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This is a lost interview@ #doge #syscoin #btc with two of the cofounders of Syscoin and BlockChain Foundry  After thinking this along with a bunch of other early interviews were lost, the files were recovered. Jagdeep Sidhu and Sebastien Schepis are pioneers in the blockchain ecosystem including Sebastien having some involvement with the early development …

My guest today on the Automate & Grow podcast is SaaS Entrepreneur and Marketing Master Cody Butler. Cody has built and sold several SaaS product and is known as an expert copywriter, LinkedIn outreach master and helps many agencies and entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. We talk about

My guest today is the CEO of Entre, Michael Marra Entre has grown quickly to surpass 10,000 users and has successfully raised its seed round from a WeFunder campaign. Entre is a LinkedIn specifically for entrepreneurs We talk about

My guest today is the CEO of GrowthChannel Maryna Burushkina Growth Channel AI quickly generates affordable marketing plans based on data. It creates personas, maps their customer journeys, and helps define growth strategies. We talk about

My guest today is serial entrepreneur Dan Burcaw.  Dan has founded four companies each on the forefront of a major technology wave: open source software, the smartphone, cloud computing, and now machine learning. At age 17, he wrote software that ended up on the US Navy nuclear submarine fleet.     He founded and exited two …

My guest on Automate & Grow today is a legend in Women’s Soccer, Brandi Chastain. She is an Olympic and World Cup Champion and is bbestets known for her celebration after scoring the winning goal that saw the United States win the 1999 Women’s World Cup of Soccer. We talk about her new role as …

My guest on the Automate & Grow podcast is Dan Englander. Dan is the CEO and Founder of SalesSchema, a fractional business team for marketing agencies. Prior to founding Sales Schema, Dan was the first employee and Head of New Business at IdeaRocket. In addition to helping agencies grow, Dan has made a name for …

My guest today on the podcast is an entrepreneur and podcast host Scot Wingo. His latest venture is Spiffy. Spiffy is the Uber of Car Maintenance. Scot Wingo is the veteran entrepreneur behind Spiff and is my guest on the Automate & Grow Podcast. Scot is an e-commerce industry thought leader, contributing regularly to several …

My guest today Rahul G Sengottuvelu was nominated by- another Rahul. He is therefore the second entrepreneur named Rahul to be a guest and we are excited to talk to him about his startup cohere. After being an intern for the legendary Rahul Vohra at Superhuman- (the zero-inbox email startup with Marc Andreessen on its …

My guest today Doug Miller is an entrepreneur and founder of Brightworks. Doug has extensive information technology ops experience in manufacturing, financial services, and health care, as well as a deep consulting background in many more industries. A lot of Doug’s experience has been in startup companies where he was required to provide hands-on engineering …

Rahul Vohra is the founder and CEO of Superhuman.  Rahul designs and invests in technology to improve email and software. His most successful companies to date are Superhuman and Rapportive. Superhuman helps people get through their Email Inbox twice as fast. Superhuman has raised $51 Million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, the original entrepreneur behind …

My guest today on Automate & Grow is an author and business coach Henry Daas. Henry is a serial entrepreneur, business and financial coach. He also actively trades the financial markets and manages a few select people’s money. In this episode we talk about ✅ His book FQ: Financial Intelligence ✅ Everything you need to …

This is a LOST episode (there are a few others) that got lost on a damaged hard drive.   I am excited to be able to record this chat with the fan-tastic Jesse Cole the author of Find Your Yellow Tux and owner of College baseball team the Savannah Bananas. Jesse is an amazing marketer …

  Collidescope is a Los Angeles area startup focused upon Empowering corporations and non-profit organizations to thrive, inspire and serve the world through social good We talk about ✅ The impact of COVID on non profits ability to raise funds without events ✅ Why non profits are challenged by technology ✅ How to empower corporations …

If your company has ever tried to collect outstanding debts, or if you have ever dealt with traditional debt collectors- you know that its a dark shadowy experience of tricks and meanness.   Pedro Mendes and Invisible Collector have created a platform and approach for the SaaS age. We talk about how Invisible Collector is …

How do you grow a software company with content? Marc Bromhall helps software founders and other entrepreneurs turn their blog into a customer attraction machine. Marc’s startup Contentellect helps software and SaaS companies and other B2B businesses scale content marketing.   Marc also shares a powerful LinkedIn and email marketing outreach method that he has …

My guest today Shawn Flynn is the host of the Silicon Valley Podcast. Shawn was introduced to me by Tim Alison of Screw The Naysayers podcast. Shawn is a virtual rolodex (old school talk for contact list) of Who’s Who in Silicon Valley.   He is also the Head of Innovation for TechCode which is …

