Feb 23
Square: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company
Most entrepreneurs think the hardest part of building a company is the product.For Jim McKelvey — co-founder of Square — the hardest part was the system around the product.Because Square wasn’t just competing with other startups …It was competing with regulations, middlemen, entr ... Show More
1h 11m
Mar 2025
Define Your Niche, Talk Through Business Challenges, & Manifest Your Vision Board FASTER with Alexandria Reed and Jordan Hawkins
What if you could manifest your entire vision board for this year in a couple MONTHS? Today’s guests have crushed their goals for this year and set new ones just a few months into 2025! Alex and Jordan from The Elevate Collection are here to share hacks to unlock deeper connectio ... Show More
1h 1m
May 2025
Episode 769: Digital CEO Weekly Win: A Voice Actor Turns His Passion Into a 6-Figure Business & Grows His Revenue +177% Doing What He LOVES in a SMALL Niche - Paul Schmidt's BBD Success Story
<p dir="ltr">Each day this week we've been highlighting Business By Design members who are doing incredible things in their businesses, and today is no exception! Jenni sits down with Paul Schmidt, a voice actor turned Digital CEO, as he pulls back the curtain and shares the big ... Show More
58m 2s
Many of us don’t know our neighbors anymore — and Nirav Tolia wanted to change that. He walked away from millions in stock options at Yahoo and eventually co-founded Nextdoor, the hyperlocal social network where neighbors share local news and recommendations. Along the way, he learned that for a digital service, Nextdoor demanded a ton of manual work: drawin ... Show More
<p>Nick Molina on how he found, acquired, & plans to manage a 275-employee business in Minneapolis from his home in Miami.</p><p>Topics in Nick’s interview:</p><ul><li>Taking his first company public in 1998</li><li>His unwillingness to retire</li><li>The tremendous cost of s ... Show More