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Going Deep with Aaron Watson

567 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 116 ratings

The Going Deep with Aaron Watson podcast is a forum for having meaningful, deep conversations about the passions, fears and problems of people from all walks of life. Guests talk about entrepreneurship, sports, finance, comedy and lifestyle design.

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31 Alan C on retiring at 35

January 12, 2024 17:24 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Alan shared an hour of his time to explain how he was able to retire at 35 and lays out the principles by which he lived. Alan’s three core principles Keep your spending in check so you save a lot - preferably by automating your savings Seek out ways to increase your income through education, hard work, and challenging careers Implement a sound investment strategy that keeps fees low and generates high rates of return early on   Alan discusses the merits of going back to school to get ...

573 The Key to Clear Thinking w/ Shane Parrish (Farnam Street)

October 03, 2023 23:50 - 39 minutes - 73 MB

Shane Parrish is the founder, curator and wisdom seeker behind Farnam Street. He is also  a bestselling author and entrepreneur known for his popular podcast The Knowledge Project and Brain Food newsletter. Originally a personal blog where Shane could explore the discoveries made by others about decision-making, purposeful living, and the mechanics of the world, it swiftly transformed into a leading website for personal development. Shane Parrish just released his book Clear Thinking. It i...

572 Former Bridgewater CEO’s American Dream w/ David McCormick

August 20, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MB

David McCormick is the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. He has also previously worked in the Bush White House and as President of FreeMarkets, a Pittsburgh-based startup from the early 2000s. He accomplished the sale of FreeMarkets to Ariba in 2004 for an estimated sum of $500 million and ensured that his team retained their jobs after the acquisition. McCormick ran in the GOP primaries for Pennsylvania senator against Dr. Mehmet Oz in 2022. It ...

571 Niche Strategy to $2 Billion Real Estate Portfolio w/ Chris Powers (Fort Capital)

May 23, 2023 12:54 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB

Chris Powers is the Founder & Executive Chairman of Fort Capital. Fort Capital is a Fort Worth, Texas-based Real Estate Private Equity firm.  In 2016, Chris made the decision to focus on Class B Industrial full time and that is where the firm has dedicated the majority of its resources since. After graduating in 2008, Chris started a leasing and property management business and flipped houses on the side. Wells Fargo gave him a $250,000 line of credit, and the plan was to keep flipping hom...

570 Mergers & Acquisitions Advice w/ David Tobin

May 14, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

David Tobin is the Founder and Managing Partner of TobinLeff, where they help clients convert business value into family wealth.  David is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, grown, and sold four companies. David has worked with over 100 businesses to build value, retain key employees, and achieve profitable exits. TobinLeff is an M&A advisory and exit planning firm that assists business owners in maximizing enterprise value and converting it into personal wealth. They offer consulting ...

569 Timeless Wisdom w/ Kevin Kelly

April 30, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Kevin Kelly co-founded Wired magazine in 1993, served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years, and was a pioneer from the early days of the internet. He is an author of several bestselling books and is a return guest on this podcast.   Kevin’s book Excellent Advice for Living is a small book of wisdom, in a pocketable format with 450 tweetable bits of advice that he wished he had known earlier. Kevin was prompted to collect these thoughts after a recent birthday caused him to ref...

568 Four Huge Startup Exits w/ Jason Wolfe

April 16, 2023 17:00 - 44 minutes - 80.7 MB

Jason Wolfe is the definition of a serial entrepreneur. He sold MyCoupons.com for roughly $23 million in 2000, shortly before the DotCom bubble burst. Jason rolled over his proceeds into successive wins with his companies Direct Response Technologies (acquired by Digital River for $22 million), Jambo Media (for $15 million) and Giftcards.com (by Blackhawk Network for $120 million). Pretty impressive. Even more so when you consider how he grew up. After growing up in the Milton Hershey Scho...

567 EOS and The Transformation of Digital Marketing Agency w/ Lyn Askin (Raxxar Digital Marketing)

April 09, 2023 17:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

Lyn Askin is the founder and CEO of Raxxar Digital Marketing, a leading digital marketing agency based in Louisiana. Lyn has over 20 years of experience in digital marketing and has expertise in SEO, PPC, social media, and content marketing to create comprehensive campaigns that drive results. Recently, Lyn’s agency has hit a new level, thanks in large part to implementing the Entrepreneur Operating System (EOS) outlined in the book Traction by Gino Wickman. His revenue triple, team size do...

