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Ryo Chikazawa is the founder and CEO of Autify, a company that uses No Code and Artificial Intelligence to help companies manage their resources for automating testing and maintaining test scripts. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:20 - Get to know Ryo03:11 - Why did he join an accelerator04:32 - Accelerator application process06:48 - What did he learn from the accelerator09:37 - Solve the burning needs14:24 - Ryo's experience with accelerator investors19:16 - Follow up with Ryo👀 Check out the company:https://autify.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bryan Clayton is Co-founder and CEO of Your Green Pal, which helps homeowners and landscaping companies find and work with each other. He bootstrapped this business to profit, and it will do over $20M USD this year in revenue. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:36 - Get to know Bryan04:30 - How did Bryan get the idea08:25 - Building a multi-sided marketplace15:27 - Offering add-on features19:48 - How to deal with expanding and maturing23:39 - Finding good working contractors25:30 - Developing a SaaS business27:57 - Expanding to different markets33:36 - Establishing an identity36:28 - Marketplace Ideas39:50 - Follow up with Bryan👀 Check out the company:https://yourgreenpal.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Keighery is an Australian entrepreneur who started, grew, and IPO’d a company on the Australian Stock Exchange. He’s now living in Louisiana and using his wealth to build up a real estate portfolio. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:55 - Get to know Stephen04:41 - Making smart financial decisions08:30 - Selling shares early for profit11:49 - How to utilize company’s money13:33 - Entrepreneurial journey15:55 - Diversifying and doing real estate19:08 - Utilizing debt and loans22:51 - Going around taxes with real estate30:30 - More discussion about tax31:37 - Follow up with Stephen👀 Check out the company:https://homebuyerlouisiana.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shlomi Ben Atar is the VP of Marketing for Sayollo, which focuses on bringing ads to gaming in a native way that enhances the experience rather than detracts from it. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:41 - Get to know Shlomi04:46 - Catering ads and e-commerce for gamers07:46 - How people are hooked into gaming10:15 - Gaming content12:36 - Commerce inside games16:40 - Why people play games22:29 - Socializing through the internet23:36 - How gaming affects our emotions25:18 - Watching pro gamers and the thrills of gaming30:21 - Follow up with Shlomi👀 Check out the company:https://sayollo.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julien Salinas is the founder and CEO of NLP Cloud, a Natural Language Processing API platform. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:19 - Get to know Julien04:57 - How does being a parent change you06:00 - Building a business while having a kid07:26 - Planning your day08:09 - What is the dynamic with his partner10:21 - Julien's motivation to build his business12:26 - Relationship with the kids16:31 - Best thing about having kids18:30 - Our brain never stops working20:53 - Challenges of being entrepreneur and a parent25:29 - More tips from Julien26:38 - Follow up with Julien👀 Check out the company:https://nlpcloud.io✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Armitage is the founder and CEO of Nectarine Credit, which helps companies automate credit applications when dealing with manufacturing partners. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:09 - Get to know Alex10:07 - How he started his first company14:47 - Meeting interesting people16:07 - Having the buzz to fix problems21:03 - Follow up with Alex👀 Check out the company:https://nectarinecredit.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benn Stancil is the Founder and CEO of Mode Analytics. After working at Yammer and going through their acquisition to Microsoft, Benn left and started Mode with a few co-workers in 2013. To date, Mode has raised $80M USD, and Benn is going to share with us how raising money from investors changes yourself, your team, and your business.00:00 - Guest Introduction01:35 - Get to know Benn03:28 - Challenges Benn faced in fundraising10:16 - Preparing for each fundraising round13:30 - Data Rooms for potential investors17:06 - How do you know if you have the right investors23:06 - How does having investors changed the company25:36 - Establishing a board of directors30:37 - How do relationships change internally after being funded33:48 - How Benn changed throughout the years36:30 - Follow up with Benn👀 Check out the company:https://mode.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2021 has been a pretty rough year so far, but I’m finally able to start focusing on what’s coming next because I’ve worked through what has already happened.00:00 – Intro 01:11 – A Deep Recap 04:03 – Changing Habits 05:04 – Results 08:20 – Book #1 09:33 – Book #2 ✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Barnett is founder of Bonjoro, which helps companies customize their user onboarding experiences. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:03 - Get to know Matt04:39 - Focusing on your product05:40 - Building the idea for a product09:31 - Plan and think hard before executing your idea15:17 - Simplifying your building process18:03 - Beta testing, pricing, and upgrades26:12 - Best times to introduce upgrades27:40 - Hiring a product team33:06 - Getting the team to work together41:35 - Take time to solve your problems43:07 - Follow up with Matt👀 Check out the company:https://bonjoro.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony Mongeluzo is the Founder/CEO of PCS LLC, a 150-person team that provides IT consulting to companies around the world. 00:00 - Guest Introduction02:07 - Get to know Anthony06:29 - Time Management11:58 - Creating a better daily routine16:12 - Importance of morning routines17:20 - How to start a routine18:40 - Polishing your routine20:33 - Every minute is important24:52 - Follow up with Anthony👀 Check out the company:https://helpmepcs.com✅ Subscribe if you liked this interview:https://youtube.com/@seanweisbrot🤝 Become a podcast sponsor:https://www.welivetobuild.com/sponsor📈 Hire Sean to consult your company:https://calendly.com/wltb/strategy#entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #psychology #business #startup #interview #podcast #welivetobuild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.