Stage One Startup: Interviews With Influential Entrepreneurs & Innovative Startups

This Week's Teacher; Tom Tate, Product Marketing Manager at aWeber We bring you a very special episode. Email Marketing is still very much an important aspect when running your startup.  That's why we thought it was so important to find a specialist in this area, Tom Tate who is the Product Marketing Manager at aWeber. aWeber is an email marketing service, which has been in the business of providing email marketing tools since 1998. Tom wears a lot of different hats at supporting aWeber's successful growth. Over the years, Tom has become obsessed with Email Marketing and the ability to connect with your audience through the use of Email Marketing.  In this episode, you will learn about Tom's 3 Step Automation Formula, which is guaranteed to provide you with tools you need to succeed when connecting with your tribe. Full show notes to be released very soon! In the meantime, check out our Influencer Guide; http://stageonestartup.com/influencer-guide/http://stageonestartup.com/influencer-guide/ See omn

This Week’s Guest: Kiran Ravindra Before we get into this week’s episode, let’s take a moment to talk about Why Not Pro. This great company provides professional solutions for startups and small to medium enterprises. It’s a one-stop shop for multiple services, including the things you may not like (like accounting, legal support, and HR). For a limited time, get 20% off their services when you mention Stage One Startup! If you’ve been keeping up with us, you’re probably as excited as we are for what’s starting in this episode! That’s right, it’s time for the first episode for the Secret Entourage month! This is our second collaboration; the first was with Fownders in January. You can find the panel on the dedicated page at stageonestartup.com/secretentourage. Our first Secret Entourage guest is actually in the industry that we started off in, but we didn’t manage to crack it the way this guy did. He’s only 20 years old, but he’s already a highly successful entrepreneur with several years of experience und

This week's teacher; Paul Higgins We're bringing back Paul as a previous guest on the main show, which was Episode 37, where he broke down the barriers and explained to us how he went from Corporate Executive at Coca-Cola to Passionpreneur & Serving a Higher Purpose. Paul has been a great contribution towards the content here at Stage One Startup which is why he had to get him back.  He's going to teach us in today's lesson the 5 main reasons why startup founders are so unproductive and how we can all fix that. Strap in, sit tight and listen to today's teacher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week’s Guest: Daniel DiPiazza We have a particularly special guest today. If you think all the way back to episode 25, you’ll remember our previous conversation with this remarkable entrepreneur and author. We’re fortunate enough to have him back for another episode to update us on what he’s been up to lately and how his new project is coming along!  In case you don’t remember episode 25, the guest in question is Daniel DiPiazza. He’s the founder of Rich20Something, which aims to help and inspire people. He’s a successful mentor who teaches young people how to start their freelance businesses. Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want Now that he’s back, he has lots of great new information and insight to share. He’ll cover some elements of what he’s gone through in the process of writing the book and offers suggestions on what to do for a successful launch. He also talks about traditional vs. self-publishing, and offers some details on the mixtape he

Hello & Welcome everybody to the Stage One Startup Podcast. This is the beginning of a very exciting month; we'll be dedicating the entire month of May to Secret Entourage.  The online entrepreneurship platform that is "Bridging the Gap Between Formal and Self-Education Since 2007". In this introduction episode, we'll be talking about Secret Entourage is, how it's helped 3 outstanding community members and finishing with the Finale Episode Interviewing the CEO & Co-Founder of Secret Entourage, Pejman Ghadimi. If you wish to stay in touch with us whilst we go through this extraordinary month, feel free to head on over to our dedicated page. http://stageonestartup.com/secretentourage/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week’s Guest: Angela Lauria Before we get into this week’s episode, let’s take a moment to talk about Why Not Pro. This great company provides professional solutions for startups and small to medium enterprises. It’s a one-stop shop for multiple services, including the things you may not like (like accounting, legal support, and HR). For a limited time, get 20% off their services when you mention Stage One Startup! It’s almost our secret month! If you haven’t been keeping up with us on social media (which you should, by the way), that’s “secret” for “Secret Entourage.” This is our second collaboration, and the structure will be similar to what we did with Fownders in January. But enough of that for now! We’re very excited for today’s episode with Angela Lauria, the CEO and founder of The Author Incubator. This business helps life coaches and entrepreneurs write, publish, and promote their books in just a few months rather than letting the process drag out for years. Angela has helped authors earn $10

This Week’s Guest: Andrew Ochoa We have an incredible guest for you today -- someone who’s doing truly world-changing things. Andrew Ochoa, the CEO of Waverly Labs, is the leader of the team behind the Pilot. In case you haven’t heard of this forthcoming device, it’s an earpiece designed to translate speech in real time, allowing you to have a conversation with someone even if you don’t have any languages in common. We came across Andrew and Waverly Labs through their Indiegogo campaign for the Pilot, which has already reached almost $4.5 million across nearly 20,000 backers. That in itself is a testament to how incredible the device is, but if you need still more convincing, how about this: Waverly Labs has been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, HuffPo, Mashable, and much more. While this episode is a bit shorter than our usual, it’s absolutely packed full of valuable insights and fascinating information about this incredible product. Listen in to learn more about how you may be able to effortlessly c

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This Week’s Guest: Steven Vasilev Before we get into this week’s episode, let’s take a moment to talk about Why Not Pro. This great company provides professional solutions for startups and small to medium enterprises. It’s a one-stop shop for multiple services, including the things you may not like (like accounting, legal support, and HR). For a limited time, get 20% off their services when you mention Stage One Startup!  If you’ve been following our podcast, you’re probably well aware by now of the fact that for the vast majority of entrepreneurs, success doesn’t happen overnight. This time we’re breaking away from that narrative to feature a true overnight success story that proves that yes, it really can happen.  Today’s guest, Steven Vasilev, is the CEO and founder of FRE Customs. In case you haven’t heard about them already, they create handmade bespoke custom sneakers that have already found their way onto the feet of celebrities like Chris Brown, Drake, 50 Cent, and more. In our conversation, Steven

This Week's Teacher; Greg Nicholls & Bradley Morley In this week's episode, we speak about the 8 Ways to Manage Your Side Hustle Whilst in a Full-Time Job. This topic comes dear to our hearts as it's what we are currently doing! We love the hustle but sometimes it's is extremely hard to work a 9-5 whilst trying to build your dream job. In this lesson, we discuss all of this tips we've picked up along the way whilst juggling our full-time jobs and our side-hustle. Full show notes; http://stageonestartup.com/lesson-009 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, our compelling guest is Felix Hartmann, a 22-year-old from Germany who is now living in the United States. Felix is the CEO and Founder of FundThis, a relatively new business in the crowdfunding space. Felix comes from a marketing and sales background and is part of the founding team behind the Next Gen Summit. He has also worked with countless startups as a branding consultant and had #1 bestselling product launches. All of this positions him perfectly for success in the world of crowdfunding, and in this episode, you’ll hear him discuss how it unites three of his passions. In addition, Felix is a former trader. Despite his young age, he got his start even before The Wolf of Wall Street came out. These days, he’s excited about creating the most innovative equity crowdfunding platform on the web. In this episode, he goes into great detail about many fascinating aspects of the process and his future plans. Full show notes; http://stageonestartup.com/ep040 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

