Startup Stories - Mixergy

Startup Stories - Mixergy

Author: Andrew Warner Language: English Episodes: 46
Behind every successful company is a founder with a story, and those stories are rarely simple or straightforward. Startup Stories-Mixergy digs into the complex reality of building a business, moving past polished success narratives to find the real decisions, failures, and pivotal moments that define a journey. Host Andrew Warner engages guests with a direct and curious interviewing style, asking the challenging questions that reveal how things actually happened. When you listen, you’ll hear entrepreneurs recount the specific struggles they faced in marketing, management, and company culture, providing practical lessons rather than abstract theory. This podcast operates on the belief that the most valuable education comes from honest, detailed case studies of what worked and what didn’t. It’s for anyone who wants to understand the human effort behind business headlines, offering insights across categories from technology and finance to societal impact. Each episode is a deep dive into the mechanics of growth, making this an essential resource for aspiring founders, seasoned executives, and simply the curious. The conversations are built on research and a genuine desire to unpack the truth, ensuring every story delivers substance you can apply to your own ambitions.
Episodes
#2277 My Body Tutor: Remote Coaching as a Service [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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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 DoneDaily, two remote c…
#2276 Close: The $50 Million / Year CRM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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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 calendaring, Steli Efti…
#2275 He’s doing SEO on ChatGPT [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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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 of Taco to talk about…
#2274 1440: $20+mil / year newsletter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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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 million subscribers an…
#1524 When does a startup founder need a COO? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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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 always thought of the g…
#1453 The future of chat (and interacting with your customers) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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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 looking around for s…
#1001 The 1,000 interview celebration [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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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 doing interviews with e…