The Business Method: Interviewing Billionaires, Billion Dollar Founders & the World’s Most Successful People 🎧🔥

Dane Maxwell~ Founder of The Foundation & Start From Zero ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers    Dane Maxwell has been an entrepreneur for over 10 years and has started 16 business in his career.. He’s  the Founder of The Foundation, a program designed to teach entrepreneurs how to build a profitable SaaS business, and currently owns a multi-million dollar SaaS business called SwipeMyIdeas.com, as well as ‍PaperlessPipeline.com, ‍MyAgentBase.com, & ‍FearNoFeeling.com    Dane found building a business around a painful problem to be extremely lucrative. He taught people not to follow your passion, but to follow the pain, and become passionate about the process of problem solving.    Nowadays, he has a love hate relationship with teaching entrepreneurship because while building a business that solves other people’s problems is financially rewarding, it’s not always fulfilling. So he has  recently had an awakening and has chosen to retire from business to develop himself as a singer/songwriter.   01:54: WHo is Dane Maxwell? 08:00: MLK, Steve Wozniak & Michelangelo 12:33: Dane's Decision Making Process 24:16: Living in a State of Receptive Curiosity 34:23: Live Listening Exercise w/ Chris 47:56: How to Improve Your Listening Skills 01:04:12: Identifying What Gives You Pleasure 01:13:09: Final Thoughts 01:16:48: Where to Find Dane  Contact Info:   https://www.startfromzero.com/method

Pejman Ghadimi~ Author of Third Circle Theory ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers     Pejman Ghadimi is a self-made entrepreneur, philosopher and the author of the best selling books Third Circle Theory & RADIUS.    Over the last 20 years, Pejman has built a multitude of businesses ranging from a one-of-a-kind investment firm that focuses on alternative asset management known as VIP Motoring to a series of online education businesses including Secret Entourage, Exotic Car Hacks and Watch Trading Academy that have reshaped what and how people learn.    In 2018, Pejman's companies finished the fiscal year with over $87,000,000.00 in combined revenue. A byproduct of his very own teachings, Pejman is the perfect example of how resourcefulness and self-education are the two most powerful keys to success.    Today, Pejman is a mentor to over 36,000 students from across the globe and his teachings have created many 6, 7, and 8-figure Entrepreneurs. ​ ​​      03:00: Who is Pejman Ghadimi?      10:43: The Evolution of a Car Wash Business      21:13: Becoming a Chase Bank Manager at 18       36:36: Entrepreneurs VS Money Flow: What are they missing?      39:08: Third Circle Theory: The Progressive Journey of Entrepreneurship      42:23: Dimensional Awareness      48:00: What is True Freedom?      58:47: Pejman on Planning for the Next Decade 01:02:14: Where to Find Pejman Ghadimi 01:02:38: Pejman's Final Thoughts ​ ​ ​ Contact Info:​ https://www.pejmanghadimi.com/ https://learnfrompj.com/ https://www.secretentourage.com https://www.exoticcarhacks.com/ https://www.watchtradingacademy.com/

Travis Rosser~ Co-Founder of Kajabi ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   After a decade in the software industry, Travis co-founded Kajabi, a knowledge capital platform that has helped customers redefine themselves as experts, free themselves from the traditional notions of a job, and live more fulfilled lives.    Since 2010, Kajabi has helped more than ten thousand people launch their own small businesses, and to this day these knowledge entrepreneurs have generated more than $600 million in sales. He is also the best-selling author of the book You, INC.  02:00: Who is Travis Rosser? 12:08: The Impact Rich Dad/Poor Dad 15:30: The Beginning of Kajabi 25:56: Kajabi Success Stories 29:27: Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs 36:03: Exiting Kajabi 41:23: Profession, Passion, Profit, & Pain 47:43: Is The Online Course Market Too Saturated? 51:26: What’s Next for Travis? Contact Info:   https://travisrosser.com/

Clint Arthur ~ Author Break Through Your Upper Limits on TV ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Host of The Greatest Show of All Time on 77WABC Radio in New York City  Celebrity Entrepreneur, Personal Branding Expert, Wharton Business School graduate, Dan Kennedy's GKIC Info-Marketer of The Year, with 20 years experience running his own gourmet food company.   Clint's #1 Bestsellers include Break Through Your Upper Limits on TV, followed by What They Teach You At The Wharton Business School, then Speaking Game: 7-Figure Speaker Secrets Revealed, and his latest manifesto: Celebrity Entrepreneurship, then you also have The Greatest Book of All Time, The Presidents Code - Common Traits of Uncommon Leaders, The Last Year of Your Life, The Last Lecture for Entrepreneurs and Authors…. 21 Performance Secrets of Donald Trump ​ Clint believes the Meaning of Your Life is Determined by You. That You Can Do More, Be More, and Have More — and Capacity is a State of Mind. ​ 03:10: Who is Clint Arthur? 14:58: The 5 Elements of Celebrity Entrepreneurship 23:10:The Hierarchy of Media 32:38: Clint on Goal Setting 39:43: Where to Find Clint Arthur?     Contact Info:   https://clinttt.com/ https://www.clintarthur.tv/

