Tim Urban is the writer of the blog Wait But Why. Tim writes about topics including artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, alien life, the size of the universe, and more.His articles are often tens of thousands of words – the leng

Matty Benedetto of Unnecessary Inventions

Jan 12th, 2021 55m 30s

Matty Benedetto is the creator of Unnecessary Inventions. Unnecessary Inventions solves problems that don’t really exist by creating products that no one is really asking for.Each product is editorially shot to resemble a real marketing campai

Chris McAlister – Meet my business and creative coach

Jan 5th, 2021 1h 2m

Chris McAlister is the founder of SightShift, a company that helps ambitious people be courageous and kind.He’s authored 5 books, spoken to thousands of people, and loves the work of helping others unblock their best leadership.In this episod

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[REPLAY] Kwame Christian

Dec 29th, 2020 1h 1m

Kwame Christian is one of the foremost experts in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution. He’s the Director of the American Negotiation Institute, the host of the Negotiate Anything podcast, and the author of Finding Confidence in Con

Ali Abdaal – Making a living as a part-time YouTuber

Dec 15th, 2020 1h 5m

Ali Abdaal is a Cambridge University medicine graduate, now working as a junior doctor in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). He started making YouTube videos in his final year of medical school at Cambridge University in the summer of 2017

Matt Ragland – Becoming a full time YouTube creator after 10 years of side hustling

Dec 8th, 2020 1h 8m

Matt Ragland is an independent creator. His YouTube channel showcases videos on the Bullet Journal process, productivity, and time management.Previous to going full time as a creator in 2020, Matt worked in customer success as employee #5 at C

David Perell – How "The Writing Guy" thinks about Twitter, education, and creating your own games

Dec 1st, 2020 57m 42s

David Perell is a writer, podcaster, and the creator of Write of Passage.His essays cross between topics like travel, culture, media, marketing, and technology, but focus on our relationship with information – especially how we make sense of t

5 things for creatives to be thankful for

Nov 24th, 2020 21m 43s

It’s a weird year for Thanksgiving. It’s a hard year to feel very thankful. There's a lot to be angry about in 2020. There's a lot to be sad about and there's a lot to be hurt about.But today, and this week, let's instead fill that space with

Brian Clark – A content marketing pioneer talks about its evolution

Nov 17th, 2020 1h 2m

Brian Clark is founder of the pioneering content marketing website Copyblogger, the personal growth newsletter Further, and Unemployable, a resource that provides smart strategies for freelancers and entrepreneurs.Both the Guardian and Adverti

Dan Andrews – Helping location independent entrepreneurs build businesses and find community

Nov 10th, 2020 1h 4m

Dan Andrews is the creator and host of the Tropical MBA podcast, a show for location independent entrepreneurs. The show has been downloaded millions of times since 2009.Dan is also the author of Before The Exit and co-founder of Dynamite Jobs

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[REPLAY] James Clear – Habits, research, and how to create A+ work from a New York Times best selling author

Nov 3rd, 2020 1h

James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits. His book sold over 1 million copies in its first 12 months and received a ton of critical acclaim. In this episode, we discuss the les

Sahil Lavingia – Gumroad and the evolution of online creators

Oct 27th, 2020 54m 33s

Sahil Lavingia is the founder and CEO of Gumroad. Gumroad is an online platform that facilitates the sale of products by creators directly to consumers.Sahil left his job at Pinterest to start the company in 2011. Today, Gumroad serves nearly

Anne-Laure Le Cunff – From burnout to mindful productivity and quickly building an audience

Oct 20th, 2020 54m 57s

Anne-Laure Le Cunff is an entrepreneur, an ex-Googler, and a neuroscience student. She’s the creator of Ness Labs and a Masters of Science in Applied Neuroscience candidate at King's College.She writes a lot about "mindful productivity," and e

Khe Hy – Leaving Wall Street success to find fulfillment and start an email newsletter

Oct 13th, 2020 53m 1s

Khe Hy is the creator of RadReads, a weekly newsletter covering how to live an intentional life. He's also the creator of notion.courses, a set of courses to supercharge your productivity through the tool, Notion.Previous to RadReads, Khe spen

Bryce Conway – How a travel hacker evolved to become a content creator and affiliate marketer

Oct 6th, 2020 1h 1m

Bryce Conway is the Founder of 10xTravel.com and Author of Takeoff: How to Travel the World for Next to Nothing and How to Fix Your Credit: Do it Once. Do it Right. Get on with Your Life.Bryce’s work has been featured in multiple national medi

Ran Segall – How a freelance designer's YouTube hobby paved the way to becoming an educator

Sep 29th, 2020 57m 30s

Ran Segall is the creator of Flux Academy. Previous to Flux, Ran was a freelance designer with nearly 20 years of experience.Flux Academy started in 2015 as a YouTube channel called Flux. That channel has 200K subscribers and more than 9M view

Ryan Robinson – How to write blog posts that rank on page one of search results

Sep 22nd, 2020 57m 40s

Ryan Robinson is a full-time blogger, podcaster and content marketing consultant. His blog teaches people how to start a blog and grow a profitable side business. Ryan's site attracts more than 500,000 visitors per month and earns more than $45

Eric Jorgenson – Creating a full-length book from Tweets, interviews, essays, and podcasts

Sep 15th, 2020 46m 51s

Eric Jorgenson is the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (also called Navalmanack). The Almanack is a collection of insight from Naval Ravikant that Eric curated from from Twitter, Podcasts, and Essays ove

Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista – Paying off debt, saving for retirement, weathering a recession, and building wealth

Sep 8th, 2020 1h 6m

Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche is an author, speaker, and founder of the Live Richer Academy.Since 2014, The Budgetnista’s LIVE RICHER Challenge movement has helped over 1 million women from 100+ countries save more than $100 million, and pa

Kwame Christian – How an expert negotiator thinks strategically about expanding his reach

Sep 1st, 2020 58m 48s

Matt D'Avella – Freelancing, filmmaking, podcasting, and finding success on YouTube.

Aug 18th, 2020 59m 33s

Matt D'Avella is a filmmaker, YouTuber & podcaster that explores what it means to live a good life. Matt directed Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things, which was acquired by Netflix in 2016. His YouTube channel has nearly 3 mill

Morgan Nield – Selling on Etsy, building a marketing strategy, Pinterest, and transitioning from physical to digital products

Aug 11th, 2020 56m 21s

Morgan Nield helps Etsy sellers go from part-time hustle to full-time income. Morgan built her Etsy shop, Little Highbury, into a 6-figure business in under a year, and had fulfilled more than 23,000 orders before shutting the business down to

Miles Beckler – Affiliate marketing, building an audience, earning trust, and making money online

Aug 4th, 2020 53m 50s

Miles Beckler is an internet marketer. In 2009, he and his wife Melanie started a website about mindfulness and meditation, and that site now receives over 8M visitors per year.In 2016, he decided to begin teaching what he’d learned for free o

MICK – The early days of being a DJ, building relationships, failing micro, and future-proofing your brand.

Jul 28th, 2020 53m 59s

MICK is a Brooklyn-based DJ, style influencer, tech investor, speaker, music curator, and brand consultant. Inc Magazine referred to MICK as a “combination of Gary Vaynerchuk and Questlove.”MICK has spun private events for some of the world’s

Jude Brewer – Publishing, performing, becoming a producer, and adapting stories for different formats

Jul 21st, 2020 53m 26s

Jude Brewer is an American author, producer, and podcast host. Jude's writing has appeared in both the US and the UK through various lit journals, anthologies, and short films. He is the host and creator of Storybound, a podcast produced by Lit