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Nov. 2, 2021

#78: Marie Poulin – Earning $40,000 per month as a course creator

Marie’s transition from agency job to full-time freelance, her discovery of online education, her foray into creating a software product, the origins of Notion Mastery, and why her inconsistency hasn’t slowed her down one bit.

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Oct. 26, 2021

#77: Andy J. Pizza – Writing with pictures and developing your taste

Andy J. Pizza is an illustrator and the host of the Creative Pep Talk podcast.

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Oct. 19, 2021

#76: Andrew Warner – How to be a better conversationalist with the ho…

Andrew Warner is the founder of Mixergy and host of the Startup Stories Podcast by Mixergy, where he uncovers the secrets of the world’s best founders.

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Oct. 5, 2021

#75: Ali Spagnola – Making outrageous music and videos while trying t…

Ali Spagnola is a musician, comedian, and artist. Ali creates outrageous videos including turning her car into a Chia Pet, covering her apartment with fur, or putting 3200 PopSockets on her wall! She also creates "What If" videos where she …

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Sept. 28, 2021

#74: Bad Bunnies NFT – From idea to sold-out NFT project in less than…

Bad Bunnies are 5,500 randomly generated, gamified NFTs, released from captivity to the Ethereum blockchain.

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Sept. 21, 2021

#73: Taylor Schulte – Creating a winning content marketing strategy f…

Taylor Schulte is the founder of Define Financial, which manages over $120 million in assets and specializes in retirement & tax planning for people over age 50.

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Sept. 14, 2021

#72: Jason Feifer – The Editor In Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine on m…

Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, a podcast host, book author, keynote speaker, startup advisor, and nonstop optimism machine.

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Sept. 7, 2021

#71: Steph Smith – Generating thousands of sales on Gumroad (with a s…

Steph Smith is a growth marketer, writer, and indie maker. She's the creator of two books, Doing Content Right and Doing Time Right.

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Aug. 24, 2021

#70: Nick Huber – What online creators can learn from sweaty startups

Nick has more than 140,000 followers on Twitter, two podcasts, a Real Estate Masterclass, and more than $20 million in self storage assets under management.

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Aug. 17, 2021

#69: Jack Rhysider – 300,000 downloads per episode as an indie podcas…

Jack Rhysider is the creator and host of Darknet Diaries, audio stories specifically intended to capture, preserve, and explain the culture around hacking and cybersecurity.

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Aug. 10, 2021

#68: Roberto Blake – The story behind 12 years, 531K+ subscribers, an…

Roberto Blake is dedicated to building the Creator Economy. He’s focused on helping Creators and Influencers build brands and businesses online.

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Aug. 3, 2021

#67: Gina Bianchini – Powering the business of community with Mighty …

Gina Bianchini is the founder and CEO of Mighty Networks. Mighty Networks helps creators bring their community, courses, memberships, and events together in one place under their brand.

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July 27, 2021

#66: Chris Sutherland – How a Physics professor built an audience of …

Chris Sutherland is a former collegiate Physics professor turned full-time content creator. Chris began posting videos to TikTok in January 2020, quickly going viral and building an audience of more than 2 million followers.

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July 20, 2021

#65: Austin Kleon – 10 years as a full-time writer and stealing like …

Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going.

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July 13, 2021

#64: Charli Marie Prangley - Building a YouTube Channel with 200K sub…

Charli Marie Prangley is the creator of the YouTube Channel CharlieMarieTV.

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June 29, 2021

#63: Jay Acunzo – How to tell great stories with a professional speak…

Jay Acunzo is an author, speaker, and showrunner. He's the host of 3 Clips (recently acquired by Castos) and Unthinkable, which he describes as Radiolab for creators.

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June 22, 2021

#62: Jay Clouse (interviewed by Ryan Hawk!) – Turning the tables for …

Today is a special crossover episode. Last week, I interviewed the creator and host of The Learning Leader Show, Ryan Hawk.

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June 15, 2021

#61: Ryan Hawk – How a top podcaster approaches outreach, interviewin…

Ryan Hawk is a keynote speaker and the host of the Learning Leader Show.

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June 8, 2021

#60: Brennan Dunn – Combining personalization and automation for next…

Brennan Dunn is the creator of Double Your Freelancing, RightMessage, and Mastering ConvertKit.

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June 1, 2021

#59: Mignon Fogarty – Making the case for shorter podcasts with a Pod…

Mignon Fogarty is the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network and creator of Grammar Girl.

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May 27, 2021

BONUS: Freelance to Founder

Real-world, practical, actionable advice to take your service-based business to the next level

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May 25, 2021

#58: Courtland Allen – Building (and selling!) a business creating co…

Courtland Allen is the creator of Indie Hackers, the largest online community of startup founders.

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May 20, 2021

#57: Let's talk about comparison traps

We've all fallen prey to comparison traps. But today I want to talk about why our comparisons are flawed.

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May 18, 2021

#56: Allen Gannett – Writing The Creative Curve, receiving feedback g…

Allen Gannett is the author of The Creative Curve (Penguin Random House, 2018) that shows how the creative process can be learned by anyone.

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