Entrepreneur Mastermind Podcast
430 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsGet a fly-on-the-wall perspective from 4 developers turned entrepreneurs, as they struggle with the business and learn lessons the hard way. This is the weekly mastermind group of the entreprogrammers - a no holds barred, unedited look at what it really takes to be an entrepreneur.
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Episodes
Episode 274 "E-mail list Clean up"
June 18, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 38.1 MBWe´re Live. Chuck starts the conversation about some emails that he had with some producers and involves John in the process, there was some type of complaint of how John is writing his emails, looks like he´s not giving much information away, chuck wanted feedback from the guys on this. Chuck asks some advice to Josh about a problem that he´s been having with deliverability to his subscribers there was a serious issue that he should have at least send an email to tech support (Wich he did...
Episode 273 "Youtube Algorithm"
June 11, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBWe´re Live. Mani wants some feedback on a video that changes his traffic with little details changed on it like changing the title and thumbnail, there was a huge difference in traffic and the guys are analyzing it. They´re not sure what actually happened, the various hypothesis is on but is a mystery still. They Go through all the changes you can make to a youtube video just to make sure what makes the dramatic uprise. The main concern is the tags, which actually it only leads the search ...
Episode 272 "Build Your Brand"
June 04, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBWe´re Live. Mani Talks to the guys about an email campaign about some new courses that he´s developing and looking for feedback on this especially from Josh who´s done this lots of times for Simple Programmer. The main topic in this conversation is that when your doing a campaign there are two ways to do it, build the products for a brand you´re already working on and be correlated to the brand or the product itself alone, this depends on how are you running things and what are the end res...
Episode 271 "Price Point"
May 28, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBWe´re live. Mani talks with John about how he´s preparing to come back to his cycle of work, always a difficult thing to do especially when you have a long vacation. Mani is thinking about some launch that he wants to do, and his rambling on ideas. John Advice him to focus on the main plan, getting back to the cycle is crucial and focus is what he needs. The next item in hand for mani was to set the price point, critical issue because it is based on a lot of factors and can be the decisive...
Episode 270 "You Pay For Social Media"
May 21, 2019 16:00 - 3 hours - 90.4 MBWe´re Live. Mani is back from his vacation, he reiterates how cheap it is to travel to Thailand and Bali. Although he had an amazing time and lots of fun, he was looking to work every day at least 4 hours but it becomes really difficult because he couldn’t find a proper place to work. He explains how difficult is to work and especially focus when the only space you have to work is a crappy desk, tried going to coffee shops but didn’t work either. Changing Hotels did the trick found some acco...
Episode 269 "Python is on"
May 14, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 32.4 MBWe´re Live. Chuck tells how ti went with the podcast booth. I manage to get a lot a business and a lot of sponsors, lots of contacts were made, which was the main goal for the booth, so incredibly great for Charles. The best thing about booth is that is movable, Charles is looking to get to the booth on many conferences as possible. Josh Gives some ideas and programs that Charles can have shows with. Python is on right now, its really really popular between programmers and is the actual ni...
Episode 268 "The Simple Programmer Show"
May 07, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBWe´re Live. No Mani today, he´s on vacation in Thailand and Charles we are not sure where he is. So this is a Simple Programmer guys show. Guys talk about possible negotiations for the future of SP and a lot of people that are turning down because they don’t have a clue what they want or how to do anything even. There´s a pretty nice option in the table that can bring a lot of profit, but the guys need to talk to the person, there are funnels that work and are completely functional and pro...
Episode 267 "Don´t Trust Facebook"
April 30, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBWe´re Live. Mani starts telling the guys that he´s going on a trip to Thailand and wants to spend as many time as possible there. Charles wants to take this trip, also would like to travel the world, as an experience that´s definitely going to take a lot of time. Josh Asks the guys for some creative ideas to track facebook campaigns, he finds very limited the data that Facebook provides in order to check everything is in running smoothly or in the other case, find out where he went wrong a...
Episode 266 "No Downtime"
April 23, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBWe´re Live. Guys start joking about John possibly having Mono, and Mani tells him that he´s pretty sure that he doesn’t have mono because mono is one most horrible experiences he´s had in his life. Apparently, he´s just tired. Mani is experimenting to find new stuff for his business to grow. He tells its really difficult to sell to other people audiences, but I can be seen as leverage when working as a team, this is happening with Josh and john. There are new promos that mani is trying b...
Episode 265 "Taxes, Taxes, Taxes"
April 16, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBWe´re Live, Guys start talking about that they´re finally taking down hangouts but going to keep youtube streaming. Charles is still traveling having meetings with the sponsors for the podcast shows. Also giving an anecdote about a podcast booth that he is mounting. John gives advice to Charles on who to work with, that he needs to start with small groups and little enterprises and go way up, that way is safe and a make a profit without going crazy. Besides, what you´re looking for is that...
Episode 264 "Devil may care attitude"
April 09, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBWe´re Live. Charles starts sharing some good news that he´s got on the podcaster world, being super successful a looking for improvement. Lots of podcasters and sponsors want to work with Charles. Talks about some podcast show that have gone silent and had a great audience at one time wanting them to bring them back up. John Agrees with Charles, he´s going in the right direction. John Recommends that is a great idea to help other podcasters grow, and is a good business model with a great p...
Episode 263 "Subscriber Does Not Mean Sale
April 02, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBWe´re Live. Josh Talks about how a negotiation went and getting some feedback from Mani. It went really well for Josh on this negotiation and the client ends up with a big profit too so everyone´s a winner. Mani gives advice to Josh about traffic and the debate starts on when you need organic traffic or not. Josh states that I totally depend on who responded to the traffic, this can make a huge difference in the sale. Tells an anecdote of a sale with 500 subscribers that gave 0 sales. Li...
Episode 262 "Valuable Connections"
March 26, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBWe´re live. John talks about a new server they´re testing which is better and self-maintained. Its been a whole adventure coming back to Linux based server. Lots of stuff to relearn and mistakes made during the process. Sweet come back to programming for John. Mani talks about the social media marketing world, he´s evaluating if it's going to go or not pros and cons etc. The Best pro is the amount of the great connections that he makes during these conferences, the content of the conferenc...
Episode 261 "Podfest"
March 19, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBWe´re Live. Starting off John and Mani talk about the evolution of entreprogrammers podcast through time, lots have changed and even talk about doing a more private versión. Somebody´s has some skeletons in their closets. Charles Talks about a podcast event that he went, and some great ideas that were shown there. Goes into detail of some of them and one his shows to get feedback from the guys. Lots of good stuff regarding podcasters and people that want to enter this world. Mani Talks a...
Episode 260 "High Quality Employees"
March 12, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBWe´re Live, Late start for the guys and John start´s off telling that he needs to stop selling his shirts because its taking people from youtube and not making any money, on the other hand, Charles talks about his running schedule. John Talks about the launch of the Bulldog Mindset Membership and the person that he hired to this, which actually was a deal that he couldn’t refuse and turn to be great, and a whole lot of plans that he has for Bulldog Mindset. Josh and John get into a long ...
Episode 259 "Solid Business Models"
March 05, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBWe´re Live, Charles starts off saying that he is in California too for a conference and tells John that he pissed off about what John said last week about him being bored. Tells him that John is completely right and because of this, he has become more productive than before. Also tells Mani that he was right too, really good advice for Charles last week has paid off. John Talks about that he´s been doing a lot of videos based on current stuff that is happening right now, and that youtube i...
Episode 258 "Money Making Machine"
February 26, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBWe´re live. Charles starts talking to Mani about a podcast he has with him and wishes some guest would jump in. Asks Josh and John for advise on an ebook launch that he´s planning to do, regarding editors, proofreading and that kind of stuff. Charles is looking to use the sales of the book as a lead magnet, John tells him that he needs to be clear on what the goal of the lead magnet is, makes a huge difference on how to use this lead, it has lots of marketing variations that can be used no...
