Sinopse
Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews!The Top is FOR YOU IF you are:A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at NathanLatka.com/TheTop
Episódios
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EP 427: $1m+ Agency to Launch SaaS Product SegMetrics.com with CEO Keith Perhac
24/09/2016 Duração: 22minKeith Perhac onto The Top. Keith is a marketing expert, developer, and designer. His goal is to take complex things and make them simple, understandable, and actionable for business owners. Today he is the CEO of SegMetrics and DelfiNet, technical marketing agencies that help companies create highly optimized sales funnels. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Work the System What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — HarvestApp Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – "It's not as scary as jumping off and leaving the company that you've been working on for 6 years to start on your own." Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:13 – Focus: DelfiNet or SegMetrics 03:02 – Founding day of SegMetrics and first revenue 04:20 – How SegMetrics is built 04:50 – Focused on building the greatest product 05:48 – Margins are better in SaaS 06:19 – Average sales per customer per month 07:10 – August Revenue 09:40 – 50% gross margins 10:15 – Biggest le
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EP 426: 1500 Customers and Profitable, $5.5M Raised with Pablo Fuentes of Proven.com
23/09/2016 Duração: 25minPablo Fuentes, founder and CEO of Proven—a company that specializes in small business HR solutions. In addition to his passion for helping both minorities and women start businesses, Pablo also owns a BA from UCLA and an MBA from Stanford. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Art of Learning What CEO do you follow? – Richard Branson Favorite online tool? — LinkedIn Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Absolutely If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – "Start Jiu-jitsu earlier" Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:35 – Nathan introduces Pablo to the show 02:04 – How Pablo's business generates sales and collaborates with talent managers 03:21 – First year revenue in 2009 versus revenue in 2015 03:45 – How do you make money? 03:55 – When small businesses post a job 04:30 – Average pay per company location 04:51 – Average revenue per user 05:00 – Lifetime value 06:10 – Average churn = of 2 years 07:10 – August Revenue 08:10 – Subscription vs. pay as you go pricing 09:40 – 50% gros
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EP 425: $300k Webinar Sales Funnel Like You've Never Seen with Yuri Elkhaim
22/09/2016 Duração: 23minYuri Elkaim, a nutrition fitness and fat loss expert, onto the podcast. Yuri is a New York Times best-selling author of "The All-Day Energy Diet" and "The All-Day Fat Burning Diet". He's a former soccer player turned health crusader, and is most famous for helping people who've tried everything to lose weight but enjoyed very little success. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Zero to One What CEO do you follow? – Peter Teal Favorite online tool? — Google Docs Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— About 7-8 If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – "Focus on one thing" Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:34 – 25 million Youtube views 03:06 – Yuri's focus on building now 03:59 – Webinars 04:11 – Conversion from the webinar 04:30 – Shut down the sales page 04:39 – Facebook Ad expenditure 05:21 – Totalwellnesscleanse.com 05:40 – Facebook ad look and landing page 06:17 – Eyelid test guide 07:00 – Number of webinars per month 08:00 – No domain for webinar 08:30 – Webinar sell price
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EP 424: SaaS Teckst Passes 65 Enterprise Customers, $2.5M Raised with CEO Matt Tumbleson
21/09/2016 Duração: 26minMatt Tumbleson is the founder and CEO of Teckst – a New York based startup that's transforming customer service by directly connecting consumers with businesses via 2-way text messaging. His own frustrations with lengthy hold times and incompetent customer service representatives are why he decided to launch Teckst. Prior to jumping into entrepreneurship, Matt worked as the Creative and Marketing director of Seamless (now Grubhub), and worked as a graphics journalist at The Miami Herald. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Delivering Happiness What CEO do you follow? – Marc Benioff Favorite online tool? — WorkFlowy Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – "Stick to one thing long enough to see it through" Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:37 – Nathan introduces Matt to the show 02:31 – What Matt does and how they make money 03:09 – Selling ROI 03:15 – Created software in a house in NY 03:33 – They have monthly subscription plan 03:50 – Current
