6) How to Develop Partnerships | Brian Clark
05/25/16 • 42 min
This interview was originally published on February 11, 2015, as HTE 059: Partnerships and the Creativity of Limitations | Brian Clark
This conversation revolved around three essential elements of entrepreneurship: creativity, partnerships, and becoming the CEO of your company (even if you are a one person company).
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When I originally sat down to outline the idea for Hack The Entrepreneur, I immediately wrote out a short list of people that I wanted to interview. I used this list as one of my metrics for success and I am happy to say that today’s guest is number two on that list.
To me, the idea that one person could start a blog, not sell anything for 18 months, and turn that blog into an 8-figure media company is endlessly fascinating.
He is a former lawyer, serial entrepreneur, writer, and creator.
In January of 2006, my guest started a one-man blog called Copyblogger. Copyblogger is now an 8-figure per year media company called Copyblogger Media, of which he is the founder and CEO.
He has ranked among the top in the world for social media and content marketing. He's been featured in countless books about business and media, and he has graced many stages. N
ow, let’s hack...
Brian Clark.
What you will learn in this episode:- Brian’s unique vision of productivity and why it works
- How to be wrong and adapting in real time
- How focusing on your one important task each day can enable you to get more done
- Allowing your mindset to accept the fact that you can do anything
- How Copyblogger Media was created in a mere three hours
This interview was originally published on February 11, 2015, as HTE 059: Partnerships and the Creativity of Limitations | Brian Clark
This conversation revolved around three essential elements of entrepreneurship: creativity, partnerships, and becoming the CEO of your company (even if you are a one person company).
---
When I originally sat down to outline the idea for Hack The Entrepreneur, I immediately wrote out a short list of people that I wanted to interview. I used this list as one of my metrics for success and I am happy to say that today’s guest is number two on that list.
To me, the idea that one person could start a blog, not sell anything for 18 months, and turn that blog into an 8-figure media company is endlessly fascinating.
He is a former lawyer, serial entrepreneur, writer, and creator.
In January of 2006, my guest started a one-man blog called Copyblogger. Copyblogger is now an 8-figure per year media company called Copyblogger Media, of which he is the founder and CEO.
He has ranked among the top in the world for social media and content marketing. He's been featured in countless books about business and media, and he has graced many stages. N
ow, let’s hack...
Brian Clark.
What you will learn in this episode:- Brian’s unique vision of productivity and why it works
- How to be wrong and adapting in real time
- How focusing on your one important task each day can enable you to get more done
- Allowing your mindset to accept the fact that you can do anything
- How Copyblogger Media was created in a mere three hours
Previous Episode
5) Refusing to Scale | Sunni Brown
This interview was originally published on February 09, 2015, as HTE 058: Refusing to Scale (and Being Kind to Others)
During this conversation, you will begin to understand entrepreneurship as a creative venture. Sunni Brown is smart, funny, and her energy is contagious.
This all makes for an insightful and exciting conversation that moves from the Pet Rock, to calculus, and onto Sunni’s refusal to scale her business — and what you can learn from her decision.
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Today’s guest is an amazing entrepreneur, artist, and awesome human. She is the founder of SB Ink, a creative consultancy and an agent of social change.
She is the author and leader of a global campaign for visual literacy called The Doodle Revolution.
My guest has worked with companies like Disney, Sharpie, Zappos and SXSW. Using common sense, experience, and neuroscience, she is proving that to doodle is to ignite your whole mind—and she aims to teach the world how to master “strategic doodling” in her latest book, The Doodle Revolution.
This was a brilliant and hilarious conversation and I am so glad to share it with you.
Now, let’s hack...
Sunni Brown.
What you will learn in this episode:- Why you should allow yourself to come up with goofy ideas
- Entrepreneurism does not have to be risky
- Sunni Brown could have never been the inventor of the Pet Rock
- Why Sunni is terrible at calculus and how this makes her awesome
Next Episode
7) Is This Startup Worth My Life? | Dan Martell
This interview was originally published on October 23, 2014, as HTE 019: Is This Startup Worth My Life? | Dan Martell
During this conversation, I ask Dan Martell what the criteria is for knowing whether or not your idea needs VC funding — his response leaves me speechless, but clarifies the murky waters.
As a Canadian entrepreneur, Dan has taken two businesses from idea to exit and he shares with us what he has learned.
— Today’s guest has been an entrepreneur most of his life – having started at 18 – and failing twice – before finally figuring it out.
Now he is an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Clarity, a venture-backed startup that makes it easy to connect with top business minds over the phone.
He previously co-founded Flowtown, a San Francisco-based social marketing product which raised funding, grew to over 50,000 small business customers and was eventually acquired in 2011.
A year later he was named Canada’s top angel investor having completed over 33 investments in companies like Udemy, Intercom, and Unbounce.
Now, let’s hack...
Dan Martell.
What you will learn in this episode:- How and why people overvalue funding for their startups
- Finding your magic zone to make the world a better place
- Specifically, when your company is ready for venture funding
- Making people and relationships your number one asset
If you like this episode you’ll love
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