Episode 257 "Affiliate Sales & Integrated Marketing"
February 19, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBWe´re Live. The group starts talking about affiliate sales, and how mani is helping Charles with this. Charles Has a great start on it, had a 10% click which is really good. Mani adds some cool ideas that can boost everything. John gives a little explanation of how affiliate sales work and how many types of you can use, and the functionality of each one. Mani explains too that some of it can be confused with integrated marketing. Charles Talks about his past experiences in sales, saying t...
Episode 256 "Complex Situations"
February 12, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBWe´re live. Josh starts joking how cold it is! Mani asks the guys how the sale went, Josh explains that is has been difficult. Using ads for interviews needs a time-sensitive aiming, it needs to be exact. Josh Talks about the transition that Simple Programmer has gone through, it has evolved very well it's looking pretty optimistic for the next years. The group talks about organic growth in the business. Al tough is a thing of the past that actually is something that makes no money at al...
Episode 255 "It`s All About The Money"
February 05, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBWe´re Live, Google hangouts is going away and the guys are talking about what is the next solution for the reunions going to be, apparently lots of apps are getting erased due to the massive competition. Youtube Hangouts maybe? John and Josh talk about an attribution problem they had with simple programmer, they started a sale on 199$ and then suddenly one person buys it really quickly but it's not appearing on the de data. The guys say that there´s a high probability that Facebook took th...
Episode 254 "Marketing Never Changes"
January 29, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBWe´re live. It all starts joking around on the Response that John had on his channel about the Gillette “Toxic Masculinity” Ad. Everyone thinks is the dumbest thing there is, it's completely misguided to masculinity, Charles says “It should be called DON´T BE AN A**HOLE You know? Or toxic Humanity” Masculinity and A*sshole behavior are completely different things. Josh and Mani talk about how marketing almost never changes, what really changes over the years is the products or the quality ...
Episode 253 "Great Audiences & Collaborations"
January 22, 2019 20:30 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBWe´re Live, starting the show as a duo Josh and Mani talk about how John is running for “his life” on a marathon in Orlando, then start a discussion on how the Dan Lok Special went and how the promotions came through. Numbers were good. John Jumps into the conversation and talks about how Dan Ran something called Cold Traffic from his site and explains the main differences between normal traffic and it Works. Also that he was part of the Webinar that Dan promoted. Mani and John talk abou...
Episode 252 "Sales Tactics & Strategies"
January 15, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBJohn Talks about the experience with Dan Lok, how they take every detail for granted, even check with John to see how many sales he can make, how Many views his channel does, how many hits, the videos can make. The guy is no walk in the park. Everyone agreed that $2500 is a really a low price for the course Dan Gives, because of the value that you get is way more than that. The Group talks about the different strategies that they can use to pick up sales and which ones have worked best for...
Episode 251 "Back From The Holidays"
January 08, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBCharles Talks about jogging and the style of pacing and losing weight, comments that it has been really difficult to jog especially with the cold weather and that he has been doing his work on the treadmill. On the other hand, John said he gained like 10 pounds that he has been eating a lot of junk. A great way to come back is to use the Pomodoro technique, Charles talks about this that it is definitely the best way to get organized especially after a holiday, he says that he even had to b...
Episode 250 “Profitable Funnels”
January 01, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBWe’re live. John talks but the trying to cancel the Pennsylvania tax form. John talks about trying to fill out a cancelation form for Pennsylvania taxes. John mentions that Bulldog Mindset is ready as far as logos and website. Mani asks about the load time on the website. Mani suggests a website speedup process. Chuck talks about moving his podcast website to a type of static HTML type sites. Mani talks about how Wordpress is always coming out with stuff and how is Chuck going to keep up...
