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Author of the award winning book "2 Billion Under 20" and his new book which we will be discussing today is "3 billion under 30." Jared Kleinert also builds businesses from his business consulting firm called Kleinert Ventures. #Timestamp 01:25- New York Pizza! 03:00- Introduction 05:40 - 11:10- How Jared Started His First Book 11:20- How Jared Met Influencers 14:50- Biggest Failure In The Book Writing Process 17:20- “You’re 20 Years Old, How Do You Know About The World?” 20:38- Efficiencies In Jared’s Life 22:50- Processes and Procedures 25:03- Go Find Amazing People To Surround Yourself With, How Are You Spending Your Time/Focus, and Don’t Lose Your Cellphone Go Find Amazing People To Surround Yourself With “Find peers that will make you step up your game and find mentors that will help you step up your game.” How Are You Spending Your Time/Focus “Try cutting away from the noise and only focus on things that will move the needle. If you’re looking for influencers, find them. If you’re no

MetroButler is a property manager and short term rental concierge for people that are looking to rent their properties on services like Air BNB’s, Craigslist, and many more. MetroButler will help facilitate ALL of the logistics. #Timestamp 00:50- Ice Cream and Cookies, Especially a Chip-Which 01:50- Introduction 03:20- Where Did It All Begin 05:10- What Kind of Kid Were You? 05:50- What is MetroButler? 06:50- Where Did The Idea Came From? 07:50- What Were Some of The Early Struggles OF The Business 10:00- Failures in Business 11:17 - 13:59- INVESTOR SECTION What Point Should You Look For Funding 14:00- Basketball, Drinks, and Friends 16:20- Different Forms of Technology 18:00- Get Your Administrative Stuff Figured Out, Trust Your Gut, and Once You Commit, You Have To Go Quickly Get Your Administrative Stuff Figured Out Working at a coworking space has helped us significantly. They help with all of the admin stuff, such as; wifi. printing, packaging, and more… As the CEO, I don’t want to waste time and our emp

Proper Knot and David Alan Clothing, the company's purpose is to reintroduce people to the modern day gentleman, they want to bring back that feel of the 1940’s and 50’s where everyone was dressed head to toe even to places like the grocery store. It’s their job to turn men into gentlemen but also put these gentlemen in the right mindset to dress professionally. #Timestamp 00:50- David’s Food is His Drive and Never Giving Up 03:00- Introduction to David Alan 05:40- When did David’s Entrepreneurial journey begin 06:45- Where did the passion come from? 08:15- What is the Proper Knot and David Alan’s clothing? 10:40- What is a Modern Day Gentleman 13:00- Does The Suit Guy Wear Anything Outside of a Suit? 14:00- Difference Between A Custom Suit and a Store Brand Suit. NAME DROPS HERE! 18:00- How David Created A Referral Based Business 21:00- Biggest Failure This Far 23:00- Best Habits as an Entrepreneur 25:10- What Technology David Uses 27:01- Patience, Believe in Yourself, and Have Fun Patience Patience is a vir

PocketPets is the largest distributor of sugar bears in the world. Sugar Bears are an incredibly cute animal that is changing the landscape of how we view pets in our country. #Timestamp 00:45- Water, It’s his religion, it keeps his system going, but with a hint of Chick Fila 01:45- Introduction to Matt and PocketPets 04:20- Struggles in Business 05:30- Matt’s Genuine Way To Help People 11:00- How Matt Made His First Million 14:00- Struggles in Business 17:00- What Systems and Processes That Matt Uses 22:40- Resources You Can’t Live Without 24:20- Hitch the Wagon on Someone is Already Successful, If Your Mouth is Moving, You’re Selling Something, and Ability to Adapt Hitch the Wagon on Someone is Already Successful “Find someone that has done what you want to do and let them show you how they did it. To learn experiences of life, takes a lifetime. To experience things through someone else’s life, takes a phone call.” If Your Mouth is Moving, You’re Selling Something “If you’re not good in sales, you’re going

