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Stay Grounded with Raj Jana80. Libby & Andy Drish: How to Transform Relationship Death into Lifelong DevotionIn this deeply intimate conversation, I sit down with Libby and Andy Drish, a couple who have mastered the delicate balance between devotion and freedom in their 15-year relationship. Starting young and admittedly anti-relationship, they've navigated through volatile beginnings to discover a level of harmony most couples never experience. What sets their journey apart is their extraordinary commitment to relationship mastery—they've dedicated years to studying with the world's most advanced relationship teachers, experimenting with cutting-edge frameworks, and developing their own maps for love's terrain. Their journey reveals how relationships evolve through distinct stages and how the thread of de...
2025-04-021h 08Stay Grounded with Raj Jana197. Andy Drish: How To Build Relationships That Last For A Lifetime“You can be with one person for a lifetime, but within that lifetime, you will have many different relationships with many different contexts throughout that time period.” Because we’re not taught how to craft them, most people are ill-equipped to cultivate great relationships. Most modern relationships don’t model the Disney fairytale fantasy! Instead, we get stuck on codependency and disappointment - leading to relationship deaths, unfulfillment, and painful break-ups. It doesn’t have to be this way...If we learn how to create interdependence from a place of individual s...
2021-09-2058 min
Starting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.The Story Engine: Grow Your Business with Content MarketingKyle Gray is a mentor within The Foundation who helps businesses turn their stories into growth tools. He is also the author of the bestselling book The Story Engine, which has helped thousands of entrepreneurs tell their stories and grow their businesses with content marketing. Kyle developed many of the strategies and systems he uses while working for WP Curve, a startup that grew to 7 figures using content marketing and was recently sold to GoDaddy. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. ...
2017-12-0522 min
Capitalism.com with Ryan Daniel MoranMy Plan To Get To $100 Million w/ Andy DrishRyan's had tremendous success over the past several years, helping many budding entrepreneurs become millionaires. Now he's turning his focus into an even higher goal: turning 7-figure business ventures into 9-figure ones. In this episode of the Freedom Fast Lane, Andy Drish from TheFoundation.com finds out just how Ryan plans to reach this lofty height, with inspirational takeaways that you can apply to focus your business for growth you thought was impossible. Full show notes at: http://freedomfastlane.com/ Key takeaways: Believing in your ability to succeed. Strategizing for...
2017-12-0454 min
Starting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Purpose Mapping: The Dirty Little Secret of Every High AchieverCraig Filek is on a mission to map the purpose genome of humanity... for humanity. He is the Executive Director of the Purpose Genome Institute and the creator of a psychological technology for unlocking your potential called Purpose Mapping®. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Learn more at PurposeMapping.com To begin Purpose Mapping for free, visit www.PurposeMapping.com/andy-drish Production & Development for The Foundation: Starting From Nothing Podcast by Podcast Masters
2017-11-2823 min
Starting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Ryan Moran’s Road Map to a $100M BusinessRyan Moran returns to discuss his plans for building a $100M business. If you’re not familiar with Ryan already, he’s the Founder of both Capitalism.com and Freedom Fast Lane – and, although he’s barely 30-years-old, he recently exited a company for eight figures. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Learn more at Capitalism.com Listen to Freedom Fast Lane Listen to SFN179: Ryan Moran on Entering the Freedom Fast Lane
2017-11-1643 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Generating $20k MRR (With Just THREE Customers)Torben Anderson was in the corporate rat race for 20 years. Now he’s Founder of Rewired and, after just a few months, he’s generating $20k in monthly recurring revenue (MRR) – with just three customers. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/blog. Resources Connect with Torben: Rewired.co | LinkedIn
2017-11-1420 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Scaling from One Customer to $26k MRR in 6 MonthsJust six months ago, Rufus Casey had one customer for his software product, GrowFlow – fast forward to today and he’s generating $26k in monthly recurring revenue. We dig in and share a case study of every step along the way. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Learn more at GetGrowFlow.com
2017-10-3124 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.The Foundation & Future of Internet MarketingPhil MacNevin has over 16 years of experience in design, digital marketing, entrepreneurship training, and leadership, and his unique background has allowed him to work with some of the top people and brands in the industry: His digital marketing agency, LiftMedia, has built and automated marketing funnels for industry experts like Eben Pagan, Jordan Belfort, Christian Mickelsen, Chandler Bolt, and The Foundation. Phil also launched a new podcast, Automate and Convert, where he helps entrepreneurs increase traffic, optimize conversions, and maximize their productivity – all while automating their business and marketing. Click here to l...
2017-10-2425 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.CASE STUDY: A Software Business from Idea Extraction to SalesSergey Zuev is a Starting From Nothing listener in the Ukraine who started his own software company a little over a year ago, and it is steadily growing and generating more money each month. We’re going to learn exactly what he did, where the idea came from, how he got the first version built, how he’s been marketing and selling it, and what he’s planning to do next. Sergey’s software, GA Connector, connects your sales software with Google Analytics so you can track your website visitors all the way to a physical...
2017-10-1716 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Create Your Own Life: Action Begets Traction - with Jeremy SlateHave you struggled to get heard in the entrepreneurial space? There’s a lot of noise in the space, but Jeremy is the Founder of the Create Your Own Life Podcast and he specializes in helping entrepreneurs share their story and get heard. After the initial success of the podcast, Jeremy partnered with Daniel Gefen to launch Get Featured to help other entrepreneurs get their message out by appearing as guests on the right podcasts. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast.
2017-10-1025 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Saying HELL YES to an Unconventional Life - with Jules SchroederJules Schroeder is the founder of Unconventional Life, a media and experiences company that operates a podcast on the Forbes Under 30 channel, while hosting five-day business accelerators in exotic locations worldwide. Her mission to inspire and empower millennials to live a life by their own design, where their greatest source of happiness is also their source of income. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Jules: JulesSchroeder.com | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube Learn more about the upc...
2017-09-2636 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Case Study: From The Foundation to SalesSince joining The Foundation in January 2017, Eathan Janney has launched a business (Invisible String Software), pre-sold his first webinar, and started generating revenue. We share what he’s done along this journey so that you can skip some of the mistakes he made and leverage the lessons he learned. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Eathan: eathankeyboards@gmail.com Read Eathan’s writing at the Floating Piano Blog Learn more about Invisible String Software
2017-09-1923 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How to Grow Your Investments & Leverage Your Time - with Matt BodnarMatt Bodnar is a partner at early stage investment firm Fresh Hospitality, who are on a mission to help entrepreneurs grow by providing financial and intellectual capital to growing businesses in the food service value chain. He’s also the creator and host of The Science of Success podcast, which is focused on improving decision-making and understanding psychology. Matt’s work earned him a spot on the Forbes “30 Under 30”, called a “Rising Restaurateur Star” by the National Restaurant Association, and labeled a “Strategy Pro” by Restaurant Hospitality Magazine. In This Interview I Ask: 1:50 - How di...
