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Hola, I am the Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com, where we help entrepreneurs kick more ass. Before that I was a cubicle monkey at Intel, #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint. These are my stories on marketing, starting a business, personal improvement and productivity tips.

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Advice for Young Entrepreneurs & Life Chats (w/ 19-year-old Leif Rasmussen)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to 19-year-old business student and entrepreneur, Leif Rasmussen! I met Leif and his dad randomly because I was staring at his car…and they thought it was weird, turns out the dad knew AppSumo and we’ve been friends since. Then Leif hit me up recently...

Making It In The Music Industry (w/ Ben Kweller)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify Join 157,000+ subscribers getting my FREE weekly business tips I’m in! In today’s episode, I talk to Grammy-nominated musician, Ben Kweller. Ben started in the music industry when he was 12 years old! He was part of the popular band Radish—which was signed to major record label, Mercury Records....

The Million-Dollar Storage Unit Tycoon (w/ Nick Huber)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Nick Huber, founder of The Sweaty Startup. Nick sold his first storage business, Storage Squad, for 7 figures!! Now, he owns and operates Bolt Storage which has 42 different self-storage facilities that he rents out and makes bank from. Check out Nick Huber:...

Scaling a Solo Business From $10k to $2.5M/year (w/ Dan Koe)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to self-improvement entrepreneur Dan Koe. Dan runs the Modern Mastery HQ business community that helps creators and influencers monetize their following by harnessing digital economics. This year, he’s projected to make $2.5 million dollars! And he runs his business almost entirely by himself—with just...