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Kevin Hong is a columnist for Inc. Magazine. He has also contributed to CNBC, Forbes, and Huffington Post. During normal business hours, Kevin runs Cinema Intelligence as the CSO, a big data company which is a subsidiary of the Vista Group, (NZE:VGL). Prior to his current role, Kevin co-founded Dealflicks, a movie-ticketing platform that was valued up to $15m. On weekends, Kevin serves as an advisor to several promising startups and a mentor at the University of Chicago.As a 19 year-old college drop-out, Kevin was making nearly $10,000/month. This was 2004 and despite just moving back from Korea at the age of 16 and speaking broken English, managed to run a successful network marketing business selling outdated beepers and refurbished cell phones in underserved neighborhoods such as Compton and Inglewood. Several months into my business, someone poured gasoline on my car and burnt it to the ground. Although the eventual determination was that this bonfire was a random act of violence, my parents were traumatized by the experience and attributed the incident to my business. I went back to school to comfort them and for once to not be the “black sheep” of the family.My dexterity in people skills actualized into a successful stint in poker which transitioned into a career in finance. After I graduated from college in 2007, I became a retail stock broker during the Great Recession. The experience was surreal as several times I found myself comforting grown men who were crying on the phone as well as occasional death threats that occurred because of a rattled client who would blame anything or anyone but themselves for a wrong trade that was made in a stock such as Lehman or Bear Stearns.Itching to re-engage with my entrepreneurial aspirations, I teamed up with a client who had $75M in assets to launch a hedge fund in early 2009. Despite the resources we had, my client eventually had cold feet given the deteriorating market conditions along with the financial scandals such as Maddoff that popped up during this time.Determined to launch my own company, I began to build my own capital by trading options in my personal account. This resulted in a year of 118% in 2011, which provided me the capital along with the financial safety net to help launch Dealflicks.com. (A movie ticketing platform) In 2012, we launched Dealflicks using the most unimaginable bootstrapping methodologies. My mini-claim to fame was building a sales team of up to 5 members out of a van for 2 years, which resulted in 750 theater locations, $7m/yr in revenue annualized, nearly $5m in funding, and countless media coverage.After a co-founder break-up, which led to my departure at Dealflicks, I decided to return my career to the corporate world. I became the chief sales officer of Cinema Intelligence (A Vista Group company, ticker: VGL) and a contributing writer for various media outlets such as Forbes, Huffington Post, Film Journal, and many more.My unique experience in Wall St, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, start-ups, and corporate has given me not only great insight into the world of business but also a wide range of experiences from acting as a distribution consultant for a hollywood film, mentoring for the University of Chicago’s entrepreneurship program as a current MBA student, to coaching executives on sales, marketing, and business development.- https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Hong/e/B0785DGHY7/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1- http://www.outlierapproach.com/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinhshong/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Kevin Hong is a successful entrepreneur who doesn't take the typical route to doing, well, pretty much anything.  He grew his startup Dealflicks up to a $15M valuation out of the back of a van.   Kevin’s been featured in CNBC, Times, Forbes, NY Times, LA Times, Xinhua News (China), Korea Times, NDR (Germany) and countless other media outlets globally. His writing has also been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Inc, HuffPost, and many more. Most recently, Kevin became the best-selling author of The Outlier Approach: How to triumph in Your Career as a Nonconformist. If you’re someone with very few credentials trying to break into a big business of any kind – whether it’s Wall Street, Madison Avenue, Silicon Valley or Hollywood, this book is for you. And I'm sure this is no surprise, but being a nonconformist (especially in the business world) is an approach and attitude I dig.  During our chat, Kevin shares how his childhood circumstances forced him to find alternative paths to success, including working for a network marketing company that quickly earned him $10K/month with 1500 people working under him - as a college student. Listen to get a few big ideas from the book to get you started on your own nonconformist career journey. For NOL listeners, we are offering a signed copy of the book to the first 10 people who respond to this episode via email.  Send a brief note to michelle@ladyfoxentertainment.com mentioning that you heard Kevin's NOL episode, and include your mailing address. I'll let you know personally if you are one of the first 10.  If don't hear from me, you're not, but you can still get the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077X3C2PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIUe9zRlnE&t=6s

