Business Strategy Episodes

April 8, 2025

#250: One of my favorite questions for finding clarity

Featuring a classic story from Debbie Millman
Jan. 14, 2025

#237: Rachel Botsman – Trust expert on how you can earn trust with your audience

Rachel Botsman is a leading expert on trust in the modern world. She is the author of three critically acclaimed books, What’s Mine is Yours,  Who Can You Trust? and How To Trust and Be Trusted.
Jan. 7, 2025

#236: Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas

An author with a unique business model I’m obsessed with shares what he’d do differently
Oct. 15, 2024

#168: Alexandra Watkins – How to invent a GREAT brand name. [Greatest Hits]

Alexandra Watkins is the founder of the branding agency Eat My Words.
Aug. 27, 2024

#206: How I’d approach hosting in-person events

A discussion with my friend, Justin Moore
Guest: Justin Moore
Aug. 20, 2024

#205: How I’d Start Today (If Creator Science Didn’t Exist)

What I’d do (and what I’d avoid) to set myself up for success
July 23, 2024

#203: Mid-Year Review: Goal progress, revenue, audience growth, and changes to my approach

At the halfway mark of 2024, go behind the scenes of my progress.
Guest: Jay Clouse
July 2, 2024

#200: Nathan Barry – The risks of ConvertKit’s rebrand (and how I can become a billion dollar creator)

Nathan Barry is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit (soon to be Kit).
Guest: Nathan Barry
May 21, 2024

#194: An honest conversation with my friend, Justin Moore (live from CEX)

Justin Moore is the founder of Creator Wizard and the most knowledgable guy on sponsorships.
Guest: Justin Moore
Oct. 17, 2023

#168: Alexandra Watkins – How to invent a GREAT brand name.

Alexandra Watkins is the founder of the branding agency Eat My Words.
May 9, 2023

#148: Kevin Espiritu – How Epic Gardening went from a blog to a video empire.

Epic Gardening has 2.5 million subscribers and nearly 300 million views on YouTube alone.
March 29, 2022

#96: Nathan Barry – from $150K/yr in ebooks to $30M in ARR with ConvertKit

Investigating trends of the creator economy with the CEO of ConvertKit
Guest: Nathan Barry
June 15, 2021

#61: Ryan Hawk – How a top podcaster approaches outreach, interviewing, and prioritizing new projects

Ryan Hawk is a keynote speaker and the host of the Learning Leader Show.
Guest: Ryan Hawk
Dec. 15, 2020

#37: Ali Abdaal – Making a living as a part-time YouTuber

Ali Abdaal is a Cambridge University medicine graduate, now working as a junior doctor in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). He started making YouTube videos in his final year of medical school at Cambridge University in the summer of 2017.
Guest: Ali Abdaal
Dec. 8, 2020

#36: Matt Ragland – Becoming a full time YouTube creator after 10 years of side hustling

Matt Ragland is an independent creator. His YouTube channel showcases videos on the Bullet Journal process, productivity, and time management.
Guest: Matt Ragland
Sept. 1, 2020

#23: Kwame Christian – How an expert negotiator thinks strategically about expanding his reach

Kwame Christian is one of the foremost experts in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution.
Aug. 25, 2020

#22: Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland – Why Pat acquired a Matt's agency in order to grow Smart Passive Income

Smart Passive Income is a media company elevating entrepreneurs to within reach of their dreams.
Aug. 4, 2020

#19: Miles Beckler – Affiliate marketing, building an audience, earning trust, and making money online

Miles Beckler is an internet marketer. In 2009, he and his wife Melanie started a website about mindfulness and meditation, and that site now receives over 8M visitors per year.
Guest: Miles Beckler
May 26, 2020

#10: Amy Landino – Leveraging YouTube, building an audience, creating a persona, and being all in for the conversation forever.

Amy Landino is the creator of the award-winning series AmyTV and author of the best-selling book Vlog Like a Boss; How to Kill It Online With Video Blogging.
Guest: Amy Landino
April 28, 2020

#6: Grant Baldwin – Having a professional work ethic, getting clear on your message, and how to get paid to speak

Grant Baldwin is the creator of The Speaker Lab and author of The Successful Speaker: Five Steps for Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform.
Guest: Grant Baldwin
March 24, 2020

#1: Seth Godin – Art, freelancing, building a personal brand, and the problem with being authentic

Seth Godin is one of the most prolific writers on the planet.
Guest: Seth Godin