566 Million Dollar Agencies and Elite Mindsets w/ Jordan Ross (8 Figure Agency)

April 02, 2023 17:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

Jordan Ross is the founder and CEO of 8 Figure Agency. He is a systems expert with over 15 years of experience advising startups, mid-sized companies, and Fortune 500 organizations. 8 Figure Agency is a consultancy specializing in helping agencies scale their revenue and profitability. He and his team help agencies specializing in search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, social media marketing, and website design and development. In this episode, Aaron and Jordan ...

565 A Local Food Revolution w/ Simon Huntley (Harvie)

March 27, 2023 13:43 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB

Simon Huntley is a farmer and entrepreneur who is passionate about helping small farmers succeed. He is the founder and CEO of Harvie, a company that helps farmers sell their products directly to consumers through a customizable subscription service. Harvie is a software platform that connects small farmers with consumers in their communities. The platform allows farmers to create customizable subscription services that offer weekly or bi-weekly deliveries of fresh, locally grown produce an...

564 Bleeding Edge Robotics w/ Spencer Krause

March 20, 2023 12:30 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

Spencer Krause is founder & Director of Product Development for SKA Custom Robots and Machines. With over twenty years of experience in executing electrical and mechanical projects, Spencer has worked on some of the hardest problems in the world of technology and led teams tackling novel and thrilling projects.  SKA Custom Robots & Machines is a contract-engineering firm that utilizes their expertise in mechatronics and hardware to solve robotics, mechanical systems, electrical engineering,...

563 How Artificial Intelligence will Transform Meetings w/ Vowel’s Andy Berman

March 12, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Andy Berman is the co-founder of Vowel, a software that allows dynamic remote teams to inject artificial intelligence into their calls. In 2021, Vowel secured a venture round of $13.5 Million to pursue the goal of making meetings more useful. Their virtual meeting platform has an embedded set of tools that aid in the planning, preparation, execution, and follow-up of meetings. Smart summaries, transcriptions, and search are already live for their users. Andy is an experienced entrepreneur ...

562 The Internet’s Top Sticker Brand w/ Sticker Mule founder Anthony Constantino

March 06, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB

Anthony Constantino is the co-founder of Sticker Mule, one of the most popular custom sticker websites in the United States and Europe. Sticker Mule was founded after Anthony was asked by his 72-year-old friend, his cofounder, how to use the internet. More than a decade later, Sticker Mule is one of the most popular custom sticker websites with over 100 employees world-wide and printing operations in the United States and Europe. Anthony oversees an operation that spans 16 countries in 4 c...

561 $7 Million Annual Recurring Revenue 100% Bootstrapped w/ Adriane Schwager (Growth Assistant)

February 20, 2023 06:24 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB

Adriane Schwager is the co-founder and CEO of GrowthAssistant, a global talent solution helping marketing teams focus on brand, strategy and results. They help startups and direct-to-consumer brands accelerate the growth of their businesses by offering full-time offshore employees to handle the manual tasks of marketing campaign management, design and reporting. GrowthAssistant was founded in February 2021 and has already scaled to over $7 million in annual recurring revenue. More impressiv...

560 Sustainability in Supply Chain with Daniela Osio (Kloopify)

February 15, 2023 01:01 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

Daniela Osio is the Founder and CEO of the procurement-focused start-up Kloopify. Daniela is a former supply chain specialist for DuPont and was a CPIM certified and ISM 30 under 30 rising corporate start. Today, she uses her expertise in logistics procurement, supply chain management, and risk management to run Kloopify, a data platform aimed at the global supply chain. Kloopify introduces sustainability to the procurement process with the data, analytics, and visibility into the environm...

Steve Jobs' Secret Mentor

February 07, 2023 09:57 - 55 seconds - 1.5 MB

Steve Jobs was deeply influenced by Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He took many of the top strategies that Land employed and used it to build Apple. If you're interested in this video essay, watch the full video by clicking on the link provided:  https://youtu.be/1byJCn3sPhc

559 International Recruitment Made Easy w/ John Jonas (Online Jobs PH)

January 08, 2023 17:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB

John Jonas is the Founder of OnlineJobs.Ph. His company has helped more than 100,000 companies successfully hire Filipino talent by simplifying the outsourcing experience. John was extremely early to the trends of remote work, international hiring, and niche job boards. His reward has been more than 15 years in business and a day-to-day in the present that is low stress and highly impactful. In this episode, Aaron and John talk about the origins of OnlineJobs.Ph, what he’s learned about de...