2017-08-1536 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.The SaaS Cheat Code - with Dan SchwartzIf you are a non-technical person, you can still start (and grow) a successful software company. Dan Schwartz is the Founder & CEO of InvestorFuse, a bootstrapped SaaS company that just hit $1M in annual revenue. However, Dan isn’t a developer and he hasn’t written any code. Dan also wrote one of The Foundation’s most successful guest blog posts, “The SaaS Cheat Code," and today he’s going to share the cheat code with you. In This Interview I Ask: 1:40 - How did Dan get started, and how did he...
2017-08-0823 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How Entrepreneurs Can Solve Large-Scale Problems - with James SchmatenbergerDo you really understand how to address large-scale problems? James Schmachtenberger has a unique education emphasizing the interconnected nature of large-scale problems, and this drives James to approach societal and health challenges with solutions that account for the entirety of a problem, rather than solving for one issue while creating another. This mission recently led James to Founding the Neurohacker Collective, an applied neuroscience company that has assembled some of the world’s most accomplished doctors, scientists, and intellectuals to address the optimization of the human consciousness itself. Their first product to market, Qualia, is a...
2017-08-0139 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How to Leverage the Science of Succeeding with People - with Vanessa Van EdwardsDo you know how to captivate people? Today, you’ll find out how science can help make every social interaction more successful. Vanessa Van Edwards is a national best selling author and the lead investigator at her human behavior research lab, ScienceofPeople.com. She is a professional people watcher and her goal is to crack the code of interesting human behavior. She shares her research with audiences around the world, and in her book Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People. Vanessa also preaches the idea of being the most memorable person in th...
2017-07-2747 min
The Sacred Medicine PodcastBuilding an Epic Partnership with Andy DrishWant to know what it takes to create an epic partnership? I had such an astounding conversation with Andy Drish, the co-founder of The Foundation which teaches entrepreneurs how to start and scale software business. When he is not working, he has a profound way of looking at relationships and expressing love. Woah, I’m still swooning! He’s implanted such a beautiful vision of what a partnership could be, definitely something I would love to incorporate into my next relationship. It’s so refreshing to have a man want, on such a deep level, to create such richness in his...
2017-07-2657 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How to Give Yourself Limitless Job Security - with Caitlin PyleDon’t listen to self-doubt – anyone can live an abundant life. Caitlin Pyle is an entrepreneur who started out as a freelance proofreader and, just three years ago, had zero knowledge about marketing and product creation. Now Caitlin and her husband Ben (also a Foundation alumni) manage BCP Media, a multi-million dollar media company with multiple blogs and digital products, including the site that started it all, Proofread Anywhere. Caitlin’s life mission is to help hardworking people worldwide develop the success-oriented mindset and skills they need to generate income, from anywhere, online.
2017-07-2532 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Overcoming the Trials and Tribulations of Entrepreneurship (and Life)If you are trying to start a business, you’ve probably been through some trials and tribulations along the way… and today we’re talking to someone who triumphed over their year of hell and came out stronger on the other side. Kyle Racki is the CEO of Proposify, a seven-figure software business with $250k MRR after only three years. We discuss the start of his entrepreneurial journey, some of the challenges he had to overcome, and how he is growing Proposify. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoun...
2017-07-2042 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How to Bootstrap a Business with a Full-Time Job & Family to FeedWe all know starting a business is hard – and it’s even harder when you have a full-time job and a family to feed. Balancing all of these priorities is extremely difficult… but it’s not impossible. Today’s guests, Dean Collura and Eliot Dill, were facing that exact challenge when they started TitleTap. However, they still managed to grow the company from nothing to hundreds of customers and hundreds of thousands dollars of revenue in just a few years. In this episode, they will share how they got there, the challenges they faced alon...
2017-07-1840 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Writing, Relationships, & The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - with Mark MansonEntrepreneurs and high achievers often struggle with the simple parts of living a good life, like relationships. Today’s guest, Mark Manson, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, a blogger, and an internet entrepreneur – plus he’s hilarious, insightful, and wise. We explore how he grows his business as an independent writer, why romance is an overrated aspect of relationships, and his plans for the future. Click here to learn more and read th...
2017-07-1346 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Using Fear as a Compass & Embracing the Energetic Side of BusinessRaj Jana scaled JavaPresse Coffee Co. to six figures of monthly revenue in just one year, and it’s only picking up steam. Raj is the Founder and Chief Brewing Officer of JavaPresse Coffee Co., a company that creates innovative products that make coffee fun. He JUST left his day job (after working out an incredible deal to receive severance) and is gearing up to invest in the business full-time. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com Resources Connect with Raj...
2017-07-1135 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Generating Press & Changing Behaviors - with Maneesh Sethi, Founder & CEO of PavlokDo you struggle with generating attention when you start a new project? Maneesh Sethi is one of the most eclectic, interesting, and written-about guests we’ve had on the show. He authored an international bestselling book when he was 14, trekked across the world for a Travel Channel show, and created Pavlok – the world’s first wearable that actually changes behavior. Whether he’s becoming a famous DJ in 90 days or hiring a woman from Craigslist to slap him when he uses Facebook, Maneesh has a knack for generating attention and press. Click her...
2017-06-2942 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.From Deer Piss to Software in Just Six Months: Building for Growth with Dave Rogenmoser, Co-Founder & CEO of ProofDave Rogenmoser is the Co-Founder of Proof, a software product designed to double the conversion rate on your landing page or website by displaying recent customer activity. Proof is achieving a milestone of growth that we’ve seen very few software companies reach before. After just three months, Proof is generating $20,000 MRR. Wow. Dave also Co-Founded the Entrepreneur Alliance, a fast-growing global club of digital entrepreneurs coming together to create recurring revenue businesses. We’re going to dig into how Dave grew Proof so quickly, how he builds recurring revenue, and the le...
2017-06-2338 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How to Get Started in Content Marketing & Cure Imposter SyndromeAre you overwhelmed by the world of content marketing? There’s so many voices that it can sometimes be hard to know where yours fits into it all, but there is a niche for everyone. Sonia Simone is a Founding Partner and the Chief Content Officer at Copyblogger Media (now Rainmaker Digital). She’s been online since 1989, and she has some incredible insight into the evolving world of content marketing. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with S...
2017-05-1524 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.215: Why Entrepreneurs Need to Invest in Soft Skills - with Jordan HarbingerToday’s guest, Jordan Harbinger, is an entrepreneur, talk show host, and world-renowned social dynamics expert. He is committed to helping others thrive in every area of their life through the study of simple (but subtle) social dynamics. As co-founder of The Art of Charm, Jordan helped develop one of the leading self-development programs in the world, with a special expertise in social capital, relationship-building, and authentic rapport. As host of The Art of Charm podcast, he teaches people how to be a super-connector, become more charismatic, and revamp their relationships almost every single day....
2017-05-0846 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Learning the Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Firsthand, with Geoff Woods, VP of The ONE ThingDo you ever wonder if you’ll find fulfillment? Today’s guest, Geoff Woods, has been there… but mentorship helped him break through the achievement ceiling and make a bigger impact. Geoff went on a wild journey after joining The Foundation. In one year, he went from employee to building a six-figure business to partnering with Gary Keller and Jay Papasan, authors of The ONE Thing. Geoff is now VP of The ONE Thing, the company behind the best-selling book. He shares how connecting with people helped him get there, and the incredible transf...
2017-05-0134 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How To Make Decisions Like a Millionaire (in Just Four Steps)Billy Murphy is a former professional poker player turned entrepreneur, built a seven-figure poker training business, has run at least 20 e-commerce stores, and now he’s helping more entrepreneurs get started at ForeverJobless.com. Billy has a uniquely mathematical, logical, and linear perspective on business that we haven’t seen anywhere else, and we’re really excited to share it with you. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Learn more at Forever Jobless Apply to the Forever Jobless I...
2017-04-2445 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.How to Build Something From Nothing (and Achieve Profitability More Quickly) - with Nathan LatkaToday’s interview will completely change the way you think about starting businesses and selling products. Nathan Latka pre-sold about $80,000 of product, built up the Facebook marketing business Heyo, and sold it by the time he was 26-years-old. He is also one of the most entertaining (and somewhat controversial) people in the entrepreneurial world. Now Nathan is pioneering a new way for entrepreneurs to enter the software space more quickly, more easily, and for relatively cheap. We’ll be learning about the methodologies and processes that helped him purchase an existing product, with 20,000 users, for only...
2017-04-1759 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Love the Problem, Not Your SolutionToday’s guest, Ash Maurya, has experience with every level of startups and he is an expert in the lean startup process. He is author of the international bestseller Running Lean: How to Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works, CEO of LeanStack, and creator of the 1-Page Lean Canvas business model. He’s on the show to discuss the old world of product development versus the new world of product development, and to help you launch and scale a lean business. Click here to learn more and read the b...
2017-04-0356 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Why You Don’t Need to Be a Developer to be a Software Business FounderDoes creating a software product feel unrealistic because you don’t know how to develop software? Today’s guest, David Cristello, is here to explain why you don’t need to know anything about developing software to build a good software business… if you use The Foundation process. David went through The Foundation in 2013, built Jetpack Workflow, and later pre-sold $600,000 worth of robots. This episode is packed full of great stories and simple tips for new bootstrappers! Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast.
2017-03-2055 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN209: A Roadmap to Revenue in 18 monthsAre you lost and looking for revenue? Today’s guest, Dan Martell, maps out how you can develop an idea, iterate upon it, and start generating revenue over the next few months. Dan is a passionate entrepreneur who founded and exited three software companies over the past decade and he is an investor in over 30 others (like Udemy, Intercom, and Unbounce). The first time Dan was on the podcast he shared how entrepreneurship saved his life. Today he’s bringing a crazy amount of value. Get ready to take some notes! Click...
2017-03-061h 02Starting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN208: How to Bootstrap a Business to $1M in Monthly Recurring RevenueDo you feel in control? Bootstrapping a business allows you to create a life that you control – even if you have to start the process after work and on weekends. Today we have an incredible bootstrap success story: how Paras Chopra launched and scaled Wingify to over $1M in monthly recurring revenue – that’s right, monthly. In this episode you’ll learn… why bootstrapping gives you control. the difference between a good launch and a bad launch. how to leverage your core value. Click here to learn more and read...
2017-02-2744 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN207: How this Foundation graduate left his day job, launched a business, and learned to focusAre you an entrepreneur in your heart but still living the life of an employee? Before joining The Foundation’s first Software Roundtable, Troy Lavinia was slogging his way through his job at a hedge fund. After the Software Roundtable, he Founded Mosaic Research Management and he’s killing it in the hedge fund management space. You will learn... how he stopped procrastinating and started a business. how he developed a SaaS counterpart to his service business. how focus improved his business. Click here to learn more and re...
2017-02-2057 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN206: How To Optimize a Software Business LaunchAre you waiting too long to launch your business? Chris Brisson Co-Founded Call Loop, the leading text messaging software for businesses, and now he’s in the process of launching a new software business called Salesmsg. In this episode, Chris shares the strategies that worked (and didn’t work) to grow Call Loop and how he’s applying those lessons to optimize a new product launch. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Chris: Twitter...
2017-02-1347 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN205: How Money Can Help Entrepreneurs Build a Legacy of Positive ImpactDo you feel guilty about making money? Many entrepreneurs suffer from limiting beliefs about money, but we don’t have to. We can destroy those limiting beliefs when we realize that money begets impact – and you can do so many positive things in the world if you can make an impact. Stu McLaren, Co-Founder of WishList Products and Owner of Always Thinking Creatively, used to feel guilty about the amount of money he earned. Guilt stunted his entrepreneurial growth. He’s here to teach you why making money can be honorable, and the strate...
2017-02-0851 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN204: How to Achieve Consistent Growth (With No End in Sight)Are you willing to invest in yourself? Laura Roeder is an incredibly talented bootstrapper who constantly re-invests in herself. She was 22 when she quit her job and founded her first startup. She broke six figures in the first year. Laura then bootstrapped Meet Edgar from $0 to $4M in revenue in just 2½ years. It’s an awesome story and I’m really excited to share it with you. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Laura...
2017-02-0650 min
WTF Should I Do W/ My Life?!WTF 076: Jacob Interviewed by Andy Drish – Train For The ChallengeIn today's episode, Jacob is interviewed on the podcast Starting From Nothing with Andy Drish. Andy is an entrepreneur, speaker, and traveler. He is the CEO of The Foundation, which helps entrepreneurs help companies from scratch.
In this episode, you will learn:
The "Three Golden Principles" that shift stuckness and create clarity
What is "Inner Game" and how to get more in touch with yours
How to train yourself for the next layer of challenge.
2017-02-0341 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN203: How joining The Foundation helped launch a successful SaaS business, with Jeremy ChatelaineAre you frustrated because you can’t sell your awesome product? For years, Jeremy Chatelaine was frustrated. He kept building products but he wasn’t able to sell them – until he joined The Foundation. We’re going to look at how The Foundation played a role in getting QuickMail.io off the ground and the strategies that Jeremy has implemented to scale and grow over the past two years. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Learn more about Jere...
2017-02-0354 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN202: Switching from an information startup to a software startup, with Brian MoranAre you able to recreate success? Brian Moran is the Founder of Get 10,000 Fans – an information business that he grew from $0 to $3M in just two years. Now he’s applying those same strategies to his first software startup, SamCart, which made over $3M in revenue in 2016. He shares some awesome marketing strategies for new bootstrappers and we go deep into how he has been able to grow two companies so rapidly. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Reso...
2017-02-0143 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN201: Train for the Challenge by mastering your inner gameIf you’re listening to this right now, you are ambitious. And ambitious people want awesome sh*t. But if you want to make that happen, you need to Master Your Inner Game first. Jacob Sokol is a life and business coach who has been described as a mix between Jay-Z and Deepak Chopra. For the past seven years, he has been on a mission to help people live with less anxiety and greater fulfillment by mastering their Inner Game. Jacob is known for creating The Inner Game Immersion, a 10-week im...
2017-01-3040 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN200: How to grow a sustainable SaaS business, with Jason Fried of BasecampDo you want to grow forever or grow quickly? Jason Fried is one of the original SaaS bootstrappers. He co-Founded Basecamp in 1999. He shares his valuable perspective on how to grow a business that is sustainable forever. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Jason: Twitter | LinkedIn Basecamp: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Podcast TEDTalk: “Why work doesn’t happen at work” Read Jason’s books: Rework, Remote and Getting Real Production & Development for The Foundation...
2017-01-2751 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN199: Lessons learned from a failed software startup, with Pat Flynn from Smart Passive IncomeHave you ever had a bad business idea and then doubled down on it? Have you ever solved a problem in your own life and then kept the solution to yourself? Pat Flynn teaches proven strategies for running an online business and optimizing it for passive income. In this episode, Pat shares why his first software business failed, and why Smart Podcast Player is succeeding. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Listen to Pat’s Podc...
2017-01-2531 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN198 - Bootstrapping software is simpler than you let it beStop trying to hack early-stage startup growth. Get ready for real world, practical advice on bootstrapping a software business. David Hauser has been there and done it and he isn’t brainwashed by some of the Silicon Valley methods for hacking growth. David bootstrapped Grasshopper from $0 to $30M in revenue before selling it & founded Chargify, made it profitable then raised money through Mark Cuban. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with David: Websi...
2017-01-2344 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN197: How to make $2M in profit with zero fundingToday’s guest made $2M in profit last year without tracking any metrics. Giacomo Peldi Guilizzoni is Founder and CEO of Balsamiq Studios, LLC. Their goal is to help people create software and websites that are easier to use by providing software tools, teaching people about UX and building a long-lasting company. Balsamiq is unique because it has been bootstrapped for the past 8 years, and it was an almost instant success. Within 27 months, Balsamiq made $2M in revenue and every year, for the past five years, Balsamiq has made $2M in pro...
2017-01-2046 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN196: How one student is developing a business & making his first sales while in The FoundationWill you be able to take massive action to improve your life when your back is against the wall? If you have a strong Foundation, you can. At the end of last year, Scott Southwick had his back against the wall. Now he’s taking action and implementing The Foundation process to overcome limiting beliefs and bootstrap a startup. Discover how Scott is focusing on the result to develop a business and make sales as a student of The Foundation, and learn how he leverages his role as a...
2017-01-1836 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN195: How to bootstrap a company and dominate an industry for nearly two decadesHow do you bootstrap a company for 18 years without taking on any partners or investments? Get ready to find out. Tom Kulzer founded AWeber Communications, Inc. in 1998. He is still CEO and still owns 100% of the company. It’s an incredibly unique story that will teach you how to bootstrap a self-sufficient software company – and avoid the mistakes that Tom made along the way. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Tom...
2017-01-1648 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN194: How to escape corporate servitude by bootstrappingDo you want to escape corporate servitude to live a life of value and make a greater impact? Four years ago, Carl Mattiola left Tesla Motors and graduated from The Foundation as one of the most successful people in the class. He was generating $3-4k in monthly recurring revenue for a software product. Now he is making well over six figures every month as the Founder or Co-Founder of three companies: ClinicRise, ClinicMetrics and Breakthrough PT Marketing. You can make the leap too. Listen to Carl’s story to discover how...
2017-01-1343 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN193: From The Foundation to first sales in just three weeksGoing through The Foundation program pays for itself – and then some. Phil MacNevin is the Founder and President of Lift Media, a web design & marketing agency dedicated to delivering beautiful and impactful marketing tools for increasing growth to digital marketers around the world. Three weeks after joining The Foundation, Phil made his first software sales. Six weeks after joining The Foundation, Phil paid off The Foundation’s course and was generating revenue with his own course. 2½ years after joining The Foundation, Lift Media is expected to make $1 million annual recurring revenue. ...
2017-01-1134 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN192: How to scale like one of the fastest-growing bootstrapped startups onlineAre you having trouble getting your first few customers? Is it hard to scale from $5k a month to more? Nathan Barry has run into the same obstacles – and he developed strategies for overcoming them. Nathan is Founder and CEO of ConvertKit, one of the fastest-growing bootstrapped startups online. In just 18 months, he grew from less than 5k monthly recurring revenue to more than 400k monthly recurring revenue. Click here to learn more and read the blog post at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Nathan: Webs...
2017-01-0944 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN191: Cutting edge marketing and launch strategies from the Ask man, Ryan LevesqueToday’s episode is a really unique opportunity for anyone looking to get into the world of business to learn from one of the world’s top marketers. Ryan Levesque is leading the way in in the marketing world with the Ask method. He’s already helped companies sell over $100M in products using this method. Ryan is author of the best-selling book Ask and an investor in Bucket.io, the segmentation software entrepreneurs are using to implement the Ask method in their business. You’re going to learn why the ask method works an...
2017-01-0651 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN190: Dropping Out of College to Build a Multi-Million Dollar CompanyChandler Bolt joined the Foundation in 2013 and dropped out of college – now he’s building a company worth about $2.25M. At The Foundation, we teach people how to build software businesses because they’re a good long-term financial bet, but the model applies to any business with a product. Chandler pursued the self-published book industry. Chandler is the author of five best-selling books, the most recent of which is Book Launch, and he’s the Founder & CEO of Self-Publishing School, the #1 resource for writing your own book. He’s helped thousands of people on their journey to...
2017-01-0452 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN189: A Blueprint for High-Ticket Software Sales (With No Technical Experience Required)Do you want a blueprint for creating and selling high-ticket offers? I don’t know anyone in the world better at creating and selling high-ticket offers than John Logar. He set The Foundation’s record for the most sales generated while going through the program – over $120k in six months. He helped one speaker at the The Foundation Bootstrap Software Summit close $1M in sales from the stage. He’s the best at understanding what people want. John can’t write a single line of code but he has sold millions of dollars...
2017-01-0249 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN188: Lessons from a Knight of The Software RoundtableIf you want to hear why The Foundation process works, then you need to listen to this episode. Dan was one of the original 88 people that participated in The Foundation’s Software Roundtable – now he’s CEO of Follow Up Boss and generating millions of dollars in revenue. Dan and his partner developed Follow Up Boss for six months before joining The Software Roundtable. They had an idea, but they weren’t gaining traction with it. They realized they needed to niche down and The Foundation was able to teach them everything they didn’t k...
2016-12-2837 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN187: Don’t make your own mistakes; learn from these“I wish I had heard this interview two years ago. It probably would have saved a lot of hard times.” –Wyatt Jozwowski Bootstrapping is great because it forces you to focus on what matters: maximum profit in the least amount of time, while maintaining the ability to reorient and make the best decisions. There’s also a fine line between making decisions that matter and making short-term decisions that hurt you in the long-term. To help you walk that fine line and make the best decisions for bootstrapping your startup, Wyatt Jozwowski...
2016-12-2645 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN186: An early graduate from The Foundation & his wild ride as a founderDaniel Himel graduated from The Foundation, left his day job at 35 to run a startup, and then sold his company. Now he’s getting ready to do it all again. If you want to build a business like a graduate of The Foundation, then you need to check out this story. Click to learn more and read the blog post: TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Daniel: DanielHimel.com | Twitter Production & Development for The Foundation: Starting From Nothing Podcast by Podcas...
2016-12-2341 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN185: Learn how to learn better - with Zach Johnson, founder of FunnelDashDon’t learn to become an entrepreneur as quickly as possible – learn how to become an entrepreneur the best way possible. Zach Johnson, Founder of FunnelDash, went from employee to the trenches to Founder in just four years – and he learned to be a self-reliant marketing expert along the way. His strategies will help you make a plan, teach yourself and be more self-reliant. Click here to learn more and read the blog post: TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Connect with Zach: Facebook | LinkedIn ...
2016-12-1947 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN184: How to scale like a serial SaaS entrepreneurEvery startup founder needs to learn how to optimize their business like a product. Rob Walling is a serial SaaS entrepreneur who has been bootstrapping for 16 years. He has the best strategies to scale a bootstrapped startup and he’s here to share them with you. Resources Learn more about Rob: Software By Rob | Twitter Listen to Rob’s podcasts: Startups For The Rest Of Us | ZenFounder Improve your email marketing campaign with Drip Attend MicroConf 2017 – April 9th-11th or April 11th-13th Apply to FounderCafe, an online community of entrepreneurs helping each ot...
2016-12-1658 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN183: How to reach product-market fit for early stage start-upsHow do you know if you have a good idea or not? Today you will learn how to find good ideas and reach product-market fit in a bootstrapped, early-stage startup. Eben Pagan is a veteran entrepreneur in the information technology space who now devotes his life to training new entrepreneurs in his best strategies and techniques for business, marketing and wealth creation. Learn more with the expanded show notes at TheFoundation.com/Podcast. Lay The Foundation: Reaching Product-Market Fit Invest your attention, energy, time and effort into things you will en...
2016-12-1444 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN182: Why your brain is a bulls**t machine, and what you can do about itWe all know what it feels like to be economically vulnerable. Everyone struggles with their relationship to money and we’ve all laid awake at night worrying. Clay Collins, CEO and CoFounder of Leadpages, knows what that feels like – so he empowers people with some of the best marketing tools online. Leadpages helps entrepreneurs reduce friction by creating done-for-you models for economic value creation, business growth and income. You know the templates work because Clay uses many of them to grow Leadpages. Clay also generated revenue in their first year as a bootstrapped startup...
2016-12-1254 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN181: How Foundation students Allen & Cat raised 20x of their Kickstarter goal in 28 hoursCat Lavery & Allen Brouwer, founders of Best Self Co., achieved their Kickstarter goal in just two days - and then destroyed it. Two years later, they won the Shopify Build-a-Business competition, culminating in a few days of socializing with inspirations such as Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Marie Forleo, Daymond John, and Russell Simmons. All this thanks to what they learned as students in The Foundation. For more info on how Cat & Allen 20x’d their goal and rose to success, see the full show notes at TheFoundation.com/podcast. Resources Lear...
2016-12-0948 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN180: Michael Gerber goes beyond the E-Myth - How to grow from a company of 1 to a company of 1,000Are you an entrepreneur, or are you creating a job that you don’t even like? Do you know what an entrepreneur actually is? Today’s guest, Michael Gerber, is a legend in the world of entrepreneurship – and he’s here to help. For full resources and more info on Michael, see the show notes at TheFoundation.com. In This Interview I Ask: 4:20 - Let's talk about distinguishing between entrepreneurs and people who are just getting in business because they have an idea. 14:20 - If you go into a small bus...
2016-12-0731 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN179: Ryan Moran on Entering the Freedom Fast LaneI have Ryan Moran on the podcast today because he has one of the coolest minds I have ever met in the entrepreneurial space. He is the Founder of Freedom Fast Lane, a business that inspires, educates, and empowers people to live extraordinary lives through the understanding that money and freedom are the result of who you become, rather than the other way around. Ryan is also the Founder of Capitalism.com, which exists to dispel the theory that the government is the best solution to problems, and it instead strives to empower individuals to take personal responsibility for...
2016-11-1046 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN178: Jennifer Hudye on Relationship Marketing & the 5-Step Process for Authentic CopyJennifer Hudye is a relationship marketing expert and the founder of Conscious Copy. She helps coaches, authors, experts and influencers in the online space develop an authentic relationship with their prospects, so that they're not trying to sleep with their prospects on the first date. “It's becoming an authentic influencer, building your tribe, while still making sales through email marketing.” In This Interview I Ask: 3:05 – From the time that you were born right through Conscious Copy, what was your story? How did you arrive at that? 5:20 – You quadruple your investment in Princess Venture, Inc. (before turn...
2016-11-071h 02Starting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.Episode 177 - Mike Paton on the Entrepreneurial Operating System & Helping Leadership Teams Achieve TractionMike Paton has spent a lifetime learning from entrepreneurs. Eight years ago he met Gino Wickman and was immediately drawn to the simplicity and usefulness of his Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS). He is now the Visionary at EOS Worldwide, LLC – a role we explore in this interview – and an author, speaker and EOS implementer at Achieve Traction, where he uses his lifetime of entrepreneurial wisdom to helps entrepreneurs and their leadership teams clarify, simplify and achieve their vision. “We believe that what leaders do is solve problems and resolve issues.” In This Interview I Ask: 2:30...
2016-10-3143 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN176: Vinnie Fisher On The Six Core Areas of Business, Strategy & IntentionVinnie Fisher is a Founder and CEO of The Total CEO and Founder and Chairman of Fully Accountable. Today we really dove into The Total CEO, unpacked the six core areas of business, and really what we find bleeding through everything is strategy and intention. In This Interview I Ask: 1:45 – Tell us a little bit about your entrepreneurial journey. How you got started, how you progress, and how you ended up where you're at today. 4:20 – You're a lawyer by trade and then in 2006 you launch your direct response career. How did that happen? What launch...
2016-10-2457 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN175: How To Build Your Perfect Day - with Craig BallantyneCraig Ballantyne is a productivity and success transformation coach and the author of The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life. He has contributed to Men’s Health Magazine since 2000, and in 2001 he created the popular home workout program Turbulence Training. On his journey to success Craig has had to overcome crippling anxiety attacks, and he did that with his Five Pillars of Success and Transformation. Today Craig shows men and women how to use these five pillars to lose 10-75 pounds, get a raise and make more money, find the love of...
2016-10-2151 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN174: Patrick M. Powers On Networking Like An EntrepreneurIn This Interview I Ask: 2:35 – So before we dive in any deeper, Patrick, tell us what are you up to in the world right now? 4:00 – Entrepreneurs in London: how big is that group? 4:30 – Give us a sense of what that group runs on, meaning is that a group that you started on MeetUp? 7:30 – What was your original intention when you started that MeetUp group? Was it to actually grow it to 18,000 people and monetize it, or when you got that thing started what was going through your mind? 8:48 – What I'm always curious about from entrepreneurs is what it actually lo...
2016-10-1752 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN173: Rob Walch on Starting A Podcast: Pro Tips For EntrepreneursRob Walch, recently inducted into the Podcast Hall of Fame, is the VP of Podcaster Relations with Libsyn and hosts the podCast411 podcast. His books, “Podcast 101” and “Tricks of the Podcasting Masters,” are available on Amazon and iBooks. In this episode, Rob outlines his tips to entrepreneurs interested in starting a podcast, including when and why to monetize, how to use a podcast to build credibility in your niche, and the importance of providing great content in podcasting. Rob also discusses his opinion of where the future of podcasting is going. In This Inte...
2016-10-1053 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN 172: Oren Klaff On How To Pitch & Close Billion-Dollar DealsOren Klaff is the author of Pitch Anything, an innovative method for presenting, persuading, and winning the deal. Oren has personally worked on a billion dollar in deals. In this interview, Oren breaks down the Pitch Anything Method, including setting the frame, creating tension and overcoming objections. In This Interview I Ask: 1:23 - What kind of deals have you been involved in total? 2:46 - With the skillset that you have, why go write a book? 8:06 - In the book, you talk about three levels of the brain. When I’m firing questions at...
2016-09-0948 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN 171: Jeremy Chatelaine On Building A $50k+ Per Month Lifestyle BusinessJeremy Chatelaine is the founder of Quickmail.io, a tool to help businesses generate leads on autopilot with automated outbound emails and smart follow-ups. Quickmail.io is one of the first companies to provide a solution for sales automation. In just two years since inception, Jeremy grew Quickmail.io to over 1,000 customers and over $50,000 in monthly recurring revenue. In this interview, Jeremy breaks down each phase of growing his business, from validating his idea to his first customer acquisition to hiring his first team member. He also shares his insights on the realities of a having the...
2016-08-2644 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN170: Brian Scudamore On Growing Your Business With the Right PeopleBrian Scudamore is the founder of many companies under the umbrella of O2E Brands (Ordinary 2 Exceptional). He started his first business 1-800-GOT-JUNK, a junk removal company, in college, and grew it to a global brand with franchises in over 30 cities across North America. Brian’s other franchises include Wow 1 Day Painting, You Move Me, and Shack Shine. In this interview, Brian tells us how he grew 1-800-GOT-JUNK from a college side hustle to a 250 million dollar franchise. Brian credits his success to two things: having a clear vision for his business, and hiring the ri...
2016-08-2146 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN169: Andrei Mincov On the Importance Of TrademarkingAndrei Mincov is the “trademark guy” and founder of Trademark Factory. He earned his PhD in law and worked for the biggest international law firm in Russia doing intellectual property work for the likes of Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, J. K. Rowling, DreamWorks and more. When Andrei moved to Canada, he went from being a hotshot lawyer to a nobody. It wasn’t until he read Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad that he decided to start his own firm. In this interview, Andrei teaches us about what a trademark does, and why it’s better to tradema...
2016-08-1240 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN168: Aaron Vidas On Calculating the ROI Of Your MarketingAaron Vidas is the founder and CEO of Strategy Box, a company that helps others companies find their most profitable customers and creates radically simple plans to help them grow. In this interview, Aaron talks to us about the software he built to help B2B companies determine the ROI of their marketing. Aaron shares his journey from validating his idea to hiring someone else to execute on his minimum viable product. We learn the importance of evaluating the ROI of our marketing and how you can use Strategy Box's dashboard to see what’s working for yo...
2016-08-0538 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN167: Siamak Farah - Building A Team That’s 10% Human, 90% TechnologySiamak Farah is the founder of Info Street (now SkyDesktop), an in-browser cloud app platform that allows small business owners to access, manage, and use all their business apps in one place. Siamak has had an amazing career working his way up at multiple software companies, including Steve Job’s Next Computers. With the knowledge and experience he acquired, it’s no wonder that he now runs his very own successful software company. In this interview, Sia shares his journey of how he learned every facet of running a software company, from his time at Next Computers to s...
2016-07-2936 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN166: Kallen Diggs on Getting Your Writing PublishedKallen Diggs is an international bestselling author, career strategist, and contributor to major publications like Entrepreneur Magazine and The Huffington Post. He is the founder of Reaching the Finish Line, and has both a book & internationally syndicated radio show by the same name. Kallen has helped over 2,000 people reach the finish line in their careers. In this interview, Kallen shares the mission behind Reaching the Finish Line, how he got started in entrepreneurship, and the habits he practices as well as the tools he uses in his business. Kallen also gives his insight on what it was...
2016-07-2244 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN165: Jenn Scalia on Creating a Membership SiteJenn Scalia runs a coaching business and membership site for women who want to put themselves out there and run their own online business. Formerly, she enjoyed doing social media full-time for the largest casino in Atlantic City until she was laid off. Jenn felt like she hit rock bottom after her second layoff in two years. It was then that she decided that she wanted control over whether or not she worked and how much she earned. Jenn then moved back in with her parents’, and leveraged their support to get out of debt and slowly grow her bu...
2016-07-1534 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN164: Jason Carter on Generating $115k Using Cold EmailJason Carter is a software engineer with a PhD in computer science. While going through The Foundation Process, Jason dabbled with a few different niches. Once he started seeing results, he focused on the path of least resistance. Through consistent action and reflection, he learned what he what he was doing wrong in his process, then made adjustments to set his system right. In just eight months he was able to generate $115k all from using cold email. In this interview, Jason tells us what he’s learned from mistakes he’s made when he first...
2016-07-0833 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN163: Jennifer Barcelos & Sandy Connery On Developing and Growing A B2B CompanyJennifer Barcelos and Sandy Connery are both alums of The Foundation Class of 2013, who met and instantly became friends at our Foundation live event. Jenny was a lawyer and new mom wanting to explore new ways to fund the nonprofit organization she worked with, while Sandy was a certified pedorthist, who after selling her previous business was looking for a new entrepreneurial challenge. After uncovering a common pain point shared by yoga studio owners, Jenny founded Namastream, a virtual wellness studio service for yoga instructors. Sandy, being a fellow yogi and Namastream enthusiast, joined the team a year and...
2016-07-0147 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN162: Geoff Woods On Strategically Adding Value To OthersGeoff Woods is the host of The Mentee Podcast and an alumni of The Foundation, who went from having a 6-figure sales job to becoming a full-time entrepreneur. Geoff was going through The Foundation’s “Idea Extraction” process when he realized that SaaS was not a good fit for him. Instead he made a pivot to focus on something he was much more passionate about building, which ended up being his podcast, The Mentee. Because of the guidance from his mentors, Geoff was able to monetize within three months of launch. In Part 2 of this interview, Geoff breaks...
2016-06-2430 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN161: Geoff Woods On the Importance Of MentorshipGeoff Woods is the host of The Mentee Podcast and an alumni of The Foundation who went from having a 6-figure job to becoming a full-time entrepreneur. Geoff was going through The Foundation’s “Idea Extraction” process when he realized that SaaS was not a good fit for him. Instead he made a pivot to focus on something he was much more passionate about building and that was his podcast, The Mentee - which Geoff was able to monetize within three months of launching. In Part 1 of this interview, Geoff recalls the moment when he realized it was ti...
2016-06-1725 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN160: Aaron Vidas on Customer AcquisitionAaron Vidas is the founder and CEO of Strategy Box, a company that helps others companies find their most profitable customers and creates radically simple plans to help them grow. In this interview, Aaron talks to us about how he transitioned from moving back into his childhood home and working with low leverage clients to working with companies ten times as big and quadrupling his rates. In This Interview I ask: 5:09 - What did you study in university? 6:04 - Knowing what you know now, [would] you...
2016-06-1043 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN159: Lisa Bodell on Doing Deep WorkLisa Bodell is the founder and CEO of futurethink, which enables organizations to embrace change and become world-class innovators. She’s also the author of two books: Kill the Company, which is about how to get rid of thing to make space for innovation, and Why Simple Wins which is about how can we get to the work that matters by making simplicity a habit or rather how to make simplicity an operating principle to make innovation happen. In this interview, Lisa shares how to overcome the complexity trap, and figure out what is holding us back fr...
2016-06-0332 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN158: Jeff Wenberg on Building His First SaaSJeff Wenberg is the founder of Smart Video Metrics and an alumni of The Foundation. Jeff started a voiceover and video business right after being let go from his job. He grew tired of the inconsistent income of that business so in 2015, he joined The Foundation. In this interview, Jeff tells us how he came up with the idea for Smart Video Metrics, how much time and money he invested in his solution, and his takeaways from his experience so far. In This Interview I asked: 4:28 - How did you know th...
2016-05-2735 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN157: Get Better Results By Doing the Right Things – with Adrienne DorisonAdrienne Dorison is a no-nonsense success expert for online entrepreneurs helping them get better results in less time by doing the right things. She is also the host of the daily podcast The School of Mastery, a national triathlete, and passionate dog mom. Adrienne never thought she’d become an entrepreneur; however when she was able to pay off over $40k in debt from the income she earned on the side through her blog, she finally took the leap and left her corporate job to work full time for herself. In This...
2016-05-2043 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN156: Startup Advice From Award-Winning Serial Entrepreneur Dan MartellDan Martell is an award-winning Canadian serial entrepreneur, and the founder of the recently acquired Clarity.fm, a venture-backed startup that makes it easy to connect with top business minds over the phone. In 2012, he was named Canada’s top angel investor, having completing over 33 investments with companies like Udemy, Intercom, and Unbounce. Dan is back on the podcast giving us actionable steps on launching a startup from scratch. He shares why it’s easier to start a company today than ever before, how to determine your most important tasks as a CEO, and the commo...
2016-05-1044 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN155: How to Become Who You Are - with Jules Schroeder At the age of eighteen, Jules Schroeder ran her first six-figure business teaching other college students how to run their own businesses. Four years later, at age 22, she co-founded a publishing company that made seven figures its first year in business, specializing in making books #1 Best Sellers on the Amazon Kindle platform. Today Jules runs CreateU, a one-year online education program that focuses on learning the specific skills you need to create the career & lifestyle you want. In this episode, we talk to Jules briefly about her company CreateU, and some lessons she’s lea...
2016-05-0641 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN143: Ditching Silicon Valley and Helping America´s Small Town Entrepreneurs, with Paul SinghWhen it comes to starting businesses, they don’t come much more experienced than Paul Singh. Having come from a small town himself, Paul has started hundreds of companies, moved to Silicon Valley – and out again, invested thousands of dollars and sees himself as a successful entrepreneur. But what he has realised is that if he stopped investing in companies, no-one would notice – his real calling is to help small town entrepreneurs across America.
Paul believes that now, more than ever, entrepreneurs can build successful businesses from anywhere in the world, and his focussing his efforts on helpin...
2016-02-1948 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN142: How to Show Up in Your Life When Things Aren't Going so Well, with Anese CavanaughSpeaker, writer and thought leader in Internal Energetic Presence (IEP), Anese Cavnaugh is an old friend on Andy’s. Her work is based upon making sure that you are in the right place, mentally and with your energy at a maximum to give yourself success and fulfilment.
We all go through rough patches – Anese knows this just like the rest of us – and in today’s show, her and Andy chat about how you can turn the tough times into positive, the value of finding beauty in the burn and how to start to come out of a ditch...
2016-02-1240 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN140: Got a Business Idea? How to make sure that it will work, with Pat FlynnPat Flynn is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and presenter on his ´Smart Passive Income´ webcast. He has a number of successful businesses and bases everything that he does on the premise of helping people out – be it through his businesses, his podcast, blog or new book. Pat understands what it means to run a successful business – from ensuring that you have a market, to finding your place in the marketplace, to making sure that you are going to keep motivated.
In today´s show, Andy chats to Pat about how to make sure that your business aligns with yo...
2016-01-2927 minStarting from Nothing - The Foundation Podcast | Building your business ENTIRELY from scratch.SFN139: The Art of Goal Setting, with John Lee DumasJohn Lee Dumas first met Andy three years ago, when he was three months into his 7-day a week podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire. He has now just recorded his 1200th interview and seen the success of his business go from strength to strength. By talking to successful entrepreneurs every day, John has been able to understand more able what has made them so successful, and figured out that a lot of it is thanks to great goal setting. In his bid to help other people become successful entrepreneurs, John has just released his ´Freedom Journal´ - a guide to he...
2016-01-2225 min
Film Trooper054: Helping You Align with Your Deepest Truths and Create Possibilities For Your Life From That Place, with Andy Drish of The FoundationTHE FOUNDATION CO-FOUNDER, ANDY DRISH ON THE FILM TROOPER PODCAST In this episode, I interview the Co-Founder of The Foundation, Andy Drish, whose mission is to “Help people align with their deepest truth and create possibilities for their life from that place”. Click here to check out the amazing work that Andy does over at:…
2014-12-0133 minFilm Trooper054: Helping You Align with Your Deepest Truths and Create Possibilities For Your Life From That Place, with Andy Drish of The FoundationTHE FOUNDATION CO-FOUNDER, ANDY DRISH ON THE FILM TROOPER PODCAST In this episode, I interview the Co-Founder of The Foundation, Andy Drish, whose mission is to “Help people align with their deepest truth and create possibilities for their life from that place”. Click here to check out the amazing work that Andy does over at:…
2014-12-0133 min
Film Trooper Podcast with Scott McMahon: A Filmmaking Podcast054: Helping You Align with Your Deepest Truths and Create Possibilities For Your Life From That Place, with Andy Drish of The FoundationTHE FOUNDATION CO-FOUNDER, ANDY DRISH ON THE FILM TROOPER PODCAST In this episode, I interview the Co-Founder of The Foundation, Andy Drish, whose mission is to “Help people align with their deepest truth and create possibilities for their life from that place”. Click here to check out the amazing work that Andy does over at:…
2014-12-0133 min
EvolutionFMCE #12: Andy Drish on Finding Your Unique AbilityWhat if there is one thing we were all made to do? And if we spent majority of our time focused on it, we could unlock new levels of potential. This concept is called your unique ability and Andy is convinced it's the secret to greatness. We explore this topic and other parts of entrepreneurship in this interview with Andy Drish.
2014-05-2250 min
EvolutionFMCE #12: Andy Drish on Finding Your Unique AbilityWhat if there is one thing we were all made to do? And if we spent majority of our time focused on it, we could unlock new levels of potential. This concept is called your unique ability and Andy is convinced it's the secret to greatness. We explore this topic and other parts of entrepreneurship in this interview with Andy Drish.
2014-05-2250 min
Doubt The Doubts | Crazy Cool People Sharing Great Tips, Tactics, & Tools0059 Andy Drish and Dane Maxwell | The FoundationAndy Drish and Dane Maxwell beleive the world is a better place when there are more entrepreneurs in it.
2013-09-2057 min
Smart Business Revolution | Turn Relationships into Revenues | Networking | More Clients | Relationship Advice028: Andy Drish | Writing Copy & Loving It: How to Use Copywriting More EffectivelyAndy Drish had his dream job in his early 20s, working for a Fortune 250 company in marketing. Then a midlife crisis hit, and he threw it all away. He quit his job, broke up with his girlfriend... and even abandoned his puppy (don't worry; the girlfriend took the puppy). Andy then embarked on an entrepreneurial journey, eventually founding Referral Squirrel, a website designed to help Realtors get more referrals. In the process, he became passionate about writing copy that is effective and grows your business. In this episode, he shares some very practical tips for how to...
2013-08-1437 min
Think Entrepreneurship | Interviews with Entrepreneurs | Entrepreneur Tips, Advice, and InspirationEpisode 18 - How to Start a Software Company with Andy DrishAndy Drish outlines how to start a software business by first finding a pain in the marketplace. As co-founder of The Foundation, Andy has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs start successful software businesses.
2013-07-1730 min