Life unfolds in unexpected ways. Eliot Peper has been a frequent guest, and at times, even a co-host of the show. We've followed his story since his first novel came out. First Novel Interview - Jun 18, 2014 Second Novel Interview - Dec 3, 2

#37 Jonathan Siegel on The San Francisco Fallacy

May 9th, 2017 8m 47s

One of my mentors has just written a book on entrepreneurship... and it happens to be a damn good one too. Listen to this podcast for just a snippet of his wisdom and buy his new book: The San Francisco Fallacy to learn more from this really am

#36 Adam Cheyer On Founding Siri, Viv, and The Future of AI

Dec 20th, 2016 45m 27s

This week, Adam Cheyer talks to us about co-founding Siri and the future of AI. Yes, that Siri. ;) Adam's background is fascinating. He didn't even start to try to be an entrepreneur until his 40's. In a world full of bright-eyed 20-something e

#35 David S Rose's 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business

Aug 4th, 2016 28m 23s

How do you start a company? Most people think they know, but they get it all wrong. David S Rose has been an entrepreneur and investor for decades. He's seen it from both sides many times and lives to tell the tale. In his first interview with

#34 Ego Is the Enemy of Entrepreneurship with Ryan Holiday

Jun 3rd, 2016 29m 57s

Ryan Holiday discusses his new book, Ego Is The Enemy.

#33 Entrepreneurship in Just 10% Of Your Time With Patrick McGinnis

Apr 25th, 2016 27m 42s

Patrick McGinnis has a new book out called The 10% Entrepreneur. It's a novelidea that has the same roots as Nassim Taleb's barbell investingapproach. Nassim Taleb suggests putting 10% of yourassets in high-risk high-reward assets that could

#32 How to Create Wealth Through Startups with Josh Maher

Oct 6th, 2015 33m 49s

Josh Maher is a Seattle-based author and angel investor who is written a book recently called “Startup Wealth: How the Best Angel Investors Make Money In Startups” about how to create personal wealth by investing through startups. He’s intervie

#31 The Uncommon Stock Trilogy Revealed with Eliot Peper

Jul 30th, 2015 20m 30s

Today we talk to startup thriller author Eliot Peper about his new book finishing the Uncommon Stock trilogy.

#30 How to Motivate Your Employees With Kevin Kruse

Jul 8th, 2015 35m 53s

What does it take to motivate your employees without necessarily changing compensation structures?Kevin Kruse has turned this into a science in his book "We: How to Increase Performance and Profits through Full Engagement" where he talks about

#29 Andrew Medal's 21 Tips For First-Time Entrepreneurs

Jun 18th, 2015 32m 35s

These 21 heard-earned lessons Andrew has learned along the way to becoming a successful entrepreneur.

#28 Don’t Believe Everything You Think

Jun 15th, 2015 5m 27s

This week I am excerpting a chapter from The Craftsman Founder Manifesto.There is a siren’s song inside all founders that can lead you into the rocky cliffs of depression. It’s an inner voice that frequently says mean and terrible things. It’s

#27 How To Cope With Startup Envy

Jun 15th, 2015 6m 41s

Fortunes come and go. Building startups is a long game. It is not long on money. You might win money in one startup, then invest it all and lose it the next startup. Startups are long on character. This is the dirty little secret nobody tells y

#26 Michelle Miller On How To Get a Book Deal

Jun 12th, 2015 17m 36s

The Underwriting: Get Rich, Get Laid, Get Even is Michelle Miller's new book. It is described as The Social Network meets The Wolf of Wall Street, as it takes you behind closed doors into a post-recession world of sex scandals, power plays, and

#25 Josh Turner, How to Leverage LinkedIn for Startups

May 28th, 2015 23m 5s

Josh Turner (author of the new book Connect: The Secret LinkedIn Playbook To Generate Leads, Build Relationships, And Dramatically Increase Your Sales) teaches us how to leverage LinkedIn for startups and side projects this week on the podcast.

#24 Writing The Martian and The Egg with Andy Weir

May 27th, 2015 28m 59s

Andy Weir, bestselling author of The Martian and The Egg talks with us this week about how he writes, how he comes up with ideas, and what inspires him.Andy’s story personally inspires me because I am trying to finish my first novel right now

#23 Mike Belsito, Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us: How to Raise $1 Million for Your Startup - Even Outside of Silicon Valley

May 13th, 2015 43m 43s

Mike Belsito wrote a new book called Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us. Here's the description:You have aspirations for creating a startup company that will change the world, but need startup capital in order to make that happen. Where d

#22 How to Remember a Phone Number Really Easily

Apr 14th, 2015 23m 24s

There has been a surprising amount of progress in the area of memory tools in the last 10 years. Memorization techniques aren't nearly as archane and complicated as they used to be.This week I will be teaching you how to memorize any phone num

#21 Lucas Carlson, Free Audiobook Chapter of Finding Success in Failure

Mar 30th, 2015 21m 15s

Finding Success in Failure has been a personal journey of a book, and I am proud to be producing it as an audiobook. Today's podcast gives you a free sample from the audiobook which will be available on Amazon, Audible and Apple.In every fiel

#20 Dr Sean Wise, Know When to Quit Your Day Job

Mar 23rd, 2015 34m 16s

Dr Sean Wise, author of the new book Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job, professor of entrepreneurship and innovation for the Ryerson University Entrepreneurship Program, producer of the Canadian entrepreneurship show The Nak

#19 David S. Rose: The Man, The Legend, and Original Inventor of the iWatch

Jan 12th, 2015 1h 1m

When I read the following words, I nearly peed my pants.I’ve been an entrepreneur for, oh, half a century or so, and I’m still making most of these mistakes! (And yeah, these are mistakes…his list is bang on target). When I grow up I wanna be

#18 Tim Porter, Deep Strategy for M&A and Venture Capital

Dec 8th, 2014 50m 57s

Entrepreneurs are perpetually interested in M&A and Venture Capital topics, but often have little direct experience themselves. The math behind this is pretty obvious: if an entrepreneur starts 3 or 4 startups in his career, there are only so m

#17 Eliot Peper, New Startup Thriller: Uncommon Stock 2 Power Play

Dec 3rd, 2014 31m 26s

Eliot Peper is pioneering the idea of startup fiction and has just released his second novel in the Uncommon Stock series. This week we get an exclusive behind-the-scenes view into the life of this author and his inspirations and motivations.

#16 Espree Devora, Managing Your Fears of Asking for Money

Nov 14th, 2014 50m 13s

Espree is very honest about her fears of asking for money in this show and we discuss ways to manage and conquer that fear.In the pre-show, Lucas and Eliot discuss Tony Robbins and wonder if he has any fears before his big talks. Tony Robbins

#15 Espree Devora, Outsourcing for Entrepreneurs

Nov 14th, 2014 57m 9s

This week’s interview is with Espree Devora. She is doing amazing work in LA helping startups get off the ground and we talk about one of her specialties: outsourcing.It is also a landmark episode, because it is the first show with co-host Eli

#14 Ryan Orbuch, A Teenage Startup Prodigy

Nov 11th, 2014 36m 10s

Ryan Orbuch’s not your ordinary teenage kid. Ryan built Finish, an iPhone app used over a million times. It is known as "the to-do list for procrastinators” and was featured #1 in productivity in the app store. After he received an Apple Desig