Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.With combined revenues of over $100 million, serial entrepreneur Michael Girdley leaks his secrets in creating multiple multi-million dollar companies.“You don’t learn much about being entrepreneurial from being an employee”. After leaving a large tech firm and learning substantially more from running his family’s business. Michael details the common misconceptions that you must avoid in order to become a successful entrepreneur. Tune in to find out why over 100k people are following his every move. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Michael's website: https://girdley.com/Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/girdley

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Founder and CEO Gautam Tambay reveals how Springboard has created $300 million worth of new job offers and is beating grad school in job success rate.“What we first put out there was a terrible idea”. After turning a 5% course completion rate into 50%. Gautam highlights the essential practices to diagnose problems in order to level up your business. He explains how execution and action outweigh planning and preparation due to learning from experience.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Springboard Website: https://www.springboard.com/Gautam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautambay/Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Connecting the dots (2:01)An itch to scratch (5:15)Taking an insane bet (8:54)Working at a start-up (11:17)Lessons that stand out (13:36)The product-market fit (14:38)Motivation and inspiration (20:43)When people invest in you (22:32)Going direct to the consumer (25:44)Feel good Springboard (29:04)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Start-up expert and Ori CEO Jason Foster tells the story of how he went from a $19k a year job to becoming CEO of a company helping patients get access to life-saving cancer treatment. ‘You learn from your failures as much as your successes, maybe more’. With his first start-up collapsing after 10 months, Jason here explains how crucial his initial experience of failure was in equipping to succeed moving forwards. Now on 4 executive boards as well as heading up Ori, Jason touches on the key strategies involved in building and leveraging his network.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.linkedin.com/in/jasoncfosteroribiotech.com Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Start-ups and building businesses (1:32)Impacting people’s lives (4:56)Starting out at the bottom and proving yourself (5:58)Learning the hard way (7:39)Who’s bringing in the most value? (11:51)Critical aspects of success (13:00) Key changes (19:10)What is the story of Ori BioTech? (22:50)Meeting people and getting involved (25:44)Other companies Jason is involved with (31:53)Time and value issues (36:35)Work and Life (39:44)What’s next? (43:03)The business model (45:32)

Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Kara GoLdin, the founder of Hint Water. They are a beverage company that makes good-tasting drinks, without all of the bad stuff. Kara's got a really interesting story to tell you about why she founded the company in the first place. The company raised over $50 million and they've been stocked in major distributors across America. Kara's also written a bestselling book, called Undaunted, which shows her struggles and how she overcame them being a founder from a nontraditional background. Kara also now hosts The Kara GoLdin Show, where talks to different entrepreneurs about the successes they've had and how they got there in the first place, much like this show. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://karagoldin.com/Kara’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karagoldin/Kara’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/karagoldin Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)An accidental entrepreneur (1:47)A tiny change is made (5:55) All about the execution (12:17)Scaling her company (18:50)Undaunted (24:39)When everybody says ‘you can’t’ (29:28)You need to keep innovating (35:46)Help people and other entrepreneurs (39:04)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Stubblebine, the brand new CEO of Medium. Tony's had a long career in the tech world, having worked for multiple companies and also built multiple of his own start-ups, too. He calls himself a late bloomer, so if any of you listening who haven't quite started an entrepreneurial career, Tony's proved that you can do that, build your own companies, and rise to the top of a global brand and global company. Let's go into the show.You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://coachtony.medium.com/Tony’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonystubblebine/Tony’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/tonystubblebineKeynotes:Introduction (0:00)A late bloomer (1:23)Starting multiple companies (5:11)Collaboration (8:35) A place to find great ideas and great information (11:52)The source of the person’s expertise (22:35)Talking about credibility and risks (26:35)Raising the bar (38:14)The urge to create and fulfill  (42:47)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Sid Menon, who's the founder and CEO of Tegro. It's a company that's aiming to fix economics, market quants, and liquidity in Web3 gaming. Before Tegro, Sid co-founded Wazir X, which is India's biggest crypto exchange with tens of millions of users and they were eventually bought out by Binance. You'll realize Sid is a serious entrepreneur who loves solving problems. But he's not only an expert in the Web3 space, he is actually an expert in company-building in general, and he's built many companies before that, such as Crowd Fire. This is a fascinating conversation and so much to learn from him. Let's go into the show.You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://www.tegro.com/Siddharth’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthmenonSiddharth’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/BuddhaSource Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The decision to become an entrepreneur and early businesses (1:39)From passion to business (4:19)Going to the next stage and making a big change (5:36)The acquisition process (15:17)Investing in games (19:38)The toughest decision to make (24:12)Mistakes and lessons (26:17)Tegro’s ambition (29:45)Global opportunities (32:11)Finding the right people (34:35)Believing the team and timing (36:02)Opportunities to pursue (39:07)The big launch (42:16)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is the CEO and founder of Gravity Sketch. It's an intuitive 3D design platform designed to help teams review, collaborate and create in an innovative way. They've raised over 40 million so far. After completing their series A. They count Reebok, Ford, and HP as clients and are building this every day.I recommend you check out the product because it's really cool what they're doing and there are even ways that you can get a sample of it for free. Seyi's company is already incredibly successful and he is really honest about the different hardships faced along the way, what burden he overcame, and what skills he learned as well. I really love chatting with him and I'm sure I'm going to talk to him more because there's just so much more I can learn from him and there's so much you can learn too. Let's get into the show.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http://www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://www.gravitysketch.com/Oluwaseyi’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwaseyi-sosanya/Oluwaseyi’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/sosa_fresh/ Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)The beginnings (1:34)The future of design (4:03)The lumps (6:05)Learning a lot and understanding the usages (7:42)The sales pitch (12:42)Experimentation and trial & error (15:42) Ignorance and scarcity if used properly can be really useful tools (21:23)Attracting the first customers and the community they have now (24:32)Working with the right type of people (28:27)The greatest lessons (32:49)The next mission (35:20)Turning tough things into things you love doing (38:39)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today's guest is Maria, a General Partner at Kindred Capital. They are venture capitalists who focus on the European tech scene. Maria has a varied background herself having worked in both small startups and huge corporates. She has worked in India, UK, Australia, Brazil and New York. Maria is particularly passionate about helping entrepreneurs who are right at the start of the journey. She's conscious of how culture and background affects how people perceive founders and she works hard to overcome these biases and help those from a diverse background to succeed.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://kindredcapital.vc/Email: hello@kindredcapital.vc Maria's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariabrw

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Welcome to the Entrepreneur's Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today's guest is Anton, a co-founder, and the CEO of Sweatcoin. Sweatcoin is an app that pays you to do exercise. It might sound too good to be true, as many people have tried in the past, but during this episode, you can learn why Sweatcoin has been successful where many other startups have failed.They already have nearly a hundred million users signed up, and they're still yet to launch in many of their major markets that they expect to do well. This is a really insightful episode, so let's get on to the show.We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://sweatco.in/Anton’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonderlyatka/Sweat Economy’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/SweatEconomy Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)Anton’s first technology start-up (1:50)The momentum (3:38)The mistakes (5:21)The motivation  (7:33) Talking about competition and value (9:53)The business model and the next phase (13:05)It’s never too late to learn (17:35)A currency that is built by a billion people (20:15)Growing very fast and giving value (23:03)Influencers (28:48)Learning as you go (30:47) Talent is everything (32:57)Putting culture as one of your top priorities (37:38)Executing crypto-vision (49:10)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today's guest is best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Dave Kerpen. He's founded companies such as Likable, Apprentice, and Remembering Life. His latest book is called The Art of the People and it's only recently released. On top of this, he’s built a huge audience on social media, and it's got nearly 700,000 followers on LinkedIn.You'll be able to tell from his interview that David is also a speaker at global events across the world, and I'm sure you'll be entertained by what he has to say today.  We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Website: https://davekerpen.com/Dave's LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davekerpen/Dave’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/davekerpen Keynotes:Introduction (0:00)When it all started (1:39)Putting yourself out there and persistence (4:34)Working in sales (8:00)Managing the dynamic (11:02)Lifestyle and flexibility (13:50)What are your overall goals and needs? (16:27)Apprentice (18:13)The model that works for you (22:26) The love for mentorship (24:04)One of the early social media books (26:54)Likeability (30:26)The marketing value of TikTok (34:00)How to build an audience (35:50)Fear and distrust in delegation (37:33)Cognitive dissonance (39:50)What excites (44:10)