558 Lessons from Business Failure w/ Kevin Gibbon (Airhouse)

December 11, 2022 17:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB

Kevin Gibbon is the CEO and cofounder of Airhouse, an end-to-end operations and logistics platform for modern e-commerce companies. Airhouse works with companies to make distribution of their consumer goods products easy. They use a platform that is an all-in-one, cloud-based warehouse that maintains itself, helping direct-to-consumer companies get orders from factory to front-door. This company is informed by Kevin’s previous experience founding Shyp, a verticalized startup tackling the s...

557 Cowboy Wisdom & Elite Video Marketing w/ Tucker Brown (R.A. Brown Ranch)

December 04, 2022 17:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MB

Tucker Brown is the 6th generation rancher of the R.A. Brown Ranch. He has grown his followers on TikTok to 199k+, and garnered 3.7 million likes on his videos. He went viral overnight by sharing a video on TikTok of him lassoing a cow. Since then, he’s been constantly sharing tidbits of their ranch operations content in the said platform that help grow his business. R.A. Brown Ranch is a progressive family ranching business that has been producing some of the most superior cattle and Quart...

556 Bootstrapping to Millions PROFITABLY w/ Shawn Allen (M@C Discount)

November 27, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

Shawn Allen is the co-founder of M@C Discount. Previously, he was President and GM of Asset Auctions, COO of AssetNation and Senior Product Manager of Giftcards.com which were all successful internet marketplace businesses. M@C Discount stands for Merchandise at Cost. The company buys truckloads of closeouts merchandise and customer returns from major retailers. They receive "New"​ and "Used"​ items that are sold individually at aggressive discounts, in-store and online. What’s great is tha...

555 How Solopreneurs Can Make Millions w/ Justin Welsh

November 20, 2022 17:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

Justin Welsh is a solopreneur that has made more than $3 million running from a collection of digital products. He has leveraged a large boutique advisory firm for entrepreneurs and creates digital products for creators. He has a  decade of experience building two $50M+ ARR businesses, teams of 150+, and helping raise over $300M in capital from VC firms like HLM Ventures, Leerink Transformation Partners, Vivo Capital, Toba Capital, and athenahealth. Over that period, he played the role of C...

554 The Billion Dollar Opportunity in Specialty Pharmaceuticals w/ Joe Cardosi

November 13, 2022 17:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

In 2019, Joe Cardosi founded Free Market Health to tackle the complicated specialty pharmacy marketplace. In less than four years, the firm has raised over $13 million, grown to 50+ team members, and scaled revenue into the millions. Free Market Health is a healthcare technology platform focused on fixing the company dedicated to improving the specialty pharmacy ecosystem with a care-driven marketplace platform. They support forward-thinking payers and specialty pharmacies of all sizes who ...

553 Can the Morning Brew Make $100 Million? (CEO’s plan)

November 06, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

Austin Rief is the CEO and cofounder of the Morning Brew. In 2020, the Morning Brew was majority acquired for a $75 million dollar valuation, just five years after being founded by two University of Michigan students. Morning Brew is a media company with an email list of over 3 million people. Their content informs, educates and empowers readers on the business world, money and their career. They bring informative and digestible daily news and information about businesses from Wall Street t...

552 How AI Changes Healthcare Forever w/ Dr. Shiv Rao (Abridge)

October 30, 2022 17:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB

Dr. Shiv Rao is the CEO and cofounder of Abridge. He was previously a senior executive at UPMC Enterprises and serves as a cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Abridge is an Artificial Intelligence app that listens to the doctor-patient conversations, provides a transcription, and categorizes specific details such as medications, symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, and the care plan. Dr. Rao and his team have cataloged more than five...

551 The $256 Million Gameplan w/ Bill Hauser (SMB Team)

October 24, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 61.4 MB

Bill Hauser is the CEO of SMB Team, the Fastest Growing law firm growth company in the US. The firm currently has more than $20 million in annual revenue and a team of 60 full-time employees.   SMB team uses digital marketing, staffing, and coaching, to help law firms grow. Their mission is to help 10,000 law firms double their revenue and grow to $256 million in revenue within 10 years.   Bill also shares how (and why) he spends over $600,000 annually on personal development. From p...

550 No interview, Update on Show & Piper Creative

October 17, 2022 06:38 - 4 minutes - 5.11 MB

Hitting a small reset button.   Check out YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/AaronWatsonPiper Check out Elite Video Marketing https://www.elitevideo.marketing/  

549 Math Master to EdTech Entrepreneur Po Shen-Loh (Expii)

October 10, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

  Po-Shen Loh is the Founder and CEO of Expii, a free personalized learning website with thousands of math and science lessons.    Po-Shen Loh  is a social entrepreneur and inventor, working across the spectrum of mathematics, education, and healthcare, all around the world. He is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team. He has also pioneered a scalable way to learn challenging math live online and a new...

548 The Mad Scientist’s Plan to Change Healthcare w/ Andrew Herr (Fount)

October 03, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MB

Andrew Herr is the founder and CEO of Fount, a health and performance advising platform trusted by the world’s top performers. He started Fount to make cutting edge performance insights more widely available and change the quality of health outcomes for all.    Fount is backed by Founders Fund, Elysian Park, and Allen & Co to apply, and scale, their expertise from optimizing the minds and bodies of US Military, professional sports teams, and leading business executives.   Andrew is a...

547 Cute Robotic Companions with Jacob Hanchar (Digital Dream Labs)

September 26, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MB

Jacob Hanchar is the CEO of Digital Dream Labs. He is a neuroscientist by training who loves entrepreneurship,video games, and learning.   Jacob started out as an angel investor for Digital Dream Labs,an ed-tech company founded in 2012. They are the makers of AI robotic companions such as Cozmo, Vector, Puzzlets, InfiniDrive, and Butter Robot. They lead the field of assistive technology that improves the lives of all ages and backgrounds.   In this episode, Aaron and Jacob talk about...

546 Cyber Security for the Department of Defense w/ David Brumley (ForAllSecure)

September 19, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 52 MB

David Brumley is the founder and CEO of ForAllSecure, a startup spun out of Carnegie Mellon University, that has raised over $36 million.   The company provides cutting edge cybersecurity solutions to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, including the Department of Defense.   Straight out of college, David Brumley worked in IT at Stanford University fixing and securing issues with the university’s open network. His challenges motivated him to pursue towards a decade-long re...

545 Let’s Fix Healthcare w/ JT Garwood (bttn)

September 12, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MB

JT Garwood is the CEO and cofounder of bttn – a healthcare product distribution platform.    Bttn has modernized the healthcare distribution  system, to provide doctors easy, reliable access to high-quality, brand-name medical supplies.   JT has scaled the company quickly due to their ability to save medical offices lots of money. In this episode, Aaron and JT talk about how bttn raised $20million from Tiger Global, their edge as a distributor, and the benefits of hiring his dad to b...

544 How to Grow an ETF Business w/ Wesley Gray

September 05, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MB

Wesley Gray is the founder and CEO of Alpha Architect, an investment platform for building custom, low-fee ETFs.    Wes is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Economics at The Wharton School, served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, has an MBA and PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago.    His interest in bridging the research gap between academia and industry led him to found Alpha Architect, an asset management firm dedicated to empowering investors through education...

543 Startup Demo Day Revolution w/ Ali Moiz

August 29, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MB

Ali Moiz previously founded and sold Streamlabs and Peanut Labs, for a combined enterprise value over $180 million.    Currently, Ali is the founder, CEO, and meme Dealer at Stonks, which aims to help founders save time in fundraising so they can focus on the business.   Stonks is a platform for virtual Startup Demo Days. It has quickly become popular in helping startups find their angel investors with the help of event organizer.   Join Aaron and Ali on this episode as they disc...

542 Pivoting from Bankruptcy to Financial Freedom w/ Jim Shorkey

August 22, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Jim Shorkey built his family’s auto business into more than 9 dealerships, over 800 employees and 15,000 new & used car sales per year. This podcast explores how he did it.   In 1996 Jim Shorkey Jr.’s father died and left him the Jim Shorkey Auto dealership. With his experience as a sales manager, Jim Shorkey was arrogantly sure he was going to be successful in growing his business. Instead, he brought it to the brink of bankruptcy.   Jim had to grow his skillset and discipline quick...

541 3 Generations of Family Business w/ Scott Heeter

August 15, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MB

Scott Heeter is the CEO of Heeter, a third-generation commercial print firm that has been running for 75 years.   Heeter is one of the largest commercial marketing firms in the country, with over 140 full-time employees in Pittsburgh and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Duke Print and Graphics, in Cleveland.   Heeter has evolved from the commercial print company that it was to a more customized provider that include mailing fulfillment, digital marketing and other innovative services. ...

540 Making Mental Wellness Remotely Available with Sara Makin

August 08, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

Sara Makin has built Makin Wellness into one of Pennsylvania's top online therapy platforms in just five years. She started Makin Wellness in 2017 on a mission to help millions of people heal and become happy again by providing excellent mental health care.   Today, Makin Wellness has over 50 employees and a goal of becoming a national provider of a results-based, individualized approach to online mental health care. Sara entered Psychology Grad School with a clear vision of having a mul...

539 Sponsorship Sales and the Creator Economy w/ Justin Moore

August 01, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Justin Moore is a Sponsorship Coach & Founder of CreatorWizard, a training program that teaches creators how to find & negotiate brand deals. With his wife April, Justin has been a full-time creator for nearly a decade and has been running an influencer marketing agency for over 5 years.   Justin and April started creating content back in the days before brands reached out to collaborate with influencers. They started with a cooking channel and a family vlog channel and did daily videos ...

538 Exoskeleton Expert on the Future of Robotics (Josh Caputo, HumoTech)

July 25, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Josh Caputo founded HumoTech in 2015 as a spin-off from his CMU research robotics department. His passion is focused on developing and commercializing cutting-edge robotics technology that addresses current societal needs like prostheses and exoskeletons.    Josh and his team have built a platform to enable the world’s top researchers to more rapidly iterate on their products and designs. This will eventually allow robotics to assist people in achieving higher levels of mobility and a gr...

537 Ice Cream Empire Secrets w/ Chad Townsend (Millie’s Ice Cream)

July 18, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB

After years as a chef in the fast-paced world of fine dining, Chad Townsend decided it was time for a change. He purchased an expensive Swiss-made food processor that would finely puree frozen foods such as ice cream or sorbet. His wife, Lauren, allowed him to make this purchase under one condition: he had to have it paid off by the end of the summer. What started as a fun summer hustle turned into a 10,000 sq. ft. Ice Cream Manufacturing and Franchising business. Growing his homemade Ice...

536 Precision Medicine Startups w/ Dr. D Lansing Taylor

July 11, 2022 05:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

Dr. D. Lansing Taylor is the Director at the University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute and an expert on Computational Biology. He has translated that expertise into more than 29 patents and multiple successful startups   His companies include Biological Detection Systems (now owned by GE Life Sciences), Cellomics (acquired by ThermoFisher), and Cellumen (now part of Cyprotex).   Dr. Taylor’s current companies are Spintellx and BioSystics. Spintellx focuses on computational pa...

535 Breaking into the RV Business w/ Brett Randall (Aliner)

July 04, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 89.5 MB

Brett Randall is the President and CEO of Aliner, a manufacturer of folding campers and travel trailers.   After selling a family business, Brett was brought in to consult on turning around the 30+ year old RV company. Eventually, his experience in manufacturing optimization, market channel development, and growth led to him being recruited to run the company.   A few years ago he bought out a majority of the shareholders and is building Aliner into a larger part of the growing RV ma...

534 Tech Optimism w/ Aarthi Ramamurthy

June 27, 2022 05:07 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

Aarthi  Ramamurthy has had a long and successful career in technology. She has lead product teams at Microsoft, Facebook, and Netflix. Aarthi has also built two startups, including Lumoid which went through YC Combinator.   In the midst of the pandemic, Aarthi started a show w/ her husband Sriram on the social audio app, Clubhouse. On the show, they’ve interviewed some of the biggest names in business and popular culture including Elon Musk, Calvin Harris, and Mark Zuckerberg.   In t...

533 Inflation, Oil, and the Great Rotation w/ Tony Greer

June 20, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 53.7 MB

Tony Greer, editor of the Morning Navigator, filters a chaotic global landscape through 30 years of macro trading experience and his own analysis to provide regular insight and risk/reward for each trading day. Tony Greer’s Challenge; Explore the difference in the fundamentals of oil and tech.   Connect with Tony Greer Twitter Website

532 Building Morning Brew’s Newsletter Tech for All w/ Tyler Denk (Beehiiv)

June 13, 2022 06:47 - 44 minutes - 45.9 MB

Tyler Denk is the cofounder and CEO of Beehiiv, a newsletter platform company that recently raised $2.6 million.    Tyler was the 2nd employee at Morning Brew, where he worked on engineering, product, and growth. He was responsible for building the renowned referral program and bespoke tech ecosystem that facilitated the company to scale to a successful $75m exit in 2020.   Now, he and his team are working to develop all the same capabilities and features for anyone to use on the Bee...

531 Peter Zeihan, The End of the World is Just the Beginning

June 06, 2022 05:30 - 46 minutes - 51.7 MB

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, author, and speaker who makes bold and startlingly accurate projections on the basis of geography, demography, and global politics.   He has authored 5 books about geopolitics; A Crucible of Nations, The Accidental Superpower, The Absent Superpower, Disunited Nations, and his latest, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization.   Peter takes a somber, yet realistic, view of what the short to medium term futur...

530 Shark Tank & Men’s Cosmetics w/ Jon Shanahan (Stryx)

May 30, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 47.8 MB

Jon Shanahan is the cofounder and Chief Marketing Officer for Stryx, a cosmetics and skincare company focused on serving men.   Jon has helped the company earn over 120 million organic views on TikTok, scale to millions in revenue, and launch in major retailers including Target, Nordstrom, and CVS.   Prior to founding the company, Jon built a brand and YouTube channel called The Kavalier focused on men’s fashion where he reviews menswear and helps his viewers look great.   In thi...

529 How to Write Great YouTube Titles w/ Creator Hooks’ Jake Thomas

May 23, 2022 06:17 - 43 minutes - 51.3 MB

Jake Thomas is an expert at writing YouTube video titles. He has parlayed his experience writing more than 4,000 titles into his company, Creator Hooks.   Prior to founding Creator Hooks, Jake helped build a channel from 70 to 200k subscribers   After leaving to start his firm, he landed clients that include Hubspot cofounder Dharmesh Shah's personal channel and The Infographics Show.   In this episode, Jake and Aaron discuss his framework for writing a title, how to create more ...

528 Adam Haritan on Trees & Finding Purpose (part 2)

May 16, 2022 13:55 - 40 minutes - 44.1 MB

Listen to Adam Haritan, founder of Learn your Land, discuss getting lost in a bog and hearing your calling.

528 Understand Trees, Understand Everything w/ Adam Haritan

May 16, 2022 05:18 - 34 minutes - 38.1 MB

Adam Haritan is the founder of Learn Your Land, as well as a wild food enthusiast, researcher, and forager. He is launching a new course, Trees in All Seasons.   He learned the value of wild food foraging while studying nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh, where he discovered just how beneficial wild foods could be in optimizing human health.     Wild plants, on average, are more nutritious than their cultivated counterparts (i.e. wild blueberries vs. domesticated blueberries, ...

527 Wealth Advising & Goal Setting w/ Matt Blocki

May 09, 2022 05:24 - 45 minutes - 52.3 MB

Matt Blocki is the founder and CEO of Equilibrium Wealth Advisors. Matt is also a co-founder of Wealth Advisor Training, which was founded in 2022 to help provide resources to the top wealth advisors around the country. Wealth Advisor Training gives advisors a comprehensive education platform to give better proactive advice and develop systems to scale their business.   Matt regularly speaks in the financial planning industry, including to top firms Thrivent and Mass Mutual.   In thi...

Guests

Brendan Eich
2 Episodes
Joe Calloway
2 Episodes
Robin Hanson
2 Episodes
Steve Gordon
2 Episodes
Tucker Max
2 Episodes
Allen Gannett
1 Episode
Andrew Gazdecki
1 Episode
Brent Beshore
1 Episode
Brian Fanzo
1 Episode
Calvin Wayman
1 Episode
Chris Guillebeau
1 Episode
Damion Lupo
1 Episode
Dan McCoy
1 Episode
Eric Brown
1 Episode
Gary Vaynerchuk
1 Episode
Graham Hill
1 Episode
Jason Hartman
1 Episode
Jennifer Briney
1 Episode
Jordan Goodman
1 Episode
Josh Elledge
1 Episode
Kevin Bupp
1 Episode
Kevin Kelly
1 Episode
Kevin Miller
1 Episode
Kim Scott
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Mark Wahlberg
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Michael Port
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Neil Cybart
1 Episode
Noah Kagan
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Scott Adams
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Stephen Warley
1 Episode
Taylor Pearson
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