Today’s guest is Jeremiah Miller, founder of Forging Leaders, who in 2009 started his journey out by doing speaking engagements and writing articles when ever the opportunity presented itself. Eventually, in 2010 he was able to quit his 9 to 5 and pursue his passion of helping to make other leaders great.

In this interview we discuss the following questions and topics:

• How accountability is one of your biggest assets in building a company?
• Why is the greatest fear we have rejection? And how to over come it.
• How to convert your business plan into a strategic plan?
• How to avoid crisis moments with employees and give quality feedback?
• How to build allies who believe in your purpose enough to sacrifice for you?
• How to get buy-in from employees and co-workers?
• Why you should envision building a business as a game and develop a strategy around that game.
• How do leadership, athletics and grit relate? (my personal favorite part!)

If you'd like to contact Jeremiah Miller you can find him on Twitter @ForgingLeaders or on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/forgingleaders/?fref=ts 

Today’s guest is someone whose story is both that of success and doing the right thing for people who need it the most.

Aaron Steed and his brother started Meathead Movers as a way to make money while going to school and stay in shape for sports. Since this aha moment, they have strived endlessly to utilize the braun and brains of student athletes to help people move. With over 300 employees, MeatHead Movers has grown to become the largest independent moving company in California. Additionally, Meathead Movers provides free moving services to victims of domestic violence.

In this interview we address the following topics and questions:

• Sticking with your gut feeling with your brand name.
• How teamwork in sports translates to creating a quality team in a business.
• How to properly train the next generation of leaders.
• How to create visibility for your brand without spending a dime?
• Why is customer experience so important?
• The more all in you go, the better you’re going to feel.

Connect with Meathead Movers online at MeatheadMovers.com, or on social media Twitter / Instagram @MeatheadMovers

We hear all to much about tech related startups. However, I believe there can be just as much value found from looking into the small scrappy ones finding their niche and making a dent in their community. Today’s guest, Whalebird Kombucha is doing just that.

Jake met Mike at a house party serval years ago, both a little buzzed, Mike thought it would be an excellent business decision to bring Jake on board to be part of the team. Since then, their operations have grown to now being found up and down the central coast of California. Not to mention that have a sweet kombucha tasting room.

During this interview we cover:

• How determine which flavors customers will like the most?
• Why is a rebranding to stand out a good strategic decision?
• Is it more important that you enjoy the beverage or that the customer does?
• How timing is the most important element to starting a business.
• Why is educating the customer a priority?
• Using your community to help inspire other and promote your product.

If you’d like to contact Whalebird Kombucha on Instagram @WhalebirdKombucha

I'm super pumped to bring you today's guest on the Cult of Startup show. If you haven't heard of GhostCodes, go and download it ASAP!

Frank Danna, co-founder of GhostCodes, a simple, fast and fun way to discover new people on Snapchat. Went from being your average Joe software guy, to main stream Vine influencer, to multimedia consultant to now mobile app founder.

Although this conversation is nearly two hours long, I firmly believe this is the most entertaining episode yet. Frank is a world class storyteller & marketing guru.

Topics we cover:

• What are the unique values of telling stories through Snapchat?
• Contract negotiation when working with brands large and small. 
• Disadvantages & advantaged of being a first mover on a social media platform
• Why the copy and voice of your content matters?
• How do limitations build creativity?
• Buyer friendly values vs features.
• Why do brand waste money on over hyped influencers & not just go for the smaller more targeted influencers?
• Why everyone hates Applebee’s, but they have a Snapchat account?

Contact Frank on Snapchat @FrankeDanna or Twitter @erskine

Looking to scale your business from zero to 20k a month in revenue? Greg Hickman, founder of System.ly, has done just that. While documenting the entire journey in his Podcast Zero to Scale.

In this episode we discuss:

• The need for accountability in life & work.
• Leaving corporate and pursuing your passion. How to take the leap.
• Productizing your service.
• How to pivot while not exhausting your resources?
• What is the number on likely thing to derail an entrepreneur from success?
• How to select a mastermind group to join?

Contact Greg on Snapchat @GregHickman or Twitter @gjhickman

As always, you live.

By now, we know that education plays a critical role in the success of future generations. The challenge, of course, is keeping students consistently engaged along that journey. Logan Cohen, co-founder of Küdzoo Mobile App, has set out to solve this problem and is doing so with over half a million downloads.

In this episode we dig deep into:

• What is like to grow up with entrepreneurial parents?
• Why is team balance is pivotal to getting investing?
• How to be careful when contracting developers?
• How to get interest in a product before you write any code?
• The process of customer development and letting the customer tell you their real needs.
• Plenty more value to be found here--we hope you enjoy it!

Contact Logan on Twitter @loganecohen or on Snapchat @logansee