The Capitalism.com Podcast

Three years ago, Hal Elrod was a budding and successful entrepreneur. With a world-recognized best seller (The Miracle Morning) under his belt and a thriving business, Hal was on a trajectory of growth and success. But it was all threatened when he was diagnosed with a form of cancer that has just a 10% chance of survival.  Hal was forced to face death square in the face. Entrepreneurs focus on growth, accomplishment, and overcoming challenges. But Hal had to face the biggest challenge of his life, and his business was put on hold.  To save his life, his health, and his family, Hal had to automate his business and put his accomplishments on hold. As a result, Hal overcame impossible odds and beat the cancer. Today, he has a unique perspective on lifestyle design and entrepreneurship. After working to achieve success, he was threatened with losing it all. Today, he offers his perspective on what is truly important in life.

Your biggest problem as an entrepreneur the is the way you think. The biggest problem in this world is the way that it thinks about problems. Peter Diamandis is the biggest influence on solving both of these problems, because he shatters what is “normal” and empowers entrepreneurs to solve the world's greatest challenges. Peter's biggest focus right now is extending the human lifespan by a healthy 30 years. This inspiring talk about the optimism of the future will get you thinking about the next billion dollar business ideas around the corner.

What are you going to invest your money in over the next few years? How can you reduce your tax burden? We recording is from our Investor Panel from the past Capitalism Conference  DISCLAIMER: None of this material here is formal investment advice. Make sure you talk to a professional investment advisor before making any decisions about where to invest your wealth. Ryan's not too keen on cryptocurrencies, but the panel as a whole believes they are revolutionary. There's been an incredible growth in the value of Bitcoin over the past few years, with some of our elite panelists seeing further surges in value to come. NOTE: This was recorded in December of 2017. You be the judge on how some of these crypto predictions have stood the test of time. 

Many online brand owners hope to sell their company for a big exit some day. At this Capitalism.com event, we put together a panel of entrepreneurs who have both sold and bought businesses to give an inside look at the process and help you maximize the dollar amount of your business exit.

Garrett Gunderson is an entrepreneur, author, and the founder of Wealth Factory - a company that helps entrepreneurs invest their hard-won business profits for generational wealth. Key takeaways: - Focus, don't diversify - Compounding interest over decades is probably too slow for your goals - Have a brainstorming session with your accountants This presentation is from The Capitalism Conference.

Cameron Herold has been a part of three different $100m companies in his career. Most notably, he took 1-800-Got-Junk? from $2m to $106m in six years while serving as the COO. Cameron is the “how” guy behind building really big businesses.  If you have a big vision, Cameron is the “how to get there” guy. He is also the trainer of #2's, meaning he trains COOs and implementers to execute your vision. While running $100m businesses and working to empower COOs, Cameron is a father, speaker, and the author of Double Double: How To Double Your Revenue and Profit In Three Years Or Less. Mike Dillard called it “one of his favorites,” and the only step-by-step guide to building a business that he considers “worth reading.”

Brian Lee is the guy who turns internet companies into billion dollar empires. Plenty of people have grown physical product brands to seven or eight figures. Brian is among a rare group of entrepreneurs who know how to take a brand to $100 million and beyond, and he's done it more than once. Brian Lee is a serial billionaire eCommerce entrepreneur, and he has co-founded three separate eCommerce companies, each with more than a billion dollars in sales. If you sell physical products or take orders online, Brian Lee has the playbook for growing it into a billion dollar company. He's done it three times. Brian was the co-founder of LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, and The Honest Company, where he served as the CEO until March 2017. Each became the leaders in their categories and turned established industries on their heads.

Bruce Friedrich is leading food industry disruption by making plant-based meat palatable to the masses - a healthy option in an industy that has suffered from poor beef processing methods. Bruce exemplifies our belief that capitalists who combine purpose and profit motives can achieve success, generating solutions to our problems and wealth at the same time. This is an area where purpose and profit collide. That's exactly why we invited him to speak at the Capitalism Conference.  

Kimbal Musk is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who founded Zip2 alongside his brother, Elon. Zip2 was later acquired by Compaq for $309 million. Kimbal was also an early investor in PayPal and he is now the fourth largest shareholder in Tesla. He also sits on the board of SpaceX and Tesla, as well as Chipotle. In addition to advising some of the world's largest companies, Kimbal also is the founder of The Kitchen, the first “farm to table” restaurant, thus giving him keen insight for his advisory role at Chipotle. As a result, Kimbal is known as the godfather of the farm to table movement and is leading the entrepreneurial movement in the food industry.

This is a presentation from Capitalism.com Founder Ryan Daniel Moran. This is a talk about entrepreneurship and building an online business bigger than yourself. Spoiler Alert: the key to building an 8-figure business is patience. After the birth of his daughter Ryan started thinking on a much longer time scale. It is easier now than it has ever been to build a seven or eight figure business BUT the days of selling on Amazon by just finding a product and throwing it online are over, and you have to think bigger than that. Start by building your BRAND. Create a controlled area for your audience so you can sell to them. Be willing to suck until you don't suck anymore. This presentation is from the The Amazing Seller Summit in Las Vegas. To meet Ryan in person come to our annual event, The Capitalism Conference.

Cathryn Lavery is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Best Self Co., a company that helps you be more efficient, focused, and operate as your best self. Cathryn is a master at finding funding through Kickstarter campaigns and in this talk she also discusses how creating an EXPERIENCE your buyers enjoy interacting with your products can lead to massive success.  

Jeff Hoffman builds billionaire dollar businesses. But he does so much more. Jeff is a successful entrepreneur, proven CEO, worldwide motivational speaker, published author, Hollywood film producer, and a producer of a Grammy-winning jazz album in 2015. He has been the founder of multiple startups, has been the CEO of both public and private companies, and has served as a senior executive in many capacities. Jeff has been part of a number of well-known companies, including Priceline.com. uBid.com, ColorJar, and more. In this talk from The Capitalism Conference he talks about what is necessary to grow a true empire far bigger than a million dollar business.

Robert Herjavec is best known as a shark on the popular show Shark Tank. Now he sees more deal flow and physical products businesses than almost anyone on Earth, but before that he had to build his own businesses without the fame of a hit TV show. In this talk Robert speaks with Capitalism.com founder Ryan Daniel Moran about his journey and what it takes to think much bigger than growing a million dollar business.

Russell Brunson, ClickFunnels founder & author of Expert Secrets, was one of our audience favorites at The Capitalism Conference. In this keynote he goes over how you can acquire UNLIMITED customers and use marketing funnels to grow your business. Want to learn more about the next Capitalism Conference and upcoming events? Visit www.TheCapitalismConference.com

Perry Belcher is the co-founder of DigitalMarketer.com and NativeCommerce.com. He is one of the world's best marketing specialists in the direct response world. If you sell physical products, but you do not feel "in control" of your sales, Perry is the best in the world at creating physical products funnels. In this talk from The Capitalism Conference Perry walks through his "ideal funnel system"

Moiz Ali founded Native Deodorant 2 years before selling the company to Procter & Gamble for $100 Million. How does that happen? How is there still so money to be made in deodorant, and how can you sell products people will pay a premium for? In this talk Moiz shares his journey, and how he grew a brand that is now featured in Target stores across America.

At The Capitalism Conference "Gary Vee" shared some practical advice on growing businesses and his strategy to own the New York jets. After the keynote we sat down to talk 1 on 1 and take questions from the audience, Gary's favorite part. Gary became a beloved leader in the world of entrepreneurship because of his inspirational call to arms for business owners to hustle.

In this brief talk from a Capitalism.com event the founders of Nested Naturals, Jeremy Sherk & Kevin Pasco, share their journey of how they went from 2 dudes to a laptop to over 20 employees and keep growing. Hiring is one of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs face and these two have learned a lot growing their supplement business from nothing to millions of dollars in revenue.

The marketplace has changed. It's more competitive than ever. This keynote from Ryan Daniel Moran will fix that. Whether you are starting from scratch or already run a thriving company, this keynote will show you how to build audiences that keep you profitable from Day One. This talk will make you more profitable, sellable, and scalable from the very first sale.

George Bryant is a husband, dad, veteran, and the founder of the hugely successful paleo blog, civilizedcavemancooking.com. George helps companies ethically scale. He is also the co-author of a wildly popular series of cookbooks including the New York Times Best Seller The Paleo Kitchen. In addition to all this, he travels the world as a marketing consultant, sharing techniques to grow businesses. In this episode shares what is working to convert audience members into loyal buyers.