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Stacking the Bricks: Creators and Entrepreneurs You Can Relate To

No fluff. No bullshit. Just relatable straight-talk from creators and entrepreneurs you can relate to, and learn from. One lesson at a time, and one brick at a time!Each episode of this show explores the intersections of business, psychology, audience building, and more.

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Stacking the Bricks: Creators and Entrepreneurs You Can Relate To
EP1 - How Pat Maddox went from 0 subscribers to over $3k MRR in 10 days from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.777608

30x500 Alumni Pat Maddox joins Alex Hillman. They talk about how Pat used the 30x500 process of Sales Safari and dropping ebombs.

Then Pat shares how he ruthlessly followed just three ste...

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EP2 - Scott Hurff's first product launch was "wrong", but $50k later he knows it didn't matter. from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.767340

30x500 Alumni Scott Hurff joins Alex Hillman. They talk about how Scott's approach to building products has changed, and what he's learned from both of his launches.

By his own measures, ...

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EP4 - Shipping is a skill from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.762558

Are you a procrastinator?

Don't feel bad about it - DO something about it.

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EP10 - Why do people worship the struggle of entrepreneurship? And how to avoid it. from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.692207

Newsflash: Lean Startup and Customer Development are inherently broken.

If you ask me, the whole process is functionally bankrupt. Why? Let me answer your question with a...

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EP11 - "I just need someone to hold me accountable." from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.689642

"I just need someone to hold me accountable."
"If only there was a community where I could get advice…"
"Let me tell you my plan…"

Have these phr...

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EP12 - "I'm shipping ebombs, now what?" - From Pain to Product with Nick Piegari from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.683241

Click here to watch the video of the ebomb that you hear in the intro of this episode -> https://unicornfree.com/2015/so-youve-got-some-safari-and-ebombs-now-what-pain-to-product-coaching-par...

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EP13 - Justin Weiss's shift from side projects to successful product launches from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.680088

"The idea that, oh well, I shouldn't charge money for this because… some reason.

Justin spent years noodling on side projects. He made every excus...

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EP16 - How do you design products people love? from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.673622

Scott Hurff - who you met back in Episode 2 of t...

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EP23 - "Everything will get easier if..." (Part 1 of a series) from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.650856

2015 was the best ever for Amy's SaaS business Freckle, with $625k of gross receipts, and so far we’re on track to hit close to $800k annual run rate (ARR) before this year is out. Those are som...

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EP24 - Teamwork is harder than you think (Part 2 of a series) from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.647791

In this episode we talk about the second of five things I wish I’d known when I started Freckle, things t...

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EP26 - Don't wait 18 months from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.641498

Donovan picked up JFS in December. Read it over Christmas. By the end of February, he'd grown his mailing list to 1,500 people. He created a landing page and JFS'd an email course on CSS animati...

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EP33 - Agency Talk on The Iowa Idea from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.590610

Over the last few weeks, I've been visiting podcasts all across the internet, talking with entrepreneurs and creative people just like you to talk about some of their  favorites tidbits f...

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EP37 - The stuff they don't teach you in school, with Mayur and Shahzada from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.575998

Over the last few weeks, I have been visiting podcasts all across the internet, talking with entrepreneurs and creative people, just like you.

And this time, I took a virtual trip to India...

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EP38 - Don't Pee in the Pool with Nilofer Merchant from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.573167

This week we're taking a break from the Tiny MBA podcast tour to bring you a very special conversation with a very special guest: Listen

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EP42 - What is Sales Safari? with Eteinne Garbugli from 2022-04-22T02:46:04.560036

This week I'm talking customer research with Eteinne Garbugli. Eteinne is the author of a book called Lean B2B, and after learning that his book included ou...

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EP44 - What's Coming Next from 2020-11-19T17:54:58

We're going on a quick break, but this episode includes a sneak peek at what's coming up next. 

Thanks for a great season, and for all of the positive comments. If you love the show, consi...

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EP43 - Jonathan Stark has Questions About Self Publishing from 2020-11-12T13:00

I recently joined friend Jonathan Stark on his podcast "Ditching Hourly" where he typically talk...

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EP41 - Questioning Our Assumptions with David Dylan Thomas from 2020-10-29T12:00

This week I'm stopping by The Cognitive Bias Podcast with David Dylan Thomas to riff on a topic we're ...

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EP40 - Worst Boss, Best Boss with Lauren Williams from 2020-10-22T13:34:17

This week I've got a quick brick for you today, on the topic of bosses.

One of the things I don't think we talk about enough is how the bosses we've had inform the bosses we become, and th...

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EP39 - Grow your Audience with Kevin Chemidlin from 2020-10-15T12:00

This week The Tiny MBA podcast tour comes with a twist! Isn't there always a twist? Is it still a twist if you know a twist is coming? I guess M Night Shyamalan wo...

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EP36 - Building Trust at Scale with Will Toms and REC Philly from 2020-09-24T11:28:53

Over the last few weeks, I have been visiting podcasts all across the internet, talking with entrepreneurs and creative people, just like you.

And this time, I paid a visit to Listen

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EP35 - Debugging Humans with Michele Hansen and Colleen Schnettler from 2020-09-17T11:00:05

Over the last few weeks, I have been visiting podcasts all across the internet, talking with entrepreneurs and creative people, just like you.

