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. Over the course of 2,000+ episodes, Andrew has interviewed everyone from Barbara Corcoran, to Gary Vee, to the founders of Airbnb.

He's also the author of Stop Asking Questions: How to Lead High-Impact Interviews And Learn Anything from Anyone.

After building two startups of his own—one successful and one failed—Andrew started Mixergy as a way to learn from other entrepreneurs. Today, Mixergy is a place where successful people teach ambitious upstarts through interviews, courses, masterclasses, and events.

So in this episode, we talk about why Andrew became fascinated with learning from others, feeling starstruck as an interviewer, small ways YOU can become a better conversationalist, and how his persistence has helped him through the challenges of building a podcast and writing this book.