Hosted by Stuart Draper · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 69 episodes
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Stu Draper, a serial entrepreneur, knows just how exhilarating it is to launch a startup to the moon. He is a 9-time Inc. 5000 honoree before age 40 with tens of millions generated in revenue from his startups and an angel investor in 8 businesses. He's also the co-author of the bestselling textbook Digital Marketing Essentials. Stu knows just what it takes to transform an innovative idea into a thriving business. Inspired by the creators of groundbreaking ventures, Startups With Stu is an illuminating podcast that dives into the trials and triumphs of startup founders and investors who have committed their lives to reaching financial freedom through entrepreneurship. Podcast guests will be seeking advice on how to overcome the obstacles they're facing. Expect motivating stories as Stu spotlights the hard-fought victories that reveal the inner workings of entrepreneurship. By demystifying the startup process, Startups With Stu aims to equip aspiring founders with the grit and know-how
Stuart Draper hosts Startups With Stu, a business show with 69 episodes published.
Sam DeMaio taught himself construction from a $34.95 Home Depot book. He was working full-time as a correctional officer, then a police officer — and running a side hustle the entire time. Nobody knew. He didn't need the
When her business partner asked how he should pay her, AnnaMarie Davis said she didn't want an hourly rate. She wanted equity. She was a college student who had been working in his studio for months, had never been paid
Chynna Hansen was taping boxes for a cross-state move when she turned to her husband and said she was starting a business. He asked if they could maybe just get moved first. She said she didn't think they could wait. Chy
Scott Jensen liquidated his 401k, maxed out a HELOC, and spent six years burning through his corporate savings to build a backpacking company. He's in Costco, Scheels, Walmart, Macy's, and Amazon. And he's still almost o
At 21, Todd Kuhn signed a $120,000-a-year lease. Everyone thought he was mad. Twenty years and two exits later, he's never taken a dollar from a bank or an investor. Todd Kuhn is an Australian founder who built and sold
Stu wired his whole career chasing recognition. He didn't know it until a live coaching session on camera revealed the exact lie running underneath everything. Dallin Harmon left a high-paying angel investing role to coa
She showed up to a city she'd never been to, knew exactly one person, talked 30 restaurants into joining her event, went on live TV twice, and then coded a backup solution by herself two hours before the launch party whe
Rob Polecki was an elected official in Idaho when he took his 4-year-old son into a dirty airport bathroom and couldn't find a single hands-free way to clean the toilet seat. Everything else in the restroom was touchless
The franchising consultant they paid $100,000 to get their paperwork done turned out to be embezzling money and having an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. The company collapsed. Eight months of work, gone.
She sent an unscripted, badly lit, walking-outside selfie video to the CEO of Caterpillar — one of the largest companies on earth. Her client laughed at her. Told her it was unprofessional. She did it anyway. Seven minut
How Raleigh Williams Sold His Business for $26M | Episode 59 He had a panic attack on the gym floor 30 days into his dream law firm job — and called his wife thinking he was having a heart attack. Turns out his body alre
She didn't know what entrepreneurship was two years before starting her company. She grew up in Taiwan, her dad worked in a factory, and when she landed her first U.S. job offer she went home and Googled "contractor" — a
The guy sold longboards, princess dresses, tungsten rings, and hoverboards out of the same warehouse. Then he built the largest ninja warrior gym in the world. Wally Roskelly has been on American Ninja Warrior three time
James Clarke is the kind of entrepreneur you don't hear about on podcasts — not because he hasn't built at scale, but because he's not chasing the spotlight. Growing up in Rexburg, Idaho, James watched his uncle and aunt
Dallin Harmon grew up broke in Idaho selling potatoes door-to-door with his siblings. His brothers went on to build Harmon Brothers, Angel Studios, and Tuttle Twins. Dallin co-founded Cove Security, helped scale VidAngel
Spencer Johnson stood on a street corner with a cardboard sign looking for investors — and it actually worked. The founder of Neuro Pouch (nootropic pouches that replace nicotine with cognitive enhancers like lion's mane
Case Lawrence built Sky Zone from nothing — no funding, no industry, no safety net. In this episode, the founder of the world's biggest trampoline park brand shares how he went from a failed real estate concept and near-
What if the best business doesn't win—the best marketer does? Dennis Yu, a former Yahoo search engineer and co-author of books that sold 800,000 copies, is on a mission to close that gap. Dennis isn't an SEO trying to tr
What does it take to make the Inc 5000 list five times, raise eight kids, survive a divorce, and come out stronger? Bubba Page (real name: Brandt) knows—and his journey will challenge everything you think about entrepren
What happens when you say yes to a client project you have no idea how to do? Bianca McDown-Reber shares her journey from teaching herself to code in 60 days to building VoxxVoice, a thriving 17-person marketing and adve
Scott Jensen
family physician and candidate for Governor of Minnesota · National Veteran Small Business Coalition
1 appearance on this show
Adam Newman
Executive Vice President · Newman Langley & Stavri Financial Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Raleigh Williams
author of The Creator’s Call
2 appearances on this show
James Clarke
wedding photographer · Derry City Football Club
1 appearance on this show
Spencer Johnson
the Freebird
1 appearance on this show
Dennis Yu
The journey from engineer to marketing maverick · The Other Group
1 appearance on this show
Bubba Page
Founder and CEO at OUTRO, Columnist at Inc. Magazine · Influence.vc
1 appearance on this show
Jason Christensen
Blue Unicorn
1 appearance on this show
Natalia Graf-Anders
Founder and CEO · Sync Equestrian
1 appearance on this show
Ryan Petersen
Assistant S&C coach, Chicago Bulls (NBA) · Chicago Bulls / NBA
1 appearance on this show
Tom Telford
CEO · Mind Care Company
1 appearance on this show
Jeremy Barker
founder of Murphy Door · Murphy Door
1 appearance on this show
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