The Top Entrepreneurs In Money, Marketing, Business And Life

Ep 136 Vincent van de Poll of GROM joins Nathan.   Vincent van de Poll, co-founder of GROM: Make Things Personal @500 Startups Batch 13,  an entrepreneur with 12 years’ experience in retail & E­Commerce, and 3D Printing. Vincent van de Poll has lived and worked in 4 continents. Specialties: Getting­shit­done, Deal Closer, Growth Hacker, Sales, Marketing, Business Development, putting a smile on your face. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Don’t be afraid to split equity 50/50, but know that it doesn’t come without consequences. Growing revenue by more than 20X isn’t impossible, but it takes WORK. Fail fast and often. Episode Notes:  01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s sh

Ep 135 Hampus Jackobsson joins Nathan Latka.  Hampus Jakobsson, the founder of Brisk­ sales process acceleration tool (customers such as Hootsuite, Intercom, Evernote). Angel investor in 45 startups. Previously 2010-­2012 M&A director for Blackberry and 2002-­2010 Founder of TAT (acquired by Blackberry for $150 in 2010), customers such as Google, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Find a place to work where you don’t know stuff—it’ll keep you interested. If you’re an entrepreneur, always UPSELL next year’s revenue number. Embrace your weaknesses, because they’re actually your strengths. Episode Notes:  01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:2

Ep 128 Scott Voelker joins Nathan. Scott Voelker is an Amazon FBA Seller and Podcaster helping others start their own Amazon business. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points:        Private labeling is more sustainable than retail arbitrage        Calculate competitors’ daily turnover via their BSR        Sell like-products in order to build a brand around a market Episode Notes:  01:05 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:34 – Selling private labeling items vs retail arbitrage on Amazon 03:40 – Process of working out the daily turnover of competitors via their Amazon BSR 05:49 – How BSRs work across different categories 06:58 – Gross revenue $307,000, 38% margin 07:32 – Cross-pr

Ep 127 Neylan McBaine joins. She had a front row seat to the earliest days of digital marketing in Silicon Valley, and she’s brought that experience to several top retailers’ marketing efforts in the years since. Neylan has served as both an in house marketer and as an agency account planner, giving her unique insight into the challenges and benefits of each. She currently is the CMO of Brain Chase, an educational technology tool for kids that disguises online learning with premiere curriculum providers as a massive global treasure hunt for a real­life buried treasure. Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points:        Avoid seasonality by expanding range of services provided.        Expand curriculum to appeal to a wider audience.        Prizes as incentive.  Episode Notes:           00:59 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show          01:44 – Witnessing 1999 – 2001 Silicon Valley dot.com boom/

Ep 126 with Bryan Kramer, one of the world’s foremost leaders in the art and science of sharing, and has been credited with instigating the #H2H human business movement in marketing and social.  With over 300,000 social fans and followers, and an intimate understanding of the intricacies and interworking of both social technologies and social behaviors, Bryan is both a practitioner and authority on the subject.  In January 2014, Bryan’s first book There is no B2B and B2C. Human to Human: #H2H rose to the #1 top selling spot in Business Books on Amazon in its first week. In January 2015, #H2H was named as the number 1 buzzword for 2015 by The Writer. Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Self-publishing is effective for new authors. Strike while an idea is hot. Retain ownership of content. Episode Notes:  00:57 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:28 – Bryan’s recent book Shareology has

Ep 123 Trisha Roy of Barn and Willow is a product manager turned entrepreneur. She is a design enthusiast and believes technology will continue solving problems! Traveled across almost all continents (except for Antarctica). Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Quality, make sure quality is obvious to customers. Social media is a unparallel marketing tool Manage marketing resources and  know exactly what you are spending on them   Episode Notes:  01:15  – Nathan’s introduction to today’s Show with Trisha Roy 01:34 – Barn and Willow 02:00 – Founded December 2014 02:14 – How do you make money? 02:30 – Online store 02:50 – Vertically integrated brand 03:30– Who gets the money? 04:00 – 85% product mark up 04:28– What are your costs? 05:04– Funding 05:31 – Cash flow positive 05:58 – Story of the name 06:44– Total transaction volume 07:06 – $20,000- $25,000 revenue per month 08:55 – How to grow t

