

Leveling Up with Eric Siu
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.
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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.

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Mar 16, 2024 • 29min
How Your Business Can Stay Relevant in an AI-Run World (From Greg Isenberg's YouTube Video)
Discussion on pay-for-performance agencies and AI agents in customer service. Opportunities in finance and hospitality. Role of smart contracts in marketing. Gamification in various aspects of life. Importance of focus for agency businesses.

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Mar 14, 2024 • 1h 39min
How I Built A 9 Figure Network At 17 Years Old
Eric Siu interviews Greg Isenberg, a master in community building, discussing the future of programming and the power of social media. They explore AI in entrepreneurship, challenges of diversity, and the importance of design skills. Greg shares stories of attending parties with PayPal co-founders and starting businesses as Twitter accounts or Discord communities.

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Mar 6, 2024 • 1h 2min
$200M Founder's Unusual Approach to Relationships
Patrick Campbell discusses the importance of alignment in relationships and shares insights on conducting off-site retreats with partners. He reflects on finding peace in life, the challenges of navigating wealth, and unconventional marketing strategies. The episode also covers the value of frugality for entrepreneurs and the impact of personalized email campaigns on engagement and conversion rates.

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Feb 28, 2024 • 1h 38min
Why Young People Are Poorer Than Ever | Humphrey Yang
Humphrey Yang discusses financial challenges for young people, emphasizing saving, investing in index funds, and reaching $100K net worth. He talks about owning assets, diversification, avoiding new car purchases. Also covers money-saving hacks, living at home benefits, mindset's impact on money, and gaming in life and business.

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Feb 21, 2024 • 1h 7min
How He Cracked the Money Making Secrets of Wordpress | Syed Balkhi
Syed Balkhi and Eric Siu discuss compounding goodwill, mastering frustration coefficient, and passing on generational wealth. They highlight the power of masterminds, self-awareness, and learning from historical patterns. Syed advises building networks early, embracing radical candor, and recognizing enduring principles.