Startups With Stu
de Stuart Draper
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He Generated $15 Million in Revenue — Then Built His Own Business
He Generated $15 Million in Revenue — Then Built His Own Business
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Stu Draper, a serial entrepreneur, knows just how exhilarating it is to launch a startup to the moon. He is a 9-time Inc. 5000 honoree before age 40 with tens of millions generated in revenue from his startups and an angel investor in 8 businesses. He's also the co-author of the bestselling textbook Digital Marketing Essentials. Stu knows just what it takes to transform an innovative idea into a thriving business. Inspired by the creators of groundbreaking ventures, Startups With Stu is an illuminating podcast that dives into the trials and triumphs of startup founders and investors who have committed their lives to reaching financial freedom through entrepreneurship. Podcast guests will be seeking advice on how to overcome the obstacles they're facing. Expect motivating stories as Stu spotlights the hard-fought victories that reveal the inner workings of entrepreneurship. By demystifying the startup process, Startups With Stu aims to equip aspiring founders with the grit and know-how to transform visionary concepts into startup success.
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- He Generated $15 Million in Revenue — Then Built His Own Business · 52 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 79Sanjiv Lal generated about $15 million in revenue for a startup and walked away with a small slice of it. Not long after, he bought a failing genetic laboratory on a handshake…
- Forget Billion-Dollar Startups: This VC Backs Profitable Founders · 46 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 78A founder sat down to pitch a $75,000 investment and said there was just one little problem: a developer in Ukraine was holding her code base hostage. She told the investors…
- He Returned $1 Million to Investors — A Founder’s Unusual Story · 45 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 77Tim Klich raised $1 million from pickleball players before he'd built a single court. Then he gave every dollar back, because the project ran so late he felt bad keeping it. Tim…
- A Solopreneur's Perspective on Entrepreneurship - Tim Shea's story · 48 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 76Tim Shea's data analytics company has clients that include the NBA, UFC, Princess Cruise Lines, and Reddit. He started the company solo, scaled to five employees during Covid…
- He Lost Everything — Then Built a Global Education Company · 46 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 75Fadi Alshalabi had 48 hours to leave Syria. He left behind his wife, his six-year-old daughter, and his sick father. One week later, his wife told him she was pregnant with their…
- From Frat House to Wing Empire: The Matt Friedman Story · 40 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 74Matt Friedman had a commercial kitchen available every night after 6:30pm — the fraternity house kitchen. He installed a phone line, printed some flyers, went to Sam's Club for…
- The Buyer’s Perspective: How to Build a Business Worth Acquiring · 47 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 73A dentist Stu knew from church retired after decades of practice and just closed the doors. Didn't sell it. Didn't know he could. Just locked up and walked away from what could…
- Glowball and Life as a Youth Baseball Entrepreneur · 36 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 72Aaron Pridmore watched a kid rip his shirt off, climb the backstop to the song "Rodeo," and dance for the entire crowd at his first Banana Ball youth tournament. 75 teams had…
- The AI Startup Solving Mental Healthcare's Biggest Hidden Problem | Episode 70 · 42 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 71Ty Palmer built an app that plays a donkey sound when you're being an ass in an argument. It detects 48 emotions, analyzes tone of voice in real time, and even catches you being…
- From Cop to $17.6M Entrepreneur | Sam DiMeo’s Startup Journey | Episode 69 · 34 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 70Sam DeMaio taught himself construction from a $34.95 Home Depot book. He was working full-time as a correctional officer, then a police officer — and running a side hustle the…
- How a Twenty-Something Entrepreneur Landed 35% Equity | Episode 68 · 54 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 69When her business partner asked how he should pay her, AnnaMarie Davis said she didn't want an hourly rate. She wanted equity. She was a college student who had been working in…
- Mom of 5 Builds Million-Dollar Apparel Brands | Episode 67 · 42 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 68Chynna Hansen was taping boxes for a cross-state move when she turned to her husband and said she was starting a business. He asked if they could maybe just get moved first. She…
- Building a National Outdoor Brand from Scratch | Episode 66 · 54 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 67Scott Jensen liquidated his 401k, maxed out a HELOC, and spent six years burning through his corporate savings to build a backpacking company. He's in Costco, Scheels, Walmart…
- 25 Years in Fitness, 2 Big Exits, Zero Investors | Episode 65 · 48 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 66At 21, Todd Kuhn signed a $120,000-a-year lease. Everyone thought he was mad. Twenty years and two exits later, he's never taken a dollar from a bank or an investor. Todd Kuhn…
- Why High Performers Still Feel Empty | Episode 64 · 46 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 65Stu wired his whole career chasing recognition. He didn't know it until a live coaching session on camera revealed the exact lie running underneath everything. Dallin Harmon…
- Building More Than a Startup: Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be | Episode 63 · 50 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 64She showed up to a city she'd never been to, knew exactly one person, talked 30 restaurants into joining her event, went on live TV twice, and then coded a backup solution by…
- He Built a Self-Cleaning Toilet Seat… And Raised $1M | Episode 62 · 47 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 63Rob Polecki was an elected official in Idaho when he took his 4-year-old son into a dirty airport bathroom and couldn't find a single hands-free way to clean the toilet seat…
- They Almost Went Broke… Then Built a $31M Business | Episode 61 · 1 h 2 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 62The franchising consultant they paid $100,000 to get their paperwork done turned out to be embezzling money and having an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. The…
- She Did WHAT to Get a CEO’s Attention?! | Episode 60 · 50 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 61She sent an unscripted, badly lit, walking-outside selfie video to the CEO of Caterpillar — one of the largest companies on earth. Her client laughed at her. Told her it was…
- How Raleigh Williams Sold His Business for $26M | Episode 59 · 51 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 60He had a panic attack on the gym floor 30 days into his dream law firm job — and called his wife thinking he was having a heart attack. Turns out his body already knew what his…
