Startup Hustle

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Jeff Julian, CEO and Founder of Squared Digital joins us to talk about his books, experience building companies, podcasting, and why hiring a CEO isn't always the best move!   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Learn more about Squared Digital:  https://squareddigital.com/    Listen to "How to Walk the CEO Tightrope" for more insights on CEO topics: https://link.chtbl.com/Joel_Trammell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We want to help you out if we can!  This episode answers a few listener questions that were posted for us on the Startup Hustle Facebook Chat page! Oh yea, we give away some FREE stuff too!  Do you want your startup, business, or perhaps other questions answered on the show?  All you need to do is ask after joining the Startup Hustle Chat group on Facebook!   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Join the Startup Hustle Chat Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/startuphustlechat   Check out Listener Questions, Volume 2: https://link.chtbl.com/listenerquestions2    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So what happens when you do things right? In Part 5 of "How to Start a Startup" we cover what happens when your startup becomes successful and you decide whether or not to continue running the business, or seek a potential suitor to sell the business to. Uncover the details associated with Matt Watson's sale of VinSolutions for $147,000,000!   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Fast forward to Matt & Matt’s most popular Startup Hustle series, “How to Start a Tech Company”:  https://gigb.co/l/21su      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever wondered what something would look like in your home prior to buying it? Well, there's an app for that!  Taylor Clark, the CTO of Pair joins the hustle to tell us all about his app, which by the way is installed on EVERY device in ALL Apple stores!  That's right! Learn all about how Pair uses augmented reality and 3D rendering to meet the many needs of its users!   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5    This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blake Miller, the CEO and Founder of Homebase, a smart building and community management startup joins the hustle! Learn about how apartment complexes and homes, in general, are going to work in the future! If you are interested in IoT (Internet of Things) then this is a great episode for you! Topics discussed include technology innovation, hiring, growth, working with and creating a team amongst several other useful topics!   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn more about Homebase: https://homebase.ai/   Listen to Blake's later Startup Hustle podcast episodes: Episode 141: https://link.chtbl.com/IoT Episode 302: https://link.chtbl.com/updateIoT    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Startup Hustle, we continue our series about "How to Start a Startup." Matt & Matt discuss the common causes, problems, and solutions associated with rapid growth. Learn about our experience with rapid growth, the problems, and issues that we had, and how we dealt with those issues.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Listen to Part 5 of "How to Start a Startup": https://link.chtbl.com/whenrightthingshappen     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, CARSTAR and MotionU Founder Lirel Holt, joins the hustle to tell us how he went from running a startup in his home to 100 locations within 12 months. And it gets even better after that! Lirel shares all about their rapid growth and how they added another 200 locations over the coming years. This is a must-listen episode for all startup hopefuls, people with existing businesses, and those that want to start any kind of business or franchise.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Learn more about MotionU: https://motionu.com/    Tune into "Selling Cars" to hear more about automotive sales: https://link.chtbl.com/sellingcars     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So you created a business plan... Now what?  This episode of Startup Hustle, which is also Part 3 of 5 of our "How to Start a Startup" series, covers the fundamentals of executing and implementing your plan. Matt and Matt discuss some of the basics of making sure your business is ready for business, developing a go-to-market strategy, how and where you might gain or look to create traction channels, and how to determine what the best traction channels for you might be.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Listen to Part 4 of "How to Start a Startup": https://link.chtbl.com/growthandscalability    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever needed a pickup truck, and NOW! If so then Bungii has you covered.  Ben Jackson, Founder of Bungii joins the hustle to tell us all about his startup story. From finding his first investor leads engraved on a contributor's wall at his college, through early stage woes associated with the sharp learning curves startup founders encounter, Ben, and his team has persevered to become a viable force in the on-demand services tech space. If you want some quality input from a founder that is well ahead of his time, then this episode of Startup Hustle is for you!   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Learn more about Bungii: https://bungii.com/    Read about Bungii in Full Scale's 2020 Top Startups in Kansas City feature: https://fullscale.io/top-startups-in-kansas-city/   Read about Bungii in Startup Hustle's 2022 Top Startups in Kansas City feature: https://startuphustle.xyz/blog/top-kansas-city-startups-2022/    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Continuing the 5-Part series about "How to Start a Startup," Matt and Matt discuss the process of planning for what's to come.  While we both go by the mantra of "There is no plan" we still cover the important things that you need to know and consider when planning your new business. Also discussed are items that you need to consider when creating a plan that you intend on using to seek investment and where you can really go wrong during the process of doing so.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io    Listen to Part 3 of "How to Start a Startup": https://link.chtbl.com/executingtheplan    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.