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Diana Dyer is an independent financial advisor and founder of Triumph Capital. Diana has been in the financial services industry for nearly twelve years and she have been recognized as one of the top 30 financial advisors in Canada for five consecutive years. Triumph Capital is a financial planning and advisory firm created to give young professionals access to unbiased, independent, and accessible resources when it comes to financial literacy and planning. Their mission is simple: they aim to democratize finance. Most recently Diana was featured as one FLARE Magazine's Top 100 Women to Watch. Now, let's hack... Diana Dyer.

Warren Hogarth started out with a PhD in chemical engineering and moved onto receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School. Then in 2008, he became a partner at the #1 VC firm in the world, Sequoia Capital, where he spent the next eight years as lead investor and a board member for billion dollar companies. And then he walked away from it. He is now the co-founder and CEO of Empower, an app that helps entrepreneurs and side hustlers stay on top of their finances. This is a fascinating conversation about keeping an open mind about the future, how chance favors the prepared mind, and maniacally prioritizing your days. Now, let’s hack… Warren Hogarth.

Suuchi Ramesh is a former engineer and analytics consultant turned brilliant entrepreneur building an innovative company in a traditionally slow-moving industry. Suuchi is the founder of Suuchi Inc, a design & manufacturing partner for the most innovative, forward-thinking American fashion and apparel brands and Fortune 1000 companies. In addition to this, Suuchi Inc is proudly makes everything in USA and is women owned & the fast-growing team of over 100 is 70% women-operated. This is a fascinating conversation from the factory floor about why business is a team effort, using the software sales process to sell manufacturing, and how to hire a team of scrappers. Now, let’s hack… Suuchi Ramesh.  

Kevin Kelly has been writing on the Internet since 1982 and Tim Ferris calls him the Most Interesting Man in the World. He has spent the past 40+ years living project to project, accomplishing some truly impressive feats in the process without ever attending college or university. From 1984 to 1990, Kevin Kelly was the publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review. In 1993 he co-founded Wired magazine and served as its Executive Editor for the first seven years. He is now Senior Maverick for Wired. He is a co-founder and editor of the popular Cool Tools website. Kevin Kelly is also a world-renowned bestselling author of countless books, with his latest called The Inevitable. He is also the author of the viral Internet piece called 1,000 True Fans. Now, let’s hack… Kevin Kelly In this 46-minute episode Kevin Kelly and I discuss: The importance of asking the dumb questions and critiquing your own thoughts in writing Recognizing knowledge and information as a commodity Establishing your voice on the Internet a

Cavan Klinsky is an entrepreneur who loves programming, sports, business, and music. When he’s not working on his business, he is dreaming up project ideas, picking up heavy things, and eating sushi. When he was 14 years old he started CJK Web Design where he spent almost seven years building sites for local businesses and did pro bono work for charities. He accomplished all this while in high school and then college. He is now the co-founder and CTO of Healthie Inc, a software company making it easy for nutrition and wellness professionals to run their businesses. In this conversation, Jon and Cavan discuss doing things that don’t scale, breaking large problems into smaller tasks, and asking the question: how did they build this? Now, let’s hack… Cavan Klinsky.

Stephynie Malik is an active listener, strategist, and entrepreneur. For the past 16 years, she has been the founder of Malik Co, a management consulting firm working with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. During a 16 year tenure building her company many things have changed, including herself and her goals. So this past November, my guest stepped down as leader Malik Co, and started a brand new company called Chique Speak. In this conversation, Stephynie Malik and Jon discuss the power of being a good listener, following your gut, and being honourable. Now, let’s hack… Stephynie Malik.

Michelle Green is a chef, cake decorator, super connector, and relentless entrepreneur. She began decorating cakes at 16 years old and spent countless years honing her skills. Then in 2004, she started her own bakery called Three Sweeties. During the next 10 years, she grew her business, began teaching and mentoring others, and eventually sold her bakery to move full-time into teaching and blogging. She now runs the popular blog, The Business of Baking, and I absolutely love how she sum’s up the blog’s philosophy so well with: Love yourself. Love your clients. Love your craft. Be grateful. Kick ass. (and do ALL of that with gratitude.) Now, let’s hack… Michelle Green.  

Tara Gentile is a writer, community builder, and a brilliant entrepreneur. Back in 2008, an aggravating incident at work pushed her to decide to leave the job market and start building her own vision and business. Tara got her start with founding the premier website for promoting arts & crafts in Pennsylvania before moving on to creating an online publication called Scoutie Girl. For the past five years, my guest has been growing her now main business called CoCommercial a fluff-free social network for small business owners on a mission. In this episode we discuss, community building, content marketing for customer acquisition, and the journey from freelancer to entrepreneur. Now, let’s hack… Tara Gentile.

Aviv Shahar is an author, former air force pilot, and an entrepreneur. He has spent the past 17 years building his consulting business by helping senior executives at some of the world’s largest companies. The most impressive thing about his business is that 98% of his new client acquisition is based on referrals from previous clients — and yes, we dive into how he accomplishes this. He is also the author of a new book called Create New Futures. Now, let’s hack… Aviv Shahar.

