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#2278 How to build a $10M/year AI company.
Pavel Doležal built Keboola to $15 million per year.
How he did it:
1. Start with consulting, so clients tell you what they need
2. Build software that makes companies’ chaotic data accessible. NO ag…
Wed 03 Sep 2025
#2277 My Body Tutor: Remote Coaching as a Service
Ever wish someone would text you every day to make sure you stuck to your goals?
That’s exactly what Adam Gilbert built — first for fitness, now for business.
He’s the founder of My Body Tutor and Do…
Wed 09 Jul 2025
#2276 Close: The $50 Million / Year CRM
How is Close doing so well in the CRM space against such big competitors?
The answer: focus.
Instead of chasing enterprise clients or trying to build a CRM that does everything from web hosting to ca…
Wed 18 Jun 2025
#2275 He’s doing SEO on ChatGPT
Have you noticed how AI search results are now linking to websites?
Today’s guest runs an SEO agency that helps his clients’ sites show up in those chat responses.
I invited Chirag Kulkarni founder o…
Mon 12 May 2025
#2274 1440: $20+mil / year newsletter
After closing a company that failed, Tim Huelskamp decided to keep it simple. He launched an email newsletter that briefed smart people about the day’s top news.
Today his company, 1440, has over 4 m…
Tue 29 Apr 2025
#2273 What happened to our partnership?
Before I partnered with Jesse Pujji, we were buddy-buddy. Texting all the time. When we got started, we got excited about the world of possibilities for our company.
Now? Something is missing.
I aske…
Wed 05 Mar 2025
#2272 Aux: >$10mil advising private equity
When Kasey Grelle heard that private equity companies paid marketing agencies to evaluate companies they wanted to buy, she spotted a business opportunity. That realization became Aux Insights, the f…
Fri 21 Feb 2025
#2270 Zillow laid him off, so he started his own company
Zillow laid him off. So John Doherty launched Credo a digital agency matchmaking firm. Exactly 7 years later — to the day — he sold the company.
This is the story of how he built and sold Credo, and …
Fri 22 Nov 2024
#2269 How the “My First Million” Guy Made his Money
Shaan Puri was exceptional at doing the Silicon Valley thing.
Still, he says his newsletter was the fastest way he’s ever made money.
Within a year of its creation, The Milk Road grew to 250k readers…
Fri 15 Nov 2024
#2268 How is beehiiv making $15 mil per year?
They feel like the millionth company to offer email newsletter publishing. How are they growing so fast despite the competition?
Tyler Denk is a big reason. A former Morning Brew employee, he took th…
Fri 01 Nov 2024
#2267 This listener got a Mixergy guest to invest in her startup
Vlada Lotkina noticed something wrong at her daughter’s school.
So she built the solution and sold it for 8-figures.
It’s called ClassTag, and it’s a platform where teachers, parents and school admin…
Fri 20 Sep 2024
#2266 The $21M ARR Business That Sells Your Email Address
Adam Robinson struggled to compete with MailChimp.
So he built software that’s too dangerous for them to build.
Businesses that use Retention.com can instantly grab email addresses from anonymous web…
Fri 13 Sep 2024
#1559 Cameron Herold coaches me on hiring (so I don’t collapse at my desk)
Hiring has been a huge issue for me. And in a past interview with Cameron Herold, I brought it up because he’s the founder of the COO Alliance, the world’s leading network for the second in command.
…
Wed 14 Feb 2018
#1524 When does a startup founder need a COO?
A topic we don’t talk about on Mixergy is how to actually manage a company. I remember when I was in NYU as an undergrad I loved all my business classes, but management just didn’t feel like me.
I a…
Wed 22 Nov 2017
#1453 The future of chat (and interacting with your customers)
About a year ago I realized that no matter how much effort we’ve put into my email list, I could never double the response rate. We kept growing it, but people were not using email much.
So I started…
Fri 26 May 2017
#1417 How Sam Ovens is helping everyday people start their own consulting businesses
I’ll be honest with you. I felt guilt about an interview that I did years ago with today’s guest. This was back in, let me see here, 2013. I interviewed Sam Ovens about how he built up this consultin…
Fri 03 Mar 2017
#1050 How a former lawyer built a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills – with Jordan Harbinger
How does a former lawyer build a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills.
Jordan Harbinger is the co-founder of The Art of Charm, a company that teaches confidence and emotional intel…
Wed 13 Aug 2014
#1001 The 1,000 interview celebration
On August 4, 2008, I posted a video up on Mixergy where I looked up into the web cam on my computer and I said “I failed.” And I said that I was going to shut down my invitation business and start do…
Wed 09 Apr 2014
#990 Andrew’s process for overcoming entrepreneurial stagnation – with Samantha Alford
A few weeks ago, Andrew was interviewed about his inner doubt by Samantha Alford of WomeninBusinesspodcast.com.
I (Arie Saint) thought it was too good not to share with our audience, so I’m publishin…
Mon 10 Mar 2014
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