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Will Price's work has been featured on Casey Neistat’s Vlogs. He’s currently in Pharmacy School in Mississippi but wants to pursue his passion full-time, music.

Project World Impact is a place for people to find non profits for cause and location. There are two parts to Project world Impact, you can find on the website for cause and location, working with thousands of non profits and they are hopeful to give this software away to them for free. The other part is the marketing arm where Chris Lesner is working with these non profits to further give their cause reach to their target audience.

Dave is the Founder and CEO of Vinitial, is a secure HIPPA compliant for texting app for patients and providers without exchanging cell phone numbers. Dave comes from a blue collar town in South Jersey. His first job was 11 to 12 years old, where he worked for his dad’s tree service business. Throughout his life, he hasn’t been given much, and has had to to work for everything.

Fitness has always been Nick's passion. When he went to school for mathematics, his mom always envision him getting a stable job as an actuary. While Nick was studying for his actuary exam, he created the idea for an app that Rowan students can use to find friends that to the gym. Although his mom thought he was studying for his actuary exam, Nick was actually applying for a business pitch competition that he later won. This award winning project became FITDegree. The app has changed, a lot since it's original idea, but as mentioned in podcast Nick is dedicated for his business to sold a problem and not just be an opportunity.

Trailblazer Ventures is a startup lab with a mission to increase female-founded ventures. Trailblazer’s first product is a type of social network called Dreamers // Doers, which helps entrepreneurial and influential women find each other. #Timestamp 01:00- If Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg Had a Baby 01:30- Dessert, but more specifically with a warm chocolate and vanilla ice cream 02:10- Gesche’s Story. Born in Africa, to Germany, Malasia, Beijing, Hong Kong, and New York – Half German and Half Chinese 03:00- How Trailblazer Ventures Started – Seeing Initial Impact and How Gesche Doubled Down On Her Passion – The Product Facebook Used To Be (Curated and high touch community) 05:05- Ah-Ha Moment! – She Liked Her Job At the Venture Firm, But Didn’t Love It! 08:15- How Her Upbringing Helped Define Who Gesche Is Today 09:08- Benefits of Living in The States and Also In New York – We Are More Open Minded and Focused on Progress and Appreciation For Diversity. There is so much that’s happening and can happen w

Aaron Janx began working with the advertising division of a Fortune 500 company as an “errand boy” and was promptly promoted to sales and shortly thereafter was once again promoted, to Regional executive and in the same year. In addition, Aaron proceeded to set the world record as the youngest executive manager in company history. Aaron Janx began working with the advertising division of a Fortune 500 company as an “errand boy” and was promptly promoted to sales and shortly thereafter was once again promoted, to Regional executive and in the same year. In addition, Aaron proceeded to set the world record as the youngest executive manager in company history. #Timestamp 01:12- Arby’s Buffalo Chicken Slider. (Don’t have to get dirty in order to do it) 02:45- Aaron’s Janx Story - Father of four, married, and a college drop out - Aaron’s hustle started as an errand boy 07:00- Sales, Sales, Sales - What are some things that startups aren’t focusing on? 08:15- Sales Approach - What are some techniques that Aaron use

Culture Cloud is an app that allows people to connect based off of their similar interest in real time. The app allows you to connect with global travelers and locals from around the world. #Timestamp 01:00- Reese's Cup 01:55- Introduction to Jeffrey Eker 03:50- Where Did The Idea Come From? 05:45- What Should American Millennials Be Focusing On? 07:25- Where Did Jeffrey's Passion Come From? 09:00- Struggles Early on In CultureCloud 11:35- Biggest Failure This Far In CultureCloud 13:05- How Much Travel Has Jeffrey Done? 14:45- How Does Jeffrey Communicate With His Team That's All Across The World? 16:00- Types of Resources To Make Jeffrey More Efficient 17:40- GoogleDrive is Jeffrey's Most Valuable App 18:40- Stories About Jeffrey's Travels and How Important It Is To Meet People. Also How CultureCloud Helped People Meet For The First Time (Stories From Bali) 21:05- Case Studies From CultureCloud 24:30- How Marketing Worldwide Actually Helped CultureCloud Grow 14:45- How Does Jeffrey Communicate With His Team

