Prepare for the Sonder SPAC. Sonder Corp is a San Francisco-based short-term rental lodging startup. The company manages 5,000 apartments in 35 cities around the world.
The Pittsburgh startup scene loves Kenny Chen.
He's a piece of Pittsburgh's ascendence as a hub for AI policy.
He's also speaking at the 2019 Going Deep Summit.
Have you gotten your ticket?
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Nick Adkins is a passionate kilt-wearing leader with start-up experience & 5 acquisition adventures. He is focusing on manifesting/attracting like-minded people who are making a difference/changing the world!
Nick’s Challenges
If you’re asked to fax something by a healthcare company, refuse to do it. When you pass a stranger, make an effort to say hi and connect. Make it a practice. http://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast
Connect with Nick
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Clinton Senkow is a hustler. Being the Co-founder and COO of Influencive, an online publication for millennial entrepreneurs, would be enough for most people. He is also the founder of Connected Getaways, a provider of luxury wellness retreats for health conscious travelers and businesses around the world, where guests can expect to participate in daily workouts, healthy cooking classes, off-site activities, and have time to relax in some of the most beautiful destinations in the world. Clinton came on the podcast to talk entrepreneurship and blazing your own trail.
Read Clinton’s Post
Why Every Entrepreneur Should be Blogging
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Aaron spoke to serial entrepreneur Jason Wolfe about building and selling multiple successful businesses.
He taught himself how to code by using books at the local library and CompUSA's 'Building the Perfect Web'. This led to building the first coupon website and launching his first internet business. From 1995 to 2000, Jason built the business, raising $500k in VC from Jupiter Media and garnering over $1 million in annual sales and 20 million page views per month.
MyCoupons.com sold for roughly $23 million in 2000, shortly before the DotCom bubble burst.
Jason rolled over his proceeds into successive wins with his companies Direct Response Technologies (acquired by Digital River for $22 million), Jambo Media (for $15 million) and Giftcards.com (by Blackhawk Network for $120 million).
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Piper Creative has been vlogging the growth of the company from its inception to give you an unparalleled look into startup life. Here are some of our greatest hits
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Aaron talked to a mastermind group about why Piper is pushing LinkedIn content + the value of documenting the learning process.
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Piper Creative has been vlogging the growth of the company from its inception to give you an unparalleled look into startup life. Here are some of our greatest hits
We Pitched Shark Tank ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o9x4rb6LtU
Interview with Chance Humphrey (Top Pgh Instagrammer) ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TZxnm81iW4
Chief Creative Officer Hannah Phillips goes BEAST MODE ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpOdqkrg8Q
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Andrew Gazdecki is the solo founder of MicroAcquire, a marketplace for buying and selling small Software-as-a-Service companies.
He has previously started two companies, Bizness Apps and Altcoin.io, which were both acquired.
MicroAcquire has reached $250,000 in annual revenue in just one year, by collecting fees from buyers in exchange for connecting with the entrepreneurs selling their business. Andrew is applying lessons that he’s learned from past successful companies to *hopefully* make this his best business yet.
In the episode, Aaron and Andrew discuss playing entrepreneurship on “hard mode”, the mistakes Andrew has made in the past, and how MicroAcquire has grown to more than 30,000 subscribers.
Timestamps
0:00 Andrew Gazdecki Intro
1:22 Launching a SaaS Company
4:15 New Trend
6:36 Business Model
11:46 Building a Startup vs a Business
14:49 Experience w/ Acquisitions
17:14 Psychology Behind Selling
23:22 "Hard Mode"
30:03 One Man Band
36:35 Shot Gun Approach
38:01 Connect w/ Andrew Gazdecki
38:33 Andrew Gazdecki’s Challenge to the Audience
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Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales.
Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the age of 23 when he launched a podcast, Going Deep with Aaron Watson. In the subsequent 3 years, he has built a powerful network, executed profitable events around Pittsburgh, and started a paid public speaking career on the back of his digital media brand building.
As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master the distribution of their content.
??Hannah Phillips, Chief Creative Officer of Piper Creative
Hannah is our brilliant visual media artist that produces genre-defining work across digital video, photography, graphic design, and fine art.
At Piper Creative, she guides and mentors the next generation of creatives while leveraging their skills to transform brands and drive business o
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