Kevin Hong is a successful entrepreneur who doesn't take the typical route to doing, well, pretty much anything.  He grew his startup Dealflicks up to a $15M valuation out of the back of a van.   Kevin's been featured in CNBC, Times, Forbes, NY Times, LA Times, Xinhua News (China), Korea Times, NDR (Germany) and countless other media outlets globally. His writing has also been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Inc, HuffPost, and many more. Most recently, Kevin became the best-selling author of The Outlier Approach: How to triumph in Your Career as a Nonconformist. If you're someone with very few credentials trying to break into a big business of any kind – whether it's Wall Street, Madison Avenue, Silicon Valley or Hollywood, this book is for you. And I'm sure this is no surprise, but being a nonconformist (especially in the business world) is an approach and attitude I dig.  During our chat, Kevin shares how his childhood circumstances forced him to find alternative paths to success, including working for a network marketing company that quickly earned him $10K/month with 1500 people working under him - as a college student. Listen to get a few big ideas from the book to get you started on your own nonconformist career journey. For NOL listeners, we are offering a signed copy of the book to the first 10 people who respond to this episode via email.  Send a brief note to michelle@ladyfoxentertainment.com mentioning that you heard Kevin's NOL episode, and include your mailing address. I'll let you know personally if you are one of the first 10.  If don't hear from me, you're not, but you can still get the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077X3C2PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIUe9zRlnE&t=6s

Kevin is the best-selling author of The Outlier Approach: How to Triumph in Your Career as a Nonconformist. Previously, Kevin grew his startup Dealflicks up to a $15M valuation. He is currently an advisor to several startups and executives. Kevin’s work as an entrepreneur has been featured in CNBC, Times, Forbes, NY Times, LA Times, Xinhua News (China), Korea Times, NDR (Germany) and countless other media outlets globally. His writing has also been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Inc, HuffPost, and many more.

Kevin Hong is a columnist for Inc. Magazine. He has also contributed to CNBC, Forbes, and Huffington Post. During normal business hours, Kevin runs Cinema Intelligence as the CSO, a big data company which is a subsidiary of the Vista Group, (NZE:VGL). Prior to his current role, Kevin co-founded Dealflicks, a movie-ticketing platform that was valued up to $15m. On weekends, Kevin serves as an advisor to several promising startups and a mentor at the University of Chicago.As a 19 year-old college drop-out, I was making nearly $10,000/month. This was 2004 and despite just moving back from Korea at the age of 16 and speaking broken English, I managed to run a successful network marketing business selling outdated beepers and refurbished cell phones in underserved neighborhoods such as Compton and Inglewood. I had a knack for sales and I knew it.Several months into my business, someone poured gasoline on my car and burnt it to the ground. Although the eventual determination was that this bonfire was a random act of violence, my parents were traumatized by the experience and attributed the incident to my business. I went back to school to comfort them and for once to not be the “black sheep” of the family.My dexterity in people skills actualized into a successful stint in poker which transitioned into a career in finance. After I graduated from college in 2007, I became a retail stock broker during the Great Recession. The experience was surreal as several times I found myself comforting grown men who were crying on the phone as well as occasional death threats that occurred because of a rattled client who would blame anything or anyone but themselves for a wrong trade that was made in a stock such as Lehman or Bear Stearns.Itching to re-engage with my entrepreneurial aspirations, I teamed up with a client who had $75M in assets to launch a hedge fund in early 2009. Despite the resources we had, my client eventually had cold feet given the deteriorating market conditions along with the financial scandals such as Maddoff that popped up during this time.Determined to launch my own company, I began to build my own capital by trading options in my personal account. This resulted in a year of 118% in 2011, which provided me the capital along with the financial safety net to help launch Dealflicks.com. (A movie ticketing platform) In 2012, we launched Dealflicks using the most unimaginable bootstrapping methodologies. My mini-claim to fame was building a sales team of up to 5 members out of a van for 2 years, which resulted in 750 theater locations, $7m/yr in revenue annualized, nearly $5m in funding, and countless media coverage.After a co-founder break-up, which led to my departure at Dealflicks, I decided to return my career to the corporate world. I became the chief sales officer of Cinema Intelligence (A Vista Group company, ticker: VGL) and a contributing writer for various media outlets such as Forbes, Huffington Post, Film Journal, and many more.My unique experience in Wall St, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, start-ups, and corporate has given me not only great insight into the world of business but also a wide range of experiences from acting as a distribution consultant for a hollywood film, mentoring for the University of Chicago’s entrepreneurship program as a current MBA student, to coaching executives on sales, marketing, and business development.- https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Hong/e/B0785DGHY7/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1- http://www.outlierapproach.com/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinhshong/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Kevin Hong is a columnist for Inc. Magazine. He has also contributed to CNBC, Forbes, and Huffington Post. During normal business hours, Kevin runs Cinema Intelligence as the CSO, a big data company which is a subsidiary of the Vista Group, (NZE:VGL). Prior to his current role, Kevin co-founded Dealflicks, a movie-ticketing platform that was valued up to $15m. On weekends, Kevin serves as an advisor to several promising startups and a mentor at the University of Chicago.As a 19 year-old college drop-out, I was making nearly $10,000/month. This was 2004 and despite just moving back from Korea at the age of 16 and speaking broken English, I managed to run a successful network marketing business selling outdated beepers and refurbished cell phones in underserved neighborhoods such as Compton and Inglewood. I had a knack for sales and I knew it.Several months into my business, someone poured gasoline on my car and burnt it to the ground. Although the eventual determination was that this bonfire was a random act of violence, my parents were traumatized by the experience and attributed the incident to my business. I went back to school to comfort them and for once to not be the “black sheep” of the family.My dexterity in people skills actualized into a successful stint in poker which transitioned into a career in finance. After I graduated from college in 2007, I became a retail stock broker during the Great Recession. The experience was surreal as several times I found myself comforting grown men who were crying on the phone as well as occasional death threats that occurred because of a rattled client who would blame anything or anyone but themselves for a wrong trade that was made in a stock such as Lehman or Bear Stearns.Itching to re-engage with my entrepreneurial aspirations, I teamed up with a client who had $75M in assets to launch a hedge fund in early 2009. Despite the resources we had, my client eventually had cold feet given the deteriorating market conditions along with the financial scandals such as Maddoff that popped up during this time.Determined to launch my own company, I began to build my own capital by trading options in my personal account. This resulted in a year of 118% in 2011, which provided me the capital along with the financial safety net to help launch Dealflicks.com. (A movie ticketing platform) In 2012, we launched Dealflicks using the most unimaginable bootstrapping methodologies. My mini-claim to fame was building a sales team of up to 5 members out of a van for 2 years, which resulted in 750 theater locations, $7m/yr in revenue annualized, nearly $5m in funding, and countless media coverage.After a co-founder break-up, which led to my departure at Dealflicks, I decided to return my career to the corporate world. I became the chief sales officer of Cinema Intelligence (A Vista Group company, ticker: VGL) and a contributing writer for various media outlets such as Forbes, Huffington Post, Film Journal, and many more.My unique experience in Wall St, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, start-ups, and corporate has given me not only great insight into the world of business but also a wide range of experiences from acting as a distribution consultant for a hollywood film, mentoring for the University of Chicago's entrepreneurship program as a current MBA student, to coaching executives on sales, marketing, and business development.- https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Hong/e/B0785DGHY7/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1- http://www.outlierapproach.com/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinhshong/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Sean Wycliffe, CEO of Dealflicks –  a company that helps movie theaters move tickets at discount prices. Listen as Sean breaks down how he uses affiliate-driven system to drive a $ 240,000 per month business. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Laws of Leadership What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Slack Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Definitely If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – “Wish I would have got to real estate earlier”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Sean to the show 02:10 – What is Dealflicks and how it makes money? 02:15 – Dealflicks is partnered directly with movie theaters 02:27 – Currently all over the country 02:47 – Number of ticket moving per month 03:20 – Average ticket price 03:45 – 70,000 tickets per month and 70,000 from concessionaires 04:05 – 2 tickets per transaction 04:16 – Average order value is around $ 13 04:25 – People buy them as gift cards 04:44 – The $ 13 can be for a ticket and a concession 05:05 – Marketplace 05:13 – Movie theaters are allowed to have inventories in the platform 05:24 – Sellers are the theaters; buyers are the movie-goers 05:31 – There’s around 800 movie theaters and 6000 screens on the platform 06:02 – Number of unique buyers since the Dealflicks started 06:41 – Dealflicks was launched in 2012 06:48 – First year revenue 07:17 – Dealflicks takes a pre-arranged percentage per ticket sold on the platform 07:36 – An average of around 15% 07:58 – Gross margin 08:30 – Current team size 08:40 – 8 full-time employees 09:21 – Raised $2.9 million and opened up a bridge net recently 09:58 – Aiming on getting Series A next year 10:20 – They’re willing to take investors 10:27  - “If you’re a startup, you can always raise money but it’s not always necessary” 11:07 – Dealflicks is making $ 50,000 per month 11:24 – No other expenses 11:30 – In July, they crossed over $ 480,000 for revenue 11:50 – Spending more on marketing and team 12:13 – Valuation of the company 13:45 – They recently expanded internationally 14:18 – It’s a big proof point 14:43 – 2015 total transaction volume 16:16 – 2016 growth goal 16:36 – Number of unique buyers per month 17:40 – Reach Sean through Twitter and Facebook 19:50 - The Famous Five   3 Key Points: If you’re a startup, you can always raise money but it’s not always necessary. Aim for a healthy growth. There’s no age limit in entrepreneurship – you can start as early as you want.   Resources Mentioned: Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal  for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal  developers. Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible. Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts. Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+ Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books. Assistant.to – The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email. @dealflicks – Sean’s business Twitter handle Facebook – Sean’s Facebook account Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

