The Crazy Ones

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June 13, 2024

Navigating Career Pivots with Guest Host Kyle Hagge (Chief of Staff t…

Episode 137: This week, Kyle Hagge, Chief of Staff to the COO at Morning Brew and co-host of the podcast Per My Last Email is guest hosting Founder’s Journal to chat about career pivots. Kyle shares his own experience with …

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June 4, 2024

How to Become a Marketing Master (Noah Kagan, Appsumo & Million Dolla…

Episode 136: In today’s episode, I chat with marketing master Noah Kagan, the founder and CEO of Appsumo and New York Times bestselling author of Million Dollar Weekend. Noah shares his repeatable marketing playbook, and I ha...

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May 28, 2024

How to Become Relentless as an Entrepreneur (Kian Sadeghi, Nucleus)

Episode 135: Today, I speak with Kian Sadeghi, one of the most impressive early-stage founders I have ever met. Kian's genetic testing company, Nucleus, has attracted investment from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Alexis Oha...

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May 21, 2024

How to Identify Top 1% Talent (Keith Rabois, Investor in Doordash, Yo…

Episode 134: Today, I speak to legendary executive and investor Keith Rabois about his ability to identify top 1% founders and employees. Keith has invested in a billion-dollar business every year for the last 20 years, inclu...

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May 14, 2024

How to Use Entrepreneurship to Propel Personal Growth (Jesse Pujji, A…

Episode 133: In today’s episode I chat with Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ), co-founder of Ampush and founder of startup studio Gateway X. Jesse has used entrepreneurship as a vehicle for personal and professional growth, and we tal...

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May 7, 2024

How to Reverse Engineer Great Business Ideas (Sam Parr, The Hustle & …

Episode 132: To kick off Founder's Journal's new episode format, I speak with Sam Parr ( @thesamparr ), founder of The Hustle and Hampton. Sam is an expert at reverse engineering business ideas, and we speak about the tools a...

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April 30, 2024

Founder’s Journal’s Next Chapter

Episode 131: On this episode, I discuss the future of Founder’s Journal and why I think it will be the best entrepreneurship show, full stop. Thanks as always for being on this journey with me and can’t wait for what’s …

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April 23, 2024

My New Business

Episode 130: On today’s episode, I talk about refinding purpose post-exit and launching my new business storyarb. I share the full details on storyarb with no details spared including, ideation, customer acquisition, early ch...

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April 16, 2024

Why I Stepped Down As CEO

Episode 129: On today’s episode I discuss my decision to step down as CEO of Morning Brew. I chat about going from a Chapter 1 to a Chapter 2 CEO, the emotional journey after stepping down, and climbing out of …

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April 9, 2024

Why We Sold Morning Brew

Episode 128: On today’s episode of Founder’s Journal, I talk through the sale of Morning Brew. I chat about how the opportunity came about, why we said no to previous potential deals, why I thought selling the business was th...

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April 2, 2024

Growing Morning Brew from 0 to 10,000 Subscribers

Episode 127: On this episode of Founder’s Journal, I break down the exact strategies we used to acquire our first 10,000 newsletter subscribers and abstractable growth lessons you can apply to your business. Send us an email ...

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March 29, 2024

Lessons from CMOs, Great Storytelling, Freelance vs. Full-time, Follo…

Episode 126: Today I discuss my biggest takeaways from a Fortune 500 CMO dinner I hosted, choosing between freelancers vs. full-time employees, lessons in storytelling from Shaan Puri, the importance of following your energy,...

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March 27, 2024

Feeling Unskilled, Curing Cancer, and Going All-In on Morning Brew

Episode 125: In today’s episode I chat about being in a content creation slump, making an impact as an entrepreneur, and why you never know if it is the right time to go all in on your business. Send us …

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March 26, 2024

A Little Throwback

Episode 124: Today we’re throwing it back with a true journal style episode. I talk about the joys of finding product market fit, being a default-trusting founder, and understanding extrinsic vs. intrinsic drivers. Send us an...

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March 22, 2024

Always Be Shipping

Episode 123: On this episode, I share a recent blog post by my friend and former colleague, Tyler Denk. Tyler is the co-founder & CEO of beehiiv, a high-growth email newsletter platform. This post outlines Tyler’s philosophy ...

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March 20, 2024

Go Direct

Episode 122: Lulu Meservey is the former Chief Communications Officer of Activision Blizzard and Substack. This episode, I read her recent manifesto, which details the importance of founders crafting their narrative, learning...

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March 18, 2024

The Opportunity Cost of Everything

Episode 121: Writer, Columbia Business School grad, and college athlete Jack Raines' essay, "The Opportunity Cost of Everything," forces readers to ask themselves the only question that really matters: If I was nearing the en...

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March 15, 2024

How I Lost $10,000,000

Episode 120: Andrew Wilkinson is the co-founder and CEO of Tiny, a publicly traded holding company trying to be Berkshire Hathaway but for internet companies. In 2007, Andrew started a Canada-based design agency called MetaLa...

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March 13, 2024

The Dangers of LTV

Episode 119: LTV, or lifetime value, has become the gold standard for startups, specifically how they measure the effectiveness of their various marketing channels. LTV does have merit, and it is a helpful proxy to prioritize...

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March 11, 2024

7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

Episode 118: Million Dollar Weekend, by Noah Kagan, the founder & CEO of AppSumo, walks you through the step-by-step process for building a 7-figure business in 48 hours. I know it sounds too good to be true, and no, you’re …

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March 8, 2024

Why Software is Eating the World

Episode 117: Just under 13 years ago, Marc Andreessen proclaimed that software would transform every industry. He couldn’t have been more right; software did eat the world. 7 of the 10 largest companies in the world today are...

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March 6, 2024

How to Hire Well

Episode 116: I found one of the best resources on hiring by one of the most well-respected founders and early-stage investors, Elad Gil. In this episode, I'll be reading highlights from the Hiring chapter of Elad’s startup bo...

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March 4, 2024

7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

Episode 115: Today’s essay breaks down one of the best business strategy books I’ve ever read. Startup founder Abi Tunggal breaks down 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer, which is a book about the seven proven business strategies th...

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March 1, 2024

Amp it Up

Episode 114: Yesterday, Snowflake announced that its CEO, Frank Slootman, was retiring. Slootman, former CEO of Data Domain and ServiceNow, is such a successful and well-respected CEO that Snowflake's stock was down 24.5% or ...

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