Alex Huditan ~ Founder of Amazonienii ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Alex Huditan, or Hudi as his friends call him is on the mic today to talk about how he became a millionaire on Amazon from Romania and how he has helped many other Romanians become millionaires also.   Alex has completely changed his life since 2014 and personal beliefs about money over the past few years, switching from corporate to running a business from a deck chair in a tropical country and running his 7-figure business that he works on only four hours per MONTH!     Alex and his friends found a perfect business model and strategy that helped him succeed on Amazon. It worked so well that Alex and his friends decided to help other Romanians share in the success now teaching their method to others. Alex has mentored over 500 launches, sold over $4,000,000 and now runs a community of Amazon sellers with over 3,000 people.       02:36: Who is Alex Huditan?    22:07: Building a Business Mastermind    29:20: 5 To The Power of 5- Amazon Strategy    35:56: Tips on Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset    50:45: Lifestyle Design Through Trial & Error 1:03:06: Where to Find Alex Huditan     Contact Info:   https://www.amazonienii.ro/ http://www.hudi.ro/ https://enlightened-millionaires.com/  

After leaving home at age 13 to make a living juggling on street corners he ended up in a 25+ year career on TV. The longest gig was the announcer of The Price Is Right. Yea, he was the one who said: "Come on down!"    For him life took an unexpected turn when a bank error devastated his credit, leaving him on the verge of bankruptcy. There weren't any solutions out there to help with the process and while fixing his own problem, he thought of a way to help others by bootstrapping the world's first credit repair software.   Credit Repair Cloud was born and now powers the credit repair industry and has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to become “Credit Heroes” by changing millions of lives and 25 of them have become millionaires by leveraging the software to start their own credit repair business.   Now, with more than $16M in revenues, Credit Repair Cloud is the industry leader and Daniel Rosen is known as one of the most innovative SaaS CEOs out there.              Contact Info:   https://www.creditrepaircloud.com/

Janice Waugh~ Founder of Solo Traveler World Blog ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers Hello listeners! Welcome back to The Business Method Podcast once again and today we have another amazing guest that we wanted to bring on the mic and share about blogging, and travel blogging specifically.    Janice Waugh is the founder of SoloTravelerWorld.com. Janice hops on the mic with us to talk travel and blogging. This is a really good episode because Janice is very transparent and opens up about all the in’s-and-out’s of her business and how she has built SoloTraveler World.    Janice started the blog in 2009. We talk today about her expertise and why she decided to start blogging about solo travel, why she also loves solo travel and still to this day, 10 years after starting the blog, she is still solo traveling and and doing it on a regular basis. Janice shares about how she grew her Facebook following to over 260,000 followers. Why she doesn't focus so much on video on YouTube, where a lot of travel bloggers do focus on those mediums, and she shares why.   Then we discuss why she's doubling down these days on Pinterest. But also, she has a course that's a pick-your-price course. Janice has created a course on solo travel and she actually lets the clients and customers pick their price on what they pay, and you'll find out in this podcast how and why that's working for her. Janice then shares about some of the other revenue sources of ad revenue; Google ads, Amazon affiliates, and she is partnering up with other companies to advertise.   Janice has is very open. She has a very open heart and she's sharing some really good information here. I think you guys will enjoy it. If you want to learn more about blogging, solo travel or creating a solo travel blog or a travel blog. This is a great podcast to listen to.      01:30: Who is Janice Waugh? 05:05: The Inspiration Behind Solo Traveler World 10:08: Transitioning from Business Writing to Travel Blogging 19:00: Sources of Revenue 26:15: Building Solo Traveler World’s Readership 30:49: Pick Your Price Course 35:26: Doubling Down on Pinterest 37:17: Keeping Solo Travel Society Facebook Community Engaged 51:50: The Solo Travel Awards 57:50: Tips for Building a Travel Blog     Contact Info:   Website: https://solotravelerworld.com/

