
Leveling Up with Eric Siu
Leveling Up is a weekly interview series with entrepreneurs and marketers on the latest in business and marketing. Learn actionable strategies & tactics on how you can make your business grow and mistakes to avoid during your journey. Learn from individuals who have founded billion dollar companies to best-selling authors. Entrepreneur and host Eric Siu also shares insights and learnings along the way.
Latest episodes

May 15, 2024 • 1h 26min
His Sleep Company Might Be Worth 1 TRILLION Dollars | Eight Sleep
Mateo Franceschetti, CEO of Eight Sleep, discusses using AI to improve sleep quality and achieve a billion-dollar valuation. Topics include innovative marketing strategies, temperature management, data and AI in sleep tech, effective podcast advertising, work-life balance, hardware business challenges, and hiring for greatness.

May 8, 2024 • 1h 27min
Mark Moss on Fatal AI and An Economic Crash Ahead
Financial expert Mark Moss discusses the future of marketing, the rise of personal brands, the impact of inflation on the economy, and strategies for continuous growth. Topics include building trust with long-form content, preparing for an inflationary crash, and investing in scarce assets. Moss also shares insights on maximizing YouTube retention, government spending, and the total addressable market for Bitcoin.

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May 1, 2024 • 1h 37min
How Jason Cohen Built TWO Billion Dollar Companies (One Bootstrapped)
Eric Siu interviews Jason Cohen, the mind behind WP Engine, discussing bootstrapping a billion-dollar company, embracing optionality in business strategies, continuous customer development, creating a company culture for personal growth, hiring and accountability in management, and finding a niche in the AI landscape.

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Apr 24, 2024 • 1h 5min
How To ACTUALLY Get ANYTHING You Want | Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo, a celebrated life coach and bestselling author, shares insights on trusting your gut, the power of a strong work ethic, building a coaching business, and the challenges of writing a book. The discussion highlights the importance of authenticity, intuition, and engaging with the audience.

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Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 30min
The Writing Secrets That Create Billionaires | David Perell
Eric Siu interviews David Perell, a writing teacher and Founder of 'Write of Passage' school. They discuss topics like faith, American Idolatry, big questions, Jesus' impact on Western civilization, and the power of reading and writing in personal growth and communication.

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Apr 11, 2024 • 1h 49min
Why Young Men Are Double F**cked | PsycHacks' Orion Taraban
Dr. Orion Taraban discusses dating challenges for successful people, impact of women's success on relationships, online dating economics, monogamy vs alternative relationship models, understanding men's and women's desires, practical strategies for successful relationships, economic realities affecting dating choices, negotiating expectations, and the infinite game of relationships.

Apr 6, 2024 • 49min
Special Episode: Hiring Secrets from an 8-Figure CEO with Eric Siu | From Teamwork’s Agency Life Podcast
Eric Siu, 8-figure CEO, shares hiring secrets and strategies for scaling a digital agency. Topics include role scorecards for clear hiring, process optimization with EOS, benefits of value-based pricing, and building around weaknesses. Essential insights for agency owners seeking to elevate their businesses.

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Apr 5, 2024 • 1h 20min
He Built Jubilee’s YouTube Channel to 5 Billion Views | Ryan Hashemi
Ryan Hashemi, builder of Jubilee with 10M subs & 5B views on YouTube, discusses creator-operators, long-form content, compelling thumbnails/titles, storytelling, trend of creators in new businesses. Touches on collaboration, hiring talent, dealing with copycats, investing in creators, balancing work/family, agency building, audience power, hard-hitting questions, leveraging pre-existing audiences, shift to long-form content, rise of creator-operators.

Mar 27, 2024 • 2h 1min
How Deep Pocket Monster Is Building A Business Empire | Pat Flynn
Entrepreneur Pat Flynn shares insights on storytelling, building community, overcoming comparison, and the evolution of income reports. They discuss the power of long-form content, gamifying content experience, balancing time and priorities, benefits of community courses, and driving webinar attendance through YouTube. Additionally, they explore transitioning to case studies, generating revenue from books and courses, creating partnerships, and acquiring Winning Edits.

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Mar 20, 2024 • 1h 6min
How I Bought an $8 Million Company with a $1 Hat | Kevin Espiritu
Kevin Espiritu shares his journey of building Epic Gardening into a multi-million dollar business, discussing aspects like SEO, content strategy, acquiring other gardening blogs, and the importance of email marketing. He also touches on topics like scaling with high-quality talent, playing poker as an entrepreneur, and the parallels between gardening and business growth.