BizNinja Entrepreneur Radio

Have you ever wondered why two businesses that look pretty similar on paper often experience different success? Dan Paulson is a corporate change leader and explores the difference between these companies in his book Apples to Apples. Download your free copy at applesbook.com

Stephen Key was on BizNinja radio back in May of 2011. He was one of the mentors that helped my other guest, Tim Ferris, create The Four Hour Workweek. Stephen has made a great living by licensing his inventions to big companies and collecting royalties. Want to be an inventor and make money without worrying about patents and crazy legal hoops. Stephen has 10 steps to licensing your invention in his book One Simple Idea. Learn more at www.stephenkeymedia.com and www.inventright.com #BizNinja

Charles Byrd used to be really great employee in the Silicon Valley, and then he discovered that he had a talent for helping others become significantly more productive. Managing the non renewable asset of time is every entrepreneurs greatest challenge and Charles has a system that can help. Learn more about his magic skills at www.byrdword.com

Shayna Rattler helps podcasters, entrepreneurs, bloggers and other influencers get corporate sponsors. My favorite takeaway from Shayna was that if you have the right reach your sponsors should cover your expenses so that you start each month in the black. Now that's how you do business BizNinja style!

Gary Brackett knows how to fight for what he wants. Two years after signing with the Indianapolis Colts as an Undrafted Free Agent he was starting and soon helped his team win The Superbowl. Now he's leading a new team to great heights at the Stacked Pickle restaurant chain he co-founded. Learn from Gary as he shares with Tyler Jorgenson how to win through legendary customer service and building a team. Hungry? http://stackedpickle.com Ready to be awesome? www.BizNinja.com

Jeff Rosenblum and Tyler Jorgenson take a dive into why some brands are building massive momentum while others are struggling more than ever. www.FrictionTheBook.com is about the current advertising revolution and how brands that are focusing on loyalty and evangelism are winning while brands that are stuck in the interruption age are dying. This was one of my favorite interviews to date and the book is beyond amazing. This is a MUST read for any entrepreneur, brand manager, marketer or executive who wants to stay relevant and focus on momentum. Be more awesome - www.BizNinja.com

Joel Erway discovered that he has an incredible talent to turn a mediocre sales presentation into the gold egg laying masterpieces. Join us as we talk about the importance of having a plan and understanding your market. Learn more about Joel - www.TheWebinarAgency.com Be more awesome - www.BizNinja.com

Melanie shares with us how being a professional skydiver helps her be a great life coach. Learn more rom Melanie at her website www.melaniecurtis.com

The founder of OriginatorSuccess.com talks with us about the illusion of work/life balance, entrepreneurship and how he helps loan officers around the country grow their business. Hammer is a master marketer and an awesome guy.

Mark Bangerter was a co-host on a few of my early BizNinja shows back when we were on NBC News. He and I have launched dozens of products, websites and businesses together. Now Mark works for ClickFunnels and at the time of this recording was the Head of Customer Education (he's since been promoted and has a really long title I can't remember). In this episode we discuss the Ultimate Sales Automation Blueprint. You can get yours here: https://chasemaverickmedia.com/blueprint

When Brooke Walker sold her last company she knew she wanted to build a build something unique. She now runs Lexington Nannies, a nanny and household staffing company based out of Santa Monica, CA.

How do you drive productivity in your business? Ellen shares her secrets for getting out of your own way.

Ellia is revitalizing old brands and products. Candies like Wacky Wafers™, Bonkers! Fruit Chews™, Astro Pop®,Tart n' Tinys® and Department stores such as Bullock’s Department Store™, May Company™ and Robinson’s™. What's the future of these brands?

Mr. Dholakia is the CEO of SendGrid, a company that helps entrepreneurs deliver email and helps you avoid getting spammed. We talk about culture, product/buyer fit and the importance of listening to your customers.

If you haven't seen the Goldilocks and the raw egg test on YouTube or Facebook, you've been living under a rock. Purple revolutionized the mattress industry and used viral video to reach their customers. Learn from their executive team as we discuss what it takes to disrupt a billion dollar industry. http://bit.ly/bizninjapurple

Mike Caldwell is the unconventional marketer we all need to learn from. From a helicopter medic who didn't love heights to buying an old logging mill and converting it to a remarkable event venue Mike has never been one to just go with the flow. Tune in and learn about how Mike approaches internet marketing while living off the grid.

Ray Karpuska has worked with some of the world's top marketers helping them tell their carefully crafted stories through videos and animation. A self taught graphics genius he has learned a lot about what makes a winning video different from one that just looks good. Listen in as Ray talks to us about Raynimation.com and the core similarities behind any good sales message.

Gabriella Ribeiro has created a business around helping people have amazing experiences. "The trip of a lifetime is possible even if you only have 48 hours." In this interview Ribeiro shares how her Father raised her to take risks and be bold. www.48hourpowerjaunt.com

Ever feel like the job you're in is slowly killing you? Amanda left her stable education job and started helping local businesses grow. Since then she's made a name for her self as a world class marketer. Check out her story on this episode of BizNinja Radio. #ClickFunnels #onefunnleaway #fnlhckr

Kevin Clayson has more energy than a birthday party full of kids on cake highs. In this episode he shares his enthusiasm and zest for life with listeners as we discuss entrepreneurship, business, writing a book and sales. Check out www.bizninja.com/radio for more Tyler Jorgenson interviews Kevin Clayson for BizNinja Radio

Welcome to BizNinja Radio! www.BizNinja.com/radio Anthony has launched several successful companies. Initially starting with eBay arbitrage and eventually selling a sound company his most recent projects are MyOatmeal.com and IIFYM.com

Tyler Jorgenson: Ladies and gentlemen I want to welcome everybody out to BizNinja Radio. We have a really cool guest today. We have James Lawrence the Iron Cowboy. James Lawrence: What's up? Tyler Jorgenson: James, so a lot of people, some people have heard about you because you've got a big following and some people haven't. James Lawrence: Most have not. Tyler Jorgenson: Not enough, I'll tell you what not enough people have heard of you. As I've gotten to know you a little bit recently when I mentioned it I say have you heard of the Iron Cowboy, people kind of look up and think and I'm like he did like fifty Iron man triathlons, and then everyone starts nodding like oh yeah I've heard of the guy. But even before you did that, I'm gonna ask you more about that in a second, you set some world records. What were some of those first big things that you did that kinda of started getting you publicity. James Lawrence: Can we hang on let me tell them what I'm doing then and then we can edit this out. Tyler Jorgenson: Okay. All right so what was the first thing that you did that got you some notoriety? James Lawrence: I think the first think I did was I did a four mile fun run and my wife told me I was pathetic and so that got me some notoriety and some laughs at Thanksgiving. Reality is that kind of kick started my journey and put me on a path that I would have never expected. In 2010 I broke a world record for the most half iron mans done in a single year and that was twenty two events in thirty weeks. Which was just for me personally it was just training grounds for what I really wanted to accomplish was thirty full official iron mans in one calendar year, and I did thirty events through eleven countries. I learned a lot about the sport, I learned a lot about myself, I learned a lot about the tri community. The great news is I accomplished that and it was awesome but it left me with incredibly empty feeling of I can do more I wanna push myself, I wanna learn, I wanna grow, I wanna challenge myself. That ultimately led me to the fifty, the iron mans fifty days fifty states campaign and that happened in 2015. Tyler Jorgenson: Not necessarily a natural born you know freak of nature athlete your wife as you come out in a fun run and your second wind it didn't impress her. James Lawrence: To say the least. Tyler Jorgenson: Yeah, so in order to keep her impressed or get her happy again and impressed by James, you know what I'm gonna start doing triathlons. James Lawrence: It was interesting, what she did was she signed me up for a marathon and she said you know what your performance was so pathetic in the fur miler I'm gonna make you do a marathon, so she did that. It to was an awful experience but those are the experiences where we grow the most [crosstalk 00:02:58] and possibly look inward for answers and you know I like to say that I wasn't gonna allow that moment to define me or defeat me because it was humiliating at best and so I did I looked inward and I found the sport of triathlon. You could say I jumped in with two feet and just found it, a new passion that I never knew existed. Tyler Jorgenson: You start to, you go fun run, marathon and then when was your first triathlon? James Lawrence: It would have been in 2005. Tyler Jorgenson: Out of curiosity were you decent as a competitive triathlete or were you more, you know when you're doing fifty fifty fifty that was more not competitive speeds right you're going for more completing it at that point right? Did you get to where you're pretty decent in terms of finishing speed? James Lawrence: Yeah absolutely. I've been doing this sport for a decade, realized I had some natural talent when I came to cycling. I had to teach myself to swim and I got pretty good at running as well and you put the three together and it's triathlon. Tyler Jorgenson: Right. James Lawrence: I started to win races in my local area. I've gone to the half iron man world championships three times, I've completed in Kelona which is iron man world championships, I've won a few full iron distance triathlon events. I'm not the fasted on the block in every event but I love to mix it up I love to do that. Then I've kinda of, I enjoy the adventure now of it. I'm really really busy, I've got five kids and I do a lot of speaking and I do a lot of these adventure type races, so it just takes a certain sacrifice and commitment to be able to race at a high level for a really long time. I'm not willing to put in that work in order to do that, I'm more in the enjoyment phase of it. I did race for really competitively for a long time, it's just a different mental kind of grind, a different type of training, and I did that and I had a lot of success doing it and I really loved it. I loved the glory days of being fast, and I'm still fast, I'm still competitive in my age group and I still love to mix it up, I'm super competitive. But like we're gonna talk about it a little bit later I hope, but I'm doing so

Peter Shankman and Tyler Jorgenson talk about the many ways Peter has bucked the system and gone against the marketing norms to build his amazing reputation. Peter shares about how he used 'It Sank, Get Over It' T-Shirts to go all in and launch his first agency. Since then he's founded HARO and just published a new book Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain. Entrepreneurs, small business and big companies all have a lot to learn from Peter's never ending creativity.

Terry Sjodin knows how to get scrappy and grow her business. On this episode Tyler Jorgenson interviews Sjodin about her new book and they talk about small business and how you have to get creative to win.

Relaunching the BizNinja Radio Show with an interview of Neil Patel was the perfect start. We ended season 2 with a capstone interview with Timothy Ferriss. Neil Patel, the founder of KissMetrics and Hello Bar talks with Tyler Jorgenson about 'flipping your sales funnel' and the #hustlegeneration. Originally launched as BizNinja Radio Hour - Mastering The Art of Entrepreneurship Tyler Jorgenson brings back BizNinja to interview today's clever entrepreneurs, business leaders and marketing minds to uncover the trends and hidden hacks of creating a thriving business in today's economy.