We'll not necessarily JUST like you, because ...

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EP34 - "Is this really gonna help people?" with Tony Lopes from 2020-09-11T12:00:03

Over the last few episodes, I've been visiting podcasts all across the internet, talking with entrepreneurs and creative people just like you to talk about some of their  favorites tidbit...

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EP32 - An (Overly) Honest Review of The Tiny MBA with Brendan Hufford from 2020-08-27T17:28:24

Over the last few weeks, I've been visiting podcasts all across the internet, talking with entrepreneurs and creative people just like you to talk about some of their  favorites tidbits f...

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EP31 - The Zen Koans of Business with Chariot Solutions from 2020-08-19T13:38:25

Over the last few weeks, I've been visiting podcasts all across the internet, talking with entrepreneurs and creative people just like you to talk about some of their favorites tidbits fr...

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EP30 - Sales for Founders&The Tiny MBA from 2020-08-14T17:52

Hope you're safe, hope you're well, hope your loved ones are well, hope you're finding ways to stay sane and of course, finding ways to keep stacking the bricks to build your own product busines...

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EP29 - What are you optimizing for? from 2017-09-13T04:05

Nathan Johnson left a corporate gig to bootstrap an affiliate business to 100,000 users. But to get it any bigger - and profitable - he would have to give up the very thing he left his corporate...

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EP28 - Double your Conversion Rate with Brennan Dunn from 2017-08-30T04:01

I've been wanting to do an episode with Brennan Dunn for a LONG time. He's one of our most successful students, having built an empire of resources and products for freelancers at doubleyourfree...

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EP27 - You can ship. But will anybody buy? from 2017-08-16T17:18

Dave Ceddia knew how to ship, but none of his projects had ever made a sale.

Today, $15,000 in sales of his book "Pure React" later, he knows how to create new, bigger products ...

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EP25 - Features, or marketing? (Part 3 of a series) from 2016-07-15T12:27

Here is the double-edged sword of the software business:

  • All the “features” in the world will not matter if you don’t have the customer pipeline.
  • It is better to lose many ...

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EP22 - How to make an offer they can't refuse (Outreach Masterclass with Kai Davis) from 2016-06-10T12:00

When Kai Davis sends you an email, there's a good chance he's asking for something. Amazingly...he does it without looking like a total jerkface. Is he some sort of wizard of persuasion? No, no...

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EP21 - The most dangerous room in the house from 2016-03-25T12:00

Let us show you how most of the "risk" in starting a business isn't really risk at all.

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EP20 - Swift Kick in the Ass (Accountability) from 2016-03-18T19:14

Got 5 minutes? Then let Amy give you a swift kick in the ass.

Learn why "accountability" doesn't work the way you think it does, and how to change your mindset to get more done....

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EP19 - A Swift Kick in the Ass (The Game of Business) from 2016-03-11T11:00

Got 5 minutes? Then let Amy give you a swift kick in the ass.

Listen to this quick, bite-sized episode of Stacking the Bricks to learn why busi...

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EP18 - Our Profitable Mess (and how we're cleaning it up) from 2016-02-21T06:00

Last year was dedicated to renovating 30x500, and it's already paying off for our students and for us. Yayyyyy!

But if we're honest...some of the most crucial parts of our business are a ...

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EP17 - Kids Incorporated from 2016-02-12T05:00

Amy has talked about starting Freckle. Alex has talked about starting Indy Hall. But NEITHER of these were our first brushes with business.

To get our true origin stories, you'd need to s...

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EP15 - Why "Lambo Goals" never keep you motivated from 2016-01-29T17:48

Hey brick stackers, Amy here.

Last time we talked about resolutions (which are easy). Now let's talk about motivation (which is hard).

Realtalk: How many times hav...

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EP14 - What are your New Years Pants? from 2016-01-26T17:46

Why are we talking about Amy's pants on a business show? There's a connection, we promise. You know this is gonna be good.

Stacking the Bricks is back for 2016!

Special ...

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EP9 - How to clear a path for product success from 2015-02-26T20:38

Jim Gay is a busy dad. A REALLY busy dad, with 4 kids.

He really wanted a product business so he could spend more time with his family instead of working endless stressful hours to pay th...

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EP8 - From pain to product Masterclass with Amanda Thomas from 2015-02-23T05:01

Amanda has learned the hard way that publishing beautiful books on the Kindle and other e-readers is a pain in the ass.

In this hour long masterclass, Amy and I help Amanda through her fi...

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EP7 - Part two of "The Life-changing Magic of Shipping" from 2015-02-18T04:38

Want a different result than you've been getting? Then you need a different approach.

Enjoy part two of our 2-part conversation to learn the revolutionary approach that Japanese organizin...

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EP6 - "The Life-changing Magic of Shipping" from 2015-02-17T04:30

Right now I'm reading a book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Japanese organ...

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EP5 - The evil voicemail effect from 2015-02-15T17:50

Earlier this week, Alex and I were stuck. Hard. I was crazy unhappy with the lessons I'd been trying to design. What I was doing… wasn't working.

Why was I stuck? What did we do to get un...

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EP3 - We didn't hit our 2014 goals. But... from 2015-01-13T03:13

We didn't hit our goals (which was mostly our fault).

We let deadlines slip, and probably let some people down.

Amy...

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