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EP 423: Nigeria Agency Business $230k 2015, $1M+ 2016, 17 Employees and Growing Fast with Johnson Emmanuel
20/09/2016 Duração: 22minJohnson Emmanuel the founder and CEO of Clients Attraction, a company that specializes in online marketing strategies engineered to attract big-ticket clients. Listen as Johnson shares his story of starting a business in Nigeria, and how he used his passion for marketing to start chipping his path to the top. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Ultimate Sales Machine What CEO do you follow? – Richard Branson Favorite online tool? — Asana Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – Focus on your marketing and charge more sooner. Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:20 – $230K in revenue in 2015 03:00 – How Johnson's company makes money 04:00 – Johnson uses a lot of Infusionsoft with his clients 04:30 – When you're selling a high value product, you don't list your prices you have a conversation 05:15 – Johnson charges his clients between $5k and $20k per month 05:55 – Johnson's top client paid $25K last year 07:30 – It's important to learn, but don't
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EP 422: $2.6M 2015 Free Cash Flow On Luxury Car Business
19/09/2016 Duração: 27minPejman Ghadimi, a self-made entrepreneur and best-selling author born in Iran, raised in France, and crushing it in the United States since 1997. Listen as Nathan and Pejman talk bottom-line numbers, exotic cars, and what it takes to build a multimillion dollar business from scratch. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Start With Why What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — N/A Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – Take life more seriously. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Pejman to the show 02:15 – VIP Motoring 02:45 – At its core, VIP is an automotive investing service 05:00 – Legal bribery 06:30 – Pejman sharing his payout 06:56 -- $2.6M net cash flow 07:12 – What Pejman does with the money he takes from VIP Motoring 07:45 – Buying luxury assets 09:05 – The exotic car market allows people to get in and out of it quickly 09:34 – These cars aren't meant to be driven, no one ever drives the cars
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EP 421: SaaS Accounting $238k MRR, $4.2M Raised, 200 Customers with Ceterus CEO Levi Morehouse
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EP 419: 30 yo does $6m 2015, taking over $5b+ Moving Industry with Cam Doody of Bellhops.com
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EP 418: Executive Recruiter Made $1.1M 2015, Super High Profit Margin with Matt Schwartz of MJSearch.com
15/09/2016 Duração: 27minMatt Schwartz, the president of MJS Executive Search –a 13-year old, New York based retained executive search firm that specializes in placing transformational talent to global Fortune 500 companies. His clients are included but not limited to Pepsi Co, American Express, Fidelity, New York Life, Equinox, and Pitney. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Profit First and Rework What CEO do you follow? – Gary Vaynerchuck Favorite online tool? — Send Later and Trello Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— I do If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – Don't follow the herd. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:44 – Nathan introduces Matt 02:44 – Why MJS Executive Search is different 02:51 – The trends have changed 03:45 – The roles placed for Pepsi Co 04:30 – Engineers for reinventing equipment 05:30 – We are there to tell the story 05:40 – The pitch MJS delivers 06:42 – How MJS make money through placing people on roles 07:41 – Our competition bills the entire fees in 90 days 08:15 – Foun
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EP 417 SPECIAL: Warner Interviews Latka: Con Artist or Brilliant Genius?
14/09/2016 Duração: 01h13minSweeney Daniel, a partner at Hustle and Grow and Click Bank University. He launched his first company in high school which lead him to working full time in digital marketing. He decided to leave the corporate grind and is now focused on helping others create their digital business while maintaining a fun lifestyle. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday What CEO do you follow? – James Schramko Favorite online tool? — Clickfunnels and Drip Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Most of the time 7 and a half If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – Spend money and invest in assets Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:34 – Nathan introduces Sweeney 02:04 – What Hustle and Grow is and how it generates revenue 02:11 – Marketing list, promoting digital products, and an agency 02:20 – Selling marketing and affiliate products and working closely with ecommerce partners 02:28 – Founded in 2016 02:38 – Hustle and Grow's website 02:53 – 2016's revenue will be close to $1
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EP 417: 26 yo goes from nothing to $1M with big partnership with Sweeney David
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EP 416: 4000 New SaaS Customers From Youtube On $100K Spend with Neil Patel of CrazyEgg
13/09/2016 Duração: 26min -
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Ep 415: Phone Accessory Company Hits $2.5M Revenue 2015 with Noah Rasheta of iStabilizer
12/09/2016 Duração: 19min -
EP 414: $70M Raised, $30k ACV, SaaS Success VidYard
11/09/2016 Duração: 26minMichael Litt started his first video company, Redwoods Media, as his undergraduate thesis project. He then evolved with his partner to create another successful video software company, Vidyard. He has learned the value of supportive family and friends throughout his life as an entrepreneur. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Behind the Cloud What CEO do you follow? — Mark Benioff Favorite online tool? — Gmail Do you get 8 hours of sleep? — I try to. If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – If you want to be an entrepreneur, surround yourself with people who love and support you. Focus on those relationships. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Michael 02:15 – He started at the University of Waterloo and Research in Motion 03:00 – He graduated at 25, and the Redwoods Media was built as his undergraduate thesis project 03:50 – He contracted businesses to sponsor their company 04:50 – They were passionate about the video company, and turned down jobs at places like Goo
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EP 413: SaaS, $242k MRR, $13 Million Raised to Re-Invent Business Email with Mathilde Collin of FrontApp
10/09/2016 Duração: 24minMathilde Collin, CEO and co-founder of Front. Her app has developed email and inbox features meant specifically for teams. Growing up in France, Mathilde realized that being an adult wasn't fun—that getting a job usually meant a life of misery. She would not settle for that. She knew from the beginning that she had to create a job that she loved, and so Front was born. Famous Five: Favorite Book? - The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you follow? — Patrick Collison Favorite online tool? — Front! and Slack. Do you get 8 hours of sleep? — Yes. If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – We can be happy at work. Get a job you love. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Mathilde Collin 02:00 – Front App is an inbox for teams. 02:25 – A SaaS company founded in 2014 02:50 – She started the business when she was 22. 03:05 – She realized a lot of people didn't like their job, and she wanted to solve that issue for herself. 03:35 – 2015 revenue was $1 million 04:00 –
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EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion
09/09/2016 Duração: 28minJoe Apfelbaum of Ajax Union. Joe has had several successful six-figure businesses, and Ajax Union is no exception. The company did $4 million last year, and they have plans to hit $6 million for revenue this year. Take a few notes from Joe's playbook and take your own business to six-figure success. Famous Five: Favorite Book? - Think and Grow Rich, Traction, and The Miracle Morning. Getting Things Done What CEO do you follow? — Tony Robbins Favorite online tool? — Google Docs, Trello and MailChimp Do you get 8 hours of sleep? — I sleep when I'm comfortable. Last night I got 9 hours of sleep If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – The importance of reading and studying books. Relationships matter. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Joe 02:35 – Joe just had his fifth kid 02:55 – Ajax Union was not his first six-figure business 03:30 – It started as a side gig 04:05 – They did $500000 in revenue in 2009 04:25 – 2015 revenue was $4 million 04:45 – They
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EP 411: She Made $1.1M 2015 Performance Arts Center, Now Coaching with Stacy Tuschl
08/09/2016 Duração: 23minStacy Tuschl, who has maneuvered her way to the top with a brick-and-mortar business and has now entered the online world. She just launched her Level Up group coaching program, another step in the right direction as a true entrepreneur. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Virtual Freedom What CEO do you follow? — Amy Porterfield Favorite online tool? — Google Calendar's gTasks Pro Do you get 8 hours of sleep? — Always. If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – Find a coach to work with immediately. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Stacy 02:15 – She has been in business since she was 18 02:40 – Her performing arts center and her online world are both sources of revenue 03:05 – She started teaching dance in her parents' backyard when she was 18 03:25 – The business snowballed, and people started to pay her 03:45 – The company is now 11 years old 04:05 – Total revenue was 1.4 million 04:15 – Tons of expenses with a brick and mortar business. 04:35 – Profit margins we