Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Nick Gray (@NickGrayNews), we had the first face-to-face interview as we talk about what it’s like to be an entrepreneur in their 30s, and shared some tips on publishing a book and hosting events! ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. D…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by James Camp (@JamesonCamp), who grew up in New York City and is a Jack of All Trades, especially on marketing strategy, monetization, and website flipping. We talk about how he lost $100,000 trying to acquire a firm, the downside of financial touts, and stock buying schemes he's encountered. ----- Do you love …

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Dave Kline (@dklineii), from Bridgewater & Moodys Analytics and a Management Accelerator, we talk about management and leadership. We went through a bunch of topics and shared different insights on human nature, human nature, how to work yourself into being a new manager, the shift in hiring overseas, and mor…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Joe Wilson (@_joewilson), a Deep Tech Investor who runs a VC Fund in LA, we talk about a lot of interesting things like the works under deep tech and bioscience investing, how Joe acted to the COVID Pandemic 2020 as a scientist and also went through defining what a shady business is or not. ----- Do you love …

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Linda Lebrun (@Substacklinda) to talk about her work at Substack: Focusing on emerging creators in the finance space. We also go about free and paid newsletters that are sent by email, who makes money doing what, advantages and disadvantages & compare these as a consumption tool to other platforms like YouTub…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Tai Rattigan (@XOptimiser), we talk about two major topics of interest. We talk about how partnerships work (Which is something that's a total black box domain that Tai extensively covered during the hour. Then the second thing we talked about was making money at paid communities. He operates a paid community…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Rohun Jauhar (@RohunJauhar), we talk about Real Estate, his specialty which is apartments in Florida and Texas. Then we went into a bunch of life and self-help kind of stuff as well as hiring virtual assistants and how to make the leap from having a day job to becoming an entrepreneur. ----- Do you love The M…

Our audio content manager, Daren Lake, sublimely curates an audio-candy episode with a teleportation back in history and a few one-on-ones with Metigy's founders. This episode is meant to be consumed with headphones on so we encourage that you plug in and enjoy all in the hopes of understand Metigy, SMEs, marketing and the potential for your own bu…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Moses Kagan (@moseskagan) who is a real estate and private equity professional from Los Angeles, we talk about how real estate's different in California, how his strategy works there and somehow not in other places, and the effective interest rates on what people are doing with real estate. ----- * Do you lov…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Kyle O’ Hehir (@financeguy725) who runs a lending and real estate business from Connecticut, we talk about having bought dozens, if not more, different units of real estate with his partner. Kyle is also a really pretty inspiring high energy guy. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see ou…

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by @barrettjoneill we talk about his journey into entrepreneurship, starting as a competitive athlete, the differences & similarities, and mindsets. Also, we talk about his two businesses, he runs a digital agency, and then secondarily runs a storage business. We also had a great exchange on global workforces and …

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Justin Hill (@jahlawfirm), a lawyer in San Antonio. We talked about how personal injury works and discussed three business ideas. Not only that, but we also talk about our San Antonio experiences, the history, and projects on how to improve the city’s lifestyle. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and …

Before you buy a new fancy smart watch, do you just read the packaging or product description and buy the product? No, you dig around. You Google them, check social media and even ask friends that might know about the product or service. What you’re looking for is real world reviews from real people. This is user generated content or UGC for short.…

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Kevin Dahlstrom (@Camp4), we talk about how to become multi-dimensional, get to identify the cliches and what it is like when GenX-ers joins in the Twitter Community, how leaders and CEOs work to be where they are now. Kevin also talks about his banking app business, Swell, that grew over time and became an LP …

You have a shorter attention span than a goldfish. Yes, you heard that correctly! The average human attention span is now 8 seconds. A goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds. With our decreasing attention spans, it’s becoming harder and harder to capture our audience’s attention online. So what’s the best way to capture attention and engagemen…

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Pine Baron (@SpiritofPines) the first anonymous guest on the podcast. We talked about his journey to develop wealth and get into real estate buying, why Pine wished to be anonymous on Twitter, why people trust corporations so much these days and which corporations we trust. ----- Thanks to our sponsor! * Harbor…

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Jesse Pujji @jspujji from St. Louis, we talk about all the cool stuff that he does, especially the Venture Studio that he’s running. It is a business that incubates and creates other businesses. It talks about having to reboot your business every six to nine months and the coolness of the Sikh, the religion of …

Are you publishing a bunch of video content but it’s not working? Is your video engagement low and your audience doesn’t seem to care? If so, we’ve got the answer for you. Find out how to polish up your video content and more on this episode of This Week In Marketing. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why it’s not connecting How to put stuff out t…

Organic reach is declining on most social platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, which is the norm these days. That also means your engagement is suffering too. Unfortunately, engagement is extremely important for converting your followers to customers or clients. Find out how you can improve your declining engagement and more on…

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Eric Jorgenson @EricJorgenson, author of the book Navalmanack. We talk about his new book, generational differences, we recap the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, why he takes photos of sandwiches and puts them on social media, his career and how he's established a career as an information dealer. Subscribe t…

Artificial intelligence, while scary, isn't as much about a Terminator future but more about a future that we are already living. The maps app or chess game you use on your smartphone is specific AI. But artificial intelligence and machine learning are nothing but data, and zeroes and ones without us. Artificial intelligence cannot exist and functi…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Tyler Tringas (@tylertringas), Calm Fund GP & Founder, to talk about how the calm fund works as an alternative to VC, lessons running in-person & online events, why to live in CDMX, how to raise money as a founder, how to hire as a tech founder, and much more! ----- Thanks to our sponsor! * Harbor Capital is …

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Levi Benkert (@Levijameshere) to talk about Harbor Capital, hiring architects overseas, his real estate endeavors, starting Verde Beef in Ethiopia (& his story with the Prime Minister), fundraising: tricks & techniques, outlook on America’s future, and more. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and wa…

When Brendan met Mike at the time in a startup advisory board, he soon learnt that Mike cofounded the successful vet startup, Pawsum, and led as vice president of global customer success at Siteminder, one of Australia’s fastest growing startups. The lessons learnt from Mike’s extensive experience through the startup life, starting from the US and …

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Steve Ressler (@steveressler), we talk about building the Brydon Group to combine Private Equity with Entrepreneurship through acquisition, the sentiment flip on social media, how much attention should you pay to Social Media, networking & learnings at annual shareholder meetings, and much more. Do you enjoy …

This is part five of five in a mini series takeover by The B2B Playbook In this episode you’ll learn Where to actually start The importance of trust Using the previous 3 BEs (Be ready, Be helpful, be seen) to help the next 2 BEs (Be better and be the best) The 5 BEs summed up And moreKirjoittanut brendan hill, clare riley, daren lake, joyce cabanilla, kevin chen, George Coudounaris, carley paulsen

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) to talk about why hiring is broken, good & bad ways to hire, LinkedIn vs. Twitter: content and audience differences, finding the balance between good content and shitposting on Twitter, www.laskie.com, and much more! ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our s…

This is part four of five in a mini series takeover by The B2B Playbook. In this episode you'll learn: What to do with all the feedback from being helpful How to use this feedback to improve your business, products, services and general marketing comms. And more Enough from me, let’s get into the convo with Kev & George.…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Meghan Skornia (@MeghanSkornia) to talk about urban planning, zoning codes, the Great Springs project, affordable housing, why you should live in San Antonio, and much more. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our con…

This is part three of 5 in a mini series takeover by The B2B Podcast. In this episode you’ll learn: How to understand your dream customers on a deep level. How to be authentically helpful to your dream customers and clients And How to create content from the perspective of helping first Enough from me, let’s get into the convo with Kev & George…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Jay Vasantharajah (@jayvasdigital) to talk about money as a taboo in the tech space, pricing power & how it affects business; the “Top Talent” contradiction, hiring overseas, Businesses being alive through systems, Twitter, and much more! Jay is a great thinker and even a better person, hope you enjoy this on…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by John Wilson (@WilsonCompanies) to talk about the HoldCoConf, building a personal brand, the relevance of joining a business community, the plumbing industry, and much more. How do you make a repeatable, scalable, unbeatable Hiring system? Michael Girdley (@Girdley) walks us through his take on hiring. Save on…

This is part two of five in a mini series takeover by The B2B Playbook. In this episode you’ll learn: Why B2B online marketing is all about content. But your content journey starts with your customer, not your business. Step 1 in the B2B framework “Be Ready”. What questions to ask yourself right now so you can find the right customer or client Enou…

This is part one of 5 in a mini series takeover by The B2B Playbook. In this episode you’ll learn: The foundation of Kev and George’s strategy - the five B's. B2B online marketing one oh one. And why all of this comes back to what content you are putting out. Enough from me, let’s get into the convo with Kev & George…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) joins The Next Gen Podcast (@TheNextGenPod) to talk about how he takes business concepts and turns it into reality by incubating or putting up businesses, shares his stories in his entrepreneurial journey, experiences, struggles & wisdom gathered throughout his career. We liked the episode so much that we decided to post …

