnegan headed up the global broadband division at Yahoo and served as the Chief Operating Officer at Datalogix. He currently works with performance platform TruEffect focusing on first party cookie technology. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: Who should I interview next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices