Podcast Episodes

#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 trying to build a CRM that does everything from web hosting to ca…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

#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 those chat responses. I invited Chirag Kulkarni founder o…

Published on 6 months ago

#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’s top news. Today his company, 1440, has over 4 m…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

#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 for our company. Now? Something is missing. I aske…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

#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 opportunity. That realization became Aux Insights, the f…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

#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 publishing company rose, crashed, and rose again.

Tucker Max first be…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

#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. This is the story of how he built and sold Credo, and …

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

#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. Within a year of its creation, The Milk Road grew to 250k readers…

Published on 1 year ago

#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 big reason. A former Morning Brew employee, he took th…

Published on 1 year ago

#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, and it’s a platform where teachers, parents and school admin…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago