Online Hustle
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsA weekly show that dives deep into the stories behind successful internet businesses. The show is hosted by Siimon Sander.
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How to Win In a Competitive Market with Tyler King of Less Annoying CRM
January 14, 2019 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBTyler King is the founder of Less Annoying CRM, a simple Contact Management dedicated for Small Businesses. They are fully bootstrapped and making close to $200,000/mo in revenue. Some questions I ask: How did you come up with the company's name 'Less Annoying CRM'? What features did the first version have? What marketing tactics work for you today? How does your day-to-day schedule look like? Where do you draw the line between being patient vs working on a terrible idea? Things ...
Choosing The Right Business Idea and Finding Customers with with Ajay Goel
January 07, 2019 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBAjay Goel is the founder of GMass, a tool that overlays onto Gmail and allows you to send mass mail merge email campaigns—helping you reach more people with your outreach campaigns. Today, the company is generating more than $100,000/mo in recurring revenue and has more than 6,000 plus paying customers. Some questions I ask: How did you come up with the idea for GMass? Did you develop and build GMass? How did you get your first customer? What were you charging in the beginning? Ho...
How to Make a Living Doing Something You Care About with Kevin Kelly of Wired
December 31, 2018 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBKevin Kelly is most known for co-founding Wired in 1993. He has written a lot of great books, cofounded all Species Foundation, a non-profit aimed at identifying every living species on Earth as well as Rosetta Project, which is building an archive of all documented human languages. I've looked up to Kevin for a long time and it was amazing to have him on the show. Enjoy! Some questions I ask: Is it possible to make a living from every single niche out there? How to build up 1,000...
Bootstrapping a PR platform to 5,000+ customers with Dmitry Dragilev of JustReachOut
December 24, 2018 11:00 - 44 minutes - 42 MBDmitry Dragilev is the founder of JustReachOut.io, a PR platform that helps 5,000+ small businesses and startups (as well as big ones such as Airbnb, HubSpot, Chess.com, Nickelodeon) to pitch relevant journalists and get press coverage. In this interview, Dmitry is incredibly honest and transparent about his whole journey and lessons he had to learn the hard way. I really think you're going to enjoy this! Some questions I ask: How did you get interested in PR in the first place? After...
Building a $1 Million Business with Jesse Patel of WorkFlowy
December 17, 2018 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBJesse Patel is the cofounder of WorkFlowy, a simple organizational tool that helps you create lists to stay on top of your daily tasks. WorkFlowy has more than 200,000 active users and it's bringing in close to $1,000,000 a year in revenue. We covered a lot in this interview, including challenges with his cofounder Mike, competing with the giants and staying productive day-to-day. Some questions I ask: Why did you decide to build WorkFlowy in the first place? How much attention do you...
Helping Non-Designers Create Online Graphics with Christopher Gimmer of Snappa
December 10, 2018 11:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBChristopher Gimmer is the founder of Snappa, a SaaS app that helps non-designers create online graphics. Snappa has 3,500+ paying customers while bringing in $500,000+ in annual recurring revenue. In this interview we talk how to market anything with a limited budget, advice for people who are looking to find the next big idea, productivity and much more. Some questions I ask: How did you validate your initial business idea? What were the first steps you took to get Snappa off the groun...
Succeeding In a Crowded Market with Dinesh Agarwal of RecurPost
December 03, 2018 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBDinesh Agarwal is the founder of RecurPost, a social media scheduling and post recycling tool. Even though there is a lot of competition in the space, find out how Dinesh used it to his advantage. Some questions I ask: What were the first steps you took to get RecurPost off the ground? How did you get your first users? What have been the biggest challenges you've had to overcome? Why did you decide to have a physical office over remote? How does your typical workday look like? Th...
Helping People Create Their Own Netflix with PJ Taei of UScreen
November 26, 2018 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBPJ Taei is the founder of UScreen, a video platform that lets people launch their own streaming service. UScreen is serving more than 1000 customers including ToysRus, Wanderlust, and Zumba. Find out how PJ started this business and made it profitable. Some questions I ask: What were the first steps you took you get UScreen off the ground? Should people learn how to code or outsource development? How did you get your initial customers? Is your success because of luck or grind? How...
Successfully Scaling a Two Sided Market Place with John Doherty of Credo
November 19, 2018 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBJohn Doherty is the founder of Credo, a service that connects businesses with vetted agencies and consultants. It all got started in 2013, and with just two years, John was able to take it full-time. The business is currently bringing in $25,000/mo. Some questions I ask: What was your content marketing strategy in the beginning? How did you get your first 2-3 clients? What have been the biggest challenges you've had to overcome with Credo? Take me through your recent work-day At w...
How to Grow Your Business One Customer at a Time with Turgay Birand of EditionGuard
November 12, 2018 11:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBTurgay Birand is the founder of EditionGuard, a web based service that protects your eBooks with so you don't have to worry about piracy and unauthorized distribution. We cover a lot in this interview, including importance of saving money, loneliness as an entrepreneur and how to give your business a best chance of success. Some questions I ask: From all the failed ventures you had, what were the biggest learning lessons for you? How did you find your content marketing team? Whose adv...
Reviewing Site Builders For a Living with Steve Benjamins of Site Builder Report
November 05, 2018 11:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBSteve Benjamins is the founder of Site Builder Report, where he writes in-depth reviews about site builders and the business is making $40k/mo through affiliate sales. Learn how a failed venture started it all. Some questions I ask: How to know when to give up on an idea? What was the first step you took to launch Site Builder Report? Do you have to be passionate about the niche you go in? How are you marketing your business? How are you able to outcompete GoDaddy and Wix with some Go...
Increase Revenue by Personalization with Brennan Dunn of Double Your Freelancing
October 29, 2018 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBBrennan Dunn is the founder of Double Your Freelancing where he makes $80k/mo selling courses. Learn how he thinks about about business and life. Some questions I ask: Tell me about the early days of Double your Freelancing? How were you able to build a successful blog? What are some of the things you automate in your business? Out of 100 people who sign up to your email list, how many actually buy the course? How do you pitch your info-product to your list? What advice would you giv...