In 1982, Darlene, Andrew, and Bob all met at a night club. His mom was a cocktail waitress and his dad was a piano player,fast forward thirty two years and Matt has become an incredible resource to podcasters, an online marketing genius, and even a rapper. Besides the witty humor from Matt, Matt's real entrepreneurial journey started at the age 13. Growing up, Matt had several jobs. He got hired, got fired, got hired again, and even got fired again. He's been on unemployment, in hospitals beds with a foot injury, and even been in a rock bank. Some may think he's the jack of all trades, but what he master at is marketing. Matt's career didn't get serious until he created a pool supply blog called Swim University. It took him close to 10 years before seeing any true potential in the platform, but that didn't stop Matt from continuing to push through, until he saw the light. During his time in the pool industry, he not only worked with a pool supply company, Matt also learned how to develop websites. He used his

Josh Harcus serves as the Head of Inbound Strategy at Hüify. His experience has helped him steer Hüify in the direction of online marketing. Josh has turned the company’s focus to genuine, measurable, and attainable outcomes that help take Hüify’s clients beyond the stagnating threshold of mediocrity and into new levels of reach for their brand. Josh has consulted brands such as Car and Driver, Springer Global Publishing, and Compact Power Equipment Rental. He has also spoken at conferences alongside Google, Facebook, Bing, and Hubspot. #Timestamp 00:45- Dark Chocolate But ONLY if a Donut is Not Within Arm's Reach 02:30- Introduction to Huiffy 04:10- The Power of Email 13:25- Biggest Problem Small Businesses Are Doing 17:40- Efficiencies as an Entrepreneur 22:40- Josh as a Leader 25:25- How Useful Hubspot CRM Truly Is 27:30- PandaDoc 29:50- Get A Job Doing Something You Can Learn, Find Relevant Mentors, and Learn Who You Are And Who You Are Not (Learn Sales No Matter What) Get A Job Doing Something You Can Le

Game Plan, is an app that helps you make better decisions as to where to eat drink and hangout with your friends based off of your personality. #Timestamp 00:45- Potato Bread, Mayo, Cheese, Turkey, Herr’s Chips, and a Coke 02:20- Introduction 04:45- Where Did The Idea Come From? 06:45- How Were You Able to Get People Bought Into the Idea of GamePlan? 12:20- Current Struggles of GamePlan 15:00- Biggest Low Point 17:15- Habits to Become More Efficient Throughout Your Day 21:50- Technologies They Use Everyday 25:15- Three Quotes Josh Lives By “The Only Limit is The One You Set Yourself” Celestine Chua “Life is unknown and as obvious as it sounds, you set a limit on yourself. You say things like, “Yeah, I can’t do that.” Well, just try!” Says Josh. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein “Surround yourself with smarter people and not just smart people in general, surround yourself with smart people in

Formally Alex worked for Inspirebeats which is a B2B lead generation and targeted outreach for SAAS companies, their clients include floship, formstack, and hundreds of others. Now he is the CEO of x27, a marketing company for mobile app development shops. #Timestamp 00:40- Prime Rib and Baked Potato 01:15- Introduction 02:08- Passion and How The Four Hour Work Week Changed His Life 04:00 - 13:00- How Cold Emails Has Changed Alex and The Inspirebeats Team 13:20- How to Craft a Sales Email 17:35- Have You Ever Outsourced Custom Emails 18:57- Biggest Failure 20:40- Habits That Have Helped You Become More Efficient 22:25- Resources That You Use On a Daily Basis 24:35- If You’ve Had a Job in The Past, You Have a Client, Create a List of Actionable Services, and Cold Pitches Work! If You’ve Had a Job in The Past, You Have a Client Talk to anyone who has ever paid you in the past, get on a call with that individual, and figure out what they can pay you for. Some of Alex’s best clients are the companies that he’s wo