Dave Asprey is a biohacker, author, nutritionist, Bulletproof Executive, and entrepreneur. He had some early adventures in internet commerce going way back to 1994. But he is most known as the founder of Bulletproof Executive, as well as the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and the Bulletproof Diet. He began blogging at BulletproofExec.com in early 2010 while holding an executive position at Trend Micro. In 2013, he left the corporate world and went all-in on becoming Bulletproof. The company bootstrapped itself into a global leader. In July 2015, they opened their first Bulletproof Cafe and raised $9 million in funding to the expand the Bulletproof Nutrition coffeeshops. He is also the host of the enormously successful Bulletproof Radio podcast. Now, let’s hack… Dave Asprey.

Kyle Gray is a writer and entrepreneur who helps businesses create a powerful storyline that drives sales, growth, and engagement. He has helped hundreds of startups and small businesses create scalable content marketing strategies. His book The Story Engine outlines his process for creating content that drives sales. He is currently the founder of The Story Engine, a productized business based on his methods and strategies. Now, let’s hack… Kyle Gray.

Syed Balkhi is one of the hardest working, smartest, and most successful entrepreneurs I have had the pleasure of speaking to. He was born in Pakistan and immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. Without a social life due to his lack of English skills, he turned to the Internet and entrepreneurship. Today, at 25 years old, Syed Balkhi is an award-winning entrepreneur and has been recognized as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 30. He is the owner of several 7-figure online businesses, and over 400 million people visit his websites annually. Syed Balkhi is the founder of WPBeginner, the world’s largest free WordPress resource site, and the co-founder of List25, OptinMonster, SoliloquyWP, ThemeLab, Envira Gallery, and WPForms. Now, let’s hack… Syed Balkhi In this 36-minute episode Syed Balkhi and I discuss: Creating written checklists and processes in order to be a better delegator How Syed recognized the need for a beginner-friendly WordPress resource site and transitioned from se

Visit HacktheEntrepreneur.com for full show notes, links, and special offers. My guest today is a professional experimenter, speaker, and entrepreneur. After a couple years working at Zappos and some major life circumstances, my guest suffered a nasty spell of life burnout back in 2012 and decided to redesign her life from the ground up. She spent the next year speaking around the world, podcasting, and writing. Then in August of 2016, she co-founded a business called Picture This Clothing — and it took off as a viral hit from the very first Tweet. Now let’s hack… Jaimee Newberry.

My guest today is a CEO, world traveler, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of CloudFactory. Back in 2008 he and his wife went to Nepal for a two-week vacation — they ended up staying for six years. From training three young Nepali developers around one iMac, he has started and grown CloudFactory into 175 full-time staff and 2500+ part-time cloud workers on three continents. In this conversation, we discuss the ’land and expand’ strategy, scaling tech and people, and building a managed marketplace from scratch. Now, let’s hack… Mark Sears.

Emma Johnson is a former journalist, digital entrepreneur, and author of her brand new book — The Kick-Ass Single Mom. After 16 years of freelance writing, my she decided it was time to start blogging and voicing her thoughts and opinions. After three years of doing this on the side, she became the full-time blogger and entrepreneur behind WealthySingleMom.com. This is a great conversation about why women should be proud to like making money, learning to listen, and the entrepreneurial mindset. Now, let’s hack… Emma Johnson.

My guest today is Bobby Klinck, a Harvard educated lawyer turned online entrepreneur. After spending more than eight years working in large law firms and nearly three years as a criminal prosecutor for the United States Attorney’s Office, he decided that he could no longer work for someone else. This led to the formation of his own law firm Klinck LLC and begin self-identifying as an online entrepreneur whose area of expertise is law. In this conversation, we discuss morning routines, the three agreements every business needs, and becoming an online entrepreneur. Now, let’s hack… Bobby Klinck.

My guest today is the former business development manager of uTest, community advocate, and serial social entrepreneur. Back in 2014, she came up with the idea to build a platform to empower Community Managers around the world. Needing help with the tech side of things, she began the quest for a tech co-founder, which she found and they began planning, raising money, and building. Today, Mobilize serves as an online hub for over 1,000 communities and 1,000,000 members. This is a fascinating conversation where we discuss creating compelling reasons to buy, why everything has an element of community, and honing a vision. Now, let’s hack… Sharon Savariego.

Mike Trotzke is tech investor, advisor, and entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of Cheddar, a billing platform built for developers. Since founding Cheddar in 2009, they have grown organically, and as of the summer of 2017, they’ve received their first funding round of $1.2 million. In this conversation, we discuss the power of partnerships, problem-solving as a skill set, and using persistence to deal with the ups and downs of running a business. Now, let’s hack… Mike Trotzke.

My guest today has jumped out of hundreds of planes, is an Ironman triathlete, and an entrepreneur. He started his career at America Online as a Senior News Editor. He helped to found the AOL Newsroom and spearheaded coverage of the Democratic and Republican 1996 conventions. He then started a PR firm called The Geek Factory. He then became the creator of Help a Reporter Out ("HARO"), a service for journalists which was acquired in 2010. He is now an international speaker and the creator of Faster Than Normal, a podcast and book to help people turbocharge their focus, productivity, and success. Now, let’ hack… Peter Shankman.  

My guest today is a CEO, he’s insanely focused, and is a brilliant entrepreneur. He started his career working for some fast-growing startups — in a few years he went from BrickHouse Security, BabyAge, and onto Bonobos. Almost five years ago, he co-founded BounceX and has scaled at an incredible pace to now running a team of 270 people. This is a fascinating conversation about how to hustle and acquire your first customers, drunk tests for employees, and understanding frustration zero. Now, let’s hack… Ryan Urban.