AlexxMedia is one of the cohosts of FLAGRANT with Andrew Schulz. He was also the director and producer for Andrew Schulz's Netflix documentary. In this interview, we talked about how he got started, his perspectives on Israel Adesanya, MrBeast, Joe Rogan, and Mark Gagnon, and how he's improved his energy over the years. (0:00) Intro (1:42) Starting As An Editor (2:54) First Opportunity (4:56) Reflecting On The Journey (5:58) Leaving 9-5 (7:21) Imposter Syndrome (8:42) Social Anxiety (14:01) Preparing For FLAGRANT Interviews (15:45) Admiration for Israel Adesanya (18:33) Working With Favorite Creator (23:10) Why Andrew Schulz (26:01) How Fame/Notoriety Changed Schulz (27:54) Building WTFMedia Studios (32:48) Unusual Hiring Process (35:54) Improving Energy (39:04) Charlamagne Tha God (40:08) Joe Rogan (41:10) Mark Gagnon (42:04) MrBeast (42:45) Most Underrated Guests (45:01) Challenge (46:33) Balance of Work/Personal – This podcast is brought you to by My First Million. This is the podcast I go to learn more about business, technology, and where the future is going. Check it out here. – Alex's Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexxmedia My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Val Katayev is a tech and finance entrepreneur. In his high school yearbook, he decided he wanted to make $1,000,000 by the age of 30. He hit it by 19. In this interview, we spoke about some of his businesses, crypto, the looming recession, the power of a personal brand, and much more. (0:00) Intro (0:45) Wealth At A Young Age (2:48) Resourcefulness (4:44) PlayStation Website (11:34) Val’s Secret Weapon (17:55) Google’s 2nd Biggest Advertiser (24:41) Ringtones (39:11) People Don’t Know (41:00) Val’s Current Business (44:55) Mobile (46:58) Going With The Future (48:50) Retirement (52:20) Peer To Peer Lending (59:35) Thoughts on FTX Meltdown (1:05:20) Crypto (1:08:21) Figuring Out Next Business (1:15:45) Arbitrage Opportunity (1:17:39) Young People Having Power/Money (1:23:25) Personal Brand (1:30:21) Losing It All (1:35:24) Recession (1:39:40) Challenge Val Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValKatayev Val’s Lyrics Ad: https://twitter.com/ValKatayev/status/1499053850333904902 My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Sean Millea is a comedian, filmmaker, and creator. In this conversation, we spoke about becoming friends with Mark Normand, working for Gary Vaynerchuk, how he's consistently viral, the future of video, his fake interviews with Ariana Grande and Tom Holland, and his existential crisis as a creator. (0:00) Intro (1:03) Boxing & Comedy (2:11) Fears Creatively (3:13) Large Following (6:25) Class Clown Energy (10:48) Anxiety (15:30) Mark Normand (17:20) Gary Vaynerchuk (19:58) Viral Beeple Video (20:48) Viral Rap Video (22:24) Exploiting The Formula (25:10) Sacrificing For Retention (26:54) The Future of Media/Video (29:53) Core TikTok Rules (30:15) Why Story? (31:21) 100,000 Subscribers (38:20) Shia LaBeouf Story (50:28) Fake Interviews (53:10) Existential Crisis (56:35) Challenge Sean's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmillea (purple plant) Sean's YouTube:  @Sean Millea  My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Sriram Krishnan and Aarthi Ramamurthy are two of technology's leading voices. They are also podcasters. Aarthi has worked at Clubhouse, Facebook, Netflix, and Microsoft. Sriram is an investor for Andreessen Horowitz. They have interviewed people like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tony Hawk, Palmer Luckey, and A.R. Rahman. (0:00) Welcome To Show (1:45) Starting Podcast (6:02) Outsider vs. Insider (15:02) Early Technology (31:54) Interviewing (45:04) Sriram’s Love of WWE (58:10) Public vs. Private (1:01:32) In-Person vs. Online Interviews (1:14:30) Interviewing Elon Musk (1:22:53) More People In Tech? (1:25:45) Aarthi’s Mission (1:28:47) Challenge Sriram & Aarthi Links Sriram's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sriramk Aarthi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarthir YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGoodTimeShowAarthiSriram My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Visakan Veerasamy is a writer. He describes himself as a “friendly, ambitious nerd.” In this wide-ranging conversation, you’ll find out why. We discussed lessons from tweeting 212,000 times, how to make the world a more loving place, why you should consult your inner newsfeed, and how writing a book helped him evolve. (0:00) Lesson From COVID (5:43) Thoughts On Work (15:19) Coaching (20:03) Tweeting (26:37) Greatness (29:38) Online Fame (38:12) What Bothers Visa? (46:03) Consult Inner Newsfeed (49:00) Creativity (53:03) Ruts (58:31) Similarities of Humans (1:07:39) Loving World (1:19:27) Nuance (1:30:20) Trauma (1:47:18) Parenting (1:49:39) Challenge Visa’s Links Website: https://visakanv.