Nikonomics - The Economics of Small Business
Welcome to Nikonomics—the show for entrepreneurs and Wantrapreneurs, looking to make their first million. I bring firsthand experience, having bought and sold over a dozen businesses, achieved multiple 7-figure exits, and generated over $100 million in revenue. Each week, I blend humor with real insights from successful entrepreneurs, sharing growth strategies, deal insights, and unique business ideas you won’t find elsewhere. Ready to turn your entrepreneurial dreams into reality? Hit play and let’s get to work. Follow me on Twitter @CoFoundersNik or YouTube @NikonomicsPodcast.
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Minh Nguyen (@minhnxn). In this episode, we dive deep into the exciting world of AI and how it's revolutionizing the way we build businesses and gather information online.
Minh, coming straight from the heart of tech in the Bay Area, shares his practical experiences using various Large Lang...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Kevin Henderson (https://x.com/KHendersonCo).
Today, I sit down with Kevin, a founding partner of the SMB Law Group, which I believe is the fastest growing law firm in the country. Kevin is an established legal expert who handled M&A and securities compliance for a publicly traded, l...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Tyler Mumford (https://x.com/StumpGuyTy).
I’m thrilled to chat with Tyler Mumford, who heard me and Chris Koerner discussing the idea of launching a stump grinding business on a Holdco Bro episode and decided to quit his $180,000 job.
We dive deep into the key strategies and tactics that ...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Amanda Orson (https://x.com/amandaorson). We dive deep into how massive efficiency gains from AI are revolutionizing startups, allowing companies to run much leaner than ever before. Amanda explains her approach of Seed strapping—taking outside capital just once to get the initial product, lik...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Alex Nelson (https://x.com/weddingvenueguy).
I'm thrilled to welcome back Alex Nelson, the wedding venue guy! When we last spoke, he had just launched his incredibly successful Iowa wedding venue with zero experience.
Now, Alex has expanded beyond the venue, buying five coffee shops and supp...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I sit down with Chris Sacchinelli (https://x.com/@investopreneur_). Chris is an entrepreneur who has been practicing what he preaches for years, creating content while building, buying, and selling over a dozen businesses.
We dive deep into the best paths for first-time entrepreneurs looking to replace the...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Andrew Pignanelli (https://x.com/@ndrewpignanelli). I sat down with Andrew, founder of The General Intelligence Company of New York, to dive into his incredible product, CoFounder.
The core idea behind CoFounder is facilitating one person billion dollar companies. As entrepreneurs, we constant...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Kevin Dahlstrom (https://x.com/camp4), a serial entrepreneur and former CMO of three publicly traded companies, who's disrupting the healthcare industry with his testosterone replacement therapy startup.
I reached out to Kevin Dahlstrom because despite being a multiple-time se...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Ryan Bartlett, founder and CEO of True Classic (https://x.com/@RyanBartlett)
From failed musician and poker player to billion-dollar t-shirt brand founder, Ryan Bartlett's entrepreneurial journey is proof it's never too late to start a business. In this episode, we exp...
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Join me, Nik (@CoFoundersNik), as I sit down with Robert Leonard (@therobertleonar), a real estate investor, entrepreneur, and podcast host with over 15 million downloads, to talk about the crossroads between real estate investing and small business acquisition (SMB).
In this episode, we explore one of the biggest questions for aspiring entre...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), on Nikonomics as I interview Jesse Tinsley (https://x.com/JesseTinsley), the acquisition entrepreneur and CEO of Main Street, a company now valued at $750 million and on track for $500M ARR.
In this episode, we break down how Jesse built a billion-dollar business through acquisitions, not venture capit...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Jared Kotter (https://x.com/Jaredkotter), the former middle school teacher who accomplished the seemingly impossible: launching a drywall business and scaling it to $1.7 million in revenue in just 10 months!
Jared shares the unorthodox approach he took, leveraging his background as a colleg...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Clayton Edrington. Clayton was making over $300,000 a year at Amazon but had an entrepreneurial itch. He explored everything from SaaS startups to buying existing businesses before landing on franchising.
We dive into why he left a high-paying tech job, how he evaluated different home services and sweaty ...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Elizabeth Knopf (https://x.com/leveragedupside) to master Claude AI automation and solve the two biggest AI productivity challenges: refamiliarizing every chat with context and accessing scattered data across Google Drive, Dropbox, and cloud storage without creating duplicates.
Wh...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Shannon Jean (https://x.com/@ShannonJean), serial entrepreneur and auction reselling expert who has helped over 1,700 people in his $5/month mastermind start profitable reselling businesses from scratch.
Shannon reveals how to make money with auction reselling, liquidation pallets...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Stuart Draper about how to get your first customer and scale from $0 to $2M in 4 years.
I had a freaking treat talking to Stu Draper today. He's an incredible startup founder who just had an eight figure exit from his EdTech company, Stukent, which helped over a million people learn ...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Dr. Sandeep Palakodeti (https://x.com/DrDeepMD).
I was excited to welcome Dr. Sandeep Palakodeti, also known as Dr. Deep, to talk about his revolutionary company, Velocity Health.
This concierge precision medicine clinic is addressing huge macro trends, particularly the demand for better healths...
Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I sit down with Elizabeth Knopf (https://x.com/leveragedupside) to demystify OpenAI's newest creation, the Agent Builder.
We set the context by explaining the crucial difference between simple, static if-then automation and a true agent, which requires autonomy, memory, and decision-making capabilities in a workflow. This tool is designed to finally make building complex agentic workflo...
Join me, Nik ( https://x.com/CoFoundersNik ), as I sit down with AI expert Elizabeth Knopf (https://x.com/leveragedupside) for a deep dive into Anthropic's Claude 4.5 Sonnet, the latest AI breakthrough for entrepreneurs and business automation in 2025.Watch as Elizabeth demonstrates game-changing features that transform Claude AI from static outputs into dynamic web applications through API integration and parallel tool execution...
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Craig Fuller (https://x.com/freightalley), CEO of FreightWaves and Sonar, for a critical update on the freight market collapse and what it means for small business owners and entrepreneurs in 2025.
Last time, I called Craig "Nostradamus" for his spot-on predictions about...
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