Jonathan is the COO and co-founder of Jebbit, a digital marketing platform focused on post click engagement allowing marketers to create mobile interactive content. He was also the youngest person on the Forbes 30 under 30 2015 list. He has been a guest speaker at numurous events and conferences including Ad Week Europe and North America, Digi Day's Agency Summit, the NAB Digital Futures Summit, and 4A's Transfromational Summit. In his spare time, Jonathan is also a frequent marathon runner.
In this episode of Fast Advice Fridays Kylon explains the meaning behind the phrase "stay hungry, stay foolish", and why he believes it is essential to being a Successful Dropout.
Daniel is an entrepreneur dedicated to creating and building success through e-commerce. His focus and expertise is selling on the Amazon platform. Together him and his business partner Ryan have built a massive e-commerce empire focused on selling their own brands through Amazon. They also created a website; ryananddaniel.com in order to inpsire and coach other entrepreneurs who are interested in getting into the e-commerce space. Daniel and his business partner have been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Pat Flyn's Smart Passive Income.
Kylon shares valuable advice about the four things you should do before you drop out of college to work on your businesses or idea. If you can check these four off, you will have more confidence, less stress, and a better chance of success.
Joshua overcame 8 failed startups by reading over 120 books about marketing, business, psychology, and philosophy...all in ONE YEAR! The following nine months he published his writing in over 16 publications, wrote a best seller about Facebook marketing, and helped run several successful Kickstarter campaigns and facilitated hundreds of relationships as the President of San Diego Digital Marketing Experts. He is now managing growth at UpOut which is a subscription service for live events and he's the organizer of San Francisco Growth Marketers.
Kylon shares advice and suggestions on the power of focus, and why saying NO to opportunity is many times the right thing to do. Don't underestimate the power of focus. Multitasking in business and in life can ultimately be counter-productive. Listen to this episode to also hear an interview excerpt from an entrepreneur who built a 7 figure business using the power of focus.
Michael Fisk is the founder and CEO of Photoboxx, and event based photo activation company that released one of the first Instagram printers in the world. Photboxx build it's foundation in the hashtag printing industry and has quickly become a product used internationally by some of the world largest brands including Harley Davidson, Coca Cola, TGI Fridays, Teen Vogue and Acura. This new startup has inspired thousands of fans to engage with their favorite brands on social media. This guy is a rockstar of a Successful Dropout, a serial entrepreneur with a passion for business and for his wife and three daughters.
What is the best all around mindset for an entrepreneur to have? Getting a firm grasp on this early on is important because it will shape how you approach and view entrepreneurship for the rest of your life. With the right mindset, you can build businesses and a legacy that lasts long after you are gone. The wrong mindset could only lead to short term gain and short term satisfaction. All entrepreneurs fall into one of two categories/mindsets: those who are in it for the end game, and those who love playing the game. What's the difference, and where do you fall?
Brett is the co-founder of an online photography school, Photzy.com. Photzy helps photographers understanding and control their cameras so that they can produce memorable and share-worthy shots that they are proud to share with their friends and their family. Over the last 3 years Photzy has grown to over 80,000 students online students with a yearly revenue of 500k. The entire team is remote, allowing Brett to travel and live anywhere in the world. Right now he lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand.