Startup Stories - Mixergy
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#2291 He keeps launching AI businesses
Over a decade ago, Joe Apfelbaum was on the podcast, telling me how focusing on SEO helped him grow his agency. That was hard for the idea-a-minute fo...
#2290 He’s building an AI media empire
On the surface, it looks like Ricardo Vice Santos is selling AI-created books for your kids. But he’s aiming for something much bigger: a world where...
#2289 Building companies using Zapier’s AI automations
Zapier used to be the software that connected all your other software. But it’s AI has become so powerful that people are using it to build software c...
#2288 She had people do AI’s work
Helen Hastings wanted to create better accounting software. To figure out what to build, she had humans do the work. This is the story of how she crea...
#2287 AI made a “no code” founder into a coder
Ben Tossell used to listen to Mixergy interviews as he hunted for a big idea to launch. Then he nailed it. MakerPad, an educational company for people...
#2286 Pepper: AI + people = > $10 million
Pepper is creating content for clients like Shopify, Adobe and Instacart. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of posts & videos. And this is content t...
#2285 AEO: How to make ChatGPT promote you
Ethan Smith runs Graphite, the SEO & AEO company that helps brands like Webflow show up on Google’s page one and ChatGPT’s first answer.
This is...
#2284 Why is Morning Brew’s founder selling “AI Transformation”?
Coming into this interview I wasn’t even sure what “AI Transformation” was, let alone why so many companies pay for it.
Here’s the deal: Tenex,...
#2283 How Dan Shipper uses AI to build artisanal AI apps
“Why did you launch yet another voice dictation app?” I asked Dan Shipper, founder of Every.
I thought he’d tell me that there was some kind of...
#2282 Neil Patel’s insanely powerful AI sales machine
I’ve been talking with founders who used AI to build companies, but aren’t getting enough customers. I found the perfect person to show them how to gr...
#2281 Garry Tan: Y Combinator Startups Growing 5X Faster – Here’s What Changed
AI changed everything. During their time at Y Combinator, startups typically grew revenue weekly by 2-4%. Now? 10-20%! PER WEEK. YC President Garry Ta...
#2280 Read.ai is adding 50k users per day
How can Read.ai keep growing when 1) there are loads of meeting note taking apps, and 2) platforms like Zoom keep adding note-taking features?
T...
#2279 How are there so many AI agencies?
I keep seeing AI agencies pop up everywhere, offering to AI-ify businesses.
But what are they AI’ing? How are they doing it? Seems too general a...
#2278 How to build a $10M/year AI company.
Pavel Doležal built Keboola to $15 million per year.
How he did it:
1. Start with consulting, so clients tell you what they need
2....
#2277 My Body Tutor: Remote Coaching as a Service
Ever wish someone would text you every day to make sure you stuck to your goals?
That’s exactly what Adam Gilbert built — first for fitness, now...
#2276 Close: The $50 Million / Year CRM
How is Close doing so well in the CRM space against such big competitors?
The answer: focus.
Instead of chasing enterprise clients or tryi...
#2275 He’s doing SEO on ChatGPT
Have you noticed how AI search results are now linking to websites?
Today’s guest runs an SEO agency that helps his clients’ sites show up in th...
#2274 1440: $20+mil / year newsletter
After closing a company that failed, Tim Huelskamp decided to keep it simple. He launched an email newsletter that briefed smart people about the day’...
#2273 What happened to our partnership?
Before I partnered with Jesse Pujji, we were buddy-buddy. Texting all the time. When we got started, we got excited about the world of possibilities f...
#2272 Aux: >$10mil advising private equity
When Kasey Grelle heard that private equity companies paid marketing agencies to evaluate companies they wanted to buy, she spotted a business opportu...
#2271 Tucker Max left & his business crashed
Tucker Max thought his business was worth $64 million.
Then it nearly died.
This is the story of how Scribe, the ghostwriting and publishi...
#2270 Zillow laid him off, so he started his own company
Zillow laid him off. So John Doherty launched Credo a digital agency matchmaking firm. Exactly 7 years later — to the day — he sold the company.
...
#2269 How the “My First Million” Guy Made his Money
Shaan Puri was exceptional at doing the Silicon Valley thing.
Still, he says his newsletter was the fastest way he’s ever made money.
With...
#2268 How is beehiiv making $15 mil per year?
They feel like the millionth company to offer email newsletter publishing. How are they growing so fast despite the competition?
Tyler Denk is a...
#2267 This listener got a Mixergy guest to invest in her startup
Vlada Lotkina noticed something wrong at her daughter’s school.
So she built the solution and sold it for 8-figures.
It’s called ClassTag,...
#2266 The $21M ARR Business That Sells Your Email Address
Adam Robinson struggled to compete with MailChimp.
So he built software that’s too dangerous for them to build.
Businesses that use Retent...
#1559 Cameron Herold coaches me on hiring (so I don’t collapse at my desk)
Hiring has been a huge issue for me. And in a past interview with Cameron Herold, I brought it up because he’s the founder of the COO Alliance, the wo...
#1524 When does a startup founder need a COO?
A topic we don’t talk about on Mixergy is how to actually manage a company. I remember when I was in NYU as an undergrad I loved all my business class...
#1453 The future of chat (and interacting with your customers)
About a year ago I realized that no matter how much effort we’ve put into my email list, I could never double the response rate. We kept growing it, b...
#1417 How Sam Ovens is helping everyday people start their own consulting businesses
I’ll be honest with you. I felt guilt about an interview that I did years ago with today’s guest. This was back in, let me see here, 2013. I interview...
#1050 How a former lawyer built a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills – with Jordan Harbinger
How does a former lawyer build a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills.
Jordan Harbinger is the co-founder of The Art of Charm...
#1001 The 1,000 interview celebration
On August 4, 2008, I posted a video up on Mixergy where I looked up into the web cam on my computer and I said “I failed.” And I said that I was going...
#990 Andrew’s process for overcoming entrepreneurial stagnation – with Samantha Alford
A few weeks ago, Andrew was interviewed about his inner doubt by Samantha Alford of WomeninBusinesspodcast.com.
I (Arie Saint) thought it was to...
#715 HearAndPlay.com: Turning $70 Into A Multimillion Dollar Instruction Web Site – with Jermaine Griggs
Update: based on the comments we’re getting, Jermaine sent this PDF about Automation.
How does a high school senior from the inner city turn $70...
#710 iContact Founder Returns To Mixergy After $169M Sale – with Ryan Allis
How does a wristband help a founder build a $169 million company?
Ryan Allis is the founder of iContact, a provider of email marketing tools for...
#400 Reddit Founder: “I Wish I Still Owned Reddit Now” – with Steve Huffman
Many founders I interviewed on Mixergy told me about how their companies virtually disappeared after they sold them. But 4 years after selling Reddit...
#216 How Clever Entrepreneurs Turned 3 Air Mattresses Into Airbnb, The Site That Makes Any Home A Bed And Breakfast – with Brian and Joe
The founders of Airbnb are guys who couldn’t make rent a few years ago, but they kept turning desperation into creative solutions. In October 2007, ea...
#214 How To Produce Like A Linchpin By Understanding Your Lizard Brain – with Seth Godin
You listen to my programs because I don’t do the cute “let’s get to know the author” interviews that others are known for. I hunt down information tha...