Birth of the Hustle: Startup Success, Growth Hacks, and Making Money

Quentin really is what he preaches to others to become: Black Belt Husbands. He tells us the story of how he went from fighting drug traffickers in the United States Coast Guard to building a powerful brand that helps Husbands graduate from 'white belts' to 'black belts.' In today's episode he shares how transitioned from two different careers into launching a business, book, online course, and podcast. He sheds valuable insight about the struggle a man deals with in a failing marriage, as well as dealing with their own passions.

John Simpson is the epitome of a hardworking entrepreneur. In 2002, he started an outdoor rental equipment company that in the course of just a few short years he built to a muti-million dollar, multi-location business. His growth came to a hard stop during the 2008 recession, where he was forced to file bankruptcy for over a million dollars. Since then, John uses his experience to help businesses and people avoid the same fate, and has become a Dave Ramsey financial peace coordinator. His efforts have lead others to pay off a total of $150,000 of debt, and to the destruction of 47 credit cards. Today he shares his story with us, as well as how to overcome a devastating financial loss as well as survive through the next recession.  

Morgan Gist MacDonald is the Founder and CEO of Paper Raven Books: a publishing team that takes hopeful authors from vague idea all the way to a published masterpiece. She and her team has helped more than 500 people write, edit, and publish their books; resulting in over 40 bestsellers! Morgan is also the Author of a best selling book: Start Writing Your Book Today, and hosts two podcasts: Ready to Write, and Tequila and Sunshine. In today's episode she reveals how she built a business on her passion in editing and how anyone can get started writing and publishing a book of their own!

Dr. Radisha Brown is a Mental Health Therapist and the founder of TLC Services. In additional to her business she is the radio host of Therapy Matters, author of The Art of Story Telling and T.V. host of an upcoming show: Holistic Living with Dr. Radisha. She is an innovative entrepreneur, an energetic and informative speaker and a self-described 'overcomer' who is no stranger to life's struggles. In today's episode she shares her own difficulties in life and business, and tips and strategies to help others overcome their own.

He is the coauthor (with John David Mann) of the new book, The Go-Giver Influencer: A Little Story About a Persuasive Idea, in addition to The Go-Giver, Endless Referrals, Go-Givers Sell More, The Go-Giver Leader, and Adversaries into Allies.  Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s businessperson. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations. He was named by the American Management Association as one of the Top 30 Most Influential Thought Leaders in Business. Today he shares the secrets of success found by "Go-Givers," and how to reach your own Stratospheric Success in life.

Born in Communist Poland, Tom and his family moved to America where he immediately got a jump start on sales and business. After a short career in sales and as a DJ, Libelt started his own record label, a coffee shop, authored/continues to author 200-300 books A MONTH, and is the founder of smart brand marketing. He currently lives in Thailand and is a shining example of a hustler. In this episode he tells his story and reveals what makes his ventures succeed.

Angel Andino is the owner of Dino's Arcade: a virtual reality service that allows a completely unique experience. He is a young entrepreneur with a fantastic story about self discovery and finding the meaning of being happy.

We explore how to upgrade any position in life and how to turn what seem to be terrible losses into big wins.

Joey and Patric take the hustle of refurbishing, reselling and recycling old items for cash and talk about the struggles involved with the first few weeks of trying to make a new venture work.

Joey and Patric challenge each other to see who can make the most money selling used items over the next three months. 

Serial Entrepreneur and Author Joey Wilkes shares his mistakes in business and how he re-launched his business and wrote an amazon best seller after catastrophic failure.

Investor Patric Moore tells his story and gives reveals tips and strategies for investing in the housing market with little to no money down.

Introduction of the Birth of the Hustle Podcast--where we interview startup entrepreneurs and hustlers to determine how they continue to grow their ventures. Join us while we begin our journey to prove everyone can strike it rich with the right hustle.