Hustle Culture Podcast

In today's episode, we discuss the ways we hustled our way to conferences, the importance of being a decent person while advocating for a cause and ways to remain positive in negative environments.

In this episode, Tayo and Carlos speak with Connor Blakley. Connor Blakley is a self-labeled serial entrepreneur, adviser, speaker, and youth marketing/branding strategist and he’s only 16 years old. Learn about the future of business, marketing, and “hustle” as only a Generation Z prodigy can explain.

Our listeners said that they want(ed) to hear more from us, the “real talk” around our own personal journeys, struggles, and everything in between. On last week’s episode of Hustle Culture we stepped from behind the curtain to talk about our own paths and what we are working towards. On this episode, titled “Fear of Success: Haters, Marketers, and Serendipity”, we recorded STRAIGHT FIRE! Show-notes and highlights of this episode: 3:20: Why haters are going to hate 6:25: The reason why marketers hate on other marketers 7:10: None of us are paid to endorse social media platforms 9:00: Imagine if 500 social media marketers collaborated 11:10: Truth behind barbershop selfies 12:00: How “they” messed with Carlos’ at LinkedIn 13:15: Tayo invited to speak at the United Nations 14:20: How Tayo turned his MBA into a career opportunity 15:40: Knowing how to deal with haters 17:00: Key to dealing with success 18:50: Addressing the infamous hater of Tayo’s lighting 20:00: Lessons to be learned about thriving &...

In this episode, we explain the reason for our long absences and what we've been up to since then. Carlos discusses how he found his confidence in SXSW and I discuss how reaching a certain benchmark while hustling allowed me to sit back and smell be roses for once. We close out the show by being more transparent than we have ever been on our goals. Enjoy and stay hustling!

Danielle Tate is a true hustler in heels. She is the founder & CEO of missnowmrs. She is also the author of Elegant Entrepreneur and a supporter of all female founders & entrepreneurs. We dive into her story as an accidental entrepreneur, wife, mom, and chronic overachiever. Danielle reminds us of the importance of putting in the work, doing the research and having your market be validated. Her amazing book which details 12 steps involved from idea to exit can be found on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AICDWFY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1)

Today's interview is with Jana Francis. When Jana Francis walks in the door, heads turn. This 5'2" spunky dynamo is a triple threat. She's raising three kids, running a multi-million-dollar startup company, and charming everyone she meets - from finicky new mommies to the most brilliant of engineers at Google. Jana has a hard working, tough-as-nails attitude, coupled with a down-to-earth honesty and charisma. Before founding Steal Network, Jana spent her career specializing in advertising and marketing for technology and internet companies in Silicon Valley, California, and for KSL, the largest media company in Utah. Jana's motivation to start her own company came on her drive back to her corporate job after maternity leave with her latest baby. Her love of online deal hunting (her friends called her the "dotcom princess") and her quest for finding the most sought-after baby products at steep discounts were the catalysts for a new kind of website. Only having $5,000 in savings, a burning ambition to...

André Lindo is an avid photographer and videographer who is on a mission to be relevant and make a difference. Check out his work at www.andrelindophotography.com.

Today’s interview is with Alex Berman, chief marketing sumo at InspireBeats. Alex talks about how cold emailing can transform your business. He some great insights into how you can generate more leads and get more paying customers for your business. This is particularly relevant if you’re in the B2B app space. Alex shares actionable tips on how to: Frame your cold emails Finding who to contact & how to actually contact them Moving from an email conversation to a phone call Find new prospects efficiently Avoid spamming by doing some research first. The discussion also dives into who to to approach at conferences, his entrepreneurship journey thus far To listen to this episode now on iTunes, click here: