Learn From Proven Entrepreneurs

You work hard, finally have a product to launch, but nobody buys. What do you do?

When Sean Malarkey told me that his recent product launch generated $500,000, I invited him to teach how he did it.

This is the story of how Antonio Ferreira, along with friends he met online, hand-assembled a few servers and built a company that helped people in Portugal go online for the first time.

You can tell from the headline that it has a happy ending, but how exactly did they pull it off? How did these guys who couldn’t even afford decent equipment and were frequently close to failure build a multimillion dollar company? That’s what you’ll hear in this interview.

How does a failed search engine turn into a toolbar company that sells for a reported $45 million?

Dror Ceder is the co-founder of Wibiya, a platform for publishers to integrate applications into their site, through a web-based toolbar. In April 2011, he sold his company to Conduit, a company he met in a surprising way, as you’ll hear soon.

How does an unfunded entrepreneur build a profitable wiki with 30 million unique monthly visitors?

Jack Herrick is the founder of wikiHow, a wiki-based how-to manual that’s written and edited by web users. Previously, he built and sold…

How does a site that was built in 50 hours become a $10 million per year business? John Rydell is the founder of Networx Online, a company that makes it easy for home-based salespeople to create web sites that collect leads and generate business.

I invited him to tell us the story behind that company’s success. I also want to find out…

How do you sell to businesses and grow monthly recurring revenue?

We talk a lot about selling to consumers, but I want to do this interview on selling to businesses. So I invited Chris Savage to teach how he did it at Wistia, which provides video marketing tools for businesses. You might have…

How does a bootstrapper who creates online repair manuals generate over $4 million in annual sales?

Kyle Wiens is the cofounder of iFixit, a collaborative wiki with the goal of crowdsourcing gadget-repair manuals for every type of device imaginable. I want to find out how he did that and…

On Thursday (Feb 2) at 7:30pm, I’m getting together with a friend for a drink.

Do you want to join us?

Remember when I interviewed Nathan Latka and he mentioned that his startup (Lujure) generated $400,000 in it’s first year by getting Facebook customers?

I invited him back to teach you how to use the same process he used.

This is an interview I’ve been waiting to do a long time. When I first talked to this guest, I urged him not to do an interview and we both agreed. Now I think it’s time to do it…

A few months ago, I noticed that a well-known tech entrepreneur was quickly removing a doc off his computer screen. I guess I have sharp eyes because I saw what it was and quickly asked him, “Why do you have Ramit Sethi’s sales letter on your computer?” He flashed me a smile and said…

What does a founder learn from launching and shutting down an unsuccessful startup?

Chad Etzel is the founder of Notifo, a simple and affordable way to add notifications to a web app or project. I invited him here to talk about what happened with that business…