This Week's Teacher; David Hobson In today's lesson, we're going to be talking about why you should using LinkedIn for your business and personal brand. David is an absolute LinkedIn God! We've known David for quite some time now, and it's safe to say that he's proven his knowledge on more than one occasion. Brad and I have known David for quite some time now, and we know that he's the go-to person when it comes to LinkedIn. David spends most of his time working in Digital Marketing at Foundr Magazine alongside Nathan Chan but has a keen interest in Business Development. He is always looking to help other entrepreneurs level up in their business and has helped us, countless amount of times. Full show notes; http://stageonestartup.com/lesson-ep008/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week's Guest; Rob Fajardo Even more than usual, this episode is for millennials, by millennials! We’re both 23(ish), and so is this week’s guest, Rob Fajardo. Rob is a Top 10 millennial thought-leader and serial entrepreneur who wants to change the world by encouraging people to leave normal behind. In fact, Leave Normal Behind is the name of his brand, and Leave Normal Behind TV has just launched! In today’s episode, Rob talks about lots of depth about LNB TV, explaining what it is, what it offers audiences, how you can watch it, and where he expects it to be in five years. But he doesn’t stop there; he also shares his overall experiences as an entrepreneur and offers incredible value for listeners looking to “leave normal behind” and forge their life paths. For full show notes; http://stageonestartup.com/ep039 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week's Teacher; Dorne McLoughlin Dorne is the CEO & Founder of Ribbit Media Solutions which helps startups explode their brands on Facebook. Through workshops that Dorne does with her clients as well as online programs. Dorne is going to be teaching you a lesson surrounding the importance of growing your Facebook page using the likes of advertisement on the world's most used Social Media platform.  Being the guru that she is, we thought it would be ideal for her to share her wealth of knowledge on the subject at hand.  [VIDEO IN FULL SHOWNOTES] For full show notes; http://stageonestartup.com/lessons-ep007 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week's Guest: Jeff Cohen We’re even more pumped than usual for this interview with someone who was a childhood inspiration for both of us. But before we reveal why, let’s give you a glimpse of who he is now and see if you can figure it out. Jeff D. Cohen is an American attorney and founding partner of Cohen Gardner LLP, a law firm that specializes in dealmaking within the entertainment industry. He and his partner built the firm from scratch, and Jeff was so dedicated to it that he actually spent a year living out of the office because he couldn’t afford both that and the apartment. Have you figured out yet why Jeff was such a big childhood inspiration for us? If not, that’s understandable. After all, who would have thought that Chunk from The Goonies would grow up to be a lawyer? Yet here he is. Jeff, famous for his character’s “Truffle Shuffle,” also discusses the role that his childhood fame played on his entrepreneurial journey. (Hint: it’s not what you might think.) For full show notes; http://s

This week's teacher; Collin McLelland. Collin will be teach you all on how to gain Instagram success, after spending his hard earned time, testing, trialing and dominating with what actually works on one of the world largest social media platforms. In this episode you'll learn. Why Instagram? How some of the biggest brands have built there business on Instagram How to grow your Instagram account organically. What are hashtags? Setting up your account Networking on Instagram Avoiding spammy activity. And so much more. More show notes; http://stageonestartup.com/lesson-ep006 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's guest: Paul Higgins Today, we have an episode that’s perfect for anyone who has transitioned (or is thinking about transitioning) from the corporate world into entrepreneurship. If you’re looking for support or guidance on how to do this and which direction to take, this is the episode for you! Paul Higgins, who hails from Australia, offers his inspirational story. He left the corporate world, in which he had worked for Coca-Cola, in 2011 to become an entrepreneur. For the next five years he fumbled and made mistakes, which gives him unique insight into being able to help others who are making the transition. Eventually he joined a mastermind group, and immediately saw results. He then turned to fill a niche: helping other people like him with their journeys from corporate roles to success as entrepreneurs. He does this primarily through his Facebook community, Build Live Give. And if all that weren’t impressive enough already, keep in mind that Paul achieved all of this while battling a heredi

This Week's Teacher; Nicholls & Morley. In this week's #StartupLesson, we're going to be teaching you all about how you can get in contact with the most influential people within any industry. Ever wondered how small podcasters like ourselves have managed to interview some of the biggest names out there? Well, we believe that we've cracked it. Now it's time to share with you. Full show notes: http://stageonestartup.com/lesson-ep005 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week’s Guest: Daniel Priestley Before we get into this week’s episode, let’s take a moment to talk about Why Not Pro. This great company provides professional solutions for startups and small to medium enterprises. It’s a one-stop shop for multiple services, including the things you may not like (like accounting, legal support, and HR). For a limited time, get 20% off their services when you mention Stage One Startup! This particular interview has been a long time coming, as you’ll hear us explain! We met Daniel Priestley very early on, and are delighted to finally have him on the show. Daniel started his road into entrepreneur at the age of 21 (though, as he’ll explain, he’s had an entrepreneurial spirit for all of his life). He built a multi-million dollar business by the time he was 25. Since then, he has built and sold businesses in Australia, Singapore, and the UK. In addition to being a super-successful entrepreneur, Daniel is an international speaker and the bestselling author of three books,

Welcome to this week's Stage One Startup’s, Startup Lessons. It is my absolute pleasure to be bringing out today Danny Matthews who is going to be teaching us all about making ethical profits, building customer relationships and also trust, as well as actually putting yourself out of business. Now, I know that sounds like a crazy thing to do but Danny is going to explain to you today how this is actually possible and how important it actually is to do that. You can read the full blog post on; http://stageonestartup.com/lessons-ep004 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.