Author of the award winning book "2 Billion Under 20" and his new book which we will be discussing today is "3 billion under 30." Jared Kleinert also builds businesses from his business consulting firm called Kleinert Ventures. #Timestamp 01:25- New York Pizza! 03:00- Introduction 05:40 - 11:10- How Jared Started His First Book 11:20- How Jared Met Influencers 14:50- Biggest Failure In The Book Writing Process 17:20- “You’re 20 Years Old, How Do You Know About The World?” 20:38- Efficiencies In Jared’s Life 22:50- Processes and Procedures 25:03- Go Find Amazing People To Surround Yourself With, How Are You Spending Your Time/Focus, and Don’t Lose Your Cellphone Go Find Amazing People To Surround Yourself With “Find peers that will make you step up your game and find mentors that will help you step up your game.” How Are You Spending Your Time/Focus “Try cutting away from the noise and only focus on things that will move the needle. If you’re looking for influencers, find them. If you’re no

MetroButler is a property manager and short term rental concierge for people that are looking to rent their properties on services like Air BNB’s, Craigslist, and many more. MetroButler will help facilitate ALL of the logistics. #Timestamp 00:50- Ice Cream and Cookies, Especially a Chip-Which 01:50- Introduction 03:20- Where Did It All Begin 05:10- What Kind of Kid Were You? 05:50- What is MetroButler? 06:50- Where Did The Idea Came From? 07:50- What Were Some of The Early Struggles OF The Business 10:00- Failures in Business 11:17 - 13:59- INVESTOR SECTION What Point Should You Look For Funding 14:00- Basketball, Drinks, and Friends 16:20- Different Forms of Technology 18:00- Get Your Administrative Stuff Figured Out, Trust Your Gut, and Once You Commit, You Have To Go Quickly Get Your Administrative Stuff Figured Out Working at a coworking space has helped us significantly. They help with all of the admin stuff, such as; wifi. printing, packaging, and more… As the CEO, I don’t want to waste time and our emp

Proper Knot and David Alan Clothing, the company's purpose is to reintroduce people to the modern day gentleman, they want to bring back that feel of the 1940’s and 50’s where everyone was dressed head to toe even to places like the grocery store. It’s their job to turn men into gentlemen but also put these gentlemen in the right mindset to dress professionally. #Timestamp 00:50- David’s Food is His Drive and Never Giving Up 03:00- Introduction to David Alan 05:40- When did David’s Entrepreneurial journey begin 06:45- Where did the passion come from? 08:15- What is the Proper Knot and David Alan’s clothing? 10:40- What is a Modern Day Gentleman 13:00- Does The Suit Guy Wear Anything Outside of a Suit? 14:00- Difference Between A Custom Suit and a Store Brand Suit. NAME DROPS HERE! 18:00- How David Created A Referral Based Business 21:00- Biggest Failure This Far 23:00- Best Habits as an Entrepreneur 25:10- What Technology David Uses 27:01- Patience, Believe in Yourself, and Have Fun Patience Patience is a vir

PocketPets is the largest distributor of sugar bears in the world. Sugar Bears are an incredibly cute animal that is changing the landscape of how we view pets in our country. #Timestamp 00:45- Water, It’s his religion, it keeps his system going, but with a hint of Chick Fila 01:45- Introduction to Matt and PocketPets 04:20- Struggles in Business 05:30- Matt’s Genuine Way To Help People 11:00- How Matt Made His First Million 14:00- Struggles in Business 17:00- What Systems and Processes That Matt Uses 22:40- Resources You Can’t Live Without 24:20- Hitch the Wagon on Someone is Already Successful, If Your Mouth is Moving, You’re Selling Something, and Ability to Adapt Hitch the Wagon on Someone is Already Successful “Find someone that has done what you want to do and let them show you how they did it. To learn experiences of life, takes a lifetime. To experience things through someone else’s life, takes a phone call.” If Your Mouth is Moving, You’re Selling Something “If you’re not good in sales, you’re going