WiseApe creates all natural, performance based tea blends for anyone who is looking for that extra edge. #Timestamp 00:30- Hot Cup of Tea and Sushi! 02:30- Introduction 05:05- Passion from Video 10:00- Struggles in Business 11:45- What Have You Learned as a Solopreneur? 12:45- Biggest Failure Thus Far 14:10- Habits as a Person (Tweet me the animal if you can hear the noise in the background @grzybowskij) 16:35- Headspace and Float Tanking...Yes, Joe Likes to Float. Insane Amounts of Zen! 18:11- Apps that Joe Uses 19:00- Find Your Feedback Loop, Don't Be Afraid To Share That Idea, and Make Sure You Take Action 21:15- How Difficult is it to Create a Product? Find Your Feedback Loop Find your network of people that you trust to bounce ideas off of. The most valuable thing that Joe had was his community. There are a million different directions you can go, but it's great to have that instant feedback. Don't Be Afraid To Share That Idea When they were first starting out, he didn't want anyone else to know. To Joe

Thrive creates talent relationship management and recruitment software solutions. #Timestamp 00:45- Big Bowl of Pasta, Lot's of Carbs 01:20- Introduction 04:10 - 13:00- How To Get More People Interested About Their SAAS Company (IF YOU HAVE A SAAS COMPANY, YOURE GOING TO WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS.) 13:00- Habits as an Entrepreneur 17:10- Go With Your Gut, Network, and Watch Your Competitors Go With Your Gut If you're starting something new, but sometimes you have that gut feeling you may need to pivot. Go with that gut feeling, sooner than later. Otherwise, you will be hurting yourself while working on something that isn't profitable. Sometimes you have to pivot to open that market. If it's software and you have this new bar soap, it's all about user testing in the beginning, if you develop something and you're not testing, then suddenly go to market, you should do beta testing. Network Whether its a conversation with someone in the same industry, you can pick so much up from that one conversation. Thrive also h

Venture Hunt, where startups can easily go online and submit their idea to get up to 50k and an app studio or if you’re an established startup you can get up to a 250k investment just by submitting your information on their website. The plan for Venture Hunt is to foster connections with amazing venture capitalists, angels, and young entrepreneurs who have ideas. #Timestamp 01:00- Iced Coffee, Sweet, Cold, and Caffeinated 01:30- Introduction 04:20- Where Does His Passion Come From 05:45- Struggles With VentureHunt and Getting The Prize Money 07:30- Grassroots and Hard Working Marketing Ideas 09:35- Biggest Failure 14:10- Habits As a Young Entrepreneur 15:45- Work/Life Balance 16:10- Resources That Daniel Uses EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! 20:00- Never Give Up, Seek Help, You’re Going To Fail Never Give Up / Keep Grinding You have to put the work in. A few press pieces won’t work. You have to growth hack. Seek Help / Be Humble Even if your startup is going great, don’t think you’re the best. Someone is better than you,

Aspiration lifestyle media platform for global influencers of the millennial generation focusing on entrepreneurship and social impact. #Timestamp 00:40- Watermelon and/or oranges 02:00- Introduction 05:30- Business, Marketing, and Management Major…oh and Brit is an actress as well 08:45- How Many Hats Do You Wear? 10:15- Biggest Failure 11:40- How Difficult is it to Maintain Your Vision as a Solopreneuer 13:25- Efficiency Regardless of Her Busy Schedule 14:45- Start of Your Day 15:45- Duplicating Yourself 18:45- Thoughts on Millennials 20:00- Tech Hacks or Lack There Of 24:00- Theme In Her Interviews From Millennial 25:00- Know Why You’re In It, Find Out What You’re Good At, and Everything Takes Time 20:00- Tech Hacks or Lack There Of “There is a different between wanting to become an entrepreneur and being an entrepreneur” Know Why You’re In It Are you in it for the money, fame, power, passion, or heart? What are you doing to make the world better? Find Out What You’re Good At Once you find out what you’re

Hatch House Ventures is a growing network of university affiliated startup incubators, providing services as well as software. #Timestamp 00:45- Pending If Steve Is Emotional Eating…Pizza. If Not, Steve Likes to Cook 02:30- Introduction 14:30- When Was The Ah-Ha Moment 18:30- Biggest Failure 20:00- Habits That Steve Learned From His Travels 24:15- Resources To Get In The Right Mindset 25:40- Don’t Settle and Validate Your Assumptions Without Emotions 28:30- How Far Can You Take Passion Don’t Settle Steve went off what he considers the deep end, but it worked for him. By traveling for over 8 months across the world, it allowed Steve to find himself. During his travels, Steve cut off everything off, and he means everything. The lease on his apartment, the selling of all of his belongings, his girlfriend at the time, and we are sure much more was let go. Steve’s goal in traveling was the thought of being “35,45,55 and not being fulfilled. Pursue your passion and you will find ways to get revenue.” Says Steve. Va

Morgan is the CEO of MilkCrate which is a mission driven tech company with unique products. One of their products in particular is MyMilkCrate, which is a tool to help people discover local, sustainable businesses in their neighborhoods. #Timestamp 00:30- Introduction 02:40- Parents Influence 04:45- What is MilkCrate? 08:30- Growth 10:00- Did Working at Apple Influence Your Culture? 12:00- Biggest Failure in Business is…a $2,000, badass bike! 15:35- Redefining Yourself 19:30- What Works For You!? 20:00- Be Coachable, Finding A Team, and Have Fun and Don’t Lose Yourself 23:15- BUTTERKRAK Be Coachable “One of the earliest compliments that I ever got was that I was coachable. And thats something that investors look for when they invest in companies. I heard it and continued to embrace it. As much as I would like to think that I know everything, it’s good to have someone tear you down and help build you back up. Find someone to share your idea with, and seek out the individuals that can help give you advice.” Fin

Episode 34: Angie Hilem, 32, President of Heighten Social #Timestamp 00:50- Cheeseburgers (Cheddar, BBQ Sauce, mushrooms, caramelized onions, fried egg, and arugula…you know, for health reasons) 02:15- Introduction 04:45- Where Did the Desire to Teach Come From? 06:20- Thoughts on Quitting School? 09:00- How Teaching Has Helped Her Business 11:40- Early Struggles of Business 13:25- 18:00 Biggest Failure Thus Far (One of The REALEST Moments on the Podcast to Date!) 17:30- How Mentorship Has Helped Angie Grow as a Person 20:00- Her Relationship With Philadelphia And What Inspired This Interview 23:00- Note Taking 24:00- Stay True To Yourself, Do What You Love, and Surround Yourself With Awesome People - Stay True To Yourself - Do What You Love - Surround yourself with people who are on the same level of either self growth or have been where you are, that are honest and willing to tell you what you need to adjust your stride or look for a situation differently. Angie Hilem Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a

If you would like to know the real hardships of entrepreneurship and understand what it's like to obtain money from a VC you need to listen to the 21 minute mark. It's some of the best and most real advice you will hear directly from a young CEO. #Timestamp 00:30- Introduction 04:20- How Poker Started His Entrepreneurship Career 09:10- Bob’s Parents Were The Perfect Combo of Who Bob is Today 10:45- Nature Vs Nurture 12:00- Struggles in Business 16:30- Was There Ever Any Doubt? And The Escape Hatch 18:30- Mental State Before and After Considerable Growth 22:00- The Article That Inspired The Interview 29:08- Entrepreneurship Isn’t For Everybody, Force Those Awkward Conversations, Honesty and DTRT, and Have Fun! 35:50- Pork Tacos! Entrepreneurship Isn’t For Everybody “I took a more pragmatic approach before becoming an entrepreneur. For me, I needed two checkmarks before I went all in: 1. Did I feel like If I didn’t do this I would be wondering for the rest of my life? 2. Do I have an idea that I have legitimate