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/visakanv My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Adam Gilbert is the creator of MyBodyTutor. Over the past 15 years, he’s coached thousands of people on creating better habits with their health. In this episode, Adam explained... • How he built his business • How he and Noah Kagan have become friends • Lessons from coaching thousands • Common mistakes he finds most people make in their 20s • Adam’s spiky perspective on therapy • How to find your purpose ...and much more. He even gave me a gift! (0:00) Joining Corporate America (3:44) Dad Passing Away (5:10) Noah Kagan (6:38) First Few Clients (7:53) Accountability (8:43) Early Growth Strategies (12:07) Social Media (17:11) My Body Tutor vision (17:43) Gregg Poppovich (18:53) Self-Sabotage (22:40) Systems (26:30) Mindset, Psychology, Habits (31:01) Hope (32:58) Common Mistakes In 20s (34:04) Finding What You Love (37:15) Adam’s Perspective on Therapy (40:38) Meditation (43:30) Non-Scale Victories (44:28) Pleasure vs. Happiness (49:00) Fitness First (51:45) Finding Purpose (57:30) Discomfort Is Your Compass (1:00:00) Connecting With Adam (1:00:48) Gift From Adam Adam’s Links MyBodyTutor: https://www.mybodytutor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyBodyTutor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mybodytutor/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Sid Yadav is the creator of Circle, the all-in-one community platform for creators & brands. In this conversation, Sid talks about his early days as a creator himself, working at Teachable, the importance of sending cold emails, how he raised money, how he found product-market-fit, and his challenge to people listening: (0:00) Early Blogging Days (7:13) Creating (10:18) United States (18:08) Cold Emails (23:01) Teachable (29:10) Employee vs. Entrepreneur (31:10) Multiple Skillsets (33:42) Building Circle.so (43:21) Raising Money (52:44) $10k ARR to $1M ARR (59:55) Challenge Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/sidyadav Website: https://circle.so/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Kyle Offutt is a creator. He is attempting to eat a meal with someone in every state (currently halfway through his journey). In this conversation, we spoke about Kyle not feeling understood in his hometown, his transition from planner/engineer to letting go, his perfect day, why taking little steps is important, life as music, and his experience at Creator Camp. (0:00) 50 Meals, 50+ Strangers (9:47) Present Moment (12:10) Changes From Traveling (15:10) It All Works Out (18:55) Two Kyles (20:03) Shark Tank (22:44) Quality Vs. Quantity (26:48) Shortform Content (29:03) Not Feeling Understood (32:40) Original Thinker (35:09) Traveling (38:00) Creator Camp (45:38) Life As Music (47:08) Perfect Day (51:21) Little Steps (53:55) Challenge (56:23) Inward Journey Kyle’s Links TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylegoesoff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KyleGoesOff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylegoesoff My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Ocho, a company focused on helping you learn everything you need to build wealth as an entrepreneur, freelancer, consultant, or independent business owner. He is also the creator of Teachable, which has helped over 100,000 creators monetize through courses. Ankur sold Teachable in March 2020 for a "healthy 9-figure amount." In this conversation, we spoke about the early days of Teachable, how Ankur made money on personality quizzes on Facebook, what creators can do to differentiate themselves, the importance of writing, his four keys to happiness, and his goal for 2023.  (0:00) Making Money Online (3:33) Childhood Signs (4:32) Moving To America (6:27) Young People Have Power (9:18) Early Days of Teachable (12:00) Growth Marketing (15:54) Parents (19:59) No “Making It” Moment (21:41 Culture (26:02) Big Ideas (27:41) Immigration (31:01) USA (33:04) 4 Keys For Happiness (35:41) Vagabond Era (39:43) Younger Politicians (42:45) Play Like A Child (47:05) India (49:03) Creators (51:21) Goal For 2023 (55:13) Building Next Company (56:58) Stress As CEO (58:45) Build In Public? (1:00:13) Retirement (1:03:02) Most Important Skills (1:04:30) Pet Peeves (1:06:18) Writing (1:10:13) How Will Ankur Be Different? (1:11:24) Imposter Syndrome (1:13:38) Legacy (1:16:41) Challenge Ankur's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal Ocho: https://www.ocho.com/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Nik Sharma is a brand builder. He's the creator of Sharma Brands (a marketing agency that's worked with MrBeast and Emma Chamberlain). In this conversation, we spoke about not going to college, how he's used Twitter effectively, the two skills everyone should learn if they're about to graduate college, and how he got in contact with Mark Cuban via cold email. (0:00) Bob The Builder (2:16) Nik’s Childhood Teacher (6:39) Skills To Learn (9:49) Mark Cuban Email (13:45) Vibes (14:40) David Perell Friendship (16:08) Saving Cousin’s Life (18:49) Death (21:11) Building A Brand (26:55) Working With MrBeast (33:30) Working With Emma Chamberlain (37:04) Small Inflection Points (40:45) Not Going To College (47:00) Gary Vaynerchuk (49:55) Scaling Sharma Brands (53:39) Twitter (59:20) Challenge Nik's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsharma Cold Email Thread: https://twitter.com/mrsharma/status/1463205121979002890 My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda