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This interview was originally published on March 11, 2015, as HTE 070: How to Find and Follow Your Inner Voice | Jessica Rea

The popularity of this interview has been truly impressive. Not that Jessica isn't a smart entrepreneur, she definitely is. But the fact that she is not a 'big name' in the space and how she struggles simply with the title of entrepreneur, makes this conversation more interesting

Jessica is in the same positi...

This interview was originally published on August 10, 2015, as HTE 112: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

Between the conversation about the merging of art and commerce, and Benji's mindset of learning to become comfortable being uncomfortable.

This conversation dives into the essential required for gaining the perseverance necessary to push through the hard times.

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My guest today is the President and Founder of Pledg...

This interview was originally published on October 23, 2014, as HTE 019: Is This Startup Worth My Life? | Dan Martell

During this conversation, I ask Dan Martell what the criteria is for knowing whether or not your idea needs VC funding — his response leaves me speechless, but clarifies the murky waters.

As a Canadian entrepreneur, Dan has taken two businesses from idea to exit and he shares with us what he has learned.

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This interview was originally published on February 11, 2015, as HTE 059: Partnerships and the Creativity of Limitations | Brian Clark

This conversation revolved around three essential elements of entrepreneurship: creativity, partnerships, and becoming the CEO of your company (even if you are a one person company).

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When I originally sat down to outline the idea for Hack The Entrepreneur, I immediately wrote out a short li...

This interview was originally published on February 09, 2015, as HTE 058: Refusing to Scale (and Being Kind to Others)

During this conversation, you will begin to understand entrepreneurship as a creative venture. Sunni Brown is smart, funny, and her energy is contagious.

This all makes for an insightful and exciting conversation that moves from the Pet Rock, to calculus, and onto Sunni's refusal to scale her business — and w...

This interview was originally published on July 27, 2015, as HTE 202: We All Start As Employees | Brian Tracy.

Sometimes I interview people don't know before researching, a few I've heard a lot about, and other times I have been following their work for many, many years -- this episode is part of the latter.

Brian Tracy is the author of more than 70 books, many of them bestsellers. There are six of his books, with notes and highlig...

This interview was originally published on July 27, 2015, as HTE 107: Understanding the Math of Success | Guy Kawasaki.

This episode almost didn't get published. Jon Nastor and Guy Kawasaki get a little bit antagonistic with each other at one point in the conversation, so it was a bit off-putting at first. But this takes the conversation into a new, unexpected, and deeper place.

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My guest today popularized ...

This interview was originally published on November 24, 2014, as HTE 027: Finding A Multiplier Effect For Your Income | Stephen Key.

The popularity of this episode is rooted in Stephen Key's unique perspective on passive income. Not that Stephen encourages laziness, but he does push us all to find our multiplier effects and to create income streams beyond our hours worked.

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Today's guest on Hack The Entrepreneur is an entreprene...

This interview was originally published on April 6, 2015, as HTE 076: Seth Godin on the Difference Between Failure and Your Struggle With Failure

Seth Godin's concise definition of what makes someone an entrepreneur rather than a freelancer is an excellent starting point for coaches, freelancers, and new entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship, as described by Seth Godin, is about more than simply the creation of a job for yourse...