In today's episode I'm talking to Henry Belcaster (@HenryBelcaster on Twitter) who works behind the scenes with an impressive list of A-list entrepreneurs: He's working with: 1) the "All In Podcast" besties (Jason Calcanis, Chamath, David Sachs, Friedberg.. you know them), 2) Naval Ravikant, 3) Sam Parr and Shaan Puri from the My First Million Podcast, 4) Hassan Minaj... and a bunch of other cool clients! If you want to work with your dream mentors while growing your own business at the...

In today's episode I talk to Nejc (@heynejc on Twitter) who's currently working behind the scenes with Dave Nemetz the founder of  Bleacher Report  (a media company that sold for $175M in 2012). Nejc is Dave's right hand man when it comes to producing and growing his personal brand -and we'll go into detail about what that means exactly. SHOW NOTES:  03:32 How Nejc's desire to work in the US started 07:05 The exact strategy Nejc used to get in touch with Nir Eyal (best selling author of...

In this episode I talk to Chris Hladczuk (@chrishlad on Twitter) who popped on my radar last year when he became Shaan Puri's apprentice. Shaan is the founder of Bebo (acquired by Twitch for $25,000,000 in 2019). Chris was still a senior at Yale when he landed the job and throughout his apprenticeship he worked with Shaan to research and ghostwrite twitter threads and newsletters to grow Shaan's audience. In the process he also grew his own Twitter following from 0 to 56,000 followers. Here...

Tam Pham is pretty much the perfect guest for this podcast.. He dropped out of college and instead of pursuing a traditional path he decided that he wanted to go learn business from the entrepreneurs he looked up to. He's apprenticed under 3 world class entrepreneurs that you might have heard of: 1) Sam Parr founder of the Hustle 2) Andrew Warner who's the host and founder of Mixergy 3) Jason Gaignard who's a master networker, event organizer, and best selling author (I first heard of him...

In this episode I talk to David Draey who's the head of sales a Consulting.com a $30M/year educational business helping experts start and scale their business. David joined consulting.com in 2018 and he's since become so valuable to the business that he was made a co-owner. Here are a couple of things you might enjoy from this episode: 1) How David ended up in sales and why it might be a good fit for you. 2) How to be become so good at your job that you work yourself into becoming a...

Gabe Saldarriaga is the Chief Revenue Officer and Director of Media & Marketing for the Dan Lok organization. He's been a key asset behind the growth of Dan Lok's business and social media presence over the last 4 years.  He helped grow the business to 8 figures in revenue, and he's largely responsible for growing Dan Lok's YouTube channel from a couple thousand subscribers to over 3 Million subscribers!!

Tom Boyd has a fascinating background working in the music industry. He was Asher Roth's collaborative partner and he played a key role in his rise to fame. In the process he worked with big names like Pharrell Williams, Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun to name just a few. Today Tom is the head of content production at Jimmy Buffett's billion dollar brand Margaritaville and on the side he's creating his own content to help creators unlock their creative power, tell better stories and build...

Anton started his career in social media working with Logan Paul's team and then went on to start his own social media agency working with clients like Dr. Joe Dispenza in the spiritual space helping them reach millions of people on social media. As he's scaled his agency, he's also been able to spend more time on his second passion which is teaching people how to use breath work to overcome trauma. 03:46​ How Anton was making $2k/month while he was still in high school 08:15​ Anton...

Usually I'm in the interviewer seat, but for this episode of Backstage Careers my good friend Tom Boyd is taking over to ask me a couple questions about working behind the scenes with Tom Bilyeu and Noah Kagan.I got a job as Tom Bilyeu's social media...

In today's episode I talk to Brad Denham who went from bailing hay in Indiana to working with Jay Shetty and Logan Paul to produce their podcast.SHOW NOTES:01:25 Brad’s background and story 03:27 Helping Gary Vaynerchuk set up his podcast studio6:12 How...

In today's episode I talk to Nick Fisher who was employee #1 at Consulting.com -one of the most successful courses for entrepreneurs online with over 20,000 active students. Before that he was the marketing director at  Clever Investor  which he helped...

In today's episode I talk to Drew Birnie whose the content manager, book marketer and research assistant for Mark Manson, the best selling author of The Subtle Art of not giving a f**k. Together they've sold over 11 Million Books!SHOW NOTES:0:00 How...

Josh Ordonez is a social media marketer who worked behind the scenes with people like Gary Vaynerchuk & Lonzo Ball while he was still in college. Today he runs his own social media marketing agency.SHOW NOTES:01:45 How Josh's social media marketing...

In this episode of Backstage Careers I talk to Richard Reis, whose the founder of a fast growing website called MostRecommendedBooks.comHe's also one of the most connected people I know: He's good friends with Jamie Foxx, regularly plays soccer with...

In today's episode I talk to Amanda McCreight who's the Creative Director for Jesse Itzler and his brands. She's also worked with Yes Theory on a clothing collaboration that dropped at the end of last year.Amanda and I talk about: How she got introduced...

In today's episode I talk to David Kelly who's the General Manage of AppSumo Originals -which is kind of AppSumo's version of a Google X division. He basically gets paid to start companies!In today's episode you'll hear: How David's first job was...

Jason Sanderson is the producer behind podcasts such as The Naval Podcast, The Jordan Harbinger Show, Noah Kagan Presents to name just a few.In this conversation we talk about:*How he started his career as a "tea boy" for a punk rock music studio*The...

In episode #3 of backstage careers I talk to my good friend Gerald Xavier who worked as Tom Bilyeu's copywriter.Bookmarks:1:52 How Gerald Got His Foot in the Door at Impact Theory with a Tweet to Tom Bilyeu13:15 Why Gerald worked for free for 6...

In this episode of Backstage Career I talk to David Kim who’s the junior art director at Impact Theory. He works directly with co-founder and CEO Tom Bilyeu to create intellectual property (stories, characters, worlds) that will eventually be turned...

Tony is a self-taught video editor who's currently the producer behind Thomas Frank's YouTube channel -one of the biggest YouTubers in the productivity niche.Here are 3 big things you'll enjoy from this conversation:1) The "stairstep strategy" you can...