In 1982, Darlene, Andrew, and Bob all met at a night club. His mom was a cocktail waitress and his dad was a piano player,fast forward thirty two years and Matt has become an incredible resource to podcasters, an online marketing genius, and even a rapper. Besides the witty humor from Matt, Matt's real entrepreneurial journey started at the age 13. Growing up, Matt had several jobs. He got hired, got fired, got hired again, and even got fired again. He's been on unemployment, in hospitals beds with a foot injury, and even been in a rock bank. Some may think he's the jack of all trades, but what he master at is marketing. Matt's career didn't get serious until he created a pool supply blog called Swim University. It took him close to 10 years before seeing any true potential in the platform, but that didn't stop Matt from continuing to push through, until he saw the light. During his time in the pool industry, he not only worked with a pool supply company, Matt also learned how to develop websites. He used his

Josh Harcus serves as the Head of Inbound Strategy at Hüify. His experience has helped him steer Hüify in the direction of online marketing. Josh has turned the company’s focus to genuine, measurable, and attainable outcomes that help take Hüify’s clients beyond the stagnating threshold of mediocrity and into new levels of reach for their brand. Josh has consulted brands such as Car and Driver, Springer Global Publishing, and Compact Power Equipment Rental. He has also spoken at conferences alongside Google, Facebook, Bing, and Hubspot. #Timestamp 00:45- Dark Chocolate But ONLY if a Donut is Not Within Arm's Reach 02:30- Introduction to Huiffy 04:10- The Power of Email 13:25- Biggest Problem Small Businesses Are Doing 17:40- Efficiencies as an Entrepreneur 22:40- Josh as a Leader 25:25- How Useful Hubspot CRM Truly Is 27:30- PandaDoc 29:50- Get A Job Doing Something You Can Learn, Find Relevant Mentors, and Learn Who You Are And Who You Are Not (Learn Sales No Matter What) Get A Job Doing Something You Can Le

Game Plan, is an app that helps you make better decisions as to where to eat drink and hangout with your friends based off of your personality. #Timestamp 00:45- Potato Bread, Mayo, Cheese, Turkey, Herr’s Chips, and a Coke 02:20- Introduction 04:45- Where Did The Idea Come From? 06:45- How Were You Able to Get People Bought Into the Idea of GamePlan? 12:20- Current Struggles of GamePlan 15:00- Biggest Low Point 17:15- Habits to Become More Efficient Throughout Your Day 21:50- Technologies They Use Everyday 25:15- Three Quotes Josh Lives By “The Only Limit is The One You Set Yourself” Celestine Chua “Life is unknown and as obvious as it sounds, you set a limit on yourself. You say things like, “Yeah, I can’t do that.” Well, just try!” Says Josh. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein “Surround yourself with smarter people and not just smart people in general, surround yourself with smart people in

Formally Alex worked for Inspirebeats which is a B2B lead generation and targeted outreach for SAAS companies, their clients include floship, formstack, and hundreds of others. Now he is the CEO of x27, a marketing company for mobile app development shops. #Timestamp 00:40- Prime Rib and Baked Potato 01:15- Introduction 02:08- Passion and How The Four Hour Work Week Changed His Life 04:00 - 13:00- How Cold Emails Has Changed Alex and The Inspirebeats Team 13:20- How to Craft a Sales Email 17:35- Have You Ever Outsourced Custom Emails 18:57- Biggest Failure 20:40- Habits That Have Helped You Become More Efficient 22:25- Resources That You Use On a Daily Basis 24:35- If You’ve Had a Job in The Past, You Have a Client, Create a List of Actionable Services, and Cold Pitches Work! If You’ve Had a Job in The Past, You Have a Client Talk to anyone who has ever paid you in the past, get on a call with that individual, and figure out what they can pay you for. Some of Alex’s best clients are the companies that he’s wo

WiseApe creates all natural, performance based tea blends for anyone who is looking for that extra edge. #Timestamp 00:30- Hot Cup of Tea and Sushi! 02:30- Introduction 05:05- Passion from Video 10:00- Struggles in Business 11:45- What Have You Learned as a Solopreneur? 12:45- Biggest Failure Thus Far 14:10- Habits as a Person (Tweet me the animal if you can hear the noise in the background @grzybowskij) 16:35- Headspace and Float Tanking...Yes, Joe Likes to Float. Insane Amounts of Zen! 18:11- Apps that Joe Uses 19:00- Find Your Feedback Loop, Don't Be Afraid To Share That Idea, and Make Sure You Take Action 21:15- How Difficult is it to Create a Product? Find Your Feedback Loop Find your network of people that you trust to bounce ideas off of. The most valuable thing that Joe had was his community. There are a million different directions you can go, but it's great to have that instant feedback. Don't Be Afraid To Share That Idea When they were first starting out, he didn't want anyone else to know. To Joe

Thrive creates talent relationship management and recruitment software solutions. #Timestamp 00:45- Big Bowl of Pasta, Lot's of Carbs 01:20- Introduction 04:10 - 13:00- How To Get More People Interested About Their SAAS Company (IF YOU HAVE A SAAS COMPANY, YOURE GOING TO WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS.) 13:00- Habits as an Entrepreneur 17:10- Go With Your Gut, Network, and Watch Your Competitors Go With Your Gut If you're starting something new, but sometimes you have that gut feeling you may need to pivot. Go with that gut feeling, sooner than later. Otherwise, you will be hurting yourself while working on something that isn't profitable. Sometimes you have to pivot to open that market. If it's software and you have this new bar soap, it's all about user testing in the beginning, if you develop something and you're not testing, then suddenly go to market, you should do beta testing. Network Whether its a conversation with someone in the same industry, you can pick so much up from that one conversation. Thrive also h

Venture Hunt, where startups can easily go online and submit their idea to get up to 50k and an app studio or if you’re an established startup you can get up to a 250k investment just by submitting your information on their website. The plan for Venture Hunt is to foster connections with amazing venture capitalists, angels, and young entrepreneurs who have ideas. #Timestamp 01:00- Iced Coffee, Sweet, Cold, and Caffeinated 01:30- Introduction 04:20- Where Does His Passion Come From 05:45- Struggles With VentureHunt and Getting The Prize Money 07:30- Grassroots and Hard Working Marketing Ideas 09:35- Biggest Failure 14:10- Habits As a Young Entrepreneur 15:45- Work/Life Balance 16:10- Resources That Daniel Uses EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! 20:00- Never Give Up, Seek Help, You’re Going To Fail Never Give Up / Keep Grinding You have to put the work in. A few press pieces won’t work. You have to growth hack. Seek Help / Be Humble Even if your startup is going great, don’t think you’re the best. Someone is better than you,

Aspiration lifestyle media platform for global influencers of the millennial generation focusing on entrepreneurship and social impact. #Timestamp 00:40- Watermelon and/or oranges 02:00- Introduction 05:30- Business, Marketing, and Management Major…oh and Brit is an actress as well 08:45- How Many Hats Do You Wear? 10:15- Biggest Failure 11:40- How Difficult is it to Maintain Your Vision as a Solopreneuer 13:25- Efficiency Regardless of Her Busy Schedule 14:45- Start of Your Day 15:45- Duplicating Yourself 18:45- Thoughts on Millennials 20:00- Tech Hacks or Lack There Of 24:00- Theme In Her Interviews From Millennial 25:00- Know Why You’re In It, Find Out What You’re Good At, and Everything Takes Time 20:00- Tech Hacks or Lack There Of “There is a different between wanting to become an entrepreneur and being an entrepreneur” Know Why You’re In It Are you in it for the money, fame, power, passion, or heart? What are you doing to make the world better? Find Out What You’re Good At Once you find out what you’re

Hatch House Ventures is a growing network of university affiliated startup incubators, providing services as well as software. #Timestamp 00:45- Pending If Steve Is Emotional Eating…Pizza. If Not, Steve Likes to Cook 02:30- Introduction 14:30- When Was The Ah-Ha Moment 18:30- Biggest Failure 20:00- Habits That Steve Learned From His Travels 24:15- Resources To Get In The Right Mindset 25:40- Don’t Settle and Validate Your Assumptions Without Emotions 28:30- How Far Can You Take Passion Don’t Settle Steve went off what he considers the deep end, but it worked for him. By traveling for over 8 months across the world, it allowed Steve to find himself. During his travels, Steve cut off everything off, and he means everything. The lease on his apartment, the selling of all of his belongings, his girlfriend at the time, and we are sure much more was let go. Steve’s goal in traveling was the thought of being “35,45,55 and not being fulfilled. Pursue your passion and you will find ways to get revenue.” Says Steve. Va