My guest today on the Automate & Grow podcast is Brian Deck the CEO of Smooth Commerce. While many businesses have struggled during COVID, Smooth is one which has growth rapidly and dramatically as demand for its restaurant commerce platform has exploded. Enabling restaurants to implement profitable order ahead, loyalty and app based transactions has …

There is no better person to reboot the Automate and Grow podcast with than the author of the book itself. The Great Reboot. Arnobio is a Silicon Valley-based executive working at the intersection of strategy and data science. He leads a global team of PhDs, researchers and management consultants quantifying and understanding innovation ecosystems in …

My guest today is an expert on automating the outreach activities of B2B  Businesses using LinkedIn. Mathew Hunt is the founder of Automation Wolf. He has has built three profitable B2B companies in the last 13 on the back of smart marketing & sales.  Hundreds of companies (large & small) have hired him to implement …

Dr.Paul Saladino is the author of the Carnivore Code and affectionately known as the Carnivore MD. Dr. Paul is on a mission to spread the good news of the Animal Kingdom that red meat and organ meat based diets are extremely beneficial and preferred for humans.   His research and stance on this is somewhat …

My guest on this episode of Automate & Grow started out working for Tai Lopez. Taking his lessons he has built both a marketing agency for coaches and agency owners and a coaching program.   He is an expert at using Facebook Groups to grow your business on auto pilot. In this episode we talk …

My guest on this episode of Automate & Grow is Zack Friedman. Zack Friedman is the bestselling author of the blockbuster book, The Lemonade Life. Apple named The Lemonade Life one of “Fall’s Biggest Audiobooks” and a “Must-Listen.” Zack is the Founder & CEO of Make Lemonade, a leading online personal finance company that empowers …

Greg Hickman is the CEO and Founder of System.ly, and alt.agency a done-for-you sales funnel and marketing automation service for businesses. Greg’s team works with clients such as Entrepreneur on Fire, Eventual Millionaire, Jon Loomer and many other top online entrepreneurs. He was nominated by John Lee Dumas for his automation and growth genius. in …

Muse is the brain sensing headband, and Ariel Garten is the co-founder of this game changing tool that I have personally been using for 2+ years now. Ariel is a fellow Canadian. She is an artist, scientist and intellectual known for her work in integrating art and science. She lectures about interdisciplinary neuroscience topics, such …

You may know Nick Sonnenberg as the host of the Leverage Podcast. A serial entrepreneur with a passion for creating companies Nick is the co-founder of Leverage, founder and CEO of Efficient Frontier Solutions, Inc. contributor and the co-author of the book Idea to Execution. Nick is my guest on Automate and Grow and we …

Jenny Blake is the author of the book Pivot and host of the Pivot Podcast. She helps people answer the sometimes scary and painful question, “What Is Next?” part 1: part 2 In a world turned upside down it seems like a really timely question to answer for millions of people. Something strange happens in …

My guest today on the Automate & Grow podcast is the one and only…Dorie Clark. We met by way of Jon Levy’s Influencer Salon. Dorie has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith …

Indrani became a model so she could become a photographer.  David Bowie mentored her and she has become a world class film maker. She has helped launch the careers of Kanye West, Beyonce and Lady Gaga as the photographer for each of their first albums. Indrani joins me to chat about her work and life …

Imagine you had a personal Artificial Intelligence that guided you through the most stressful time in your life Tzvia Bader is the cofounder of Trialjectory which is an artificial intelligence (A.I.) that has already learned everything it can from the FDA Cancer database of conditions and treatments about 9 types of cancer. This is one …

My guest on Automate & Grow Noam Weisman helps B2B startup founders tackle the biggest single problem a new company faces.  Imagine that you are a B2B startup founder. Now imagine, you need sales. So naturally you say “Lets hire a salesperson.” You gotta train them, give them a CRM, some lists, a quota and …

Today my guest on the Automate & Grow Podcast is Adam Rosensweig.He is a certified expert in Emotional Intelligence. Adam asserts that a lot of bad (or good) behaviour is a result of our emotions and the thought that precede them.

Bob Sager is the host of the Out Think The Competition podcast. He is also the founder of SpearPoint Solutions and he works with business owners and nonprofits to develop innovative strategies that dramatically increase revenue.  His most important work however might be his workshops and team building events designer to teach individuals and organizations …

My new friend Daryl Davis is a world class jazz, rhythm and blues piano player. He has played with the likes of Chuck Berry, BB King and Bruce Hornsby in a career that has taken him across the U.S.A. and the world. This conversation is 2 hours+ I hope that you as a viewer or …

Scott Krauger is someone you likely do not know. You should. He is best known for Better Bottle, a luxury wine brand. He will likely be known for so much more in 10 years. If you care about the environment, overcoming corona, are interested in the automated robotic future of shipping… then you will want …

My guest on this very crackly version (sorry) episode of the podcast is Eva Chan of LaunchPop. At the age of 22, Eva joined Canada’s first beauty box subscription startup called, Luxe Box, as the creative director. After the sale of Luxe Box, she became the co-founder of Exact Media — An in-home sampling platform …

Shane Snow is an explorer, journalist and the author of Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart.  He is my guest on this episode of the Automate and Grow podcast and we talk about his research and writing on the topic of what makes high performance teams tick.  We met through the infamous Influencer Salon …

Ed Andrew is the author of Golden Ticket to your dream job, the host of the Human Impact Podcast and the principal consultant behind the Human Consultancy. I met Ed through another friend and guest Tim Alison of Screw The Naysayers podcast. Ed brings stories about careers, people and life on his podcast as he …

In this episode of the Automate and Grow Podcast my special guest is the legendary John Lee Dumas also known as JLD. John Lee Dumas is a pioneer podcaster who has interviewed over 2000 guests. He has leveraged the phenomenal platform he built to help 1000s of entrepreneurs to build businesses and podcasts. John Lee …

Calvin Hang and I met through the fast growing Facebook group The Asian Hustler Network. Calvin is the CEO of The Golden Marrow an acclaimed bone marrow food concept featured on various media outlets such as the LA Times, Orange County Register, Thrillist, Entrepreneur, Foodbeast, Plate Mag. He is also partners with Iris Cherng in …

Piyanka Jain has a great Twitter Handle. She is the President and CEO of Aryng, an analytics consulting company focused on analytics training, consulting and recruiting. Her client list includes companies like Google, Box, Here, Applied Materials, Abbott Labs, and GE.  She is the author of Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business …

Steve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley, is the Chairman & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading incubators and accelerators.  He’s also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author of several award-winning books. He also has Founder’s Space locations across China and he …

Ellie Perlman is the founder of Blue Lake Capital, is a Forbes author on real estate investing, the host of the podcast “Ready2Scale”. She is an avid real estate investing blogger and Ellie holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management Bachelor’s and Masters in Law from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. In this episode …

You know him as the host of the Screw The Naysayers podcast.   Tim is an irreverent figure who coaches winners and tells it like it is. His podcast has incredible guests on it including John Lee Dumas, Seth Godin and Jack Canfield. We previously had tim’s daughter social media expert Denise Alison on the …

Author Elaine Pofeldt is a contributor to Forbes and Fortune magazine and shows from real world examples how automation has given rise to new million dollar businesses – run by one person. She shows us how this new crop of leaders:

Chaz Horn is an expert on LinkedIn marketing and the founder of Mastery of B2B Sales.   In this episode we talk about the state of the world amidst Global Pandemic. Chaz describes how he is shifting gears to help people in this time of chaos

You might recognize Robert from his time as the face of Grant Cardone’s marketing agency. Now the brains and beauty behind Syslo Ventures, Robert takes his brilliance with video and branding to the world. We talk to Robert about his journey:

You might know him as Processor X or Arabian Prince. Friends call him Rab. Kim Renard Nazel is a founding member of legendary hip hop pioneers N.W.A. along with Ice Cube, Dr.Dre and Eazy-E. He is also a noted futurist and venture capitalist who invests in artificial intelligence, esports and robotics start-ups. In this episode …

Will copywriting make or break your brand? Are you the Shiny Object? In a world of distraction, we often hear about how Shiny Object Syndrome distracts us to no end. In this episode of the Automate & Grow podcast, my guest Linda Bennett breaks down how great copy can make you that Shiny Object. Linda …

How do you stand out from the bazillions of other brands and ads in the digital marketplace? According to our guest on this episode of Automate & Grow is you need to Be An Anomaly to turn heads and be memorable. Appropriately Zack Miller is the author of the book Anomaly, partner in digital creative …

In this Episode we meet Matt Barnett co-founder of Bonjoro. Affectionally known as Papa Bear, he is not above dressing in a bear costume to personify what he is all about. Matt’s company Bonjoro, is evangelizing and providing a tool that empowers people in business to automate processes but never relationships. Bonjoro built the world’s …