Ep 125 Gautam Tambay of SlideRule joins Nathan. Gautam Tambay is the co­founder and CEO of SlideRule, an educational institution that teaches design and technology online, with one­on­one mentorship from industry experts. He’s passionate about helping people achieve their full potential. Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Offer free content for lead generation. Offer greater value than competitors. Convertible S.A.F.E for funding. Episode Notes:  01:02 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:30 – Gautam joins the show 01:38 – How SlideRule works – an online school with one-on-one expert mentorship 02:23 – SlideRule was created in 2013 02:29 – Course costs and payment system 03:00 – www.mysliderule.com 03:26 – Enrolment numbers and revenue to date 04:45 – Finding customers through content marketing 05:26 – SlideRule offers a free UX design course for lead generation 06:01 – Mailing list

Ep 124 Derek Bluford of QuickLegal joins Nathan. Derek Bluford is the founder of Quicklegal, Inc., A new company that provides attorneys on demand via Facetime, voice call and instant messaging. Mr.Bluford has a history of entrepreneurial success in the legal service markets, and has won business awards such as California TechWeek, Entrepreneur Magazine Growth Conference, Legal Innovator and more. Mr.Bluford has a degree in legal studies and graduated Cum Laude. Mr.Bluford’s companies have been seen on publications such as Business Journal, California Lawyer, Landlord, Daily Journal and Porsche’s “The Drifter”. Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Due diligence is key to decision making Create a stellar team and build upon partnerships There are lots of contributing factors in the decision to sell Episode Notes:  01:15  –Nathan’s introduction to today’s Show with Derek Bluford 01:34 – Quick

Ep 122 Jarie Bolander of LabSensor Solutions is an engineer by training, entrepreneur by nature and leader by endurance. Presently, he is the founder and COO of Lab Sensor Solutions, a company bringing sensor technology to healthcare to prevent medical errors. Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Know your industry. Quality, quality, quality. Start slow and do a LOT of research. Episode Notes: 01:15  – Nathan’s introduction to today’s Show with Jarie Bolander 01:25 – Lab Sensor Solutions 02:27 – Five founders discovered a need for their product 03:14 – How equity is split 04:10 – 4 year vesting period 04:22 – Sales process 05:09 – 85% margins 06:08 – Raised $420k seed money from friends and family 06:24– Who are the customers? 07:31– Break down of membership and service 07:33 – Business was launched in January after working on the sales platform for 2 years 07:47 – Current monthly earnings

Ep 121 Chad Wittman joins Nathan Latka. Chad sold EdgeRankChecker for about $3m and then founded Dolly, an app built to bring moving into the 21st century. Listen as Chad talks about abandoning the “security” of a job, bootstrapping a start-up, and managing a business with partners. Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: If you want to reap 100% of the rewards, you need to bootstrap your business. The sharing economy has touched a variety of markets, but not every market—find your niche. Valuations are insanely high right now. Episode Notes:  01:02 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show with  Chad Wittman 01:25 – Edge Rank Checker 02:19 – Making $50-60K in the agency 03:00 – How Edge Rank Checker made money 03:30 – Launched in 2012 with a $30/month price point 04:22 – Two co-founders 05:40 – Within 2 months they were making $20K per month 08:20 — $60K a month at its peak before selling to So

Episode 120 Justin Williams and Tara Williams, 8 Minute Millionaire, Click here to join the top tribe and talk to Nathan live: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points:        Life is about passive income—passive income is where you win.        Don’t worry about the 1st return—dedicate yourself to the waterfall.        Avoid the “this is gonna be easy” pitfall—nothing worth having is ever easy. Episode Notes:           00:55 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show          01:47 – Justin and Tara join the show          01:57 – Why 8 minute millionaire is working so well          02:43 – The FIRST flip          03:15 – Whole Selling          04:02 – The struggle of 2011—being broke…all the money of the past had gone to debt          05:40 – 60 houses in 2011, and 100+ houses ever since          06:05 – Net profit in 2014 was roughly $1M          08:14 – Where do you invest your money?          09:04 – Fix and flip is the backbone of the business today          09:25 – Automate the business and c

Belgray, Episode 83 Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Oprah get

Dorie Clark, Episode 82 Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Oprah

Billy Murphy, Episode 81 Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Opra

Episode 80 Murray Newlands Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Op

Brad Martineau, Infusionsoft Episode 79 Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different co

Peter Shankman, HARO, Episode 78 Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries

Episode 37 Scott Gerber, YEC Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at NathanLatka.com/TheTop   The Top is FOR YOU if you are:   A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)   STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)   An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)   The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).    Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countri

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at NathanLatka.com/TheTop   The Top is FOR YOU if you are:   A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)   STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)   An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)   The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).    Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Oprah gets 60 minutes o

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at NathanLatka.com/TheTop   The Top is FOR YOU if you are:   A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)   STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)   An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)   The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).    Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Oprah gets 60 minutes o