In this episode, I chat with Sean Wycliffe co-founder of DealFlicks. Since launching in July 2012, Dealflicks has been featured in CNBC, The New York Times, TechCrunch, NBC, CBS, PandoDaily, Film Journal, and now ‘The App Guy Podcast'. Sean talks about the rollercoaster of emotions being an entrepreneur.

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DEALFLICKS OFFERS MOVIE TICKET AND CONCESSION DEALS FOR UP TO 60% OFF. THERE’S NEVER ANY CONVENIENCE FEES, AND MOST OF OUR OFFERS ARE AVAILABLE 24/7/365.We partner directly with movie theaters to help them fill their empty seats (currently over 88% are empty on average). We negotiate with theaters to bring you amazing deals on tickets, popcorn, and soda.Our theaters love us because we don’t charge them any signup or ongoing fees to market their venue. Our customers love us because we offer the best movie ticket deals 24/7/365.Sean currently focuses on strategic partnerships, business development, fundraising, and user experience. Prior to Dealflicks, he grew his last startup to $1.5M+ in revenue and co-founded Project Pueblo, a nonprofit he still leads. Sean graduated from UC Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors.

DEALFLICKS OFFERS MOVIE TICKET AND CONCESSION DEALS FOR UP TO 60% OFF. THERE’S NEVER ANY CONVENIENCE FEES, AND MOST OF OUR OFFERS ARE AVAILABLE 24/7/365.We partner directly with movie theaters to help them fill their empty seats (currently over 88% are empty on average). We negotiate with theaters to bring you amazing deals on tickets, popcorn, and soda.Our theaters love us because we don’t charge them any signup or ongoing fees to market their venue. Our customers love us because we offer the best movie ticket deals 24/7/365.Sean currently focuses on strategic partnerships, business development, fundraising, and user experience. Prior to Dealflicks, he grew his last startup to $1.5M+ in revenue and co-founded Project Pueblo, a nonprofit he still leads. Sean graduated from UC Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors.

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Sean is from a Bangladeshi family who immigrated to the US. He was born in Connecticut but spent most of his life in California, where he attended UC Berkeley. His story is full of inspiring moments and he shared with us the ups and downs of his early business endeavors before he eventually became the co-founder of Dealflicks. We also had a ton of things we've discussed, including: How Sean and his brother started making millions at age 19 How they lost their millions and what they did to get back into business The impact of finding a co-founder to the success of their business How he dropped out of school but graduated summa cum laude How the Bible changed his life To get the full show notes, transcripts on this episode check us out at http://be-furniture.com/episode4  You can also connect with us on Twitter @BeFurniture or personally to me, @BEJohnGardner Click the links to subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.

Kevin Hong is CBD and Cofounder of Dealflicks Inc, which is yield management for movie tickets. $40 billion dollars are spent every year on movie tickets, popcorn, and soda, but 88% of movie theater seats are empty. Dealflicks partners with theaters to fill these empty seats. Prior to Dealflicks, Kevin dropped out of college and worked with his current partner and CEO of Dealflicks, Sean. They briefly worked together to build a communications business that eventually did over $1.6M in annual revenue. After the business took a turn, Kevin decided to go back to school and he finished with a degree in business and a focus in Finance.Chris Im was born and raised in southern California, graduating from the University of California, Irvine, with a degree in Business Administration and a specialization in Accounting. After choosing not to pursue a career in accounting, Chris became one of Dealflicks' first employees, where he gets the opportunity to work in different facets of the business. When Chris isn't driving around the U.S. and sleeping in vans for work, he enjoys spending quality time with friends, traveling, and of course, watching movies! Richard “Ribbs” Gibbs (born in 1955 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include the films Sweet Hearts Dance, Dr. Dolittle, Big Momma's House, The Book of Stars, Queen of the Damned and the television series Battlestar Galactica.Jordan Casty recently moved to Los Angeles from Chicago. He is looking for help, thank goodness we know Richard Gibbs! Jordan swings by the studio to get invaluable advice from one of the industry leaders in music.