The Influencer Economy is about the convergence of influence, online content, and media.
112: Court Coursey on Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur
Serial Entrepreneur Court Coursey, and I spoke during the week of the Milken Conference in Los Angeles. The Milken Conference is an event that brings around some the biggest name in corporate giving from around the world. Amazingly $20 Trillion dollars in wealth represented at the conference. Almost 1/4 of the world’s wealth was at the
How to Build a Brand That People Will Love with Author Dorie Clark
We all have ideas. Everyone of us has big ideas that we want to execute on. But the internet is a noisy place. There are billions of social media posts, YouTube videos, and blogs. In the new economy, it’s very difficult to get our ideas heard. If you truly want your ideas to standout,
Depression and Entrepreneurs with Brad Feld
Conquering Depression isn’t easy. Many entrepreneurs and startup founders struggle through bouts of depression. How common is the issue of depression in the world of entrepreneurs? Well, it’s more common than you think. Why? Because being a founder or entrepreneur is a lonely job. It’s also very intense, with highs and lows that are un-common to
Wired Magazine’s Co-Founder Kevin Kelly on Future Tech, Sharing Ideas, and The Inevitable
Kevin Kelly is a blogger, author, editor, student of technology and future systems, and self-proclaimed “packager of ideas”. He is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and has written for the New York Times, Economist, Science, Time, the Wall Street Journal, and other national and international publications. This week our guest Kevin Kelly on
Influencer Economy Book Launch: How to Launch, Share, and Thrive in the Digital Age
Influencer Economy Book Launch Announcement! I am excited to announce my book is available to order. Thanks so much for all the support. Here is a video from my Los Angeles Influencer Economy book Launch Party.
What I realized during the book writing and research process, and it’s something that I truly believe. In order to thrive
88: Seth Godin on Making a Ruckus, Being Bold & Knowing When to Quit
Seth Godin is a marketer, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. He’s one of my favorite public speakers and an inspiring figure in the marketing world. Early in his career, Seth was founder and CEO of Yoyodyne, an interactive direct marketing company. Yoyodyne eventually was acquired by Yahoo! in 1998. Seth then worked as VP Direct Marketing at Yahoo
87: Hrishikesh Hirway on Finding the Truth in Storytelling
Hrishikesh Hirway (@HrishiHirway) is a musician, story-teller, and podcast host who hosts Song Exploder (@songexploder). It’s a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, telling the story of how they were made. Hrishikesh has hosted inspiring and loved musicians such as U2, Björk, Postal Service and Spoon on his show. He is a podcast mastercraftsman. We talk
86: Hank Green on: The Vlogbrothers Story, Nerdfighting and Project For Awesome
Hank Green is one half the YouTube creators The Vlog Brothers, who he co-creates with his brother John Green. Hank is the entrepreneurial brother who has the leadership role on many of their co-ventures and has launched several of his own innovative charitable and education-based projects. But going back to 2006, when Hank and
85: Franchesca Ramsey on Going Viral on YouTube & Playing the Long Game with Your Life
Franchesca Ramsey went viral in 2012. Her video Stuff White Girls Say to Black Girls (I addd a euphemism with Stuff) took off like a rocket ship. She was an early adopter of YouTube and created regular videos, but that one video really took off like wildfire online and offline. Imagine if your video
84: Battling Depression and Fighting Through Anxiety as a Creative Person with Rand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin was depressed and anxious for around a year. He had trouble sleeping and got trapped in the loop of “regretting decisions from the past.” He felt sunk and felt that nothing useful was coming from his business, Moz. Meanwhile the company was a $20 Million revenue business at the time, and has grown