Elizabeth Convery, 32, From Washington Township, New Jersey currency rises in Philadelphia. Founder of VERY Real Estate, which is a boutique residential real estate brokerage firm focused on providing an experience around buying or selling a home in the core neighborhoods of Philadelphia. #Timestamp 01:00- Cookies and Cream from Franklin Fountain 02:10- Introduction and How She Started Very RE on a Dare! 07:50- How VeryRE is Different Than Most 08:45- The Passion Behind Hospitality 10:50- Struggles in VeryRE 13:10- Internal Struggle Of Self Doubt 14:35- Work/Life Balance 15:20- Biggest Failure 18:55- Leaving a Digital Footprint 20:45- Drink Coffee, Know What You Don’t Know, and Find a Mentor Drink Coffee Elizabeth built her business differently than most. Her business relies 100% on referrals. She doesn’t do advertising and doesn’t buy leads. Every client she has is from a different personal connection from her current clients. When Elizabeth moved back to Philly, she had to reestablish a network. She drink s

Mellisa Schipke, 28, CEO and Co-Founder of Tassl which is a company that is building technologies to connect universities networks by priding tools to create meaningful relationships with their alumni. #Timestamp 01:10- Introduction 03:15- How Her Alumni Helped Her Business 04:45- How She Contacted Her Alumni Network 06:10- How To Build A Network With Your School (AKA DOWNLOAD TASSL) 07:35- The Struggles of Getting Out of The Corporate World and Shifting To a Startup 10:10- How Melissa Created a Board 13:45- Life As An Entrepreneur 15:45- Work/Life Balance 18:10- Resources Used Daily 19:10- How Do You Envision a Better Work/Life Balance? 20:40- Networking Is Key, Being Self Aware, and It’s Not Easy 26:30- Penn State’s Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream! Networking Is Key and Being Self Aware “You have to network the right way. It’s not all about networking and asking: What can you do for me?… Building relationships is critical and important… Really understanding the space you want to get into is critical to findin

Ethan Buckman, 24, Cherry Hill, NJ The co-founder of Stickman Brews in Royersford, PA, Stickman Brews is an american farmhouse style brewery, that makes old Belgium and farmhouse styles of beer with new american flavor profile. It’s generally an enjoyable place to hang out with an awesome atmosphere and of course great beer. #Timestamp 00:30- Introduction 02:00- Selling Beer in his Dorm 06:30- Passion For The Industry 08:15- Struggles In Business 09:55- How Ethan Received The Capital To Open His Business 11:40- Importance of His Business Plan 14:30- Failure of Over Paying The Graphic Designer 15:30- Efficieny as a Brewer 16:45- Resources and Old School Whiteboards 19:30- Get Experience, Always Pay Yourself First, Start The Business With Partners And Stick To Your Roles 24:00- Mussles, Fries, and Boozy Belgium Triple Get Experience "Brewing is a tangible thing, just because you make good beer at home, doesn’t mean you are qualified to run a brewery yourself. Do it professionally and do it on a big scale f

ProveYourself.com is a professional network for visually organizing and showcasing your talent and achievements and beyond. #Timestamp 00:30: Introduction 05:30- Prove Yourself 12:00- Everything Aligned, But Something Was Missing 15:00 - 17:00- Great Analogies 20:00- It's Person Oriented Things, Intelligence and Being an Entrepreneur, and Take A Look At The Man In The Mirror It’s Person Oriented Things You have to be persistent, you have to be tenacious, disciplined, humble, and all of that stuff extends into your work ethic, types of people you’re choosing, your team, your culture and it all comes back to your product. He realized a while back that it doesn’t matter what he does, he’s going to be great at it. Intelligence and Being an Entrepreneur It’s God Given. You definitely meet people in life that are naturally great at things,; eliminating learning curves, picking up on things quick. But then there are late bloomers, but overall it comes from somewhere. It’s experiential. Your quickness to learn comes