Canadian lawyer and tech founder Josh Schachnow interviews successful solopreneurs to hear their best stories, lessons, advice and more. If you want to learn the secrets of successful small businesses or get solopreneur business ideas, then the Solopreneur Grind Podcast is just for you.
Episodes
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Josh and Chris go live every 2nd week to discuss their businesses, recent progress, struggles and focus for the next few weeks.
In this episode we discuss:
- Facebook ad setup, visuals and testing
- Chat GPT for your business
- landing page improvements and redesign
- cold calling strategies
- email growth strategies
Resources we mentioned:
Never Finished by David Goggins
Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet David
The Everything Store and Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone
A First Rate Madness by S. Nassir Ghaemi
The Hypomanic Edge by John D. Gartner
Make sure to like/subscribe for more!
Find Josh at https://solopreneurgrind.com/
Find Chris at https://conversionalchemy.net/
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Josh and Chris go live every 2nd week to discuss their businesses, recent progress, struggles and focus for the next few weeks.
In this episode we discuss:
- Chris' giveaway results
- Creating Facebook ads and funnels
- Cross promotions and sales pages for info products
- Cold calling and email campaigns
- Website touch ups and re-design
- Books: Crushing It! and So Good They Can't Ignore You
Resources we mentioned:
Josh's book review on Crushing It: https://youtu.be/MaPzl7Bi3lQ
Chris' video on how he learns from books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rL57tvnn5k
https://lettergrowth.com/
https://readwise.io/
https://www.swapstack.co/
Make sure to like/subscribe for more!
Find Josh at https://solopreneurgrind.com/
Find Chris at https://conversionalchemy.net/
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Josh and Chris go live every 2nd week to discuss their businesses, recent progress, struggles and focus for the next few weeks.
In this episode we discuss:
- email giveaways
- automating client intake and funnels
- cold email and LinkedIn campaigns
- cold calling
Resources we mentioned:
Lettergrowth.com
Nothing Held Back Facebook group
LinkedHelper
Grinding It Out by Ray Kroc
Crushing It by Gary V
What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
Make sure to like/subscribe for more, or tune in live on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBV2UxOmv4n6RqCbOinrIUA
Follow Josh at https://solopreneurgrind.com/
Follow Chris at https://conversionalchemy.net/
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Josh and Chris go live every 2nd week to discuss their businesses, recent progress, struggles and focus for the next few weeks.
We discuss:
- ebook funnels and landing pages
- email sponsorships (Swapstack)
- giveaways (Kingsumo)
- b2b SaaS clients and acquisition
- website design
- The Everything Store and Grinding It Out
Make sure to like/subscribe for more!
Find Josh at https://solopreneurgrind.com/
Find Chris at https://conversionalchemy.net/
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Josh and Chris go live every 2nd week to discuss their businesses, recent progress, struggles and focus for the next few weeks.
In this episode we discussed:
- optimizing content creation
- newsletter and e-book funnels
- beta and QA testing
- virtual assistants and their benefits
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Make sure to like/subscribe for more!
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Find Josh at https://solopreneurgrind.com/
Find Chris at https://conversionalchemy.net/
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Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
In this episode of the Solopreneur Grind Podcast, I talk to Shaun Sunderland about:
- How and why he started 2 different companies/partnerships after leaving a well paying job
- The way he started these companies, found partners and improved from business to business
- Great tips about business branding for new solopreneurs, entrepreneurs and common mistakes to avoid
And much more.
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Where to find Shaun:
https://www.yourbrandroots.com/
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
In this episode of the Solopreneur Grind Podcast, I talk to Di-Di Hoffman about:
- How he got into entrepreneurship by taking up plants as a child
- Learning about business thanks to a good opportunity with a mentor and not wanting to work for someone else
- Tips on marketing yourself genuinely and growing your business through friendship
And much more.
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Where to find Di-Di:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/didihoffman/
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
In this episode of the Solopreneur Grind Podcast, I talk to Amir Feizpour about:
- How he went from an academic, then to the corporate world, and eventually starting his own business as a data scientist
- The ups and downs of getting into entrepreneurship with no business experience
- How to succeed in the startup world; fundraising, pivots, product-market-fit
And much more.
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Want to learn my top 3 lessons from interviewing 100+ solopreneurs? Sign up to get the free PDF here: https://www.solopreneurgrind.com/join/
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Where to find Amir:
https://ai.science/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirfzpr/
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
In this episode of the Solopreneur Grind Podcast, I talk to Jesse Johnson about:
- Her unique story of going from 12 years as a math teacher to business coach
- The specific steps she took to start her business and get to 7 figures within 2 years
- The importance of sales and being aware of your true meaning and spirituality as a solopreneur
And much more.
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Want to learn my top 3 lessons from interviewing 100+ solopreneurs? Sign up to get the free PDF here: https://www.solopreneurgrind.com/join/
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Where to find Jesse:
https://jessejohnsoncoaching.com/
Jesse Johnson Coaching all socials!
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
In this episode of the SG Podcast, I talk to Rob Barratt about:
- The journey of going from 9-5 employee to starting and scaling his next 2 successful businesses
- How Rob took action and put himself out into the world to get early feedback and traction with his business
- Tips and tricks for marketing in 2022 including podcasting, blogging and more
And much more.
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Want to learn my top 3 lessons from interviewing 100+ solopreneurs? Sign up to get the free PDF here: https://www.solopreneurgrind.com/join/
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Where to find Rob:
https://www.theindustryleaders.org/