The Calum Johnson Show

Amanda Natvidad is the VP of Marketing at Sparktoro, an audience research startup. Prior to that, she helped build Fitbit’s B2B marketing team. She has also worked as the editorial producer for tech news sites paidContent.org and Gigaom.  In the last couple of years she has grown her Twitter following from 1K followers to over 116K followers. Her tweets are filled with personality as she covers all aspects of marketing and building an audience. In this episode we cover: 1. Amanda's unusual career path from chef to journalism to marketing 2. How to build a loyal online audience by being yourself 3. The untraditional job seekers’ Guide 4. The Journey to finding her dream job 5. The future of marketing and where its going  

Michael Sikand (@michaelsikand) is the Founder & CEO of @ourfuturehq, a media company curating business news in the form of bites for Gen Z audiences. They have exploded in the last year gaining over +500K cross-platform subscribers.  In total, Mike has amassed 400M views over the years. Besides creating content for his own podcast, his company also runs the TikTok for @ShaanVP’s and @thesamparr ‘s pod @myfirstmilpod, one of the biggest business podcasts in the space. In this episode we discuss: - The power of podcasting - How & Why Mike started Our Future - How he went from recording 150 podcasts episodes to getting millions of views on TikTok - Crazy story about a big-time podcast guest he managed to interview - His first viral video on TikTok - How he started working with Shaan Puri and Sam Parr for MFM - How he overcomes doubt and burnout as an entrepreneur

This is episode 20 of the podcast. In this episode I sit down with my virtual assistant, Kolby to talk through reaching this milestone for the podcast. We talk about: Whats the podcast origin story? Lessons I have learnt from podcasting What motivated and continues to motivate me to do it Whats next for the podcast? What Mr.Beast taught me about producing content? What have been my favorite guests and how did they inspire me? Advice for someone who is looking to start building a following online?

Jeremy is the CEO and founder of two startups in the content ecosystem. @userp_io is an award-winning marketing agency focusing on SaaS brands, and @wordable_io , an application that makes publishing Google Docs to blogs easier. He has a twitter following of over 80,000, sharing advice on copywriting, a marketing skill he believes could make you millions. In this episode, we discuss: 1. How he started a successful agency business 2. The best way to acquire the necessary skills to run a business 3. The importance of having clear values when starting a company 4. How and why copywriting is a multi-million dollar skillset 5. How he got started writing on Twitter & his first viral moment 6. Work Life balance as an entrepreneur

Dakotah Rice is the founder of Poolit, a platform allowing users to invest in top private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds with no minimums. Before becoming a full-time founder, Dakotah worked for some of the most prestigious firms on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs (trading GS), Coatue and The Carlyle Group. Learning directly from global investment companies with billions under management, he provided a wide range of financial services for his clients with a key purpose to invest wisely and create value over time. With years of experience in the financial industry under his belt, Dakotah left his job to start @thepoolit. Backed by the co-founders of Carlyle and Coatue, Dakotah is laser focused on his mission of making the financial system inclusive for all. In this episode, we talk about The impact that working on Wall Street had on Dakota career & him becoming a founder How he managed to get into such a competitive industry & rise up the ranks so quickly How he made the leap from working in finance to starting his own company How to overcome fear and doubt in you career

Zach Pogrob is the creator behind @behaviorhack on Instagram, where he has racked up a following of close to 200K followers.  As a multi platform creator, he shares and tweets powerful messages about following-your-obsession and entrepreneurship besides, of course, documenting his own views about building his brands. He is also the founder of @Peakphotobooths, an innovative photo booth company bringing fun moments for weddings and other events in New Jersey and New York areas. From starting his business with his own savings to sharing tips to fight procrastination, Zach’s motivation, as well as his obsessive approach to reaching his goals are certainly clever and inspiring. In this episode, we discuss about The right moment to monetize your audience How to overcome procrastination and manage your time Transitioning from a 9-to-5 to running your own business Adding value to commoditized products/ services How Zach built a large following & personal brand online How Zach built his content creation machine How he deals with burnout & FOMO when working weekends Does Zach feel satisfaction from his success?

Kirby Porter has been a prominent figure in the sports industry. As the founder of New Game Labs, she supports athletes by building their brands in the creators economy.  One of the goals of her company for the next 8 years is ‘to inspire 1 million athletes to unleash their inner creator and leverage technology to scale their brands’ but her ambition doesn’t stop there. Kirby started her career in the marketing and communications department at PepsiCo (trading PEP) before venturing into her own businesses and is currently taking advantage of the power of web 3.0 in the sports industry. In this episode, we discuss: Finding your passion and putting it into practice How athletes can take a piece of the The $100B creators industry and the web 3.0 The massive investments athletes are receiving from brands Transitioning from athlete to entrepreneur Building and strengthening online brands and online audiences

Michael Karnjanaprakorn is behind many successful startups. He started Skillshare and Otis. He was also an early employee at Behance and Hot Potato (now part of META). Michael, who just turned 40, writes about life, money, entrepreneurship and business for his growing 34k followers on Twitter. When he’s not creating disruptive companies, he’s probably eating burgers, improving his golf score or watching UFC fights. In this episode, we discuss: The mindset changes you need to implement in order to achieve professional and financial freedom The power of boredom The concept of personal holding companies - the future of entrepreneurship Michael's experience doing a Dopamine Detox The keys to living the good life - a life of happiness and fulfillment 

This is part 2 of our episode with Jack Butcher, Founder of Visualize Value. Jack spent 10 years working in Fortune 100 advertising in NYC as a creative director for multi-billion dollar brands. He then started his own advertising agency and is the founder of @visualizevalue - a platform that offers courses on selling digital products and creating high-impact, unique images. Jack @jackbutcher posts his unforgettable visuals to his 207.9k followers on Twitter. In this episode we discuss: Jack's journey to building Visualize Value How you can figure out what business problem you should be solving Selling 6 figure NFTs & the story of the $77 million NFT The power of brand & community in business

Today’s guest on the podcast is Jack Butcher. Jack spent 10 years working in Fortune 100 advertising in NYC as a creative director for multi-billion dollar brands. He has since started his own advertising agency and is the founder of @visualizevalue - a platform that offers courses on selling digital products and creating high-impact, unique images. Jack (@jackbutcher on Twitter) posts his unforgettable visuals to his 207.9k followers on Twitter. In this episode we discuss: How does the environment you live in influence your work ethic?  The impact that moving to NYC had on Jack's career How too much knowledge can actually hold you back from starting new ventures (naivety over knowledge) How Jack made the pivot from working at an agency to starting his own business How Jack found his niche and escaped competition