Episode 249 “Charm the Pants Off Anyone”
December 25, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBWe’re live. Mani having some tech issues. Chuck mentions that he is 39 today. Chuck talks about being pulled over. Also, mentions that his truck was not registered and had an expired license due to medical issues. John says Chuck is lucky he did not get his car impounded for not having an up to date license and registration. Chuck talks about on-boarding a developer and show-notes writers. Mani shows and Instagram hack, a picture with his pup. John talks about growing his Instagram account...
Episode 248 "Pomodoro Action"
December 18, 2018 20:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBWe are alive! John pokes fun as Mani still work on his pomodoros. Chuck joke that he just started his Pomodoro. John maps out his week of us and shares his intense workload. Productivity to its max. John talks about having to be downtown to do a marketing meeting. Also, trying to fit all exercising in with his insane workload. John talks more about knocking out 8 Pomodoro in before 8 am. Chuck talks about having to be up at 4 am to get all the pomodoros in. Chuck maps out his whole wee...
Episode 247 “Grind It Out”
December 12, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBFull house today, Everyone picks on Josh about being gone and doing some Black Friday shopping. John mentions that finally sold somethings. Josh talks about the recent Plural Sight promotion. Josh talks about the new direction Plural Sight has taking since they’ve become public, in competition with Udemy. Josh continues with the promote terms with had with Plural Sight. John mentions that Josh was on full-on dick mode with the demands or the promotion. John mention with made about 40k this...
Episode 246 “Black Friday Tactics”
December 05, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBJohn and Mani start the show talking about their Black Friday sales. Mani talks about what he is choosing to put on sale. Mani talks about doing a daily deal, as John says he likes to do bundle sales. John talks about how people how still buy a bundle even if that already own apart of the product, as long as the discount is steep enough. John talks about getting a list back that Josh deleted in the past. John and Mani discuss strategies for making product sales on Black Friday or sales in g...
Episode 245 "Dancing Bear"
November 28, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBJohn and Mani start the show poking fun at Josh buying a minivan. John talks about problems with the website forms on Simple Programmer. John mentions there were some issues with the content upgrade forms. John talks about creating opt-ins for a new guide. John talks about doing his work for Simple Programmer for the year. John talks more about the content upgrade. John says this upgrade is a 25 percent revenue increase. Mani makes suggestions with pop upgrades. John thinks this may triple...
Episode 244 “We Be Roll’N”
November 21, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBJohn opens the show and throws off Josh. John shows his new Bulldog Mindset designs. John talks about using 99 Designs. John talks about trying to find a non-gangster look for the Bulldog Mindset logo. John talks about how he chose his logo and merchandise for the BullDog Mindset. Socks are on the list for Bulldog merchandise. John talks about making a mistake with hiring a designer/WP helper. EntreProgrammers talks about design creation and branding. John talks about hiring a pixel artist ...
Episode 243 “Chuck and John Show”
November 14, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBJohn and Chuck talk about Google Hangouts disappearing soon. Also, finding out ways to do the mastermind call. Chuck talks about using zoom.us for recording the podcast call. Chuck talks about using repurpose.io. Chuck talks about some marketing and email marketing for the sponsorship for the podcasts, and get help from John to execute the plan properly. Chuck talks about working with another developer to help with Podwrench. John suggests getting a sales person to sell sponsorships. Chuck ...
Episode 242 “Dumb Blind Persistence”
November 07, 2018 05:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB0:15 We’re Live! John mentions having to hop off soon. John mentions that Josh is not on the podcast because he was not happy with the result they have been getting with the membership drive. John sarcastically says people don’t want him back because no one is signing up for memberships. 3:10 John talks about kicking some ass as he is back to work. John gives a rundown on the things he has accomplished over the week. Mostly get stuff ready for the Bulldog Mindset materials. John says B...
Episode 241 “Do you want fries with that… ”
October 31, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB0:15 We’re live. Josh ask if Mani was standing at his desk. Josh says he has runner knee. Mani and Josh talk about standing and actively standing and working. John talks about the intensity of running and being on a call at a treadmill. More talks about exercise and working at the same time. Mani talks about listening a being at a stationary bike. 4:00 Mani talks about draw.ioand automation work. John talks about the work they are doing a the blogging course. More talk about up sellin...
Episode 240: “Lazy Bulldog”
October 24, 2018 16:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MB0:15 We’re Live. John talks about Google Hangouts going away. Chuck suggest moving to Zoom for recordings and live streaming. John talks about being back at it. John says he is going to be a bit more involved with projects at Simple Programmer and reviving the old Simple Programmer youtube channel. Mani ask is a podcast would be useful for this next step. John and Josh say that there is a podcast with all this. John talks about getting back to Pomodoros and back to doing work. John shares...
Episode 239 “I’m a Unique Snowflake”
October 16, 2018 16:00 - 2 hours - 130 MB0:15 We’re Live! John is finally back home. EntreProgrammer talks about returning home from travels. John says he is done traveling until the Marathon in La Vegas in November. Chuck suggest to John doing an Ultra Marathon. John says depending on how he feels this might be his last marathon. John talks about hiring a marathon coach to help get under a 4-hour marathon run. 5:30 Charles asks for business advice after speaking with his coach. Chuck gives a rundown on the task assigned to ...
Episode 238 “Eat the Bear”
October 07, 2018 02:38 - 2 hours - 135 MB0:15 We’re Live. Chuck coming in from the Frameworks Summit in Park City Utah. Chuck gives a fun down of the various core teams and technologies being discussed at the Summit. Chuck talks about networking and meeting with previous guests on the podcasts show on Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about being in Orlando last week and being productive. 5:00 Josh asked about the pre-sale on the book. Chuck about selling 16 copies of the book. Mani gives suggestions on what he would have done. Mani...
Episode 237 "Give Me the Pretzels"
September 28, 2018 14:48 - 1 hour - 84.8 MB0:15 We’re Live! Chuck says he is having one of those weeks that makes him want to be a pig farmer. Chuck talks about his sponsors not paying him on time. John jokes that Chuck is going to burn down the building. Chuck continues with how these companies are promising to pay in 45 days, but no show. Chuck says he understands that this is a process. John and Chuck agree on a paying upfront policy. 5:10 John talks about sticking to what was agreed upon as far as due payment. John jokes...
Episode 236 “Josh and Chuck Show 3”
September 17, 2018 23:55 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB0:15 We are live. John and Mani are at Thrive Conference. Not related to Thrive Cart or Themes. Chuck mentions recording some 14 plus EntreProgrammers podcast this week. Chuck also mention some new signups the the My Story podcasts on the Dev Chat TV network. Chuck explain how the My Story shows fit into the Dev Chat TV network. 4:00 Chuck continues to explain the type of guests on the My Story Podcasts. Josh talks about interview he did with student of Jason Humphrey. Josh and Chuck tal...
Episode 235 “Double Dongle”
September 17, 2018 20:27 - 1 hour - 101 MB0:15 We’re Live! John is back from vacation. Chuck sporting his Javascript Jabber wear. Mani comments on the cooler weather coming soon. Josh jokes about the small weather changes in San Diego. Chuck continues the talks about the 69 and below weather in CA. Josh talks about the -15 degree weather in Pennsylvania. 4:30 Josh talks about the bulge at the bottom of his computer and it needing a battery change. Josh talks about the features of his new MacBook, and how he doesn’t like it. ...
Episode 234 “Mistakes and Moving Sites”
September 12, 2018 01:11 - 1 hour - 69.6 MB0:15 We’re live. I believe. Josh talks about getting emails from Chuck. Chuck mentions going back to shaving his head. Also, Chuck mentions that things are getting better and is very busy. Chuck talks about how his WooCommerce was not working for him. So no sales for the pre-sale on his new book. Chuck talks about more issues with the commerce site. But immediately sell 5 books as soon as it was set up. 4:00 Chuck talks about extending the deadline on the pre-sale since there were i...
Episode 233 "Free Slurpee Coupons!"
September 03, 2018 03:56 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB0:15 We’re live. John in progress talks about a 15 person meet up in Barcelona. John mentions the numbers he gets on engagement on Instagram. John says the engagement numbers are better than email. John says that he is basically doing an email via Instagram. 4:30 Josh talks about selling sponsorship for spots on Simple Programmer. Josh mentions that the spots were filled immediately. Josh continues to talks about the membership stuff in Simple Programmer. 8:00 Josh and Mani talk ...
Episode 232 “No Longer Making The Pizza”
August 24, 2018 04:26 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB0:15 We’re live. Let’s take off our shirts and talk. John is still in Barcelona, and John gives a rundown of other travels after vacation. Chuck mentions some other avid listeners of EntreProgrammers and some activity at VidCon. Chuck talks about the stages of his business and work. Chuck talks about his activity and automation in Zappier for last week. Chuck shares his strategy using Zappier for reminders for podcasts. 5:20 Chuck talks about moving off of UpWork with Michelle to a p...
Episode 231 “Pay in Chucks”
August 17, 2018 04:50 - 1 hour - 79.5 MB0:15 We are Live! John coming to us from Barcelona. Chuck suggest ordering a Topas. Chuck talks about numbers dropping because on the IAB Tracking system for podcasts. Chuck gives info on how Apple podcasts app relay tracking to host systems. Chuck mentions this due to what the sponsor Digital Ocean was expecting, but the tracking had changed since iOS 11. 5:15 John says that Chuck should not change the pricing according to the new tracking system. Chuck asked if should steer away from t...
Episode 230 “You Don’t Need Underwear…”
August 16, 2018 21:01 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB0:15 We’re Live! Josh is moved and partially unpacked in his new home. 3X the work he expected. EntreProgrammers discuss the trail of moving. Josh talks about how did not get anything done during the move. Josh talks about trying to move with children in the house. Mani talks about minimizing the things you own. 5:20 Chuck compared Josh’s move to life lessons he learned about stuff you have to do, and the extra stuff you did not know you had to do. Josh says the stuff they moved was ...
Episode 229 "Alternate Reality"
August 16, 2018 03:21 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB0:15 John talks about his 12 hour trip to Rome. John talks about starting a podcast call Mic Check. John mentions visiting only 3 countries this summer. John says he is glad there are more EntreProgrammers, because he can now sleep during the show. 5:30 Chuck mentions going to Podcast Movement 2018 and talks about the events that took place during the conference and the best take aways of the conference. Chuck talks about the new tracking research he learned about from the conference. ...
Episode 228 “Simple Programmer Edition”
July 30, 2018 15:48 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBJosh and John discuss the Simple Programmer business and product discount for members. Discount starts at 50%. Chuck joins and talks about landscaping and yard work. Yes, entrepreneurs do yard work too. More promotional talks with Mani and Josh.
Episode 227 "Just Josh and Chuck"
July 30, 2018 15:43 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBChuck and Josh start off talking about golfing and working on the yard. Chuck talks about some sponsors paying late and working on the podcast business. Also some discussion on how sponsor/business works.
Episode 226 “Monster Sheep”
July 30, 2018 15:39 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBJohn, Chuck, and John discuss Josh’s recent trip to Ireland with hisPerry Marshall group. Again more talks about the heat wave and retreat talk. John talks about changing his youtube channel to BullDog Mindset. Chuck talks about landing more sponsors for Dev Chat TV Podcasts, and much more!
Episode 225 “We are the Only Ones”
July 30, 2018 15:35 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBJohn and Mani only today. The show must go on. John and Mani discuss getting ready, but never being ready ever. John talks about taking the shot anyway even if you are ready or not. Commit first!