Mike Michalowicz ~ Author Fix This Next ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   By his 35th birthday Mike Michalowicz had founded and sold two multi million dollar companies then he decided to become an Angel Investor and lost it all. He stared all over again determined to help entrepreneurs grow healthy, and strong companies by creating the Profit First Formula.    Now, Mike is running his 3rd & 4th million dollar ventures. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal; is the former MSNBC business make-over expert; is a popular keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, Fix This Next, Surge, and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, which BusinessWeek deemed "the entrepreneur's cult classic." Mike is also a guest lecturer for collegiate entrepreneurial programs such as Babson, Boston College, Columbia, Copenhagen Business School, Emerson, Harvard, Penn State, Pepperdine and Princeton. His books are in the core curriculum for entrepreneur students at Pepperdine, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford University, and universities across the country. His books have been translated into over 10 languages, and sold over ½ million copies, and he is the host of Entrepreneurship Elevated Podcast!   I recommend listening to this episode for all the entrepreneurs out there. Mike’s method for helping entrepreneurs business successful business should be standard business knowledge and I am convinced that if more entrepreneurs knew what Mike taught, the success rate of building a business would greatly increase. It is an incredible episode so make sure to listen to this one!  02:19: Who is Mike Michalowicz? 10:39: Building a 7-Figure Business & Losing It Through Angel Investing 15:05: Mike on Rebuilding After Failure 20:21: Entrepreneurial Hierarchy of Needs 34:18: Apparent Issues VS Impactful Issues 38:31: Achieving Colossal Growth: Quality over Quantity 43:12: Using Nature to Understand Business Efficiency 49:48: Mike’s “Profit First” Business Model 55:05: Tips from Mike’s New Book “Fix This Next” Contact Info:   https://mikemichalowicz.com/

Ezra Firestone ~ Founder of SmartMarketer.com ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Ezra Firestone is one of the biggest names in the internet marketing world. He is the founder and face behind SmartMarketer.com, a resource and educational company that helps eComm entrepreneurs scale to the next level. Ezra has over 10 years of experience in the eCommerce world. In the last few years Ezra has done $65 million in sales. He is the founder of Boom! an 8-figure eComm business and also the owner of a few other 7-figure companies.    Ezra, says the reason why most entrepreneurs don’t make it, is because of their expectations and lack of patience. Today, we talk with him about his mentality regarding both expectations and patience. We get to talk about how he designs and structures his business, why he focuses solely on ads for his businesses, how important routines are for him, and when he breaks them how he stays productive and focused, and of course some tips on managing influence.  01:45: Who is Ezra Firestone? 06:05: Marathon Not a Race: Recommendations for Up & Coming Entrepreneurs 12:26: Scaling VS Profitability 14:20: Ezra’s Business Model 16:08: Why Education? 20:04: Ezra on Work/Life Balance 22:17: Ezra’s Daily Routine 26:26: How Ezra Manages His Influence 30:38: Tips for Entrepreneur in the Hustle 32:41: Where to Find Ezra Firestone Contact Info:   https://smartmarketer.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ezrafirestone/

Kristin Addis ~ Founder of Be My Travel Muse ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   The dream for so many people is to be able to travel the world, blog about their travels and make money online. For so many people, it seems like an impossible quest, but the truth is, today it is more of a reality than ever before.   Our guest today is one woman that forged that life for herself. She was burnt out working as an investment banker and decided that she was going to travel the world and blog about her adventures. After a couple of years, the blog started to take off and now Kristin Addis is the mind behind Be My Travel Muse, a blog about and for female solo travelers. She spent years on the road traveling solo and sharing her story and what she learned with other women that wanted to do the same.    Be My Travel Muse is considered an authority on solo traveling in destinations worldwide. The blog is a widely-read travel website geared towards solo female and intrepid travelers who like to have authentic, independent travel experiences. Kristin has built her blog into a full fledge business with multiple sources of income and a community of followers that she inspires.   Throughout the podcast today, we chat with Kristin about what it was like traveling the world solo and building an online business. How she made this blog successful, how she added multiple sources of revenue for the business, how she manages her social media and the traffic she gets from her social media and of course, how she manages influence as a successful entrepreneur.    02:00: Who is Kristin Addis? 08:23: How Kristin Became a Location Independent Entrepreneur 09:23: The Inception of the Be My Travel Muse Blog 17:09: The Perks of Being a Solo Female Traveler 19:59: Kristin’s Main Sources of Revenue 21:50: The Process of Scaling to Profitability 29:00: Kristin on Her Long Term Goals 37:05: Kristin’s Daily Routine 49:09: Tips on How To Handle Adversity 51:07: Where to Find Kristin     Contact Info: Website: https://www.bemytravelmuse.com/ Instagram: @bemytravelmuse