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by @buggeroaf to talk about YCombinator, the start-up accelerator. They discuss experiences, benefits & requirements to participate in the ecosystem, transactional vs. emotional engagement, the importance of timing, and much more.-----* Do you love Unusual Profits and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to …

Everybody wants business growth, but is your business growth protected? With content ideas flowing, networking opportunities being prioritized, and long-term strategies being made, it would be evident that there’s a lot of work to be done. However, integrating legal into the core of the business is an important thing as well. Because when it comes …

HungryHungry has surpassed 20 years of working with professionals in the hospitality industry and they know incredibly well what the practice is behind keeping operations resilient and growing. Let's tune in to this classic episode where Brendan explores early-stage marketing practices with cofounder, Mark Calabro. Mark's mission is to get restaura…

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Matt Willes (@SkolCapital) to talk about Mezzanine lending. How does it work? When is it useful? How is a loan structured? We talk about Willes Capital, the industry, common practices, risk management, and much more. ----- * Do you love Unusual Profits and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtu…

David Fairfull’s experience and establishment in the social media marketing industry grew alongside the boost of the creative and social media marketing industry since 2011. So much has changed since then. Artificial Intelligence remains the largest difference between digital marketing that existed then, and the digital marketing that exists now. W…

In this episode, Daren Lake explores the perks of Metigy Ads with Google’s partner success manager, Sunny Lo and Metigy’s growth marketing lead, Kevin Chen. What you will learn in this episode: Digital marketing, advertising’s complex problem and how we look to solve it Four benefits gained from using Google Ads The benefits of using Google Ads wit…

New Business Ideas episode! Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Shinghi Detlefson (twitter: @shinghiD) and Hayden Cohen (Twitter: @haydenjcohen) and pitch each other business ideas and schemes. ----- * Do you love Unusual Profits and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show! * Fo…

Gaining 14 million Linkedin views is unreal. But to do that organically & in less than 12 months? Uncanny! Sally Illingworth, Linkedin queen, will show you how to do this in our classic episode of Forward Thinking. In this episode from 2019, we touch on how to create the perfect LinkedIn profile, how to get leads that convert on LinkedIn and how pu…

How do you make a repeatable, scalable, unbeatable Hiring system? Michael Girdley (@Girdley) walks us through his take on hiring. Save on resources in advance by hiring the best fits for each role. ----- * Do you love Unusual Profits and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show! * Fo…

In this episode we sit down with the senior account manager of Sling & Stone, Sophia Aiano, to discuss the fundamentals of public relations and how you can catapult your business into the public eye. What you will learn in this episode: The problem of small businesses not having any visibility What PR is exactly in the context of helping an SME. Ac…

Jesse Tinsley (Twitter: @JesseTinsley) joins me (Twitter: @Girdley) in the show to talk about the his story on founding JobMobz (jobmobz.com), the recruiting business and specifically his niche as a recruiter for the tech industry. (1:07) Jesse tells us what he does and his background. (2:58) Recruiting models and recruiting as a service. (4:14) Pr…

Watch and learn: Watch the video podcast to see Metigy's client, Daren Lake walk through Creative Services' visual assets and how they increased his engagement rates by ten fold. Introduction: DLake Creates is an endurance sport brand that is headed up by Daren Lake. He focuses his efforts on serious and committed endurance athletes that want to pe…

New Business Ideas episode! Me and Shinghi Detlefson (twitter: @shinghiD) pitch each other business ideas and schemes. (1:09) 1 credit card that optimizes the benefits when making a purchase (4:50) Part time businesses: Advantages/disadvantages in janitorial services & day cares (7:32) Entering the real estate business through doggy day cares (8:47…

Metigy's bringing back one of Forward Thinking's classic episodes from 2019: Growth Marketing – How Anna Cheng Grew Spaceship to $100m in 4 months. In this episode with Brendan Hill, they cover a wide range of marketing topics including activation, onboarding and her use of pirate metrics. Anna also deconstructs exactly how she built a pre-launch v…

New Business Ideas episode! Me and Shinghi Detlefson (twitter: @shinghiD) pitch each other business ideas and schemes. (1:09) $3k/month accountability gym (5:19) A screening service so you know which sport your kid should specialize in (10:29) "Construction Uncle" to validate construction bid pricing (16:25) Monetizing super-niche but valuable cont…